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WHITNEY 


THE  DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  WHITNEY, 

WHO  CAME  FROM 

LONDON,   ENGLAND, 

TO 

WATERTOWN,  MASSACHUSETTS, 

IN 

1635. 


BY 

FREDERICK  CLIFTON  PIERCE. 


AUTHOR   OF  THE 


Pierce,  Peirce,  Pearce,  Forbes,  Forbush,  Gibsott,  and  Harwood  Genealogies, 
and  Histories  of  Grafton  and  Barre,  Mass. 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR. 


PRESS  OF  W.  B.  CONKEY  COMPANY.  341  Dearborn  Street, 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 

1895. 


T. 


Anna. 


My   Great-Grandmother, 
This  volume 


is 

most 

respectfully 

De 

dicated 
by 

The 

Author. 

THE  LIBRARY 

BRIGHAM  YOUNG  UNIVERSITY 
PROVO,  UTAH 


FREDERICK  C.  PIERCE. 


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THE   WHITNEY  FAMILY. 

[written  for  fred'k  c.  pierce.] 

FROM  a  little  English  hamlet 
From  Whitney-on-the-Wye, 
Where  the  hawthornes  bud  and  blossom 
Underneath  an  English  sky, 
Came  a  stalwart,  sturdy  Whitney 

Four  long  centuries  ago, 
Like  the  hawthorne  spread  and  blossomed 
In  the  sunshine  and  the  snow. 

All  about  him  grew  the  forests 

Trees  of  maples  and  of  oak, 
And  the  pine  trees  bent  to  listen 

To  the  words  the  river  spoke; 
While  the  war  whoops  of  the  red  men 

Rent  the  silence  far  and  near 
In  the  wilds  of  Massachusetts 

But  the  settler  knew  no  fear. 

Grew  a  family  up  around  him 

As  the  swift  years  drifted  by. 
While  about  his  old  log  cabin 

Fell  God's  blessings  from  the  sky; 
And  the  family  name  took  root  there, 

Spread  its  branches  far  and  wide. 
Till  they  reached  from  York  to  Frisco 

Sunrise  gate  to  evening  tide. 

Some  there  were  that  for  the  Union 

Wore  the  tattered  army  blue. 
Some  the  grey,  and  then  forgot  it 

When  the  old  became  the  new; 
One  the  cotton  gin  invented 

'Twas  his  own  peculiar  plan, 
And  where'er  you  find  a  Whitney 

You  will  find  an  honest  man. 


Richard  L.  Carey. 


Table  of  Contents. 

-X + 

PAGE. 

Author's  Preface .• . . .  9 

The  First  Whitney 11 

Origin  of  the  Name  and  Family , 11 

Valley  of  the  Wye 14 

Visit  to  Whitney-on-the-Wye 14 

John  Whitney,  Puritan  Emigrant 16 

Other  Whitneys  in  New  England 18 

The  Family  in  America 19 

What  Henry  Austin  Whitney  Says 21 

Whitney  Genealogy 22 


List  of  Illustrations. 


PAGE. 

Frederick  C.  Pierce Frontispiece 

Jonathan  Sawyer 96 

Hon.  Chas.  H.  Sawyer 99 

Rev.  Peter  Whitney 162 

Hon.  Horatio  L.  Wait 175 

Henry  Melville 183 

Oliver  Whitney 199 

George  M.  Wrig  ht 223 

Samuel  E.  Whitney 240 

J.  Whitney  Farlin  . . .-. 248 

Dariiel  Whitney 249 

Eli  Whitney 255 

Oliver  D.  Barrett 260 

■Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fairchild 261 

Hon.  Wm.  Whi  tney  Rice 268 

Hon.  Wm.  Whitney  Godding 269 

Hon.  Henry  M.  Whitney 277 

Mrs.  Abbie  W  hitney  Brown 296 

Wm.  M.  Whitney 829 

Lyman  M'unger 336 

Mrs.  LyTnan  Munger 336 

Dr.  Elijah  Whitney 341 

Adel  aine  Button  Train  Whitney 348 

Dr.  Chas.  W.  Whitney 351 

poel  Whitney 361 

Otis  Whitney 368 

Chas.  O.  Whitney 378 

Lewis  L.  Whitney 388 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Hoadley 401 

Col.  Joel  Whitney 415 

Col.  Loren  H.  Whitney 423 

Anna  H.  Whitney 427 

Clarence  J.  Whitney 430 

May  L.  Whitney.. 480 

Luther  Whitney 431 

Wm.  B.  Whitney 432 

Eli  Whitney 438 

Geo.  Jay  Whitney 450 

Baxter  D.  Whitney 454 

Walter  Whitney 462 

Frederic  E.  Whitney 463 

Mrs.  Frederic  E.  Whitney 463 

Frank  C.  Whitney 464 

Dr.  Leland  H.  Poor 468 

Mary  W.  Whitney 471 


PAGE. 

Capt.  Edmund  C.  Whitney 472 

Geo.  C.  Whitney 476 

Alvin  Whitney 479 

Paschal  W.  Turney 482 

John  M.Whitney 484 

Prof.  Wm.  D.  Whitney 486 

Hon.  Edward  B.  Whitney 491 

Erastus  H.  Whitney 492 

Dr.  Eugene  W.  Whitney 493 

Hon.  Geo.  H.  Whitney 496 

Edgar  H.  Whitney 499 

Col.  Geo.  Whitney 502 

Wm.  C.Whitney 508 

Geo.  W.Whitney 508 

Gen.  James  S.  Whitney 515 

Hiram  Whitney 526 

Samuel  Austin  Whitney 534 

Rev.  Leonard  Whitney 535 

Otis  Whitney 536 

Imri  S.Whitney 539 

Chas.  P.  Whitney 541 

Hon.  Chas.  W.  Whitney 543 

Arthur  E.  Whitney 549 

Amos  Whitney 550 

Franklin  Whitney 577 

Camilla  M.  Whitney 577 

Drake  Whitney 588 

Benjamin  R.  Whitney : . .   589 

Eli  Whitney,  Jr 598 

Dr.  John  M.  Whitney 600 

Geo.  M.  Whitney 605 

Harvey  A.  Whitney 605 

Jas.  W.  Whitney 606 

David  R.  Whitney 609 

W^ilbur  F.  Whitney 611 

Everett  E.Whitney 619 

Duane  P.  Whitney 622 

Prof.  Nelson  O.  Whitney 624 

Prof.  Harry  E.  Whitney 625 

Henry  M.Whitney 630 

Hon.  William  C.  Whitney 635 

Rev.  Mary  T.  Whitney 640 

Harwood  O.  Whitney 648 

Rev.  E.  W.  Whitney 650 

Orson  F.  Whitney 660 


AUTHOR'S  PREFACE. 


As  a  descendant  of  the  Whitney  family  on  both  my  jjaternal  and  maternal  sides, 
I  take  pleasure  in  presenting  to  the  numerous  members  of  the  family  in  this 
country,  this  volume,  the  work  of  several  years  of  extensive  correspondence 
and  compilation.  Having  had  considerable  experience  in  works  of  a  similar  charac- 
ter, and  being  of  a  genealogical  turn  of  mind,  the  work  has  been  one  of  pleasure.  It 
is  extremely  doubtful  if  many  other  families  in  America  can  boast  of  such  a  large 
number  of  descendants,  from  one  emigrant,  as  this  one.  Other  persons  have  tried 
to  compile  the  genealogy  of  the  descendants  of  John  Whitney  of  Watertown,  Mass., 
1635,  but  not  until  now  has  it  been  done  in  such  an  extensive  and  thorough  manner. 
The  works  of  Henry  Austin  Whitney  of  Boston,  Rev.  Frederick  Whitney  of  Brighton, 
Dr.  Henry  Bond  of  Watertown,  and  William  Lebbeus  Whitney  of  Pottsville,  Pa.,  are 
•well  known,  but  in  these  no  attempt  was  made  at  a  complete  pedigree.  In  a  few 
instances  replies  have  not  been  received  from  blanks  sent  out,  and  this  is  my  excuse 
for  not  having  a  full  record  of  these  branches.  The  matter  has  been  arranged  in  the 
style  adopted  by  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society  in  the  publication 
of  their  Register.  The  arrangement  is  unquestionably  the  simplest,  and  is  therefore 
the  most  comprehensive. 

A  number  of  abbreviations  will  be  found  in  the  book,  of  which  the  following  are 
explanations:  ae.,  aged;  abt.,  about;  dau.,  daughter;  dec'd,  deceased;  res.,  resided, 
resides,  or  residence;  w.,  wife;  wid.,  widow  or  widower;  yr.,  year;  n.  f.  k.,  nothing 
further  known ;  s.  p.,  sine  prole  (wjthout  issue).  There  are  a  number  of  other  abbrevi- 
ations of  such  common  use  that  tne  meaning  will  be  obvious.  A  name  in  parentheses 
thus,  Anna  Whitney,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Pierce)  Whitney,  indicates  the 
maiden  name  of  the  mother.  An  interrogation  mark  implies  doubt  or  want  of  abso- 
lute certaintv.  The  birthplaces  of  the  children  are  not  always  given,  but  they  can  be 
ascertained  by  reference  to  the  residence  of  the  parents,  which  is  given  in  all  cases. 

In  the  earlier  records  of  New  England  quite  often  the  date  of  the  year  appears 
1752-3,  that  is  two  dates.  In  computing  time,  the  solar  year  is  reckoned  265X  days, 
but  this  is  too  much  by  eleven  minutes  and  a  fraction.  If  this  excess  be  neglected,  in 
the  course  of  centuries  the  1st  of  January  would  fall  back  toward  midsummer.  In 
1582,  the  time  of  Pope  Gregory  XIII.,  it  was  found  that  the  vernal  equinox,  which  in 
A.  D.  325  happened  on  the  21st  of  March,  actuallv  occurred  on  the  10th  of  March. 
For  the  puroose  of  rectifying  the  calendar,  the  pope  ordered  that  ten  days  be 
<3ropped  for  that  year.  This  was  called  "  New  Style,"  and  the  former  calendar,  "  Old 
Style."  The  new  calendar  was  soon  adopted  by  all  Catholic  countries,  but  in  Eng- 
land and  her  colonies  it  was  disregarded  till  1752,  when  the  error  of  the  old  calendar 
amounted  to  eleven  days,  and  by  an  Act  of  Parliament  they  were  dropped  from  Sep- 
tember of  that  year.  If  the  year  began  the  1st  of  January,  the  date  would  be  Febru- 
ary 9,  1684;  if  the  year  began  the  1st  of  January,  the  date  would  be  February  9,  1685, 
and  changed  to  New  Style  by  addition  of  eleven  days,  would  be  February  16,  1685. 

It  is  singular  how  the  different  names  have  been  obtained.  In  the  name  of 
Shakespeare's  birthplace  we  have  a  memento  of  three  different  eras  of  English  his- 
tory, viz.,  the  periods  of  the  occupancy  by  the  old  Britons,  the  Romans,  and  the 
Saxons.  Strat  is  an  abbreviation  of  strata  (street),  the  name  by  which  the  great 
Roman  roads  were  known.  Ford  tells  us  that  one  of  these  roads  crossed  a  stream, 
and  Avon  is  the  name  which  the  old  Britons,  or  Celts,  gave  to  the  streams.  The  word 
lea,  leah,  or  leigh,  signifying  a  partially  wooded  field,  served  as  the  ending  for  many 
surnames,  such  as  Horsley,  Cowley,  Ashley,  Oakley,  Lindley,  and  Berkley  or  Birch- 
ley.  Hay,  or  haw,  means  a  hedge,  and  this  has  given  us  Hayes,  Haynes,  Haley,  Hay- 
wood, Hawes,  Haworth,  Hawthorn,  Haughton  or  Houghton.  Occupations,  too,  have 
afforded  an  endless  array  of  surnames.  This  method  was  used  by  the  Romans  in 
such  names  as  Fabricus  (smith),  Pictor  (painter),  Agricola  (farmer).  In  England  a 
skillful  hunter  would  adopt  that  as  his  surname,  and  equally  so  with  the  carpenter, 
joiner,  sawyer,  baker,  or  butcher.     Personal  traits,  and  complexion,  too,  gave  rise  to 


10  AUTHOR'S  PREFACE. 


surnames.  From  the  former  we  have  the  names  Stout,  Strong,  Long,  Longman, 
Longfellow;  and  from  the  latter,  Brown,  Black,  etc.  Some  mental  and  moral  traits 
were  also  used  to  denote  surnames.  Richard  the  First,  of  England,  was  better  known 
as  Richard  of  the  Lion  Heart.  The  next  step  would  be  to  derive  from  this  quality 
the  surname  Lion.  A  most  remarkable  fact  is  the  changes  in  names,  and  the  follow- 
ing is  given  as  an  example  of  the  changes  in  one  name:  "Next,  he  showed  me,  by 
the  aid  of  a  few  family  documents  in  his  possession,  that  the  original  name  of  his 
ancestors  had  been  Meredith,  or,  to  write  it  Welsh  fashion,  Maredydd.  Now,  in 
Wales,  the  accent  is  always  thrown  on  the  last  syllable  but  one — the  penultimate,  as 
we  say,  in  Latin  prosody.  So  Meredith  is  pronounced  much  as  though  it  rhymed 
with  '  weddeth.'  A  couple  of  hundred  years  ago,  one  of  these  Welsh  Merediths  set- 
tled in  Staffordshire,  England;  but,  as  he  kept  close,  apparently,  to  the  original  pro- 
nunciation of  his  name,  it  was  Anglicized  by  his  neighbors,  not  into  the  usual 
Meredith  (which  is  formed  on  the  regular  English  rule  of  throwing  the  accent  back- 
ward), but  into  Meready.  Careless  utterance  soon  corrupted  that  sound  to  M'ready, 
and  finally  to  Ready.  The  four  stages — Maredydd,  Meredith,  Meready,  and  Ready 
— were  all  to  be  found  consecutively  in  my  friend's  documents  in  the  name  "  Ready." 

My  thanks  are  especially  due  to  Mrs.  Silas  A.  Pierce,  Grafton,  Mass.;  Miss  Lou 
M.  Pierce,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Mrs.  Louise  R.  Rogers,  Worcester,  Mass.;  F.  L.  Ora,  of 
Chicago;  Frances  J.  Whitney,  Lebanon,  111.;  Luthera  Whitney,  Springfield,  Vt.;  Hon. 
William  W.  Rice,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Henry  W.  Melville,  New  York  City;  H.  W. 
Bryant,  secretary  Maine  Historical  Society,  Portland,  Me.;  Frank  B.  Gay,  secretary 
Connecticut  Historical  Society,  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  many  others  who  have  aided 
me  very  materially  in  the  work. 

I  trust  the  members  of  the  family  will  take  as  much  pleasure  in  perusing  the 
following  pages  as  I  have  in  compiling  them,  is  the  sincere  wish  of 

Yours  very  truly, 

Frederick  C.  Pierce. 

Chicago,  III.,  July  30, 1895. 


THE  FIRST  WHITNEY. 

EUSTACE  DE  WHITNEY  was  of  Flemish  descent.  Of  his  mother,  Agnes,  it  is 
recorded  in  Doomsday  Book,  "Agnes  relicta  Turstini  Flandrensis,  et  Eusta- 
cius  Miles  filius  ejus,  Dominus  de  Whitney,  dederunt  ecclesiae  Sancti  Petri, 
Glocest;  unam  hidam  terras  in  Pencomb,  etc.  [Agnes,  widow  of  Turstin  the  Flem- 
ing, and  Sir  Eustace,  her  son.  Lord  of  Whitney,  gave  to  the  church  of  St.  Peter,  at 
Gloucester,  one  hide  [120  acres]  of  land  in  Pencomb,  etc.]  Some  of  the  early  Lords 
of  Whitney  were  of  Welsh  descent,  one  of  whom.  Sir  Peidge  Exrog,  was  a  Knight  of 
the  Round  Table  and  "to  King  Arthyr's  time  he  lived  at  his  castle  at  Cardmore  at 
Cardinganshire." 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  NAME   AND  FAMILY. 

WHITNEY,  as  a  surname,  owes  its  origin  to  the  ancient,  but  obscure  parish 
of  Whitney,  on  the  western  confines  ot  Herefordshire,  near  the  border 
of  Wales.  This  is  not  to  be  confounded  with  Witney  in  Oxfordshire,  so 
famous  for  its  manufacture  of  woolen  goods.  But,  possibly,  both  names  are  the  same 
in  meaning,  and  have  not  always  been  differently  spelled. 

Witney  appears  in  ancient  records  as  Wittney,  Witenie,  Witeney,  Witteneye, 
Wytney,  Wyttneye,  Wyteney,  Wytteneye,  Whiteneye,  Whitteneye,  Whitney;  and 
Whitney  we  find  also  written  Whiteney,  Whyteneye,  Witenie,  etc.  It  lies  in  the 
valley  of  the  river  Wye,  which  is  here,  a  mountain  torrent,  subject  to  sudden  and 
destructive  freshets.  This  circumstance  aftords  a  probable  explanation  of  its  name 
Whitney,  being  perhaps  derived  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  words  hwit-white,  ey-water, 
and  so  literally  meaning  white  water.  Other  examples  in  Herefordshire  are  (seen  in 
notes  and  queries, -Sth  series,  volume  6,  page  119)  Whit-bourn,  the  white  brook,  Whit- 
church, the  white  cyrc  (church),  and  Whit-ton,  the  white  town,  the  last  of  which  occurs 
in  six  other  places  in  England.  But  more  ambitious  etymologies  of  the  name  are  not 
wanting. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Giles,  in  his  history  of  Witney  and  the  neighboring  parishes  in 
Oxfordshire,  says:  "But  if  Witney  received  any  fresh  peculiarity  of  character  from 
the  Saxons,  it  certainly  takes  its  name  from  the  occupation  of  that  busy  and  plod- 
ding race  of  men."  The  Witan-eye,  or,  as  it  is  also  written  in  Anglo-Saxon,  or  Old 
English  dialect,  Witan-ige,  evidently  signifies  "  The  Island  of  the  Wise  Men  or  of  the 
Parliament."  By  parliament  in  this  connection  should  be  understood  merely  an 
assemblage  of  the  witan  or  wise  men  of  the  folc  or  shire,  and  not  a  great  national 
council  of  the  Anglo-Saxons  or  Witena-gemote  (in  which  wiLena  is  the  genitive  of 
witan),  as  it  was  termed.  Thus  the  word  Witney  means,  etymologically,  parliament 
island,  though  no  record  has  been  handed  down  to  us  to  tell  for  what  reason  such  a 
name  was  given.  There  is  a  large  house  still  named  Parliament  House  at  the  corner 
of  the  Crofts  Lane,  which  to  the  minds  of  some  conveys  a  tradition  concerning  the 
etymology  of  the  name  Witney. 

Dr.  Thomas  Wright,  the  eminent  Anglo-Saxon  scholar,  made  other  suggestions 
in  a  letter  addressed  to  Mr.  Henry  Austin  Whitney,  February  1,  1860:  "I  think  Dr. 
Giles'  derivation  of  Witney  in  Oxfordshire  a  very  probable  one.  Some  meeting  of 
the  Whitan  or  leading  men  ot  the  district  had  probably  been  held  there  and  the 
island  had  been  named  from  it  like  what  is  now  called  Magna  Charta  Island  in  the 
Thames.  But  the  great  difficulty  in  fixing  the  derivation  and  meaning  of  these  local 
names  arises  from  the  circumstance  that  the  name  is  in  the  majority  of  the  cases 
derived  from  that  of  a  Saxon  possessor  of  the  land.  I  should  think  Whitney  is  not 
the  same  thing  as  Witney.  It  has  either  something  to  do  with  white,  or  it  perhaps 
contains  a  man's  name,  as  Hwitenes-ege,  the  island  belonging  to  Heitene." 

There  is  certainly  no  improbability  in  supposing  that  ige  or  ege,  signifying 
island,  was  the  termination  of  a  Herefordshire  Whitney,  situated,  as  it  is,  on  the 

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river  Wye,  and  at  times  overflowed  by  it;  indeed,  the  old  church  and  rectory  were 
entirely  washed  away  by  mountain  torrents  in  1730. 

There  seems  to  be  no  record  of  Whitney  in  Herefordshire  prior  to  the  Dooms- 
day Book.  This  work  was  compiled  between  the  years  1081  and  1087  by  order  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  contains  the  general  survey  of  all  the  lands  in  the  king- 
dom, their  extent  in  each  district,  their  proper  tenures,  value,  the  quantity  of 
meadow,  pasture,  wood  and  arable  land  which  they  contained,  and  in  some  countries 
the  number  of  tenants,  cottages  and  slaves  of  all  denominations  who  lived  upon  them. 
This  book  places  it  in  the  hundred  of  Elsedune,  and  spells  the  name  Witenie.  In 
the  general  distribution  of  land  among  the  followers  of  The  Conqueror,  it  fell  to 
the  lot  of  Turstin  the  Fleming  (Turstinus  Flandrensis),  the  son  of  Rolf,  who,  besides 
his  possessions  in  Herefordshire,  held  lands  in  Hampshire,  Dorsetshire,  Berkshire, 
Somersetshire,  Devonshire,  Gloucestershire,  Buckinghamshire  and  Wiltshire.  Noth- 
ing further  is  known  of  him  except  that  his  wife  was  named  Agnes,  and  that  his  son. 
Sir  Eustace  (Eustacius  Miles)  was  called  from  Herefordshire — hamlet.  Lord  of 
Whitney,  and  so  founded  the  family  of  DeWhitney.  The  particle  was  gradually 
dropped  from  the  name,  in  some  cases,  as  early  as  the  twelfth  century,  and  it  has 
long  since  entirely  disappeared. 

The  parish  church  of  Whitney  is  about  four  miles  from  The  Hay,  in  Beacon, 
Wales,  and  seventeen  miles  from  Hereford.  The  parish  contains  nearly  1,500  acres, 
the  chief  owners  being  Tompkyns  Dew,  Esq.,  and  the  Rev.  Spenser  Phillips.  In  old 
times  it  was  a  portion  of  the  long  stretching  debatable  ground  within  which  were  141 
little  lord  ships,  often  at  war  with  each  other,  and  amenable  only  to  their  several 
feudal  chiefs.  It  was  not  included  in  any  of  the  three  adjoining  countries  until 
1535;  by  act  of  parliament  for  the  incorporation  of  England  and  Wales,  Hunting- 
ton, Clifford,  Winforton,  Eardesley,  and  Whitney  were  united  into  the  hundred  of 
Huntington.  The  castle  of  Whitney,  the  family  stronghold,  stood  on  the  north  bank 
of  the  \Vye,  and  is  now  represented  by  a  group  of  mounds  and  also  by  Whitney 
court,  the  residence  of  the  present  proprietor. 

Agnes,  widow  of  Turstin,  had  also  estates  in  the  parish  of  Pencombe,  in  the  same 
county,  one  hide  (about  120  English  acres)  of  which  she  and  her  son.  Sir  Eustace  de 
Whitney,  bestowed  upon  the  Church  of  St.  Peter,  at  Gloucester,  free  from  all  tax,  in 
the  time  of  the  Abbet  Reginald. 

In  the  reign  of  Henry  III.,  1216-1272,  Pencombe  was  stated  to  consist  of  15  hides 
of  land,  one  moiety  of  which  was  held  by  John  de  Whytene  and  Robert  Tregoz,  and 
the  other  moiety  by  Thomas  de  Henegan  and  Robert  de  Whytene  by  military 
service,  and  both  of  the  honor  of  Ewias. 

In  the  earlier  times  when  Bohuns  Mortimers  and  bishops  of  Hereford  convulsed 
the  whole  country  and  overshadowed  even  the  royal  authority,  little  trace  of  the 
Whitneys  appeared  upon  record;  yet,  in  A.  D.  1306,  a  Eustacius  de  Whyteneye  was 
knighted  at  the  same  time  with  a  Corbet,  a  Lacy,  and  a  Marnyon,  and  previous  to 
that  the  same  Eustacius,  in  1277-1280,  acted  as  patron  of  the  living  of  Pencombe, 
and  in  the  latter  year  presented  a  Roger  de  Whitney.  In  1342  W.  D.  de  Wite- 
nie was  the  incumbent;  in  1353  Baldwin  de  Whitney,  and  after  1378  Eustacius 
Whitney. 

Among  the  patrons  of  this  living,  at  various  times  from  1353  to  1590,  were: 
Robert  de  Whitney,  1355;  Baldwin  de  V\  hitney,  1357;  Robert  Whitney,  knight,  1419-28; 
Robert  Whitney,  1539;  then  the  Crown  during  the  minority  of  a  Robert  Whitney, 
and  again  in  1567  a  Robert  Whitney,  knight,  and  lastly  James  Whitney,  knight,  in 
1590.     In  1593  John  Whitney  was  a  portionary  or  prebend  in  Broxash  hundred. 

The  name  of  Robertus  Whitney,  Chevalier  Cortland  was  returned  in  the  list  of 
gentry,  etc.,  in  this  countrv,  made  by  commissioners  in  1434  (1-2)  Henry  \l. 

In  the  offices  of  sherifts  of  their  county,  knights  of  the  shire  in  parliament  and 
justices  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  of  the  name  Whitney  may  be  traced  in 
Herefordshire  from  Henry  V.,  1413,  to  George  III.,  1799.  Thus  of  sheriffs  of  Here- 
fordshire have  been:  Robert  Whitney,  1377-78;  Robert  Whitney,  1413-14;  Robert 
Whitney,  knight,  1427-28;  Robert  Whitnev,  knight,  1432-33;  Robert  Whitney, 
1436-37;  Robert  Whitney,  1475-76;  James  Whitney,  knight,  1585-86;  Eustace  Whit- 
ney, 1595-96;  Robert  Whitney,  knight,  1638-39. 

Among  the  knights  of  the  shire  in  parliament  we  find:  Eustace  de  Whitney, 
1312-13;  Eustace  de  Whitteney,  1351-52;  Robert  Whitteney,  1377;  Robert  de  Whit- 
teney,  1378-79;  Robert  de  Whitney,  knight,  1379-80;  Robert  Whitteney,  1395-96; 
Robert  Whitteney,  knight,  1417-18;  Eustace  Whitney,  1467-68;  Robert  Whitney, 
knight,  1558-59. 

The  Robert  Whitney  of  the  parliament  of  First  Elizabeth,  1558-59,  received  the 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  13 


honoraftiwde  -r  of  knighthood  in  the  time  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary,  and  his  crest, 
we  are  ififnre<V  d,  was  the  head  of  an  ox.  Another  Sir  Robert  Whitney  with  the  same 
crest  is  recorded  to  have  been  "dubbed  at  Wynesort"  after  1656,  and  before  1570. 
Green  records  the  circumstance  that  Sir  James  Whitney,  knight,  who,  in  1574,  was  a 
member  of  parliament,  was  suitor  for  the  hand  of  Barbara,  Countess  of  Leicester,  in 
1584-85. 

The  following  legend  explanatory  of  the  Whitney  crest  is  given:  Sir  Randolph 
de  Whitney,  the  grandson  of  Eustace  (founder  of  the  name),  accompanied  Richard 
Cceur  de  h\on  to  the  Crusades  and  distinguished  himself  greatly  by  his  personal 
strength  and  great  courage.  On  one  occasion  he  was  sent  by  Richard  on  a  mission 
to  the  French  commander,  and  as  he  was  leaving  the  British  camp  the  brother  of 
Saladin  (who  he  had  twice  before  defeated)  followed  him,  and  with  two  Saracens  in 
his  company,  and  riding  around  a  small  hill,  suddenly  made  a  furious  attack  upon 
Eustace,  knight.  •  De  Whitney  defended  himself  with  the  greatest  vigor,  but  his 
assailants  were  gaining  upon  him  when  a  furious  Spanish  bull,  which  was  feeding 
near  the  scene  of  conflict,  was  attracted  by  the  red  dress  of  the  two  Saracens,  and 
made  so  furious  an  attack  upon  them  that  they  were  diverted  from  their  intended 
prey,  and  sought  safety  in  flight.  Sir  Randolph  soon  succeeded  in  wounding  his 
single  assailant,  whom  he  left  for  dead,  and  then  overtaking  the  two  Saracens  he 
dispatched  them  and  proceeded  upon  the  mission  of  the  king.  According  to  the 
superstitions  of  that  time,  Sir  Randolph  attributed  the  event  to  the  especial  interpo- 
sition of  the  Virgin,  a  medal  of  whom,  consecrated  by  the  pope,  he  had  continually 
worn  on  his  breast.  On  his  return  to  England  he  erected  a  chapel  to  the  \'irgm, 
which  was  called  Our  Lady  of  Palestine  Oratory,  the  walls  of  which  remain  to  this 
day,  adjoining  the  grounds  of  the  ancient  family  mansion  of  Whitney  on  the  Wve. 

As  a  matter  of  course,  the  name  Whitney  occurs  in  the  lists  of  gentlemen  in  the 
commission  of  peace  of  Herefordshire,  as  temp.  Elizabeth,  Eustace  Whitney.  About 
1678,  Thomas  Whitney,  of  Whitney;  in  1799,  James  Whitney  of  Norton  Canon, 
related  to  the  Whitney  family  of  Whitney  court. 

Probably  to  the  same  family  is  to  be  assigned  John  Whitney,  the  author  of  a 
very  rare  book,  entitled  "Genteel  Recreation;  or,  the  Pleasure  of  Angling,"  a  poem, 
with  the  dialogue  between  Piscator  and  Corydon,  1700.  There  was  a  Rev.  George 
Whitney  instituted  in  1807  to  the  rectory  of  Stretford,  Herefordshire,  who  died  in 
1836.  I  have  read  somewhere,  says  Mr.  Green,  that  a  Captain  Whitney  was  a  com- 
panion of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  and  of  the  name  a  lieutenant  fought  at  Worcester  on 
the  Royalists'  side.  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  knt.  of  King  James'  "and  Charles'  reign, 
had  four  sons,  who  all  died  without  issue,  and  four  daughters,  to  whom  the  estate 
descended.  They  all  married  and  enjoyed  shares  in  the  property.  Robert  Rodd, 
the  only  son  of  Thomas  Rodd,  married  Hannah  Whitney,  one  of  the  four  daughters, 
and  conveyed  her  share  to  Robert  Price  of  Foxley,  by  whom  it  was  sold  to  William 
Wardour.  The  latter  acquired  the  rest  of  the  estate  and  built  the  present  Whitney 
Court,  and  also  in  1740,  Whitney  church,  to  replace  the  one  swept  away  ten  vears 
before  by  a  flood  on  the  Wye,  a  calamity  which  involved  the  destruction  of  all  the  old 
family  monuments  but  one,  that  to  the  memory  of  Williams  of  Cabalva,  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, who  married  into  the  Whitney  family.  Mrs.  Bourne  held  the  property  from 
William  Wardour,  and  left  it  to  her  grandson,  the  grandfather  of  the  present  owner, 
Tompkyns  Dew,  Esq.,  and  of  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Henry  Dew,  rector  of  the  parish. 

The  present  representative  of  the  Herefordshire  Whitneys  is  Thomas  Whitney, 
Esq.,  of  Bath.  The  Whitneys  were  also  established  at  a  very  early  date  at  Cheshire, 
and  had  a  seat  at  the  Coole  Pilate,  a  township  in  the  widespread  parish  of  Acton, 
near  Nantwich,  almost  as  soon  as  those  of  Herefordshire  were  settled  upon  the 
Welsh  border.  The  manor  of  Coole  Pilate  was  anciently  parcel  of  the  barony  of 
Wich  Malbank,  is  now  the  property  of  Kilmorey.  In  this  township  were  two  halls 
with  considerable  estates  annexed,  one  of  which  belonged  to  the  Whitneys,  who 
became  possessed  of  it  in  the  reign  of  Richard  II.,  1377-99,  and  had  a  seat  there  for 
many  generations.  This  estate  was  purchased  in  1744  of  Hugh  Whitney,  by  whose 
death  the  family  is  supposed  to  have  become  extinct.  The  purchaser  was  John 
Darlington,  whose  daughter  brought  it  in  marriage  to  Henry  Tomkinson,  Esq.,  of 
Dorfold,  the  present  proprietor.  The  hall  is  occupied  by  a  farmer.  Toward  the  end 
of  the  last  century,  Air.  Silas  Whitney,  also  a  poet  or  writer  of  verse,  from  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Nantwich,  carried  on  business  in  Knutsford  as  a  cotton  manufacturer. 
He  was  reputed  to  be  descended  from  the  Whitneys  of  Coole  Pilate,  and  a  relative 
of  the  celebrated  Josiah  Wedgwood.  When  political  feeling  ran  high  and  fierce 
about  the  first  French  Revolution,  he  is  said  to  have  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
where,  however,  no  trace  of  him  has  been  found. 


14  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


VALLEY   OF  THE   WYE. 

IT  is  the  scenery  on  the  banks  of  the  Wye  which  has  gained  for  it  the  name  of  the 
most  beautiful  river  in  England.  Turbid  and  hurried  in  itself,  it  runs  through 
some  of  the  most  lovely  landscape  in  England.  The  views  are  of  the  most 
beautiful  description  of  perspective,  arising  from  the  mazy  course  of  the  stream 
and  the  loftiness  of  its  banks.  A  tiny  steamer  now  and  then  forges  up  the  river 
against  the  fierce  current,  or  readily  floats  down  on  the  top  of  it;  but  the  Wye 
may  best  be  judged  from  its  banks;  and  as  the  Wye  Valley  Railway  carries  the 
tourist  from  one  end  of  the  valley  to  the  other,  the  more  practicable  plan  is  to  take 
the  train  from  point  to  point  up  the  valley,  the  beauties  of  which  occupy  —  speaking 
within  bounds  —  a  fair  hundred  miles.  It  is  the  extent  of  the  sylvan  and  other 
beauties  of  the  Wye  which  have  made  it  so  perfectly  celebrated.  From  its  source, 
near  the  summit  of  Plinlimmon,  to  its  union  with  the  lordly  Severn,  the  Wye  is 
continuously  beautiful.  In  the  midst  of  the  Welsh  hills  it  is  exceedingly  wild  and 
rugged;  but  no  sooner  does  it  reach  the  vales  of  Herefordshire  than  it  becomes 
singularly  smooth  and  placid,  and  thence  flows  through  Monmouthshire  until  it 
loses  itself  in  the  Severn. 

At  Ross  are  to  be  found,  in  the  parish  church,  the  celebrated  elms  which  sprang 
up  through  the  floor  of  the  pew  once  occupied  by  John  Kyrle,  Pope's  celebrated 
"  Man  of  Ross."  Near  Chepstow  is  the  celebrated  stretch  of  private  property  called 
Piercefield,  which  possesses  three  miles  of  paths  winding  along  the  edges  of  the 
cliffs  above  the  Wye.  From  the  summit  of  the  Wyncliff,  which  is  seven  to  eight 
hundred  feet  above  high  water,  the  observer  may  see  portions  of  seven  English  and 
two  Welsh  counties,  and  the  river  at  this  point  winds  through  the  landscape  like 
a  carelessly  thrown  river  of  silver. 


VISIT  TO  WHITNEY-ON-THE-WYE. 

By  HON.  WILLIAM  WHITNEY  RICE. 

IN  the  month  of  June,  1892,  I  took  the  train  accompanied  by  my  wife,  from  Here- 
ford to  the  parish  of  Whitney-on-the-Wye,  seventeen  miles  distant,  to  see  if  per- 
chance I  could  learn  anything  there  of  our  ancestors. 

There  are  none  there  now  bearing  the  name  of  Whitney,  but  there  are 
the  manors  of  Whitney  and  of  Clifford  formerly  owned  by  the  Whitney  family  and 
not  yet  wholly  alienated. 

Whitney  is  a  section  of  beautiful  country  with  an  old  stone  church,  stone  cot- 
tage for  the  rector,  and  a  somewhat  modern  manor  house.  We  could  get  no  pub- 
lic carriage  for  our  conveyance. 

We  found  thai  we  had  an  hour  and  a  half  before  the  departure  of  the  next  train 
for  London,  and  we  resolved  to  make  the  most  of  that  time,  with  such  directions  as 
we  could  get  from  the  station  master,  who  was  very  accommodating  and  intelligent. 
He  referred  us  to  the  rector.  Rev.  Henry  Dew,  as  a  gentleman  who  would  receive 
us  hospitably  and  furnish  us  all  the  information  that  there  was  to  be  had  on  the  sub- 
ject of  our  inquiries. 

From  the  station  the  outlook  over  the  surrounding  country  embraced  in  the 
manors  of  Whitney  and  Clifford  was  as  lovely  as  anything  we  had  seen  in  England. 
The  Wye  flowed  through  the  valley  a  few  rods  below  the  station  while  the  broad 
fields  and  forests  stretched  away  in  the  distance  toward  the  Welsh  mountains  which 
were  the  principal  features  in  the  landscape. 

The  rectory  was  quarter  or  half  a  mile  distant.  Going  from  the  station  we 
passed  by  the  pretty  little  church.  We  entered  the  churchyard  and  searched  for 
Whitney  memorials.  We  found  none,  because,  as  we  afterward  learned,  some  lime 
in  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century  the  Wye,  in  a  freshet,  swept  away  the  old 
castle,  the  old  church  and  the  monuments  and  graves  of  the  Whitneys  from  the  time 
that  they  settled  in  that  place.  The  new  church  contains  many  of  the  old  granite 
stones  which  were  left  from  the  ruins  of  the  old  church.  The  old  font,  hollowed 
from  a  solid  granite  block,  which  was  there  before  the  freshet,  probably  from  the 
original  building  of  the  church  and  in  which  the  Whitney  infants  have  been  baptized 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  15 

probably  from  the  eleventh  or  twelfth  century,  was  also  recovered  from  the  ruins  and 
placed  in  the  new  church,  where  it  still  stands. 

I  have  a  photograph  of  that  font  taken  since  I  was  there,  which  I  shall  be  happy 
to  show  to  any  of  the  modern  members  of  the  family. 

Leaving  the  church  we  went  up  a  hill,  through  a  lane  bordered  by  trees,  to  the 
rectory  where  we  were  first  saluted  by  the  vigorous  barking  of  a  small,  black  dog. 
A  young  lady,  whom  we  afterward  ascertained  to  be  a  daughter  of  the  rector,  soon 
made  her  appearance.  She  left  us  to  seek  her  father,  and  he  soon  came  and  took  us 
to  the  garden  in  the  front  of  the  house  where  he  had  been  working  among  his  flowers. 
He  was  a  straight,  dignified  English  clergyman  who,  when  he  learned  who  we 
were  and  what  we  desired,  at  once  gave  us  a  cordial  and  hospitable  welcome.  He 
invited  us  into  the  house,  where  another  daughter.  Miss  Jane,  joined  us.  We  pro- 
longed our  call  there  with  him  and  his  daughter  as  llong  as  we  could  remain.  Out 
of  that  call  sprang  a  most  interesting  correspondence  with  Miss  Dew,  the  daughter, 
from  which  I  have  derived  much  of  the  information  made  use  of  in  the  following 
record.  I  presume  that  I  have  more  than  twenty  letters  from  her,  generally 
very  long  and  full  of  interesting  details.  I  think  she  must  have  spent  a  great  deal 
of  her  time  in  looking  up  ancient  records  to  find  material  for  her  letters  to  me.  I 
shall  always  entertain  sincere  friendship  and  respect  for  the  Rev.  Henry  Dew  and 
his  accomplished  daughter.  Miss  Jane. 

Rev.  Henry  Dew  was  a  brother  of  Sir  Tompkyns  Dew,  the  last  owner  of  the 
estate.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  Whitneys  through  some  one  of  the  female  mem- 
bers of  the  family  to  whom  the  estate  came  by  failure  of  the  male  line.  Sir  Tomp- 
kyns' little  daughter,  at  the  time  of  our  visit  a  child  about  five  years  old,  represents 
the  broad  acres  of  the  estates  of  Whitney  and  Clifford,  now,  I  regret  to  say,  so  heav- 
ily mortgaged  that  it  seems  quite  possible,  if  not  probable,  that  by  the  foreclosure  of 
the  mortgages  they  will  soon  pass  into  unknown  and  alien  ownership. 

I  believe  that  the  rector's  tenure  of  the  living  can  not  be  terminated  during  his 
life,  but  at  his  death  the  pretty  rectory,  where  he  has  lived  more  than  fifty  years  and 
has  much  beautified,  will  pass  to  strangers  with  the  rest  of  the  estate,  and  thus  the 
last  W^hitney  traces  be  obliterated  from  the  spot  with  which  they  have  been  so  long 
connected. 

After  the  conquest  the  manor  of  Whitney,  so  called,  was  given  by  William  the 
Conqueror  to  Torstinus,one  of  his  soldiers.  It  was  one  of  nine  tracts  granted  to  this 
same  person  according  to  the  Doomsday  Book,  and  the  one  upon  which  he  settled. 

He  was  a  valiant  fighter,  one  of  the  northern  sea-rovers  who  joined  the  army  of 
William  on  the  expedition  for  the  conquest  of  England.  The  amount  of  bounty 
allotted  him  by  William  shows  that  he  was  a  man  of  position  and  consequence.  He 
was  specially  commissioned  to  guard  the  frontiers  against  the  incursions  of  the 
Welsh,  and  for  this  purpose  had  his  castle  situated  on  the  Wye  and  within  the 
bounds  of  the  present  manor  of  Whitney. 

His  son  Eustacius,  who  inherited  his  property,  assumed  the  name  of  Whitney, 
which  has  been  borne  from  that  date  to  the  present  time. 

The  Whitneys  were  the  chief  men  in  the  vicinity,  sheriffs  of  the  county  and 
Members  of  Parliament.  Several  of  them  lost  their  lives  in  the  wars  at  home  and 
abroad,  to  which  they  were  summoned  by  their  kings. 

A  decree  of  King  Henry  IV.  dated  Feb.  14,  1404,  commences  as  follows: 
■"  The  King  to  all  to  whom,  &c.,  Greeting — 

"Know  ye  that  since  the  father  of  Robert  Whiteney,  Esquire,  and  his  uncle 
and  a  great  part  of  his  relations  have  been  killed  in  our  service  at  the  capture  of 
Edmund  Mortemer,  and  his  property  has  been  burned  and  destroyed  by  our  rebels 
of  Wales,  so  that  the  said  Robert  has  not  any  castle  or  fortress  where  he  can  tarry 
to  resist  and  punish  our  aforesaid  rebels  as  we  accept  (accessimus)  We,  of  our 
special  grace,  have  granted  to  the  said  Robert,  the  Castle  of  Clifford  and  the  lord- 
ships of  Clifford  and  Glasbury,  together  with  all  the  lands,  tenements,"  &c. 

By  this  act  the  lordship  of  Clifford,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Wye  and  adja- 
cent to  Whitney,  was  added  to  the  domain  of  the  Whitneys  and  has  so  remained 
until  the  present  day. 

In  the  last  part  of  the  17th  century  Sir  Thomas  Whitney,  lord  of  these  estates, 
died  leaving  his  son,  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  as  his  heir.  Sir  Robert  had  four  sons, 
■who  all  died  without  issue.  He  also  had  four  daughters,  to  whom  his  estate  descended 
upon  his  several  sons  dying  without  issue. 

One  of  these  daughters,  Hannah,  married  Robert  Rodd,  to  whom  and  the  other 
■daughters  the  estates  came,  apparently  by  the  law  of  inheritance.  Through  them 
it  ultimately  came  to  William  Warden,  who  was  the  owner  at  the  time  of  the  freshet. 


16  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

by  which  the  church  and  the  castle  were  destroyed.  He  rebuilt  the  church  and  the 
manor  house.     The  ruins  of  the  castle  may  still  be  seen  where  the  freshet  left  them. 

This  property  passed  from  the  male  line  of  Whitneys  to  the  female  descend- 
ants, through  whom  it  is  still  held.  Thus,  although  the  name  of  Whitney  still 
remains  attached  to  the  property,  the  individuals  of  that  name  are  not  connected 
with  it,  but  are  widely  scattered  both  in  England  and  in  this  country. 

July  20,  1592,  John  Whitney  was  baptized  in  the  St.  Margaret's  Church,  London. 
He  was  son  of  Thomas,  who  was  grandson  or  great-grandson  of  the  last  Sir  Robert 
Whitney.  In  1635  with  his  wife,  Eleanor,  and  five  children  he  embarked  for  Amer- 
ica. Here  he  settled  in  Watertown,  where  he  continued  to  reside  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  His  sons  settled  either  in  Watertown  or  towns  near  it.  His  grandson, 
Nathaniel,  settled  in  the  western  part  of  Watertown,  which  is  now  Weston. 

Arms.    Azure,  a  cross  chequey  or  and  sable.     Upon  a  canton,  gules;  a  lion  rampant 

argent. 
Crest.    A  bull's  head  couped  sable;  horned  argent;  horns  tipped  with  red. 
Motto.     Fortis  sed  non  ferox. 


JOHN  WHITNEY,  PURIT.^N  EMIGRANT. 

By  henry  MELVILLE,  Esq. 

HE  was  the  first  of  the  name  in  America,  and  the  son  of  Thomas  Whitney, 
"gentleman,"  of  Westminster,  by  his  wife,  Mary  Bray,  and  was  baptized  in 
St.  Margaret's,  the  parish  church  standing  in  the  shadow  of  the  famous  Abbev, 
on  the  20th  day  of  July,  1592. 

Thomas  was  not  a  native  of  the  city  of  his  residence,  but  had  come  from  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  families  in  the  west  of  England,  the  Whitneys 
of  Whitney,  where,  on  the  banks  of  the  Wye,  the  crumbling  ruins  of  their  ancestral 
castle  could  still  be  seen  surviving  centuries  of  border  warfare.  His  uncle,  Sir 
James,  knighted  by  Queen  Elizabeth  at  Winsor  in  1570,  was  lord  of  Whitney,  Clifford, 
Pencombe,  Ocle  Pitchard,  Kings  Capell,  Boughrid,  Tremayne,  Icomb,  Clifton  and 
Comwich,  and  sheriff  of  Herefordshire;  his  grandfather,  Sir  Robert,  knighted  by 
Queen  Mary  in  1553,  represented  that  county  in  parliament,  and  from  the  latter 
could  be  traced  back  a  long  knightly  line  of  Whitneys  and  De  Whitneys  to  the 
twelfth  century,  when  the  name  originated,  and,  beyond  them,  Norman  ancestors, 
with  other  names  even  to  the  conquest. 

One  or  more  of  his  forefathers  had  gone  on  a  crusade  to  the  Holy  Land,  one  had 
fought  under  Edward  I.  in  the  Scotch  war  of  1301,  another  had  twice  represented 
Richard  II.  abroad  in  important  affairs  of  state  and  had  been  slain  "at  the  capture 
of  Edmund  Mortimer,"  a  fourth  had  followed  Henry  V.  in  the  triumphs  of  English 
arms  in  France,  a  fifth  had  risked  land  and  life  for  the  "White  Rose"  and  had  had 
his  praises  sung  by  the  Welsh  bard,  Glyn  Cothi,  and  nearly  every  one  had  been  sher- 
iff of  his  shire  and  had  sat  in  the  great  national  council.  They  quartered  on  their 
shields  the  arms  of  Milbourne.  Eynesford,  Furnival,  \'erdon,  Lovetot,  Baskerville, 
Boteler,  Rees,  Lienthall,  Le  Gros,  Bredwardine,  Sollers,  Brugge  and  Blackett,  and 
their  marriage  alliances  had  been,  almost  without  exception,  with  families  whose 
names  are  great  in  history,  through  at  least  two  of  which  Thomas  could  claim  blood 
relationship  to  royalty  from  William  the  Conquerer  to  Edward  I. 

The  family  name,  Whitney,  or,  as  originally  written,  De  Whitney,  was  derived 
from  the  name  of  the  parish  where  the  castle  stood.  Aluard,  a  Saxon,  held  the  land 
before  the  Conquest,  but  at  the  time  of  the  "Domesday  Survey,"  1086  A.  D.,  it  was 
"waste"  with  no  owner,  save  the  King  as  paramount  lord. 

Sir  Turstin,  one  of  the  Conqueror's  Knights,  commonly  known  as  "Turstin  the 
Fleming"  and  "Turstin  De  Wigmore,"  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Alured  De 
Merleberge,one  of  the  great  barons  of  the  realm,  who  settled  on  her,  with  other  land, 
the  Pencombe  estate.  Agnes  had  two  sons,  Eustace  and  Turstin,  to  the  former  of 
whom  the  property  passed.  Eustace's  son,  or  grandson,  some  time  between  1100  and 
1200  A.  D.,  engaging  in  the  border  wars,  built  a  stronghold  and  took  up  his  residence 
at  Whitney,  on  the  banks  of  the  Wye,  and  thus,  after  the  custom  of  the  times, 
acquired  the  surname  De  (of)  Whitney,  as  one  of  his  neighbors  gained  that  of 
De  Clifford,  and  another  that  of  De  la  Hay.  The  first  mention  of  a  De  Whitney  in 
any  record  now  extant  is  that  of  "  Robert  De  Wytteneye,"  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  17 


1242  A.  D.  There  are  numerous  records  relating  to  Robert's  son,  "Sir  Eustace  De 
Wytteneye,"  and  from  the  latter  down  an  authentic  account  can  be  given  of  each 
head  of  the  family  in  the  long  line. 

After  more  than  four  years  of  research  and  two  visits  to  England,  Henry  Mel- 
ville, Esq..  of  the  New  York  bar,  has  compiled  and  published  a  richly  illustrated 
book  entitled 

"THE   ANCESTRY   OF   JOHN    WHITNEY," 

which  is  the  authority  for  the  foregoing  statements,  and  which  those  mentioned  in 
the  following  pages  as  among  the  descendants  of  the  latter  will  wish  to  see,  and  from 
the  two  works  combined  learn  the  names  of  their  progenitors  in  unbroken  series  for 
eight  hundred  years. 

Of  the  life  of  Thomas  Whitney  nothing  is  certainly  known  beyond  the  following 
facts:  On  May  10,  1583,  he  obtained  from  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  a 
license  to  marry  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Bray,  in  which  he  is  described  as  "  Thomas 
Whytney  of  Lambeth  Marsh,  gentleman,"  and  on  May  12th  the  marriage  ceremony 
was  performed  in  St.  Margaret's.  "Lambeth  Marsh"  is  a  name  still  applied  to  a 
locality  near  the  Surrey  end  of  Westminster  bridge.  There  were  born  to  him  nine 
children,  viz:  Margaret,  Thomas,  Henry,  Arinvaye,  John,  Nowel!,  Francis,  Mary, 
and  Robert,  but  only  three,  viz.,  John,  Francis,  and  Robert,  survived  childhood.  Of 
these  John  emigrated  to  Watertown,  Mass.,  Francis  died  at  Westminster  in  1643,  and 
Robert  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peters,  Cornhill,  London,  in  1662.  In  1611  it  is  recorded 
that  Thomas  paid  the  subsidy  tax,  and  December  6,  1615,  on  the  probate  of  the  will 
of  his  father-in-law,  John  Bray,  he  was  appointed  executor.  February  22,  1607,  he 
apprenticed  his  son  John,  and  >s'ovember  8,  1624,  his  son  Robert.  The  record  of  the 
latter,  like  the  marriage  license,  describes  him  as  a  "gentleman."  September  25, 
1629,  he  buried  his  wife,  and  in  April,  1637,  died  himself.  His  eldest  surviving  son, 
John,  being  then  out  of  England,  administration  of  his  estate  was,  on  May  8,  1637, 
granted  to  the  other  two,  Francis  and  Robert. 

The  accounts  of  the  latter  show  that  the  deceased  was  in  comfortable  circum- 
stances. 

John,  in  whom  we  are  most  interested,  probably  received,  for  those  days,  a  good 
education  in  the  famous  "  Westminster  School,"  now  known  as  St.  Peter's  College, 
and  February  22,  1607,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  was  apprenticed  by  his  father  to  Will- 
iam Pring  of  the  Old  Bailey,  London.  The  latter  was  a  "  Freeman  "  of  the  Merchant 
Tailors'  Company,  then  the  most  famous  and  prosperous  of  all  the  great  trade  guilds, 
numbering  in  its  membership  distinguished  men  of  all  professions,  many  of  the 
nobility  and  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and,  on  March  13,  1614,  Whitney  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  became  a  full-fledged  member.  Marrying  soon  after  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence at  Isleworth-on-the-Thames,  eight  miles  from  Westminster,  and  there  three 
children  were  born,  baptized  on  the  following  dates:  May 23, 1619,  Mary;  September 
14,  1621,  John;  and  January  6,  1623-4,  Richard.  There^  too,  November  8,  1624,  his 
father  apprenticed  to  him  his  youngest  brother,  Roliert,  who  served  seven  years. 
Soon  after  the  latter  date  he  moved  from  Isleworth,  probably  back  to  London. 
Entries  in  the  registers  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Aldermery  indicate  that  he  lived 
there — in  "  Bowe  lanne,"  near  Bow  church,  where  hang  the  famous  bells — for  several 
years,  during  which  time  Mary  died,  and  his  son  Thomas  was  baptized  December  10, 
1627.  In  September,  1631,  he  placed  his  eldest  child,  John,  Jr.,  in  the  Merchant 
Tailors  school — where,  according  to  the  registers,  he  remained  as  long  as  the  family 
were  in  England — and,  early  in  April,  1635,  registered  with  his  wife  Elinor  and  sons 
John,  Richard,  Nathaniel,  Thomas,  and  Jonathan  as  a  passenger  in  the  ship  "  Eliza- 
beth and  Ann,  Roger  Cooper,  Master."  which,  a  few  weeks  afterward,  completed 
her  lading  and  set  sail  for  the  New  World. 

Extracts  from  the  books  of  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Company,  of  the  city  of  Lon- 
don, England. 

July,  1592,  Thomas  Whitney,  son  of  Henrv  Whitney  of  Minehall,  in  the  county 
of  Surrey,  gentleman,  apprenticed  to  William  Persie  of  Watling  street. 

April  14,  1600,  Thomas  Whitney  made  free  by  Henry  Pratt,  his  assigned  master, 
from  Mr.  Rowe,  who  was  his  assigned  master  from  William  Persie,  his  first  master. 
The  report  of  Mr.  Rowe  for  two  years  and  by  Mr.  Persie  for  two  years  and  three 
months,  certified  by  their  letters  to  Henry  Pratt  for  the  residue. 

June  23,  1593,  Thomas  Whitney,  son  of  Nichols  Whitney  of  Carsleton,  in  the 
county  of  Hereford,  gentleman,  deceased,  apprenticed  to  Robert  Davies  of  St. 
Andrews  in  Holborn. 

July  19,  1602,  Thomas  Whitney  made  free  by  Robert  Davies,  his  master. 


18  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Feb.  22,  1607,  John  Whitney,  son  of  Thomas  Whitney  of  the  city  of  Westminster, 
yeoman,  apprenticed  to  William  Pring  of  the  Old  Bailey. 

March  13, 1614,  John  Whitney  made  free  by  William  Pring,  his  master. 

April  26,  1613,  Richard  Whitney,  son  of  Robert  Whitney  of  Ugley,  in  the  county 
of  Essex,  yeoman,  apprenticed  to  William  Searson. 

June  28,  1620,  Richard  Whitney  made  free  by  his  service  with  William  Searson, 
his  master. 

March  8,  1624,  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Thomas  Whitney  of  the  city  of  Westmin- 
ster, gentleman,  apprenticed  to  John  Whitney  of  Isleworth. 

1632,  Robert  Whitney  made  free  by  John  Whitney,  his  master,  upon  the  report 
of  his  master. 


OTHER  WHITNEYS  IN  NEW  ENGLAND. 

THOMAS  WHITNEY  was  a  resident  of  Plymouth  as  eaily  as  1634;  for  that  year 
he  was  one  of  the  jury  in  the  trial  of  cases  before  the  Plymouth  Colony  Court. 
He  served  as  a  member  of  the  jurv  in  the  trial  of  cases  during  the  years  1648- 
49-50-51-53-54-56-57-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  at 
Plymouth  in  1657.  There  is  no  record  of  the  births  of  any  of  his  children  at  Ply- 
mouth. He  must  have  been  well  along  in  years  when  he  married.  His  wife,  Win- 
nefred,  died  July  23, 1660,  aged  only  22  years.     (See  Plymouth  Colony  Record.) 

Jeremiah  Whitney  resided  in  Plymouth  in  1643,  for  at  that  time  he  was  included 
in  a  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms.  In  1657  he  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  at  Sandwich, 
Mass. 

Stephen  Whitney  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Huntington,  L.  I. 

Henry  Whitney  was  another  early  settler  and  located  in  Connecticut.  The 
genealogy  of  his  descendants,  both  male  and  female  lines,  has  been  very  fully 
traced  by  the  late  Stephen  \\'hitney  Phoenix,  of  New  York  City,  ably  assisted  by  the 
late  D.  Williams  Patterson,  of  Newark  Valley,  New  York.  There  are  a  number  of 
inaccuracies  in  that  work,  but  the  most  glaring  in  it  is  the  alleged  connection 
between  the  American  and  English  branches.  The  following  letter  from  Col. 
Joseph  Lemuel  Chester  fully  explains  the  imposition: 

London,  Eng.,  Jan.  16,  1880. 

I  do  not  know  whether  Mr.  Whitmore  has  mentioned  to  you  the  contents  of  my 
last  letter  to  him,  respecting  the  Whitney  pedigree  in  Mr.  Phoenix's  splendid  volume. 
If  not,  I  may  now  say  to  you  that  Mr.  Phcenix's  suspicions  being  aroused  as  to  the 
accuracy  of  the  English  pedigree  furnished  by  Mrs.  De  Salis,  he  begged  me  to  inves- 
tigate It. 

It  required  but  a  single  glance  at  the  pedigree  and  her  statements  in  the  text,  to 
enable  me  to  determine  that  they  were  fictitious,  as  I  saw  at  once  that  they  stated 
what  I  knew  to  be  impossibilities.  A  little  investigation  revealed  all  that  she  had 
done,  and  enabled  me  to  determine  exactly  how  she  had  done  it. 

As  this  is  now  the  third  of  her  American  cases  which  I  have  examined  with  sim- 
ilar results,  I  felt  not  only  justified,  but  bound  to  interpose  between  her  and  my 
countrymen.  I  taxed  her  with  what  I  had  discovered,  and  now  have  her  confession 
that  the  two  wills  of  Thomas  Whitney  and  Ann  Roberts,  the  alleged  father  and  aunt 
of  the  emigrant  Henry  Whitney,  on  which  alone  the  pedigree  is  based  (as  you  will 
see  by  referring  to  the  books),  were  pure  fabrications,  although  she  persists  in  declar- 
ing that  they  were  not  fabricated  by  herself,  but  by  some  mysterious  assistant,  whom 
she  trusted.     This,  however,  I  have  good  reason  for  not  believing. 

I  have  also  her  written  pledge  that  she  will  never  again  seek  or  accept  a  com- 
mission from  the  United  States.  I  do  not  know  yet  what  course  Mr.  Phoenix  will 
pursue  either  here  or  at  home,  so  perhaps  you  will  guard  what  I  now  write  as  at  least 
semi-confidential. 

After  this  experience,  it  is  fair  to  presume  that  all  her  other  American  clients 
have  been  treated  in  a  similar  manner.  Sincerely  yours, 

Jos.  L.  Chester. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  19 


THE   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA. 

THE  Whitney  family  is  very  numerous  in  America;  not  only  in  New  England  are 
they  abundant,  but  in  nearly  every  state  and  territory  in  the  United  States.  A 
very  large  share  of  those  who  bear  the  name  are  the  descendants  of  John  and 
Elinor  Whitney  of  Watertown,  in  the  Massachusetts  colony.  No  relationship  is 
traced  between  this  family  and  that  of  Henry  Whitney  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  who 
located  there  in  1665,  and  the  genealogy  of  whose  descendants,  both  male  and  female 
lines,  has  been  published  by  S.  Whitney  Phoenix,  being  the  most  exhaustive  and 
expensive  work  of  this  kind  ever  published  in  America.* 

John  Whitney  was  born  in  England  in  1589,  and  dwelt  in  the  Parish  of  I-sieworth- 
•on-the-Thames,  opposite  Richmond,  nine  miles  from  London,  from  May,  1619,  to 
January,  1623-4.  The  record  "  of  persons  permitted  to  embark  at  the  port  of  Lon- 
don after  Christmas,  1634,"  manuscript  folio  page  35  in  Rolls  office.  Chancery  Lane, 
gives  the  following  names  and  ages:  John  Whitney  35,  Elinor  Whitney  30,  John  11, 
Richard  9,  Nathaniel  8,  Thomas  6,  Jonathan  1. 

The  record  reads  as  follows: 

The  Elizabeth  and  Ann,  Roger  Cooper  Mr.,  April,  1635. 

These  p'ties  hereunder  expressed  are  to  be  imbarqiied  for  New  England,  having 
taken  the  oaths  of  Allegeance  and  Supremacie  and  likewise  brought  Certificate  both 
from  the  Ministers  and  Justices  when  their  abidings  were  latlie,  of  their  conformitie 
to  the  Discipline  and  order  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  yet  they  are  no  Subsedy 
Men.  Jo.  Whitney, 35;  Jo.  Whitney,  11;  Richard  Whitney,  9;  Nathaniel  Whitney,  8; 
Tho.  Whitney,  6;  Jonathan  Whitney,  1;  Ellen  Whitney,  30. 

The  ages  of  John  Whitney  and  his  five  sons,  as  thus  given,  were  all  too  young. 

The  parish  register  of  Isleworth  contains  the  following  entries: 

1621,  Sept.  14,  John  Whitne  and  Ellin  had  John  their  son  baptized. 

1623-4,  Jan.  6,  John  Whitne  and  Elinor  his  wife  had  their  son  Richard  baptized. 
It  is  suggested  that  the  non-conformity  acts  might  have  had  some  influence  in  mak- 
ing the  ages  of  the  several  members  of  the  family  younger  than  they  were. 

They  settled  in  Watertown,  in  the  Massachusetts  colony,  in  June,  1635,  where  his 
son  Joshua  was  born  the  15th  of  July  following,  he  being  the  first  .of  this  line  born  in 
America.  John  Whitney  was  admitted  freeman  3d  of  ^Iarch,  1636,  and  the  following 
year  was  for  the  first  time  elected  by  his  associates  as  one  of  the  Select  Men  of  the 
town.  He  held  the  office  for  many  years  afterward,  until  1655,  at  which  time  he  was 
elected  town  clerk.  June  1,  1641,  he  was  appointed  constable  at  Watertown  by  the 
General  Court  at  their  quarter  session  held  in  Boston. 

At  that  time  constables  were  appointed  by  the  General  Court,  and,  besides  the 
duties  attached  to  the  office  in  latter  times,  they  were  required  to  collect  the  taxes  of 
the  town  and  the  levies  by  the  General  Court;  to  pay  the  debts  of  the  colony  due  to 
individuals  in  their  respective  towns;  to  supply  the  town  with  sealed  weights  and 
measures;  to  set  or  order  in  those  towns  where  no  captain  dwelt,  and  to  inflict  the 
punishments  ordered  by  judicial  authority,  "where  there  was  not  another  appointed 
to  do  it  within  his  own  town,  unless  he  can  get  another  to  do  it."  As  a  badge  of  his 
■office  a  constable  Jwas  required  to  carry  a  black  staff  five  or  five  and  a  half  feet 
long,  with  a  tip  or  head  five  or  six  inches  long. 

His  very  early  admission  as  a  freeman  and  his  election  as  a  Select  Man  show 
that  he  held  a  respectable  social  position  in  the  community. 

He  was  grantee  of  eight  lots  in  Watertown  and  purchaser  of  16  acres,  his  home- 
stall  lot,  where  he  continued  to  reside.  This  latter  property  was  granted  to  John 
Strickland,t  and  was  bounded  east  and  south  by  William  Jennison,  west  by  Mar- 
tin Underwood,  north  by  Isaac  Mixer.  His  eight  lots  amounted  to  212  acres, 
to  which  he  subsequently  made  additions,  as  shown  by  the  Registry  of  Deeds.  Later 
the  homestall  became  the  property  of  his  son,  Joshua,  of  Groton,  who  sold  it  to  Dea. 
Nathan  Fiske,  Oct.  29,  1697. 

The  death  of  John  Whitney  is  registered  in  the  church  record  of  Watertown, 
1673,  thus:     "John  Whetny,  Widdower,  Deceased  first  of  June,  aged  abought  eighty- 

*\Vliitne.v.  The  Whitney  Family  of  Connecticut  and  its  AtKliatious.  Being  an  attempt  to 
trace  the  Descendants,  as  well  in  the  Female  as  the  Male  Lines,  of  Henry  Whitney,  from  1649  to 
1878.  To  which  is  prefixed  some  account  of  the  Whitneys  of  England.  By  S.  Whitney  Phcenix.  3 
Tery  thick  vols.  4to.  Bound  by  Matthews  in  half  morocco.  Edition  of  510  copies,  privately 
printed,  all  for  presentation.  N.  Y.,  187S.    $5000 

t  He  was  dismissed  from  the  Watertown  church  May  29,  1635,  and  was  one  of  the  Watertown 
«olony  that  planted  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  the  oldest  town  on  the  Connecticut  river. 


20  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


four  years."  His  wife,  Elinor,  mother  of  his  eight  sons,  died  in  Watertown  May  11, 
1659,  aged  about  60  years  (though  called  54).  He  married  Judah  (Judith)  Clement, 
Sept.  29, 1659.  .. 

His  will,  dated  April  3,  1673,  is  as  follows: 

I  John  Whitney  senior  of  Watertowne  in  ye  county  of  midlesexx  being  perfect 
and  sound  in  my  memory  and  understanding  blessed  be  god  for  it:  I  do  declare 
this  to  be  my  last  will  and  testemant     In  maner  and  form  as  followeth 

lly  1  committ  my  spirit  into  ye  hands  of  god  yt  gave  it:  and  my  body  unto  the 
earth  from  whence  it  was  taken; 

21y  I  give  unto  my  Son  John  Whitney:  my  meadow  called  beeverbrook  mead- 
ows with  yt  upland  yt  doth  appertain  thereunto:  and  a  yoke  of  oxen:  or  nine  pounds 
ten  shillings:  and  ten  acres  of  my  land  called  dcvcdent  and  a  trunke  and  one  pair  of 
sheets  and  one  pair  of  pillows  beers  and  two  pewter  dishes  a  great  one  and  a  small 
one  and  ye  bed  whereon  I  lie  with  all  the  furniture  thereunto  belonging. 

31y  I  give  unto  my  son  Richard  Whitney  my  ten  acres  of  land  called  devident 
and  two  cowes  and  a  great  sea  chest 

41y  I  give  unto  my  son  Thomas  Whitney  ten  acres  of  my  land  called  devident 
and  two  cowes  and  a  sad  colered  sute  namely  a  payer  of  breeches  and  a  close  coate 
and  a  puter  dish. 

Sly  I  give  unto  my  son  Jonathan  Whitney  an  iron  kitle  and  a  great  brass  skilet. 

61y  I  give  unto  my  son  Joshua  Whitney  twenty  acres  of  my  land  called  devident 
and  a  cubbard  and  a  little  table  and  a  chest  and  a  great  kitle  and  a  warming  pan 
and  a  skillett. 

71y  1  give  unto  my  son  Benjamin  Whitney  the  old  mare  if  she  live. 

Sly  My  will  is  yt  what  of  my  estate  be  left  after  all  is  paid  out  as  ye  aboves 
namely  of  my  moveables  yt  it  be  equaly  devided  between  my  execeutors  and  1  doe 
nominate  and  apoynt  my  well  beloved  sones  John  Whitney  and  Joshua  Whitney  to  be 
my  execeutors  to  this  my  will  and  testament  and  I  doe  desire  my  loveing  friend 
William  Bond  sen  to  se  yt  this  my  will  be  performed  acording  to  ye  true  intent  of  it 
as  is  aforesaid  and  doe  set  to  my  hand  this  3d  of  Aprill  1673. 

Ye  centerline  in  ye  line  24  ye  wood  devided  was  don  before  any  subscribing  or 
sealining. 

The  marks  of  X 

Jon  Whitney  sen  and  a  scale. 
In  ye  presince  of  us 

William  Bond  sen 

Sarah  Bond  sen 

This  is  an  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  John  Whitnie,  sene,  taken  this  4th  of 
•June,  1673,  by  us  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed. 

Impe  Wearing  Clothes. 

A  sad  coleired  sute  coats  and  breeches 001         10  00 

The  rest  of  both  linin  and  woollen  and  shooes  stocking  hats  gloves 

being  much  worne 002        10  00 

The  bed  wheareon  he  lay  wth  all  the  furniture  thereunto  belonging.. .       05        00  00 
Three  pillows  beers  three  sheets  and  three  small  old  table  clothes.. . .     001        00  00 

An  old  feather  boulster  and  feather  pillows  a  sea  chest 000        10  00 

Two  old  chests  an  old  trunke  an  old  box  and  an  old  Cubbard 000        14  00 

Two  old  tables  one  forme  4  old  chaires 001        00  00 

Three  pewter  platters  one  basson  a  sacer  and  old  great  pott  and  old 

pewter  bottle  and  a  chamber  pott 000        12  00 

A  brass  kitle  2  brass  skillets  a  brass  skimer  a  warming  pan  a  small 

brass  morter  a  little  ladell  of  brass 001        02  00 

An  iron   pot  and  pott  hooks  a  tramell  a  iron  kittle  a  spit  a  smoothing 

iron  and  two  old  frying  pans 001        05  00 

Three   earthen   vessels   a   great  grater    2    chuny   dishes  a  dozen   of 

trenchers  a  wooden  dish  3  cheese  moats 000        03  00 

A  small  trevit  a  pair  of  tongs  and  a  small  payer  of   scales  pound  and 

half  in  waits  a  spindell  for  a  wheelle  and  an  iron  bullet 000        02  00 

A  churne  and  other  lumber 000        05  00 

Four  cowes 010        00  00 

Two  oxen 009        10  00 

A  old  maer 002        10  00 

Anoldsadlean  pillion 000        10  00 

An  old  paire  of  soops  and  boxes  for  a  cart  a  payer  of  iron  pins  for  the 

extree  a  payer  of  lines  pins  and  washers 000        10  GO 


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A  chaine  a  iron  bar  a  spoone  of  iron  an 'old  adsc  a  set  for  a  saw  two 

wedges  and  an  iron  pin  for  a  cart  a  hay  crome  and  other  old  iron,    000        12  00 

A  grind  stone  with  the  iron  to  it 000        04  00 

An  old  haire  a  cart  rope  an  old  bage  two  old  cushins 000        02  00 

Fifty  acres  of  land  caled  devident 025        00  00 

Three  acres  of  meadow  at  beaver  brooke  with  an  acre  and  half  of  up- 
land to  it 020        00  00 

An  acre  of  meadow  called  plaine  meadow 010        00  00 

A  forke  and  a  shovell 000        02  00 

All  so  of 000        14  00 

Joseph  Underwood 
William  Bond 
Nathan  Fiske 

Massachusetts  Colony  Records. 

A  quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  first  of  the  4th  mo.,  1641. 
John  Whitney  was  chosen  constable  at  Watertowne  and  tooke  oath. 
There  was  granted  to  Goodm.  Nutt,  Marten  \'nderwood,  John  Whitney,  Henry 
Kemball  and  John  Witheredge  alowance  for  83'^  yrd.  of  cloth,  valued  at  12  d. 
p.  yrd. 

165.5.  In  answer  to  the  peticion  of  Mr.  Lymon  Eires,  Jno.  Stone,  Jno.  Whitney, 
Wm.  Page,  etc  ,  the  Court  judgeth  it  meete  to  referre  the  peticioners  to  the  retourne 
of  the  commissiones  appointed  to  settle  the  matters  in  difference  betweene  them 
those  acts  this  Court  doth  approove  of  and  contjnew,  as  they  are  presented  to  this 
Court,  and  are  on  file. 


WHAT  HENRY  AUSTIN  WHITNEY  SAYS. 

JOHN  WHITNEY  probably  arrived  in  June,  and  immediately  settled  in  Water- 
town,  where  his  son  Joshua  was  born  the  loth  of  July.  He  purchased  a  sixteen 
acre  homestall,  which  had  been  granted  to  John  Strickland,  who  was  dismissed 
from  the  Watertown  church  May  29,  1635,  and  was  one  of  that  colony  from  Water- 
town  that  went  and  planted  Wethersfield,  the  oldest  town  on  Connecticut  river. 
This  homestead  was  the  permanent  residence  of  Mr.  Whitney.  In  1668  he  requested 
his  youngest  son,  Benjamin,  who  had  settled  in  York,  Me.,  to  return  and  live  with  him 
on  his  homestead,  with  the  assurance  that  it  should  be  his  own  after  his  father's 
decease.  In  1671  Benjamin,  with  his  father's  consent,  conveyed  his  rights  and  obli- 
gations in  this  homestead  to  his  brother  Joshua,  who  had  settled  in  Groton,  for  £A{i. 
After  the  decease  of  his  father  Joshua  returned  to  Groton,  and  on  the  29th  October, 
1697,  sold  this  ancient  homestead  to  Dea.  Nathan  Fiske.  It  was  situated  at  a  little 
distance  north  of  Belmont  street  and  east  of  Common  street.  (See  the  majj  of  the 
original  allotments  in  Bond's  Early  History  of  Watertown.) 

It  is  stated  above  that  Mr.  Whitney  purchased  his  homestall,  but  before  1642  the 
town  had  granted  him  nine  other  lots  of  land,  amounting  to  198  acres.  The  Registry 
of  Deeds,  which  contains  comparatively  few  of  the  early  conveyances,  shows  that  he 
made  several  purchases  of  land,  and  it  is  probable  that  he  had  aided  all  his  other 
sons  in  their  settlements  as  he  did  Jonathan,  to  whom  he  gave  39  acres  about  1659 — 
and  Benjamin,  to  whom  he  gave  the  homestead  as  we  have  already  noticed. 
Jonathan  and  Benjamin  received  these  gifts  from  their  father  when  they  were  quite 
young,  and  it  is  possible  that  they  shared  in  some  later  division  of  his  estate,  which 
may  account  for  the  fact  that  Mr.  Whitney  in  his  will,  while  he  bequeathes  parcels  of 
land  to  all  his  other  sons,  merely  gives  to  Jonathan  "  one  iron  kitle  and  a  great  brass 
skilet; "  to  Benjamin,  "the  old  mare  if  she  live." 

Mr.  W^hitney  was  admitted  freeman  March  3,  1635-6;  appointed  constable  of 
Watertown  by  the  General  Court,  June  1,  1641;  selectman,  1638  to  16-55,  inclusive,  and 
town  clerk,  1655. 

His  wife  Elinor,  the  mother  of  his  eight  sons,  died  May  11,  1659,  aged  54;  and 
he  married  Sept.  29,  1769,  Judah  Clement,  who  was  not  living  at  the  date  of  his  will, 
April  3,  1673.  He  died  June  1,  1673,  aged  74.  Inventory,  dated  June  4,  1673:  -50  acres 
■dividend  land,  3  acres  Beaver  Brook  meadow,  and  I'A  acres  upland;  1  acre  plain 
meadow,  besides  his  personal  property,  consisting  of  household  goods  and  stock  on 
the  farm.  This  shows  that  he  then  held  but  a  small  part  of  his  lands  granted  and 
purchased,  which  had  probably  been  distributed  to  his  sons. 


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22  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1.    John  Whitney  (Thomas,  Robert),  b.  England,  1689,  settled  in  Watertown, 

Mass.,  June,  1635,  m.  in   England,  Elinor ,  b.  1599,  d.  in  Watertown,  May  11, 

1659;  m.  2d.  in  Watertown  Sept.  29,  1659,  Judith  Clement.  She  died  before  her 
husband.      He  4-  June  1,  1673;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Mary,  bap.  Eng.  May  23,  1619;  d.  young. 

John,  b.  Eng.,  1620;  in.  Ruth  Reynolds. 

Richard,  b.  Eng.,  1626;  m.  Martha  Coldam. 

Nathaniel,  b.  Eng.,  1627;  n.  f.  k. 

Thomas,  b.  Eng.,  1629;  m.  Mary  Kedall  (Kettle). 

Jonathan,  b.  Eng.,  1634;  m.  Lvdia  Jones. 

Joshua,  b.  Wat.,  July  5,  1635;  m.  Lydia  ,  Mary and 

Abigail  Tarball. 

Caleb,  b.  Wat..  July  12,  1640;  d.  buried  12  (5)  1640. 

Benjamin,  b.  Wat.,  June  6,  1643;  m.  Jane  and  Mary  Poor. 

3.  John  Whitney  (John),  b.  England,  1620;  res.  in  Watertown  m.  1642,  Ruth 
Reynolds,  dau.  of  Robert,  of  Watertown,  Weathersfield  and  Boston. 

He  was  admitted  freeman  May  26,  1647  ae.  23;  was  selectman  1673-80,  inclu- 
sive. The  will  of  Robert  Reynolds,  of  Boston,  dated  Apr.  20,  1658,  mentions  his 
dau.,  Ruth  Whitney  and  her  eldest  son;  his  dau.  Sarah  Mason  and  her  son  Robert. 
John's  estate  was  admr.  upon  by  Ruth  and  sons,  John  and  Benjamin.  Inventory 
dated  Oct.  26,  1692,  taken  by  Elnathan  Beers  and  Thomas  Hammond.  It  embraced 
18  lots  or  parcels  of  land  amounting  to  210  acres  and  prized  at  ;^197:15.  Item- 
braced  one  lot  of  17  acres,  "  purchased  of  father  Arnold."  His  will  was  not  proved, 
it  was  written  Feb.  27,  1685,  subscribed  in  the  year  1690.  This  will,  written  by  him- 
self, though  informal  and  not  on  record,  may  be  found,  in  the  files  at  the  Middlesex 
Probate  office  and  provides /;?/<??- a//a  as  follows:  "If  any  of  my  sonnes  or  sone-in 
laws  or  daughters  be  quarelsom  by  going  to  Law  or  troublesom  to  the  brethren  I  say 
they  shall  lose  the  share  of  what  I  have  bequeatted  them.  I  desire  they  should  live 
in  love  to  God  and  one  toward  anothr." 

Mr.  Whitney  first  settled  (1643)  and  always  resided  on  a  three-acre  lot  on  the  east 
side  of  Lexington  street,  on  land  granted  to  E.  How,  and  the  next  lot  south  of  the 
residence  of  the  Phillips  family,  and  is  probably  the  same  lot  occupied  by  his  great- 
grandson,  Bradshaw  Whitney.  The  ground  is  somewhat  elevated,  and  there  is  little 
doubt  that  it  is  the  "Whitney  Hill  "  sometimes  mentioned  in  the  records,  Dr.  Bond 
thinking  it  very  probable  that  his  supposition,  p.  1031,  respecting  this  hill,  is  incor- 
rect. 

In  1675,  in  a  warrant  issued  to  the  people  of  Watertown  (just  a  few  months  prior 
to  the  attack  on  Sudbury)  for  impressing  twenty  soldiers  with  provisions,  arms  and 
ammunition  and  good  clothing  for  the  defense  of  the  colony,  Capt.  Hugh  Mason 
made  a  return,  and  in  the  list  is  found  the  names  of  John  Whitney,  Sr.,  and  Moses 
Whitney  (the  latter  was  probably  his  nephew). 

He  d.  Oct.  12,  1692;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

11.  i.  John,  b.  Sept.  17,  1643;  m.  Elizabeth  Harris. 

12.  ii.         Ruth;  b.  Apr.  15, 1645;  m.  June  20,  1664,  John  Shattuck,  b.  Feb.  11, 

1646.  He  was  drowned  in  passing  Charlestown  Ferry,  Sept.  14, 
1675;  m.  2nd  Mar.  6,  1676,  Enoch  Laurence,  b.  Mar.  5,1649;  d. 
Sept.  28,  1744.  Ch.  John,  b.  June  4, 1666;  m.  Mary  Blood;  was  one 
of  the  selectmen;  killed  by  the  Indians  with  his  son  at  Groton, 
Mar.  8,  1709.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  Lemuel  Shattuck,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  the  historian  of  Concord,  Mass;  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  24,  1668; 
William,  b.  Sept.  11,  1670;  m.  Hannah  Underwood  and  Deliver- 
ance Pease;  Samuel,  m.  Elizabeth  Blood  and  had  nine  ch.;  ch. 

by  2nd  husband,  Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  21,  1677;  m.  Hannah . 

One  of  his  sons  was  captain  of  the  Groton  company;  Daniel,  b. 

Mar.  7,  1681;  m.  Sarah .     In  1707  he  moved  from  Groton 

toPlainfield,Conn.,inthat  part  which  became  Killingly;  had  two 
wives  and  22  children;  Zechariah,  b.  July  16,  1683;  m.  Abigail 
Parker  and  Lucy  Lakin;  Jeremiah,  b.  May  1,  1686.  Enoch,  the 
father,  was  wounded  in  a  fight  with  the  Indians  July  27,  1694, 
which  almost  wholly  prevented  him  from  manual  labor.  John 
Shattuck  was  in  Capt.  Beers'  company  in  the  Squakeag  fight, 
Sept.  4,  1675. 

13.  iii.      Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  1,  1646;  m.  Sarah  Hagar. 

14.  iv.      Samuel,  b.  July  26,  1648;  m.  Mary  Bemis. 


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Mary,  b.  Apr.  29,  1650;  d.  unm.  after  1693. 

Joseph,  b.  Jan.  15,  1651;  m.  Martha  BoBch. 

Sarah,  b.  March  17,  1658;  m.  Oct.  18,  1681,  Daniel  Harrington,  b. 
Nov.  1,  1657;  d.  Apr.  19,  1728;  ch.  She  d.  June  8,  1720,  and  he 
m.  2nd  Oct.  25,  1720,  Elizabeth  Bridge,  wid.  of  Capt.  Benja- 
minGarfield.  Ch.:  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  24,  1683;  m.  Elizabeth  Warren; 
res.  to  Marlboro;  Robert,  b.  July  2,  1685;  m.  Anna  Harrington; 
res.  Lexington;  David,  b.  July  10,  1687;  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  2, 
1689;  m.  Elizabeth  Bigelow;  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  4,  1691;  m.  Martha 
Hastings;  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  28,  1693;  m.  Nathaniel  Livermore  and 
Ebenezer  Stone,  of  Newton. 

18.  viii.     Elizabeth,  b.  June  9,  1656;  m.  Dec.  19,  1678,  Daniel  Warren,  b. 

Oct.  6,  16-53.  He  was  selectman  many  times  and  rep.  in  1701. 
Ch.:  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  16,1679;  d.  Feb.  4,  1695;  Ruth,  b.  Oct. 
15,  1681;  m.  Samuel  Bigelow,  of  Marlboro;  Mary,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1683;  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  30,  1686;  captain;  m.  Hannah  Bigelow  and 
,  Mehitabel  Garfield;  Sarah,  bap.  Dec.  14,  1701;  m.  Daniel  Galu- 
sha;  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1690;  m.  John  Bemis,  Jr.;  Jonas,  b.  July 
25,  1695;  Jonas,  b.  Apr.  30,  1697;  m.  Elizabeth  Seavens;  Deliver- 
ence,  b.  Oct.  10,  1699;  m.  Josiah  Coolidge;  Mary,  bap.  May  2, 
1703,  m.  (?)  Benjamin  Tucker,  of  Leicester. 

19.  ix.      Hannah,  b. ;  unm.  in  1693. 

/20.     X.        Benjamin,  b.  June  28,  1660;  m.  Abigail  Hagar  and  Elizabeth . 

4.  Richard  W^hitney  (John),  b.  England,  1626;  m.  Mar.  19,  1650,  Martha 
Coldam.  He  was  admitted  freeman  May  7,  1651.  He  was  proprietor  of  Stow  June  3, 
1680,  and  probably  moved  there  when  it  was  a  part  of  Concord  or  belonged  to  it. 
His  eight  children  were  born  in  Watertown. 

Apr.  7,  1697,  Richard  Whitney  of  Stow,  being  70  years  of  age,  was  released  from 
training  by  the  court.     He  d. ;  res.  Concord  and  Stow,  Mass.  ch. 

Sarah,  b.  Mar.  17, 1652. 

Moses,  b.  Aug.  1,  1655;  m.  Sarah  Knight. 

Johanah,  b.  Jan.  16,  1656. 

Deborah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1658. 

Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  15,  1659;  d.  Feb.  1660. 

Richard,  b.  Jan.  13,  1660;  m.  Elizabeth  Sawtell. 

Elisha,  b.  Aug.  26,  1662.     Did  he  go  to  Conn.? 

Ebenezer,  b.  June  30,  1672;  m.  Anna . 

6.  Thomas  Whitney  (John),  b.  England,  1629;  m.  in  Watertown,  Jan.  11,  1654, 
Mary  Kedall  or  Kettle. 

Thomas  Whitney  was  admitted  freeman  Apr.  18,  1690. 

"May  10, 1642,  ordered  that  six  pieces  of  common,  called  Pequusset,  shall  be  laid 
out  for  the  present  necessity  of  John  Kettle."     [Watertown  Record.] 
He  d.  Sept.  20,  1719;  res.  Watertown  and  Stow,  Mass. 

Tho.mas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1656;  m.  Elizabeth  Laurence. 
John,  b.  May  9,  1659;  d.  May  16.  1659. 
John,  b.  Aug.  22,  1660;  d.  Aug.  26,  1660. 
Eleazer,  b.  Sept.  2,  1662;  m.  Dorothy  Ross. 

Elnathan,  b.  Sept.  2,  1662;  d.  unm.  He  was  a  town  charge  in 
1727,  and  the  Selectman  ordered  to  see  if  his  brother  Eleazer 
would  look  after  him.  He  was  then  sixty-six  years  of  age.  He 
d.  Mar.  8,  1727.  He  met  with  a  serious  accident  and  became 
suddenly  insane. 

34.  vi.      Mary,  b.  Dec.  22,  1663;  d.  young. 

35.  vii.     Bezaleel,  b.  Sept.  16,  1665;  n.f.  k. 

36.  viii.    Sarah,  b.  Mar.  23,  1666;  m.  Apr.  11,  1699,  Charles  Chadwick;  b. 

Nov.  19,  1674.     Ch.:  Charles,  b.  May  21,  1700,  had  a  son  Abijah, 

b.  May  12,  1725;  Elizabeth,  b.  May  3,  1702;  Abigail,  b. ; 

m.  May  17,  1732,  Capt.  Henry  Spring,  of  Weston,  b.  Feb.  2,  1710. 

37.  ix.      Mary,  b.  Aug.  6,  1668;  d.  Sept.  6,  1669. 

38.  x.       Isaiah,  b.  Sept.  16,  1671;  m.  Sarah  (Woodward)  Eddy. 

39.  xi.      Martha,  b.  Jan.  30,  1673;  unm.     She  and  her  brother  Elnathan 

had  all  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  their  father. 

7.  Jonathan  Whitney  (John),  b.  England,  1634;  m.  in  Watertown,  Oct.  30, 
1656,  Lydia  Jones,  dau.  of  Lewis. 


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Jonathan  Whitney  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Sherborn  in  1679.  That  year 
he  signed  the  social  compact  entered  mto  by  all  the  inhabitants.  In  1681  he  was 
one  of  a  committee  about  division  of  common  lands  and  signed  an  agreement  about 
building  a  church. 

He  d.  in  Sherborn  in  1702,  where  he  was  as  early  as  1679,  and  settled  near  Chest- 
nut Brook.  About  1659  his  father  gave  him  89  acres  of  land,  which  he  had  pur- 
chased of  Richard  Woodward.  Nov.  7,  1664,  Jonathan  Whitney  and  wife  Lydia  sold 
for  ;i^40  this  land,  was  situated  in  the  little  plain  in  Watertown,  to  Thomas  Flagg. 
Nov.  7,  1664,  he  sold  to  Richard  Child  5  acres  of  meadow,  situated  on  a  branch  of 
Stony  Brook.  Jonathan  Whitney  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1652.  His  will  is  dated 
Jan.  12,  1702.  The  agreement  of  his  heirs  is  dated  Charlestown,  Jan.  21,  1714.  He 
d.  in  1702.     Res.  Watertown  and  Sherborn,  Mass. 

40.  i.         Lydia,  b.  July  3,  1657;  m.  Apr.  15,  1681,  Moses  Adams,  of  Sher- 

born, b.  Oct.  6,  1654.  He  was  tythingham,  1696;  selectman,  1701; 
had  land  in  Douglass  in  1715  and  d.  May  27,  1724.  Ch.:  Benoni, 
b.  Nov.  3,  1682;  Lydia,  b.  Feb.  2,  1684;  m.  John  Fisk;  Eliza,  b. 
Sept.  18,  1686;  d.  July  17,  1689;  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  8,  1688;  m. 
Nathaniel  Fisk;  Moses,  b.  Nov. 26, 1691;  d.bef.l730;  Elizabeth, 
b.  Oct.  25,  1689;  m;  David  Rider;  James,  b.  July  7,  1693;  Isaac, 
b.  Mar.  4,  1695;  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  7,  1697;  m.  Nathaniel  Perry. 

41.  ii.        Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  20,  1658;  m.  Sarah  Hapgood. 

42.  iii.       Anna,  b.  Apr.  28,  1860;  m.  Cornelius  Fisher,  of  Wrentham.     He 

was  b.  Feb.  8,  1660;  res.  Wrentham.  Ch.:  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  22, 
1691 ;  Cornelius,  b.  Sept.  29, 1692;  Isaac,b.  May  19,  1694;  Ann,  b. 
Mar.  28,  1696.  She  d.  Mar.  6,  1701,  and  he  m.  2nd,  Mar.  27,  1702, 
Mary  Colburn. 

43.  iv.       John,  b.  June  27,  1662;  m.  Mary  Hapgood,  Sarah  Haven  and  Mrs. 
Martha  (How)  Walker. 

JosiAH,  b.  May  19,  1664;  m.  Abigail and  Mary . 

Elinor,  b.  Oct.  12,  1666;  d.  Nov.  23,  1678. 

James,  b.  Nov.  25,  1668;  d.  Nov.  30,  1690. 

Isaac,  b.  Jan.  12,  1670;  d.  Dec.  2, 1690. 

Joseph,  b.  Mar.  10,  1672;  m.  Rebecca  Barge. 

Abigail,  b.  Aug.  18,  1675;  unm.  in  1702. 

Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  6,  1678;  m.  in  Sherborn,  Oct.  24,  1700,  Mercy 
Travis,  and  d.  s.  p.  in  1718.  She  m.  2nd,  prior  to  1721,  Lieut. 
Thomas  Frink,  of  Sudbury,  Mass.  She  was  b.  Feb.  8,  1668,  the 
daughter  of  James  and  Mercy  (Pierce)  Travis,  b.  in  Gloucester. 
The  father  the  same  year  moved  to  Brookfield,  where  he  resided 
until  his  return  to  Essex  Co.,  where  he  d.  1717.  Benjamin's  will 
was  made  in  the  year  171:3-4,  and  proved  Sept.  25,  1718.  In  1712 
Benjamin  Whitney  and  others  petition  to  Gov.  Dudley,  from 
Sherborn,  for  leave  to  form  a  cavalry  company.  His  estate  was 
valued  at  /712. 

8.     Dea.  Joshua  Whitney  (John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  July  5,  1635,  m.  Lydia 
;  m.  2d,  Mary ,d.  at  Groton,  Mar.  17, 1671;  m.  3d,  Sept.  30,  1672,  Abigail 


44. 

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45. 

vi. 

46. 

Vll. 

47. 

vni 

48. 

IX. 

49. 

X. 

50. 

XI. 

Tarball. 

Joshua  Whitney  was  the  first  of  the  family  who  was  born  in  America.  He 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers,  a  deacon  and  original  proprietor  at  Groton,  Mass., 
and  dwelt  there  probably  until  it  was  burnt  by  the  Indians,  during  King  Philip's 
war,  in  the  spring  of  1676.  He  returned  to  Watertown  for  a  few  years  and  died  in 
1719.  His  will  is  dated  Apr.  17,  1713,  and  proved  Oct.  6,  1719.  It  mentions  several 
children  whose  births  are  not  recorded.  He  was  buried  in  the  old  burying  ground 
in  Groton.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  with  his  son,  Joshua,  Jr.,  in 
1691-2. 

From  the  various  works  on  Groton,  compiled  by  that  able  historian,  Hon.  Samuel 
A.  Green,  of  Boston,  I  glean  the  following  relating  to  Dea.  Whitney: 

In  1681,  y3,  84  and  87,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  selectmen.  In  1680  he  was 
selected  one  of  the  board  to  arrange  matters  pertaining  to  the  meeting  house;  1684 
Joshuey  Whitney  elected  constibell;  1690  Joshua  Whetney  elected  a  tithing-man; 
1685  Joshiway  Whitney  selected  at  the  town  meeting  as  a  ffeus  newers;  1693  elected 
overseer  of  highway;  1701  was  chairman  of  the  committee  to  heat  the  meeting  house; 
1702  was  again  elected  selectman. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  25 

Groton,  Apr.  22,  1715,  at  a  church  meeting: 

Whereas,  Deacon  Whitney  is  old,  and  desirous  of  the  choice  of  another  to 
officiate  in  his  place,  and  wheras  Dea.  John  Farnsworth  is  desirous  of  a  new  choice, 
unless  he  were  more  unanimously  confirmed,  the  church  did  thereupon  unanimously 
elect,  or  make  choice  of  Simon  Stone  and  Thomas  Tarbele,  to  officiate  as  deacons  in 
the  church  of  Groton. 

Joshuay  Whitny  have  payd  for  his  land  which  he  did  purchis  of  the  Town 
Comity  in  the  yer  1683,  the  and  inst  sum  of  twellve  shillins  for  twelve  ackrs  of  land. 
I  say  payd  for  acording  too  ordr  for  the  us  of  the  Town. 

By  Jonathan  Mors,  Clark. 

He  d.  Aug.  7,  1719;*    Res.  Watertown,  Groton  and  Watertown,  Mass. 

51.  i.        Joshua,  b.  June  14,  1666;  m.  Mary  — — ,  and  Sarah  Fellows. 

52.  li.       Sarah,  b.  Oct.  10,  1668;  m.  July  11,  1704,  Nathaniel  Jewell,  son  of 

Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Smedley)  of  Groton,  b.  Nov.  10,  1678,  d. 
1730.     Ch.:  Sarah,  b  July  24,  1711;  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  3,  1718;  res. 

Plainfield,  Conn.     She  m.  2d Taylor,  for  in  her  brother 

Joshua's  will,  in  1753,  she  is  called  Sarah  Taylor. 

53.  iii.      Mary,  b.  July   1,  1675;  m.   Ephraim    Peirce,  b.  Oct.  15,  1673,  d. 

Feb.  27,  1740.  She  d.  Dec.  29,  1749.  Ephraim  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  Lunenburg.  He  was  one  of  the  first  selectmen 
in  1728.  [Hist,  and  Gen.  Peirce  family,  by  Fred  C.  Pierce.]  Ch.: 
Mary,  b.  Aug.  9,  1696;  m.  Mar  17,  1719,  Josiah  Farnsworth; 
Elizabeth,  b.  July  24.  1698;  m.  Dec.  24,  1723,  Thomas  Farweli; 
Ephraim,  b.  Nov.  12,  1700;  m.  Esther  Shedd  and  Mrs.  Huldah 
Weatherbee;  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  8,  1702;  m.  Oct.  27,  1720,  Jonathan 
Parker;  David,  b.  May  23, 1704;  m.  Elizabeth  Bowers;  Jonathan, 
b.  Apr.  15,1706;  d.  Sept.  23,  1723;  Simon,  b.  Oct.  15,  1707;  m. 
Susannah  Parker;  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  20,1710;  m.  Ezra  Farnsworth; 
Lydia,  b.  Nov.  20,  1713;  d.  Sept.  24,  1723. 
54.  iv.  William,  b.  Feb.  2S,  1678;  m.  Lydia  Perham  and  Margaret 
Mirick. 

Cornelius,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Shepherd. 

David,  b.  in  1682;  m.  Elizabeth  Warren. 

Martha, -b ;  m.  Feb.  1,  1708,  Isaac  Williams,  Jr.,  of  Newton, 

b.  Nov.  1,  1686.  Ch.:  Abigail,  b.  Oct.  4,  1710;  m.  Josiah  Fuller; 
Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  16,  1711;  m.  1735,  Deborah  Spring,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1713;  Martha,  b.  Mar.  18,  1714;  m.  Nathaniel  Spring,  b.  Aug.  26, 
1715;  Mary,  b.  June  14,  1717;  m.  Joseph  Miller;  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  9, 
1723;  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  9,  1723;  m.  John  Rogers;  Isaac,  b.  July 
15,  1725;  m.  Sarah  Stratton  and  Elizabeth  Cheney;  Elizabeth, 
m.  Josiah  Reed. 

58.  viii.      Elizabeth,  b. — - — ;   m.  Apr.  17,  1707,   Ebenezer   Farnsworth, 

res.  Groton,  Mass.  He  was  in  King  George's  war  in  1746;  was 
son  of  Matthias  and  Sarah  Farnsworth.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  27 
1708;  Matthias,  b.  Sept.  20,  1709;  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  11, 1711;  d 
Oct.  11;  1723;  William,  b.  Aug.  4,  1714;  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  2, 1718 
m.  May  1,  1740,  David  Blood;  she  d.  Nov.  7,  1783;  Kezia,  b 
Apr.  17,  1723;  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1725;  Lydia,  b.  Dec.  20,  1729 
Farnsworth  died  before  1753,  for  at  this  time  she  was  called 
Elizabeth  Harmon  in  her  brother  Joshua's  will. 

59.  ix.        Abigail,  b.  1673;   m.    John    Hutchins,    of  Groton.      They   res. 

Groton.  Ch.:  John,  b.  Oct.  13,  1693;  Joshua,  b.  Nov.  5,  1696; 
m.  July  12,  1722,  Mary  Shed;  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  14,  1698;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Sept.  6,  1700;  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  17,  1705. 

60.  X.         Alice,  b. ;  m.  Nathaniel  Woods,  of  Groton.     He  was  b.  in 

Groton,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Alice  Woods,  Mar  27,  1667-8. 
She  d.  bef.  July  3,  1721,  for  he  then  m.  Sarah  Brown,  of  Stow, 
who  d.  Mar.  3,  1724.     He  m.  3d  Sept.  14,  1725,  Mrs.  Mary  Derby- 

*The  following  inscription  is  copied  from  his  tombstone,  in  the  old  burying  ground  in 
■Groton : 

[Death  s  Head] 

Here  Lyes  the 

Body  of  Mr 

Joshua  Whitney 


55. 

v. 

56. 

vi. 

57. 

Vll. 

Aged  83  years 
Deed.  August  7th  1719 


26  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

shire;  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  19,  1694;  m.  Alice ;  Daniel,  b  Aug. 

10,  1696;  John.b.  Mar.  4,  1698;  m.  June  3,  1725,  Sarah  Longley; 
Isaac,  b.  Feb. 20, 1700;  m.  Sept.  21,  1725,  Abigail  Stevens;  Bath- 
sheba,  b.  Apr.  5, 1702;  m.  Collins  Mores;  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  16, 
1704;  m.  John  Farmer;  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  13,  1706;  m.  Oct. 25,  1733, 
James  Tufts,  of  Medford;  Aaron,  b.  May  27,  1707;  m.  April  3, 
1739,  Sarah  Boynton;  Moses,  b.  July  6,  1709;  m.  Nov.  22,  1733, 
Esther  Houghton;  Reuben,  b.  Apr.  11,  1711;  m.  June  11,  1741, 
Mrs.  Submit  Whitney,  11  children;  res.  Groton  (see);  Phebe, 
b.  Mar.  13, 1713;  Jonathan,  b.  June  4,  1716;  m.  Mary . 

61.  xi.        Hannah,  b. ;  m.  Thomas  Woods,  of  Groton. 

62.  xii.       Eleanor,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  Shepherd. 

Samuel  Shepard  was  son  of  Isaac  and  A.  Mary  (Smedley)  Shepard,  m.  Elinor 
W^hitney,  and  Nathaniel  Jewell  and  A.  Mary  Smedley  (2nd  marriage)  m.  her  sister, 

Sarah  Whitney.     Isaac  and  Mary  (^Smedley)  Shepard  had  three  ch.:  Isaac  m. ; 

Samuel  m.  Elinor  Whitney;  Mary  m.  Thos.  Harris. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Eleanor*  (Whitney)  Shepard,  of  Plainfield,  Conn.,  as 
named  in  the  distribution  of  his  estate  Nov.  10,  1726,  (indorsed)  and  recorded  at 
Windham  (Willimantic),  Conn..  Dec.  21,  1730. 

i.  Jonathan  Shepard  (eldest  son),  b.  at  Plaintield,  Conn.,  March  3, 

1707-8;  m.  March  29,  1729,  Elizabeth  Baker,  and  resided  at 
Canterbury,  Conn.  His  children  were  (1)  Samuel,  (2)  Jonathan, 
(3)  William,  (4)  Daniel,  (5)  Timothy  and  (6)  Israel, 
ii.  David  Shepard  (2d  son),  m.  May  8,  17.32,  Mehitabel  Spaulding, 
and  had  Capt.  (1 1  David  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  10,  1733;  from  whom 
are  descended  Shepard,  of  Otsego,  N.  Y.  David  Shepard,  by 
his  second  wife,  Lydia  Meacham,  had  (2)  Mehitabel,  b.  Sept.  11, 
1735;  m.  Capt.  Joseph  Burges,  uf  Canterbury,  Conn.;  (3)  Lydia, 
b.  Sept.  13,  1737,  m.  Enoch  Pierce,  (4)  Benjamin,  b.  July  4,  1740, 
res.  Norwich,  Conn.,  (5)  Jesse  Shepard,  of  Tolland  and  Somers, 
Conn.,  b.  July  6,  1744,  m.  Sept.  24,  1766,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution.  His  son  Jesse  Shepard,  M.  D.,  resided  at  Schoharie, 
N.  Y.,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Shepard  family,  of  Buffalo, 
Danville,  and  New  Haven,  N.  Y,  (6)  Abigail,  wife  of  Jonathan 
Pierce,  b.  Aug.  1,  1746,  Sarah  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  16,  1749,  and  John 
Shepard,  b.  May  5,  1751,  d.  unm.  1767.  David  Shepard  lived  on 
Shepard's  Hill,  in  the  town  of  Plainfield,  Conn.,  and  d.  Nov.  10, 
1752,  ae.  abt.  40.  His  wife  Lydia  survived  him  nearly  half  a 
century. 
iii.        Nathan    Shepard   (3d    son),  b.    June    15,  1720,   m.    Susannah 

Wheeler;  issue,  four  daughters. 
iv.        Benjamin  Shepard  (4th  son),  b.  Feb.  21,  1722-3. 
V.         Eleanor  (Derby),  eldest  daughter,  Mch  6,1701-2. 
vi.        Mary  (Johnson),' 2d  dau.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1703. 
vii.      Lucy  Shepard  (3d  dau,),  d.  s.  17.35. 
The  grave  of  Samuel  Shepard  at  Plainfield,  Conn.,  is  marked  by  a  simple  slab 
with  the  inscription  S.  S.,  1724.     His  wife  Eleanor  survived  him,  but  the  date  of  her 
decease  is  not  known.     He  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Shepard,  of  Concord  (Nashoba), 
Mass.,  who  was  killed  by  the  Nashua   Indian,   Feb.  12,  1676,  and  grandson  of  Dea. 
Ralph  Shepard,  of  Dedham,  Maiden  and  Concord  (1603-1691),  and  his  wife.  Thank 
Lord,  from    Stepney  Parish  (London),  England.      For  further  particulars  see  the 
monograph  written   upon  the  "  Puritan   Ralph  Shepard  "  by  his  descendant    and 
namesake,  the  late  Ralph  Hamilton  Shepard,  of  New  Haven,  N.  Y.,  or  consult  Judge 
H.  M.  Shepard,  of  Chicago. 

10.     Benjamin  Whitney  (John),b.  Watertown,  June  6, 1643;  m.  probably  at  York, 

Me.;    Jane  ..    She  died  Nov.  14,  1690;  m.  2d,  Apr.  11,  1695,  Mary  Poor,  of 

Marlboro. 

The  Massachusetts  Whitneys  early  in  the  seventeenth  century  began  to  spread 
toward  the  east,  and  many  of  the  older  towns  in  Maine  show  in  records  of  churches 
or  private  families,  in  addition  to  the  town  clerk's  records,  the  prominent  part  played 
by  them.  The  published  histories  of  many  towns,  as  Brunswick,  Gorham,  Gray, 
Harrison,  Castine,  and  many  others,  contain  lists  of  town  officers  and  oth^  records 
showing  the  interest  the  family  of  that  day  took  in  town  and  church  affairs. 

♦Eleanor  and  Sarah  married  balf-brothors. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  27 


The  early  records  of  York,  Me.,  were  destroyed  by  the  Indians  in  the  memorable 
massacre  of  1692,  and  there  are  now  no  records  of  this  ancient  town,  which  was 
originally  called  Agamenticus,  from  a  mountain  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town. 
In  1652  the  inhabitants  signed  articles  of  submission  to  Massachusetts  and  at  that 
time  there  were  no  persons  by  the  name  of  Whitney  residing  there. 

The  first  record  I  can  find  of  Benjamin  in  Maine  is  in  1662-6-8  he  witnessed  at 
York  an  agreement  of  John  Doves.  He  was  at  Cocheco,  Me.,  near  Dover,  in  1667-8. 
April  13,  1674.  The  selectmen  of  York  laid  out  10  acres  of  upland  to  Benjamin, 
His  father  desired  that  he  should  return  to  Watertown  and  settle  with  him  on  the 
homestead  during  his  lifetime,  promising  him  his  house  and  barn  and  all  his  land 
about  home  if  Benjamin  would  do  so.  This  property  consisted  of  about  17  acres, 
bounded  by  land  of  John  Sherman  William  Bond  and  Martin  Underwood,  which 
promise  John  confirmed  by  deed  April  5,  1670.  Benjamin  and  Jane,  March  9,  1671, 
with  the  consent  of  their  father  (John),  sold  to  his  brother  Joshua  for  ^40  his  right  in 
his  father's  estate  ("  the  Mansion  house  of  John  Whitney  ")  obtained  as  above  stated. 
As  will  be  seen  by  this  Benjamin  did  not  then  return  to  Watertown,  but  continued  to 
reside  in  York. 

In  1685  Benjamin  and  Jane  Whitney,  of  York,  sell  to  Jonathan  Saywood  for  ^10 
and  14s.  "a  certain  tract  and  parcel  of  land  which  I  have  improved,  possessed  and 
havebuilded  a  small  tenant  upon  planted  and  lived  upon  these  several  years,"  which 
was  granted  by  the  town  of  York  in  1680,  and  ten  other  acres  granted  by  the  town  of 
York  in  1674,  as  stated  above.  It  is  probable  that  his  wife  died  about  this  time  and 
soon  after,  leaving  his  young  children  with  relatives  of  his  wife,  he  returned  to 
Watertown  and  soon  located  in  Sherborn,  near  the  Natick  town  line.  He  married 
his  second  wife  in  Marlboro  in  1695  and  lived  on  land  belonging  to  Harvard  College, 
which  he  leased  of  Gov.  Danforth.  In  1718  he  received  a  legacy  of  10s.  per  annum 
from  his  nephew.  Benjamin,  son  of  his  brother  Jonathan.  He  d.  in  1728.;  res.  York 
" '    ,  and  Sherborn,  Mass. 

Jane,  b.  Watertown,  Sept.  29,  1669;  m.  at  Sherborn,  Jan.  4,  1693, 
Jonathan  Morse,  b.  July  11,  1667. 

Timothy,  b.  in  York,  Me.  In  1703  he  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
pany in  York  raised  for  the  defense  against  the  Indians,  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Preble. 

John,  b.  in  York  abt.  1678;  m.  Letty  Ford. 

Nathaniel,  b.  York,  Apr.  14,  1680;  m.  Sarah  Ford. 

Jonathan,  b.  in  1681;  m.  Susanna  Whitney. 

Benjamin,  b. ;  m.  Mrs.  Esther  Maverick. 

Joshua,  b.  Sept,  21,  1687;  m.  Hannah  Rockwood. 

Mark,  b.  abt.  1700;  m.  Tabitha  Mellen. 

Isaac,  b. ;  m.  Elizabeth  Bridges. 

11.  John  Whitney  (John,  John),  b.  Watertown  Sept.  17,  1643;  m.  in  1669  Eliza- 
beth Harris,  b.  Nov.  9,  1644;  dau.  of  Robert.  She  owned  the  Covenant  at  Roxbury, 
Mar.  30,  1671. 

John  Whitney  wastmade  freeman  in  May,  1684.  The  name  of  John  Whitney 
appears  in  the  list  of  members  of  the  Second  church  in  Roxbury  when  gathered  by 
"  ye  Rev.  Nehemiah  Walter,  Nov.  2,  1712,"  and  doubtless  he  had  previously  been  a 
member  of  the  first  church  in  Roxbury.  His  houselot,  containing  nine  acres,  was 
situated  in  that  part  of  Roxbury  called  Jamaica  Plain,  and  lying  on  the  right  as  you 
pass  up  Pond  street  to  the  south  part  of  Brookline,  which  town  was  called  Muddy 
River  until  the  year  1705. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1676  from  Roxbury,  and  owned  Cov- 
enant at  Roxbury  in  Feb.,  1684. 

"Next  to  Gov.  Bernard's  estate,  on  the  right  as  you  go  up  Pond  street  in  Rox- 
bury, was  the  Whitney  estate  of  nine  acres.  A  handsome  stone  mansion  of  the 
Elizabethan  style,  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Abel  Adams,  stands  on  the  elevated  plain 
at  the  rear  of  the  lot.  The  Whitney  house,  which  stood  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
this  side  of  the  Brookline  line,  disappeared  about  a  century  ago,  and  on  the  removal 
of  the  family  the  property  was  purchased  by  the  Childs  family,  whose  premises  it 
joined.  In  the  rear  of  the  spot  where  the  old  house  stood  the  ground  slopes  grad- 
ually downward  for  several  rods  to  a  narrow  strip  of  meadow,  through  which  runs  a 
pleasant  little  brook.  Beyond  the  meadow  the  ground  rises  abruptly  to  an  eleva- 
tion many  feet  higher  than  the  front  of  the  lot,  and  still  rises  gradually,  forming  a 
slope  of  considerable  dimensions,  and  extending  westerly  to  Brookline.  West  of 
the  brook  is  a  fine  grove  of  forest  trees.  The  name  of  John,  the  grandson  of  John 
Whitney,  the  first  settler,  appears  in  the  list  of  members  of  the  Second  Church  when 
gathered  in  1712."    [Hist,  of  Roxbury] 


and  Cocheco,  Me, 

63. 

1. 

64. 

ii. 

65. 

iii. 

<66. 

iv. 

67. 

V. 

68. 

vi. 

69. 

VII. 

70. 

vni. 

71. 

ix. 

74. 


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He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.     His  will   was  made  in  Sept.,  1718;  proved  Mar.  13, 
1726-7;  mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth. 

He  d.  Mch  4,  1726;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 

Daniel,  b.  Dec.  3,  165^1;  m.  Susanna  Curtis. 
Timothy,  b.  Apr.  16,  1678;  m.  Margaret  Bacon. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  9,  1670;  bap.  1671;  O.  C.Apr.  1685;  d.  bef. 
1726;  will  names  "her  heirs." 
75. ,  iv.        Ruth,  bap.  Aug.  31,  1674;  m.  Apr.  22,  1701,  Joseph  Adams,  son  of 
Roger  and  Mary  Adams.     They  res.  in  Brookline,  where  she  d. 
Nov.  19,  1762,  ae.  88. 

76.  V.         Sarah,  bap.  Aug.  2,  1684;  d.  July  4,  1689. 

77.  vi.        John,  b.  Apr.  1,  1672;  d.  young,  not  named  in  father's  will. 

13.     Nathaniel  Whitney  (John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Feb.  1.  1646;  m.  Mar.  12, 
1673;  Sarah  Hagar,  b.  Sept.  3,  1651;  d.  May  7,  1746,  in  Weston. 

VISIT  TO  WESTON. 

By  HON.  WM.  WHITNEY  RICE. 

ABOUT  five  years  ago  I  rode  from  Cambridge  to  Weston  in  search  of  any  relics 
I  could  find  there  of  the  Whitneys,  as  I  knew  that  my  grandfather,  Phineas, 
was  born  in  Weston. 
I  found  there  the  farm,  which  had  been  owned  by  them  through  several  genera- 
tions down  to  about  ten  years  previous  to  the  time  of  my  visit.  It  is  not  an  especially 
attractive  farm,  although  there  are  some  beautiful  prospects  to  be  had  from  it  and 
the  surrounding  country.  I  should  suppose  it  to  be  a  good  grazing  farm.  Some  old 
apple  trees  still  remain.  It  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  centre  village  of 
Weston,  on  the  road  to  Lexington.  On  the  side  hill,  and  a  few  rods  from  the  road,  is 
an  old  cellar  and  an  old  well,  which  mark  the  sight  of  the  first  Whitney  house,  built, 
probably,  by  Nathaniel,  grandson  of  John.  Nearer  the  road  is  a  more  modern  house, 
built  by  one  of  the  Whitney  owners,  and  afterwards  enlarged  to  accommodate  his 
son.  On  this  farm,  and,  I  think,  in  the  more  modern  house,  was  born  William 
Whitney,  who  went  to  Winchendon  in  1769,  carrying  with  him  his  sons  William  and 
Phineas,  both  born  in  Weston.  By  the  roadside  near  the  house  stands  a  mammoth 
elm,  which  has  sprung  from  a  seedling  set  out  by,  I  think,  the  mother  of  William 
Whitney,  about  125  years  ago.  It  still  stands,  sound  and  stalwart,  and  bids  fair  to  do 
so  for  many  years  to  come.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  road  was  a  large  barn, 
heavily  built,  to  accommodate  the  agricultural  tendencies  which  the  Whitneys  seem 
to  have  carried  wherever  they  settled.  From  this  farm  went  the  Whitneys,  who  did 
not  find  room  at  home,  to  other  towns,  near  and  remote.  One,  Nathaniel,  went  to 
Westborough.  He  was  father  of  Eli,  the  inventor  of  the  cotton  gin,  and  one  of  the 
Whitney  ancestors  of  the  compiler  of  this  book.  Willian*  went  to  Winchendon. 
He  was  the  progenitor  of  the  numerous  Whitneys  of  that  town.  Phineas,  brother  of 
William,  went  to  Shirley,  and  from  him  sprang  a  numerous  family,  some  of  whom 
■went  to  Boston,  where  they  still  reside.  At  the  time  of  my  visit  the  farm  was  owned 
by  a  Captain  Lowe,  who  had  purchased  it  from  a  Whitney,  who  was  the  last  of  the 
name  to  own  it.  I  am  informed  that  Captain  Lowe  has  sold  it,  and  that  it  is  now 
owned  by  a  Dr.  Bradbury,  who  is  building  an  elegant  country  residence  over  the  old 
cellar  and  well  of  the  first  house  built  there  by  Nathaniel  a  generation  before  the 
Revolution. 

He  d.  Jan.  7,  1732;  res.  Weston,  Mass. 

78.  i.  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  5,  1675;  m.  Mercy  Robinson. 

79.  ii.         Sarah,  b.  Feb.  12,  1678;  m.  Jan.  5,  1709,  Jonathan  Ball,  b.  Mar.  29, 

1680,  d.  1727.    Ch.:  Sarah,  b.  1710;  Jonathan;   Thankful,  bap. 

Jan.  7,  1728,  ae.  9;  Daniel,  bap.  Jan.  7,  1728,  ae.  7;  Jane,  bap. 

Jan.  7,  1728,  ae.  4;  Susanna,  b.  Apr.  6,  1726.    The  widow  m.  2d 

Charles  Chadwick,  Jr. 
William,  b.  May  6, 1683;  m.  Martha  Pierce. 
Samuel,  bap.  July  17,  1687;  m.  Ann  Laboree. 

Hannah,  bap.  Mar.  1688;  m. Billings. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  15,  1692.   Did  she  m.  Joseph  Harrington? 
Grace,  b.  1700;  d.  Mar.  23,  1719. 
Mercy,  b. ;  m. Greaves. 


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81. 

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82. 

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83. 

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84. 

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89. 

111. 

90. 

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91. 

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92. 

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93. 

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14.  Samuel  Whitney  (John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  July  23,  1648;  m.  Feb.  16, 
1683,  Mary  Bemis,  b.  Sept.  10,  1644;  d.  bef.  1730. 

He  was  a  soldier  from  Watertown  or  Groton  in  the  war  with  King  Philip  in  1676. 
He  was  paid  4s.  4d.  in  Boston  in  1675  for  services.     His  will  is  dated  Feb.  12,  1730. 

He  d.  in  1730;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

86.  i.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  30,  1689;  m.  June  7,  1711,  John  Fiske,  Jr.,  b.  May 

15.  1687.  She  d.  Feb.  27,  1726.  He  d.  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
Nov.  1756,  a  short  time  before  his  second  wife's  death.  Ch.: 
Mary,  b.  Dec.  28,  1711;  m.  Nov.  25,  1735,  Samuel  Hagar;  Abi- 
gail, b.  Nov.  11,  1714;  m.  June  5,  1734,  Stephen  Sawin;  John,  b. 
tune  10,  1716;  Sarah,  b.  May  14,  1718;  Jonathan,  b.  June  27, 
1729;  d.  Jan  8,  1781;  David,  b.  June  16,  1734;  d.  Nov.  23,  1771. 

16.  Joseph  Whitney  (John,  John),  b.  Watertown  Jan.  15,  1651;  m.  Jan.  24,  1674, 
Martha  Beach,  dau.  of  Richard  and  Martha,  b.  Mar.  10,  16-50. 

He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  Dec.  1677.  Bought  land  in  Weston  in  1699,  admr. 
of  his  estate  granted  to  wid. 'Martha,  Nov.  13,  1702,  Isaac  Beech  app.  guardian  of 
Benjamin,  and  of  Mary  and  Sarah. 

He  d.  Nov.  4,  1702;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

87.  i.  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  15,  1675;  m.  Apr.  10,  1701,  Hepzibah  Flagg,  dau. 

of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Dix).  Thev  res.  in  Watertown  and 
Weston.  He  made  his  will  Jan.  7,  1736-7.  Lodged  July  15,  1737; 
proved  and  allowed  Aug.  1,  1737;  at  this  time  his  widow  only 
was  surviving,  s.  p. 

Martha,  b.  Dec.  20,  1677;  d.  Oct.  30,  1702. 

John,  b.  July  29,  1680;  m.  Sarah  Cutting. 

Isaac,  b.  Mar.  10,  1681;  d.  Mar.  20,  1681. 

Isaac,  b.  Feb.  4,  1682;  d.  Nov.  1,  1702. 

Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  30,  1684;  m.  Elizabeth  Fiske. 

MARY.b.  Apr.  21,  1694;  m.  July  13,  1715,  John  Knapp,  Jr.,  of  New- 
ton,b.  Dec.  11, 1688;d.  1730.  Ch.:  David,  Josiah,  Isaac,  Bathsheba, 
Martha  and  Lydia. 

94.  viii.      Sarah,  b.  1694;  bap.  June  20,  1697. 

20.     Benjamin  Whitney  (John,  John)  b.  Watertown,  June,  28,  1660;  m.  Mar.  30, 

1687,  Abigail  Hagar,  dau.  of  William  and  Mary  (Bemis);  m.  2nd  Elizabeth . 

He  d.  1736;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

95.  i.  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  3,  1688;  m.  Mar.  18,  1717,  Richard  Sawtel;  bap. 

Apr.  21,  1689.  Ch.:  John,  b.  and  d.  1717;  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  12,1719; 
m.  May  12,  1743,  Benjamin  Hastings. 

96.  ii.         BenjamIn,  bap.  July  10,  1698;  m.  Rebecca . 

97.  iii.       Ruth,  bap.  July  10,  1698;  m.  July  7,  1715,  John  Bond,  bap.  Nov.  23, 

1690.  He  was  dismissed  from  Watertown  to  the  church  at  Wor- 
cester in  1752,  whither  he  had  moved  several  years  before,  and 
where  his  wife,  Ruth,  d.  Apr.  1,  1748.      Ch.:    Benjamin,  b.  Apr. 

16,  1716;  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  28,  1718;  m.  Aug.  8,  1750,  Samuel  Ken- 
dall; Bethia,  b.  Mar.  23,  1719;  m.  Apr.  13,  1747,  Enoch  Sawtel; 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  9,  1722;  m.  Dec.  17,  1747,  Josiah  Holden;  John, 
b.  Mar.  16,  1724;  m.  Nov.  21,  1751,  Silence  King;  Mary,  b.  Feb. 
1,  1726;  m.  Nov.  21,*1751,  Daniel  Bigelow;  Josiah,  b.  June  22, 
1728;  d.  Oct.  12,  1743;  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  10,1730;  Susanna,  b.  Oct. 
24,  1732;  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  30,  1737;  m.  Oct.  21,  1761,  Andrew 
Patterson,  of  Sudbury,  and  res.  Petersham. 

98.  iv.       John,  b.  June  15,  1694;    m.  Susan ,  Bethia  Cutter  and  Mrs. 

Beriah  (Bemis)  (Child)  Pierce. 

99.  V.        David,  b.  June  16,  1697;  m.  Rebecca  Fillebrown. 
100.^   vi.       Daniel,  b.  July  17,  1700;  m.  Dorothy  Tainter. 

22.  Moses  Whitney  (Richard,  John),  b.  Concord,  Mass.,  Aug.  1, 16.55;  m.  Sept. 
30,  1686,  Sarah  Knight,  of  Stow.  She  d.  ^Iar.  23,  1755.  Moses  Whitney  served  as  a 
soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1676.  The  following  year  he  "  was  released,"  whether 
from  duty  or  as  a  prisoner  I  am  not  able  to  learn.  He  had  land  granted  him  at  Stow, 
Apr.  8,  1681.  June  4,  1708,  he  purchased  30  acres  of  land,  swamp  and  meadow,  of 
Richard  Burck,  of  Sudbury,  which  had  been  granted  him  by  the  town  of  Stow.  In 
1692  he  sold  4j4  acres  of  meadow  and  10  acres  of  upland  in  Sudbury,  as  per  deed  to 
Benj.  Whittemore.     He  d. ;  res.  Sudbury  and  Stow,  Mass. 


30  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


101.  i.  Sarah,  b.  July  2, 1687. 

102.  ii.  Moses,  b.  in  1690;  m.  Elizabeth and  Sarah  Gary. 

103.  iii.  Abraham,  b.  May  29,  1692;   m.  Mary  Stone  and  Elizabeth . 

104.  iv.  Jonas,  b.  Feb.  1,  1699;  m.  Dorcas  Wood  and  Margaret  Stratton. 

105.  V.  Jason,  b.  in  1704;  m.  Arabella . 

106.  vi.  Lemuel,  "youngest  son,"  b.  Aug.  1,  1714;  m.  Sibel . 

107.  vii.  John,  b. ;  m.  Rebecca  Whitney. 

108.  viii.  Ephraim,  b. ;  d.  May  4,  1723. 

26.  Richard  Whitney  (Richard,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  Jan.  13,  1660; 
m.  Elizabeth  Sawtell,  b.  Feb.  3,  1668;  d.  Nov.  24,  1723;  dau.  of  Jonathan  of  Groton. 

He  had  land  granted  him  in  Stow,  Oct.  24,  1682. 

Bond  says  in  his  History  of  Watertown  that  Elizabeth  Sawtell  was  b.  Feb.  3, 
1668;  m.  Aug.  25,  1691,  Joseph  Morse;  he  d.  Jan.  24,  1709,  and  she  m.  2d,  Feb.  10, 
1713,  Benjarnin  Nurse,  Sr.,  of  Framingham. 

In  the  library  of  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society,  at  18 
Somerset  street,  Boston,  there  is  a  copy  of  Henry  Austin  Whitney's  work  relative 
to  the  descendants  of  John  and  Elinor  Whitney,  presented  to  the  society  by  him, 
containing  annotations  made  in  his  own  hand.  Among  others,  one  to  the  effect  that 
Richard  Whitney,  of  Stow,  married  Elizabeth  Sawtell,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Sawtell, 
of  Groton.  He  cites  as  authority  a  certain  conveyance  recorded  in  volume  13,  page 
197  of  Middlesex  Conveyances,  Oct.  8,  1698. 

His  will,  dated  Dec.  22,  1723,  mentions  son  Richard  executor,  son  Jonathan 
executor,  son  Joshua,  daughters  Hannah  Farr,  Elizabeth  Wetherby,  Sarah,  Ruhamah 
and  Hepzibah. 

He  d.  Dec.  15,  1723;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

109.  i.  Richard,  b. ;  m.  Hannah  Whitcomb  and  Hannah  Ayres. 

110.  ii.         Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  26,  1699;  m.  .\lice  Willard. 

111.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  in  1706;  m.  Zerviah . 

112.  iv.        Hannah,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  Farr. 

113.  V.         Elizabeth,  b. — ;  m.  Dec.  29,  1722,  John  Wetherby. 

114.  vi.        Sarah,  b.  in  1703;  m.  1723,  Capt.  Hezekiah  Hapgood.    They  res. 

in  Stow,  Mass.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen;  tythingman  in 
1726,  selectman  1741-2  and  53.  Was  captain  in  the  French  and 
Indian  wars.  Ch.:  Ephraim,  b.  1725;  Jonathan,  colonel,  m.  Ruth 
Wolcott  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Whitney,  whom  he  m.  Oct.  5,  1785; 
Capt.  Hezekiah's  will  was  proved  July  19,  1768. 

115.  vii.       Ruhamah,  b.  in  1705. 

116.  viii.      Hepzibah,  b.  in  1710;  m.  Oct.  12,  1732,   Seth  Sawyer,  of  Lan- 

caster. He  was  bap.  in  Lancaster,  Oct.  31,  1708;  son  of  Caleb; 
m.  first  Jan.  11,  1726-7,  Dinah  Farrar.  She  d.  Oct.  25,  1727.  ae. 
23.  He  then  m.  Hepzibah,  of  Harvard;  was  united  by  Rev. 
John  Prentice. 

28.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Richard,  John),  b.  Concord,  Mass.,  June  30,  1672,  m. 

Anna .     She  m.  after  his  death  at  Pomfret,  Conn.,  John  Cumins,  and  d.  May 

15,  1758. 

He  d.  Aug.  5,  1727.     Res.  Stow,  Mass.,  and  Pomfret,  Conn. 

117.  i.  Zachariah,  b. ;  m.  Ruth  Taylor. 

118.  ii.         Ezekiel,  b. ;  m.  Itabell  Taylor  and  Sarah  Farrah 

119.  iii.       Esther,  b. ;  m.  Jan.  18,  1726,  William  Bigginton,  res.  Pom- 

fret, Conn.     She  d.  Oct.  19.  1727. 

29.  Thomas  Whitney  (Thomas,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Aug.  24,  1656;  m.  Jan.  29, 
1679,  Elizabeth  Lawrence,  b.  Feb.  30,  1659;  d.  in  Bolton  Feb.  8,  1741. 

He  resided  in  Watertown,  Stow  and  Lancaster,  in  that  part  incorporated  later  as 
Bolton.  He  bought  UK  acres  in  Cambridge  of  A.  Rowse,  Mar.  10, 1679.  Witness 
Geo.  Laurence,  his  father-in-law.  In  Feb.  1681,  Geo.  and  Elizabeth  Laurence  gave 
to  son  and  dau.,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Whitney,  land  by  deed.  Feb.  24,  1682,  he 
bought  60  acres  at  Pompascitticut,  now  Stow,  where  his  first  five  children  were  born, 
as  by  the  county  returns  in  the  clerk's  office  in  E.  Cambridge.  In  1719  he  bought  for 
;£300  52  acres  in  Lancaster.  Feb.  26,  1721,  he  deeded  one  half  this  purchase,  with 
buildings  (the  homestead)  to  his  son  John,  of  "  Stow  and  now  designed  to  remove  to 
Lancaster,"  partly  by  gift  and  partly  by  sale,  and  in  this  document  mentions  all  his 
children,  except  Thomas,  to  whom  he  had  made  a  gift  of  21  acres  in  Stow  Nov.  6, 
1711,  and  Benjamin,  who  had  also  probably  received  a  gift  from  his  father.     He  was 


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a  soldier  in  1676  in   King  Philip's  war,  and   was  in  the  garrison  at  Lancaster  Oct. 
19,  1675. 

He  d.  Apr.  12,  1742;  res.  Watertown,  Stow,  Lancaster  and  Bolton,  Mass. 

120.  i.         Thomas,  b.  Sept.  17,  1681;  m.  Mary  Baker. 

121.  ii.        Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  16,  1682. 

122.  iii.       John,  b.  May  13, 16«4;  m.  Elizabeth  Barnard. 

123.  iv.       Mary,  b.  Jan.  13,  1685. 

124.  V.        Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  7,  1687;  m.  Sarah  Barrett  and  Abigail  Bridge. 

125.  vi.       Nathan,  b.  Nov.  18,  1689;  m.  Mary  Holman. 

126.  vii.      Susanna,  b. ;  named  in  her  father's  will. 

127.  viii.    Abigail,  b. ;  m.  in  Lancaster  Feb.  27,  1723,  Jonathan  Rand, 

of  Stow. 

32.  Eleazer  Whitney  (Thomas,  John),  b.  "Watertown  Apr.  7,  1662,  m.  Apr.  11, 
1687,  Dorothy  Ross,  of  Sudbury,  dau.  of  James;  d.  June  22,  1731.  A  testamentary  deed 
is  recorded  Sept.  30,  1728.  He  was  a  wheelwright  and  res.  in  Sudbury  in  1692.  His 
children  were  baptized  in  the  Second  church  ih  Watertown  by  Rev.  Angier.  He  d, 
;  res.  Sudbury  and  Watertown,  Mass. 

128.  i.  Sarah,  b.  in  S.  May  29,  1688.     Did  she  m.  Jonathan  Ball  instead 

of  Sarah,  dau.  of  Nath'l? 

129.  ii.         Eleazer,  b.  Mar.  5,  1690;  d.  young. 

130.  iii.        Ja.mes,  b.  Feb.  12,  1697;  d.  Nov.  20,  1697,  in  Watertown. 

131.  iv.        Thomas,  bap.  Jan.  28,  1699;  m.  Hannah  Smith. 

132.  V.         James,  bap.  Jan  28,  1699;  d.  young. 

133.  vi.        Mary,  b.  Nov.  20,  1697;  m.  Oct.  26,  1716,  Abraham  Chamberlin,  of 

Roxbury. 

134.  vii.      Dorothy,  b.  Apr.  24,  1700. 

135.  viii.      Eleazer,  bap.  Apr.  15,  1702;  m.  Mary  Grow. 

136.  ix.        Elnathan,  b.  May  5,  1705;  m.  Sarah  Perry. 

137.  X.         James,  bap.  June  1,  1708;  m.  Mercv  Flagg. 

138.  xi.        Jonas,  b.  1709,  bap  July  14,  1723;  m.  Sarah  Perry. 

38.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Thomas,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Sept.  16,  1671;  m.  Mrs. 
Sarah  (Woodward)  Eddv,  dau.  of  George  Woodward,  and  wid.  of  Jonathan  Eddv. 
She  was  b.  Oct.  3, 1675.  'She  m.  July  6,  1693,  John  Eddy,  b.  Feb.  16, 1636;  res.  Wate'r- 
town,  selectman  1671.  He  d.  1694,  and  admr.  granted  to  wid.  Sarah  Oct.  22,  1694. 
She  prob.  m.  Isaiah  Whitney  in  1695.  They  owned  the  Covenant  at  Lexington  in 
1696,  when  one  of  their  children,  probably  the  first,  was  baptized. 

The  witnesses  to  his  will  were  Samuel  Whittemore,  John  Mason,  Eliza  and 
Martha  Foxcraft. 

A  true  Inventory  of  all  &  singular  yt  goods  chatteles  &  credits  of  Isaiah  Whitney 
of  Cambridge  in  New  England  Husbandman  Late  Dec'd:  Priczed  on  the  tenth  day 
of  January  17  11  12  by  those  whose  names  are  underwriten  as  followeth: 

Imps.,  His.: 

Item,  wearing  aparrill .' 02         16  00 

Item,  his  books 00        05  00 

Item,  one  bed  with  beding  in  yt  chamber 05        00  00 

Item,  his  table  lining 00        11  00 

Item,  to  2  chests  &  2  boxes 00        10  00 

Item,  to  2  beds  with  beding  in  ye  lower  rooms 04        00  00 

Item,  the  pewter 01        00  00 

Item,  the  brass 00        04  00 

Item,  one  iron  pot  &  kettle  with  severall  small  things 00        14  00 

Item,  to  lumber 01         00  00 

Item,  earthen  ware  &  glasses 00        01  00 

Item,  armes  &  amunition 00        09  00 

Item,  to  utensols  for  husbandry 01         19  00 

Item,  to  boards  not  yet  improved 00        12  00 

Item,  to  stock  of  chatties  &  swine 21        00  00 

Sum  39  19  00 

Item,  the  house  and  lands 40  00  00 

Estate  in  debt: 

Impri :  to  money  due  by  bond 24  00  06 

Item,  to  money  due  by  bond 05  06  00 

Item,  to  money  due  by  bond 09  15  00 


32 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Item,  to  money  due  for  a  pair  of  oxen . . . 

Item,  to  f unerall  charges 

Item,  to  money  due  to  ye  publick  taxes. 


05 

00  00 

02 

00  00 

01 

11  03 

Sum    47        12  07 
Beside  Docklers  and  other  small  debts  yt  do  not  yet  thuoreghly  known. 

Ffrances  Bowman. 
Samuel  Whiemore. 
John  Majon. 

Exhibited  &  sworn  to  by  Sarah  Whitney  admitted  adm.  to  her  late  husband 
Isaiah  Whitney  aboved  deed  intestate  as  a  full  inventory  of  his  estate  that  she 
knows  of  Camb  25  June  17  11-12. 

He  d.  Jan,  7,  1712;  res.  Lexington,  and  Cambridge,  Mass. 


139. 
140. 
141. 
142. 
143. 
144. 


1. 
ii. 

V. 

V. 

vi. 


145. 

VII. 

146. 

Vlll. 

147. 

IX. 

John,  b. 

Isaiah,  b.  June  1,  1700;  m.  Elizabeth  Whitney. 

John,  b.  in  Camb.  Dec.  6,  1698. 

Nathaniel,  b. . 

Elijah,  b.  Aug.  2,  1707;  m.  Rebecca  Winship. 

Sarah,  bap.  July  22, 1703;  m.  Aug.  2, 1720,  Andrew  Parker,  b.  Feb. 
4,1693,d.Apr.  8, 1776;  res.  Lex.  Shed.  Dec.  18, 1774.  Ch.:  Sarah, 
b.  Feb.  9,  1721;   m.  Jabez  Kendall;    Jonas,  b.  Feb.6,  1722;  m. 

Lucy .     He  was  a  member  of  the  company  of  Lexington 

Minute  Men,  commanded  by  Capt.  John  Parker,  that  partici- 
pated in  the  battle  of  Lexmgton  and  "fired  the  shot  heard 
round  the  world."  "  History,  Roman  history,"  says  Everett, 
"does  not  furnish  an  example  of  bravery  that  outshines  that  of 
Jonas  Parker.  A  truer  heart  did  not  bleed  at  Thermopylae. 
He  was  next-door  neighbor  of  Rev.  Mr.  Clark's,  and  had  evi- 
dently imbibed  a  double  portion  of  his  lofty  spirit.  Parker  was 
often  heard  to  say  that  be  the  consequences  what  they  might, 
and  let  others  do  as  they  pleased,  he  would  never  run  from  the 
enemy.  He  was  as  good  as  his  word — better.  Having  loaded 
his  musket,  he  placed  his  hat,  containing  his  ammunition,  on 
the  ground  between  his  feet  in  readiness  for  the  second  charge. 
At  the  second  fire  from  the  enemy  he  was  wounded  and  sunk 
upon  his  knees,  and  in  this  condition  discharged  his  gun.  While 
loading  it  again  upon  his  knees,  and  striving  in  the  agonies  of 
death  to  redeem  his  pledge,  he  was  transfixed  by  a  bayonet,  and 
thus  died  on  the  spot  where  he  first  stood  and  fell."  [Address  by 
Hon.  Edward  Everett.] 

Amos,  b.  July  27,  1723;  m.  Anna ;  Elizabeth,  bap. 

■  Aug.  22,  1725;  d.  young;  Thomas,  bap.  Dec.  24,  1727;  m.  Jane 
Parrott;  Abigail,  bap.  July  27,  1729;  Lucy,  bap.  Apr,  4,  1731;  m. 
Joshua  Mead;  Elizabeth,  bap.  June  22,  1735;  Andrew,  bap.  Apr. 
16,  1738;  m.  Abigail  Jennison;  Kezia,  bap.  June  1,  1740;  m. 
Joseph  Wyman;  Ebenezer,  bap.  Feb.  28,  174i;  d.  1743;  Mary, 
bap.  Oct.  21,  1744. 

Jonas,  b.  Nov.  27,  1711;  m. . 

Abraham,  bap.  Feb.  19,  1710;  m.  Sarah  Whitney. 

Mary,  bap.  May  4,  1696;  m.  Oct.  31,  1731,  Benjamin,  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Elizabeth  (Sweetman)  Wellington,  who  was  born  June 
21,  1676,  and  d.  Nov.  15,  1738.  Ch.:  Mary,  b.  Oct.  20,  1732;  d. 
Apr.  12,  1806;  Oliver,  b.  1735. 

Mary  Wellington,  dau.  of  Benj.  and  Mary  (Whitney)  Welling- 
ton; m.  1st  Jan.  10, 1751,  to  James  Lane,  of  Bedford,  son  of  James 
and  Martha  (Minot)  Lane.  He  was  b.  Mar.  4  (or  8),  1725  (or  6), 
and  d.  suddenly  Jan.  4  (or  24),  1799.  His  widow  m.  2d  Capt. 
John  Moore,  of  Bedford.  Ch.:  Oliver  Wellington;  James,  b. 
Mar.  10,  1754;  m.  June  6, 1805,  Molly  Pollard;  Solomon,  b.  Aug. 
7,  1756;  m.  Sarah  Stearns;  David,  b.  Mar.  11,  1758;  m.  1st  Molly 
Lane;  m.  2d  Phcebe  Lane;  Isaac,  b.  May  13,  1766;  d.  May  24, 
1803,  without  issue.  Oliver  Wellington  Lane,  son  of  James  and 
Mary  (Wellington)  Lane,  b.  Oct.  27,  1751.  Graduated  Harvard 
College  1772;  M.  A.  1779.  Died  in  Boston  Nov.  3,  1793  Mar- 
ried Susannah  Newman.     He  was  the  most  famous  schoolmaster 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  33 

of  his  day  in  Boston.  Deacon  of  the  First  Universalist  church 
of  Boston.  Ch.:  James  Bowdoin,  b.  Aug.  4,  1785;  Augustus 
Frederick,  b.  May  12,  1787;  Thomas  Parker,  b.  July  1,  1789; 
Mary  Wellington,  Susannah  Newman,  twins,  b.  Mar.  30,  1791; 
John  Murray,  b.  Apr.  29,  1793;  d.  June  20,  1794.  A  des.  is  Dr. 
Arthur  Whitney  Clark,  of  Lawrence,  Kas. 

41.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  20,  1658;  m.  Sarah  Hapgood' 
b.  1667.  He  had  a  lot  and  built  a  house  near  Chestnut  Brook  in  Sherborn  about  1691" 
He,  however,  did  not  remain  long  in  Sherborn,  for  his  eldest  seven  children  were  born 
in  Watertown.  The  eighth  was  born  in  Sherborn.  He  afterward  went  to  Concord, 
where  he  died.  W^ill  dated  Mar.  14;  proved  Mar.  18,  1735.  He  served  in  King 
Philip's  war  in  1676.  He  d.  Mar.,  1735;  res.  Sherborn.  Watertown.  and  Concord, 
Mass. 

148.  i.         Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  27,  1694;  d.  young. 

149.  ii.         Sarah,  b.  Mar.  2,  1692;  m.  Nov.,  1712,  Jonathan  Warren,  b.  Apr. 

26,  1688;  d.  Apr.  10,  1732.  She  died  Apr.  10,  1752.  Res.  Water- 
town, Mass.  Ch.:  Tabitha,  b.  June  4,  1713;  Eunice,  b.  Aug.  19, 
1714;  m.  Nov.  16,  1731,  Judah  Clark,  of  Lexington;  Keziah,  b. 
Aug.  2,  1716;  m.  Nov.  23,  1733,  Jacob  Smith,  of  Shrewsbury; 
Sarah,  b.  Apr.  22,  1718;  m.  1740,  Joseph  Smith,  of  Shrewsbury 
and  Worcester;  Grace,  b.  Nov.  28,  1719;  Anna,  b.  Aug.  26,  1721; 

m. Cox;  Mary,  b.  Aug.  17,  1723;  m.  Jan.  17,  1753,  W'illiam 

Hagar;  Thankful,  b.  Apr.  4,  1725,  d.  Apr.  29,  1730;  Elizabeth, 
b.  Nov.  1,  1727;  m.  Oct.  9,  1750,  Josiah  Bemis;  Sabinet,  b.  Mar. 
14,  1728;  m.  Jan.  2,  1762,  Ichabod  Stanlev,  of  Weston;  Thankful, 
b.  May  23, 1730;  Abigail,  b.  July  19,  1732;  m.  Sept.  11,  1750,  Ben- 
jamin Hagar. 

150.  iii.        Tabitha,  b.  Aug.  22,  1696;  m.  Feb.  28, 1715,  Jacob  Fulham,  b.  Nov. 

19,  1693,  d.  May  8,  1725.  She  m.  2d  Apr.  19,  1726,  George  Park- 
hurst.     She  ni.  3d  Aug.  10,  1736,  Samuel  Hunt. 

Jacob  Fulham  was  a  serg.  in  Capt.  Lovewell's  company  and 
was  killed  in  "Lovewell's  Fight"  with  the  Lidians  at  Pigwacket 
(Fryesburg),  May  8,  1725.  "A  serg.  named  Fulham  and  an  In- 
dian distinguished  by  his  dress  and  activity  singled  out  each 
other  and  both  fell,  mutually  slain  by  their  antagonist's 
weapon."  [Worcester  Mag.  1:23]  Res.   Weston.  Ch.:  Francis,  b. 

Mar.  20,  1716;  m.  Susanna ;  Jacob,  b.  Dec.  22,  1718;  m.  1743, 

Hannah  Ware;  Tabitha,  b.  May  12,  1722;  m.  1742,  Ebenezer 
Allen;  Elisha,  b.  June  26,  1725  (posthumous);  m.  Jan.  21, 
1744,  Sarah  Hagar;  Tabitha's  2d  husband  b.  June  3,  1685;  d. 
Mar.  17,1734.  Ch.:  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  11,  1726;  m.  Nov.  4,  1746, 
Martha  Gamage,  res.  Watertown  and  Cambridge;  Jonathan,  b. 
Nov.  16;  1728,  m.  1750,  Anna  Allen,  of  Petersham;  William,  b. 
Apr.  11,  1731,  res.  Holliston;  George,  b.  Apr.  25,  1733, of  German 
Flats;  Tabitha,  b.  Tabitha's  3d  husband  was  Samuel  Hunt. 
They  sold  to  Thomas  Rand,  of  Weston,  the  right  of  the  widow's 
third  of  George  Parkhurst  estate  Nov.  14,  1753.     Hunt,  b.  Jan. 

11,  1709.     Ch.":  Mary.  b.  June  29,  1745,  m.  Barnard.     The 

wife  Tabitha  d.  bef.  1764,  for  Jan.  16  he  m.  Lydia  Willard. 

151.  iv.        Shadrach,  b.  Oct.  12,  1698;  m.  Mrs.  Prudence  Lawrence. 

152.  V.         Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  25,  1700;  res.  in  Lunenburg  in   1744;  supposed 

to  have  d.  1755. 

153.  vi.        Amos,  b.  May  1,  1705.     He  was  named  in  Shadrach's  will.     His 

estate  was  settled  about  1772;  will  dated  Aug.  28,  1769,  proved 
Feb.  22, 1771,  mentions  brother  Daniel,  Ebenezer  Cutler  and  wife, 
brother  and  sister  and  kinsman  Levi  of  Townsend.  He  prob- 
ably d.  unm.  in  Townsend. 

154.  vii.       Zaccheus,  b.  Nov.  16,  1707;  m.  Marv  Wheeler. 

155.  viii.     Anne,  b.  May  22,  1702;  m.  Mar.  3,  1723,  in  Concord,  Mass.,   Capt. 

Ebenezer  Cutler,  b.  July  24,  1700.  He  held  the  rank  of  captain, 
was  justice  of  the  peace  many  years.  Res.  Weston,  which  was 
set  off  to  Lincoln,  Apr.  19,  1754.  He  d.  in  Lincoln,  Jan.  17, 1777. 
She  d.  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1793.  Ch.:  Elisha,  b.  Apr.  30, 
1725;  m.  Anna and  Mrs.  Mary  Cutler;  Jonas,  b.  Oct.  16, 


34  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1727;  m.  Jemima  Davis;  Anne,  b.  Mar.  6,  1729;  m.  Isaac  Jones. 
Mary,  b.  Dec.  23,  1732;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  15,  1735;  m.  Samuel  Hill, 
res.  Mason,  N.  H.,  son  Ebenezer,  gr.  H.  C;  Mellicent,  b.  Mar. 
31,  1738;  m.  1762,  Capt.  Samuel  Baldwin,  Jr.,  res.  Riverdale.  in 
Northbridge,  Mass.;  Eliakin,  b.  July  10,  1745;  d.  Mar.  21,  1812. 

156.  ix.        Isaac,  b.  .     He  was  of  Concord,  a  glazier.     His  bro.  Shad- 

rach  admr.  on  his  estate  Feb.  4, 1754,  prob.  d.  unm.  At  the  death 
of  his  father  in  1735  he  was  given  lands  in  Sherborn.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  early  Indian  wars,  and  with  his  brother  Zaccheus 
was  left  bv  Capt.  John    Lovewell  in  the   fort  in  Ossipee  in  1725. 

157.  X.         Timothy,  b.  Feb.  20,  1709;  m.  Submit  Parker. 

158.  xi.        Daniel,  b.  1710;  m.  Thankful  Allen. 

43.  John  Whitney  (Jonathan,  John),  b.  June  27,  1662,  in  Watertown;  m.  there 
Apr.  10,  1688,  Marv  Hapgood,  dau.  of  Sheadrath,  of  Sherborn;  m.  2d,  1694,  Sarah 
Haven,  dau.  of  Richard,  b.  Lynn,  June  4,  1665,  d.  Apr.  23,  1718;  m.  .3d,  Nov.  10,  1718, 
Mrs.  Martha  (How)  Walker,  b.  1669,  d.  Nov.  14,  1721.  He  was  selectman  in  1714,  and 
for  three  years  constable,  1719;  tythingman  1719  and  1724;  was  admitted  to  the  church 
July  26,  1719;  was  a  fuller  by  trade.  His  inventory  bears  date  May  22,  1735,  and  his 
estate  was  valued  at  £61^-14-1.  He  d.  in  1735;  res.  Framingham,  Sherborn,  and 
Wrentham,  Mass. 

159.  i.  MARy,  b.  Mar.  27, 1689;  m.  Feb.  1,  1709,  Daniel  Moore,  b.  Apr.  18, 

1686;  res.  Sudbury.  Among  other  ch.  was  Israel,  b.  Sept.  18, 1724; 
m.  Susannah  Woodward. 

160.  ii.         James,  b.  Dec.  28,  1692;  m.  Martha  Rice  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Hol- 

brook)  Twitchell. 

161.  iii.        Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  21,  1690;  m.  Jonathan  Willard,  b.  at  Roxbury, 

June  27,  1693.  They  resided  at  various  places;  they  were  in  Sud- 
burv  1710  11,  Cambridge  1714-18,  Roxburv  1718-21,  Charlestown 
1722-24,  Worcester  1728-30.  She  d.  in  Worcester,  July  4,  1720. 
Ch.:  Mary,  b.  1715;  m.  Apr.  28,  1743,  Joseph  Rutter;  Abigail, 
b.  Sept.  18,  1716;  m.  James  Mann,  of  Naiick;  Daniel,  b.  1718; 
m.  Rachel  Wheelock  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Manningi  Bailey; 
Jonathan,  b.  1720;  m.  Sarah  Childs  and  Mrs.  Stark;  John,  b.  1720; 
m.  Elizabeth  Elder;  Josiah,  b.  Oct.  16,  1722;  Benjamin,  b.  1725; 
m.  Marv  Rice. 

162.  iv.        LVDIA,  b.'Apr.  18,  1695;  m.  Feb.  4,  1713,  Richard  Haven,  b.  Jan.  8, 

1692,  m  Framingham;  he  d.  at  Athol,  Aug.  3,  1770.  They  were 
admitted  to  the  church  there  May  12, 1717.  Ch.:  Lydia,b.  Feb.  10, 
1714;  m.  Seth  Bullard;  Hannah,  b.  June  10,  1716;  m.  Isaac  Fisk; 
Marv,  b.  June  5, 1718;  m.  John  Hill ;  Sarah,  b.  June  5, 1718,  d.  July 
10,  1718;  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  11,  1719;  m.  Isaac  Hill;  Richard,  b.  Dec. 
12,  1722;  Elizabeth,  b.  May  24,  1724;  m.  Ebenezer  Bullard; 
Dea.  John,  b.  May  7,  1726;  m.  Mar.  27,  1746,  Susannah  Drury; 
he  was  dea.  of  Athol  church;  she  was  b.  Feb.  2,  1722;  Rebecca, 
b.  Mar.  25,  1728,  d.  Jan.  10,  1729;  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  1,  1730;  Jona- 
than, b.  Mav  3,  1732,  res.  Athol;  Simon,  b.  Mar.  5,  1734;  Elias, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1735,  d.  July  2,  1735;  Simon,  res.  Athol. 

163.  v.        Hannah,  b.  Sept.  27,  1697;  m.  Jan.  23,  1722,  Ezekiel  Rice,  b.  Oct. 

14,  1700.  She  d.  bef.  1753.  Res.  Natick  and  Sherborn.  Ch.: 
Ezekiel,  b.  Oct.  29,  1723;  m.  Hannah  Edmands;  John,  b.  Apr.  9, 
1725;  from  Apr.  26  to  Nov.  6, 1757,  in  Smith's  company — marked 
"Deceased;"  James,  b.  July  13,  1726;  m.  Marv  Stearns;  Han- 
nah, b.  Oct.  15,  1727;  m.  Thos.  Kendall;  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1729:  d.  unm.;  Richard,  b.  Oct.  20,  1730;  m.  Jan.  16,  17.55,  Sarah 
Drury.  She  was  b.  Dec.  8,  1734.  He  d.  Natick,  Jan.  24, 1793,  and 
she  went  to  Union,  Me.;  Martha,  b.  Aug.  8,  1732;  Uriah,  b. 
■ ;  m.  Rachel ;  Moses,  b. ;  m.  Mary  Spar- 
hawk. 

44.  Josiah  Whitney  (Jonathan,  John),  b.  May  19,1664;  m.  Abigail ;  m. 

2d,  Mary .     With  his  wife  Mary  he  settled  in  Wrentham  in  1701.     Inventory  of 

his  estate  was  made  Jan.  15,  1717.     He  d.  in  1717;  res.  Groton    and  Wrentham,  Mass. 

164.  i.         Marv,  b.  Mar.  5,  1696. 

165.  ii.       Josiah,  b.  1698;  m.  Elizabeth  Grant,  Mehitable  Fuller,  and  Lydia 

Ballard. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  35 


16G.    iii.      Jonathan,  b.  1704;  m. 


168. 

i. 

169. 

11. 

170. 

111. 

171. 

IV. 

172. 

V. 

173. 

VI. 

51.     Dea.  J 

Mary  — 

167.  iv.  Abigail,  b.  1709;  m.  Sept.  20,  1729,  Preserved  Hall  of  Wren- 
tham.  At  the  time  of  her  father's  death  in  1717,  Benjamin  Whit- 
ney was  appointed  her  guardian. 

48.  Joseph  Whitney  (Jonathan,  John),  b.  prob.  Watertown  or  Sherborn,  Mar. 
10,  1672;  m.  May  26,  1706,  Rebecca  Burge,  of  Charlestown.  At  the  time  of  marriage 
both  were  of  Chelmsford.  In  1740  he  resided  in  Chelmsford;  for  that  year  he  deeded 
property  in  Pepperell  to  his  son  Joseph,  which  for  over  100  years  remained  in  the 
family.  He  was  born  in  W'atertown  and  married  his  wife  in  Charlestown.  The 
records  say  both  were  of  Chelmsford  at  the  time  of  the  marriage.  Res.  Chelmsford, 
Mass.,  and  Sherborn,  Mass. 

Jonas,  b.  June  7,  1708. 

Joseph,  b.  in  1710;  m.  Abigail  Nutting. 

Sylvanus,  b.  in  1712. 

James,  b.  in  1714;  m.  Ellenor . 

Ephraim,  b.  in  1716. 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  5,  1707. 
Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.,   June  14,   1666; 
m.  Mary ;  b.  in  Mass.,  1666;  d.  June  25,  1751;  m.  2d,  Dec.  11,  1751,  Sarah  Fel- 
lows, b.  1668;  d.  Mar.  28,  1759. 

Joshua  was  born  in  the  town  of  Groton,  Mass.,  resided  there  with  his  parents 
until  their  removal  to  Plainfield,  where  he  was  among  the  first  settlers.  He  was  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  covenant  of  the  first  church  there  Jan.  5,  1751.  He  ever  after 
lived  there  and  died  of  old  age. 

Joshua  Whitney,  will  made  and  dated  at  Plainfield,  Conn.,  Oct.  15,  1751. 

Joshua  Whitney,  will  recorded  at  Plainfield,  Conn.,  Jan.  8, 1754. 

Maker  of  will,  Shubah  Conant,  justice  of  peace;  residence  at  Plainfield. 

Sarah  Whitney,  widow  of  Joshua  Whitney,  letter  of  administration.  May  23,1759. 

His  will  mentions  William  Whitney,  Cornelius  Whitney, .and  David  Whitney, 
broth'ers;  and  Abigail  Hutchings,  Mary  Peirce,  Elizabeth  Harmon,  Martha  \\'illiams, 
Elinor  Shephard,  and  Sarah  Tylor,  sisters.  Mary  Lawrence  and  John  Crery,  names 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  J.  Whitney;  also  the  names  of  two  negroes  are  mentioned, 
Sandy  and  Ceaser,  he  leaving  property  to  both. 

Dea.  Joshua  Whitney  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  and  served  as  a  soldier  in 
King  Philip's  war  in  1692  from  Groton.  He  soon  after  moved  to  Quinebaug,  Conn., 
for,  Nov.  18,  1699,  with  thirty-eight  others,  he  signed  a  petition  to  the  Massachusetts 
General  Court  in  relation  to  the  land  boundaries.  In  1702  he  was  elected  collector. 
He  resided  on  the  east  side  of  Quinebaug  river,  which  later  became  Plainfield.  In 
1704  he  was  appointed  a  committee  to  apportion  the  enclosing  fence  to  the  several 
proprietors.  In  1705  he  was  chosen  to  finish  the  laying  out  of  the  divisions  of 
meadows.  In  1706  he  had  twelve  acres  of  land  bound  over  to  him  in  security  for 
four  pounds  in  money  loaned  the  town.  After  the  township  was  incorporated,  he 
was  elected  representative  to  the  General  Court.  In  1710  he  gave  part  of  the  land 
for  a  highway,  from  Quinebaug  river  to  the  east  bound  of  the  town.  In  1719  he  was 
elected  deacon  of  the  church,  and  that  year,  when  the  new  meeting  house  was 
erected,  he  gave  a  sum  much  larger  than  many  others  and  only  equaled  by  one 
other.  According  to  Miss  Larneds  valuable  History  of  Windham  County,  he  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Plainfield.  Deacon  Whitney,  in  his  will,  made 
by  Shubah  Conant,  justice  of  the  peace,  made  provision  for  his  negro  servants,  and 
it  shows  the  conscientious  scrupleness  with  which  some  good  men  of  that  day  fulfilled 
the  responsibility  of  ownership.  Not  only  did  he  make  Sandy,  Ceaser,  Judith  and 
their  children  absolutely  free,  but  bequeathed  to  each  household  six  acres  of  land 
and  farming  tools.  He  gave  to  one  his  "  oldest  little  Bible,"  and  to  the  others 
several  good  books;  enjoined  Sandy  to  take  care  of  Bess,  his  wife,  and  give  her 
decent  burial,  and  directed  Ceaser  and  Judith  "to  see  that  their  children  were  in  no 
way  left  to  perish." 

He  d,  s.  p.,  Dec.  1,  1753;  res.  Groton,  Mass.,  and  Plainfield,  Conn. 

54.  William  Whitney  (Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Feb.  28,  1678;  m.  in  Chelms- 
ford, Mar.,  1700,  Lydia  Perham,  b.  Feb.  19,  1673;  d.  in  G.  Aug.  24,  1716;  m.  2d, 
in  Newton,  Apr.  25,  1717,  Margaret  Mirick,  b.  1683;  d. . 

William  'VVhitney,  of  Groton,  and  Lydia  Perham,  of  Chelmsford,  entered  into  a 
covenant  of  marriage  before  Mr.  Thomas  Clark,  Mar.,  1700  [the  rest  of  the  date  is 
torn  off,  but  suppose  it  to  be  1699-1700.  Hon.  S.  A.  Green].  The  family  record  has 
it  1700.     Lydia  (Perham)  Whitney  was  admitted  to  the  Groton  church  Aug.  5,  1716. 


36  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


He  was  born  in  Groton,  where  he  resided  until  his  marriage.  His  wife  was  from 
Chelmsford,  in  which  place  they  were  married.  She  died  and  was  buried  in  Groton. 
His  second  wife  was  probably  from  Newton,  for  he  was  married  there.  Apr.  4,  1710, 
he  purchased  land  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  of  James  Corbin  of  Woodstock.  He 
removed  to  Plainfield,  Conn.,  about  1720,  where  he  afterward  resided.  His  will  is 
dated  Oct.  15, 1751.  In  1754  he  gave  the  heirs  of  his  sister  Abigail  Hutchings  property 
by  deed. 

He  d.  about  1754;  res.  Groton,  Mass.,  and  Plainfield,  Conn. 

174.  i.         William,  b.  May  5,  1701;  m.  Mary  Whitmore. 

175.  ii.        LVDIA,  b.  Dec.  26,  1710;  m.  Apr.  8,  1741,  Samuel  Taylor. 

176.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  Nov.  1,  1714.     The  family  record  says  Josiah,  but  But- 

ler in  Hist,  of  Groton  gives  the  third  child  as  Joshua;  m.  Amy 
Blodgett. 

177.  iv.       John,  b.  Jan.  30,  1717-18;  m.  Elizabeth . 

178.  V.        Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  12,  bap.  Aug.  16,  1719.     Butler  in  his  Hist,  of 

Groton   says   Elizabeth,   family   record  says    Esther.     Church 
record  says  Elizabeth,  which  latter  is  correct. 

179.  vi.       Caleb,  b.  Sept.  10,  1721;  m.  Margaret . 

55.  Cornelius  Whitney  (Joshua,  John),  b.  in  Groton;  m.  Sarah  Shepherd. 

In  1707  the  selectmen  of  Groton  petitioned  the  governor  in  relation  to  the  num- 
ber of  people  "  either  actually  removed  or  are  meditating  of  it."  In  the  list  "  of  per- 
sons gone"  are  the  names  Cornelius  and  Josiah  Whitney. 

Cornelius  Whitney  and  his  wife,  Sarah,  were  admitted  to  full  communion  in  the 
Groton  church  Aug.  21,  1715.  If  they  moved  away  and  had  "gone"  from  Groton  in 
1707,  they  must  have  returned  and  resided  for  a  short  time  before  going  elsewhere. 
Groton,  Mar.  23,  1721.  Then  we,  the  subscribers,  laid  out  to  a  fifteen-acre 
sight,  originally  Ralph  Read's,  now  claimed  by  Cornelius  Whitney,  fifty-five  acres 
of  land,  laying  on  the  southeast  side  of  pine  meadow,  the  northwest  corner  being  a 
great  pine  by  his  own  meadow,  bounded  easterly  to  John  Stone's  meadow,  the  north- 
east corner  an  oak,  the  two  southerly  corners,  pines;  all  marked  for  corners.  What 
is  above  fifteen  acres  in  quantity  being  added  to  it  to  make  it  equal  in  quality  to 
fifteen  acres  of  the  best  land,  in  our  judgment,  allowance  being  made  for  a  high- 
way through  the  same  when  needed.  Said  land  being  fully  to  satisfy  said  right  in 
the  new  division  of  the  common  on  the  east  sfde  of  the  river. 

Zachariah  Sawtell,  Phinehas  Parker,  and  Nathaniel  Woods,  committee  of  the 
proprietors  of  Groton. 

He  was  born  in  Groton,  where  he  resided  until  1707,  when,  on  account  of  Indian 
hostilities,  with  his  father  he  moved  elsewhere.  He  evidently  returned,  for  he  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Queen  Anne  war  from  that  town  soon  after.  Later  he  moved  to 
Killingly,  Conn.,  and  where  it  is  said  he  died. 

He  served  in  the  Oueen  Anne  war  of  1707.     This  same  year,  on  account  of  the 
unprotected  condition  of  the  Groton  frontier,  with  others  he  petitioned  for  leave  to 
move  elsewhere.     He  d.  in  Connecticut;  res.  Groton,  Mass.,  and  Killingly,  Conn. 
Sarah,  b.  Apr.  17,  1715;  d.  bef.  1731. 
Abigail,  b.  Dec.  9,  1717. 

Matthias,  b.  May  26,  1720;  m.  Alice  . 

Mary,  b.  Aug.  20,  1722. 

losHUA,  b.  Dec.  1,  1724;  m. . 

Lydia,  b.  Apr.  23,  1729. 
Sarah,  b.  Jan.  8,  1731. 

56.  Col.  David  Whitney  (Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.,  in  1682;  m.  at  Plain- 
field,  Conn.,  Jan.  20, 1712,  Elizabeth  Warren,  dau.  of  Jacob  of  Plainfield,  and  moved  to 
Canaan,  Conn.;  m.  2d,  July  28,  1767,  Mrs.  Prudence  (Merrills)  Sedgwick,  b.  Dec.  22, 
1700;  d.  Feb.  1,  1793.  She  fell  mto  the  fire.  Dau.  of  Dea.  Abraham  Merrills  of 
Hartford,  Conn. 

He  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  moved  to  Plainfield  and  married  there.  In  1740 
he  moved  to  Canaan,  Conn.,  where  he  afterward  resided  and  where  he  was  inn- 
keeper, his  tavern  being  the  best  known  in  that  section  of  the  state.  He  was  a  very 
active  and  influential  man;  was  colonel  of  the  militia  and  held  other  offices  in 
the  town.  His  will  is  dated  Oct.  27,  1769,  and  proved  Dec.  13,  1769.  He  married 
twice,  his  second  wife  being  Prudence,  who  was  given  one-third  of  the  estate. 
He  d.  in  1769;  res.  Groton,  Mass.,  Plainfield  and  Canaan,  Conn. 

187.    i.  Esther,  b.  May  1,  1714;  m. Kingsbury  and  d.  before  1769, 

leaving  heirs  mentioned  in  her  father's  will. 


180. 

181. 

ii. 

182. 

iii. 

183. 

iv. 

184. 

v. 

185. 

VI. 

186. 

vn. 

188. 
189. 
190. 

iii. 
iv. 

191. 
192. 

V. 

vi. 

193. 
194. 

vii. 
viii. 

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David,  b.  Sept.  16,  1716;  m.  Marv  Gun. 

Joshua,  b.  Oct.  11,  1718;  m.  Ann  Blodgett. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  26,  1720;  m. Stanton.     She  died  before 

her  father,  for  in  his  will  he  refers  to  her  heirs,  one  of  whom  was 
Joshua. 

Jacob,  b.  July  13,  1723;  d.  Sept.  10,  1738. 

Tarball,  b.  Nov.  1, 1725.     He  was  executor  of  his  father's  will  in 
1769  and  d.  in  Canaan  in  1794. 

Marv,  b.  Mar.  13,  1727;  d.  June  28,  1729. 

JosiAH,  b.  Aug.  11,  1731;  m.  Lois  Breck  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Chan- 
dler. 
195.    ix,        SoLO.MON,  b.  in  1733;  m.  Sarah . 

65.  John  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  about  1678;  m.  there  Letty  or 
Lettis  Ford,  the  dau.  of  John  Ford;  b.  in  York,  Me. 

He  was  born  in  York,  Me.,  and  in  1703,  at  the  age  cf  23,  with  his  two  brothers, 
Nathaniel  and  Timothy,  was  a  member  of  the  military  company,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Abraham  Preble,  of  York.  "  This  company  comprised  the  flower  of  York,  or 
the  young  men  of  that  date." 

John  Whitney  witnessed  will  of  John  Moore,  at  York,  in  1713.  I  have  been 
unable  to  find  any  record  of  his  property,  though  it  is  stated  in  his  brother  Nathaniel's 
deed  that  he,  Nathaniel,  owned  property  adjoining  that  of  John. 

He  settled  in  New  Meadows,  Me.,  in  1739;  he  d. ;  res.  York  and  Lisbon 

Falls  Me. 

'  196.     i.  Marv,  b.  Mar.  12,  1704;  m.  Oct.  16,  1723,  Thomas  Edward;  res. 

Kittery,  Me. 

Sa.muel,  b.  May  5,  1707;  m.  Lydia . 

Elizabeth,  b.  May  7,  1709. 
Hannah,  b.  .A.pr.  17,  1710. 

Mercy,  b . 

Mehitable,  b . 

John,  b.  May  4,  1719. 

Benjamin,  b.  May  22,  1725;  m.  Mercy  Hinckley. 

66.  Nathaniel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  York,  Me.,  Apr.  14,  1680;  m. 
there  Sarah  Ford,  the  dau.  of  John,  of  Kittery,  b.  in   York. 

He  was  born  in  York,  Me.,  where  he  probably  resided  until  after  his  marriage,  when 
he  removed  to  Gorham.  In  1703  he  was  a  member  of  the  military  company  of  York, 
commanded  by  Capt.  Preble,  for  defense  against  the  Indians.  D.  Williams  Patter- 
son, who  compiled  the  Connecticut  Whitney  family,  says  he  was  a  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Jane  Whitney.  In  1708  Nathaniel  Whitney,  weaver,  of  Kittery,  bought  of  John- 
son Harmon  and  Mary,  his  wife,  a  certain  piece  of  salt  marsh  and  thatch  ground  in 
York,  commonly  known  as  the  Sunken  Marsh. 

Nov.,  1715,  Nathaniel  Whitney,  of  York,  weaver,  and  wife,  Sarah,  sell  for  four 
score  pounds  to  Joseph  Harris  Yz  the  tract  of  land  known  as  the  Sunken  Marsh,  hav- 
ing sold  the  other  Yz  to  John  Stagpole,  and  all  housings,  timber,  etc. 

In  1717  Nathaniel  Whitney  purchased  20  acres  of  land  of  John-  Racklift  and 
a  small  orchard  on  the  southeast  side  of  York  river,  and  northwest  side  of  Rogers' 
Cave,  in  York,  for  /20.     This  land  joined  that  of  John  Whitney. 
He  d.  in  Gorham,  Me.;  res.  York,  Me. 

204.    vii.       Lydia,  b.  ;  d.  July  14,  1720. 

Lydia,  b.  July  22,  1726;  d.  Mar.  23, 1727. 

Naham,  b.  Jan.  10,  1706;  m.  Lvdia  Young. 

Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  12,  1709;  'm.  Molly  Day. 

Abel,  b.  July  23,  1712;  m.  Mary  Crane'. 

Sarah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1714;  m.  July  13,  1736,  Jeremiah  Simpson,  of 

York,  Me. 
Isaac,  b.  Mar.  9,  1720;  m.  Sarah  Crosby. 
Amos,  b.  Mar.  5,  1723;  m.  Sarah  Payne. 
Joanna,  b.  Mar.  13,  1729. 

67.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  1680;  m.  1700,  Susanna  Whitney, 
b.  1681. 

In  1721  Jonathan  Whitney's  name  is  found  among  the  list  of  those  taxed  for  the 
minister's  rate  in  Sherborn.  He  paid  one  of  the  largest  taxes.  In  1723  his  name  was 
first  on  a  petition  to  be  set  off  as  a  separate  town.  This  was  afterward  called  Hol- 
iiston.     In  1727  he  was  chosen  committee  in  Holliston  in  relation  to  land  for  minis- 


197. 

11. 

198. 

111. 

199. 

IV. 

200. 

V. 

201. 

VI. 

202. 

VII. 

203. 

Vlll. 

205. 

viii. 

206. 

1. 

207. 

ii. 

208. 

111. 

209. 

iv. 

v210. 

V. 

211. 

VI. 

212. 

Vll. 

38  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

ter.  In  1730  he  deeded  his  interest  in  the  land  to  the  first  minister,  Rev.  James 
Stone.     He  was  selectman  m  Holliston  1724-25-26-27-28-32-36-57. 

He  made  his  will  Feb.  2,  1753,  provided  judiciously  for  his  family,  and  appointed 
his  wife  Susanna,  with  his  eldest  son  Jonathan,  co-executors.  It  was  proved  in  Mid- 
dlesex Co.  Feb.  11,  1754.  He  owned  some  meadow  lands  in  what  is  now  Milford. 
He  d.  Jan.,  1753;  res.  Sherborn,  Holliston,  and  Milford,  Mass. 

"213.     i.  Susanna,  b.   Jan.  20,   1702;  m.  Gershom    Fames,  of    Holliston. 

Ch.:     Martha  and  Patience. 

214.  ii.         Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  17,  1704;  m.  Lydia  Jones. 

215.  iii.        Keziah,   b.   July   11,   1706;     m.    1730,     Elder    Abraham    Jones, 

July  2,  1708;  'd.  Feb.  25,  1792.  She  d.  June  29,  1791;  res. 
Milford.  Ch.:  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  8,  1732;  d.  Nov.  1,  1736;  Jona- 
than, b.  Nov.  13,  1733;  d.  Nov.  6.  1736;  Keziah,  b.  Nov.  23,  1737; 
d.  1744;  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  16,  1739;  d.  1744;  Hannah,  b.  Nov.  8, 
1741;  d.  1744;  John.  b.  Mar.  23,  1744;  m.  Abigail  Cheney;  Abra- 
ham, b.  May  3,  1746;  m.  Olive  Bates;  Solomon,  b.  Apr.  3,  1748; 
d.  young.  The  father  was  deacon  of  the  Cong.  ch.  in  1743; 
elder  1754.     He  was  a  solid  and  influential  man. 

216.  iv.        Dorothy,  b.  Aug.  28,  1708;   m.  May  9,  1734,    Ebenezer   Hunt, 

b.  1707;  res.  Hollioton.  Ch.:  Ebenezer,  b.  Apr.  15,  1735;  m. 
Deliverance  Newton;  res.  Paxton;  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  23,  1737; 
d.  Mar.  5,  1744. 

217.  v.         Mary,  b.   May  28,   1710;    m.  Joseph    Jones,   b.   Dec.  27,   1709; 

d.  Apr.  3,  1796.  She  d.  July  9,  1788.  He  was  a  large  land- 
holder; res.  Mil.  Ch.:  Susanna,  b.  Nov.  10,  1733;  Hannah,  b. 
July  3,  1736;  d.  young;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  29, 1737;  m.  Ruth  Nelson; 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  16,  1740;  m.  James  Sumner,  Esq.;  Lvdia,  b.  Apr. 
2,  1744;  Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  11,1746;  m.  Mary  Ball;  David,  b.July 
10,1749;  d.  young;  Timothy,  b.  Apr,  25, 1751;  m.  Ann  Scammell. 

218.  vi.        LvDiA,  b.  Mar.  3,  1712;  m.  Isaac  Hill. 

219.  vii.       Elias,   b.   Nov.   14,   1716;   m.   Elizabeth    Mellen   and   Elizabeth 

Boyden. 

220.  viii.     Mehitable,  b.  Dec.  27,  1719;  m.  David  Cutler;  res.  Mil.      She  d. 

bef.  1768.    Ch.:  Jonathan,  b.  June  23,  1747;    Abigail,  b.  Oct.  11, 

1749;  Susanna,  b.  July  11,  1752;  Nathan,  b.  Feb.  22,  1755;  m. 

Ruth   Nelson;    David,  b.   Aug.  22,   1757;    m.   Esther    Evans; 

Mehitable,  b.  May  8,  1762;  m.  Nathaniel  Flagg. 
George,  b.  Aug.  12,  1721;  m.  Sarah  Cozzens. 
Jesse,  b.  Feb.  8,  1713;  prob.  d.  bef.  1754;  not  named  in  will. 
Hannah,  b.  Feb.  11,  1714;  same  as  Jesse. 

68.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b. ;  m.  in  Boston,  Aug.  7, 1705, 

Mrs.  Esther  Maverick,  wid.  of  James;  for  an  account  of  him  see  Sumner's  History  of 
East  Boston,  1):<58.  Benjamin  and  Esther  Whitney  sell  land  to  Bro.  Jonathan,  1718, 
and  in  1729  convey  estate  in  Boston  formerly  James  M.  to  James,  Jr.,  and  Martha,  wife 
of  Thomas  Bellows,  of  Southboro.  Benj.  was  an  inholder  in  Framingham  and  drew 
land  in  Douglass  in  1715. 

On  Suffold  Deeds,  vol.  83,  p.  15,  Hester,  wife  of  Benj.  Whitney,  certifies  to  birth 
of  her  two  children  by  former  husband,  James  Maverick,  at  Winnissimet.'  Martha, 
b.  April  17,  1693;  James,  b.  Oct.  2,  1699.  Corroborated  by  Phebe  Brentnal,  aged  45, 
and  Sarah  Eustace,  aged  52,  June  18,  1718. 

He  d. ;  res.  Framingham  and  Sherborn,  Mass. 

224.     i.         Benjamin,  b.  May  22,  1709;  m.  Margaret  Sanderson. 

69.  Joshua  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  Sept.  21,  1687;  m.  Hannah  Rock- 
wood,  of  Medfield,  b.  1696;  d.  bef.  1738;  m.  Phebe  .    After  his  death  she  m. 

Caleb  Partridge,  of  Medway.  He  d.  bef.  1754;  res.  Oxford,  Mendon,  and  Uxbridge, 
Mass. 

He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  Was  one  of  the  thirty  original  proprietors  of 
Oxford,  Mass.,  which  land  he  purchased  of  the  Nipumck  Indians  in  1713  and  resided 
on  lot  No.  27,  in  that  town,  on  the  Sutton  road.  In  1715  he  disposed  of  his  property 
and  moved  to  Mendon,  Mass.,  per  Suffolk  Deeds  27,  p.  174,  and  History  of  Oxford. 
His  first  three  children  were  born  in  M.  He  resided  in  that  part  of  Mendon  which 
was  subsequently  in  1727  incorporated  as  Uxbridge.'Mass.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  per  Worcester  probate  records,  was  made  Dec.  1,  1750.    Josiah  Taft  was  admr. 


221. 

ix. 

222. 

x. 

223. 

xi. 

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225.  i.  EzEKiEL,  b.  Mendon,  Aug.  29,  1716;  m. . 

226.  \'A.  Isaac,  b. 

227.  ii.  Nathaniel,  b. 

228.  iii.  Mary,  b.  Uxbridge  Oct.  27,  1732;  prob.  d.  bef.  1765. 

229.  iv.  Joshua,  b.  Feb.  27,  1738-39.     In  1754  Caleb  Partridge  was  his  guar- 

dian. 

230.  V.  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  21,  1739^0;  prob.  d.  bef.  1765. 

231.  vi.  Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  14,  1743;  m.  — . 

232.  vii.  Phebe,  b.  July  25, 1745;  m. Kirby;  res.  Uxbridge,  Mass. 

233.  viii.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  4,  1746. 

234.  ix.  Bethvah,  b.  Sept.  29,  1720;  d.  young. 

235.  X.  Bethyah,  b.  Feb.  24,  1726;  d.  young. 

70.  Mark  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  Framingham,  Mass.,  abt.  1700;  m.  in 
Framingham  Jan.  4,  1726,  Tabitha  Mellen,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  4, 
1703. 

Mark  Whitney  was  born  in  Framingham,  Mass.  He  was  a  soldier  of  Capt.  Sam- 
uel Wright's  Rutland  Company,  in  service  from  Nov.  10,  1723,  to  June  10,1724.  He 
resided  in  Hopkinton,  which  town  was  purchased  of  the  praying  Indians  in  1700, 
and  incorporated  in  1715,  the  name  being  given  in  honor  of  Edward  Hojikins  of 
Harvard  College.  It,  however,  did  not  assume  the  privileges  of  a  town  until  1724. 
This  year  a  church  was  organized  in  the  town  and  Mark  Whitney  was,  Apr,  27,  1735, 
admitted  a  member,  He  married  his  wife  in  Framingham.  He  continued  to  reside 
in  Hopkinton  until  his  removal  to  Framingham;  he  was  dismissed  to  the  Framing- 
ham church  Apr.  5, 1752,  and  there  he  was  admitted  to  the  church  by  letter  from  Hop- 
kinton Feb.  10,  1754.  While  residing  there  he  kept  a  tavern  on  the  old  Whitney 
homestead  near  the  Havens.  He  soon  moved  to  Natick  where  he  afterward  resided 
until  his  death.  Natick  lies  between  Sherborn  and  Framingham,  and  it  was  here 
that  Rev.  John  Elliot  established  his  first  Indian  church  in  America.  Until  1746 
Natick  was  an  Indian  plantation;  that  year  it  was  incorporated  as  a  district,  and  in 
1781  it  was  incorporated  as  a  town.  In  1759  Mark  Whitney  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways and  member  of  the  parish  committee  in  1760,  assisted  in  preambulating  the 
town  line  between  Natick  and  Sherborn,  which  committee  rendered  its  report  Mar. 
24,  1760.  He  was  a  prominent  and  leading  citizen  in  the  various  towns  in  which  he 
resided,  as  the  title  "  Mr."  is  prefixed  to  his  name  in  the  town  records.  His  will  is 
dated  at  Natick,  June  17,  1760,  and  was  witnessed  by  Micah  Whitney.  His  widow, 
Tabitha,  taught  school  at  HopKinton. 

A  deed  is  on  file  in  the  Middlesex  Probate  records  of  a  house  lot  signed  by 
Benjamin,  Sr.,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  Mark  and  Isaac.     Mark  lived  on  this  homestead. 

A  petition  is  also  recorded,  signed  Benjamin,  Sr.,  Isaac,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  and  Mark. 

Mark  was'a  soldier  from  Framingham  before  his  marriage  to  a  Framingham  girl ; 
his  Hopkinton  neighbor  and  brother  (land  adjoined  as  shown  by  deeds),  Isaac 
Whitnev,  married  Elizabeth  Bridges  of  Framingham.  His  land  came  to  him  from 
his  father,  Benjamin  Whitney,  who  was  of  Framingham.  Thomas  Mellen,  who  was 
Mark  Whitney's  father-in-law,  and  Benjamin  Whitney  were  of  those  who,  in  1732, 
went  to  the  Hopkinton  church  on  account  of  dissatisfaction  at  Framingham, 

He  d.  June  23,  1760,  at  N.;  res.  Framingham,  Hopkinton,  and  Natick,  Mass. 

236.  i.         Love,  bap.  Hop.  Nov.  26,  1726;  m.  Jan.  2,  1754,  Jonathan  Battle  of 

Dedham.  He  was  b.  May  30,  1724.  They  had  a  son,  Timothy, 
b.  Sept.  21,  1756.  She  (Love  Whitney)  m.  2d,  1767,  Barrachias 
Alason  (see  Tilden's  History  of  Medfield),  b.  1723,  d.  1795. 
They  res.  Medfield.  He  gr.  at  Harvard  College  in  1742;  was  a 
noted  surveyor  of  lands  and  surveyed  the  town  of  Natick  in 
1778;  taught  school  in  Reading,  1747,  also  taught  singing  school; 
was  selectman  for  five  years  and  mholder.  Ch.:  Johnson, 
b.  1767,  was  captain  of  militia  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant-colonel, and  town  clerk  19  years,  also  representative; 
Arnold,  b.  1770,  d  1837.  A  son  of  Johnson  was  Dr.  Lowell 
Mason,  the  celebrated  musical  composer, b.  in  Medfield  in  1792, 
and  also  grandfather  of  Wm.  Mason,  also  celebrated  as  an 
American  musician  and  founder  of  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  Organ 
Mfg.  Co.  of  Boston. 

237.  ii.       Jason,  b.  Aug.  31, 1729;  m.  Elizabeth  Beal  and  Lois  Pratt. 

238.  iii.       Mary,  b.  Oct.  4,  1731;  m.  1759,  Lieut.  Joseph  Cody  of  Hopkinton; 

res.  Milford,  Mass.    He  was  son  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  Cody  and 


239. 

iv. 

240. 

V. 

241. 

VI. 

242. 

VII. 

40  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

was  b.  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  May  2,  1736.  He  settled  in  "Bun- 
gay," Milford,  Mass.,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Partridge 
place.  He  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  the  first 
constable  at  Milford;  was  called  "Lieut.  Joseph;"  was  a  carpen- 
ter by  trade,  and  tradition  says  that  he  seldom  used  any  meas- 
uring implement,  but  laid  out  his  framing  work  by  so  accurate 
an  eye  that  all  his  joints  and  mortises  fitted  exactly  when  his 
frames  were  raised.  Ch.:  Mary,  b.  Jan.  23,  1760;  m.  June  6,  1782, 
Thomas  Hiscock;  Martha,  b.  Sept.  7,  1761;  Sarah,  b.  July  7, 1763; 
m.  Nov.  16,  1780,  Richard  Hiscock;  Anna,  b.  May  12,  1765;  m. 
Nov.  13,  1783,  James  Hiscock;  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  13,  1767;  d.  in 
early  infancy;  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  23,  1769;  Hannah,  b.  Apr.  1,  1771. 

Mark,  b.  Apr.  11,  1732;  d.  unm.  at  Natick  in  1750. 

Tabitha,  b.  Apr.  11,  1735;  d.  July  11,  1735,  in  Hopk. 

Thomas,  b.  Jan.  24,  1736;  m.  Mehitable  Bacon. 

Tabitha,  b.  Mar.  11,  1738;  m.  Aug.  31,  1767,  John  Lessure  of 
Upton,  Mass. 

243.  viii.    Sarah,  b.  June  12,  1739;  m.  June   11,  1761,  Nathan   Watkins   of 

Hopkinton;  descendants  res.  in  Hollinston. 

244.  ix.      Esther,  b.  Oct.  3,  1742;  m.  Aug.  30,  1764,  James  Watkins  of  Hop- 

kinton; des.  res.  in  Milford. 

71.  Isaac  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John),  b.  prob.  in  Framingham,  Mass.;  m.  there 
Sept.  27,  1722,  Elizabeth  Bridges.  She  d.  before  1749,  prob.,  as  she  is  not  mentioned 
in  her  husband's  will.  It  mentions  dau.  Judith,  son  Gideon,  who  he  gives  house  and 
land  in  Hopkinton  and  lands  in  N.  H.,  and  brother-in-law  Gideon  Bridges.  Benjamin 
Whitney,  Jr.,  his  brother,  witnessed  his  will  and  was  bondsman  for  executor.  Will 
dated  May  24,  proved  Oct.  23,  1749.  He  owned  land  in  Hopkinton,  adjoining  that 
of  his  brother  Mark.     He  d.  1749;  res.  Hopkinton,  Mass. 

245.  iii.        Gideon,  b.  Nov.  27,  1729;  m.  Hannah  Norcross. 

246.  iv.        Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  28,  1731;  m.  Ebenezer  Hc^we  and  d.  soon. 

247.  ii.         Judith,  b.  July  25,  1727. 

248.  i.  Isaac,  b.  July  29,  1725;  d.  bef.  1749.     Not  mentioned  in  will. 

72.  Daniel  Whitney  (John,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  3,  1681;  m.  June  21,  1704, 
Susanna  Curtis.     He  d. ;  res.  Roxlaury,  Mass. 

249.  i.  John,  b.  May  23,  1705.     He  was  given  land  in  Woodstock,  Conn., 

at  the  death  of  his  grandfather  by  his  will. 

250.  ii.        Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  4,  1706. 

251.  iii.       Susanna,  b.  Feb.  21,  1708. 

252.  iv.       Daniel,  b.  Mar.  26.  1711;  m. . 

253.  V.        Anna,  b.  Apr.  30,  1713. 


254.  vi.  Elijah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1715;  m.  Hannah . 

255.  vii.  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  5,  1718. 
2.56.  viii.  Elisha,  b,  Oct.  5,  1722. 

257.  ix.  Esther,  b.  July  11,  1726;  m.  Mar.  8,  1745,  John  White. 

73.  Timothy  Whitney  (John,  John,  John),  b.  Apr,  16,  1678;  m.  June  12,  1706, 
Margaret  Bacon. 

Timothy  Whitney  went  from  Roxbury  to  Newton,  and  in  1728,  for  ;^615,  pur- 
chased a  farm  and  buildings  of  John  Prentice. 

He  d. ;  res.  Roxbury,  Newton,  and  Warwick,  Mass. 

258.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  28,  1707;  m.  Apr.  18,  1729,  William  Pierce,  the  son 

of  Francis  Pierce,  and  was  b.  May  1,  1708;  d.  Jan.  17,  1779. 
With  his  wife  he  resided  in  Southboro,  Hopkinton,  and  Sutton, 
at  which  latter  place  he  died  and  was  buried  on  Leland  Hill. 
He  was  a  native  of  Weston,  and  in  1758  purchased  land  of 
Widow  Sarah  Hawding,  of  Boston,  located  in  Hopkinton.  Ch.: 
Francis,  b.  July  18,  1729;  m.  Dec.  8, 1759,  Lydia  Ball;  Ebenezer, 
b.  Apr.  4,1731;  d.  unm.  1753  (see  Prob.  Rec.  at  Camb.);  William, 
b.  Dec.  31,  1741;  m.  Abigail  Walker;  Jonathan,  b.  June  10,  1736; 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1744;  d.  unm.  in  Mendon;  Aaron,  b.  Aug.  15, 
1746;  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  30, 1731;  m.  Aug.  6,  1764,  Isaac  Greene; 
Seth,  b.  Nov.  9,  1738.  During  the  last  years  of  William's  life  he 
lived  with  his  son  Jonathan,  who  married  Eunice  Leathe  for  his 
first  wife.  She  was  b.  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  and  died  without  issue. 
His  second  wife  was  Mary  Goodale,  who  was  a  sister  of  the 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  41 


mother  of  Robert  B.  Thomas,  the  founder,  and  during  his  life 
the  publisher,  of  the  "Farmers'  Almanack."  of  which  anybody 
who  was  born  m  New  England  has  heard.  Jonathan  Pierce  was 
a  farmer,  and  when  41  years  of  age  enlisted  in  the  company  of 
Capt.  Bngham  in  Col.  Job.  Cushing's  regiment  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army.  Later  he  served  in  Capt.  Andrew  Elliott's  com- 
pany. Aiiiong  the  purchases  he  made  of  land  in  Sutton  was 
l^^r  {\?^  Benjaniin  Whitney,  of  Westboro.  a  near  relative  of 
Eh  Whitney,  who  was  the  brother  of  the  great-great-grand- 
'"•S^^u^°^^  ^^^  compiler  of  this  work.  Jonathan  by  his  second 
wife  had  thirteen  children.  He  lived  and  died  on  the  old  place 
and  left  the  estate  to  his  son  Amos,  who  was  b.  Oct  13  1770-  he 
Jived  on  the  old  place  in  Sutton  and  married  Annie  Hicks  and 
had  eight  children;  the  youngest  was  Silas  Austin,  who  married 
Maria  N.  Smith,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Nancy  (Forbush) 
Smith,  of  Grafton  They  had  four  children  and  are  the  parents 
Piellfe?"'^  *^^^  ^'^'"'^^  genealogy  by  Fred  C. 

o«n"  '■•  ?/^^^'  ^-  ^P""-  2.  1-11;  m-  Hannah  Cheney. 

260.  III.  Moses,  b.  June  20,  1714;  m.  Rebecca  Hyde. 

ifl-  "'•  Jf^SEi^H.  b.  Feb.  21,  1716;  m.  Mary  Hastings. 

lai  ""•  Timothy,  b.  Apr.  20,  1720;  d.  young. 

266.  VI.  TiMOTH/,  b.  Apr.  30,  1721. 

m   Nm-  7^'^Jq"^''Mf  "^  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown  Mar.  5,  1(375- 
V    ]'a       '  oi^'^y,  ^"^'"^°"=  ^-  Sept.  6,  1676;  d.  Dec.  31,  1740. 
He  d.  Sept.  23,  1730;  res.  Watertown,  Mass 

264.  I.  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  23,  1696;  ro.  Mary  Child. 

265.  II.        Sarah,  b.  Mar  3  1698;  m.  prob.  Aug.  3,  1726,  Ephraim  Rice  of 

Worcester;  b.  Sept.  26,  1693;  res.  in  Worcester  until  1742      Ch 
Amos,  b.  Sept.  10  1727;  m.  Martha  Hagar;  Mercy,  b.  April  li; 
b.  JunTb  1742"'     ^""^'"^"^  Abigail,  b.  Mar. 28, 1732;  Bathsheba, 

266.  iii.       Amos,  b.  Apr.  19,  1701 

l^n'  k  i-I  =  '?"']^  ^I""^'^^'  ^'i^  ^^^^'  ^^^ss.  Ch.!  Daniel,  b. 
J^";  Sl'i^'  "V  1  '^1.  Mary  Bond  (his  son,  Daniel,  Jr.,  gr.  Harvard 
<^on  Itbb  a  lawyer  and  senator  of  Petersham  1.  Mr.  Daniel 
Bigelow  d.  Aug.  29  1776,  in  his  48th  year  of  his  age.  A  brother 
of  the  distinguished  Col.  Timothy  Bigelow  and  father  of  Daniel 
±5igelow  dd,  who  in  1776  formed  connection  with  William 
Stearns,  Esq.,  in  the  publication  of  the  Worcester  Spv  and 
afterward  studied  law  and  practiced  in  Petersham.  Daniel 
•Bigelow  3d  was  at  different  times  representative,  senator,  mem- 
ber of  the_  executive  council,  and  countv  attorney;    David    b 

isTn       'in     L™-  ^^l^^  ,^^^°"'  ^^^-  I^a^'^  Bigelow  d.  May  10,' 
1810;  ae.  ,9      W  as  a  brother  of  Col.  Timothy  Bigelow.     Resided 
in  the  northeast  part  of  Worcester,  on   the  road   now  know    as 
Mountain  street.     Tavern  keeper.     Married  for  his  f^rst  wife,  in 
1^02,  Sarah   Eaton,  and  his  second  wife,  whom  he  married  in 
1 .64,  was  Deborah  Hey  wood.     Selectman,  1776-77-79-80-83-84 
in  bept.,  1  /  <5,  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  a  committee  to  inspect 
the  tories  passing  between  Lancaster  and  Worcester  or  any  other 
way.    Representativeto  the  General  Court,  1777.    Was  a  delec^ate 
to  a  state  convention  assembled  at  Concord  on  the  14th  of  fulv 
ef{eri\°nfX  "^^^f ',^^  ^«  ''.e'ieve  the  people  from  the  disastrous 
ettects  of  the  great  depreciation  of  the  currency,  and  the  high 
Foienri,!^'  necessaries  of  life.      With  Levi  Lincoln,  sen  ,  and 
ram^n.   i   "■  ^^^,  ^^osen  in  1779  a  delegate  to  a  convention  for 
trammg   a  constitution    a  son,  Tyler,  gr.  Harvard   Coll    1801 

s?a?ded  tViJ^'r-^''''}:  \  ^'^  2  years!  Elijah,  b.  Mar  2,  1131. 
scalded  in  1740;  Timothy,  b.  Aug.  2,  1739;  m.  Anna  Andrews 

(\Vh\fZ]n^^T''''V  '°"  °^  ^^"'^^  Bigelow  and  Elizabeth 
(\\  hitney^Bigelow,  who  came  to  Worcester  from  Watertown 
He  was  a  descendant  of  John  Bigelow,  the  emigrant,  who  was  a 


.42  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

son  of  Randall  Bigelow,  of  Wrentham,  county  of  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land. This  John  was  in  Watertown  as  early  as  1636,  and 
married,  1642,  Mary  Warren,  also  born  in  England. 

Col.  Bigelow  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  provincial 
cause  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  being  associated  with  Warren, 
Otis,  and  other  leading  spirits.  In  March,  1773,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  local  Committee  of  Correspondence,  and  con- 
tinued a  member  until  called  into  active  service  in  April,  1775. 
He  was  active  in  the  organization  of  the  American  Political 
Society  in  Dec,  1773,  comprising  the  leading  patriots  of  the 
town,  and  meetings  of  the  society  were  frequently  held  at  his 
house.  He  was  an  influential  member  of  many  revolutionary 
committees.  Was  a  delegate  from  this  town  at  the  first  and 
second  sessions  of  the  Provincial  Congress  in  1774  and  1776. 

In  the  spring  of  1775,  Mr.  Isaiah  Thomas,  the  publisher  of  the 
Massachusetts  Spy,  printed  in  Boston,  was  placed  by  the  British 
authorities  on  the  list  of  suspicious  persons,  and  his  paper  was 
proscribed.  Joseph  Warren  and  Timothy  Bigelow  advised  his 
removal  with  his  press  and  types  to  Worcester.  Although  an 
affair  of  some  difficulty  and  requiring  great  caution,  Capt. 
Bigelow  undertook  the  task,  and,  selecting  a  dark  night,  he  with 
others  succeeded  in  conveying  the  press  and  types  to  Barton's 
Point,  and  ferrying  them  to  Charlestown,  and  from  thence 
transporting  them  to  Worcester  to  the  basement  of  his  own 
house,  where  the  press  was  set  up  ready  for  use. 

He  organized  and  commanded  the  company  of  minute  men 
which  marched  from  Worcester  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  Apr. 
19,  1775,  and  on  the  organization  of  the  army  at  Cambridge  was 
appointed  major  in  the  regiment  of  which  Jonathan  Ward  was 
colonel.  He  took  part  in  the  ill-fated  expedition  against 
Quebec  in  the  fall  of  1775,  was  taken  prisoner  and  confined 
nearly  a  year,  when  he  was  paroled  and  afterward  exchanged, 
and  was  soon  in  active  service  as  Lieut.-Colonel.  Feb.  8,  1777, 
he  received  a  commission  as  colonel,  and  was  appointed  to  the 
command  of  the  15th  Massachusetts  regiment  in  the  Continental 
army,  then  forming  principally  of  men  from  Worcester  county. 
On  the  completion  of  the  regimental  organization,  he  marched 
with  his  command  to  join  the  northern  army  under  Gen.  Schuy- 
ler, arriving  in  season  to  assist  in  the  capture  of  Burgoyne  by 
Gen.  Gates  at  Saratoga.  He  was  also  in  service  in  Rhode 
Island,  Verplanck's  Point,  Robinson's  Farms,  N.  J.,  Peekskill, 
Monmouth,  Valley  Forge,  West  Point,  and  Yorktown.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  was  stationed  for  a  time  at  West  Point,  and 
afterward  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  arsenal  at  Spring- 
field. On  relinquishing  his  military  duties,  he  returned  to 
Worcester  and  engaged  in  his  old  occupation  as  a  blacksmith. 
In  1780,  he  with  others  obtained  a  grant  of  23,040  acres  of  land 
in  Vermont,  upon  which  he  founded  a  town,  giving  it  the  name 
of  Montpelier,  now  the  capital  of  the  state.  He  is  described  as 
having  been  a  man  of  fine  personal  appearance,  tall  and  erect, 
and  possessed  of  a  martial  bearing.  He  married  Anna  Andrews, 
July  7,  1762. 

In  1861  the  remains  of  Col.  Bigelow  were  exhumed,  incased  in 
a  metallic  casket  and  placed  in  a  receptacle  beneath  the  base 
of  the  monument  erected  by  his  great-grandson.  Col.  Timothy 
Bigelow  Lawrence,  of  Boston. 

(See  Lincoln's  History  of  Worcester;  Silence,  b.  Jan.  29,1742;  m.  Jonathan  Glea- 
son,  of  Worcester.) 

Jonas,  b.  Dec,  1703. 

James,  b.  Mar.  2,  1704. 

Israel,  b.  abt.  1710;  m.  Hannah . 

Susanna,  bap.  June  17,  1711;  m.  May  31,1736,  Abraham  Gregory, 
b.  Aug.  24,  1704.  Ch.:  Susanna,  b.  Oct.  13,1736;  m.May  18,  1758, 
Jonas  Bowman;  Elijah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1738;  Abigail,  b.  June  1,1740; 


268. 

V. 

269, 

VI. 

270. 

vif 

271. 

vn. 

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43 


278. 

ii. 

279. 

Ill 

280. 

IV 

Ruth,  b.  Dec.  19,  1742;    Mi)^-i,..  b.  |une  29,  1745;  d.  June,  1746; 

Patience,  b.  Apr.  4,  1747;  mrMar.  19.  1742,  Samuel  Smith. 
272.     viii.     Solomon,  bap.  June  17,  1711;  m.  Martha  Fletcher. 
278.     ix.        Samuel,  bap.  June  17,  1711;  m.  Elizabeth  Hastings. 

274.  X.         Ebenezer,  bap.  Apr.  25,  1714.     He  was  a  doctor;  res.  Worcester, 

Mass.     Died  Jan.  23,  1743.     His  brother,  Israel  of  Oxford,  was 
admr.  of  his  estate.     Inventory  dated  May,  1745. 

275.  xi.        Joshua,  b.  Mar.  25,  1714;  m.  Mehitable  Wilson. 

276.  xii.       David,  b.  in  1716;  m.  Mehitable  Parker. 

80.  William  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May  6,  1683;  m.  May  17 
1706,  Martha  Pierce,  b.  Dec.  24,  1681. 

He  d.  Jan.  24, 1720;  res.  Weston,  Mass. 

277.  i.  William,  b.  Jan.  11,  1707;  m.  Hannah  Harrington,  Mrs.  Mary 

Pierce,  Margaret  Spring,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Davis. 

Judith,  b.  Nov.  15,  1708. 

Amity,  b.  Oct.  6,  1712. 

Martha,  b.  Apr.  4,  1716;  m.  in  Sudbury,  Feb.  26,  1734,  Timothy 
Mossman  of  S.;  res.  Ashburnham.  He  was  b.  in  Sudbury,  in 
1710.  His  father,  Timothy,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the  original  proprie- 
tors of  Dorchester,  Canada,  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  and  Timothy, 
Jr.,  was  an  early  settler  there.  In  1743  he  built  a  house  of 
entertainment  there  and  received  £><0  of  the  j^lOO  attempted  to 
be  raised  "and  if  there  should  be  peace  with  France  within 
twelve  months  that  the  aforesaid  Mossman  to  have  the  sum  of 
^40  old  tenor."  He  was  driven 'away  from  the  town  by  fear  of 
the  Indians,  and  his  house  stood  a  short  distance  south  of  the 
common.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  petition  in  the  46th 
vol.  Mass.  state  archives: 

The  petition  of  Timothy  Mossman,  which  humbly  craves  leave 
to  show  that  your  petitioner  lived  in  Dorchester,  Canada,  and  was 
drove  off  by  the  Indians  from  that  town,  and  thereby  I  lossed 
my  House  Moveables  and  Improvements,  and  being  impover- 
ished sold  my  land  there.  I  was  put  in  possession  of  the 
pottashfarm  by  virtue  of  a  Lease  from  Capt.  Plaisteed,  where  I 
did  much  labour  in  fencing  improveing  and  makeing  roads  to 
the  value  of  two  hundred  pounds  where  also  I  met  with  great 
sickness  in  my  person  &  family  and  was  further  reduced  by  the 
loss  of  the  possession  of  the  province  land  as  it  become  profita- 
ble. 

Therefore  I  prav  your  Excellency  and  Honours  from  your 
own  goodness  and  humanity  to  compassionate  my  distress'd  cir- 
cumstances and  forgive  me  the  debt  I  owe  the  Province  and 
give  me  a  small  tract  or  tracts  of  province  land  that  may  be 
found  to  lye  betwixt  Westminster  and  Leominster  that  is  use- 
less to  the  govern't  or  the  sum  of  200/  or  equivolente  in  land, 
and  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray. 

Timothy  Moss.man. 

In  answer  to  this  petition  of  Mr.  Mossman  the  General  Ct)urt 
ordered  June  12,  1764,  "  that  the  sum  of  twelve  pounds,  being  a 
debt  due  from  the  petitioner  to  the  province,  be  remitted  to  him 
in  full  answer  to  his  petition." 

In  1760  he  resided  in  Princeton  and  was  living  on  the  pot- 
ash farm  in  that  town.    Afterward  he  resided  in  Westminster 
and  d.  Sept.  5.  1801,  ae.  92. 
281.    V.        Samuel,  b.  May  23,  1719;  m.  Abigail  Fletcher. 

81.  Samuel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  John,  John),  bap.  Weston,  Mass.,  July  17, 
1687;  m.  at  Stratford,  Conn.,  Jan.  18,  1721,  Anne  Laboree. 

Samuel  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Whitney  of  Weston,  for  in  the  administrator's 
account  of  his  (the  father's)  estate  he  refers  to  him  as  "son  of  Stratford."  Stephen  Whit- 
ney Phoenix,  in  his  extensive  genealogy  of  Henry  Whitney,  of  Connecticut,  and  his 
descendants,  is  in  error  in  giving  the  descendants  of  Samuel  and  claiming  that  he 


44  WHITNfeY  GENEALOGY. 

was  of  the  Connecticut  family.    Samuel  owned  the  covenant  in  the  Congregational 
church  at  Stratford  July  7,  1723.     His  grave  stone  reads  as  follows: 

Here  lies  buried 

the  Body  of   Mr. 

Samuel  Whitney 
who  Departed  this 
Life  December  ye 

6,  1753  in  ye  66th 
year  of  his  age. 

His  wife  survived  him,  for  in  1754  she  had  a  life  lease  of  certain  premises  of  her  son. 
He  d.  Dec.  6,  1763,  ae.  66;  res.  Stratford,  Conn. 

282.     i.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  29,  1723;  m.  Nov.  6,  1746,  Daniel  Foote,  b.  there 

July  26,  1717;  res.  Stratford  and  Newtown,  Conn.     He  d.  June 
28,  1790,  ae.  72.    She  d.  Dec.  14,  1803,  ae.  74.    The  family  record 
says  she  d.  Nov.  2,  1794,  ae,  73. 
Mary,  b.  Nov.  19,  1725;  m.  Edward  Osborne. 

Samuel,  b.  Dec.  13,  1727;  m.  Hannah  Judson  and  Martha . 

Anne,  b.  Nov.  16,  1730. 

89.    John  Whitney  (Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  July  29,  1680;  m.  Feb 
22,  1703,  Sarah  Cutting,  dau.  of  Zachariah,  b.  1675. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of  land  at  Paris,  Me.,  in   1735.     His  will  is 
dated  Nov.  17,  1749,  proved  Dec.  15,  1760;  owned  property  in  Weston  and  Waltham. 
He  d.  in  1760;  res.  Weston,  Mass. 

Isaac,  b.  Sept.  2,  1710;  m.  Elizabeth  Gale. 
Zachariah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1711;  m.  Sarah  Boynton. 
John,  b.  June  22,  1714. 

Abraham,  b.  Aug.  8,  1716;  m.  Tabitha  Allen. 

Joseph,  b.  Oct.  2,  1719;  m.  prob.  Mar.  11,  1743,  Mary  Child;   b. 
June  10,  1722;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

92.     Benjamin  Whitney  (Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  June  30,  1684;  m 
Mar.  1,  1709,  Elizabeth  Fiske,  b."  Jan.  20,  1685. 

His  will  is  dated  June  14  and  was  proved  Nov.  8,  1736.     He  d.  Oct.,  1736;  res. 
Watertown,  Mass. 

Joseph,  b.  Dec.  3, 1710;  m.  Mary  Child. 
Benja.min,  b.  Sept.  14,  1712;  m. 


283. 

ii. 

284. 

111. 

285. 

iv. 

286. 

i. 

287. 

11. 

288. 

Ill 

289. 

IV, 

290. 

v. 

291. 

i. 

292. 

11. 

293. 

Ill 

294. 

IV 

Samuel,  b.  Nov.  22,  1715;  m.  Mary  Clark. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  9,  1718;  m.  Nov.  26,  1747,  William  McCune, 

of   Weston.    Ch.:  Lydia,  b.  Oct.,  1748;  Isaac,  b.  May  31,  1750. 

She  prob.  m.  2d, ;  child.    (See  her  bro.  Samuel's  will.) 

96.     Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  John),  bap.   Watertown,   July   10, 

1698;  m.  Rebecca . 

res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  July  12,  1733. 

Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  25,  1736.     Did  he  go  to  Norwalk,  Conn.? 

Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  4,  1738. 

Samuel,  b.  Apr.  7,  1742.     Did  he  m.  Lydia  Prentice;  b.  Mar.  11, 

1738;  m.  Jan.  16,  1765;  he  of  W? 
JosiAH.-b.  June  17,  1746. 
Henry,  bap.  Jan.  12,  1745. 
Lydia,  bap.  Oct.  18,  1747. 
Sarah,  bap.  Sept.  10,  1749. 

Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  June  15,  1694;  m. 

Susan  — '- ;  m.  2d  Oct.  6,  1737,  Bethia  Cutter;  b.  July  9,  1714  (see  Cutter  Gen.,  p. 

77);  m.  3d  Nov.  28,  1764,  Mrs.  Beriah  (Bemis)  (Child)  Pierce,  wid.  of  Joseph  Pierce, 
formerly  wid.  of  Daniel  Child,  and  dau.  of  John  Bemis;  b.  June  23,  1681.     She  d.  in 
Weston  in  1768,  and  left  her  property  to  her  children  by  Daniel  Child. 
He  d.  in  1776;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

303.  i.  Susanna,  bap.  May  31,  1730;  m.  John  Dean. 

304.  ii.         John,  bap.  Mar.  17,  1731;  m.  Mary  Benjamin. 

305.  iii.       Jonathan,  bap.  Apr.  30,  1732. 

306.  IV.        Amos,  bap.  Nov.  10,  1734.      Was  he  a  rev.  soldier  from  Barre, 

Mass.? 


Hed. - 
296. 

296. 

11. 

297. 

111. 

298. 

IV. 

299. 

V. 

300. 

vi. 

301. 

Vll. 

302. 

viii. 

98.    John  \\ 

316. 

iv. 

317. 

V. 

318. 

VI. 

319. 

Vll. 

320. 

viii 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  45 

307.  V.         Abraham,  b.  Dec.  7,  1736;  m.  Elizabeth  Whitney  (dau.  of  Joseph) 

and  Mary  Mead. 

308.  vi.        Moses,  bap.  Sept.  3,  1738. 

309.  vii.       EzEKiEL,  bap.  Apr.  12, 1741;  m.  Catherine  Draper  and  Catherine 

Anson. 

310.  viii.     Stephen,  b.  Apr.  23,  1743;  ni.  Relief  Stearns. 

311.  ix.       Aaron,  bap.  Apr.  12,  1746. 

312.  X.         Ruth,  bap.  July  6,  1748;  d.  Apr.  5,  1751. 

99.  Ensign  David  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  June  16, 
1697;  m.  1720,  Rebecca  Fillebrown,  b.  in  Cambridge,  Nov.  6,  1695,  d.  1749. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  land  at  Paris,  Me.,  in  1736. 
He  d.  in  1745;  res.  Watertown  and  Waltham,  Mass. 

313.  i.  Rebecca,  b.  Nov.  2.  1721;  m.  July   18,   1745.   Thomas   Stowell, 

b.  Sept.  28,  1719,  d.  Jan.  11, 1755;  res.  Waltham.  Ch.:  Rebecca, 
b.  Sept.  9,  1746;  m.  Apr.  2,  1767,  Abraham  Child;  David,  b.  Feb. 
7,  1748;  Elizabeth;  b.  June  14,  1752;  m.  1774,  Aaron  Brown. 

314.  ii.         David,  b.  Sept.  25,  1723;  m.  Mary  Merriam. 

315.  iii.       Anna,  b.  Aug.  8,  1725;  m.  June  4,  1752;  Samuel  Merriam,  b.  Dec. 

21,1723;  res.  Lex.  and  Westminster,  Mass.  Ch.:  Anna,  b.  Oct.  10, 
1753;  m.  Warren  and  Harris;  Eunice,  b.  June  22,  1755;  m.  John 
Fessendon;  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  25,  1757;  m.  Elizabeth  Fessendon; 
Ruth,  bap.  Feb.  25,  1759;  m.  Richard  Graves;  Tabitha,  bap. 
Dec.  28,  1760;  Nathan,  bap.  Apr.  29,  1764;  m.  Abigail  Holden; 
Jonathan,  bap.  Feb.  22,  1767;  m.  Betsey  Harris. 

Nathan,  b.  Mar.  12,  1726;  m.  Tabitha  Merriam. 

Ruth,  b.  Feb.  23,  1728;  d.  Apr.  23,  1757. 

Josiah,  b.  Nov.  22,  1730;  m.  Sarah  Lawrence. 

Jonas,  b.  June  25, 1733;  m.  Sarah  Whittemore. 

Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  10, 1735;  d.  Apr.  9,  1757. 

100.  Ensign  Daniel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  July  17, 
1700;  m.  Dorothy  Tainter,  dau.  of  Dea.  Simon  and  Joanna  (Stone)  Tainter,  b.  1706;  d, 
Aug.  7,  1788. 

He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  in  the  Watertown  companv,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Barnard.  Was  selectman  1751-5'5-59-60-61-62.  He  d.  about '1775;  res.  Water- 
town,  Mass. 

^1.     i.         Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  12,  1723;  m.  Deliverance . 

32U.  ii.  Abigail,!).  June  5,  1725;  m.  Mar.  17,  1745,  Edmund  Fowle.  He 
wasa  cordwainer;  res.  Watertown.  (See  Court  Records,  Dec.  10, 
1752.)  Ch.:  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  11,  1745;  m.  Apr.  29,  1767,  Joshua 
Brown;  Edmund,  b.  Dec.  31,  1747;  m.  Mary  Cook;  Mary,  b. 
Nov.  21,  1749;  Dorothy,  b.  Jan.  27,  1752;  m.  Jonathan  Brewer; 
Ebenezer  Smith,  b.  Mar.  25,  1754;  m.  Susan  Jackson;  John,  b. 
Feb.  1,  1756;  m.  Mary  Cook;  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  11,  1758;  m.  John 
Meacham;  Jeremiah,  b.  Dec.  17,  1760;  m.  Polly  Caper;  Samuel, 
b.  Dec.  18,  1762. 

322.  iii.      Simon,  b.  Mar.  20,  1727;  m.  Marv  Ruggles  and  Mary  Seaver. 

323.  iv.      Joanna,  b.  Sept.  20,  1729;  m,  Sept.  20,  1750,  John  Cooke,  b.  Mar.  31, 

1724;  res.  Watertown.  Ch.:  Daniel,  b.  May  22,  1762;  Daniel,  b. 
Mar.  26,  1764;  m.  Esther  Cook;  Mary,  b.  Apr.  27,  1756;  m.  Ed- 
mund   Fowle,  Jr.;    John,  b.  Sept.  12,  1757;  m.  Susanna  ; 

Lucy,  b.  Nov.  29,  1759;  Israel,  b.  Oct.  21.  1761;  Stephen. 

324.  V.         Mary,   b.  Sept.  10,1731;  m.  June   10,  1762,  Major  John  Wood- 

bridge,  b.  July  24,  1732;  m.  in  So.  Hadley.  He  was  captain  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war  8  vears  and  was  major  in  the  Rev. 
war.  Hed.  of  apoplexy  Dec.  27.  1782.  She  d.  Aug..  1805.  Ch.: 
Dorothy,  b.  May  2.  1763;  d.  unm.;  Lucy.  b.  Jan.  6,  1765;  m. 
James  Doahe,  Jr.;  John,  b.  Julv  12.1769;  d.  unm.  Dec.  2.  1836; 
.Martha,  b.  Jan.  8,  1771;  m.  John  Dunlop  and  d.  July  12.  1830; 
Rev.  Benj.  Ruggles.  b.  June  1,  1775;  gr.  Dart.  1796;  settled  in 
Norwich,  Conn.,  Huntington  and  So.  Hadley ;  d.  unm.  May  8, 1844. 
Major  John  res.  on  the  farm  in  So.  Hadley,  which  was  owned 
by  his  father-in-law. 

325.  vi.        Dorothy,  b.  May  31.  1733;  m.  Sept.  19, 1751,  Nathaniel  Coolidge. 

He  kept  a  public  house  from  1764  to  1770,  on  the  south  side  of 


46  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


326. 

vii. 

327. 

viii. 

328. 

ix. 

329. 

X. 

330. 

xi. 

asi. 

xii. 

the  river  at  Watertown  Bridge,  the  first  house.  He  d.  bef, 
1778.  Ch.:Susanna,  b.  Dec.  17,  1752;  m.  Nov.  11,1773,  Elkanah 
Wales,  of  Braintree;  Mary.  b.  Dec.  3,  1754;  m.  Sept.  3,1777, 
William  Hunt;  gr.  Harvard  Coll.  1768,  a  lawyer  of  Wat.; 
Daniel,  b.  May,  24,  1756;  m.  Elizabeth  Fessenden;  Nathaniel, 
b  May  4,  1760;  m.  Catherine  Baldwin;  Grace,  b.  Aug.  19,1763; 
d.  Dec.  5,  1769;  Nathan,  b.  Dec.  6,  1766;  m.  Betsey  Curtis  (a  son 
Carlos  gr.  Mid.  Coll.  1811,  lawyer,  state  senator;  res.  Windsor, 
Vt.,  Gov.,Vt.) 

Daniel,  b.  Dec.  7,  1735;  m.  Mary  Harrington. 

Joshua,  b.  Apr.  3,  1737;  m.  Mary  Clarke. 

Henry,  b.  Dec.  3, 1738;  m.  Hannah  Tombs. 

Israel,  b.  Aug.  6,  1741;  m.  Jemina  Robbins. 

Lydia,  bap.  1743. 

Grace,  b.  Oct.  22, 1746;  m.  Sept.  30, 1765,  Josiah  Biscoe,  b.  July  18, 
1740.  Shed.  Apr.  30, 1773,  and  hem.  Mary  Mason  ;res.Watertown. 
Ch.:  Daniel  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  17.  1765;  Grace,  b.  Oct.  2,  1767; 
m.  Apr.  21,  1796,  William  Winchester;  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  31, 
1769;   Leonard,  b.  Mar.  29,  1773;  res.  Walpole,  N.  H. 

332.  xiii.     Elisha,  b.  Feb.  27,  1747;  m.  Eunice  Farley. 

333.  xiv.     Lucy,  b.  June  30,  1749;  m.  May  22,  1766,  Benjamin  Dana,  of  Cam- 

bridge, b.  Apr.  6,  1741,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Green)  Dana. 
The  date  of  her  death  seems  to  be  very  uncertain,  for  her  grave- 
stone at  Arlington  (formerly  W.  Cambridge)  gives  the  date  as 
follows:  "  Died  at  W.  Cambridge,  Dec.  11,  1814,  aged  66,"  while 
some  family  papers  say  Dec.  18,  1814,  and  the  histories  of 
Watertown  and  Cambridge  say,  "Died  Dec.  15,  1815,  aged  65." 
By  her  second  marriage  she  did  not  have  any  children.  By  the 
first  marriage  four  children  were  born:  William,  Elisha  Whit- 
ney, Anne,  and  Jonathan. 

102.  Moses  Whitney  (Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  1690;  m.  Elizabeth ;  m" 

2d  Nov.  20,  1766,  Sarah  Gary. 

^  He  madehis  will,  July  12, 1774;  lodged  for  probate  June  3, 1778.  One  shilling  was 
paid  for  recording  his  death,  per  adm.  accounts.  He  made  bequests  in  his  will  to 
Abigail,  wife  of  Ezra  Farnsworth,  of  Groton  (dau.  of  Ephraimand  Mary  (Whitney), 
Pierce  and  Jemima  Walker,  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.  He  d.  May,  1778;  res.  Littleton 
and  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

334.  i.         Salmon,  b.  Jan.  8, 1712;  m.  Sarah . 

335.  ii.        Aaron,  b.  Mar.  14, 1714;  m.  Alice  Baker  and  Mrs.  Ruth  (Hubbard) 

Stearns. 

336.  iii.       Sarah,  b.  Sept.  29,  1716;  m.  June  11,1734,  Jonathan  Wood,  of  Stow. 

Ch.:  John,  Barnabas,  and  Mehitable,  who  m.  Col.  Ebenezer 
Bridge,  of  Fitchburg. 

337.  iv.       Barnabas,  b.  Jan.  22,   1721;  prob.  d.  bef.  1778,  not  mentioned  in 

his  father's  will. 

338.  V.         Ephraim,  b.  Mar.  1.  1723;  m.  Jane  Bancroft. 

3.39.     vi.        Bazaleel  (or  Beraleel, I,  b.  Nov.  29,  1726;  same  as  Barnabas, 

340.  vii.      Lydia,  b.   Lancaster;  m.  Dea.  Samuel  Taylor,    of    Templeton, 

Mass. 

341.  viii.     Mary,  b.  Lancaster;  m.  Feb.  22,  1753,  John  White,  of  Lancaster, 

the  son  of  Josiah  and  Abigail  ( Whitcomb)  White,  b,  Lancaster, 
May  10,  1729;  d.  Canaan,  Me.,  in  1820;  res.  Leominster  and 
F"itchburg,  Mass.  Ch.:  Betsey,  Lydia,  m.  Edward  Hartwell  and 
moved  to  Me.  in  1780,  and  John. 

103.  Abraham  Whitney  (Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  29,  1692;  m.  Mary 
Stone,  dau.  of  Isaac,  b.  1698;  d.  Oct.  7,  1766;  m,  2d  Elizabeth . 

In  1749  he  gave  his  son,  Abraham,  Jr.,  land  given  him  by  his  father,  Moses.  His 
will  is  dated  May  13,  1768,  and  was  published  May  8,  1782.  He  d.  May,  1782;  res. 
Stow,  Mass. 

342.;  i.         Jemima,  b.  Oct.  14,  1715;  d.  young. 

343.  ii.         Kezia,  b.  Oct.  8,  1716;  m. Hale. 

344.  iii.        Ephraim,  b.  Apr.  6,  1723;  d.  young. 

345.  iv.       Abraham,  b.  July  31,  1724;  m.  Marcy  Perry. 

346.  V.        Isaac,  b.  Jan.  24,  1726;  d.  Aug.  21,  1746. 


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347.  vi.        Mary,  b.  Oct.  28,  1729;  m.  Nov.  22,  1748,  Silas  Jewell,  Jr.,b.  May 

4,  1726. 
They  res.  Stow.     He  d.  Sept.  15,  1778,  ae.  86-3-17  days,  as  per  gravestone.  Ch.: 

Mercy,  b. ;  m.  Furbush;  Lucy,  b. ;  m.  Whitcomb;  Eunice,  b.  Nov.  28, 1754; 

m.  Ephraim   Maynard;  Ch.:  Levi,  Mary,  Ephraini,  Lydia,  Luther,  Calvin,  Abigail, 

Levica  and  Eunice.    Mary,  b. ;  m.  Abner  Danton.  Ch.:  Susannah,  Betsey,  William, 

Mollis,  and  others.     Silas  C,  b.  Sept.  9,  1751;  d.  Feb.  27,  1837. 

104.  Jonas  Whitney  (Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Feb.  1,  1699;  m.  Jan. 
19,  1723,  Dorcas  Wood;  d.  Feb.  22,  1725;  m.  2d  Mar.  12,  1726,  Margaret  Stratton. 

His  will  is  dated  Dec.  12,  1769;  inventory  of  estate  made  Oct.  15,  1770.     He  d. 
Sept.  18,  1770;  res.  Stowe  and  Harvard,  Mass. 

348.  i.  Jonathan,  b. ;  prob.  d.  young. 

349.  ii.         Dorcas,  b. ;  d.  Feb.  22,  1725. 

350.  iii.        Jonas,  b.  July  2,  1727;  m.  Zebudah  Davis. 

351.  iv.        Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  19,  1728;  m.  Marcy  Winslow. 

352.  V.         Timothy,  b.  Feb.  1,  1729;  m.  Alice  Whitney. 

353.  vi.        Moses,  b.  Oct.  17,  1733;  m.  Betty  Hutchins. 

354.  vii.       Ruth,  b.  Sept.  8,  1736;  m.  Feb.  19,  1776,  Jonathan  Adams. 

355.  viii.      Aaron,  b.  July  2,  1740;  m.  Anna  Lawrence  and  Sally  Pollard. 

356.  ix.        Margaret,  b.  Oct.  22,  1731;  m.  Jan.  22,  1756,  Jonas  Wheeler, 

of  Petersham. 

105.  Jason  Whitney  (Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  1704;  m.  Arabella ; 

b.  1703;  d.  Sept.  28,  1785. 


357. 

358. 

n. 

359. 

iii. 

360. 

iv. 

361. 

V. 

362. 

vi. 

363. 

vii 

Jason  Whitney  was  one  of  the  committee  of  four  to  seat  the  meeting  house  in 
Grafton  Nov.  15,  1738.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  the  company  from 
Stow  under  Capt.  Whitcomb.  He  d.  in  .Stow  Feb.  19,  1785;  res.  Stow,  Grafton, 
and  Stow,  Mass. 

Priscilla,  b.  Mar.  13,  1728. 

Micah,  b.  Nov.  9,  1730. 

Bl'lah,  b.  Dec.  7,  1732. 

Lois,  b.  Mar.  2,  1735. 

DiMMERAS,  b.  May  29,  1737. 

Eunice,  b.  Aug.  5,  1739. 

Sarah,  b.  June  8,  1741. 

106.     Le.muel  Whitney    (Moses,    Richard,  John),   b.   (youngest   son    as    per 

father's  will)  Aug.  1,  1714;  m.  ;  Sibel ;  d.  prob.  1799. 

1799,  Abram  Whitney,  Jr.,  of  Stow,  land  once  of  Sibel  Whitney,  late  of  Stow,  de- 
ceased, now  m  right  of  Isaac  Whitney.     Nabby  Whitney  a  witness. 

1798,  Elias  Whitney,  of  Stow,  sells  to  Ab.,  Jr.,  all   right  in  land  set  off  to  my 
mother  Sibel  as  estate  of  Lemuel,  of  Stow,  deceased.     Hezekiah  Whitney  a  witness. 
He  d.  Jan.  23,  1755;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

Le.muel,  b.  June  16,  1735;  d.  Nov.  14,  1738. 

Sibel,  b.  Jan.  14,  1736;  d.  Apr.  17,  1740. 

Marcy,  b.  Mar.  10,  1742;  d.  Sept.  30,  1753. 

Anna,  b.  June  4,  1745;  d.  Oct.  6,  1753. 

Isaac,  b.  Mav  25,  1747;  m.  Lvdia  Taylor. 

Lydia,  b.  Oct.  10,  1749;  d.  Oct.  7,  1753. 

Elias,  b. ;  m.  Rachel — . 

Lemuel,  b.  1738;  m.  Elizabeth . 


364." 

365. 

ii. 

366. 

iii. 

367. 

iv. 

368. 

v. 

369. 

VI. 

370. 

Vll. 

371. 

VIM 

107.  John  Whitney  (Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow;  m.  in  Lancaster  May  20, 
1724,  Rebecca  Whitney,  of  Stow.  He  was  at  this  time  of  Lancaster.  He  resided  in 
Lancaster  on  territory  which  was  subsequently  annexed  to  Shirley  in  1765.  It  was 
at  his  house  that  the  first  town  meeting  was  held,  when  the  people  took  their  first 
step  as  a  body  politic.  This  was  later  purchased  for  a  workhouse  and  almshouse. 
It  was  used  for  that  purpose  for  many  years,  but  afterward  became  a  private  dwell- 
ing.    He  d. ;  res.   Stow,  Lancaster,  and   Shirley,   Mass.     The  following  petition 

began  the  separation  of  Shirley  from  Groton: 

To  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Groton,  assembled  in  town  meeting  on  the  first 
day  of  March,  1747,  the  petition  of  us,  the  subscribers,  being  all  inhabitants  of  the 
town  of  Groton  aforesaid,  hereby  showeth  that  your  petitioners  all  live  in  the  extreme 
parts  of  the  town,  and  by  that  means  are  incapacitated  to  attend  the  public  worship 
constantly,  either  ourselves  or  families;  and  bemg  sensible  that  our  being  set  off  in 


372. 

37:3. 

ii. 

374. 

Ill 

375. 

IV, 

376. 

V. 

48  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

order  for  a  precinct  will  be  of  great  service  to  us,  we  desire  that  we  may  be  set  off 
by  the  bounds  following,  viz:  Beginning  at  the  mouth  of  the  Squannacook  river,  and 
to  run  up  said  river  till  it  comes  to  Townsend  line,  and  then  by  Townsend  and  Lunen- 
burg lines  till  it  cometh  to  Groton  southwest  corner,  and  so  by  the  south  line  of  said 
town  until  it  cometh  to  Lancaster  river,  and  then  down  said  river  till  it  cometh  to 
Harvard  corner,  and  then  about  a  mile  on  Harvard  north  line;  then  turn  north  and 
run  to  the  waste  brook  in  Coicors  (Cauicus  or  Nonacaiucus)  farm,  where  people  gen- 
erally pass  over,  and  from  thence  to  the  mouth  of  Squannacook  river,  where  we  first 
began;  and  your  petitioners,  as  bound  in  duty,  shall  ever  pray,  etc. 

John  Whitney  &  32  others. 
The  prayer  of  the  petitioners  was  granted,  and  Shirley  was  incorporated  in 
1753. 

John,  b.  Mar.  20, 1725;  m.  Hannah  Sawtell. 
Sarah,  b.  Feb.  5, 1726-27. 

Ezra,  b.  Aug.  24,  1731;  m. . 

BuLAH,  b.  Jan.  23,  1730. 

Abner,  b.  Jan.  21,  1734;  m.  Sarah  Hilton. 

109.  Richard  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  in  1694; 
m.  Hannah  Whitcomb,  dau.  of  Josiah,  of  Lancaster,  b.  1693;  d.  Nov.  17,  1743; 
m.  2d  int.  Oct.  26,  1745,  Mrs.  Hannah  Ayers,  b.  in  1704;  d.  Sept  27,  1775.  In 
her  will  she  bequeathed  property  to  her  son  Joseph  Ayers,  of  Cambridge,  dau, 
Hannah  Stacey,  and  son-in-law  Daniel  Whitney.  He  d.  Apr.  27,  1775;  res.  Stow, 
Mass. 

377.  i.  Mary,  b.  Nov.  24,  1715;  m. Gates. 

378.  ii.  Dorothy,  b.  Apr.  13,  1718;  m. Taylor. 

379.  iii.  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  13,  1720;  m.  Dorothy  Goss. 

380.  iv.  Hannah,  b.  Mav  29, 1723;  m. Wetherbee. 

381.  V.  Richard,  b.  Jul'y  31, 1725;  m.  Mary  Perry. 

382.  vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  23, 1728;  m.  (int.)  Apr.  15, 1748,  Joseph  Wether- 

bee; d.  before  1775.     Ch.:  Jonathan,  Joseph,  and  Jonas. 

383.  vii.      Josiah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1731;  m.  Sarah  Farr  and  Sarah  Dwelly. 

384.  viii.     Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Dec.  23,  1769,  Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitcomb,  of 

Harvard. 

110.  Dea.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Stow,  Mass., 
Feb.  26,  1699;  m.  in  Lancaster,  Jan.  29,  1718,  Alice  Willard,  b.  Dec.  1699;  d.  Feb.  19, 
1792.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Simon,  who  was  born  in  Groton,  Oct.  8,  1678,  and 
who  married  Mary  Whitcomb.  They  resided  in  Lancaster  when  Alice  was  born. 
The  father  died  in  1706  and  the  widow  married,  Dec.  12  of  the  same  same  year, 
Samuel  Farnsworth.  Alice  owned  the  covenant  and  was  baptized  in  Lancaster 
July  20,  1718.  At  the  time  of  his  marriage  Jonathan  was  styled  captain.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  residents  in  Harvard;  was  captain  of  the  military  com- 
pany, deacon  in  the  church,  and  one  of  the  first  selectmen  in  Harvard. 

He  signed  the  covenant  of  the  First  Church  in  Harvard  in  1733. 
Lancaster  May  ye  20  1724. 

4  they  Receved  a  Report  of  a  Committy  sent  out  on  the  propozition  of  John 
Warner  John  Darbey  and  Jonathan  Whitney  which  was  as  followeth  viz  May  the 
Eighteenth  1724  we  the  Subscribers  marked  Severall  Waies  viz  one  Hiway  Beginmg  at 
the  Hiway  neer  to  Caleb  Sawyers  barn  and  Ran  as  the  markes  directs  to  a  white  oak 
a  Corner  of  John  W'arners  Land:  and  do  alow  it  to  Run  Twenty  Rods  along  side  of 
John  Warners  Land:  but  .Samuell  Warner  appeered  in  said  Meeting  and  made  an 
offer  that  if  the  Town  would  Lay  out  the  said  Hiway  along  by  his  Hous  and  Gabriell 
Preists  Hous  through  there  Land  that  they  to  wit  Grabiell  Preist  and  Samuell  Warner 
would  Give  the  Land  free  and  would  be  at  half  the  Charge  of  Makeing  and  Keeping 
in  Repare  the  way  through  there  Land  the  Committey  also  Gave  there  voice  that  it 
might  be  as  servesable  to  the  publick. 

Two  of  the  constables'  lists  for  the  year  1723  have  by  chance  been  preserved, 
and  one  of  them  is  that  of  Samuel  Warner,  who  lived  at  Bare  Hill.  This  may  serve 
as  a  census  of  polls  for  that  year  in  the  Lancastrian  portion  of  Harvard,  though 
allowance  must  be  made  for  a  few  who  lived  upon  what  is  now  Bolton  soil.  The  list 
contains  sixty  names,  with  a  total  assessment  of  ;^27]ls.  9d.  for  minister's  rates,  and 
;^34  6s.  lOd.  for  town  rates;  which  was  almost  exactly  one-third  the  total  amount  of 
town's  taxation  in  1723.  Among  the  names  are  Jonathan  Whitney,  John  Whitney  and 
Isaiah  Whitney. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  49 

The  associated  secessionists  from  the  three  towns  at  once  appealed  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court  in  a  petition  which  is  preserved  only  in  such  abstracts  as  were  incor- 
porated in  town  meeting  warrants,  and  in  a  later  plan  of  the  lands  petitioned  for. 
The  petition  was  read  in  the  House  of  Representatives  July  2,  and  notice  of  a  hear- 
ing was  ordered  given  to  the  towns  concerned.  August  7,  1730,  the  voters  of  Lan- 
caster were  warned  to  a  town  meeting: 

*  *  *  to  show  cause  (if  any  the  town  have)  by  agents  or  otherwise 
on  ye  second  Tuesday  of  ye  next  session  of  ye  General  Court,  why  ye  prayer  of 
a  petition  signed  /  Simon  Stone  Juner,  Jonathan  Whitney  and  Thomas  Wheeler, 
on  behalfe  of  themselves  (and  as  they  say  on  behalfe  and  at  ye  desire  of  sun- 
dery  of  ye  Inhabitants  of  ye  Towns  of  Lancaster,  Stow  and  Groton)  wherein  they 
prey  that  a  Considerable  part  of  ye  Towns  of  sd  Lancaster,  Stow  and  Groton  may 
be  incorporated  into  a  Distinct  and  Seperate  Township,  should  not  be  Granted. 

The  town  voted  that  their  representative  "do  oppose  said  petition  on  behalf 
of  ye  Town,"  and  appointed  a  committee  to  survey  the  part  of  Lancaster  peti- 
tioned for  and  to  obtain  all  necessary  information  in  regard  to  the  numbers  and 
estate  of  the  petitioners. 

In  Groton,  at  the  town  meeting  August  17: 

The  Petition  of  Simon  Stone  Junr.  Jont.  Whitney  and  Thomas  Wheeler,  In 
behalf  of  Theirselves  &  others  Refering  to  a  New  town  sjip  to  be  made  out  of 
ye  towns  of  Lancaster  Groton  and  Stow  refered  to  ye  Great  &  General  Court  at 
their  Session  in  June  Last  was  Read  Togather  with  the  town's  vote  of  March 
Last  Refering  to  the  Said  affair  and  some  Debate  had  thereon.  It  appeared  to 
ye  Town  that  if  the  Said  Petition  be  Granted  this  town  will  be  greatly  hurt  and 
many  of  the  Inhabitants  much  Damfnifyed  and  incomoded  Therefore  voted  that 
Benja.  Prescott  and  Nathaneil  Sawtell  Esqs.  together  with  ye  Representative  Mr. 
John  Longley  be  a  Committee  Jointly  or  Severally  to  make  answer  to  the  Said 
Petition  and  use  their  best  Endeavors  That:  No  part  of  this  Town  on  the  West 
Side  of  Nashua  River;  nor  any  more  on  the  East  Side  of  the  said  River  than 
what  is  Discribed  In  the  Town  vote  above  mentioned  may  be  set  off  or  annexed 
to  the  town  Petitioned  for  &c.  Any  former  vote  to  ye  Contrary  Not  with  Stand- 
ing. 

In  1733  Jonathan  Whitney  was  chosen  deacon. 

In  1750  the  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  seating  the  meeting  house 
reported  Dea.  Jonathan  Whitney  in  the  fore  Seat  below. 

He  d.  Nov.  8,  1773;*  res.  Stow,  Lancaster,  and  Harvard,  Mass. 
Oliver,  b.  July  22,  1731;  m.  Abigail  Hutchins. 
Calkb,  b.  Oct.  4,  1729;  m.  Annes  Church. 

Hezekiah,  b.  Apr.  14,  1735;  m.  Lydia and  Lucy  Pollard. 

Simon,  b.  Mar.  20,  1719;  m.  Olive ,  and  Patience  Haseltine. 

Jonathan,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Holt. 

Betsey,  b. ;    m.  Mar.  5,  1740-1,  Phinehas  Wetherbee  of 

Stow. 
Alice,  b.  Apr.  2,  1733;  m.  Timothy  Whitney  (see). 
RuHAMAH,  b.  July  19,  1737;  m.  Abel  Davis  of  Harvard.  He  was 
son  of  Eleazer  and  Sarah  ( Willard)  Davis,  and  was  b.  Mar.  1, 1736. 
Sarah,  b.  Sept.  10,1758;  Ruhamah,  b.  Oct.  2,  1759;  Eleazer,  b. 
Oct.  20,  1764;  Eleazer,  b.  Aug.  6,  1766;  Abel,  b.  June  30,  1768; 
Sarah,  b.  July  31,  1770;  Levi,  b.  Apr.  1,  1772;  Joel,  b.  July  28, 
1774;  Moses,  b.  July  6,  1776;  Alice,  b.  June  7,  1778,  at  Stow. 

393.  ix.        Sarah,  b.  June  10,  1740;  d.  Dec.  26,  1746. 

394.  X.         Phinehas,  b.  Sept.  5,  1727. 

111.  Joshua  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  1706  m.  Zer- 
viah ;  res.  Stow.  Mass. 

395.  i.         Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1733. 

396.  ii.         Mary,  b.  Nov.  29,  1743. 

397.  iii.        Caleb,  b.  May  23,  1749. 

398.  iv.        Joshua,  b.  Aug.  27,  1747;  m.  Marcy . 

117.  Zachariah  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  about  1708;  m.  at 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  July  30,  1730,  Ruth  Taylor.  It  is  not  learned  where  Zachariah 
Whitney   was   born,   but   probably  in  some  town  in  Massachusetts  to  which  place 

*  Tombstone  says  he  was  78  years  of  age. 


385. 

i. 

386. 

ii. 

387. 

in. 

388. 

IV. 

389. 

V. 

390. 

vi. 

391. 

vii. 

392. 

viii. 

399. 

400. 

401. 

iii. 

402. 

iv. 

403. 

V. 

404. 

vi. 

405. 

Vll. 

406. 

Vlll. 

407. 

IX. 

50  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

his  parents  removed  prior  to  locating  in  Pomfret.  In  1742  he  withdrew  from  the 
church  there  and  at  that  time  was  one  of  the  "Separists."  He  d. ;  res.  Pom- 
fret,  Conn. 

Mary,  b.  June  25,  1731. 

Zachariah,  b.  Oct.  27,  1732;  m.  Sarah  Stanton. 

Moses,  b.  June  27,  1735;  d.  Apr.  24,  1756. 

Aaron,  b.  Nov.  1,  1737;  m.  Mary  Peck. 

Ephraim,  b.  Apr.  27, 1740. 

Joseph,  b.  Nov.  5,  1743;  m.  Mary  Lyon. 

Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  5,  1743. 

Ruth,  b.  Apr.  5, 1746. 

Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  25,  1750;  d.  Mar.  11,  1756. 

118.     Ezekiel  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Richard^  John),  b. ;  m.  at  Pomfret, 

Conn.,  July  18,  1728,  Isabel  Taylor;  d.  Apr.  15,  1731;  m.  2d  time  July  22,  1731, 
Sarah  Farrah. 

He  was  a  farmer,  was  born  and  resided  in  Pomfret  until  after  his  marriage  when 
he  moved  to  Plainfield,  where  he  was  living  as  early  as  March,  1734.  He  probably 
moved  elsewhere  after  1742. 

In  the  probate  court  at  Plainfield  Hester,  Lydia  and  Major  (minor  children  of 
Ezekiel  Whitney)  appeal  for  guardian  Feb.  12,  1751.  Guardian  appointed  Feb.  12, 
1751.  Ezekiel  Whitney,  inventory  of  estate  Feb.  12,  1751.  Sarah  Whitney,  distribu- 
tion to  heirs  Sept.  7,  1759. 

He  d.  in  1751;  res.  Pomfret  and  Plainfield,  Conn. 

408.    i.  Ezekiel,  b.  Oct.  22, 1729,  Pomfret;  m.  Elizabeth  Knight,  Deborah 

Tryal,  Desire  Landers. 

Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  22,  1729;  m. . 

ISABELLE,  b.  Apr,  13,  1731. 
Zerviah  (dau),  '.-.  Mar.  15,  1732. 
Hester,  b.  Plainfield,  Mar.  6,  1734. 
Lydia,  b.  May  2,  1737. 
Aaron,  b.  Sept.  6,  1739;  d.  bef.  1751. 
Moses,  b.  Sept.  10,  1742;  d.  bef.  1751. 

120.  Thomas  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  July  17,  1681; 
m.  in  Concord  July  26,  1704,  Mary  Baker,  of  Concord. 

May  19,  1719,  in  the  old  proprietor's  book  in  Stow  is  the  following  relating  to 
division  of  lands:  "Thomas  Whitney  joining  to  his  half-moon  meadow  and  Mr. 
Googeii's  land."     Res.  Stow,  Mass. 

416.  i.  Samuel,  b.  July  22,  1714;  m.  Grace . 

417.  ii.         David,  b.  Oct.  4,  1722;  m.  Olive  Sawyer  and  Mrs.  Sarah  (Wilder) 

(Rugg)  Hill. 

418.  iii.       Joseph,  b.  1716;  m.  Hannah  (Sanborn)  Chandler. 

122.  John  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  May  13,  1684;  m. 
Mar.  2,  17U9,  there,  Elizabeth  Barnard,  b.  Oct.  29,  1684;  d.  prob.  June,  1757. 

When  the  grant  of  the  township  of  Bolton  was  made  it  was  "ordered  that  Mr. 
John  Whitney,  a  principal  inhabitant  of  a  new  town,  lately  erected  out  of  the  town  of 
Lancaster,  in  the  county  of  Worcester,  be  and  hereby  is  fully  authorized  and 
empowered  to  assemble  the  freeholders  and  other  qualified  voters  there,  as  soon  as 
may  be,  in  some  convenient  place  in  said  town,  in  order  for  their  choosing  a  town 
clerk  and  all  other  town  officers,  to  stand  till  the  anniversary  meeting  of  said  town  in 
March  next,"  1738. 

Her  will  is  dated  May  8,  1756,  and  was  probated  July  15,  1757. 

He  d.  in  1757;  res.  Stow,  Lancaster  and  Boston,  Mass. 

419.  i.  Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Sept.  30,  1740,  Jonathan  Sawyer,  Jr.,  in 

Harvard. 

420.  ii.         Sarah,  b.  Oct.  2,  1716;  m.  int.  Jan.  18,  1737,  Abraham  Whitney 

(see). 

124.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Oct.  7,  1687;  m.  Feb.  7, 
1710,  Sarah  Barrett,  b.  Nov.  28,  1692;  d.  Feb.  15,  1730;  m.  2d,  1730,  Abigail  Bridge, 
dau.  of  Matthew,  b.  Apr.  1,  1696;  d.  Aug.  1,  1767,  in  Boston. 

He  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  Boston,  about  1737.  His  estate 
was  appraised  at  ^{^4,168.  He  first  bought  land  in  Marlboro,  Nov.  2,  1710,  321  acres, 
with  house  and  barn,  of  Samuel  Morse.    In  1711  he  was  of  Simon  Mainard's  garrison. 


409. 

ii. 

410. 

111. 

411. 

IV. 

412. 

v. 

413. 

vi. 

414. 

Vll. 

415. 

Vlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  51 

He  owned  large  tracts  in  Marlboro,  partly  inherited  from  John  and  Deborah  Barrett. 
In  his  will,  dated  Oct.  19,  and  proved  Nov.  9,  1737,  he  speaks  of  himself  as  late  of 
Marlboro,  now  of  Boston,  and  therein  wills  to  his  son,  Solomon,  his  "  Xarragansett 
right"  (Petersham),  showing  service  in  the  Indian  wars.  He  d.  in  Oct.,  1787;  res. 
Marlborough  and  Boston,  Mass. 

421.  i.         Deborah,  b.  Nov.  7,  1711;  m.  Mar.  17,  1730,  Joseph  Wheeler;  res. 

Marlboro,  Mass.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1700.  He  d.  Apr.  23,  1772,  Ch.: 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  8,  1730;  m.  Jan.  9,  1752,  Samuel  Morris;  Silas,  b. 
Oct.  23,  1732;  m.  Julv  27,  1758,  Abigail  Bowker;  John,  b.  Feb. 
23,  1734;  Solomon,  b.'Feb.  25,  1736;  d.  Nov.  26,  1773;  David,  b. 
May  4,  1738;  d.  young;  Joseph,  b.  June  14,  1740;  Elizabeth,  b. 
Apr.  4,  1742;  David,  b.  Dec.  8,  1744;  Miriam,  b.  Dec.  4,  1746; 
Dinah,  b.  Jan.  1,  1749;  d.  young;  Dinah,  b.  Dec.  1,  1750;  For- 
tunatus,  b.  Apr.  29,  1754. 

422.  ii.    .  Barrett,  b.  Sept.  22,  1715;  m.  June  16,  1737,  Elizabeth  Allen;  res. 

in  Boston,  Mass. 

423.  iii.      David,  b.  June  21,  1717;  m.  Mercy . 

424.  iv.      Persis,  b.  Jan.  10,  1719;  m.  Nathan  Goodale  of  Marlboro;  b.  June 

10,1709;  d.  Jan.  14,1780.  He  died  during  the  "hard  winter," 
and  such  was  the  depth  of  the  snow  that  his  remains  were  drawn 
to  the  graveyard  on  a  hand-sled  by  men  on  rackets,  though  the 
yard  was  several  miles  distant  from  his  residence.  Ch.:  Nathan, 
b.  Mar.  14,  1737;  m.  Dmah  Weeks;  Timothv,b.  Jan.  20,  1739;  d. 
Feb.  11, 1739;  Elizabeth, b.  Feb.  25,  1740;  m.  Josiah  Winn;  Sarah, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1742;  m.  Josiah  Ward;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H.;  Solo- 
mon, b.  Sept.  19,  1744;  m.  Mehitable  Burnap  and  Persis  Bailey; 
res.  Wardsboro,  Vt.;  Persis,  b.  Nov.  7,  1745;  David  ,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1749;  res.  Shrewsbury;  Miriam, b.  July  14,  1751;  m.  Elisha  Allen; 
Lucy,  b.  July  3,  1753;  m.  Otis  Howe;  Abner,  b.  Aug.  22,  1755;  m. 
Molly  Howe;  Timothy,  b.  Oct.  18,  1757;  d.  1776  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army;  Levina,  b.  Nov.  22,  1759;  Job,  b.  Aug.  20,  1762;  m. 
1794,  Lydia  Foote;  res.  Bernardston.  He  was  a  judge  of  the  old 
Court  of  Sessions  and  prominent  man  in  the  county. 

425.  v.        Solomon,  b.  Dec.  20,  1721;  m.  Elizabeth  Smith. 

426.  vi.       Sarah,  b.  July  13,  1723;  m.  1745,  Abraham  Joslin;  b.  Apr.  30,  1704. 

He  had  formerly  m.  Jemima  Snow  of  Woburn,  who  d.  July  3, 
1745.  Ch.  by  Sarah  born  in  Marlboro,  where  they  resided;  Ben- 
jamin, b.  Julv  3,  1746;  m.  Persis  Carlev;  Wm.,  b.  Oct  30,  1747;  d. 
1766;  Submit',  b.  Mar.  10,  1749;  Abraham,  b.  Mar.  24,  1751;  Sarah, 
b.  Dec.  5.  1752;  Dinah,  b.  Dec.  3,  1754;  John,  b.  June  2,  1757; 
Elizabeth,  b.  June  2,  1760;  Henry,  b.  Oct.  23,  1762. 

427.  vii.      Timothy,  b.  July  6,  1725;  d.  young. 

428.  viii.      Dinah,  b.  July   12,    1727;    m.  Jan.  2,  17.56,   Elijah  Livermore,  of 

Boston.  She  died  Sept.  30,  1759,  having  one  daughter,  Abigail, 
who  m.  Rev.  Elisha  Scott  Williams,  gr.  Yale  1775;  11  ch.  Their 
daughter,  Sarah  Potter  Williams,  b.  1782,  gave  his  first  lesson  in 
the  spelling  book  to  Dr.  Henry  Bond,  the  comjiiler  of  that 
remarkable  work,  the  Genealogies  and  History  of  Watertown. 

429.  ix.        Job,  b.  Oct.  22,  1729;  gr.  Harvard  College,  1758;  d.  unm.  June  13, 

1761.  He  was  the  second  of  the  name  to  graduate  at  Harvard, 
and  died  three  years  later.  Every  member  of  his  class,  except- 
ing himself,  was  present  at  commencement  to  take  the  degree  of 
A.  M.,  and  it  is  the  only  class  of  which  every  surviving  member 
has  been  present  in  person  to  take  the  second  degree.  Before 
graduating  he  "supplied  ye  desk"  for  several  months  on  the 
south  side  of  the  river  (Brighton).  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he 
was  about  preaching  as  a  candidate  at  Marblehead,  to  be  col- 
league with  Rev.  Johii  Barnard.  In  his  will,  1761,  he  mentions 
his  cousin,  Silas  Whitney. 

430.  X.         Abigail,  b.  May  13,  1731 ;  m.  Samuel  Austin;  his  second  wife.   She 

d.  s.  p.  He  and  his  brother,  Benjamin  Austin,  were  of  the 
leading  merchants  of  Boston,  who  first  opposed  the  aggressions 
of  the  Crown.    She  d.  s.  p.,  1793. 

431.  xi.        Benjamin,  b.  May  9,  1732;  d.  Mar.  22,  1751. 

432.  xii.      George,  b.  Mar.  22,  1733;  d.  Dec.  26,  1751. 


52  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

433.  xiii.     Samuel,  b.  Sept.  5,  1734;  m.  Abigail  Cutler. 

434.  xiv.     Ann,  b.  Oct.  23,  1736;  m.  Dec.  22,  1761,  William  Bowes,  of  Boston. 

She  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  2, 1762.  He  was  b.  Dec.  3, 1734,  and  d. at  London, 
Eng.,  Apr.,  1805;  he  m.  for  second  wife  Mary  Stoddard,  and  had 
several  children. 

125.     Nathan  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Nov.  18,  1689;  m.  Nov.  18' 

1719,  Mary  Holman,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  and  Abigail. 

He  made  his  will  in  1755,  and  it  was  proved  in  1761. 
The  following  is  from  the  Probate  Records  at  Cambridge,  Mass.: 
To  the  Honnarble  Samuel  Danforth  Esq  Sr  this  is  to  in  form  you  Honner  that  I 
Have  lesed  out  my  plas  this  yer  for  my  support  But  my  son  Nathan  who  is  excuter 
with  me  on  his  Fathers  will  Hath  melisted  the  man  that  Had  the  les  stoped  His  teem 
abused  the  man  I  will  inform  your  Honner  that  I  have  not  Bin  well  so  that  I  have 
Not  acomplished  my  my  Besness  so  as  to  com  Down  my  self  But  I  Hop  to  com 
quick 

Ps     I  am  a  por  wido 
an  very  Nevetus  Her 

Mary  X  Whitney 
Mark 
May  ye  17th  1763 
Mr  Samuel  Danforth  Esq  sr  Sir  as  to  the  complaint  my  mother  sent  to  you 
Honour  conserning  my  hindering  ye  man  she  had  lessed  her  place  fo  the  peace  he 
was  to  work  on  was  in  mine  and  as  I  had  orders  from  your  honour  and  ye  superiur 
court  I  think  I  had  aright  to  hinder  any  man  from  improveing  ye  whole  of  ye  Land 
this  year  to  keep  me  out  of  more  then  twenty  pounds  Lawfell  and  a  nother  year 

Besides  Sundery  other  Debts  however  Sir  1  must  leve  this  to  your  honour 

not  as  to  my  abuse  to  him  I  think  I  have  as 

much  Cause  to  Come  plain  of  their  abuse  to  me  for  I  Desired  he  would  not  go  on  till 
their  was  some  thing  agreed  on  or  some  farther  orders  about  it  )ie  said  he  would  go 
on  afraul  me  and  if  I  would  not  go  off  ye  Land  he  would  knock  me  Down  and  turned 
the  But  of  his  stick  &  struck  at  me  sundry  times  &  mother  &  ye  widow  Azubah 
Whitney  Came  Railing  and  thretning  me  and  John  warner  still  thretning  to  knock 
me  Down  sprang  and  took  up  a  stone  I  Beleve  to  ye  value  of  three  or  four  pounds 
weight  at  Least  and  I  sprang  at  him  to  prevent  him  from  hurting  me  with  it  and  he 
Closed  in  with  me  and  strove  to  fling  me  Down  But  I  flang  him  Down  and  mother 
and  Azubah  Cryed  murder  with  all  their  mights  and  Came  Reuling  and  threatning 
me  mother  with  apole  at  ye  Least  six  or  seven  feete  Long  Crying  you  lode  I  will 
knock  your  Brains  out  thus  1  was  surrounded  by  these  three  and  I  told  him  I  cauld 
hold  him  as  Long  as  I  pleased  and  I  would  hold  him  till  he  would  promiss  to  I  to  be 
peacable  and  then  he  might  Get  up  as  soon  as  he  would  and  I  never  struck  nor 
thretned  to  strike  him  or  hurt  him  in  any  manner  what  soever  and  as  to  mother 
haveing  any  thing  to  do  as  Executor  on  the  will  1  would  Desire  your  Honour  to  look 
op  the  papers  shee  sent  to  your  honour  that  is  in  ye  Regesters  office  in  ye  will,  and 
it  may  perhaps  give  you  satsfaction  so  Desiering  truth  and  justice  may  take  ptach  in 
all  thmgs  I  subscribe  your  most  humble  servant 

Nathan  Whitney 
He  d.  in  1761;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

Nathan,  b.  Mar.  6,  1723;  m.  Tabitha  Barnett. 

Mary,  b.  June  4,  1727;  m. Priest. 

Jeremiah,  b.  Apr.  1, 1729;  m.  Elizabeth and  Azabah . 

Phebe,  b. ;  m.  June  28,  1749,  John  Warner,  Jr.,  of  Harvard; 

res.  Harvard,  Mass.  Ch.:  Abigail,  b.  Julv  4,  175U;  Sarah,  b. 
June  7,  1753;  Phebe,  b.  Feb.  18,  1754;  Pers'is,  b.  Mar.  19,  17.S7; 
Nabby,  b.  July  16,  1759;  John,  b.  Mar.  16,  1762;  David,  b. 
Nov.  3,  1766. 

439.  V.        Eunice,  b. ;  m.  May  29,  1751,  Moses  Warner,  of  Harvard. 

131.    Thomas  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  bap.  Jan.  28,  1699;  m.  July  1, 

1720,  Hannah  Smith. 

He  was  a  farmer.     The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  May  8,  1748.     He  d.  in 
1748;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Marlboro,  Mass. 

440.  i.  Eleazer,  b.  Nov.  30,  1720;  d.  1738. 

441.  ii.        Thomas,  b.  Sept.  2,  1722;  m.  Anna  Gould. 

442.  iii.       Hannah,  b.  July  17,  1724;  m.  Eben  Sanderson. 

443.  iv.       Nathan,  b.  Mar.  3,  1726. 


435. 

436. 

437. 

111. 

438. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


53 


444.  V.        Joshua,  b.  May  14, 1728. 

445.  vi.       Susanna,  b.  May  17,  1729. 


135.  Eleazer  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  bap.  Apr.  15,  1702;  m.  Nov. 
9,  1743,  Mary  Grow;  d.  .Sept.  4,  1761. 

Eleazer  was  born  in  Watertown,  and  resided  in  that  part  of  Marlboro  subse- 
quently incorporated  as  Westboro.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  Dec. 
11,  1760.  The  estate  was  settled,  according  to  Worcester  Probate  Records,  Oct. 
24,  1767.     He  d.  Sept.  14,  1758;  res.  Marlboro  and  Westboro,  Mass. 


446. 
447. 
448. 
449. 
450. 
451. 


Mary,  b.  Sept.  18,  1744;  m. 


Harrington. 


n. 

V. 
V. 

vi. 


Samuel,  b.  Dec.  2,  1746;  m.  Levinah  Bigelow. 
Deborah,  b.  Jan.  30,  1749;  d.  Sept.  10,  1750.  • 
Alexander,  b.  July  2,  1751;  m.  Lois  Carroll. 
Joshua,  b.  Apr.  26,  1754;  m.  Betty  Wood. 
Hannah,  b.  June,  1757. 


136.  Elnathan  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  May  5,  1705;  m.  in  Rox- 
bury  Sept.  24,  1728,  Sarah  Perry,  b.  1702;  d.  Oct.  22,  1756.  He  d.  Apr.  18,  1759;  res 
Waltham,  Mass. 

Elnathan,  b.  Mar.  8,  1729;  d.  young. 

John,  b.  Mar.  3,  1730;  m.  May  31,  1753,  Mary  Benjamin,  b.  Feb 
16,  1734;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Aaron,  b.  July  15,  1734;  m.  Margaret . 

Samuel,  b.  June  16,  1736;  d.  young 


452. 
453. 


1. 
ii. 


454. 

455. 
456. 
457. 

458. 


in. 

iv, 

V. 

vi. 

vii. 


459.    viii. 


Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  9,  1738;  m.  Abigail  Brown. 

Elnathan,  b.  Mar.  28,  1741;  m.  Lucy  Allen. 

Sarah,  b.  Feb.  13,  1745.     She  prob.  never  m.;  in  1766  she  res.  in 

Uxbridge  with  her  bro.  Aaron,  and  at  that  time  was  single. 
Samuel,  b.  Dec.  28,  1751. 


137.  Tames  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  bap.  June  1,  1708;  m.  Nov.  8' 
1722,  Mercy  Flagg,  b.  May  13,  1702;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Mercy,  b.  Sept.  5,  1723. 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  17,  1725. 
Lydia,  bap.  Mar.  30,  1729. 
Allen,  b.  Oct.  19,  1731;  d.  1736. 
Eunice,  b.  Mar.  3,  1734;  d.  1736. 
Eunice,  b.  Jan.  9,  1737;  d.  1740. 
Allen,  b.  May,  1740;  d.  Dec,  1740. 

James,  b.  Oct.  26,  1743.    He  served  as  corporal  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war  in  a  Marlborough  company. 

138.  Jonas  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),b.  1709;  bap.  July  14,1723,  ae.  15; 
m.  in  Roxbury  May  8,  1735,  Sarah  Perry,  both  of  Roxbury;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 


460. 
461. 

ii. 

462. 

iii. 

463. 

IV. 

464. 

V. 

465. 

VI. 

466. 

vii. 

467. 

viii. 

468. 
469. 
470. 
471. 

•472. 
473. 


v. 

vi. 


Isaac,  b.  Apr.  11,  1736;  d.  Jan.  4,  1777. 

Jacob,  b.  July  24,  1737;  m.  Rachel  Whiting. 

Jonas,  b.  Nov.  28,  1739. 

Sarah,  b.  Feb.  26,  1741;  m.  1775,  NehemiahWard.     She  d.  Sept. 

28, 1824. 

Abner,  b.  Nov.  17,  1744;  m. . 

Desire,  b.  Oct.  31,  1749;  m.   1769,  Edward  Ward.     She  d.  June 

23,  1778. 


140.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  June  1, 
1700;  m.  1730,  in  Harvard,  Elizabeth  Whitney.  She  lived  to  be  106  years  of  age.  He 
was  born  in  Cambridge  farms,  Lexington,  Mass.,  in  1700,  and  soon  after  marriage 
moved  to  Harvard,  where  he  purchased  land  of  Caleb  Sawyer  on  Bare  Hill  in  1722, 
where  he  followed  his  trade,  that  of  blacksmithing.  He  joined  the  Harvard  church 
in  1733,  and  his  wife  the  following  year  He  died  intestate  in  1737.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  made  Sept.  5,  1737,  by  Jonathan  Whitney  and  others. 

A  warrant  calling  a  town-meeting  on  Monday,  the  eighteenth  day  of  May,  1730, 
discloses  the  ambition  of  the  villagers  at  Bare  Hill,  an  article  in  it  being: 

Also  to  Consider  Conclude  and  act  what  may  then  be  thought  ])roper  to  be  done 
in  Setting  off  a  part  of  ye  Town  of  Lancaster  by  meets  and  bounds  or  by  allowing  a 
dividing  line  to  be  made,  begining  at  the  Southern  end  of  ye  Causey  near  to  the 
House  of  Samuel  Wilson  and  Run  West  northwest  to  ve  west  line  of  Lancaster  Old 


54  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Township,  or  so  much  Land  lying  on  ye  northerly  side  of  sd  Causey  as  maybe  Judged 
soficient  for  to  make  a  Township  with  that  part  of  Stow  and  Groton  whose  inhab- 
itants have  agread  and  Covenanted  with  the  petitioners: 

Among  the  petitioners  are  Isaiah  Whitney,  John  Whitney  and  Jonathan 
Whitney. 

He  d.  Aug.  9,  1737;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

474.  i.         Betty,  b.  Jan.  3,  1733;  m.  prob.  Dec.  15,  1774,  Thomas  Atherton  of 

Bolton. 

475.  ii.        Isaiah,  b.  Nov.  28,  1735;  m.  Persis  Randall. 

143.  Dr.  Elijah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Lexington,  Mass.,  Apr. 
3,  1707;  m.  Dec.  8,  1736,  Rebecca  Winship,  b.  Dec.  7,  1717.  She  m.  2d  in  Harvard, 
Jan.  25,  1764,  Dea.  Joshua  Whitney,  of  Stow.  Inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  Apr. 
25,1755.    The  estate  was  divided  Dec.  31,  1770. 

He  signed  the  first  church  covenant  in  1733.  The  farm  of  Elijah  Whitney  was 
located  from  land  rights  purchased  before  the  incorporation  of  Harvard.  His  son 
Israel  succeeded  to  the  homestead,  and  was  followed  by  Luther  and  Luke.  It  is  now 
owned  by  Michael  Sweeny.  The  first  dwelling  here  probably  stood  in  the  orchard 
opposite  the  present  house.  This  property  Elijah  purchased  of  James  Atherton.  He 
died  Feb.  19,  1754;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

476.  i.  Mary,  b.  June  26,  1738;  m.  Mar.  17,  1759,  Micah  Stone  in  Har- 

vard. He  was  b.  Apr.  10,  1735;  res.  Harvard.  Ch.:  Solomon,  b. 
Mar.  22,  1761;  Mary,  b.  Aug.  7,  1762;  Micah,  b.  Aug.  13,  1764. 

477.  ii.         Elias,  b.  June  11,  1740;  d.  Apr.  12,  1755. 

478.  iii.        Rebecca,  b.  May  24,  1743;  m.  Sept.  19,  1759,  Paul  Whitcomb,  of 

Bolton. 

479.  iv.         Lydia,  b.  May  7,  1746;  m.  Feb.  27, 1769,  in  Bolton,  Phinehas  War- 

ner, of  Harvard.  He  was  b.  July  27,  1740;  res.  Harvard.  Ch.: 
Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  24,  1769;  Israel,  b.  Nov.  17,  1771;  Ephraim,  b, 
Apr.  16,  1774;  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  19,  1775;  Aaron,  b.  Oct.  2,  1780. 

Israel,  b.  Dec.  29,  1748;  d.  Jan.  9,  1749. 

Israel,  b.  June  22,  1751;  m.  Hannah  Mead. 

Elijah,  b.  July  8,  1755  (Posthumous);  m . 

145.  Jonas  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Nov.  27, 
1711;  m. . 

He  went  with  his  brother  Isaiah,  Jr.,  from  Lexington,  Mass.,  Cambridge  farms,  to 
Harvard,  probably  then  called  Stow  (leg)  and  buying  a  farm  of  200  acres  or  so,  accord- 
ing to  tradition,  which  is  supported  by  facts.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  had  a  shop 
on  the  old  farm;  later  he  went  to  the  center  of  the  town  and  set  up  business  there  on 
his  own  account,  and  was  there  when  the  town  was  incorporated  in  1732.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  when  it  was  organized  and  was  a  respected  citizen.  The 
geography  of  Stow  offers  some  difficulties  to  the  correct  understanding  of  records 
and  traditions.  Some  of  the  Whitneys  moved  from  Stow  to  Harvard  without  leav- 
ing their  farms. 

He  signed  the  first  church  covenant  in  1733. 

146.  Abraham  W^hitney  (Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  bap.  Lexington,  Mass., 
Feb.  19,  1710;  m.  Jan.  18,  1737,  Sarah  Whitney,  of  Lancaster,  dau.  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lee)  b.,  Oct.  2,  1716,  d.  July  4,  1800. 

Abraham  Whitney's  farm  was  directly  north  of  Elijah's  and  was,  like  his, 
chiefly  from  the  James  Atherton  estate.  Abraham  Whitney  senior  bought  lands 
here  of  Joseph  Kent  in  1743,  and  built  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  highway  from  the 
house  now  owned  by  Thomas  Mongovin,  where  traces  of  his  dwelling  can  be  seen. 
The  house,  now  the  home  of  Cephas  Bowers,  was  built  by  Abraham  Whitney,  Jr., 
in  Revolutionary  days. 

In  seating  the  meeting  house  in  Harvard  in  1766,  Abraham  Whitney  was  given  the 
second  seat  below.     He  d.  May  19,  1784;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

■""      ■  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  22,  1739;  d.  Aug.  11,  1739. 

Sarah,  b.  May  16,  1740;  d.  Dec.  26, 1746. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  16, 1742. 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  16, 1744. 

John,  b.  Oct.  3,  1746;  m.  Sarah  Atherton. 

Abraham,  b.  Dec.  20, 1748;  m.  Rebecca  Dudley. 

Isaiah,  b.  Oct.  6,  1751 ;  m.  Sarah . 


480. 

v. 

481. 

vi. 

482. 

Vll. 

483. 

484. 

11. 

485. 

ni. 

486. 

IV. 

487. 

V. 

488. 

vi. 

489. 

vn 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  55 

490.  viii.     Elijah,  b.  Feb.  15, 1754;  m.  Sarah  Stearnes. 

491.  ix.       Ann,  b.  May  2,  1760. 

151.  Shadrach  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  12,  1698;  m.  Jan, 
5,  1731,  Mrs.  Prudence  Laurence,  wid.  of  Thomas.     She  d.  Dec.  25,  1762. 

Shadrach  Whitney,  son  of  Jonathan  Whitney,  and  brother  of  Amos,  the  giver  of 
the  Townsend  parsonage,  was  born  in  Watertown,  in  1698.  He  was  in  Townsend 
before  it  was  chartered,  in  1732.  The  Groton  records  contain  his  marriage:  "Jan.  5, 
1731-2,  Shadrach  Whitney,  of  ye  North  Town  to  Prudence  Lawrence."  He  was 
rather  a  prominent  man,  and  served  in  several  committees,  ajipointed  by  the  projjri- 
etors,  to  lay  out  and  apportion  the  undivided  lands  equally  among  them.  He  lived 
in  that  part  of  the  town,  which  was  left  in  Mason,  by  the  running  of  the  Province 
line.  It  appears  that  in  1753  he  had  "a  house  and  barn,  and  about  twenty  acres 
cleared  and  fenced,  and  a  young  orchard,"  in  that  town.  He  owned  lands  in  Mason, 
Townsend  and  Groton.  In  Aug.,  1733,  the  Townsend  proprietors  held  a  meeting  "at 
ve  publick  meeting  house,"  the  principal  object  of  which  was  "to  see  if  ye  said  pro- 
jirietors  think  it  convenient  to  grant  a  recompense  (to  Ephraim  Sawtell)  for  any  land 
which  may  be  flowed  by  erecting  a  dam  upon  Squannacook  river,  near  ye  house  of 
John  Patt  in  order  to  sett  upp  mills  for  the  benefit  of  said  Proprietors."  A  grant  of 
land  was  awarded  to  said  Sawtell  at  that  meeting.  The  following  record  in  connec- 
tion with  that  vote  is  here  presented: 

"The  Subfcriberf  whofe  namef  are  underwritten  (being  diffatisfied  with  the 
Vote  of  ye  Proprietorf  in  granting  an  Equivolent  for  Landf  which  may  be  flowed  of 
afore  Said)  have  Decented  againft  ye  proceedingf  of  faid  vote.  Ebenezer  Wyman, 
Samuel  Kendall,  Amos  Whitney,  Jasher  Wyman,  Shadrach  Whitney. 

Atteft:     Jasher  Wyman,  Proprietor's  Clerk." 

Some  time  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  moved  from  Mason  to  Groton,  where, 
on  the  20th  of  July,  1764,  he  made  his  will,  which  was  proved,  approved,  and  allowed 
on  the  14th  of  the  following  August.  After  making  several  bequests  to  relatives  and 
friends,  he  gave  the  town  of  Groton  forty  pounds,  to  be  put  upon  interest  "in  such 
a  way  and  manner  as  they  shall  think  fit,  so  that  the  interest  thereof  may  be 
improved  and  applied  to  the  support  of  the  ordained  minister  of  the  town  of  Groton, 
from  time  to  time,  forever  hereafter." 

The  Whitneys,  from  that  time  to  the  present,  have  been  noted  for  their  liberal 
donations,  both  to  religious  and  scientific  objects.  As  in  the  flowage  case  cited,  they 
have  always  done  their  own  thinking,  and  were  always  ready  to  place  themselves 
squarely  on  record. 

He  d.  July,  1764,  s.  p.  His  will  is  dated  July  20,  and  is  proved  Aug.  14,  1764. 
Both  are  buried  in  the  old  burying  ground  in  Groton;  res.  Townsend,  Mass. 

154.  Zaccheus  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  in  Sudbury  Nov.  16, 
1707;  m.  in  Concord,  May  23,  1734,  Mary  Wheeler. 

In  1725,  when  but  18  years  of  age,  with  his  brother  Isaac  he  enlisted  and  served 
in  the  Colonial  militia,  and  took  part  in  many  of  the  skirmishes  and  battles  with  the 
Indians.  He  was  left  in  1725  at  the  fort  in  Ossipee  ("the  river  of  the  pines")  by  Capt. 
John  Lovewell.  He  was  probably  killed  by  the  Indians.  All  the  earlier  historians 
erroneously  refer  to  him  as  "  Zachariah  of  Concord." 

His  will  was  made  in  1730;  his  brother,  Shadrach,  was  executor.  He  was  a  glazier 
by  trade,  and  at  his  decease  owned  lands  in  Township  No.  3,  on  the  easterly  side  of 
Conn  river.     He  d.  in  1739;  res.  Bedford,  Mass. 

492.  i.         Zaccheus,  b. . 

493.  ii.         Jonathan,  b.  1736;  m.  Mary  Wyman  and  Lucy  Smith. 

157.  Timothy  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Feb.  20,  1709;  m.  May 
24,  1738,  Submit  Parker.  She  m.  2d  June  11,  1741,  Reuben  Woods,  of  Groton.  He 
d.  1740;  res.  Townsend  and  Groton,  Mass. 

494.  i.  Sybil  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  31,  1739;  m.  Peter  Gilson  and  Oliver 

Lakin. 

158.  Daniel  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1710;  m.  Mar.,  1739, 
Thankful  Allen, dau.  of  Elnathan  and  Mercy  (Rice)  Allen;  b.  Dec.  1, 1713,  in  Sudbury, 
Mass. 

He  was  born  in  Sudbury,  but  married  his  wife  in  Shrewsbury.  He  resided  on 
the  Bannister  farm  in  the  north  precinct.  Was  highway  surveyor  in  1760.  Res. 
Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

495.    i.       Levi,  b.  Dec.  5, 1739;  m.  Rebecca  Clark  and  Mrs.  Lydia  (Randall) 
Price. 


496. 

ii. 

497. 

111. 

498. 

IV. 

56  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Timothy,  b.  Oct.  25, 1743;  m.  Catherine  Davenport. 

Daniel,  b.  Sept.  4,  1746;  m.  Catherine  Stone. 

Sarah,  b.  Sept.  9,  1749;  m.  Dec.  17,  1769,  Nathan  Bannister,  of 
Brookfield  and  Shrewsbury.  He  was  the  s.  of  Joseph,  of  Brook- 
field,  and  res.  in  the  s.  w.  part  of  now  Boylston,  on  the  farm  that 
was  previously  her  father,  Whitney's,  where  he  d.  Aug.,  1^25,  ae. 
78.  His  wife  d.  June,  1817;  ae.  68.  Ch.:  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  18, 1770; 
m.  Elizabeth  Stone,  and  d.  in  N.  J.;  Thankful,  b.  Mar.  28,  1773; 
m.  Thos.  H:>rlow;  Nathan,  b.  Jan.  7,  1775;  m.  Sarah  Champney; 
rem.  to  Southboro;  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  13,  1777;  m.  Anna  Drury; 
rem.  to  Gardner;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1778;  m.  Annah  Harlow; 
Seth,  b.  Nov.  3,  1780;  m.  Mary  Hastings;  John,  b.  Sept.  23,  1783; 
ni.  Lucy  Howe;  Luke,  b.  Mar.  16,  1786;  d.  1802;  Mary,  b.  Sept. 
29,  1788;  m.  Nathan  R.  Tilton;  Emery,  b.  Sept.  29,  1791;  m. 
Lucy  Drury  and  Melinda  Drury. 

160.  Dea.  James  Whitney  (John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  in  Framingham,  Dec. 
28,  1692;  m.  Feb.  2,  1715,  Martha  Rice,  b.  Sudbury,  abt.  1692;  m.  2d,  1732,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  (Holbrook)  Twitchell,  wid.  of  Joseph,  Jr.,' of  Sherborn,  b.  July  22,  1696; 
d.  Mar.  31,  1782.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  Sept.  22,  1717.  They  were  dis- 
missed to  the  Sherborn  church  Mar.  28,  1728,  where  he  was  chosen  deacon  and 
died.     He  d.  Apr.  10,  1770;  res.  Framingham  and  Sherborn,  Mass. 

499.     i.         John.  b.  Apr.  10,  1716;  m.  Feb.  8,  1738,  Abigail  Perry,  of  Sher- 
born.    He  d.  in  Fram.  in  1741;  his  will  is  dated  Oct.  31,  s.  p. 
He  was  a  yeoman. 
James,  b.  June  4,  1718;  m.  Patience  Leland, 
Mary,  b.  May  12,  1720. 
Martha,  b.  Nov.  9,  1721. 
Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  13,  1723;  d.  young. 
Micah,  b.  June  4,  1725;  m.  Lydia  Mason. 
Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  23,  1727;  m.  Esther  Leland. 

Ezra,   b.    Feb.   22,  1730;  m.  Agnes  Ross,  Elizabeth ,  and 

Mercy  Morse. 
507.     ix.       Daniel,  b.  Dec.  13,  1733;  m.  Miriam  Leland. 

165.  JosiAH  Whitney  (Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1698;  m.  in  Weston,  Feb.  28, 
1725,  Elizabeth  Grant,  of  Concord;  d.  in  Conn.;  m.  2d,  1737,  Mehitable  Fuller.  She 
d.  and  he  m.  3d,  Feb.,  1759,  Lydia  Ballard. 

Josiah  Whitney  was  born  in  Groton,  and  resided  in  the  southwest  part  of 
Chelmsford.  This  town  was  at  one  time  next  to  Groton.  In  1713  he  resided  in  that 
part  of  Chelmsford  which  was  annexed  to  Littleton.    At  the  death  of  his  father,  in 

1718,  he  petitioned  the  probate  court  to  have  his  uncle  John,  of  Wrentham,  formerly  of 
Sherborn,  fuller,  appointed  his  guardian.  In  1727  he  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church  in  Westford,  having  been  a  member  of  the  first  church  in  Chelms- 
ford. In  1729  he  moved  to  Willington,  Conn.,  where  he  afterward  res'ded.  He  pur- 
chased his  farm  in  the  latter  place  of  John  Arnold,  of  Mansfield,  Conn.,  for  i^l55 
N.  E.  currency.  At  this  time  he  was  called  "Josiah  Whittnie,  of  Cherfford  (Chelms- 
ford), in  the  Co.  of  Middlesex,  in  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay."  The 
deed  was  dated  June  27,  1729.     He  was  living  in  Bolton,  Conn.,  late  in  life. 

Mehitable  Fuller  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas,  and  was  b.  at  Xeedham,  Mass., 
Apr.  20,  1720.     Tohmas,  the  father,  was   b.   at    Dedham,  Feb.   28,  1689;  m.  Mar.  26, 

1719,  Mehitable  Herring,  b.  Oct.  18,  1797;  d.  at  Willington,  Conn.,  Oct.  17,  1754.  He 
was  a  weaver  and  resided  at  Needham  until  1732,  when  he  sold,  Apr.  18,  of  that  year, 
his  homestead  of  "forty  acres  of  land  near  Natick  upon  a  plain  called  Natick 
Plain,"  and  removed  to  Willington,  Conn.,  where  his  brother.  Rev.  Daniel,  was 
settled  over  the  Congregational  church.  He  purchased  a  large  estate  at  Willington, 
a  part  of  which  was  set  off  from  Ashford.  In  his  will,  probated  at  Hartford,  he 
mentions  sons,  David  and  Solomon,  and  daughters,  Mehitable  Whitney,  Esther  and 
Sarah.  Probably  Sarah  was  the  widow  of  his  son  Thomas.  The  following  from  the 
church  records  of  Needham  are  of  interest: 

"  Mar.  26,  1732.  Daniel  and  Thomas,  sons,  and  Mehitobel  and  Esther,  daus.  of 
Thomas  Fuller  and  Mehitobel,  his  wife,  our  sister  baptized.  June  4,  1732  Sister 
Mehitobel  Fuller  was  dismissed  and  recommended  unto  the  Church  of  Christ  in 
Wilmington  in  Conn."  ^ 

He  d.  June  26,1783;  res.  Chelmsford,  Littleton,  Westford,  and  \\  r'entham,  Mass., 
and  Willington  and  Bolton,  Conn. 


500. 

ii. 

501. 

111. 

602. 

IV. 

503. 

V. 

504. 

VI. 

505. 

VII. 

506. 

Vlll. 

608. 

i. 

509. 

IV. 

510. 

11. 

611. 

111. 

612. 

V. 

513. 

VI. 

614. 

Vll. 

515. 

VIU 

516. 

IX. 

517. 

X. 

618. 

XI. 

519. 

XU. 

520. 

Xlll 

521. 

XIV, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  57 

Elizabeth,  bap.  July  13,  1735. 

Phinehas,  bap.  May  11,  1740. 

Peter,  b.  Apr.  10,  1738;  m.  Mercy  Case. 

JosiAH.  b.  May  26,  1740.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  last  French  war, 

and  is  said  to  have  died  in  the  service. 
Thomas,  b.  May  7,  1742.    Same  as  Josiah. 
Miriam,  b.  May  31,  1744. 
Esther,  b.  May  6,  1746. 
Keziah,  b.  Aug.  24,  1749;  d.  infancy. 
Keziah,  b.  Apr.  4,  1751. 
Mehitable,  b.  July  3,  1755;  prob.  d.  young. 
LvDiA,  b.  Jan,  22,  1760;  d.  May  26,  1780. 
Mehitable,  b.  July  6,  1761. 
xiii.   JosiAH,  b.  Nov.  16,  1764;  m.  Mary  Loomis. 
Sarah,  b.  Apr.  14,  1766;  d.  Nov.  1,  1782. 

166.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1704.  He  was  the  largest 
:Subscriber  to  Prince's  Chronology,  24  copies;  inventory,  ^^87-11-1,''^.  He  left  wid. 
(name  not  given.)  His  father  died  in  1718,  when  he  was  but  14  years  of  age,  and  he 
made  application  to  the  probate  court  to  have  his  uncle  Benjamin  appointed  his 
guardian.  Ebenezer  Mann  was  administrator  of  his  estate  in  1770.  His  estate  was 
settled  in  1768.     Left  a  widow,  name  not  given.    He  d.  1768;  res.  Wrentham,  Mass. 

169.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  prob.  in  Chelmsford,  Mass., 
1710;  m.  in  Groton,  Dec.  6,  1737,  Abigail  Nutting,  b.  Groton,  Feb.  8,  1717. 

He  was  probably  born  in  Chelmsford  and  was  of  Groton  when  married,  and  may 
have  resided  in  that  part  of  the  town  known  as  the  second  precinct,  which  in  1753 
•was  set  off  and  incorporated  under  the  name  of  Pepperell.  His  three  first  childrens 
births  are  recorded  in  Groton.  In  1740  his  father,  Joseph,  of  Chelmsford,  deeded  him 
SL  farm  in  Pepperell,  which  was  in  the  family  for  over  100  years.  Pepperell  was  set 
off  as  a  distinct  parish  from  Groton  in  1742,  and  called  "Groton  West  Parish."  The 
first  legal  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  there  was  held  on  the  17th  of  January,  of  that 
year.  Joseph  Whitney  was  elected  one  of  the  selectmen  at  that  time.  He  kept  a 
public  house  and  was  called  "  Inholder."  He  d.  Nov.  12,  1786,  ae.  81;  res.  Groton 
^nd  Pepperell.  Mass. 

ABIGAIL,  b.  P.  Aug.  16,  1740;  m.  Dec.  12,  175t»,  Zaccheus  Farns- 

worth,  of  P. 
Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  27,  1741 ;  m.  Mary  Turner,  Rebecca  Fitch,  Olive 

Farnsworth,and  Anna  Woods. 
Lydia,  b.  P.  Aug.  10,  1743;  m.  Sept.  2,  1766,  Stephen  Pierce. 
Maria,  b.  May  30,  1746. 
Sybil,  b.  Dec.  25,  1748;  m.  at  Groton,  Aug.  14,  1771,  Stephen 

Lund,  of  New  Ipswich. 
Rebecca,  b.  Mar.  6,  1750. 
Joseph,  b.  June  26,  1753;  d.  Jan.  28,  1754. 
Joseph,  b.  Oct.  20,  1755;  m.  Mary  Woods. 
James,  b.  Dec.  6,  1767;  m. . 

171.  Ensign  James  Whitney  (Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepperell,  Mass.,  in 
1714;  m.  Ellenor . 

Ensign  James  Whitney's  heirs,  late  of  Dunstable,  Mass.,  signed  an  agreement  in 
1772,  as  per  record  in  the  Middlesex  county  probate  court,  and  those  mentioned  were 
James  and  Benjamin,  of  IJunstable,  Ellenor,  who  had  married  Francis  Pollard,  John 
and  Jonathan  Whitney,  of  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Phineas  Bennett,  and 
Lucy,  wife  of  James  Bancroft.  James'  estate  was  settled  in  1757.  He  was  called 
*'  Gentleman  "  and  "  Ensign."  Joseph  Whitney, of  Pepperell,  inholder,  his  "  brother," 
was  administrator. 

Dunstable  was  originally  a  part  of  Groton;  for  fifty  years  was  a  frontier  settle- 
ment, and  suffered  much  from  incursions  of  the  Indians.*  In  1724  eleven  men  pur- 
suing them  were  waylaid,  and  all  except  Josiah  Farwell  killed.  In  May,  1725,  the 
celebrated  John  Lovewell,  with  a  company  of  forty-six  volunteers,  set  out  for  the 

*Froin  the  early  settlement  of  New  Hampshire,  Dunstable  was  a  very  large  territory,  as  most 
towns  were  in  those  days;  Dunstable  embraced  Nashiia,  Tyngsborough,  a  part  of  the  towns  of 
Groton,  Townsend,  Hollis,  Brookline,  Milford,  Hudson,  parts  of  Amherst,  Merrimack,  Litchfield, 
and  sections  of  ^ler  towns  in  New  Hampshire.  The  compiler  of  that  book  says:  More  romance 
-of  history  clusters  around  this  locality  than  attaches  to  most  others  in  the  state,  filling  with  poetry 
-the  memory  of  those  days  of  war's  alarms. 
5 


622. 

i. 

623. 

ii. 

624. 
625. 
526. 

iii. 
iv. 

V. 

627. 
628. 
529. 
530. 

vi. 
vii. 
viii 
ix. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


531. 

682. 

n. 

533. 

111. 

584. 

iv. 

535. 

V. 

enemy.  He  came  up  with  them  at  Fryeburg,  Me.,  and  all  but  ten  of  his  men  were 
killed.  The  force  or  the  Indians  was  broken  and  Paugus,  their  leader,  slain.  The 
gallant  Lovewell  fell,  and  the  survivors,  after  great  suffering,  found  their  way  back 
to  the  settlement. 

About  1734  a  party  of  men  from  Dunstable,  Mass.,  went  out  on  a  hunting  expe- 
dition and  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Ind  ans.  One  of  the  party,  Whitney*,  escaped, 
though  badly  wounded.  He  was  too  weak  to  think  of  returning  home  alone  through 
the  trackless  and  unpeopled  forest,  so  he  built  himself  a  hut  of  logs,  bark  and 
branches  of  trees,  and  there  passed  the  winter,  subsisting  chiefly  on  roots  and  cran- 
berries. In  the  spring  another  party  went  out  to  find  and  bury  the  dead,  and  came 
to  this  hut  which  they  supposed  to  be  that  of  an  Indian.  As  they  approached  they 
saw  something  stir  within  it.  One  of  the  party,  Timothy  Reed,  discharged  his  mus- 
ket, and  to  his  inexpressible  horror  found  that  he  had  killed  one  of  his  neighbors. 
His  sorrow  followed  him  to  the  grave.  Whitney  was  just  preparing  to  return  home, 
having  survived  his  wounds  and  all  the  perils  and  hardships  of  a  winter  in  the  wil- 
derness.    [Hist,  Dunstable,  Mass.,  p.  57,  and  Dunstable,  N.  H.,  p.  184.] 

The  two  histories  above  cited  do  not  give  Whitney's  christian  name.  The  tradi- 
tion in  the  family  is  that  local  histories  give  some  facts  of  the  shooting,  and  that  it 
occurred  on  the  shore  of  a  lake  in  Maine,  which  is  to  this  day  called  Whitney's  Pond. 
The  History  of  Temple,  N.  H.,  says:  "  Mr.  W^hitney  went  from  Dunstable  to  the 
Saco  river  just  before  Quebec  was  taken  by  the  English.  He  was  killed  by  Indians 
and  buried  at  Temple,  N.  H." 

He  d.  1755;  res.  Dunstable,  Mass.  and  N.  H. 

Ellenor,  b.  July  2o,  1740;  m.  Francis  Pollard,  of  Dunstable,  N.  H. 
James,  b.  Nov.  4,  1742;  m.  Sarah  Lund. 
John,  b.  Aug.  15,  1745;  m.  Mary  Jones. 
Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  15,  1745;  m.  Abigail  Hemenway. 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  21,  1748;   m.  Phinehas  Bennett,  of  Cocker- 
mouth,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  H.;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.     They  had  a  son 

James.     (Did  Elizabeth  m.  H. Butterick.) 

586.    vi.      Lucy,  b.  Jan.  5,  1755;  m.  James  Bancroft,  of  Packersfield,  N.  H.; 
res.  Rockingham,  Vt. 

174.  W^iLLiAM  Whitney  (William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.,  May  5, 
1701;  m.  at  Killingly,  Conn.,  July  16,  1728,  Mary  Whittemore. 

He  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  Connecticut  with  his  parents  when 
quite  young.  Settling  in  Killingly  he  resided  there  until  after  his  marriage,  when  he 
moved  to  Canaan,  not  far  from  1753.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  but  followed  farm- 
ing nearly  all  the  latter  part  of  his  life.  While  residing  in  Killingly,  in  1728,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  first  board  of  surveyors.     Res.  Killingly  and  Canaan,  Conn. 

687.    i.         William,  b.  Feb.  5,  1725;  m.  Arcoucher  Dutcher  and  Jane » 

638.  ii.        Tho.mas,  b.  Feb.  28,  1727;  m.  Elizabeth  Boardman. 

639.  iii.      Abigail,  b.  July  4,  1741. 

176.  Joshua  Whitney  (William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1714; 
m.,  Plainfield,  to  Amy  Blodgett.     He  d. ;  res.  Plainfield,  Conn. 

540.  i.  Joshua,  b.  Mar.  26,  1750;  m.  Sally  Cochran. 

541.  ii.        Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  1755;  m.  Sarah  Bassett. 

542.  iii.       Probably  others. 

177.  Dea.  John  Whitney  (William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  prob.  in  Groton,  Jan.  30, 
1717-18;  m.  Elizabeth ;  b.  in  1719;  d.  May  14,  1790. 

He  was  probably  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  though  his  will  is  recorded  at  Plainfield, 
Conn.,  to  which  place  his  parents  had  removed  when  he  was  quite  small.  After  his 
marriage  he  moved  to  Canaan,  where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  farmer.  He 
was  a  leading  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  for  some  years,  until  his 
death,  was  deacon  of  the  same.  He  was  buried  in  South  Canaan,  and  his  estate  was 
settled  Jan.  8,  1794,  by  agreement  of  his  four  children.  He  d.  Nov.  18,  1793;  res. 
Canaan,  Conn. 

Elijah,  b. ;  m.  Cloe  Beckley. 

John,  b.  in  1754;  m. . 

Betsey,  b. ;  m.  Azariah  Smith;  res.  C. 

Ruby,  b. ;  m.  Solomon  Hunt;  res.  C. 

*At  this  time  he  resided  in  Trbat  is  now  the  southerly  part  of  Nashua,  near  Long  Hill. 


643. 

i. 

644. 

11. 

646. 

Ill 

646. 

IV 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


59 


179.     Caleb  Whitney  (William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Plainfield,  Conn.,  Sept.  10, 

1721;  m.  Margaret  .     He  d. ;  res.  Norwich   and   Middletown,  Conn.,  and 

Pottsville,  Pa. 


647. 
548. 

549. 
550. 


1. 

ii. 


HI. 

iv. 


551. 
552. 
553. 


V. 

vi. 
vii. 


Lebbeus,  b.  Aug.  21,  1745;  m.  Mary  Ann . 

WiLLiAM.b.  Aug.  8, 1747.     In  1815    he  was  residing  near  Albany, 

N.  Y. 
Margaret,  b.  Feb.  22,  1750. 
Jedediah,  b.  Nov.   13,  1751.     He  was  a  goldsmith  and  killed  in 

battle  Aug.  23,  1778.     In  a  small  volume  of  the  Children's  Bible, 

pub.    London,   1759,   the    property   of   Edith    M.   DeLorne,  of 

Sumter,  S.  C,  is  the  followmg: 

"  Peggy  Whitney,  her  Bible,  given  her  by  her  grandfather,  Caleb 

Whitney,  and  grandmother,   Margaret  Whitney,  July  29,  1783. 
■  This  book  we  gave  to  our  son  Jedediah,  who  was  slain  in  battle, 

Aug.  28,  1783,  a  goldsmith  by  trade,  in  the  25th  year  of  his  age." 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  12,  1753;  d.  May  13,  1779. 
John  Merrick,  b.  July  18,  1758;  m.- 


James  Rex,  b.  Oct.  16,  1760;  m.  Mary  Allen. 

182.     Matthias  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.,  May  26, 
1720;  m.  Alice 


He  d.  in  K.;  res.  Killingly,  Conn. 
5.54.    i.         Mary,  b.  Apr.  19,  1743. 
655.    ii.         Asa,  b.  Feb.  19,  1745;  res.  Winsor  Co.,  Conn. 

556.     lii.        Matthias,    b.    Feb.  22,  1746;    m. \'aughn;    res.    Hancock, 

Mass.,  and  Fort  Avon,  N.  Y. 
Cornelius,  b.  July  5, 1749;  m. —  Graves  and  Elizabeth  May. 


557. 
558. 
659. 
560. 
561. 
662. 
663. 


IV. 
V. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

ix. 

X. 


Joshua,  b.  Nov.  23,  1751;  m.  Lydia  Bu  Day. 

Alice,  b.  Mar.  20, 1753;  m.  Noah  Day,  and  res.  in  Granville,  N.  Y. 

David,  b.  May  3,  1764;  m.  Olive  Day  and  Mary  Glassford, 

Samuel,  b.  Jan.  2,  1757;  m.  Tabitha  Warren. 

John,  b.  Mar.  27,  1759. 

Jonathan,  b.  Nov.  28,  1761. 

184.    Joshua  Whitney   (Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killingly,  Conn.,  Dec.  1, 


1724;  m. 


564. 
565. 
566. 
567. 

568. 
569. 
570. 


1. 

V. 
V. 

vi. 
vii. 


He  d.  in  1814;  res.  Killingly,  Conn.,  and  Hancock,  Mass. 
Cornelius,  b.  in  1761;  m.  Sarah  Cody. 
Joseph,  b.  in  1753;  m.  Anna  Eames. 

Matthias,  b.  Apr.  19,  1757;  m.  Dorcas and  Olive . 

Isaac,    b. — ;   m.  and    had  4  ch.:  Rosa,  Isaac,  Phebe,  and 

David. 

RuFUS,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Graves. 

Joshua,  b.  in  1769;  m.  Phebe  Parker. 
Joanna,  b. . 


188.  David  Whitney   (David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Sept.  16,  1716;  m.  in  Canaan,. 
Conn.,  Sept.  23,  1739,  Mary  Gunn. 

He  was  born  in  Canaan  and  at  his  father's  death  was  given  property.  Moving 
to  New  Haven  in  1756  he  resided  there  until  1762,  and  perhaps  afterward.  His  ear 
mark  for  domestic  animals  was  recorded  there  Oct.  25,  1757.  He  died  in  Vermont. 
David  Whitney  of  Canaan,  Conn.,  who  was  brother  of  Solomon  Whitney,  was. 
proprietor  of  Poultney,  \'t.,  and  both  were  proprietors  clerks  of  meetings  held  in 
1761.     [See  History  of'Poultney.] 

res.  Canaan  and  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  Poultney,  Vt. 

Mary,  b.  July  16,  1740. 

Easter,  b.  Mar.  5, 1743. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  26,  1746. 

Sarah,  b.  Apr.  30,  1748;  m.  Mar  7,  1773,  Joel  Holcomb,  Jr.    ^ 

jACOB,b.  Apr.  13,  1750.  ■ 

KEZiA,b.  Feb.  21,  1752. 

Lois,  b.  Dec.  25, 1756. 

Emelia,  b.  Feb.  18,  1759. 

Cloise,  b.  Feb.  18,  17.59. 

David,  b.  Nov.  22,  1762. 

189.  Joshua    Whitney    (David,  Joshua,  John),  b.    Plainfield,  Conn.,  Oct.    11, 
1718;  m.  Apr.  8,  1743,  Ann   Blodgett.     She  m.  2d.  Capt.  Isaac  Laurence,   who  d. 


Hed. - 
571. 

572. 

ii. 

673. 

HI. 

574. 

IV. 

576. 

V. 

676. 

VI. 

577. 

vii. 

578. 

vni. 

579. 

IX. 

680. 

X. 

60  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Dec.  2,   1793;    she  then   m.  3d,  George   Palmer,  of   Stillwater,   N.  Y.,  and   d.  at 
Canaan,  Conn.,  in  1819,  ae.  96.     "Joshua  Whitney,  Esq.,  died  of  ye  smallpox." 

He  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  Plainfield,  Conn.,  with  his 
parents,  where  he  resided  until  his  removal  to  Preston,  Conn.  The  tradition  in 
the  family  is  that  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  that  about 
1769  he  was  killed  by  Indians  near  Oswego,  N.  Y.  Feb.  17,  1759,  he  was  dead,  for 
at  that  time  his  son  Joshua  chose  Col.  David  Whitney,  of  Canaan,  as  his  guardian. 
He  d.  Feb.  10,  1761;  res.  Preston,  Conn. 

581.  i.         Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Sept.  10,  1757,  Eliphalet  Jewell,  of  Salis- 

bury. 

582.  ii.         Mary,  b.  ;  m.  May  7,  1767,  Lemuel  Kingsbury,  of  Canaan; 

son  Joshua  b.  Feb.  13,  1768. 

583.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  Jan.  16,  1745;  m.  Anna  Ashley. 

584.  iv.       Asa,  b.  in  1743;  m.  Sarah and  Hepsabeth  Watrous. 

585.  V.         JosiAH,  b.  ;  m. and  Susannah  Hinds. 

586.  vi.       David,  b.  in  1755;  m. ,  ,  and  3d,  Eliza  Wilson. 

587.  vii.      Amey,  b, ;  she  m.  and  left  des.  in  Canaan,  Conn.     One  of 

her  gr.  daus.  m. —  Bronson;  res   E.  Canaan,  Corm. 

588.  viii.     Huldah,  b. . 

194.  Rev.  Josiah  Whitney  (David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Plainfield,  Conn.,  Aug. 
11,1731;  m.  Sept.  1,  1756,  Lois  Breck,  b.  Dec.  11,  1738;  d.  Oct.  27,  1789.  She  was  dau. 
of  Rev.  Robert,  who  gr.  H.  C.  1730;  m.  M.,  Oct.  25,  1791,  Mrs.  Anna  Chandler,  of 
Woodstock  (widow  of  Samuel),  who  was  b.  there  Dec.  5,  1738,  and  d.  of  apoplexy 
Feb,  2,  IbOl. 

He  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Conn.,  where  he  was  educated  at  the  public  schools 
and  fitted  for  college;  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1752,  and  later 
studied  for  the  ministry.  In  1756  he  was  called  to  the  Congregational  church  in 
Brooklyn,  Conn.  The  call  was  unanimous,  and  the  church  also  unanimously  concurred 
in  it.     His  letter  of  acceptance  of  the  Pomfret  pastorate  was  as  follows: 

To  the  Society  of  Brooklyn,  in  Pomfret,  Gentlemen:  Whereas,  on  the  17th  of 
Nov.  last  you  proceeded  to  give  me  a  call  to  settle  in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry 
with  you,  and  proposed  ^120,  lawful  money,  for  a  settlement,  and  £Gb,  lawful  money, 
for  a  salary,  1  do  now  hereby  accept  said  proposal,  and  may  the  Lord  bless  us,  and 
lead  us  in  the  way  everlasting.  Josiah  Whitney. 

Brooklyn,  Jan.  7,  1756. 

He  continued  in  this,  his  only  pastorate,  for  sixty-foui  years.  In  1802  Harvard 
University  conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D.  upon  him.  Feb.  oth  of  that  year  he  cele- 
brated the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  settlement;  at  that  time  only  three  of  the  original 
members  of  1756  were  living;  447  had  been  added  to  the  church  during  his  ministry, 
and  718  were  baptized. 

Mr.  Whitney  through  all  his  long  pastorate  held  his  place  in  the  affection  of  his 
people  and  the  esteem  of  all.  Though  moderate  in  his  doctrinal  views  and  opposed 
to  the  High  Galvanism  then  coming  into  fashion,  he  engaged  the  respect  and  con- 
fidence of  his  brethren  in  the  ministry  and  maintained  strict  church  and  family 
discipline.  He  commenced  his  pastorate  with  the  affectionate  regard  of  the  fathers, 
and  their  continued  friendship,  their  cordial  and  candid  acceptance  of  his  labors  and 
repeated  kindness  had  continued  to  make  the  relation  happy. 

In  his  94th  year  he  was  still  erect  and  vigorous;  his  eye  was  not  dimmed  nor  his 
natural  force  abated.  With  flowing  wig  and  antique  garb  he  was  often  seen  on  the 
street.  His  face  beamed  with  animated  expression,  and  his  playful  sallies  were  tem- 
pered with  Christian  dignity.  As  he  entered  the  house  of  God  the  congregation  rose 
to  receive  him  and  remained  standing  in  reverential  attitude  till  he  had  taken  his 
seat. 

« fatal  illness  seized  him  in  Sept.,  1824,  and  he  passed  peacefully  away, 
e  d.  Sept.  13,  1824;  res.  Pomfret  and  Brooklyn,  Conn. 

Robert  Breck,  b.  Sept.  15, 1757;  d.  sore  throat  Dec.  21, 1763. 
Eunice,  b.  Jan.  22,  1759;  d.  Sept.  15. 1762. 
George,  b.  Dec.  9,  1760;  d.  of  smallpox  Feb.  18,  1782. 
David,  b.  Oct.  15,  1762;  d.  of  smallpox  Mar.  16,  1782. 
Robert  Breck,  b.  June  18,  1764;  d.  of  consumption  Dec.  1, 1785. 
He  was  a  composer  and  teacher  of  music. 
594.    vi.       Eunice,  b.  Mar.  28,  1766;  m. Backus.   She  d.  Mar.  11,  1824. 


589. 

590. 

!!• 

591. 

HI. 

592. 

IV. 

693. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  61 

595.  vii.      Lois,  b.  Mar.  9,  1768 ;  m. Baker.  She  d.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y., 

Oct.  29,  1856.     She  had  a   son,  Josiah  B.,  whose  son,  Rev.  Geo. 
B.,  was  pastor  of  a  Pres.  ch.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  1874. 

596.  viii.      Abigail,  b.  June  10,  1772;  m.  Apr.  5,  1792,  Benjamin   Wood,  of 

Brooklyn;  rem.  to  Litchfield,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  Apr.  29,  1856. 

597.  ix.        Sophia,  b.  July  28,  1774;  d.  July  27,  1816. 

598.  X.         Patty,  b.  Dec.2, 1779;  m. Carey, res.  Richfield,  N.  Y.  A  son, 

Edwin,  res.  Sauquoit,  N.  Y. 

599.  xi.       Elizabeth,  b.  May  30,  1770. 

195.  SOLO.MON  Whitney  (David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Plainfield,  Conn.,  about  1733.' 
m.  at   Canaan,  Conn.,  Nov.  27,  1755,  Sarah ;  d.  Apr.  15,  1782. 

Solomon  Whitney  was  born,  probably  in  Plainfield,  Conn.,  in  1733.  With  his 
parents  he  moved  to  Canaan,  where  he  ever  after  resided.  His  wife  was  of  Canaan, 
and  he  lived  but  seventeen  years  after  marriage.  He  was  interested  in  the  purchase 
of  lands  in  Vermont  in  1761,  and  that  year  was  proprietors'  clerk  of  the  new  town  of 
Poultney,  Vt.  His  sons  resided  for  a  time  on  this  property  in  Vermont.  Samuel  and 
Tarlaall  removed,  but  Solomon,  Jr., always  resided  upon  it.  In  1772  his  widow  Sarah 
was  appointed  guardian  of  his  three  children,  and  his  estate  was  insolvent.  She  evi- 
dently married  a  second  time  after  the  death  of  Solomon,  for  in  the  family  record 
now  in  possession  of  the  descendants,  it  says,  "S.  S.  Roberts,  stepfather  of  Tar- 
ball  Whitney,"  died  May  18,  1782.  "  Sarah  Roberts  died  Apr.  15,  1782."  He  d.  July 
29,  1772;  res.  Canaan,  Conn. 

600.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  18,  1757;  m. Pierce. 

601.  ii,         Samuel,  b.  June  6,  1759;  m. . 

602.  iii.        Tarball,  b.  June  30,  1763;  m.  Mrs.  Lois  (Lawrence)  Hopkins. 

603.  iv.        Solomon,  b.  Nov.  15, 1766;  m.  Polly  Marshall. 

197.     Dea.  Samuel  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.;  m.  Lydia 
He  was  born  in  York,  Me.,  but  early  settled  in  Brunswick,  Me.     In  1754, 


604. 

605. 

606. 

ni. 

607. 

IV. 

608. 

v. 

during  the  time  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  while  engaged  in  hoeing  corn  in  a 
field  with  his  son  Samuel,  Jr.,  they  were  surprised  by  the  Indians,  and  before  they 
could  reach  their  guns,  which  were  stacked  near  by,  were  taken  prisoners.  The 
father  was  scalped  and  the  prisoners  with  others  taken  to  Canada  and  held  for  126 
livres.  The  father  died  after  three  weeks  of  suffering,  and  the  son  after  seven  years 
of  imprisonment  managed  to  escape  and  return  to  Maine;  res.  York  and  Bruns- 
wick, Me. 

Samuel,  b.  Sept.  15,  1732;  m.  Mary . 

Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  21,  1734;  m.  Mary  Austin. 

Lydia,  b.  Feb.  20,  1735. 

Susannah,  b.  July  25,  1738. 

Lettis,  b.  June  27,  1742. 

198.  Benjamin  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  May  22,  1725;  m* 
Mercy  Hinckley,  b.  Oct.  23,  1734;  d.  Nov.  13,  1814.  He  was  born  in  York,  Me.,  and 
settled  in  Little  River,  Lisbon,  Me.  He  was  part  owner  of  the  first  grist  mill  there, 
and  during  his  lifetime  was  the  miller.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
The  Benjamin  Whitney  mentioned  above,  son  of  John  and  Lettis,  settled  at  Little 
River,  now  Lisbon  Falls.  His  wife  was  Mercy  Hinckley.  I  have  three  accounts  of 
this  couple.  One  copied  from  a  printed  town  history  gives  the  births  and  deaths: 
Benjamin,  b.  May  22,  1725;  d.  Nov.  8,  1797;  Mercy  H.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1734;  d.  Nov.  13, 
1814.  The  town  clerk  at  Lisbon  Falls,  Benjamin's  birth  (copied)  June  2,  1727,  but 
Mr.  Jacob  Whitney,  of  Lisbon,  Me.,  wrote  in  1882,  as  follows:  "There  were  three 
brothers  who  came  to  Brunswick,  Me.;  one  went  into  the  eastern  part  of  the  state;  one 
settled  in  Gorham,  Me.,  and  the  third  remained  at  Brunswick,  at  a  place  called  New 
Meadows.  This  last  one  had  a  son  named  Benjamin,  my  ancestor."  He  was  born 
in  1725,  and  married  Mercy  Hinkley,  of  Brunswick.  They  moved  to  Lisbon  and  had 
eleven  children,  as  follows:  Abraham,  Sarah,  Isaac,  Rachel,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  Isabel, 
Nathan,  Joseph,  Samuel,  and  Thankful.  Samuel,  Thankful,  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Sarah  all  remained  in  Lisbon;  Jacob,  Joseph,  Rachel,  and  Isabel  settled  in  Phillips, 
Me.;  Nathan  in  Augusta,  and  Benjamin  in  Bowdoin.  Joseph  afterward  moved  to  Ohio. 
He  d.  Nov.  8,  1797;  res.  Lisbon,  Me. 

604a.  i,         Abraham,  b.  in  1752;  m.  Aphia  Coombs. 

605a.  ii.        Isaac,  b. ;  settled  at  Little  River. 

606a.  iii.       Jacob,  b.  June  11,  1763;  m.  Hannah  Mills. 

607a.  iv.       Nathan,  b.  about  1768;  m.  Sarah  Godfrey  and  Fanny  Shephard. 


62  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

608a.  V.  Benjamin,  b. ;  settled  in  Bowdoin,  Me. 

609.  vi.  Joseph,  b. ;  m. ;  res.  in  Phillips,  Me. 

610.  vii.  Samuel,  b.  in  1774;  m,  Lydia  Curit. 

611.  viii.  Sarah,  b.  . 

612.  ix.  Rebecca,  b. 


613.  X.        Rachel,  b. ;  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

614.  xi.       Thankful,  b. . 

615.  xii.      Isabel,  b. ;  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

206.  Elder  Naham  Whitney  (N'athaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  Jan. 
10,  1706;  m.  Nov.  12,  1730,*  Lydia  Young,  dau.  of  Matthews,  who  d.  in  1751.  He  was 
a  prominent  and  influential  citizen,  and  was  called  Elder  Whitney;  res.  York,  Me. 

207.  Elder  Nathaniel  or  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  York,  Me.,  Dec.  12,  1709;  m.  Molly  Day.  He  was  a  native  of  York,  Me.,  and  one 
of  the  first  settlers  m  Gorham.  Was  an  elder  in  the  church  and  a  prominent  and 
influential  citizen,  and  much  employed  in  town  affairs,  and  a  leader  in  religious  mat- 
ters. He  was  many  times  on  important  committees  in  the  Revolutionary  days.  He 
was  a  man  of  unquestioned  integrity.  Abel  and  Nathaniel  Whitney  witnessed  will 
of  Elias  Perry,  at  York,  in  1735.     He  d.  in  1804;  res.  York  and  Gorham,  Me. 

616.  i.         Moses,  b.  1739;  m.  Molly  Page  and  Abigail . 

617.  ii.        Nathan,  b. . 

618.  iii.       JosiAH,  b. ;  m.  Hannah  Barstow. 

619.  iv.      Aaron,  b. . 

620.  V.        Asa,  b.  Dec,  1754;  m.  Flora and  Phebe  Hopkins. 

621.  vi.       Abel,  b. ;  m.  Thankful  Morton. 

208.  Abel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  July  23,  1712; 
m.  Nov.  28,  1735,  Mary  Cane,  dau.  of  Nicholas;  res.  York,  Gorham  and  Standish,  Me. 

622.  i.  Joanna,  b.  Oct.  10,  1736. 

623.  ii.  Moses,  b.  Feb.  17,  1737. 

624.  iii.  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  1,  1739. 

625.  iv.  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  7,  1741;  d.  before  1754. 

626.  v.  Joel,  b.  Mav  21,  1748;  m.  Mary  Weston. 

627.  vi.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  5,  1744. 

628.  vii.  Lydia,  b.  July  31,  1746. 

629.  viii.  Zebulon,  b.  Nov.  27,  1747;  m.  Joanna  Stone. 

630.  ix.  Joanna,  b.  Sept.  27,  1749. 

631.  X.  Naphthali,  b.  Feb.  10,  1750. 

632.  xi.  Micha,  b.  Dec.  11,  1752;  m.  Hannah  Cobb. 

633.  xii.  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  26, 1754;  m. . 

634.  xiii.  Paul,  b.  June  30,  1756.     He  enlisted  in  the  Rev.  army  from  Gor- 

ham, and  was  killed  in  battle  in  Rhode  Island,  Aug.  29, 1778. 

210.  Isaac  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  Mar.  9,  1720; 
m.  Feb.    25,  1743,  Sarah  Crosby,  dau.  of  Dr.  Crosby;  m.  2d. ;  m.  3d. 

He  was  born  in  York,  where  he  resided  until  1752,  when  he  purchased  a  house 
and  lot  in  Saco.  In  1775  he  was  living  m  Buxton,  Me.,  but  died  at  the  house  of  his 
son  Henry,  in  Freeport,  in  1800,  aged  80.  He  married  three  times.  He  d.  1800;  res. 
York,  Saco,  and  Buxton,  Me. 

635.  i.         Lucy,  b.  July  31,  1745. 

636.  ii.        Phinehas,  b.  June  5,  1747. 

637.  iii.       Isaac,  b.  Dec.  28,  1748;  m.  Mary  Crockett. 

638.  iv.       Hannah,  b.  Nov.  28,  1750. 

689.  V.  Stephen,  b.  Mar.  19,  1755;  m.  Patty  Irish. 

640.  vi.  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  9,  1757. 

641.  vii.  Timothy,  b. . 

642.  viii.  Barnabas,  b.  Aug.  18,  1766;  m.  Sarah  Walker. 

643.  ix.  James,  b. . 

644.  X.  Mary,  b. . 

645.  xi.  Henry,  b. ;  m.  Abigail  Walker. 

211.  Amos  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  Mar.  5,  1723; 
m.  Sept.  5,  1748,  Sarah  Payne,  dau.  of  Thomas;  b.  ;  d. . 

*  At  this  time  he  was  of  Biddeford. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  63 

Amos  Whitney  was  born  in  York,  Me.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in 
Gorham,  and  was  prominent  and  influential  in  town  affairs.  He  was  the  first  town 
clerk  from  1764  to  1769,  and  one  of  the  first  selectmen,  which  office  he  held  for  years. 

He  was  a  man  of  great  integrity  and  highly  respected.     He  d. ;  res.  York, 

Me.,  and  Gorham. 

646.  i.         Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  30,  1749. 

647.  ii.         Amos,  b.  Apr.  22.  1752. 

64S.     iii.        Mary  Gookin,  b.  Oct.  25,  1754. 

649.  iv.        Elias,  b. . 

650.  V.  JOTHAM,  b.  . 

651.  vi.       Ruth,  b. . 


214.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Oct.  17,  1704;  m.  Jan. 
^6,  1727,  Lydia  Jones;  b.  Sept.  15,  1705;  d.  Mar.  4,  1783. 

He  owned  lands  in  Hopkinton,  Holliston,  and  Mendon.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  and  influential  member  of  the  church,  and  assisted  in  establishing  the  town  of 
Milford.  He  settled  the  estates  of  his  father  and  father-m-law.  After  his  death  his 
estate  was  divided  among  his  heirs,  he  dying  intestate.  He  d.  1755;  res.  Mendon 
and  Medway,  Mass. 

652.  i.  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  12,  1728;  m.  in  Mendon,  Jan.  25,  1752,  Isaac 

Tenney,  b.  Milford,  Feb.  22,  1723,  d.  bef.  1764;  m.  2d.  Apr.  11, 
1764,  Noah  Wiswall.d.  Nov.  9,  1804.  Isaac  inherited  his  father's 
farm  in  Milford.  Mr.  and  Airs.  Tenney  were  members  of  the 
church  and  had  their  children  baptized.  The  date  of  his  death 
is  unknown;  res.  Mil.  Ch.:  Ruth,  bap.  May  13,  1753;  Jonathan, 
bap.  Apr.  20,  1755;  Ruby,  b.  Jan.  12,  1765;  m.  Silas  Brown;  Per- 
ley,  b.  Mar.  11,  1767;  Jerusha,  b.  July  17,  1769;  m.  Moses  Green. 

653.  ii.        Jonathan,  b.  Oct.  18,  1729;  d.  Oct.  19,  1729. 

654.  iii.        Jesse,  b.  Nov.  24,  1730;  m.  Mary  Cheney,  Mrs.  Ruth  Wight  and 

Abigail  Rawson. 

655.  iv.        Lydia,  b.   Nov.  18,  1732;  m  in   Mendon,  Dec.  12,  1754,  Samuel 

Bowker  of    Hopkinton,   b.   1729;    died    1799.     He  m.  3  times. 

Lydia  was  his  second  wife;  res.  Mil.     Ch.:  Asa,  b.  Nov.  12,  1755; 

Abigail,  b.  June  13,  1757;  Abigail,  b.  Apr.  9,  1759;  Abiathar,  b. 

Feb.  25,  1763;  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  9.  1765;  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  16,  1769. 
Jonathan,  b.  July  26,  1737;  m.  Esther  Parkhurst. 
Ruth,  bap.  Apr.  11,  1742;  d.  young. 

David,  bap.  Sept.  21,  1746;  m.  Rachel . 

Sarah,  b.  Mar.  14;  1735;  m.  pub.  Nov.  10;  m.  Dec.  10,  1756,  in 

Mendon,  Wales  Cheney,  b.  Aug.  31,  1732;  d.  Mar.  27,  1825;  res. 

Milford.   Ch.:  Josiah,  b.  Aug.  9,  1757;  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  1,  1758; 

m.  Elizabeth  Hudson;  David,  b. ;  res.  Orange;  Nathan, 

b.  May  4,  1765;  res.  Orange;  Lydia,  b.  May  4,  1767;  m.  John  Cor- 

bett;  Asa,  b.  Dec.  20,  1769;  m.  Roxaima  Pitman;  Amos,b.  Sept. 

26,  1771 ;  Anna,  b.  Apr.  21,  1773;  m.  Otis  Butterworth;  Alexander, 

b.  Oct.  8,  1780;  m.  Lovice  Bowker  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.Stone. 

219.  Elias  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Holliston,  Mass.,  Nov.  14, 
1716;  m.  Feb.  6,  1745,  Elizabeth  Mellen,  b.  Aug,  21,  1721;  m.  2d.  at  Mendon.  June 
26,  1774,  Elizabeth  Boyden. 

He  resided  in  Holliston,  near  the  eastern  boundry.     He  was  in  Framingham  in 
1764,  when  James  Heywood  deeded  him   the   homestead  now  owned  by  his  great- 
grandson,  Elias  Whitney.     He  was  of  reputable  standing  in  the  plain  old-fashioned 
society  of  the  times.     He  d.  July  29, 1810;  res.  Framingham  and  Holliston,  Mass. 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  19,  1747. 
Elias,  b.  June  15,  1750;  m.  Lucy  Barnes. 
Amrillen,  b.  June  1,  1753. 

Jonathan,  b.  June  25,  1760;  killed  in  Revolutionary  w^r.  He 
enlisted  in  the  company  raised  in  Mendon,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Drew,  and  was  killed  in  battle  Feb.  2, 1780. 

221.    George  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Aug.  12,  1721;  m.  Sarah 
Cozzens.     He  d.  in  1752;  res.  Sherborn  and  Holliston,  Mass. 
664.    i.         Isaac,  b. 


656. 

v. 

657. 

vi. 

658. 

vn. 

659. 

viii 

660. 

661. 

ii. 

662. 

iii. 

663. 

IV. 

665.  ii.        Hannah,  b.- 

666.  iii.       Marcy,  b. 


667.    iv.       Sarah,  b. ;  d.  bef.  1752. 


64  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

224.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),   b.   May   22,   1709;  m, 
Feb.  24,  1781,  Margaret  Sanderson.     Hed.  Feb.  28,  1797;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

668.  i.  Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  25, 1734;  m.  Eunice  Marshall. 

669.  ii.         PERSis,b.  Aug.  2U,  1739. 

670.  iii.       Amos,  b.  Sept.  27,  1746. 

225.  EzEKiEL  Whitney  (Joshua,  Benjamin,  John),b.  in  Mendon,  Aug.  29,  1716; 

m. .     Will  made  May  5,  1753;  probated  May  23,  1753;  estate  settled  May  21, 

1768.     He  d.  May.  1753;  res.  Sutton,  Mass. 

671.  i.  Susannah,  *b. ;  m. Love. 

672.  ii.  Jennet,  b. . 

673.  iii.  Margaret,  b. .  , 

674.  iv.  Rachel,  b. . 


231.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Joshua,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Uxbridge,  Mar.  14,  1743; 
m. — - — .  Benjamin  Whitney,  of  Uxbridge,  Sept.  30,  1765,  received  of  Lydia  Taft, 
admr.  of  his  portion  of  his  father's  estate,  of  which  Josiah  Taft  was  admr.,  so  much 
in  full.  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Hannah,  Isaac,  and  Phebe  Kirby  also  signed  receipts  at 
the  same  time.     [Wor.  Prob.  Rec]     Res.  Uxbridge,  Mass. 

237.  Jason  Whitney  (Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Aug.  31,  1729;: 
m.  in  Sudbury,  Mar.  3,  1757,  Elizabeth  Beal,  of  East  Sudbury,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Love;  d.  May  22,  1772.  Joseph  Beales,  the  father,  was  a  large  land  owner  and  was 
often  Selectman.  He  was  descended  from  Wm.  Beal,  of  Marblehead;  m.  2d  Mar.  17, 
1773,  Lois  Pratt,  of  Needham,  wid.  of  Ephraim,  of  Newton,  and  dau.  of  Ebenezer 
Fisher,  of ;  d.  Nov.  21,  1805. 

Jason  Whitney  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided.  On  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1760,  he  acquired  the  bulk  of  his  property.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  in  the  town. 

From  James  McManus,  town  clerk  at  Natick,  Mass.,  is  received  the  following,, 
relating  to  offices  held  by  Jason  Whitney: 

1772,  surveyor  of  highways;  1773,  fence  viewer;  1774,  fence  viewer  and  hog 
reeve;  1775,  fence  viewer;  1777,  selectman,  field  driver  and  fence  viewer;  1780, 
selectman;  1781,  selectman  and  fence  viewer. 

From  selectman's  order  or  cash  book:  "On  account  of  money  paid  in  support  of 
the  present  war  with  Great  Britain  and  by  whom  paid  to  men  who  enlisted  into  the 
army  and  of  those  who  do  a  term  or  any  part  of  a  term  in  the  year  1776." 

July  20,  1776,  Jason  Whitney,  one-fourth  of  a  term  to  Canada,  ^3  6s.  8d. 

Jason  Whitney  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  received  a  wound 
that  caused  lameness.  Notwithstanding  this  lameness  he  served  repeatedly  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  war.  His  services  are  recorded  on  the  rolls  at  the  State 
House,  Boston,  also  on  the  town  treasurer's  book  and  town  files  of  Natick: 

"Jason  Whitney  was  in  Capt.  David  Morse's  Muster  Roll,  in  French  War, 
1755  to  1763." 

"His  name  on  Capt.  Joseph  Morse's  Muster  Roll.  Col.  Samuel  Bullard's  Regt, 
Lexington  Alarm." 

"On  Capt.  Hezekiah  Broads'  Roll,  Patterson's  Regiment,  Canada  Expedition, 
June  7,  1776. 

"Paid  X  of  a  term,  for  a  man  to  go  three  months  to  New  York  in  Capt.  Gard- 
ner's Co.,  Col.  Eleazur  Brook's  Regiment." 

"Went  on  the  Forty  Days'  Alarm  to  Rhode  Island  with  teams  &  Baggage."" 
(Went  twice.) 

"Credited  to  Fiske's  Co.,  Perry's  Regiment.  Served  also  in  Leland's  Co.,  same 
Regiment.  Assisted  in  taking  Solomon  Park  Parker  out  of  Prison,  while  on  this 
service." 

"He  also  loaned  the  town  £162-8-8  in  1781,  'Old  Emifion  Bills'  for  war  pur- 
poses. In  1782  he  loaned  ^^2-8-0  silver  money  'Spanish  Milled  dollars'  &  paid  the 
same  to  Amos  Morse  for  Isaac  Dunton's  bounty,  for  three  years,  for  going  into  the 
service." 

"Was  one  of  the  selectmen  &  on  Committee  to  hire  soldiers  1780-81-82." 

From  Massachusetts  rolls: 

"Pay  Roll  for  the  Troops  under  the  command  of  Lieut,  feremiah  Colburn.  In 
Brigadier  General  Wadsworth's  Department.     Detached  at  Cambridge,  1781. 

"Jason  Whitney  from  Jany.  27  to  March  10." 

*Mar.  16. 1768,  Nehemiah  Hall,  of  Uxbridge,  was  appointed  guardian  of  Susannah,  Janet,  and 
Margaret,  daughters  of  Ezekiel. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  65 

The  foregoing  is  Jason  Whitney's  Revolutionary  roll  and  French  and  Indian 
war  roll.  His  son-in-law,  \Vm.  Alden,  though  very  young,  served  twice  on  militia 
service  and  contributed  money,  and  his  grandson,  Isaac' Alden,  served  in  the  war  of 
1812.  \ 

He  d.  June  23,  1807,  res.  Natick,  Mass. 

675.  i.         Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  23,  1760. 

676.  ii.        Abigail,  b.  Dec.  13,  1761;  m.  prob.  Sept.  7,  1788,  William  Dunton, 

removed  to  New  York. 

677.  iii.       Sarah,  b.  Apr.  29,  1763;  m.  John  Trilll,  of  Natick.  Ch.:  John  and 

Jemima;  m  .  2d,  Henry  Lake;  res.  Acton,  Mass.  Ch.:  Henry, 
Lucretia  and  Mary. 

678.  iv.       Mary,  b.  Mar.    24,  1765;  m.  Richard   Bacon,  of    Needham,  two 

ch.:  Eliza  and  William,  and  8  others;  rev.  to  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

679.  v.        Susanna,  b.  Dec.  9,  1766;  m.  May  1,1788,  William  Alden;  removed 

to  Troy,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  in  Needham,  July  1,  1761,  d.  Calais, 
Vt.,  Sept.  27, 1842.  She  d.  there  Feb.  27,  1844.  Ch.:  I.  Isaac,  born 
Needham,  Mar.  19,  1789,  d.  in  Lewis,  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  17, 
1860;  m.  1st,  Maria  Stone,  dau.  of  Moses  and  Olive  (Ward) 
Stone,  of  Newton;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Snow,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Snow 
and  Lydia  (Hammett)  Snow,  and  had  Edwin  Augustus,  Joseph 
Jackson,  Olive  Maria  and  Ruby  Hammett,  Emily  Doane, Charles 
L.,  Avis  Ellen  and  Alcnzo  Isaac.  II.  William,  West  Newton, 
b.  1797,  d.  1861;  m.  Ann  Fuller  and  Elizabeth  Bacon.  III.  Asa, 
b.  Sept.  25,  1794;  m.  Avis  Hammet  Snow.  IV.  George,  b. 
1797,  m.  Clarinda  Mclntyre.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  1802;  m.  Isaac 
Kennan.  VI.  Hannah  Whitney,  b.  1806;  m.  Washington  Taske, 
Hyde  Park,  Mass.;  descendants:  Mrs.  Lucien  L.  Sheddon, 
Plattsburg,  N.  Y.;  Mr.  J.  J.  Alden,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Harry  M. 
Alden,  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Mr.  Charles  L.  Alden,  17  First  St.,  Troy, 
N.  Y.;  Gen.  Alonzo  Alden,  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  Joseph  M.  Bassett, 
Worcester,  Mass.  Wm.  Alden  served  in  Revolutionary  militia 
twice  and  contributed  money.  His  son  Isaac  was  a  soldier  in 
war  of  1812.  Isaac  Alden,  by  wife  Maria  Stone,  had  1,  Edwin 
Augustus  Alden, ni.  Mary  Haywood,  parents  of  Mrs.  Lucien  L, 
Sheddon,  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  wife  of  Judge  Sheddon;  2,  Joseph 
Jackson  Alden,  m.  Sarah  Marshall,  and  besides  daughters  had 
Harry  Marshall  Alden,  Edward  M.  Alden,  Troy,  N.  Y.;  3,  Olive 
Maria  Alden  m.  John  Jay  Knox.  By  Hannah  Snow  had,  4,  Ruby 
Hammet,  m.  David  Sykes;  5,  Charles  L.  Alden,  m.  Mary  Lang- 
ford  Taylor,  and  had  Antoinette  Speacer  Alden,  Mary  Curran 
Alden,  John  Gale  Alden,  d.y.,Chloe  Sweeting  Alden,  d.  y.,  John 
Gale  Alden  2d.  Langford  Taylor  Alden,  and  Charles  Snow 
Alden;  6,  Emily  Doane  Alden  m.  Shueball  Moses  Cole.  Gen. 
Alonzo  Alden  m.  Charlotte  Danehy,  and  had  Joseph  D.  Alden, 
Frederick  Alden,  Marion  Alden,  d.  y.  and  Avis  Ellen  Alden,  m. 
George  Prescott.  I  have  the  signatures  of  Mark,  Benj.,  Sr., 
Benj.,  Jr.,  Whitney. 

680.  vi.        Isaac,  b"  Apr.  17,  1770;   m. and  Mrs.  Susanna  (Turnback) 

Hall. 

681.  •  vii.    Joshua,  b.  Apr.  12,  1772,  d.  May  8,  1772. 

682.  viii.  Lois,  b.  Oct.  17,  1773:  m.  June    29,  1791,  Thomas  Cummings,  Jr.,  of 

__^^-    Newton.  ^ 

683.  ix.        Fisher,  b.  Jan.  3,  1775;  m.  Patty  Watkins. 

684.  X.         Hannah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1776;  m.  July  11,  1798,  Eli  Rogers,  of  Natick,. 

Mass.;  res.  Marlboro,  N.  H. 

685.  xi.       George,  b.  Mar.  22,  1778;  m.  Esther  Morse  and  Mrs.  Azubah 

Hastings. 

686.  xii.      Jason,  b.  Oct.  20, 1780;  m.  Hannah  Goodnowand  Margaret  Green, 

687.  xiii.     Sarah,  b.  May  15,  1782;  d.  Apr.  10,  1802. 

688.  xiv.      Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  2,  1784;  m.  Mary  Brown  and  Joanna  Law. 

689.  XV.       Rhoda,  b.  Feb.  28,  1786;  m.  John  Russell,  of  Walertown,  and  d, 

1864. 

241.    Thomas   Whitney   (Mark,   Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,    Mass.,  Jan.  24, 
1736;  m,  Oct,  19,  1761,  Mehitable  Bacon,  of  Stoughton. 


66  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Thomas  Whitney  was  born  in  Natick  prior  to  1769.  He  sold  his  rights  in  that 
town  and  emigrated  to  Westminster.  His  farm  he  disposed  of  to  David  Hann,  of 
Hopkinton.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army  and  was  in  the  company  from 
Partridgefield;  res.  Natick,  Mass.,  and  Westminster,  Mass. 

690.  i.  Mark,  b.  May  18,  1766. 

691.  ii.         Mehitable,  bap.  Sept.  30,  1764;  m.  Jan.  12,  1797,  Samuel  Law- 

ton.     He  was  the  Samuel  Lawson  of  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe's 
"  Old  Town  Folks." 

692.  iii.       HuLDAH,  bap.  Sept.  30,  1764. 

693.  iv.       Esther,  bap.  Mar.  29, 1767. 

245.  Gideon  Whitney  (Isaac,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  Nov.  27, 
1729;  m.  in  Sudbury,  Mar.  14,  1750,  Hannah  Norcrossof  Sudbury. 

His  estate  was  settled  in  1752-3.  He  owed  his  cousins  Jason  and  Mark  Whitney 
and  sister  Judith. 

He  d.  in  H.,  Dec.  2,  17-^3;  res.  Hopkinton  and  Holliston,  Mass. 
694.    i.  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  30, 1751. 

254.    Elijah  Whitney  (Daniel,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  15,  1715,  m.  Hannah 


In  1776  he  was  a  member  of  the  Warwick  committee  of  correspondence,  inspec- 
tion and  safety. 

He  d. ;  res.  Roxbury  and  Warwick,  Mass. 

695.  V.         Daniel,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Gav. 

696.  iii.        John,  b.  Nov.  29,  1749;  m.  Mav  Payson. 

697.  i.         Elijah,  b.  Sept.  23,  1744. 

698.  ii.         Elisha,  b.  Oct.  6,  1747;  m.  Abigail  Dana. 

699.  iv.        Hannah,  b.  June  13,  1756;  bap.  at  Roxbury  same  year. 

259.  Caleb  Whitney  (Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  2,  1711;  m.  1736, 
Hannah  Cheney,  b.  June  13,  1711,  dau.  of  Joseph.  His  two  sons  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  army  in  a  company  raised  in  Newton;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

700.  i.  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  3,   1737;  m    Nov.  19,  1772,  Nathaniel   Parker. 

Ch.:    Newton,  b. ;  Caleb,  b.  Apr.  29, 1773;  m.  Fanny  Scott; 

Hannah,  b.  Mar.  18,  1775;  m.  David  Scott;  Eunice,  d.  young. 

701.  ii.         Caleb,  b.  June  17,  1740;  m.  Elizabeth  Hyde. 

702.  iii.        Sarah,  b.  Oct.  23,  1743;  m.  in  1769,  Jas.  Richardson,  Jr.    She  d. 

in  1771,  s.  p.,  and  he  m.  2d  Dorothy  Packard,  of  Bridgewater. 

703.  iv.        Thaddeus,  b.  July  10,  1747;  m.  Temperance  Hyde. 

260.  Moses  Whitney  (Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  June  20,  1714;  m.  in  1739, 
Rebecca  Hyde,  b.  Sept.  23,  1720. 

Four  of  his  sons  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.   They  were  in  Capt.  Phinehas 
Cook's  Co.  in  Col.  Gardner's  Regt.     Three  of  his  sons  died   in  the  army.     Timothy 
Whitney  was  admr.  of  his  estate.     He  d.  in  1805;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 
Margaret,  b.  May  8,  1741. 
Moses,  b.  Apr.  9,  1743;  d.  Revolutionary  armv. 
Mary,  b.  Feb.  1,  1745;  m.  Mar.  20,  1766,  Edward   Richards,  of 

Camb. 
Timothy,  b.  Feb.  12,  1747;  m.  Mary  Hyde. 
Stephen,  b.  Feb.  12,  1747;  d.  Revolutionary  army 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  30,  1749;  m.  1777,  Asa  Payson.    Had  Asa  and 
two  daughters. 

710.  vii.  Ephraim,  b.  June  16,  1751;  m.  1774,  Anna  Fuller,  b.  June  18, 1749, 
and  died  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  1776;  was  in  the  company 
of  Capt.  Wiswell,  of  Newton. 

711.  viii.  Rebecca,  b.  Mar.  17,  1754;  m.  1780,  Wm.  Buzzard.  Ch.:  Betsey 
and  Clara. 

Relief,  b.  Dec.  29,  1756;  m.  1783,  John  Woodward,  of  Brookline. 

Gersham,  b.  July  25,  1758;  d.  1759. 

Persis,  b.  Feb.  19,  1760;  m.  1797,  James  Richards,  his  third  wife. 

Ch.:  Sukey,  b.  Dec.  11,  1797;  Mary,b.Aug.  6,  1800.    She  d.  May, 

1838. 
715,    xii.      John,  b.  Apr.  8,  1762;  m.  Polly  Pope. 

261.  Corp.  Joseph  Whitney  (Timothv,  John,  John,  John),b.  Watertown,  Mass., 
Feb.  21,1716;  m.  Mary  Hastings;  m. 2d,  Mrs.  Anna  (Palmer?).    She  d.  at  Lima,  N.  Y. 


704. 

i. 

705. 

11. 

706. 

111. 

707. 

iv. 

708. 

v. 

709. 

VI. 

712. 

ix. 

713. 

X. 

714. 

XI. 

716. 

717. 

ii. 

718. 

111. 

719. 

IV. 

720. 

V. 

721. 

VI. 

722. 

Vll. 

723. 

Vlll. 

724. 

IX. 

725. 

X. 

726. 

XI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  67 

Jasper  Whitney,  writing  from  Thomson,  111.,  states  his  great-grandfather's  name 
was  Joseph  Whitney.  Samuel  Whitney's  father's  name  was  Joseph,  and  Silvanus 
Hayward,  A.  M.,  of  Southbridge,  Mass.,  in  his  history  of  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  says  Joseph 
Whitney  was  the  son  of  Palmer  Whitney,  and  that  Palmer  was  the  half-brother  of 
Samuel.  From  all  the  evidence  and  data  I  can  secure,  it  is  my  opinion  that  Joseph 
Whitney,  of  Newton,  after  his  first  wife's  death  married  again  and  finally  became 
one  of  the  first  proprietors  of  Gilsum,  N.  H.,and  that  his  sons  finally  located  there  on 
land  he  had  purchased.  In  the  history  of  Gilsum  is  this  record:  "Joseph  Whitney 
was  a  corporal  in  the  seventh  company  in  Col.  Samuel  Ashley's  regiment  from  Gil- 
sum, N.  H  ,  in  1776."  Later  he  moved  to  Warwick  (Orange),  Mass.,  and  still  latei 
to  Lima,  N.  Y.,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  killed  by  the 
falling  of  a  tree.  He  d.  at  Lima,  N.  Y.;  res.  Newton,  Mass.;  Gilsum,  N.  H.;  Orange, 
Mass.,  and  Lima,  N.  Y. 

Abigail,  b.  Dec.  18,  1749. 

Martha,  b.  May  31,  1752. 

Ann,  b.  Feb.  10,  1755. 

Samuel,  b.  Aug.  7,  1758;  m.  Mary  Whitney. 

Lois,  b.  Sept.  6,  1761. 

Mary,  b. ;  m.— Guerney. 

Content,  b. ;  m. Fuller. 

Palmer,  b.  Oct.  6,  1777;  d.  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  Feb.  1,  1778. 

Palmer,  b.  Mar.  5,  1778;  m.  Judith  Barber. 

Edward,  b. . 

Abigail,  b.  Jan.  20,1781;  m.  Samuel  Mark;  res.  Wyoming  Co., 
N.  Y. 

727.    xii.       Lemuel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1784;  m.  Sally  Pratt. 

264.     Nathaniel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  23,  1696; 
m.  June  22,  1721,  Mary  Child;  b.  1699;  d.  Dec.  3,  1776. 

They  settled  in  Westboro  where  he  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  church 
He  had  owned  ihe  covenant  at  Concord,  Oct.  15,  1727. 
27,  1776;  res.  Weston  and  Westboro,  Mass. 

Ephraim,  b.  in  Groton,  July,  1722;  m.  Thankful  Harrington. 

Oliver,  b.  Dec.  1,  1724;  m.  Dorcas  Warren. 

David,  bap.  Nov.  8,  1726,  Brookfield.^ 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  15, 1727. 

Nathaniel,  b.  Julv  22,  1728;  m.  Abigail  Marstop. 
733.  vi.  ANNA,b.  Mar.  8,  ITSOim.  May  4,  1749,  David  Forbush;  b.  Oct.  20, 
1721.  He  wa'sThe  son  of  Dea.  Thomas  Forbush,  Jr.,  of  the 
earliest  and  most  prominent  citizens  of  Westboro,  Mass.  His 
grandfather,  Daniel  Forbush,  or  Forbes,  a  native  of  Scotland, 
probably  of  the  parish  of  Kinellar,  was  undoubtedly  taken 
prisoner  by  Cromwell  at  the  battle  of  Dunbar,  and  deported 
with  others  to  this  country.  He  located  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
and  finally  settled  in  Marlboro,  where  he  died.  (See  Forbes-For- 
bush  Genealogy  by  Fred  £»-Pierce,  also  history  of  Grafton, 
Mass.,  by  Fred  C.  Pierce.)  David  was  a  member  of  the  Alarm 
company,  commanded  by  Capt.  Samuel  Warren.  He  was  later 
in  Capt.  Kimball's  company  in  Col.  Aitemas  Ward's  regiment 
of  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  marched  to  the  Lexington 
alarm,  April  19,  1775.  His  estate  was  left  to  his  son  Silas.  The 
children  of  David  and  Anna  were:  Anna,  b.  July  7,  1750;  m.  Oct. 
28,  1779,  John  Warren  of  Westboro;  John,  b.  Dec.  20,  1751;  d. 
Sept.  7,  1757;  David,  b.  Apr.  18,  1754;  m.  Deliverence  Goodell, 
who  was  the  sister  of  the  mother  of  Robert  B.  Thomas,  of  Farm- 
ers' Almanac  fame;  res.  South  Royalston,  Mass.;  Jacob,  b.  Feb. 
20,  1756;  d.  Mar.  3,  1756;  Abigail,  b.  May  2,  1757;  m.  Leonard 
Brigham;  res.  Shrewsbury,   Mass.;   Lois,  b.  Sept.  27,   1759;  m. 

Wright;  res.  Grafton,  Mass.;  Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  22,  1762; 

m.  Betsey  Hayden;  res.  Grafton  and  Deerfield,  Mass  ;  Jemima, 
b.  May  21,  1764;  m.  Sylvanus  Morse;  res.  Upton,  Mass.;  Silas,  b. 
May  19,  1766;  m.  May  14,1789,  Rhodah  Fisk;  res.  Grafton,  Mass.; 
their  daughter,  Nancy,  b.  Nov.  15,  1798,  and  married  Nathaniel 
Smith,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  grandson  of  Rev.  Ralph  Smith. 
Nathaniel,  Sr.,was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College.     They  had 


Jan 

.  21,  1728 

;        1 

He  d.  Jan. '. 

728. 

729. 

ii. 

730. 

iii. 

731. 

iv. 

732. 

v. 

TU. 

vii. 

735. 

Vlll 

736. 

ix. 

737. 

X. 

738. 

xi. 

68  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

five  children,  one  Maria  N.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1827;  m.  Silas  Austin 
Pierce,  the  parents  oT  the  compiler  of  this  work.  (See  Forbes- 
Forbush  Genealogy  by  Pred  C.Pierce.);  Joel,  b.  July  29, 1768; 
d.  Sept.  20,  1776;  Ruth,  b.  Nov.  15,  1770;  d.  young;  Beulah,  b. 

■ ;  m.  Silas  Hardy;  res.  Sherburne,  Mass.;  Mary,  b.  Sept.  2, 

1776;  m.-  Daniel  Leland;  res.  Weathersfield,  Vt.  Anna  d.  in 
Westboro,  Jan.  4,  1785.  ■  He,  her  husband,  d.  there  in  Sept.  1787. 
He  vifas  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill. 

Amos,  b.  Mar.  17,  1732. 

Lucy,  b.  Apr.  26,  1734. 

Love,  b.  Sept.  13,  1736;  m.  Mar.  30,  1772,  John  Taft,  of  Upton. 

Lois,  b.  Feb.  9,  173S. 

Eli,  bap.  May  3,  1740;  m.  Elizabeth  Fay  and  Judith  Hazelden. 

270.     Israel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Groton,  Mass.^ 

prob.  abt.  1710;  m.  prob.  1732,  Hannah . 

Israel  Whitney  was  a  cordwainer,  and  was  from  Groton,  Mass.  Feb.  19,  1732, 
he  purchased  land  at  Thompson  Parish,  Conn.,  and  in  1733  moved  to  Oxford,  Mass., 
where  he  afterward  resided.  His  estate  was  valued  at  ^^655.  Apr.  21,  1761,  Oliver 
Cummings,  Sibyla  Cummings,  and  the  widow  Hannah  were  the  only  heirs  of  Israel 
Whitney,  and  were  all  of  Dunstable.  They  deeded  a  moiety  of  his  estate  to  Josiah 
Leonard.     The  inventory  of  his  estate  is  dated  July  2,  1746. 

Israel  was  brother  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Whitney,  of  Worcester,  who  in  1737  bought 
lands  in  Bedford,  Hampden  Co.,  Mass.  Israel  was  a  soldier  in  the  Cape  Breton 
expedition  in  1745.     After  his  death  his  widow  returned  to  Dunstable. 

He  d.  in  1746;  res.  Groton,  Mass.;  Thompson,  Conn.,  and  Oxford,  Mass. 

739.     i.  SiBYLA,  b.  Feb.  4,  1733,  at  Killmgly,  Conn.;  m.  Oliver  Cummings; 

res.  Dunstable,  Mass. 
Josiah,  b.  1735;  d.  1740. 
Hannah,  b.  Apr.  1737;  d.  bef.  1761. 
Tamar,  b.  1739;  d.  1740. 
Mary,  b.  July  22,  1741;  d.  bef.  1761. 
Richard,  b.  Apr.  22,  1743;  d.  bef.  1761. 

272.     Solomon  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John);  bap.  June  17, 1711 ; 

m.  Mar.  5,  1731,  Martha  Fletcher.     He  d. — ;  res.  Weston  and  Lincoln,  Mass.,  and 

Rindge,  N.  H. 

745,    i.  SoLO.MON,  bap.  Dec.  14,  1735;  m.  June  14,  1761,  Mary  Fay,  res 

Rindge,  N.  H.     He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  com- 
pany from  Lincoln,  Mass. 
Sarah,  bap.  Aug.  28,  1737;  died  young. 
Sarah,  bap.  Nov.  5,  1738. 

Lois,  bap.  Jan.  1,  1743;  m.  in  Lincoln,  Nov.  19,  1771,  Richard 
Davis.  They  went  to  Rindge,  N.  H.,  from  Lincoln,  in  1773.  Ch.: 
Silas,  b.  Aug.  1, 1772,  m  Weston,  Mass.;  Solomon,  b.  April  24, 
1774,  in  Rindge,  N.  H.;  Lois,  b.  Nov.  8,1775,  in  Rindge,  N.  H. 
749.  v.  Abigail,  bap.  May  2,  1741;  m.  Isaiah  Underwood,  of  Lexington, 
who  was  born  Oct.  15, 1733,  d.  May  29, 1771.  Ch.:  Israel,  b.  Dec. 
14,  1762;  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  21,  1764;  Suanna,  b.  Oct.  27,  1766; 
Louis,  b.  Dec.  2,  1768;  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  16,  1770.  The  last  two 
were  born  in  Hubbardston.  Israel  Underwood,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  14, 
1762,  d.  Sept.  26,  1840;  m.  Rhoda  Newton,  who  was  b.  Apr.  24, 
1761;  d.  Sept. 21, 1^52.  Ch.:  Nancy,  b.  June  8, 1790,  d.  Apr.  19, 1874; 
unm.;  Eber,  b.  July  24,  1791;  Sally,  b.  Oct.  28,  1793;  Josiah,  b. 
June  18,  1795;  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  15,  1796;  Diodorus,  b.  July  1,  1798; 
Rhoda,  b.  Feb.  10,  1800;  Linda,  b.  Mar.  17,  1803;  Eliza,  b.  Mar. 
10,  1805. 

Descendants  are:  Israel  Underwood,  Lena,  111.;  Ira  Under- 
wood, West  Gardner,  Mass.;  Caroline  Smith,  Pelersham,  Mass.; 
Walter  Underwood,  East  Templeton,  Mass.;  Milo  Hartwell,  So. 
Gardner,  Mass.;  Jonas  Joslin,  So.  Gardner,  Mass.;  Charles  A. 
Shumway,  West  Gardner,  Mass. 

Sally  Underwood  was  born  Oct.  28,  1793,  and  died  Jan.  24, 
1878;  she  married  in  1815,  Nathaniel  Sawyer,  of  Rutland,  Mass., 


740. 

ii. 

741. 

111. 

742. 

iv. 

743. 

V. 

744. 

VI. 

746. 

ii. 

747. 

111. 

748. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  69 

who  was  born  Mar.  26,  1786,  and  died  Jan.  13, 1879.  Ch.:  Sally,  b. 
Apr,  30,  1817,  d.  Aug.  1840;  unm.;  Diodorus,  b.  Nov.  10,  1818,  d. 
Nov.  13,  1890;  m.  Amelia  Waste,  of  Whitingham,  Vt.  Had  six 
children,  three  are  now  living:  George  Sawyer,  Whitingham,  Vt.; 
Carrie,  now  Mrs.  Fred.  Whitney,  East  Templeton,  Mass.,  and 
Fred  Sawyer,  East  Templeton,  Mass.  Sally  and  Nathaniel 
Sawyer's  third  child  is  Betsey  Pierce,  b.  Oct.  21,  1823;  m.  Nov. 
11,  1851,  George  Sawyer,  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  July 
28,  1818,  was  killed  Oct.  14,1863.  They  had  three  children:  Flora 
Belle,  b.  Nov.  27,  1853;  m.  Nov.  26,  1879,  Schuyler  W.  Melendy, 
of  Ludlow,  Vt.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1843.  They  had  one  child:  George 
Hubbard,  b.  Apr.  2,  1882,  d.  May  21,  1888;  res.  West  Gardner, 
Mass.;  Sally  Emma,  b.  May  26,  1857;  George  Scott,  b.  May  9, 
1863;  res.  East  Templeton,  Mass. 

750.  vi.        Martha,  b.  May  14,  1754;   m.   May  10,  1774,  William  Davis,  of 

Rindge,  N.  H.  They  went  from  Lincoln  in  1773  to  Rindge,  N. 
H.  He  was  in  the  Rev.  war,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Benning- 
ton. Ch.:  Susannah,  b.  May  7,  1775;  Martha,  b.  Oct.  24,  1777; 
Lucy,  b.  Dec.  27,  1778;  Lydia,  b.  June  2,  1781;  m.  Feb.  22,  1808, 
Stephen  Davis,  of  Enosburg,  Vt.;  Bathsheba,  b.  Oct.  2,  1783; 
d.  Sept.  2,  1787;  Solomon,  b.  May  15, 1785;  Israel,  b.  Jan.  17,1788; 
Bathsheba,  b.  May  13,  1793;  Timothy,  b.  Mar.  23,  1795. 

273.  Samuel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  bap.  June  17,  1711; 
m.  Apr.  8,  1735,  Elizabeth  Hastings,  of  Watertown,  b.  1716;  d.  Oct.  23,  1800,  in  Marl- 
boro, V^t.  Samuel  Whitney  resided  in  Weston,  and  in  1743  removed  to  Shrewsbury, 
where  they  were  admitted  to  the  church  in  1761.  He  died  in  Shrewsbury.  His  will 
is  dated  May  2,  1788,  yeoman;  mentions  wife  Elizabeth,  and  children  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Jonas,  Eliphalet,  Lucy,  Lydia,  Susanna,  Elizabeth  Mixer,  Sally  Lyon. 
Asaph  Sherman  was  admr.     He  d.  Aug.  2,1788;  res.  Weston  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

751.  i.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1735;  d.  young. 

752.  ii.         Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  26,  1738;  m.  Apr.  24,  1754,  Joseph  Mixer,  Jr., 

son  of  Major  Joseph;  res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.;  rem.  to  Athol  and 
d.  there.  Ch.:  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  21, 1754;  d.  1756;  Joseph,  b.  Feb. 
22, 1756;  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  13, 1758;  Moses,b.  Sept.  10, 1760;  Daniel, 
b.  Aug.  25,  1763;  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  27,  1766. 

Samuel,  b.  Sept.  23, 1739;  m.  Phebe  Harington. 

Lydia,  bap.  Mar.  22,  1740;  d.  Oct.  3, 1745. 

Nathaniel,  bap.  Dec.  5,  1742;  d.  Nov.  19,  1744. 

Lucy,  b.  Aug.  27,  1744;  m.  July  14,  1762,  Asaph  Sherman,  of  Graf- 
ton. (See  history  Grafton,  by  Fred  C.  Pierce.)  He  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  the  town;  was  First  Lieut,  in  Capt.  Lake  Drury's 
company  that  marched  to  the  Lexington  alarm  and  served 
during  the  Rev.  war.  He  was  b.  Mar.  6,  1741;  res.  Grafton. 
Ch.:  Jonathan,  b.  July  18,  1763;  Marv,  b.  Dec.  1,  1764;  Lucy,  b. 
Oct.  25,  1766;  Betty,  b.  Dec.  11, 1768;  Susannah,  b.  Nov.  22,  1770; 
Candice,  b.  Nov.  18,  1772. 

757.  vii.  Lydia,  b.  June  1,  1746;  m.  Nov.  3,  1767,  William  Britton,  of 
Rutland. 

758.  viii.  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  26,  1748;  m.  Oct.  4,  1768,  John  Bellows.  Jr., 
of  Shrewsbury,  formerly  of  Southboro.  They  settled  on  the 
Samuel  Whitney  farm.  She  d.  Feb.  1, 1805,  and  he  d.  Mar.  6, 1826. 
Ch.:  Martha,  ra.  Nathan  Newton,  1792;  Chloe,  m.  Pelatiah  Allen, 
of  Holden;  Lucy,  m.  Oliver  Torrey,  of  Killingly,  Conn.;  Anna, 
m.  Dr.  Jacob  Kittridge,  of  Spencer;  Moses,  Lyscom,  John,  b. 
Feb.  21,  1785. 

759.  ix.        Nathaniel,  b.  May  30, 1749;  m.  Mary  Houghton. 

760.  X.         Jonas,  b.  June  14,  1761;  m.  Tamar  Houghton. 

761.  xi,  Sarah,  b.  July  15, 1753;  m.  in  Shrewsbury,  1777,  John  Fisher  Lyon, 
of  Grafton.  He  resided  in  Grafton,  then  in  Shrewsbury,  and 
finally  moved  to  Harvard,  where  he  died.  Ch.b.  Shrews.:  Lydia, 
b.  Apr.  9.  1778;  John,  b.  Oct.  17,  1780. 

762.  xii.  Eliphalet,  bap.  May  4,  1757;  m.  Aug.  12,  1776,  Lois  Houghton, 
of  Lancaster;  res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  and  Marlboro,  Vt. 

763.  xiii.     Martha,  bap.  Aug.  5, 1759;  d.  bef.  1788;  not  men.  in  will. 


753. 

iii. 

754. 

IV. 

755. 

V. 

756. 

vi. 

70 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


275.  Joshua  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass., 
Mar.  25,  bap.  Apr.  25,  1714;  m.  May  21,  1739,  in  Spencer,  Mass.,  Mehitable  Wilson, 
of  Spencer,  dau.  of  Dea.  James  and  Mehitable.     She  d.  May  1,  1785. 

Joshua  Whitney  in  1746  resided  in  that  part  of  Leicester  afterwards  incorporated 
as  Spencer.  He  purchased  land  of  Dea.  James  Wilson,  Sr.,  whose  dau.  he  married. 
Wilson  came  from  Lexington  to  Leicester  in  1714,  and  to  Spencer  in  1730.  He  was 
a  prominent  citizen,  often  promoted  to  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  and  was  deacon  in 
Rev.  Mr.  Fisk's  church.  Joshua  moved  to  Stockbridge  in  1758.  In  seating  the 
meeting  house  in  1771  the  residents  were  given  seats  according  to  the  value  of  their 
estates.  Of  the  sixty-eight  families  Joshua  Whitney  was  the  twenty-seventh.  He  is 
interred  in  the  old  Norwich  Hill  burying  ground,  and  his  stone  reads: 

In  Memory  of 
Mr.  Joshua  Whitney 
he  died  25  June 
A.  D. 1786 
in  the  70. 
year  of  his  age. 
Death  is  a  debt  to  nature  due. 
Which  I  have  paid,  and  so  must  you. 
Weep  not  for  me,  dry  up  your  tears. 
I  must  lie  here  till  Christ  appears. 
He  d.  in  1785;  res.  Leicester,  Spencer,  and  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

Phixehas,  b.  June  24,  1740;  m.  Sarah  Harrington. 
Lemuel,  b.  1743;  m.  Thankful  Grififith. 

Beulah,  b.  1745;  m.  1765,  John  Ball.  He  was  b.  1747,  the  son  of 
Eleazer,  who  was  b.  in  Concord,  and  who  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  Rutland.  He  d.  Sept  4,  1775,  ae.  28.  The  children 
were  all  born  in  Leicester,  Mass.  She  d.  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  in 
1822.  Ch.:  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  10,1765;  Eleazer,  b.  May  11,  1767; 
Sibbil,  b.  Sept.  19,  1768;  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  6,  1771;  Mehitable,  b. 
July  24,  1773;  John,  b.  June  25, 1775. 
Elisha,  b.  1747;  m.  Esther  Clark. 
John,  b.  1751;  m.  Rachel  Hiscock. 

Mehitable,  b.  1756;  m.  Obadiah  Newton;  res.  Spencer,  Mass., 
and  Granville,  N.  Y.  Her  husband  died  and  she  married  a 
Williams.  He  died  and  she  again  married  a  Hanks  and  moved 
to  Hopkinton,  Ohio. 

Joshua,  b.  1758;  m.  Esther  Prouty  and Sartwell. 

Susannah,  b.  1762;  m.  William  Hiscock;  res.  in  eastern  N.  Y. 
Polly,  b.  Oct.  19,1766;  m.  May  19.  1789,  Jonathan  Upham;  res, 
Windham,  Vt.    She  d.  Oct.  14,  1843.     Polly  lived  m  Dudley, 
Mass.,  then  in  Gifford,  Vt.,  and  afterwards  in  Windham.     He 


764. 
765. 
766. 


767. 
768. 
769. 

iv. 

V. 

vi. 

770. 
771. 
772. 

vii. 
viii 
ix. 

wasb.  in  Dudley,  Mass.,  June  26,  1761,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary war,  and  d.  July  15, 1827.  He  was  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Rox- 
ania,  b.  Aug.  22,1791 ;  m.  Nov.  29,  1820,  Reuben  Prentiss,  oldest 
son  of  Harvev  N.;  res.  Windam.  She  d.  June  9,  1855;  Sophia, 
b.  Mar.  17,  1793;  m.  Jan.  4,  1827,  Henry  Miller;  her  son  H.  C. 
res.  Ovid,  Iowa.  She  d.  May  21,  1836;  Mehitable,  b.  Dec.  25, 
1788;  d.  Aug.  25,  1833;  Jerusha,  b.  Sept.  11,  1794;  d.  Feb.  15, 
1849;  Polly,  b.  July  7,  1796;  d.  Oct.  15,  1848;  Gardner,  b.  May2, 
1798;  res.  Windham,  Vt.;  m.  Oct.  11,  1827,  Eunice  A.  Emory,  d. 
June  23,  1848;  m.  2d,  Jan.  15,  1850,  Marilla  Wyman,  d.  Mar.  4, 
1867;  m.  3d,  Feb.  20,1872,  Mr,s,  Elizabeth  Abbott,  d.  Jan.  17, 
1879.  He  is  still  living  (1893),  altliougn  ne  has  completed  his 
ninety-fifth  year.  His  health  is  good,  and  he  attends  church 
regularly  and  goes  to  the  postoffice  daily,  with  the  exception  of 
the  very  cold  weather  last  winter.  His  own  generation  has 
passed  and  most  of  the  next  generation,  but  he  still  remains,  a 
pleasant,  genial  companion  to  the  old,  the  young,  or  the  middle- 
aged,  conversing  with  equal  fluency  on  the  incidents  of  his 
boyhood  ,  the  current  topics  of  the  day,  or  any  intervening 
event.  He  was  born  in  Guilford,  Vt.,but  went  to  Windham  when 
six  years  old  and  spent  his  life  there,  except  from  1850  to  1872 
he  lived  in  Grafton,  Vt.;  Jonathan,  b.  May  30,  1800;  m.  Sept.  18, 
1832,  Sarah  M.  Moore;    res.  Windham.     He  d.  May  B,  1878; 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  71 

one  child  living,  Asahel,  at  W.;  Asahel,  b.  Dec.  15,  1802;  res. 
W.;  m.  Sept.  9,  1833,  Hannah  S.  Carter;  was  a  merchant  in 
Boston;  d.  s.  p.  Dec.  29,  1833;  Zenas,  b.  July  28,  1807;  d.  Feb. 
24,  1810;  Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  24,  1805;  m.  Sept.  6,  1837,  Susan 
D.  Grout;  res.  New  York,  Iowa,  and  d.  Mar.  2,  1876;  a  dau., 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Burton,  res.  New  York,  Iowa;  Zenas  H.,b.  Oct.  19, 
1811;  m.  Harriet  L.  Putnam  and  Jane  E.  Pierce.  He  d.  Dec. 
16,  1892.  Sons;  Abel  P.,  care  Sprague,  Warner  &  Co.;  Dea.  A, 
O.  Prentice,  Chicago,  and  Herbert  J.,  Stillwater,  Iowa. 

773.  X.         SiBBiLLAH,  b.  1754. 

276.  David  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  Watertown, 
Mass.,  in  1716;  m.  m  Needham,  Nov.  17,  1743,  Mehitable  Parker.  She  m.  Oct.  27, 
1757,  Josiah  Ware  (his  third  wife),  b.  Mar.  21,  1707;  d.  1798  in  Needham.  He  was 
born  in  Watertown,  Mass.;  was  leit  fatherless  at  the  age  of  14,  at  which  time  a  guar- 
dian was  appointed  for  him  (Middlesex  Probate,  1731,  No.  17631).  He  resided  nearly 
all  his  life  in  Needham,  but  died  in  Natick,  Mass.  David  Whitney,  who  married 
Mehitable  Parker,  that  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mercy  (Robinson)  of  Weston,  whom 
Wm.  L.  Whitney  names  as  in  his  15th  year  in  1731  (No.  243,  p.  26).  A  glance  at  Bond, 
p.  965,  No.  107,  shows  that  Nathaniel,  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mercy*,  named  his 
third  son  for  this  youngest  brother  David;  while  David,  who  was  not  much  older  than 
his  nephews,  and  possibly  lived  among  them  after  his  father's  death  in  1730,  out  of 
five  children  of  his  own,  transmitted  the  names  of  his  nephevvp,  Ephraim  and  Oliver, 
and  of  his  mother,  Mercy.  Mehitable,  the  mother,  died  bef.  1764,  for  Apr.  19  of  that 
year  Josiah  married  for  fourth  wife,  Sibel  Robinson;  no  ch.  He  d.  Apr.  19, 1754;  res. 
Needham  and  Natick,  Mass. 

774.  i.         Oliver,    b.    Apr.  15,    Needham;  bap.  June  9,  1744;  m.  Hannah 

Chase. 
Mary,  b.  Nov.  5;  bap.  Natick,  Nov.  24,  1745. 
Ephraim,  bap.  May  29,  1747;  m.  Sarah  Wood. 
John,  b.  June  5,  1749. 
Mercy,  b.  Jan.  8,  1751. 
Mehitable,  b.  Aug.  3,  1758;  m.  May  10,  1780,  Abraham  Whitney, 

Jr.,  of  Stow.     She  d.  1835. 

780.  vii.     WiLLiA.M,  b.  1760;  d.  young. 

277.  William  Whitney  (William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  11,  1707;  m. 
in  Sudbury  Sept.  10,  1735,  Hannah  Harrington;  d.  Apr.  30,  1740;  m.  2d  Mar.  30,  1742, 
Mrs.  Mary  (Chadwick)  Pierce,  b.  Oct.  6,  1713;  d.  Feb.  23,  1756;  m.  3d  Aug.  12,  17.56, 
Margaret  Spring;  m.  4th  June  14,  1763,  Mrs.  Sarah  Davis,  of  Brookline;  res.  Weston, 
Mass. 

781.  i.  William,  b.  Apr.  10,  1736;  m.  Mary  Mansfield. 

782.  ii.         Hannah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1737;  m.  Apr.  25,  1757,  Henry  Spring,  of 

Weston.     He  was  son  of  Henry,  b.  April  6,  1733. 

783.  iii.        Phinehas,  b.  Apr.  23,  1740;  m.  Miriam  Willard,  Lydia  Bowes  and 

Mrs.  Jane  Garfield. 

784.  iv.        Mary,  bap.  Dec.  17,  1742;  d.  young. 

785.  V.         Mary,  b.  Dec.  11,  1744;  m.  May  29,  1777,  Amos  Fiske,  of  Walth. 

man.  He  was  born  Apr.  25,  1754;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev. 
war;  had  four  children,  three  daughters  and  one  son;  Polly,  b. 
Aug.,  1778;  m.  Mar.  29,  1801,  Samuel  Harrington,  of  Watertown; 
the  other  two  daughters  m.  Stearns  and  Fletcher;  the  son,  Amos 
Fiske,  Jr.,  died  at  Cinn.;  Polly  Fiske  Harrington  m.  1807  Jere- 
miah Wiswell,  of  Newton;  had  one  child  by  S.  Harrington  and 
four  by  J.  Wiswell;  a  granddaughter  is  Mrs.  C.  K.  Thomas,  118 
Princeton  St.,  East  Boston,  Mass. 

786.  vi.        Sarah,  b.  Sept.  6,  1736;  m.  Gen.  Amasa  Davis,  of  Boston;  b.  Aug. 

17,1744;  d.  Jan.  30,  1825. 

787.  vii.      Nathaniel,  b.  Mav  1,  1748;  d.  Oct,  10,  1751. 

788.  viii.     Joel,  b.  Dec.  22,  1749;  d.  Feb.,  1750. 

789.  ix.        Susanna,  b.  Dec.  23,  1751;  m.  May  14,  1778,  Israel  Mead,  of  Med- 

ford;  b.  Dec.  27,  1751. 

790.  X.         Abigail,  b.  Dec.  30,  1753;    m.  May  14,  1778,  Samuel  Custis,  of 

Marlboro.     He  was  from  Roxbury,  and  moving  to  Marlboro  to 

♦Bond  says  "  Mary,"  which  Temple  and  Wm.  L.  W.  correct  to  Mercy. 


775. 

n. 

776. 

in. 

1 1 1. 

IV. 

778. 

V. 

779. 

VI. 

72  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

practice  his  profession,  that  of  a  physician,  he  m.  the  wid.  of 
Dr.  Dexter.  After  her  death,  Dec.  25, 1774,  he  married  as  above. 
He  had  two  children  by  his  first  wife,  and  by  his  second,  Anna, 
b^  May  26,  17^0:  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  14,  1779;  Fanny,  b.  Mar.  19, 
1781.  He  was  a  man  of  influence,  was  clerk,  selectman  and 
justice  of  the  peace;  was  a  member  of  the  committee  of  corre- 
spondence in  1778. 

281.  Lieut.  Samuel  Whitney  (William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May  23, 
1719;  m.  Oct.  20,  1741,  Abigail  Fletcher.  He  was  a  leading  man  in  the  settlement  of 
Westmister,  and  was  frequently  elected  to  office.  He  went  from  Weston  soon  after 
his  marriage,  probably  in  1742.  His  place  of  residence  in  Westminster  in  1859  was 
owned  by  Mr.  Hartwell.  The  old  cellar  is  still  visible.  Samuel  was  frequently 
elected  selectman  and  during  the  Revolutionary  war  was  a  lieutenant.  The  History 
•of  Westminster  says:  "He  located  on  lot  No.  51,  near  the  No.  Common,  where 
Leander  Hartwell  now  lives.  The  house  he  built  stood  a  few  rods  south  of  the  site 
of  the  present  one.  He  was  a  prominent,  capable,  and  much  esteemed  resident  of 
the  township,  one  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  propriety  and  selectman  three 
years  after  incorporation.  He  also  held  a  commission  as  lieutenant  in  the  militia  of 
the  province.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence,  having  a  large  landed  estate, 
which  enabled  him  to  give  each  of  his  sons  a  farm,  it  is  said,  before  or  at  his 
•decease."  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  to  probate  court  by  his  widow, 
Abigail,  in  April,  1783.     He  d.  Jan.  1,.1782;  res.  Weston  and  Westminster,  Mass. 

Abigail,  b.  Aug.  27, 1742;  prob.  d.  young. 

Mary,  b.  May  29,  1744;  m.  Elijah  Gibson  and  Edward  Scott,  of 
Westminster. 

Samuel,  b.  Feb.  11,  1746;  m.  Thankful  Wilder. 
Abner,  b.  May  18,  1748;  m.  Elizabeth  Glazier  and  Levina  (Glaz- 
ier) Ward. 

Achsah,  b.  Sept.  30.  1750;  d.  May  14,  1772. 
Silas,  b.  Oct.  20,  1752;  m.  Sarah  Withington. 
Martha,  b.  Nov.  26,  1755;  d.  young. 
Elisha,  b.  July  2,  1757;  m.  Eunice  Seaver. 

Alpheus,  b.  Feb.  25,  1759;  m.  Esther  Hartwell;  History  of  West- 
minster says  s.  p. 

Phinehas,  b.  Jan.  16,  1761;  m.  Elizabeth  Rand. 

Hananiah,  b.  Dec.  18,  1762;  m.  Azubah  Keyes. 

Martha,  b.  Sept.  18,  1764;  m.  Benjamin  Seaver  and  Isaac  Seaver. 

Susanna,  b.  Feb.  9,  1767;  d.  young. 

284.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Stratford,  Conn.. 
Dec.  13, 1727;  m.  Mar.  26,  1751,  Hannah  Judson,  who  d.  smallpox  Dec.  23,  1760;  m- 

■2d  Martha . 

He  was  appointed  administrator  of  his  father's  estate  Feb.  21,  1754.  The  town 
gave  him  liberty  to  erect  a  store  house  of  about  20  feet  in  length  and  18  broad 
under  the  bank  of  the  Mill  river,  near  the  upper  ship  yard,  at  the  Ram  pasture,  the 
place  to  be  fixed  by  Thomas  Hill  and  James  Smedly,  a  committee  for  that  purpose^ 
at  said  Whitney's  cost.  It  is  said  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and 
that  he  died  in  the  early  part  of  the  war,  being  one  of  several  who  were  killed  by 
being  poisoned.  He  may  have  been  a  prisoner  in  New  York  at  the  time  of  his  death; 
res.  Newtown,  Conn. 

James,  b.  Aug.  10,  1753;  m.  Eunice  Johnson  and  Mrs.  Rhoda  Peet. 

Samuel,  b.  Oct.  9, 1757;  m.  Huldah  Stilson. 

John,  b.  Mar.  16,  1767.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
war,  and  is  said  to  have  been  captured  in  Algiers. 

807.  iv.        Hannah,  b.  Mar.  1,  1769;    m.  Wright;    res.  Huntington, 

Conn. 

808.  v.         Sarah,  b.  in  1771;  d.  unm.;  said  to  have  been  the  most  beautiful 

girl  in  Huntington^  Conn, 

809.  vi.        Isaac,  b.  in  1773;  m.  Susannah  Bryan. 

286.    Isaac  Whitney  (John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Sept.  2,  1710,  in  Weston;  m- 
Feb.  8,  1729,  Elizabeth  Gale;  bap.  May  25,  1712;  res.  Weston,  Mass. 
810.    i.        Elizabeth,  bap.  July  19, 1741, 


791. 

i. 

792. 

11. 

793. 

iii. 

794. 

IV. 

795. 

V. 

796. 

vi. 

797. 

vii. 

798. 

vni 

799. 

IX. 

800. 

X. 

801. 

xi. 

802. 

xii. 

803. 

Xlll 

804. 

i. 

805, 

11. 

806, 

111. 

811. 

1. 

812. 

ii. 

813. 

iii 

814. 

iv, 

815. 

V. 

816. 

vi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  .  73 

2b7.  Zachariah  Whitney  (John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  28,  1711,  in 
Weston;  m.  Apr.  11,  1739,  Sarah  Boynton,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.;  res.  Woburn,  Mass., 
and  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

Zachariah,  b.  Jan.  16,  1747;  m.  Elizabeth  Wetherbee. 

Sarah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1740;  rx\.  Mar.  3,  1763,  Silas  Button. 

Jane,  b.  Sept.  22,  1742. 

Abigail,  b.  Jan.  17,  1746. 

Mary,  b.  April  8,  1752. 

John,  b.  Apr.  16,  1756;  m.  Priscilla  Battles. 

289.  Abraham  Whitney  (John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  8,  1716,  bap.  June 
17,  1741;  ni.  Jan.  20,  1742,  Tabitha  Allen,  b.  Oct.  26,  1722;  dau.  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  and 
Abigail  Allen.  His  father  John  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Paris,  Me., 
in  1735.     Abraham  was  given  this  land  in  1771;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

817.  i.  Elisha,  b.  Mar.  2,  1743. 

818.  ii.         Simon,  b.  Nov.  21,  1745;  d.  Apr.  25.  1751. 

819.  iii.       Abigail,  b. ;  d.  Apr.  23,  1751. 

820.  iv.        Levi,  b.  May  16,  1750. 

821.  v.         Sarah,  b.  May  18,  1752. 

291.  Joseph  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  3,  1710;  m.  Apr. 
19,  1737,  Mary  Child,  b.  Feb.  25,  1717.  In  the  Middlesex  Register  of  Deeds  office 
is  found  the  following  data:  1785,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  and  wife  Susan,  and  Abraham 
and  wife  Mary,  of  Watertown,  late  father  Joseph  and  brother  Daniel;  1785,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  and  Abraham,  in  behalf  of  his  late  wife,  Elizabeth  Whitney,  deceased; 
all  heirs  of  Joseph,  deceased,  of  Watertown.  Witness:  Jonathan,  Jr.  He  d.  in  1790; 
res.  Weston,  Mass. 

Joseph,  b.  Mar.  13,  1737,  d.  young. 
Joseph,  b.  Mar.  13,  1738;  m.  Elizabeth  Goddard. 
David,  b.  Jan.  21,  1740;  d.  bef.  1784. 
Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  12,  1743;  m.  Susanna  Norcross. 
Abijah,  b.  Sept.  6,  1744;  m.  Lydia  Stearns. 

Elizabeth,  bap.  Nov.  23,  1746;  m.  Abraham  Whitney,  son  of 
John  and  Susan . 

292.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),b.  Watertown,  Mass., 

Sept.  14,  1712;  m.  — ■ — — .     (See  Worcester  records  of    births  in   city  clerk's 

office.     He   did  not  die  Nov.  13,  1713,  as  Bond  says,  in  his  History  of  Watertown.) 
Res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

828.  i.         Benjamin,  b.  in  1737;  m.  Sarah  White. 

829.  ii.        Samuel,  b.  in  1741;  m.  Mary  White. 

293.  Samuel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.  22,  1715:  m. 
Mar.  1, 1742,  Mary  Clark,  b.  1713;  d.  1765.  His  will  probated  in  1808;  was  of  Water- 
town;  gave  property  to  brother  Benjamin,  of  Worcester,  and  his  sister,  Elizabeth 
Child.  Also  gives  Joseph  Whitney,  second  son  of  Jonathan,  of  Watertown,  yi  part 
of  his  estate.  He  was  admr.  on  his  wife's  estate  in  1765.  He  d.  s.  p.  1808;  res. 
Watertown,  Mass. 

304.  John  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  bap.  Mar.  17,  1731;  m.  July 
4,  1753,  Mary  Benjamin,  b.  May  24,  1726,  He  served  in  the  Watertown  company  in 
the  Revolutionary  war;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

830.  i.         Samuel,  bap.  June  6,  1756. 

307.  Abraha.m  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  7,  1735;  m.  July 
10,  1766,  Elizabeth  Whitney,  bap.  Nov.  23,  1746,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Mary;  m.  2d  in 
Watertown,  Dec.  3,  1772,  Mary  Mead,  b.  May  1,  1753,  dau.  of  Joshua. 

He  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  resided  there  for  some  time  after  his 
marriage.  With  his  brothers  he  served  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt. 
Barnard  from  Watertown  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  marched  from  Watertown 
to  Lexington  on  the  alarm  April  19,  1775.  Paul  Revere  was  ably  assisted  in  spread- 
ing the  intelligence  of  the  landing  of  the  British  at  Cambridge,  by  Abraham 
Whitney. 

The  night  before  the  battle  of  Lexington,  Abraham   Whitney   started  off  for 

Lynn   on    horseback,   at  about    midnight,   with    panniers  filled  with   shoes,   which 

his  brother  desired  to  have  delivered  in   Lynn   early  in   the    morning.     Abraham 

Whitney  had  got  about  to  Charlestown  when  he  was  startled  by  a  voice  in  the  dark, 

6 


822. 

823. 

824. 

iii. 

825. 

iv. 

826. 

V. 

827. 

vi. 

834. 

835. 

ii. 

836. 

Ill 

837. 

iv 

74  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

which  stealthily  asked  him,  "  If  he  knew  the  regulars  were  landing."  He  replied 
that  he  did  not;  whereupon  he  was  informed  of  the  particulars.  Relieving  his 
horse  of  the  load  of  shoes,  he  galloped  him  back  to  Watertown,  where,  arousing  a 
few  of  his  neighbors,  it  was  not  long  ere  the  words,  "  The  regulars  have  landed,  be 
on  the  church  green  at  sunrise,"  had  resounded  on  the  still  night  air,  from  each 
man's  doorway,  and  soon  lights  began  to  gleam  from  house  to  house,  an  index  of 
life  and  bustle  within.  Prompt  to  the  summons,  the  sun  arose  on  a  line  of  men 
ranged  on  the  green  in  front  of  the  old  meeting  house.  We  can  imagine  the  anxious 
countenances  of  the  wives  and  children,  the  compressed  lips  and  stern  faces  of  the 
men,  as  they  listened  to  a  few  words  from  their  leader,  and  their  strong  and 
measured  tread,  as  at  the  roll  of  the  drum  they  hastened  away,  in  answer  to  the  first 
call  of  liberty.     Res.  Westford,  Mass.,  and  Concord,  Mass. 

831.  i.         Abraham,  b. . 

832.  ii.         Lois,  b.  1777.     She  d.  in  Concord  in  1796  unm. 
883.    iii        Elizabeth,  b. . 

309.  EzEKiEL  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  bap.  Apr.  12,1741;  m. 
Dec.  6,  1763,  Catherine  Draper,  of  Roxbury;  m.  2d,  May  19,  1769,  Catherine  Anson. 
Ezekiel  became  one  of  the  grantees  of  land  at  Paris,  Me.,  in  the  right  of  his  uncle 
Ensign  David.  He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  Served  in  the- Rev.  war  in  Capt. 
Barnard^s  Watertown  company.     He  d.  in  1801;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Ezekiel,  b.  Apr.  13,  1768;  m.  Lydia and- . 

Francis,  b.  Sept.  23,  1771. 
Amasa,  b.  May  4,  1774. 

Catherine,  b.  Mar.  4,  1777;  m.  Feb.  17,  1803,  Francis  S.  Hooker 
of  Rutland.     Had  son  Christopher  Columbus. 

838.  v.        Aaron,  b.  June  20,  1780. 

310.  Stephen  Whitney  (John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  23,  bap,  Aus:. 
14,  1743;  m.  May  10,  1770,  Relief  Stearns;  b.  Apr.  10,  1749;  d.  Jan.  17,  1803.  He  was 
born  in  Watertown;  worked  on  his  father's  farm;  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade. 
After  his  marriage  moved  to  Lunenburg,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  During  the  Rev- 
olutionary war  he  served  in  the  Watertown  company.  He  d.  Apr.  4,  1833;  res. 
Watertown,  Lunenburg,  and  Fitchburg,  Mass.        * 

839.  i.         Stephen,  b.  Jan.  25,  1771;  m.  Sally  Dexter. 

840.  ii.        Relief,  b.  Nov.  11,  1773;  m.  June  19,  1803,  Asa  Tarball,  of  Gro- 

ton ;  b.  Mar.,  1772.  She  d.  July;  1855.  Ch.:  Edmund,  b.  Apr.  26, 
1804;  m.  Sophia  Smith;  Nancy,  b.  Jan.  6, 1806;  m.  J.  J.  Bigelow, 
of  Boston;  Charles,  b.  Dec.  3,  1807;  m.  Sarah  B.  Jewett. 

841.  iii.       Lucy,   b.  Oct.   17,  1774;  m.  Mar.  5,  1797,  Solomon  Day,  of  Fitch- 

burg; b.  Oct.  28,  1767;  d.  Mar.  7,  1837.    She  d.  Aug.  10,  1858,  in 

Fitchburg.     Ch.:   Abigail  N.,  b.   Mar.   12,   1799;  d.   Nov.,  1818; 

Stephen  W.,b.  Feb.  28,  1801;  d.  Nov.  23,  1826,  at  Milford,  Mass.; 

Lucretia  S.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1803;  m.  Alvan  Simonds,  Nov.  15, 1855;  d. 

Jan.  30,  1866,  at  Boston,  Mass.;  Mary  Ann,  b.  May  27,  1805;  m. 

Levi   Downe;   d.  at   Fitchburg,  Mass.;  Lucy   Whitney,  b.  Sept. 

10,   1807;    m.  Alvan  Simonds,  Jan.  17,  1832;  d.  Apr.  17,  1854; 

a  son,  Edwin  A.,  res.  32  Astor  St.,  Chicago,  111.;  Relief  E.,  b. 

Aug.  16,  1813;  d.  June  1,  1835. 
Abijah,  b.  Aug.  10,  1776;  m.  Betsey  Whitney. 
Lois,  b.  Jan.  26,  1779;  m.  Francis   Wolf,  of  Boston.    Ch.:  Louisa, 

b. ;  m.  Joseph  Hunting;   Francis  W.,  b. ;  res.  N.  Y.  city; 

was emp.  M.  E.  Book  Concern;  Susan, m.  Israel  Tole;  res.  Boston. 
Nancy,  b.  Oct.  15,  1782;  d.  unm.  Oct.  4,  1866,  in  Westfield,  N.  Y. 
Polly,  b.  Nov.  1783;  m.  1814,  Joseph  Burns,  of  Milford,  N.  H.; 

3  ch.     She  d.  Aug.  1843. 
Lucretia,  b.  Oct.  14,  1785;  m.  Robert  Cunningham,  of  Boston, 

who  soon  d.     She  d.  s.  p.  Dec.  29,  1868. 
Prentiss,  b.  Nov.  2,  1787;  m.  Sylvia  Bicknell. 
SuKEY,b.  Aug.  16,  1789;  d.  Nov.,  1807.     All  the  ten  children  sang 

together  in  the  church  choir,  in  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

314.  David  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Sept.  25,  1723;  m.  Mary 
Merriam,  b.  June  15,  1729.  His  will  is  dated  1764.  He  died  June  25,  1769;  res.  Walt- 
ham,  Mass. 


842. 

843. 

iv. 
v. 

844. 
845. 

vi. 

vii 

846. 

vii: 

847. 

848. 

ix. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  75 

849.  i.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  22,  1751;  m.  Apr.  18,  1768,  William  Wellington,  b. 

July  28,  1746;  res.  Lex.  Ch.":  William,  b.  Dec.  11,  1769;  m.  Avis- 
Fiske;  David,  b.  Nov.  1,  1771;  m.  Rebecca  Stearns;  Abraham, 
b.  Mar.  22,  1774;  m.  Elizabeth  Lawrence;  Polly,  b.  Apr.  16, 1776; 
m.  Phinehas  Lawrence;  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  20,  1778;  drowned  Nov. 
1798;  member  senior  class,  Har.  Coll.;  Charles,  b.  Feb.  20,  1780: 
gr.  Har.  Coll.  1802;  rev.  Set  Templeton;  Alice,  b.  Oct.  31,  1781; 
m.  James  Clarke;  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  4,  1784;  m.  Capt.  Isaac  Child; 
Seth,  b.  Nov.  18,  1785;  m.  Louisa  Miles  and  Mrs.  Sabra  Stone; 
Sybil,  b.  Sept.  24,  1737;. m.  Irving  Pierce;  Marshall,  b.  Sept.  26, 
1789;  m.  Elizabeth  Kimball;  Darius,  b.  Jan.  14,1794;  m.  twice; 
Almira,  b.  Aug.  1,  1795;  m.  Francis  Bowman;  Isaac,  b.  Nov.  12, 
1796. 

850.  ii.         David,  b.  July  9,  1753;  d.  Mar.  1,  1776. 

851.  lii.        Sarah,  b.  Feb.  8,  1756;  m.  Aug.  28,  1776,  Bezaleel  Wright. 

852.  iv.        Ruth,   b.   Jan.   2,   1760;  m.   Dec.  7,  1780,  Roland   Blackman,  o£ 

Weston. 

316.  Capt.  Nathan  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  IMar.  12,  1726; 
m.  Sept.,  1752,  Tabitha  Merriam,  b.  May  10,  1733;  d.  Dec.  26,  1822. 

On  the  26th  of  Dec,  1750,  Nathan  Whitney  bought  of  Benjamin  Brown  lot  No. 
90,  in  the  south  part  of  the  township  (Narragansetts  No.  2,  now  Westminster,  Mass.), 
now  represented  by  his  gt.-gd.  sons,  Edward  and  George  C.  Whitney,  of  Worcester, 
who  occupy  a  portion  of  it,  and  the  buildings  thereon  as  a  summer  residence.  Early 
in  July  following  he  was  reported  to  the  Gen.  Ct.  as  "a  good  man,  at  work  on  the 
spot."  Not  finding,  however,  a  satisfactory  site  on  the  premises  for  a  permanent 
dwelling  ho.,  he  purchased  of  his  prospective  f.-in-law,  Thomas  Merriam,  of  Lex., 
the  S.  E.  end  of  the  adjoining  lots,  .\'os.  83  and  84,  and  erected  a  temporary  place  of 
abode,  near  where  his  gd.  s.,  Calvin,  now  lives.  This,  a  few  years  later,  was  super- 
seded by  a  more  substantial  structure,  the  oldest  part  of  the  habitation  herein 
represented.  In  1752  or  1753  he  brought  to  his  new  home  his  yg.  bride,  Tabitha 
Merriam,  whom  he  m.  in  Sept.  of  the  former  year.  It  is  stated  that  after  Mr.  W. 
had  bought  his  lot  and  expended  some  labor  upon  it  he  became  much  discouraged 
and  resolved  to  abandon  the  undertaking.  But  his  intended  f.-in-law,  who  had  con- 
siderable landed  interests  in  the  vicinity,  dissuaded  him  from  his  purpose.  More- 
over, the  coming  hither  of  his  w.  at  an  early  day  hel])ed  to  make  him  contented, 
though  lonelipess  on  her  part  and  fear  of  Indians  caused  her  for  a  time  much  unhap- 
piness.  As  time  went  on,  however,  outward  trials  diminished,  but  sad  domestic 
experiences  arose.  Twice  were  these  new-comers  wholly  bereaved  of  their  children. 
By  the  fearful  epidemic  of  1756,  the  first  two  d.  before  the  third  saw  the  light,  while 
a  similar  visitation  in  1764  took  from  them  the  four  that  in  the  intervening  period 
had  been  born  to  them.  Three  only  of  the  nine  they  had  in  all,  b.  at  a  later  date, 
were  spared  to  mature  years.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  established  a  loom  in 
his  colonial  home. 

Nathan  Whitney  was  an  enterprising,  prosperous  citizen,  patriotic  and  public- 
spirited,  and  interested  in  military  affairs.  As  corporal  in  the  Co.  of  which  Daniel 
Hoar  was  Capt.  in  1759,  he  was  ordered  in  the  name  of  his  majesty,  George  II.,  to 
impress  for  service  in  the  Canada  Expedition  one  Edward  Joyner,  a  resident  of  the 
township.  In  1771  he  had  risen  to  the  dignity  of  captain,  receiving  his  commission 
from  the  rcyal  governor  at  that  date,  Thomas  Hutchinson.  Mr.  Whitney  departed 
this  life  .-Xug.  10,  1803,  at  the  age  of  76.  'His  with,  Tabitha,  survived  him  nearly  20 
years,  passing  on  Dec.  26,  1822,  ae.  90.  That  he  was  an  eminently  successful  farmer,, 
and  one  of  the  largest  property  holders  of  his  day  is  shown  by  the  U.  S.  valuation 
and  tax-list  made  out  in  1798,  and  also  by  the  inventory  of  his  estate  filed  at  the 
Prob.  Ct.,  Oct.  1,  1803.  It  may  be  questioned  whether  another  resident  of  the  town 
■was  so  favorably  conditioned  in  this  respect  as  was  he  at  that  early  date.  Interest- 
ing features  of  his  wiliare  that  his  s.,  David,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  his  home  farm^ 
shall  furnish  his  wid.,  Tabitha,  besides  certain  specified  househokl  previlege?  and 
conveniences,  "2  cows,  a  horse  to  ride  with  when  she  wants  it,"  and  also  each  year 
"4  bush,  rye  meal,  6  bush.  Indian,  2  bush,  wheat  made  into  flour,  100  lbs.  pork,  100 
beef,  3  barrels  cyder,  and  10  cords  wood."  He  d.  Aug.  10,  1803;  res.  Waltham  and 
Westminster,  Mass. 

853.  i.         Tabitha,  b.  June  29, 1753;  d.  Oct.  14,  1756. 
■  854.    ii.         Nathan,  b.  May  16,  1755;  d.  Aug.  28,  1756. 

855.     iii.        Tabitha,  b.  July  6,  1757;  d.  June  27,  1764. 


856. 

iv. 

857. 

V. 

858. 

vi. 

859. 

Vll. 

860. 

vin. 

861. 

IX. 

862. 

i. 

863. 

11. 

864. 

iii. 

865. 

iv. 

866. 

V. 

867. 

vi. 

868. 

vii 

76  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Nathan,  b.  Apr.  9,1759;  d.  July  2,  1764. 
Jonathan,  b  jMav  14,  1761;  d.  June  21,  1764. 
Ruth,  b.  Apr.  17,' 1763;  d.  July  9,  1764. 
Nathan,  b.  July  1,  1765;  m.  Eunice  Puffer. 
David,  b.  Aug.'l6,  1767;  m.  Elizabeth  Barrow. 
John,  b.  Oct.  13,  1769;  m.  Elizabeth  Stearns. 

318.  JosiAH  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.  22,  1730;  ni. 
June  15,  1762,  Sarah  Laurence,  b.  July  21,  1737,  d.  Sept.  14,  1794.  He  served  in  a 
Waltham  company  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  d.  Dec.  3,  1800;  res.  Waltham 
and  Ashby,  Mass. 

Sarah,  b  Apr.  18,  1763. 
JosiAH,  b.  June  23,  1765;  m.  Mary  Barrett. 

Rhoda,  b.  Aug.  22,  1768;  m.  May  8,  1794,  Amos  Smith,  b.  Feb.  26, 
1762;  res.  Waltham.  She  d.  Feb.  25,  1817.  Ch.:  Amos,  b.  Dec. 
26,  1794;  Sarah.b.  Mar.8,  1796;  d.  Sept.  25,  1804;  John,  b.  Oct.  18, 

1797;  Alice,  b.  May  7,  1799,  d. ,1800;  Alice,  b.  Jan.  28, 1801; 

m.  Dec.  23,  1824,  Uriah  B.  Stearns;  John,  b.  Apr.  13,  1802;  Luke, 
b.  May  17,  1803;  Darius,  b.  Aug.  3,  1804;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  30.  1806; 
Josiah,  b.  Nov.  7,1808. 
Jonathan,  b.  May  8.  1772;  m.  Sarah  Child. 
Anna,  bap.  Apr.  2.  1775. 
Lucy,  bap.  July  28,  1776. 
Nancy,  b. 

819.  Jonas  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  June  25,  1733;  m. 
Sept. 27, 1757,  Sarah  Whittemore  of  Lexington,  b.  1728;  d.  July  26,  1821. 

Jonas  Whitney  was  s.  of  Ensign  David  of  Waltham.  He  followed  his  elder 
hro.  to  Nar.  No  2,  and  on  the  20th  July,  1757,  bought  of  Samuel  Merriam,  of  Lex., 
the  farm  and  buildings  originally  belonging  to  Nathan  Merriam,  dec'd.  The  estate 
consisted,  substantially,  of  the  present  homestead  of  Daniel  Harrington  and  his  s., 
James,  in  the  south  part  of  the  town.  The  house  then  standing  on  the  premises  was 
located  some  twelve  or  fifteen  rods  N.  E.  of  the  now  existing  one,  in  the  open  field, 
all  marks  of  which  were  long  since  obliterated.  He  m.  Sarah  Whittemore  of  Lex- 
ington, by  whom  he  had  5  ch.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  returned  to  probate 
court  at  Worcester  by  wife,  Sarah,  who  was  administratrix,  Feb.  2,  1779.  He  d.  Sept. 
8, 1778;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

869.  i.  Joel.  b.  Sept.  13,  1765;  m.  Lucy  Holden  and  Mrs.  Abigail  (Holden) 

Merriam. 

870.  ii.         Jonas,  b.  Nov.  10,  1761;  m.  Elizabeth  Raymond. 

871.  iii.        RuHAMAH,  b.  Apr.  11,  1763;  m.  Dec.  26,  1786,  Ebenezer  Ross,  of 

Sterling.  He  was  b.  Nov.  9,  1756;  d.  Mar.  5,  1833.  She  d.  Oct. 
9,  1840.  Ch.:  Ebenezer,  b.  Sterling,  Nov.  9, 1787;  d.  Mar.  12,  1868; 
Sarah,  b.  June  23, 1789;  d.  Mar.  18,  1865;  Nabby,  b.  July  1,  1793; 
Mason,  b.  Sept.  25,  1797;  d.  Sept.  27,  1845;  m.  Mary  Richardson 
Jan.  7,  1821;  Kezia,  b.  Nov.  20,  1799;  d.  Feb.  26,  1859;  m. 
Ephraim  Nelson  Jan.27,1842;  Elvira,  b.  Feb.  23,1802;  d.  July  11, 
1833;  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  18,  1807;  d.  June,  1883;  m.  James  H.  Bennett 
Nov.  16,  1836.  Descendants:  Mrs.  Laura  E.  Miller,  Gardner, 
Mass.;  James  M.  Bass,  Irving,  Mass.;  Mrs.  Ira  Nichols,  W. 
Sterling,  Mass. 
■    872.     iv.        Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  28,  1770;  m.  Nancy  Fuller. 

873.  v.         Joseph,  b.  Apr.  27,  1768;  d.  Sept.  13,  1778. 

821.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  12, 1723;  ni. 
Deliverence ;  res.  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  Dummerston.Vt. 

874.  1.  Henry,  b.  Jan.  8.  1745. 

875.  ii.         Lydia,  b.  Sept.  1,  1749. 

876.  iii.       Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  2,  1751. 

877.  iv'.       Deliverance,  b.  Nov.  20, 1757. 

878.  v.         Esther,  b. ;  m.  Apr.  21,  1799,  Washington  Burnham.     He 

was  accidentally  drowned.     She  m.  again  and  moved  away  from 
Dummerston. 

879.  vi.       Sally,  b. ;  m.  William  Kelley  and  William  Crosby  of  D. 

880.  vii.       Polly,  b. ;  m.  Elijah  W.  Stearnes  and  Nathan  Adams  of  D. 

322.     Simon  Whitney  ;Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Mar.  20,  1727;  m.  May 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


881. 

882. 

883. 

iii. 

884. 

IV. 

88.S. 

V, 

886. 

VI. 

887. 

Vll. 

889. 

viii 

890. 

IX. 

891. 

X. 

892. 

i. 

893. 

ii. 

894. 

iii. 

895. 

IV, 

896. 

V. 

897. 

vi. 

26,  1757,  Mary  Ruggles,  d.  Mar.  12, 1773;  m.  2d.  Mary  Seaver;  3d, Sarah . 

He  d.  Oct.  16,  1797;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Nathaniel  R.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1759;  m.  Abigail  Frothingham. 

Dorothy,  b.  July  22,  1760;  d.  1761. 

Mary,  b.  Jan.  10,  1762;  d.  1765. 

Grace,  b.  July,  1763;  d.  Sept.  1763. 

Lucy,  bap.  Oct.  25,  1767;  d.  prob.  bef.  1797;  not  mentioned  in  will. 

Anna,  bap.  July  23,  1769;  prob.  d.  bef.  1797;  not  mentioned  in  will. 

Sarah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1773;  m.  Aug.  29,  1792,  Phinehas  Jennison.  He 
was  bap.  June  14,  1770;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

Simon,  b.  Apr.  12,  1778. 

Richard,  b.  Jan.  12,  1782;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Parker. 

Mary,  b. ,     Mentioned  in  father's  will. 

326.  Daniel  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  7,  1735;  m. 
Mary  Harrington.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  the  company  of  Capt. 
Wyman  of  Westford;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

Mary  Kimball,  b.  Apr.  2.  1775. 

Katherine,  b.  Feb.  21,  1777;  m.(Feb.  17, 1803,  Francis  S.  Hooker 

of  Rutland).? 
Daniel,  b.  Nov.  8,  1778. 

Charles,  b.  Nov.  16,  1780;  m.  Sybil  Chenery. 
Israel,  b.  Aug.  14,  1782. 
Dorothy,  b.  Aug.  4,  1784;  m.  May  9,  1805,  Nathaniel  Bright,  b. 

Mar.  4,  1777.     She  d.  Mar.  25,  1818;  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  13,  1806; 

d.  Julv   17,1828;  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  7,  1808;  m.  Elizabeth   Bright; 

William,  b.  Dec.  29,  1810;  d.  Dec.  7,  1840.     Jonathan   Brown,  b. 

Feb.  21,  1816;  m.  Maria  G.  Harding;  res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

898.  vii.       Grace,  b.  Jan.  6,  1789. 

899.  viii.      Elisha,  b.  July  21,  1792. 

327.  Capt.  Joshua  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b,  Apr.  3,  1737; 
m.  Jan.  26,  1759,  Mary  Clarke,  of  Newton;  b.  Apr.  14,"  1741 :  d.  July  4,  1796;  m.  2d 
Mar.  13,  1797,  Abigail  Wood,  of  Rutland;  b.  1744;  d.  Oct.  5,  18:-;8. 

He  lived  on  what  is  now  Millbury  street,  opposite  the  head  of  the  present  Cam- 
bridge street,  was  captain  of  the  training  band,  was  a  farmer,  and  while  plowing  in 
the  held  with  his  team  was  called  into  service.  Unhitching  his  team  he  started  for 
Boston  with  others.  His  son,  William  Clarke,  who  was  then  eleven  years  of  age, 
went  with  the  men  to  take  back  the  team.  He  said  the  lady  of  the  house  where  they 
stopped  in  Boston  asked  his  father  if  he  would  have  some  tea  his  answer  was  "  No." 
She  said,  "  then  I  will  give  your  little  boy  some."  So  he  got  some.  Capt.  Joshua  was 
active  in  drilling  and  furnishing  men  for  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  was  an  original 
member  of  the  American  Political  society,  was  one  of  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  town  May  16,  1774,  to  report  instructions  to  be  observed  by  Mr.  Joshua  Bigelow, 
the  representative  to  the  General  Court.  In  1778  he  was  captain  of  the  Worcester 
Military  company.  Joshua  Whitney  resided  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  sold  land  in 
Paris,  Me.,  to  his  two  sons,  Daniel  and  Wm.  Clarke,  in  1785-88  In  seating  the  meet- 
ing house  in  1763,  Capt.  Joshua  Whitney  was  given  pew  number  12.  Capt.  Joshua 
Whitney's  will,  of  Worcester,  mentions  wife  Abigail;  daughter,  Lucy  Chapin,  wife  of 
Thaddeus  Chapin;  gives  to  Mary  Whitney,  wife  of  Samuel  Whitney;  sons,  Daniel 
and  Clarke;  daughter,  Dorothy  Adams;  gives  to  Calvin,  son  of  daughter  Dorothy; 
daughter  Grace  Ranks,  wife  of  John  Ranks;  gives  to  Lyd'a  Elder,  wife  of  John 
Elder;  gives  to  sons  Joshua  and  Israel.  Exec.  Israel  Whitney.  He  d.  May  7,  1809; 
res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

900.  i.  Lucy,  b.  June  2, 1759;  m.  June  24,  1780,  Thaddeus  Chapin;  b.  Apr. 

10,  1756,  in  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  son  of  Benjamin,  who  moved  to 
Worcester  in  1760.  He  lived  near  the  edge  of  Auburn  on  the 
west  side  of  Pakachoag  Hill,  which  was  later  a  part  of  Ward. 
Ch.:  Dr.  Benjamin,  b.  May  20,  1781;  m.  Comfort  Bancroft  and 
Miss  Patch,  2  Ch.:  Benjamin  and  Clark;  Luther,  b.  Oct.  5,1783, 
had  a  son  Luther,  of  Ware,  father  of  Ca]it.  Charles  S.,of  Wor. 
Jemima,  b.  July  12,  1785;  m.  Wm.  Coes;  Catherine,  b.  Mar.  17, 
1787;  m.  in  Conn;  Dorothy,  b  Nov.  4,  1789;  m.  Wm.  Trow- 
bridge, of  Sheboygan,  Wis.;  Dea.  Lewis,  b.  May  27,  1792;  m. 
Achsah  Trowbridge,  and  d.  Nov.  25,  1874;  Leonard,  b.  July  19, 
1801. 


901. 

ii. 

902. 

111. 

903. 

iv. 

904. 

V. 

905. 

vi. 

906. 

vii. 

907. 

viii. 

908. 

ix. 

yuy. 
910. 

1. 
ii. 

911. 

iii. 

912. 

iv. 

913. 

V. 

914. 

VI. 

78  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Mary,  b.  June  19, 1761;  m.  June  24,  1778,  Samuel  Whitney. 

Daniel,  b.  July  3,  1763;  m. . 

Wm.  Clarke,  b.  Oct.  19,  1765;  m.  Sophia   Fuller   and   Dorothy 

Patch. 
Dorothy,  b.  June  19,  1770;  m.  May,  1797,  Joseph  Adams.     Ch.: 

Calvin,  b. . 

Grace,  b.  Mar.  6,  1776;  m.  Mar.  8,  1797,  John  Ranks. 
Lydia,  b.  June  26,  1768;  m.  Feb.  15,  1792,  John  Elder,  Jr. 
JosHL'A,  b.  June  17,  1773. 
Israel,  b.  Apr.  6,  1781;  m.  Lucy  Mahan. 

^328.  Henry  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  3,  1738;  m.  Jan. 
-5,  1769,  Hannah  Tombs,  of  Newton.  He  was  in  one  of  the  Watertown  companies  in 
the  Revolutionary  war.     He  died  bef.  1790,  about  1788;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Benjamin,  b.  Mar.  10,  1770;  non  compos  mentis. 

Lydia,  b.  Dec.  28,  1770;  d.  in  1776. 

Anna,  b.  Dec.  27,  1774;  d.  in  1776. 

Hannah,  b.  in  1775;  d.  Dec.  24,  1776. 

Elizabeth,  b. ;  res.  Dummerton,  Vt. 

Henry,  b. ;  m.  Fanny  Miller. 

329.  Israel  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass., 
Aug.  6,  1741;  m.  there  Sept.,  1765,  Jemima  Robbing;  b.  ^iar.  31,  1747.  After  Israel's 
death,  she  m.  2d,  Nathaniel  Kingsbury.  In  1791  in  the  Suffolk  County  Court  Kings- 
bury was  appointed  guardian  of  Israel  and  Dorothy.  He  d.  in  1774;  res.  Watertown, 
Mass. 

Anna,  b.  1767;  d.  1767. 

Jemima,  b.  July  23,  1768;  m.  David  Fairbanks;  res.  Dedham,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  22,  1770. 

Dorothy, b.  Nov.  10,  1771. 

Israel,  b.  Mar.  7,  1774;  d.  Sept.,  1775. 

Israel,  b.  Mar.  10,  1775;  m.  Mary  Fuller. 

332.  Dr.  Elisha  Whitney  (Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Feb.  27,  1747; 
m.  at  Ipswich,  1777,   Eunice  Farley,  b.  1757;  d.   May  1,  1809. 

Dr.  Elisha  Whitney  married  Eunice,  dau.  of  Gen.  Michael  and  Elizabeth 
(Choate)  Farley,  of  Ipswich.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  1766  and  went 
first  to  Hamilton,  then  a  part  of  Ipswich,  in  1772.  Beverlv  was  largely  engaged  in 
privateering  and  among  its  successful  commanders  were  Capt.  Giles  and  Capt.  Hugh 
Hill  with  whom  Dr.  Whitney  sailed  several  times,  as  surgeon.  On  one  occasion 
Capt.  Giles  was  so  severely  wounded  that  amputation  of  one  leg  became  necessary. 
Dr.  Whitney  jierformed  the  operation  in  so  satisfactory  a  manner  that  the  captain 
presented  him  with  a  chaise  found  on  board,  the  prize  which  had  been  manufactured 
for  the  governor  of  Barbadoes.  On  a  later  cruise  they  fell  in  with  a  British  vessel  of 
superior  force,  and  after  short  but  sharp  engagement  they  were  compelled  to  sur- 
render and  were  carried  into  Halifax.  "Michael  Farley  petitions  the  Council  of 
Massachusetts,  Dec.  20,  1777,  that  Dr.  Whitney,  now  a  prisoner  at  Halifax,  may  be 
exchanged  for  Dr.  McCullough,a  British  prisoner,  billeted  at  Ipswich."  (Felt's  His- 
tory of  Ipswich.)  Dr.  Whitney  also  volunteered  as  surgeon  in  Col.  Wade's  regi- 
ment, raised  in  1784  to  suppress  Shay's  rebellion.  Dr.  Whitney  removed  to  Beverly 
in  1793,  where  "his  cheerfulness,  benevolence  and  professional  skill  gave  him  a 
deserved  popularity,  and  at  his  death  he  was  universally  lamented."  He  died  at 
Beverly  Feb.  22,  1807.  Mrs.  Eunice  Whitney  was  buried  at  Beverly.  It  is  said  that 
Dr.  Whitney  was  among  those  interested  in  introducing  inoculation  for  smallpox, 
and  one  and  perhaps  more  of  his  younger  children  died  from  the  consequences  of 
their  inoculation,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  authority  for  this  story.  He  d.  Feb.  22, 
1807;  res.  Beverly,  Mass. 

921.     viii.      Israel,  b.  Nov.  4,  1797;  m.  Mary  H.  Flagg. 

Elisha,  b.  in  1778;  d.  young. 

Michael,  b. ;  d.  young. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  25,  1782;  m.  Josiah  Page.    Ch.:  Marianne,  b. 
1809;  d.  unm.  1873.     She  d.  1878. 

Susan,  b. ;  m.  Benjamin  Lovett.    She  d.  s.  p.  1870. 

Michael,  b. ;  m.  Nancy  Leech  and  Elizabeth  Leech. 

Dorothy,  b. ;  m.  Josiah  Lovett.    Ch.:  Horace,  d.  young. 

She  d.  1830. 


91.5. 

916. 

917. 

iii 

918. 

iv 

919. 

v. 

(^20. 

vi 

922. 

i. 

923. 

u. 

924. 

iii. 

925. 

iv. 

926. 

V. 

927. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  79 


928.  vii.       Lucv.b. ;  m.  Nathaniel  Lamson.     Ch.:  Chas.  W.,  Israel  W., 

Nathaniel,  d.  ae.  18. 

929.  ix.        Marianne,  b. ;  d.  young. 

930.  X.         Israel,  b. ;  d.  young. 

931.  xi.        Elisha,  b. ;  m.  Clara  Lovett  and  d.  s.  p. 

334.  Salmon  Whitney  (Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Jan.  8,  1712;  m.  June 
4,  1734,  Sarah .     He  d.  Mar.  16,  1759;  res.  Groton  and  Littleton,  Mass. 

932.  i.  Lois,  b.  1744;  m.  Oct.  3,  1764,  Col.  Joseph  Bellows.     He  was  born 

June  6,  1744;  died  May  3,  1817.  Col.  Bellows  was  a  farmer  in 
Lunenburg  until  1786,  when  he  moved  to  Walpole.  The  promi- 
nent traits  of  his  character  were  refined  and  elevated  feelings; 
a  deep  religious  sentiment;  generosity  in  excess,  and  a  warm 
sympathy  with  the  distressed.  These  dispositions,  united  with 
extreme  nervous  sensibility,  so  involved  him  with  any  one  that 
asked  his  assistance,  that  he  suffered  some  pecuniary  loss, 
which  led  to  anxiety  about  the  support  of  his  family,  and 
induced  a  mental  derangement  that  continued  during  the  last 
thirty  years  of  his  life.  Ch.:  Salmon,  b.  and  d.  1765;  Salmon, 
b.  Sept.  9,  1766;  m.  Lydia  Cox;  res.  Ashtabula,  O.;  John,  b.  Jan. 
12,  1768;  m.  Betsey  Eames  and  Anne  Langdon;  res.. Boston  and 
Walpole.  John,  the  third  son,  was  the  father  of  Rev.  Henry 
Whitnev  Bellows,  who  was  born  in  Boston,  June  11,  1814,  and 
died  in 'New  York,  Jan.  30,  1882.  He  was  pastor  of  All  Soul's 
church  in  the  latter  city  for  over  forty  years.  Was  chosen 
president  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  of  1861,  and  directed 
the  distribution  of  §15,000,000  in  supplies,  and  85,000,000  in 
money;  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  7,  1769;  m.  Lucy  Cox;  res.  Ascott, 
Canada;  Joseph,  b.  1770;  m.  Deborah  Wright  and  Mary  Adams; 
res.  Walpole;  Oliver,  b.  and  d.  1771;  Levi,  b.  Oct.  23,  1772; 
res.  Rockingham,  Vt.;  Olive,  b.  and  d.  1774;  Abel,  b.  Jan. 
27,  1776;  m.  Harriett  Houghton;  res.  Montreal  and  Walpole; 
Thomas,  b.  Mar.  15,  1779;  m.  Sarah  Dana,  of  Barre,  Mass.;  res. 
Walpole;  Susan,  b.  Aug.  18,  1780;  m.  Major  Jonas  Robeson;  res. 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.;  Sarah,  b.  May  18,  1782;  m.  Calvin  Ripley; 
res.  Lowell;  Louisa,  b.  May  9,  1785;  m.  Jacob  N.  Knapp,  of 
Walpole,  who  gr.  Harv.  Coll.  1802;  Polly,  b.  and  d.  1786. 

933.  ii.         Susanna,  b.  1749;  m.  Dec.  6,  1768,  Edmund  Stone,  of  Templeton, 

Mass. 

335.  Rev.  Aaron  Whitney  (Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Littleton, 
Mass.,  Mar.  14,  1714;  m.  July  12,  1739,  Alice  Baker  of  Phillipston;  b.  1718;  d.  Aug.  26, 
1767;  m.  2d  Nov.  6,  1768,  Mrs.  Ruth  (Hubbard)  Stearns;  b.  1716;  d.  Nov.  1,  1788,  dau. 
of  Jonathan  Hubbard,  of  Lunenburg,  and  wid.  of  Rev.  David  Stearns.  Sept.  6,  1738, 
the  town  of  Petersham,  Mass.,  voted  to  "settle  an  orthodox  minister  in  this  place." 
Mr.  Aaron  Whitney  was  chosen  as  the  minister,  and  received  as  a  settlement  a 
proprietor's  lot  with  ^200  in  money,  and  an  annual  salary  of  £lbO.  The  church  was 
gathered  in  Oct.  1738,  and  consisted  of  fifteen  male  members.  Mr.  Whitney  was 
ordained  in  December  of  that  year,  and  preached  acceptably  to  his  people  until, 
when  the  storm  of  the  approaching  revolution  was  gathering,  he  espoused  the  royal 
•cause,  and  in  his  sermons  and  prayers  inculcated  submission  to  King  George  III.  As 
he  persisted  in  this  course,  at  length  the  popular  indignation  rose  to  such  a  pitch 
that  the  church  was  rent  with  dissentions,  and  public  worship  was  neglected.  In 
1774  he  was  dismissed  from  the  parish,  but  refused  to  accept  his  papers,  and  by  vote 
of  the  town,  Peter  Gore,  a  half-breed  Indian,  was  stationed  at  the  meeting-house  door 
-with  a  musket  to  keep  the  Tory  preacher  from  entering.  He  afterward  preached  at 
bis  own  house  regularly  to  those  who  sympathized  with  the  royal  cause,  and  claimed 
to  be  the  minister  of  the  town  up  to  the  time  of  Lis  death,  which  occurred  in  1779,  in 
the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  From  the  first  Rev.  Whitney  was  an  uncompromis- 
ing Tory.  At  a  town  meeting  held  Dec.  13,  1774,  it  was  voted  that  the  town  will  not 
bargain  with  or  employ  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney  to  preach  for  them  any  longer.  On 
the  24th  of  May  of  the  following  year  (1775)  the  town  voted  unanimously  "that  it  will 
not  hire  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney  to  preach  any  longer,  and  that  he  be  dismissed  from 
any  further  services  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  this  town."  As  the  pastor  was  as 
determined  to  preach  as  the  town  was  opposed  to  his  efforts  in  that  direction,  they 
chose  a  committee  of  ten  to  see  that  the  public  worship  on  the  next  Lord's  day,  and 


935. 

ii. 

936. 

iii. 

937. 

IV. 

938. 

V. 

939. 

VI. 

80  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

all  future  worship,  be  not  disturbed  by  any  person  or  persons  going  into  the  desk 
but  such  as  shall  be  authorized  and  endorsed  by  the  town  committee.  Aaron's  will 
is  dated  July  15,  1779;  mentions  wife,  Ruth,  and  children,  Charles,  Aaron,  Alice 
Mann,  Lucy  Kendall,  Peter,  Paul,  and  Abel.  The  estate  was  settled  by  agreement 
of  the  heirs  Nov.  12,  1779.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1779;  res.  Petersham,  Mass. 

934.     i.         Abel,  b.  Littleton,  Mass.,  July  7,  1740;  d.  Mar.  15,  1756,  while  at 

Cambridge  attending  Harvard  University.     He  was  buried  in 

Cambridge.     His  epitaph  is  as  follows: 

Hie  spultus  est  Abel 

Reverendi  Aaionis 

Whitney  Petershamensis 

Filius,  et  Collegii 
Harvardini  Alumnus;  qui 
Anno  JEias,  16  mo  occubuit 
Martii  15  mo,  A.  D.  1756. 
Peter,  b.  Sept.  6,  1744;  m.  Julia  Lambert. 
Paul,  b.  Mar.  23,  1753;  m.  Charlotte  Clapp. 
Abel,  b.  Mar.  15,  1756;  m.  Clarissa  Dwight. 
Richard,  b.  Feb.  23,  1757;  prob.  d.  bef.  1779;  not.  men.  in  will. 
Aaron,  b.  Sept.  5,  1746;  m.  Hannah  Stearnes  and  Hannah  Will- 
ard. 

940.  vii.      Alice,  b.  Sept.  23,  1748;  m.  Aug.  19,  1773,  Ensign  Mann  of  Peter- 

sham. Ensign  Man  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  and  went  to 
Petersham  in  1767  to  teach  school,  having  previously  taught  in 
Lancaster.  He  was  a  prominent  Whig  and  warmly  espoused 
the  cause  of  liberty.  He  was  b.  July  15,  1740,  and  d.  Dec.  21, 
1829;  she  d.  Sept.  20,  1806;  res.  Petersham,  Mass.  Ch.:  Alice. 
b.  Apr  10,  1775;  m.  Thomas  Lincoln,  and  d.  July  20,  1805;  Lucy, 
b.  May  9,  1777;  d.  unm.  Feb.  14,  1859;  Ensign,  b.  July  14,  1778; 
m.  Lydia  Filmore,  and  d.  1810;  Thomas,  b.  May  6,  1780;  m. 
Esther  Stone,  and  d.  1853;  Julianna,  b.  Mar.  2,  1783;  d.  unm. 
Mar.  22,  1813;  Wm.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1784;  d.  unm.  1861;  Samuel,  b. 
Mar.  21,  1787;  m.  Sarah  Luce,  and  d.  in  1856;  Priscilla,  b.  June 
4,  1790;  m.  Holland  Goodnow,  and  d.  July  29,  1836;  a  son  is 
A.  W.;  res.  Wellesley,  Mass.;  Hannah,  b.  July  30,  1792;  m.  John 
Briggs,  and  d.  Oct.  3,  1865. 

941.  viii.     Lucy,  b.  Apr.  9,  1751;  m.  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Kendall  of  New  Salem, 

Settled  in  Weston,  Mass. 

942.  ix.       Charles,  b.  May  14,  1742;  res.  Phillipston,  Mass.,  but  d.  in  Vt. 

338.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass., 
Mar.  1,  1723;  m.  Jan.  16,  1745,  Jane  Bancroft.  They  were  dismissed  to  the  church  in 
Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  in  1781.  He  d.  in  Chesterfield;  res.  Petersham,  Mass.,  and 
Chesterfild,  N.  H. 

943.  i.         Moses,  b.  Jan.  11,  1747.    Moses  Whitney  was  the  first  of  the  name 

in  Rindge,  and  for  some  time  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war 
was   a   merchant.     He   moved  from  New  Salem  in  Jan.,  1772. 

His   wife's   name   was   Sarah ,   and   his   children   were 

Moses,  Ephraim,  and  Salmon. 

944.  ii.        Ephraim,  b.  Aug.  12,  1749. 

945.  iii.       Molly,  b.  Sept.  25,  1755. 

345.  Abraham  Whitney  (Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  July  31, 
1724;  m.  Dec.  19,  1745,  Marcy  Perry,  b.  Oct.  8,  1726,  in  Sudbury;  d.  Dec.  28,  1828, 
age  102  years  2  months  and  28  days.     He  d.  Apr.  3,  1818;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

Jacob,  b.  July  7,  1754;  m.  Esther  Walcott. 

Lucy,  b.  Sept.  29,  1746;  m. Whitcomb. 

Isaac,  b.  Feb.  1,  1749;  m.  Lucy  Mead. 

Abraham,  b.  Jan.  7,  1752;  m.  Mehitable  Ware,  Sarah  Whitman, 
Catherine  Wood,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Conant  Jewell. 

Levi,  b.*  Nov.  80,  1769;  d.  Nov.  2,  1770. 

Ruth,  b.  Feb.  16,  1762;  m.  Dec.  1,  1781,  Icbabod  Stow. 

MoLLY,b.  Dec.  15, 1764;  m.  Aug.  26, 1784,  Nathan  Brooks,  of  Stow. 

Levi,  b.  June  6, 1767. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  o,  1770. 


946. 

iv. 

947. 

948. 

949. 

iii. 

950. 

V. 

951. 

VI. 

952. 

vn. 

953. 

viii 

954. 

IX. 

957. 

958. 

959. 

111. 

960. 

IV. 

961. 

V. 

962. 

VI. 

968. 

Vll. 

964. 

Vlll 

965. 

IX. 

966. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  81 

955.  X.         Rhoda,  b.  Nov.  15,  1771. 

956.  xi.        Marcy,  b.  Apr.  2,  1751;  m. Forbush. 

350.  ToNAS  Whitney  (Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  July  2, 1727; 
m.  Sept.  l;i  1750,  Zebudah  Davis,  b.  H.  Apr.  11,  1728;  d.  1806.  He  was  elected  one 
of  the  selectmen  in  1751.  In  seating  the  meeting  house  in  1775  he  was  given  the 
third  seat.  His  will  was  probated  Dec.  6,  1791.  Her  will  was  probated  Nov.  3, 1806. 
He  d.  Dec.  23,  1791;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

Merriam,  b.  Aug.  8,  1752;  d.  Apr.  30,  1773. 

Ephraim,  b.  Apr.  2,  1754. 

Jonas,  b.  Mar.  3,  1756;  m.  Relief  Holt. 

LVDIA,  b.  Oct.  17,  1757;  d.  May  1,  1759. 

Salmon,  b.  Feb.  16,  1760;  m.  Hepsabeth  Raymond. 

Joel,  b.  Oct.  15,  1762;  m.  Lydia  Willard. 

Israel,  b.  Jan.  16,  1767;  m.  Susannah  Gerry. 

Peter,  b.  Aug.  17,  1772;  went  to  Me. 

Levi,  b.  June  28,  1751;  m.  Sarah  Laurence  and  Hepsibeth  Fay. 

Lucy,  b. . 

851.     Dr.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass., 

Sept.  19,  1728;  m.  in  Petersham,  Mass..  Jan.  11,1759,  Marcy  Winslow,  b. ;  d. -. 

Doctor  Whitney  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.,  but  resided  in  Petersham  at  the  time  of  his 
marriage.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  a  Tory  and  on  that  account  was 
obliged  to  flee  to  the  provinces.  His  property  was  confiscated  by  the  Massachusetts 
authorities  and  to  partially  recompense  his  loss  the  Crown  granted  him  a  township  in 
Canada  called  Charlotte.  His  descendants  have  a  claim  there  yet,  but  have  not  done 
anything  in  relation  to  it,  as  it  would  cost  more  to  substantiate  it  than  the  property  is 
worth.  He  died  in  1801,  aged  72.  He  was  an  eccentric  man;  woie  his  beard  the 
latter  part  of  his  life,  and  left  directions  that  he  should  be  buried  with  it  unshaven. 
He  d.  July  26,  1801;  res.  Petersham,  Mass. 

961'.     i.  Lemuel,  b.  Oct.  18,  1764;  m.  Lydia  Bjvant. 

968.  iii.  Richard,  b.  Feb.  28,  1767;  d.  Sept.  9,  1815.  Hon.  Richard  Whit- 
ney was  the  third  son  of  Dr.  Ephraim  and  was  born  in  Peters- 
ham; he  fitted  for  college  and  entering  Harvard  was  graduated 
in  1787  in  the  same  class  with  John  Quincy  Adams.  He  was  a 
man  of  superior  talents,  and  uncommon  aptitude  for  teaching. 
He  studied  law,  and  entered  his  profession  in  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
with  fair  prospects  of  a  brilliant  career,  but  he  fell  a  lamented 
victim  of  a  well  known  destroyer.  In  1806  he  was  elected 
Secretary  of  State  of  Vermont.  He  died  while  undergoing  treat- 
ment for  insanity  at  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  and  is  buried  there.  His 
gravestone  reads  as  follows:  "Here  lies  the  mortal  remains  of 
Richard  Whitney,  Counsellor  at  Law,  Brattleboro,  Vermont, 
who  departed  this  life  Sept.  9,  1815;  ae.  39  years.  Those  who 
knew  him  not,  may  learn  from  this  monumental  stone  that  his 
virtues  have  rendered  his  memory  precious  to  his  bereaved 
friends.  The  sight  of  it  will  excite  a  tender  recollection  of  his 
worth  in  the  bosom  of  those  who  knew  him,  and  a  tear  of  sincere 
regret  at  his  early  and  untimely  departure.  Let  us  humbly  hope 
he  has  gone  where  his  virtues  will  be  justly  appreciated." 

Samuel  Winslow,  b.  Dec.  17,  1769;  m. '- , 

John,  b.  July  1,  1760;  m.  Hannah  Bigelow. 
Susanna,  b.  Aug.  25, 1762. 
Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  9.  1776. 
RUFUS,  b.  July  26,  1781. 
Harriott,  b.  Jan.  1,  1784. 

35«L    Squire  Timothy  Whitney  (Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Feb.  1,  1729;  m.  May  20,  1752,  Alice  Whitney,  of  Harvard.     They  were  m.  in   Har- 
vard, he  of  Lancaster,  she  of  Harvard.     She  was  b.  Apr.  13,  1733  (see);  d.  in   June, 
1803.     He  d.  June  23,  1803,  in  H.;  res.  Harvard  and  Petersham,  Mass. 
"  ^  Oliver,  b.  Mar.  10,  1754;  d.  Dec.  18,  1772. 

Abel,  b.  Sept.  19, 1752;  m. , 

Simon,  b.  June  28, 1756;  m.  Lucy  Hammond. 

Relief,  b.  Feb.  2,  1758;  m.  Abel  Wilder.     He    was  b.  Feb.  10, 
1758;  d.  Feb.,  1831;  a  farmer,  then  a  merchant.     He  was  in  the 


969. 

ii. 

970. 

IV, 

971. 

V. 

972. 

VI. 

973. 

Vll. 

974. 

Vlll. 

975. 

11. 

976. 

i. 

977. 

111. 

978. 

IV. 

82  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Rev.  war  and  was  at  Saratoga  when  Gen.  Burgoyne  was  cap- 
tured in  1777.     Ch.:     Lucy  Wilder,  b.  Oct.  8,  1778;  m.  Benjamin 

Randall;  Alice,  b.  June  15,  1780;  m. McClellan;  Simon, 

b.  May  7,  1782;  d.  abt.  1807,  unm.;  Abel,  b.  Sept.  1,  1783;  m. 
Asenath  Smith,  of  Barre,  Jan.  19,  1808;  d.  1869;  Sally,  b.  Sept.l, 
1784;  m.  Uriel  Smith  (my  uncle),  Dec. 25,  1803;  d.  at  Euclid,  O., 
abt.  1845:  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  11,  1785;  m.  Mrs.  Mann;  d.  abt. 
1850;  Abigail,  b.  June  21,  1787;  d.  abt.  1800,  unm.;  Paul,  b.  June 

28,  1789;  m.  Katharine ;  d.  abt.  1855;  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  2, 

1791;  m.  Ephraim  Howe;  d.  early;  Relief,  b.  Oct.  2,  1792;  m. 
Ephraim   Howe,  d.   1843;    Silas  Whitney  Wilder,  b.  May  21, 

1795;  m. — — ,  also  Lucy  Johnson;  d. ;  Barnabas, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1796;  d.  1816,  unm.;  Polly,  b.  Jan.  30,  1799;  m.  Phin- 
eas  Wheelock,  of  Barre,  abt.  1820;  d.  Feb.  7,  1885;  one  son, 
Austin  G.  Wheelock,  res.  at  Barre,  and  for  some  years  was  post- 
master; he  resides  with  his  sister;  Joel,  b.  June  27,  1802;  m. 
Clarinda  Cheney;  d.  Feb.  12, 1872.  Abel  Wilder  (Jr.)  was  born 
at  Petersham,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1783.  He  grew  up  on  his  father's 
farm,  a  little  away  from  "the  common."  He  was  duly  baptized 
under  the  "Half-way  Covenant."  He  married  Asenath  Smith 
Jan.  19,  1808.  They  first  made  their  home  at  St.  Albans,  Vt., 
where  his  brother  Paul  and  brother-in-law,  Uriel  Smith,  also  had 
emigrated.  It  was  a  "  new  country."  There  three  children 
were  born.  The  war  of  1812  ruined  markets  in  Vermont,  and 
so  he  left  in  1813  and  came  to  Verona,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y., 
where  his  wife's  father  was  living  with  a  second  wife,  three  sons, 
and  two  daughters.  Here  he  made  his  home  till  1853,  on  a 
farm  of  ninety  acres.  The  family  increased  to  ten.  All  are  dead 
but  Alexander  and  Judge  Barnabas  H.  Wilder,  of  Laddonia, 
Mo.  They  were  all  reared  in  the  Congregational  church.  He 
was  first  a  Federalist,  then  a  "National  Republican,"  Anti-ma- 
son, Whig,  and  Republican.  He  was  chiefly  characterized  by 
promptitude  in  business,  over-cautiousness  in  financial  adven- 
ture, great  aptitude  for  traffic.  But  Wilders,  though  good 
assistants,  seldom  aspire  to  lead.  In  1853  he  removed  to  Ches- 
ter, Geauga  Co.,  O.,  and  made  his  home  with  his  oldest  son  till 
his  death.  Abel's  son  Alexander  was  an  apt  scholar;  at  14  he 
was  master  of  all  the  common-school  branches,  and  began 
Latin,  rhetoric,  natural  philosophy,  botany,  and  chemistry. 
Next  year  he  taught,  and  went  to  school  no  more.  Since  that 
he  has  been  his  own  teacher  as  well  as  pupil.  He  worked  at 
farming,  principally,  till  1850,  when  he  became  a  teacher  of 
medicine  and  practicing  physician.  In  1852  he  became  associ- 
ate editor  of  the  Syracuse  Sta?-  with  Mr.  S.  Corning  Judd,  and 
two  years  later  he  served  in  the  same  capacity  with  Hon. 
Andrew  Shuman.  His  political  career  perhaps  now  began.  In 
1854  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  State  Department  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  at  the  request  of  the  superintendent,  Mr.  Victor 
M.  Rice,  editor  of  the  NewYorkZ^a^^/',  he  spent  six  weeks  in  1857 
at  Springfield,  111.,  where  he  drafted  the  bill  to  establish  the  Nor- 
mal University.  Gen.  Hovey  tells  me  that  it  never  requested 
an  amendment.  John  A.  Logan  and  Norman  B.  Judd  were  its 
champions.  Returning  east,  he  became  a  member  of  the 
staff  of  the  Evening  Post  in  1858,  and  continued  there  till  1871. 
He  was  its  legislative  correspondent,  and  procured  the  passage 
of  three  laws  incorporating  the  Eclectic  Medical  College, 
State  Medical  Society,  and  the  National  E.  M.  Association. 
He  was  the  person  who  was  permitted  to  copy  Mr.  Lincoln's 
letter  in  1863  to  the  Illinois  Young  Men's  Convention,  under  a 
solemn  pledge  that  it  should  not  be  printed  prematurely,  and 
Mr.  Charles  Nordhoff,  then  editor,  violated  the  promise.  In 
1871  he  was  elected  alderman  of  New  York  on  the  anti-Tweed 
ticket,  receiving  the  largest  vote  ever  given  a  Republican,  and 
going  out  of  office  poor.  Weary  of  politics  and  admonished 
by  two  attacks  of  pneumonia,  he  made  his  home  in  Newark. 


979. 

V. 

980. 

VI. 

981. 

vn. 

982. 

VI 11 

983. 

IX. 

984. 

X. 

986. 

XI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  '  83 

There  he  led  the  life  of  a  student.  In  1873  he  reluctantly  con- 
sented to  lecture  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  College  of  New  York, 
but  relinquished  it,  disgusted,  in  1877,  only,  however,  to  take  a 
chair  in  the  United  States  Medical  College  a  year  later.  This 
institution  was  closed  by  a  curious  decision  of  the  Court  of 
Appeals,  that  a  medical  college  was  not  a  scientific  but  an 
eleemosynary  institution.  His  tastes  and  aptitudes,  however, 
are  philosophic  rather  than  medical.  In  1873  he  helped  organ- 
ize the  "American  Akademe"  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  edited 
the  first  four  volumes  of  its  Journal.  Besides  this,  in  1874  he 
edited  the  treatises  by  H.  M.  Westropp  and  C.  Stainland  Wake 
on  Phallicism;  of  Thomas  Taylor  on  Eleusinian  and  Bacchic 
Mysteries;  of  Hyde  Clark  on  Serpent  and  Siva  Worship,  and 
R.  Payne  Knight  on  Symbolical  Language  of  Ancient  Art  and 
Mythology.  He  has  also  in  preparation  a  History  of  Medicine, 
a  Treatise  on  Ancient  Symbolism  and  Serpent  Worship,  and  a 
translation  of  lamblichos  on  Mysteries  of  the  Egyptians.  He 
has  printed  the  following  pamphlets:  Intermarriage  of  Kin- 
dred; Ganglionic  Nervous  Systems;  Mind,  Thought,  Cerebra- 
tion; Philosophy  and  Ethics  of  the  Zoroasters;  Later  Platon- 
ists;  Paul  and  Plato;  The  Soul;  Life  Eternal;  The  Resurrec- 
tion. 

Peter,  b.  Apr.  20,  1760;  m.  Mary  Blair. 

Silas,  b.  Apr.  29,  1762;  m.  Mamre  Bradley. 

Timothy,  b.  Apr.  22,  1764;  m.  Lois  Baker  and  Mrs.  Smith. 

Hezekiah,  b.  Oct.  14,  1766;  m.  Mehitable  Haven. 

Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  14,  1768;  m.  Dolly  Smith. 

Jonas,  b.  Oct.  21,  1770;  m.  Mary  Noble. 

Alice,  b.  Aug.  3,  1772;  m.  Simeon  Pelton.  Ch.:  Charlotte,  m. 
W^alker  (Troy),  ch.,  Emily  (Mich.),  Louisa,  and  one  son;  Huldah 
m.  Sweet(Sandy  Hill),  ch.,  boy  and  girl;  Sallie,  m.  James  Lomis 
(Southwick,  Mass.),  four  children;  Harriet,  m.  Closes  Lomis, 
three  children;  Orpha  m.  Ives,  (Lansingburg),  ch.,  Adeline, 
Orpha,  Oscar,  Chauncey,  Adeline,  m.  Van  Schaach  (Manluis, 
N.  Y.).,  ch.,  Orpha,  Lydia  and  others;  Lydia,  m.  Hibbard 
(Chicago);  Loring  m.  Polly  Hilton,  ch.,  Wallace  and  Loring; 
Wallace  had  one  son;  Loring  m.  Kate  Marsh;  Kate  m.  Caruth 
(Chicago),  d.  Apr.,  1886,  left  son  and  daughter;  Edwin  m. ;  Lucius 
and  left  one  child;  Timothy  m.  a  Mrs.  Searles  and  res.  in  Ohio. 

Oliver,  b.  Jan.  18,  1775;  d.  June  20,  1780. 

Paul,  b.  Apr.  13,  1777;  m.  Dollie  Darwin  and  Lucinda  Marsh. 

BARNAHAS.b.  Apr.  13, 1777;  m.  Harriett  Heileman. 

353.  Moses  Whitney  (Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Oct.  17,  1733; 
m.  July   7,  1756,  Betty  Hutchins;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

989.  i.  Betty,  b.  Dec.9,  17ri6. 

990.  ii.         Bethiah,  b.  Jan.  22,  1757. 

991.  iii.       Lvcv,  b.  Oct.  10,  1759. 

992.  iv.       Moses,  b.  Mar.  18,  1761. 

355.  Aaron  Whitney  (Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  July  2,  1740; 
m.  Dec.  16,  1765,  Anna  Laurence;  d.  July  16,  1773;  m.  2d,  Apr.  21,  1774,  Sarah  (Sally) 
Pollard.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt. 
Burt  in  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment.  Aaron  Whitney's  will  of  Harvard,  yeoman;  wife, 
Sarah;  son,  Moses;  son,  Aaron;  son,  Abel;  dau.,  Anna  Danforth,  wife  of  Benj.  Dan- 
forth;  dau.,  Sarah  Davis,  wife  of  Eleazer  Davis.  Aaron  Whitney,  son,  exec.  May 20, 
1817.     He  d.  Apr.  13,  1817;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

993.  i.  Anna,  b.  Nov.  18,  1766;  m.  June  21,  1803,  Benjamin  Danforth. 

994.  ii.         Sarah,  b.   May  23,  1769;  m.  Apr.  10,  1787,  in  Harvard,  Eleazer 

Davis. 

995.  iii.       Moses,  b.  May  3,  1772;  d.  Apr.  25,  1773. 

996.  iv.       Moses,  b.  Oct.  5,  1775;  m.  Patty . 

997.  v.        Aaron,  b.  Nov.  7  ,  1777;  m.Sally  Flagg  and  Mrs.  Susan  (Hartwell) 

Fletcher. 

998.  vi.       Abel,  b.  Feb.  17,  1786. 


986. 

xii. 

987. 

Xlll, 

988. 

xiv 

1002. 

i. 

1003. 

ii. 

1004. 

111. 

1005. 

iv. 

1006. 

V. 

1007. 

vi. 

1008. 

vii, 

84  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.. 

368.  Isaac  Whitney -(Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  May  25,  1747  ;m. 
Oct.  13,  1774,  Lydia  Taylor.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  company  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Cranston  from  Stow.  In  1779  his  age  was  given  as  32;  res.  Stow, 
Mass. 

999.    i.  Esther,  b.  June  12,  1775. 

1000.  ii.        SoLO.MON,  b.  Nov.  25,  1776. 

1001.  iii.       Rachel,  b.  Aug.  25,  1779. 

370.  Elias  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow;  m.  Rachel 
;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

Lydia,  b.  Nov.  3,  1759. 

Hezekiah,  b.  May  26,  1761;  m.  Sarah . 

Sarah,  b.  July  11,  1763 

Rachel,  b.  Aug.  10,  1772;  d.  Aug.  16,  1778. 

Amos,  b. ;  m.  Patty  Wilder. 

Mary  A.,  b. ;  m. —  Esterbrook. 

Elmira,  b. ;  m.  Peter  Kisamus. 

371.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow;  ni.  Elizabeth 

;  d.  Oct.  16,  1803.     He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  the  company  from 

Stow.     He  d.  Mav  6,  1803;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

1009.  i.  '  Lois,  b.  June  14,  1761;  m.  Oliver  Houghton. 

1010.  ii.         Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  25,  1767;  m.  Dorcas  Gates. 

1011.  iii.        Betty,  b.  Feb.  18,  1773;  m.  George  Maxwell. 

1012.  iv.        Marcy,  b. ;  m.  Peter  Houghton. 

372.  John  Whitney  (John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Shirley,  Mar.  20,  1725;  m. 
Feb.  26,  1759,  Hannah  Sawtell;  res.  Shirley,  Mass. 

1013.  1.  Salmon,  b.  June  28,  1759.     He  served  through  the  Revolutionary 

war.  He  res.  in  Groton  unm.  and  in  1783,  according  to  probate 
court  records  at  Camb.,  he  was  deceased  and  his  estate  settled 
and  appraised  by  Obadiah  Sawtell  of  Shirley,  Jonathan  Worces- 
ter of  Groton,  and  Joshua  Longley  of  Lunenburg. 

1014.  ii.  John,  b.  Feb.  28,  1761.  He  was  in  Capt.  Corey's  Company,  of  Col. 

Prescott's  Regiment,  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 

374.     Ezra  Whitney  (John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug. 24,  1731;  m. 

-;  res.  Shirley,  Mass. 


1015.  i.         Son,  b.  May  17,  1756. 

1016.  ii.        Dau.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1757. 

376.  Abner  Whitney  (John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Jan.  21,  1734;  m.  in 
Lunenburg,  June  21,  1753,  Sarah  Hilton,  b.  June  6,  1734,  in  Boston,  moved  to  L.  with 
her  parents,  d.  at  No.  Falmouth,  Me.,  Nov.,  1815.  He  was  born  probably  at  a  place 
called  Still  River,  in  or  near  Groton,  Mass.  He  married  June  21,  175H,  Sarah  Hilton, 
Rev.  David  Stearns  officiating  at  the  nuptials.  They  lived  for  a  few  years  in  Shirley, 
which  about  this  time  became  a  district  of  Groton.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  Abner  enlisted  (May  2,1775),  in  Capt.  Corey's  company  in  Col.  Wil- 
liam Prescott's  regiment.  After  the  war  he  settled  in  Maine.  Died  in  Falmouth, 
Me.,  Mar.  5,  1802,  aged  68;  res.  Shirley  and  Deerfield,  Mass.,  and  Falmouth,  Me. 

1017.  i.  Abner,  b.  Oct.  22,  1755.     He  was  born  in  that   part   of  Groton 

which  was  subsequently  incorporated  as  Shirley.  His  early 
manhood  began  near  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  war 
and  his  service  in  that  struggle  dates  from  the  firing  of  the  first 
gun  at  Lexington.  He  enlisted  Apr.  19,  1775,  though  only  17 
years  of  age,  and  served  through  the  war  until  its  close,  part 
of  the  time  under  Col.  William  Prescott.  After  the  war  he  set- 
tled in  North  Carolina  near  Pasquatunk  river,  where  he  had  a 
large  plantation.     He  died  about  1809,  and  probably  left  issue. 

1018.  ii.        Uriel,  b.  Sept.  11, 1757;  m.  Lydia  Whitmore. 

1019.  iii.       Elijah,  b. ;  n.  f.  k. 

1020.  iv.        Beulah  B.,  b.  in  1761;  m.  Jonathan  Britton.     She  d.  in  1850  in 

Otisfield,  Me. 

1021.  v.         Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Jabez  Bradbury,  a  Quaker;  d    Athens,  Me.,. 

and  left  large  family. 

1022.  vi.       Amaziah,  b. ;-m.  Sarah  Boynton. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  85 

1023.  vii.      Samuel,  b.  in  1759;  m.  Hannah  Thompson. 

1024.  viii.      Barzillai,  b. ;  was  drowned  when  11  years  ot  age. 

1025.  ix.        William,  b.  in  176-;  m.  Hannah  Briggs,  of  Buxton,  Me.;   res. 

Standish,  Me. 

1026.  X.         Mary,  b.  Jan.  12,  1774;  m.  Stephen  Howard  Horsely,  who  was 

b.  Sept.  1,  1772.  Mr.  Horsely  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  under  General  Macomb.  He 
d.  Mar.  3,  1847.  She  d.  Oct.  25,  1850.  Ch.:  Mary,  b.  Oct.  21, 
1798,  in  Boston;  baptized  in  the  Old  South  Church,  by  Joseph 
Ecklev,  D  D.;  mar.  Jan.  7.  1816,  Sewal  Prince;  d.  May  2i,  1875; 
William,  b.  Dec.  17,  1806;  d.  Jan.  7,  1808;  Sally  Hilton,  b.  Dec. 
21.  1808:  m.  1st,  Hiram  Hill,  1836;  m.  2d,  John  W.  Burke, 
1837;  d.  May,  1887;  Beulah  Britton,  b.  Apr.  1,  1811;  m.  1826, 
John  Stokes. 

379.     Daniel   Whitney,  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John,)  b.  Stow,  Mass. 

Feb.  13,  1720;  m.  (int.)  Fov.  9,  1744,  Dorothy  Goss,  of  Lancaster;  b. ;  d.  Oct.  11 

1813.     He  d.  in  1782;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

1027.  i.  Hannah,  b.  Harvard,  Apr.  29, 1746;  m. Wetherbee. 

1028.  ii.         Daniel,  b.  Dec.  11,  1749;  m.  Sarah  Durant. 

1029.  iii.        John,  b.  Nov.  24,  1747;  m.  Mary  Farnsworth. 

1030.  iv.        Dorothy,  b.  Dec.  12,  1751;  m.  (int.)  Sept.  10,  1774,  Nathan  Put- 

nam, of  Stow. 

1031.  V.         Silas,  b.  Jan.  13,  1754;  d.  May  25,  1756. 

1032.  vi.        Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  29,  1755;  m.  Sarah  Burgess. 

1033.  vii.       Silas,  b.  Feb.  26,  1758;  m.  Patience  Goodnow. 

1034.  viii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  4,  1760;  m.  Apr.  10,  1782,  Ebenezer  Parks,  of 

Lincoln. 

1035.  ix.        Katherine,  b.  Apr.  12,  1763;  m.  Apr.  23,  1783,  Lemuel  Wheeler, 

of  Lincoln. 

1036.  X.         Susannah,  b.  Oct.  11,  1766;  m.  Mar.  31,  1784,  Stephen  Weston,  of 

Lincoln. 

1037.  vi.       Mary,  b.  Feb.  9,  1769;  m.  Mar.  20,  1787,  Peter  Chapin,  of  Acton. 

381.  Richard  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Stow, 
Mass.,  July  31,  1725;  m.  in  Sudbury.  Dec.  10,  1747,  Mary  Perry,  of  Sudbury.  Sept.  2, 
1746,  Richard  Whitney  of  Stow  and  wife  Hannah  in  consideration  of  the  love  and 
affection  conveyed  to  son  Richard  deed  land  in  Harvard  (Vol.  26,  p.  75,  Worcester 
Co.  Conveyances).  Richard,  yeoman,  of  Harvard,  died  in  1798.  He  made  bequests 
to  all  except  Hannah,  who  had  probably  died  before  that  time.  James  Whitney  was 
executor.     He  d.  May  4,  1798;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

1038.  i.  Jacob,  b.  Mar.  24,  1748;  m.  Lois  Hapgood  and  Mary  Patch. 
Richard,  b.  Feb.  2,  1752;  m.  Mercy  Willard. 

Mary.  b.  July  3,  1755;  m, Dickinson. 

Reuben,  b.  Feb.  21,  1758;  m.  Lucy  Fairbank. 

James,  b.  May  29,  1760;  m.  Rachel  Lawton,  Lucy  Reed,  and  Susan 

Whitnev. 
Hannah,  b.  Oct.  17,  1763;  d.  Oct.  14,  1767. 
Sarah,  b.  Feb.  9,  1767;  m.  July  7, 1785,  Levi  Worster,  of  Littleton, 

Mass. 

383.  Gen.  Josiah  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Stow. 
Mass.,  Oct.  12,  1731;  m.  (int.)  in  Stow,  Sept.  9,  1751,  Sarah  Farr,  b.  Jan.  19,  1735; 
d.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Apr.  21,  1773;  m.  2d  in  Harvard,  Feb.  3,  1774,  Sarah  Dwelly,  of 
Bridgewater;  d.  Whitingham,  Vt.,  Feb.  18,1817. 

The  citizen  of  Harvard  who  held  the  highest  military  rank  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  was  Col.  Josiah  Whitney.  He  was  at  that  time  the  town's  most  noted 
and  influential  citizen  and  the  leader  of  the  majority  in  town  politics.  He  was  born 
in  Stow,  the  youngest  son  of  Richard  and  Hannah  (Whitcoitib)  Whitney,  his  mother 
being  a  near  relative  of  the  veteran  military  leaders  Col.  Asa  and  Gen.  John  Whit- 
comb.  Sept.  2,  1746,  his  parents  deeded  to  him  land  in  Harvard,  which  he  occu- 
pied soon  after  marriage.  His  dwelling  stood  nearly  opposite  the  present  almshouse 
until  torn  down  in  1869,  after  it  had  served  the  town  lor  forty-five  years  as  a  home 
for  its  paupers.  He  inherited  a  fondness  for  military  affairs,  and  when  about  his 
majority  he  entered  upon  what  later  proved  a  most  brilliant  military  record.     In  the 


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spring  of  175o  he  was  a  member  of  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  William 
Pierce,  that  marched  in  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment  against  the  French  and  Indians 
at  Crown  Point.  He  was  in  the  bloody  battle  at  Lake  George,  Sept.  8,  1755,  where 
the  gallant  Dieskau,  leading  a  large  force  of  French  and  Indians,  was  signally 
defeated  by  the  undisciplined  valor  of  the  \ew  England  yeomanry  led  by  Gen. 
Phineas  Lyman.  From  Aug.  13  to  26,  1757,  he  was  a  member  of  the  foot  company 
commanded  by  Capt.  Israel  Taylor  that  marched  on  the  late  alarm  for  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry,  as  far  as  Springfield.  Sept.  26,  1774,  the  town  approved  of  the 
choice  of  officers  of  the  two  military  companies.  Capt.  Josiah  Whitney  commanded 
the  youngest  company.  He  was  also  captain  of  the  company  for  a  few  years  prior  to 
the  above  date.  Dec.  19,  1774,  the  Continental  Resolves  were  read  before  the  town 
and  they  were  approved.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  a  covenant  to  be 
signed  by  the  inhabitants,  in  which  they  further  pledged  their  adherence  to  indepen- 
dency. Josiah  Whitney  was  appointed  one  of  a  committee  of  ten  to  inspect  breaches 
of  the  covenant.  April,  1775,  the  Provincial  Congress,  convened  at  Watertown,  deter- 
mined upon  the  establishment  of  an  army  of  thirteen  thousand  men  for  the  siege  of 
Boston,  expecting  the  other  colonies  to  come  to  their  assistance  with  twenty  thou- 
sand more.  Ten  companies  were  to  constitute  a  regiment  as  heretofore,  but  the 
complement  was  fixed  at  fifty-nine  privates,  two  musicians,  five  corporals,  four  ser- 
geants, one  ensign,  a  lieutenant,  and  captain.  The  term  of  enlistment  was  for  eight 
months.  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb,  of  Lancaster,  was  authorized  to  raise  a  regiment,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  to  report  his  command  complete.  May  25  he  announced  his 
staff,  of  which  Josiah  Whitney,  of  Harvard,  was  lieutenant  colonel.  His  regiment 
had  eleven  companies,  containing  five  hundred  and  sixty  volunteers.  It  was  the 
largest  of  the  twenty-six  Massachusetts  regiments  before  Boston.  April  10,  1776, 
Capt.  Josiah  Whitney  was  appointed  to  take  command  of  a  battalion  of  men  raised 
by  the  state.  Oct.  29  he  was  in  camp  at  Hull  with  his  regiment,  and  in  a  communi- 
cation to  the  provincial  council  and  house  of  representatives  at  Watertown,  states, 
"though  the  pay  of  the  state  was  small,  yet  my  zeal  for  the  liberties  of  my  country 
was  so  great  that  I  cheerfully  undertook,"  etc. 

Upon  the  departure  of  the  Continental  army  for  New  York,  the  Massachusetts 
militia  was  summoned  to  the  defense  of  the  coast.  Two  regiments  were  formed  in 
April,  1776,  for  the  defense  of  Boston  harbor  and  stationed  at  Hull.  For  these  the 
Continental  organization  was  adopted  which  fixed  the  battalion  complement  at  eight 
companies  of  ninety  men  each.  It  was  one  of  these  regiments  that  was  commanded 
by  Col.  Whitney  as  stated  above. 

In  July,  1777,  the  Massachusetts  Council  of  War,  suddenly  aware  of  New 
England's  peril  if  the  victorious  progress  of  Burgoyne  was  not  stayed,  hurriedly 
sent  heavy  reinforcements  of  militia  to  aid  Gen.  Benj.  Lincoln,  who  was  then  harass- 
ing the  rear  of  the  invading  army.  Col.  Josiah  Whitney,  on  July  27  ordered  a  draft 
of  one-sixth  of  the  training  bands  and  alarm  lists  in  his  regiment  to  march  at  once  to 
Bennington  with  six  days'  rations,  and  on  Aug.  2  ordered  one-half  of  the  militia  to 
follow  with  eight  days'  rations.  Jan.  13,  1778,  he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  which 
had  been  appointed  by  the  town  "  to  take  into  consideration  the  Articles  of  Confedera- 
tion and  Perpetual  Union  of  the  L^nited  States  of  America  Concerted  on  by  Congress." 
The  report  urged  the  representative  to  use  his  best  efforts  to  support  our  indepen- 
dency. In  Aug.  and  Sept.,  1778,  a  more  determined  attempt  was  made  by  the  Conti- 
nental forces  to  wrest  Rhode  Island  from  the  enemy,  an  attack  by  the  combined 
forces  of  the  French  and  Americans,  on  land  and  water,  being  agreed  upon.  Again  a 
tempest  disarranged  well-laid  plans  ])y  driving  the  French  fleet  to  sea,  and  the  battle 
of  Quaker's  Hill  closed  with  honor  an  unsuccessful  camjiaign.  The  Second  Worcester 
Regiment  of  militia,  with  its  commander,  Col.  Josiah  Whitney,  took  part  in  the 
operations  in  Rhode  Island.  May  23,  1780,  the  state  constitution  was  submitted  to 
the  freemen,  and  after  being  read,  paragraph  by  paragraph,  was  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee of  fifteen  to  carefully  consider  and  report  upon.  On  June  1,  the  chairman 
of  the  committee,  Joseph  VVheeler,  laid  before  the  town  the  following  proposed 
amendments:  "  1.  That  the  Delegate  from  this  town  be  instructed  to  use  his  endeavors 
that  there  may  be  a  new  convention  within  the  term  of  fifteen  years  to  consider 
what  amendments  may  be  needed  in  the  constitution.  21y.  That  the  suspension  of 
the  habeus  corpus  act  shall  be  confined  to  the  time  of  war,  invasion  or  rebellion  and 
not  to  exceed  the  term  of  six  months.  Sly.  To  give  power  to  the  Governour  in  the 
recess  of  the  General  Court  to  march  or  transport  the  Inhabitants  of  the  State  for 
the  relief  of  a  neighboring  State  invaded  or  threatened  with  invasion.  Then  voted 
this  amendment  be  likewise  made  that  the  Governour  shall  be  of  the  Protestant 
religion.     Then  voted  to  accept  the  whole  of  sd.  Constitution  with  the  above  amend- 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  87 

ments — eighty-one  for  and  not  one  against.  Then  voted  to  send  two  Delegates  to 
the  Convention,  one  of  each  denomination.  Voted  and  chose  Coll.  Josiah  Whitney 
and  Mr.  Joseph  Stone."  At  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  colonel  of  the 
Second  Worcester  Regiment,  in  which  the  seventh  and  eleventh  companies  were 
from  Harvard.  He  was  made  brigadier  general  in  1783,  but  resigned  the  office 
before  the  breaking  out  of  the  Shay's  insurrection,  and  as  he  did  not  take  any  active 
part  in  it,  some  of  his  enemies  accused  him  of  treasonable  complicity  in  the  same. 
In  1782  the  governor  appointed  him  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  and  for  the  county  of 
Worcester.  In  1783-4-7-8-9  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  during 
all  these  years  he  was  one  of  the  most  popular  moderators  at  the  deliberations  of 
the  town  voters. 

Gen.  Josiah  Whitney  was  the  delegate  from  Harvard  to  the  convention  held  for 
the  purpose  of  ratifying  the  Federal  Constitution,  in  Boston,  Jan.  9,  1788.  He  voted 
with  the  minority,  and  was  opposed  to  the  constitution.  He  stated  in  convention, 
however,  that  though  he  had  been  opposed  to  it,  he  should  support  it  as  much  as  if 
he  had  voted  for  it.  He  was  the  representative  in  Legislature,  1780-81-87-88-89.  He 
had  twenty-five  children,  sixteen  by  the  first  marriage  and  nine  by  the  last,  of  the 
children  by  the  first  marriage  thirteen  died  young.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  church,  and  in  seating  the  meeting-house — that  is,  in  assigning  the  pews — he  was 
given  one  of  the  most  prominent  in  the  edifice.  Administration  on  his  estate  was 
granted  in  the  probate  court.  May  4,  1806.     Upon  his  gravestone  is  the  following: 

Erected  in  memory  of 

Josiah  ^^'hitney  Esq 

who  died  Jan  24,  18U6 

aged  74  yers.  4  mos  13  days 

Cease  Dear  friends  for  me  to  weep, 

'  For  Christ  my  bed  has  blest; 
Beneath  this  stone  I  sweetly  sleep 
In  God's  eternal  rest. 
He  d.  Ashby,  Jan.  24,  1806;  res.  Stow,  Harvard  and  Ashby,  Mass.J 

104.5.     i.         Josiah,  b.  Feb.  25,  1753;  m.  Anna  Scollay. 

1046.  ii.        Elizabeth,  b.  May  7,  1755;  m.  Apr.  28,  1796,  Phineas  Barnard,  b. 

.     She  d. ,  and  he  m.  her  sister,  Mrs.  Burgess  (see); 

res.  Harvard.     Ch.:  Levi,  b.  Oct.  24,  1800,  Ephrami. 

1047.  iii.       Stephen,  b.  May  1,  1757;  m.  Persis  Locke. 

1048.  iv.       Sarah,  b.  Apr.  11,  1775;  m.  Dec.  14,  1791,  Laomi  Burgess,  b.  Mar. 

1,  1770;  m.  2d,  Sept.  27,  1827,  Phinehas  Barnard,  of  Harvard. 
She  d.  May  23,  1860.  Ch.:  Mary,  b.  Jan.  20,  1792;  Josiah,  b.  Dec. 
14, 1793;  Emery,  b.  June  22,  1795;  Susana.  b.  Sept.  27,  1798;  Ma- 
randa,  b.  Mar.  29,  1801;  Rachel,  b.  June  4,  1803;  Laomi,  b.  Sept. 
6,  180.5,  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  29,  1807;  Benj.  Franklin,  b.  Jan.  23,  1810; 
Dwelly  Whitney,  b.  julv  26,  1812,  Adeline,  b.  Aug.  8.  1814,  Chas. 
Wesley,  b.  Jan.  11,  1817;  Baldwin  Bradford,  b.  Oct.  7,  1819. 

1049.  V.        Oliver,  b.  Jan.  9, 1777.     Is  reported  to  have  died  at  sea. 

1050.  vi.       Artemas  Ward,  b.  Nov.  17,  1778.     Same  report  as  Oliver. 

1051.  vii.      Dwellv,  b.  Aug.  2,  1782.     Same  report  as  Oliver. 

1052.  viii.      Susanna,  b.  Oct.  2, 1780;  m.  Nov.  8, 1803,  John  Adams,  of  Ashburn- 

ham..and  had  12  ch.;d.  No.  Adams,  Mass.,  May  5,  1866.  He  was 
b.  Mar.  9,  1780;  he  is  buried  in  Guilford,  \'t.  Ch.:  Susan  Adams 
Boyden,  b.  Aug.  26,  1804;  d.  Apr.  18,  1884;  .Mary  Adams  Lvons, 
b.  Apr.  12,  1806;  d.  Feb.  1,  1846;  John  Adams,  b.  Feb.  17,  1808; 
d.  Aug.  26,  1869;  Miranda  Adams  Burnap,  b.  Jan.  26,  1810;  d. 
Sept.  19,  1892;  Francis  Porter  Adams,  b.  Dec.  13,  1812;  d.  May 
26,  1883;  Artemas  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  3,  1814;  living  in  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.;  ae.  79;  Sarah  Adams  Childs,  b.  Feb.  23,  1816;  d.  Oct.  12, 
1850;  Luceba  Adams  Prouty,  b.  Apr.  13,  1818;  d.  July,  1844; 
Henry  Lee  Adams,  b.  Feb.  8,  1820;  d.  Dec.  30,  1865';  William 
Barney  Adams,  b.  July  10, 1822;  d.  Jan.  24, 1831;  Caroline  Amelia 
Adams  Doane,  b.  Mar.  20,  1826;  living  in  No.  Adams,  Mass;  66 
years  old.  She  has  the  photographsof  four  of  Gen.  Whitney's  chil- 
dren— namely,  her  mother,  Susannah  Whitney,  who  lived  to 
the  age  of  85  years;  Sarah  Whitney  Barnard,  who  lived  to  be  86 

IGen.  WLitney  Lad  25  children,  but  the  others  died  in  iufaucy. 


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1061a. 

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years;  Daniel  Whitney,  who  lived  to  be  85  years;  Moses  Gill 
Whitney,  youngest  child  of  Gen.  Whitney,  age  85. 

Lemuel,  b.  Sept.  19,  1784;  m.  Elizabeth  Hall. 

Daniel,  b.  Oct.  25,  1786;  m.  Hannah  Shedd. 

John  Hancock,  b.  Dec.  13,  1788;  m.  and  res.  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

Moses  Gill,  b.  Feb.  4, 1791;  m.  Ann  Shields. 

Infant,  d.  Feb.,  1766. 

Infant,  d.  Feb.  18,  1768. 

Infant,  d.  Mar.  16,  1763. 

Infant,  d.  May  10,  1762. 

Infant,  d.  June  4, 1761. 

885.  Dea.  Oliver  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Lancaster 
July  22,  1731;  m.  Nov.  16,  1752,  Abigail  Hutchins;  d.  Oct.,  1804.  Mary  Wilder,  wid. 
of  John,  of  Lancaster,  executrix  of  Abigail's  will. 

Deacon  Oliver  was  a  farmer  in  Harvard;  his  will  is  dated  Feb.  1,  1801-2;  he 
leaves  estate  to  wife  Abigail,  brothers  Caleb  and  Hezekiah,  and  Simon  and  Jonathan; 
and  sisters  Betsey,  wife  of  Phinehas  Wetherbee;  Alice,  wife  of  Timothy  Whitney; 
Rhumah,  wife  of  Abel  Davis.  Israel  Whitney,  of  Harvard,  was  executor.  He  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  war.     He  d.  s.  p.  Apr.,  1802;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

386.  Caleb  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Lancaster,  Oct. 
4,  1729;  m.  Nov.  16,  1749,  Annes  Church,  b.  July  7,  1731.  His  will  was  probated  May 
1,  1822,  of  Sterling,  and  his  son  Jonathan  was  appointed  executor.  Mentions  wife 
Annes,  dau.  Elizabeth  Pierce,  son  Joshua,  son  Joseph,  dau.  Annis  Holman,  son 
Hezekiah,  and  son  Jonathan.  He  d.  1822;  res.  Harvard,  Shutesbury  and  Sterling, 
Mass. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Harvard  June  27, 1751;  m. Pierce. 

Caleb,  b.  June  23,  1753;  d.  young. 

Joshua,  b.  Feb.  18,  1754;  m.  Vashti  Knight. 

Annes,  b.  May  9,  1756;  d.  Jan.  31,  1758. 

Caleb,  b.  June  23,  1758;  d.  in  the  Revolutionary  army  Dec.  10, 

1777.     He  was  in  a  Lancaster  company. 
Joseph,  b.  July  9,  1760. 
Annis,  b.  in  Shutesbury,  June  20,  1763;  m.  Dec,  1796,  Seth  Has- 

kins;  m.  2d, Holman. 

Hezekiah,  b.  Shutesbury,  Aug.  16,  1766. 
Jonathan,  b.  in  S.,  Sept.  8,  1768;  m.  Lucy  Wheeler. 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  25,  1770;  d.  Feb.  7,  1771,  in  Lancaster. 
Joshua,  b.  Jan.  4,  1750;  d.  Jan.  24,  1750. 
Lucy,  b.  Shutesbury,  April  20,  1765;  d.  May  16,  1765. 

387.  Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Har- 
vard, Apr.  14,  1735;  m.  Lydia  — ;  m.  2d,  May  5,  1774,  Lucy  Pollard. 

Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitney  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  always  resided  and  fol- 
lowed agricultural  pursuits  all  his  life.  He  early  in  life  showed  a  decided  taste  for 
military  affairs,  and  before  his  majority  was  a  leading  member  of  one  of  the  local 
companies.  In  1757  he  was  a  member  of  Capt.  Taylor's  company  of  foot  in  Col. 
Wilder's  regiment  that  marched  on  the  late  alarm  to  the  relief  of  Fort  William 
Henry  as  far  as  Springfield,  Aug.  13  to  26.  In  1774  he  was  sergeant  of  the  "youngest 
company"  in  Harvard.  At  the  Lexington  alarm,  Apr.  19,  1775,  he  was  sergeant  in 
Capt.  Burt's  company  in  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment.  ,  After  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
in  1776,  he  was  captain  of  the  Harvard  company  in  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment. 
He  held  various  town  offices,  was  highly  esteemed,  member  of  the  church  and  in 
seating  the  meeting  house,  in  1775,  was  given  the  third  seat  below. 

"Hezekiah  Whitney's  inventory,  late  of  Harvard.  Appraised  at  Harvard  Nov. 4, 
1805.  Hezekiah  Whitney's  advertisement  for  sale  of  his  real  estate,  late  of  Harvard, 
will  be  sold  at  public  auction  on  Monday,  Sept.  15,  1806.  Hezekiah  Whitney's 
widow's  dower.  A  committee  appointed  to  set  off  one-third  part  of  estate  of  Hezekiah 
Whitney,  late  of  Harvard,  to  Lucy  the  widow,  Sept.  15, 1806."  He  d.  July  23,  1805; 
res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  June  1,  1756. 

Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  4,  1775;  d.  May  5,  1776. 

Lucy,  b.  June  30,  1777. 

Alice,  b.  July  29,  1780, 

Levi,  b.  Aug.  30,  1786. 

Jonathan,  b.  May  20, 1782. 


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11. 

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388.  Simon  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Mar.  20, 

1719;  m.  Olive ,  b.  1723,  d.  Aug.  8,  1767;  m.  2d,  May  6,  1768,  Patience  Hasel- 

tine.  He  was  a  farmer.  Was  elected  to  town  offices.  Was  selectman  1767-68.  Was 
a  member  of  the  church,  and  in  1766  was  elected  deacon,  but  declined  the  honor.  In 
1775  in  seating  the  meeting  house  he  was  given  the  second  seat  below.  Will  dated 
Sept.  3,  1774.  Abel  Whitcomb  returned  receipts  of  Simon's  estate  Feb.  12, 1782.  He 
d.  May  26,  1778;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

1076.  i.  Wetherbee,  b.  May  3,  1746;  m.  Abigail  Warner. 

1076.  ii.         Rachel,  b.  Jan.  5,  1748;  d.  Dec.  16,  1766. 

1077.  iii.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  6,  1750;  m. Taylor. 

1078.  iv.  Silas,  b.  Oct.  6,  1751. 

1079.  v.  Lois,  b.  July  28,  1753;  d.  July  17,  1756. 

1080.  vi.  Alice,  b.  May  26,  1755. 

1081.  vii.  Judah,  b.  May  15,  1757;  d.  May  22,  1761. 

1082.  viii.  Lois,  b.  Mar.  30,  1759;  d.  Feb.  26,  1772. 

1083.  ix.  Judah,  b.  June  16,  1761;  m. . 

1084.  X.  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  7,  1765;  d.  Oct.  19,  1764. 

1085.  xi.  Simon,  b.  Jan.  17,  1767;  d.  Dec.  18, 1767. 

1086.  xii.  Simon,  b.  Mar.  17,  1770;  m.  Mary  Welch. 

1087.  xiii.  Reuben,  b. ;  m. . 

1088.  xiv.  Patience,  b. —;  m.  William  Willard,  Jr. 

1089.  XV.  Hannah,  b. ;  m. Priest. 

1090.  xvi.  Amy,  b. ;  m. Draper. 

389.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow;  m.  Nov. 
27,  1746,  Sarah  Holt;  d.  Oct.  29,  1769.  In  seating  the  meetmg  house  he  was  given  ye 
second  seat  on  ye  side.  Oliver  was  appointed  admr.  of  his  father's  estate  Apr.  30, 
1770;  inventory  was  made  Mar.  28,  1771.     He  d.  Jan.  20,  1770;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

1091.  i.  Phinehas,  b.  July  3,  1747;  m.  Keziah  Farnsworth. 

1092.  ii.  Jonathan,  b.  July  1,  1749;  d.  Oct.  27,  1756. 

1093.  iii.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1751. 

1094.  iv.  Relief,  b.  May  21,  1754;  d.  Oct.  15,  1756. 

1095.  v.  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  24,  1756;  d.  Oct.  26,  1756. 

1096.  vi.  Relief,  b.  Nov.  13,  1758;  m. . 

1097.  vii.  ANNES,b.  Feb.  25,  1761;  d.  June  1,1761. 

1098.  viii.  Oliver,  d.  Mar.  29,  1763. 

1099.  ix.  Abigail,  b.  Jan.  29,  1763;  m.  Nov.  17,  1789,  Benjamin  Hoar,  of 

Littleton. 

1100.  X.        Annes,  b.  Mar.  30,  1765;  d.  Jan.  23,  1768. 

1101.  xi.       Rachel,  b.  Sept.  19,  1767;  m.  Nov.  7,  1793,  Salmon  Willard. 

1102.  xii.      Levi,  b.  June  12,  1757;  d.  bef.  1771. 

398.    Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug.  27,  1747,  in 

Stow;  m.  Marcy ;  she  m.  2d   Oliver  Wyman.      His  will  is  dated  1771,  and 

besides  mentioning  the  following  children,  says,  "other  heirs,  Silas  Taylor,  Nehe- 
miah  Batchellor,  and  Marcy  Hosmer."     He  d.  1771;  res.  Stow  and  Boxboro,  Mass. 

1103.  i.  Eliphlet,  b.  Feb.  24,  1764;  m.  Mar.  20,  1783,  Sarah  Tenny,  of 

Littleton. 
Lois,  b.  Jan.  16,  1766;  m.  Eliphalet  Mace. 
Mary,  b.  Oct.  13,  1767. 
Joshua,  b.  Jan.  11,  1769,  Lunenburg,  Mass. 
Susanna,  b.  Apr.  14,  1770. 

400.  Zachariah  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Pomfret, 
Conn.,  Oct.  27,  1732;  m.  Sarah  Stanton,  b.  1738;  d.  Aug.  3,  1809. 

Zachariah  Whitney  was  born  in  Conn,  where  he  resided  until  1765.  While 
residing  in  Mansfield,  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  he  purchased  of  persons  in  Pomfret, 
Conn.,  at  various  times,  as  per  deeds  in  possession  of  his  great-grandson,  Alvin  E. 
Whitney,  of  Beachmont,  Revere,  Mass.,  lands  in  the  district  of  Montague,  in  the 
township  of  Sunderland,  Mass.,  as  it  was  then.  Later  it  was  incorporated  as  a  sepa- 
rate township.  He  was  a  farmer  and  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  part  of  western 
Mass.     He  d.  Sept.  26,  1808;  res.  Mansfield,  Conn.,  and  Montague,  Mass. 

1108.  i.  Ebenezer,  b.  May  28,  1762;  m.  Rachel  Perne  Rawsonand  Lovina 

Burnham  Potter. 

1109.  ii.         Zachariah,  b.  Aug.  11, 1764;  m.  and  rem.  to  Delhi,  N.  Y. 

1110.  iii.        Abigail,  b.  Sept.  13,  1776;  m.  Noah  Barnes.    She  d.  Nov.  8,  1796. 
7 


1104. 

ii. 

1105. 

ni. 

1106. 

IV. 

1107. 

V. 

1119. 

1120. 

1121. 

iii 

1122. 

iv, 

112S. 

V. 

90  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1111.  iv.        Irene,  b.  June  26,  1778;  d.  Sept.  29, 1779. 

1112.  V.         Isaac,  b.  Feb.  27,  1772;  d.  Sept.  26,  1777. 

1113.  vi.        Olive,  b.  Dec.  14,  1777;  m.  Rufus  Scott. 

402.  Aaron  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Pomfret,  Conn., 
Nov.  1,  1737;  m.  there,  Feb.  1, 1759,  Mary  Peck;  res.  Pomfret,  Conn. 

1114.  i.         Moses,  b.  Sept.  30,  1762. 

404.  Joseph  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Pomfret,  Conn., 
Nov.  5,  1743;  m.  there,  June  15,  1780,  Mary  Lyon;  res.  Pomfret,  Conn. 

1115.  i.         Joseph,  b.  Mar.  9,  1781. 

1116.  ii.        ARMiNDA,b.  June  29,  1783. 

1117.  iii.       Jonathan,  b.  May  20,  1785. 

1118.  iv.       Rebeccah,  b.  July  12,  1790. 

408.  EzEKiEL  Whitney  (Ezekiel.  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Pomfret,  Conn., 
Oct.  22,  1729;  m.  at  Plainfield,  Mar.  7,  1757,  Elizabeth  Knight;  m.  2d  Feb.,  1770, 
Deborah  Tryal;  m.  3d  Sept.  3,  1772,  Desire  Landers.  He  d.  Feb.,  1814;  res.  Plain- 
field,  Conn. 

Ezekiel,  b.  May  15,  1758;  m.  Phebe  Hoyt. 

Lucy,  b.  Dec.  31,  1761;  d.  Oct.  10,  1767. 

Asa,  b.  Oct.  8,  1763. 

Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  20,  1767. 

RiSKCUM,  b.  July  28,  1769;  d.  Jan.  16,  1771. 

409.  Ebenezer   Whitney   (Ezekiel,   Ebenezer,   Richard,   John),  b.  Pomfret, 

Conn.,  Oct.  22,  1729;  m. .    After  his  marriage  he  located  in  Worcester, 

Mass.,  where  he  afterward  resided.  Being  in  Boston  he  was  empressed  on  a  British 
ship.  For  seven  years  he  had  no  communication  with  his  family,  nor  did  he  set  his 
foot  on  land.  When  he  escaped  it  was  with  broken  health  and  to  find  his  wife  mar- 
ried again;  he  left  her  undisturbed,  went  to  his  father's  (?)  and  died  in  eighteen  months. 
He  had  two  children. 

1123a.  i.          Ebenezer,  b.  in  1759;  m.  Martha  Gates. 
1124a.  ii.         Dau,  b. ;  d.  young. 

416.  Samuel  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  July  22, 
1714;  m.  Grace .  He  d.  Oct.,  1748;  for  on  31st  of  that  month  his  will  was  pro- 
bated; res.  Stow,  Mass. 

1124.    i.         Jemima,  b.  Dec.  10,  1745. 

417.  David  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Oct. 

4,  1722;  m.  in  Harvard,  Aug.  25,  1747,  Olive  Sawyer,  b.  Lancaster,  1726;  d. ; 

m.  (int.  Oct.  25)  Nov.  25,  1755,  in  Lancaster,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Wilder)  (Rugg)  Hill,  of 
Lancaster;  d.  Oct.  16,  1800. 

He  was  a  prominent  resident  in  Harvard;  was  a  farmer  and  member  of  the 
church.  In  seating  the  meeting-house  he  was  given  the  fifth  seat.  When  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  broke  out  he  was  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Minute  men,  commanded 
by  Capt.  Davis,  and  marched  to  Cambridge  on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  Apr.  19,  1775, 
in  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment.  In  July,  1777,  he  was  in  Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitney's 
company  and  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment.  Mr.  Enoch  Hill  and  Mrs.  Sarah 
Rugg  were  married  m  Lancaster,  Oct.  24,  1752.  They  had  one  child,  Anna,  b.  May 
25,  1753,  posthumous,  for  the  father,  Enoch,  died  Dec.  11,  1752.  Aug.  3, 1761,  accord- 
ing to  the  Worcester  probate  records,  David  and  Sarah  Whitney,  of  Harvard,  late 
widow  of  said  deceased  Enoch  Hill,  "  Do  hereby  resign  our  rights  to  Anna  Hill  only 
child  of  said  deceased  by  said  Sarah."     He  d.  in  1790;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

1126.    i.  Enoch,  b.  Sept.  25,  1756;  m.  Hannah . 

1126.    ii.         Isaac,  b.  Nov.  27,  1761;  m.  Susanna  Fletcher. 

418.  Joseph  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Stow,  Mass., 
1716;  m.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  Aug.  7,  1744,  Hannah  (Sanborn)  Chandler,  b.  in  1727;  d. 
Apr.  2,  1788. 

He  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.,  where  his  ancestors  had  been  among  the  earliest 
settlers.  His  marriage  was  solemnized  in  Harvard,  in  which  town  her  parents 
resided,  and  is  one  of  the  first  to  be  found  on  the  record  of  marriages.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  he  moved  to  a  farm  in  Hampshire  county  and  in  the  will  of  a  relative  he 
is  referred  to  as  "  Joseph  Whitney,  of  Roadstown,  Hampshire  Co."  In  Feb.,  1780,  he 
resided    north  of  Deerfield  river  in  the  northwest  part  of  Shelburne.     He  was  a 


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respectable  farmer  in  that  town,  was  a  member  of  the  church  and  died  there.  His 
wife  was  admitted  to  the  church  by  letter.  He  d.  Apr.  7,  1796,  ae.  80;  res.  Shelburne, 
Alass 

"ll27.    i.         Hannah,  b.  Aug.  26,  1764;  d.  May  24,  1768. 

1128.  ii.        Joseph,  b.  Feb.  28,  1748;  m.  Abigail  Barnard. 

1129.  iii.       Anna,  b.  June  17, 1759;  m.  Moses  Cfiandler,  b.  Oct.  25,  1759;  d.  Aug. 

24,  1821.  Shed.  Nov.  23,  1842;  res.  Shelburne,  Mass.  Ch.: 
Louis;m.  Elisha  Edwards;  Cynthia,  b.  July  21,  1788;  d.  June  9, 
1859;  Electa,  b.  Mar.  4, 178-;  m.  Jan.  24, 1814,  Thomas  Goodnow; 
William,  b.  May  2,  1794;  d.  Sept.  1,  1794;  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  12, 
1795;  m.  Amasa  Shumway;  res.  Whitingham,  \'t.;  Amy,  b.  Nov., 
1797;  m.  Danforth  Johnson,  of  Coleraine. 

1130.  iv.        Molly,  b.  Apr.  7,  1755;  m.  Ephraim  Barrows,  of  Shutesbury,  6  ch. 

1131.  v.        Lucy,  b.  Mar.  20, 1762;  m.  Martin  Seaverance,  of  Shelburne,  Nov., 

15,  1781.     He  d.  Dec.  29.  1843.     She  d.  Jan.  10,  1844,  6  ch. 
1132a.  vi.       Moses,  b.  Apr.  19,  1746;  d.  Oct.  25, 1756. 
1133a.  vii.      David,  b.  Aug.  23. 1751;  d.  Sept.  27,  1756. 
1134a.  vili.     Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  30.  1753;  d.  Sept.  26,  1756. 


r 


1133. 

i. 

1134. 

11. 

1135. 

lii. 

1136. 

iv. 

1135a    IX.       Hannah,  b.  June  1,  1757;  d.  July  24,  1757 

423.     David  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  June  21,  1717;  m. 

1737,  Mercy ;  res.  Brookfield,  Mass. 

1132.     i.  Silas,  b.  1737;  m.  Jane  Pearson. 

425.  Solomon  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  20,  1721; 
m.  Oct.  5,  1749,  Elizabeth  Smith.  She  m.  soon  after  1758,  Ithamer  Goodnough.  The 
inventory  of  Solomon's  estate  was  taken  Apr.  18,  1758;  res.  Marlboro  and  Petersham, 
Mass. 

Miriam,  b.  July  31,  1751. 

Benjamin,  b.  June  10,  1753;  m. . 

Job,  b.  June  25,  1755. 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1757. 

433.  Samuel  W^hitney  (Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Mass., 
Sept.  5,  1734;  m.  Oct.  20,  1757,  Abigail  Cutler,  b.  Mar.  24,  1735,  d.  July  2, 1813.  He 
resided  in  Concord  from  1767  to  i777.  Was  delegate  from  C.  to  the  first  provincial 
Congress  so  called  in  1775,  and  was  a  leading  member  of  the  town  committees  of 
safety,  correspondence  and  inspection.  When  Concord  had  raised  two  hundred 
men  he  was  appointed  muster  master,  was  a  participant  in  the  engagement  incident 
to  the  battles  of  Concord  and  Lexington,  and  at  that  time  had  a  large  amount  of  the 
public  stores  in  his  dwelling.  Mrs.  Whitney  use  to  relate  that  on  the  day  of  the 
"  Concord  fight,"  she  was  being  conveyed  out  of  the  way  of  danger  with  several  of 
her  children,  when  a  bullet  passed  through  the  carriage,  grazing  the  head  of  one  of 
the  boys.  He  removed  to  Castine  about  1791,  the  year  of  its  incorporation,  where  he 
successfully  conducted  many  important  enterprises  and  accumulated  a  handsome 
fortune.  He  was  a  man  of  great  integrity  of  character,  and  of  an  enterprising  spirit, 
but  is  represented  to  have  been  of  a  restless  disposition.  He  was  of  fine  personal 
appearance,  of  large  size,  and  dignified  in  his  bearing.  His  mind  was  of  a  thoughtful 
cast  and  he  cultivated  a  taste  for  literature,  accumulating  for  the  day  quite  a  valu- 
able library.  In  politics  he  was  a  federalist.  He  d.  IVIay  29,  1808;  res.  Concord, 
Mass.,  and  Castine,  Me. 

Samuel,  b.  July  15,  1759;  d.  unm  ,  1783. 
David,  b.  Aug.  14,  1761;  m.  Betsey  Darby. 
Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  11, 1763;  d.  unm.,  1784. 

Anna,  b.  July  30,  1764;  m.Sept.  13, 1787,  James  Adams  of  Antigua, 
W.  I.,  where  she  died  in  1788. 
1141.    V.        George,  b.  Sept.  22,  1765;  m.  and  left  one  dau.  Abigail,  who  m. 
Dudley  Tyler,   and  he  d.  leaving  two  sons.    She  m.  2d  a  Mr. 
Brown.     She  d.  Marietta,  Ohio,  in  182L 
James,  b.  Dec.  1,  1766;  d.  unm.  Jamaica,  W.  I.,  unm.  in  1796. 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  22,  1768;  d.  unm.  at  Castine,  June  4,  1808. 
Lydia.  b.  June  19.  1769;  d.  in  infancy. 
Samuel  Austin,  b.  Sept.  27,  1770;  m.  Ruth  Perkins. 
Joseph,  b.  Sept.  19,  1771;  m.  Sally  Collins,  Catherine  Smith,  and 
Mrs.  Catherine  Whitney. 
1147.    xi.        William,  b.  Nov.  13,  1772;  d.  Charlestown  S.  C,  unm.,  in  1809. 


1137. 

1138. 

ii. 

1139. 

iii. 

1140. 

IV. 

1142. 

vi. 

1143. 

vii. 

1144. 

viii 

1145. 

IX. 

1146. 

X. 

92  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1148.  xii.      John,  b.  Dec.  19,  1773;  d.  Jamaica  in  1803. 

1149.  xiii.     Cyrus,  b.  Dec.  24,  1774;  m.  Mary  Brewer. 

1150.  xiv.     Sarah,  b.  Feb.  2,  1776;  m.  May  5,  1808,  David  Howe  of  Castine. 

She  d.  Nov.  16,  1857,  leaving  Abigail  W.,  David,  Joseph,  Sarah 
Ann,  Rebecca. 

1151.  xvii.    Henry,  b.  Jan.  29,  1783;  m.  Lucy  Perkins. 

1152.  XV.       Mary,  b.  Sept.  14, 1777;  d.  young. 

1153.  xvi.      Ebenezer,  b.  Mar.  17,  1780;  m.  Bathsheba  T.  Heston. 

435.  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mar.  6,  1723; 
m.  Jan.  22,  1752,  Tabitha  Barnett,  of  Holden.  He  was  a  farmer;  resided  in  Stow. 
May  18,  1777,  they  moved  to  Conway,  Mass.,  and  united  with  the  Cong,  church  there 
and  ever  after  resided  in  that  town.  He  d.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Oct.  28,  1801;  res. 
Stow  and  Conway,  Mass. 

1154.  i.         Aaron,  b.  July  31,  1752;  m. . 

1155.  ii.        Persis,  b.  Aug.  22,  1754;  d.  Oct.  2,  1754. 

1156.  iii.       Meriam,  b.  Aug.  25,  1755. 

1157.  iv.       Asaph,  b.  Apr.  29,  1759. 

437.  Jeremiah  Whitney  (Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Apr.  1, 
1729;  m.  Elizabeth ,  d.  Apr.  24,  1754;  m.  2d  1755,  Azubah .  The  wit- 
nesses to  Jeremiah's  will  were  Solomon  Taylor  and  James  Whitcomb.  In  1765  Joel 
chose  Jeremiah  Holman,  of  Bolton,  his  guardian.     He  d.  in  1761;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

1158.  i.         Joel,  b.  Jan.  8,  1750. 

1159.  ii.        Sarah,  b.  Apr.  3,  1752. 

1160.  iii.       Jeremiah,  b.  Apr.  18,  1754.     He  was  second  lieut.  in  a  Worcester 

county  company  in  Revolutionary  war. 

1161.  iv.       Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  28,  1756. 

1162.  v.        Ithamer,  b.  Dec.  29,  1758;  of  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  H.;  was  in  Col. 

Samuel  Ashley's  regt.  in  Revolutionary  army  Nov.  16,  1776,  and 
marched  to  reinforce  Gen.  Gates  at  Ticonderoga,  in  26  days. 

1163.  vi.       Abel,  b.  Apr.  22,  1760;  d.  Apr.  23,  1760. 

441.  Thomas  Whitney  (Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Sept.  2,  1722;  m. 
Feb.  24, 1753,  Anna  Gould;  d.  Aug.  10,  1812.  Thomas  Whitney  was  an  early  resident 
of  Westboro.  With  his  wife  they  moved  to  Shrewsbury,  where  he  was  admitted  to 
the  church  in  1784.  He  died  in  Westboro.  While  living  in  Shrewsbury  they 
resided  in  that  part  called  "  The  Shoe."  He  was  in  the  Shrewsbury  company  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Thomas  Whitney's  inventory,  late  of  Westboro.  Appraised 
June  3,  1806.  Thomas  Whitney's  adm.  acct.  The  account  cf  Jonah  Whitney,  admin- 
istrator on  the  estate  of  Thomas  Whitney,  late  of  Westboro,  deceased.  The  said 
accountant  charges  himself  with  the  personal  estate  of  the  deceased,  amounting,  as 
per  inventory,  July  1,  1806.  He  d.  Apr.  25,  1806;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Westboro, 
Mass. 

1164.  i.         Timothy,  b.  Nov.  29, 1753;  m.  Phebe  Reed. 

1165.  ii.         Sarah,  b.  Nov.  21,  1756;  m.  Feb.  28,  1780,  Jonas  Hemenway;  b. 

Dec.  13,  1758;  d.  Mar.  12,  1827.  She  d.  Sept.  8,  1827;  res. 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.  Ch.:  Lucy,  b.  May  8,  1780;  m.  May  8,  1800, 
Asahel  Allen;  Irene,  b.  July  23,  1784;  m.  Jan.  1,  1804,  Noah 
Allen. 

1166.  iii.       Elijah,  b.  Apr.  21,  1761;  m.  Mindwell  Hardy. 

1167.  iv.        Anna,  b.  May  24, 1764;  m.  1783,  Silas  Wheelock;  b.  May  10,  1759. 

He  d.  Feb.  24,  1842.  She  died  one  day  previous.  Res.  Shrews- 
bury. Ch.:  Silas,  b.  May  12,  1784;  Thomas,  b.  July  9,  1786; 
m.  Sarah  N.  Fairbank,  of  Grafton;  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  12,  1789; 
m.  Elijah  Harrington,  Jr.;  Anna,  b.  June  18, 1791;  m.  Ezra  Phelps; 
Lucy,  b.  Nov.  15,  1793;  m.  Dr.  Stephen  Cutler,  of  Grafton; 
Edward  F.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1796;  m.  Hannah  Warren;  Zadock  P., 
b.  Mar.  21,  1799;  d.  infancy;  Mary  Williams,  b.  May  6,  1800; 
m.  James  Wheeler;  Hannah,  b.  May  21,  1803;  m.  John  French; 
Rinda,  b.  Mar.  17,  1805;  m.  Willard  Warren,  of  Grafton. 

1168.  v.         John  Smith,  b.  Dec.  4,  1788;  m.  Susanna  Knowlton. 

1169.  vi.        Jonah,  b.  Aug.  25,  1771;  m.  Anna  Rider, 

447.  Samuel  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  2,  1746;  m. 
Nov.  5,  1776,  Levinah  Bigelow,  b.  Feb.  1, 1756.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in 
the  Westboro  company;  res.  Westboro,  Mass.,  and  Alstead,  N.  H. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  93 

1170.  i.  Martha,  b. ;  m.  Nov.  21,  1811,  Jacob  Earle,  b.  Mar.  8,  1776, 

in  Paxton,  Mass.  Ch.:  Clarisa  S.,  b.  July  6,  1812;  m.  Jan.  10, 
1838,  Nathan  L.  Doolittle;  Phebe  W.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1814;  m.  John 
W.  Bradbury;  Charlotte  L.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1816;  m.  Henry  T. 
Clark;  Jacob  F.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1819;  m.  Sarah  Sherman;  Sophia  B., 
b.  Apr.  9,  1821;  m.  Nelson  A.  Holton;  res.  Paxton,  Mass.,  and 
Mt.  Holly,  N.  Y. 

449.  Alexander  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  July  2,  1751; 
m.  July  10,  1776,  Lois  Carroll;  d.  Henniker,  N.  H.  He  served  m  the  Revolutionary 
war  in  the  Westboro  company,  commanded  by  Capt.  Wheelock.  He  d.  in  Henniker, 
N.  H.;  res.  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  and  Henniker,  N.  H. 

1171.  i.  Eleazer,  b.  Dec.  5,  1777;  m.  Alice  Peabody. 

1172.  ii.         Molly,  b.  May  21,  1779;  m.  1799,  John  Connor.     He  was  a  cele- 

brated teacher  of  vocal  music,  b.  Sept.  28,  1779;  d.  Mar.  8,  1862. 
She  d.  Dec.  15,  1858.  Ch.:  Sophronia,  b.  Jan.  4,  1800;  m.  Paul 
Ray;  Susannah,  b.  June  22, 1802;  m.  A.  K.  Hoyt,  of  Troy,  N.  Y; 
Cvnthia,  b.  Sept.  30,  1805;  m.  Ezra  Eastman. 

1173.  iii.       Lois,  b.  Mar.  3,  1781;  d.  Dec.  31,1862. 

1174.  iv.        Hannah,  b.  Jan.  13,  1783;  m.  Apr.  26,  1808,  Abel  Connor,  b.  Nov. 

23,  1782.  He  was  often  in  public  life,  and  foremost  in  every 
good  work.  He  d.  Oct.  20,  1854.  She  d.  Nov.  23,  1828.  Ch.: 
Hannah,  b.  Jan.  18,  1809;  d.  Feb.  9,  1809;  John  T.,  b.  Dec.  9, 
1809;  d.  June  20, 1816;  Liva,  b.  June  26, 1811;  m.  Solomon  Heath, 
of  Bow;  Eliza,  b.  Apr.  25,1813;"  d.  Sept.  18,  1838;  Alexander  W., 
b.  Feb.  6,  1815;  m.  Harriet  Spofford;  Alvira,  b.  Jan.  8,  1817;  m. 
John  M.  Foss,  of  Hopkinton;  Eunice  C,  b.  Nov.  28,  1818;  m. 
G.  P.  Leach;  m.  DeWitt  Jones;  John  K.,  b.  June  6,  1820;  m. 
Mary  J.  Darling;  Hannah "C,  b.  Mar.  11,  1822;  m.  P.  C.  Flan- 
ders; Abel  D.  L.  F.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1824;  m.  Louisa  Bacon  and 
Lucy  S.  Goodell. 

1174X-V.         Sarah,  b.  Nov.  22,  1785;  m. Perry,  of  Newport,  and  had  one 

son,  Ruel  Fisher. 

1174>^.vi.  Phebe,  b.  1787;  m.  Thomas  M.  Davis;  a  gr.  dau.,  Mrs.  Lewis  Han- 
son, res.  West  Henniker,  N.  H. 

1175.  vii.      Alexander,  b.  Dec.  5,  1789;  m.  Lydia  Foster. 

1176.  viii.     Stephen,  b.  June  10,  1792;  m.  Sarah  Bailey. 

1177.  ix.       Cynthia,  b. ;  d.  Apr.  28,  1816. 

450.  Sergt.  Joshua  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Apr.  26, 
1754;  m.  Nov.  12,  1777,  Betty  Wood.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
was  at  one  time,  in  the  early  part  of  the  war,  a  member  of  the  company  commanded 
by  Capt.  Kimball,  of  Grafton,  Mass.  Moving  to  New  Hampshire,  he  enlisted,  Aug. 
6,  1778,  in  Capt.  Bowman's  company,  under  Gen.  Sullivan,  and  was  in  the  service  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  granted  a  pension,  Mar.  4,  1831,  for  having  been  a  soldier  in 
the  Mass.  line  of  the  Continental  Army.     He  d.  Feb.  2,  1835;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H. 

Samuel,  b.  June  17,  1779;  d.  July  6,  1779. 

Luther,  b.  July  25,  1780;  m.  Hannah  Gordon  and  Nabby  Wood. 

Levi,  b.  May  25,  1783;  d.  Oct.  16,  1785. 

Stephen,  b.  Oct.  15,  1785;  d.  May  24,  1789. 

John,  b.  July  23,  1787;  m.  Lucy  Chamberlain. 

Silas,  b.  Mar.  30,  1791;  m.  Sally  Butler. 

Betsey,  b.  June  12,  1794;  d.  unm. 

454.    Aaron  Whitney  (Elnathan,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Waltham,  Mass., 

July  15,  1734;  m.  Margaret ;  res.  Roxbury,  Uxbridge  (1762)  and  Upton  (1766), 

Mass. 

1205.  i.         Molly. 

1206.  ii.        Hannah,  b.  Uxbridge,  Sept.  28,  1760. 

1207.  iii.       Samuel,  b.  Uxbridge,  May  23,  1764. 

457.  Elnathan  Whitney  (Elnathan,  Eleazer,  Thomas.  John),  b.  Mar.  28,  1741, 
in  Waltham;  m.  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  Mar.,  1785,  Lucy  Allen;  b.  in  1751;  d.  Dec. 
29,  1829,  in  Goffstown,  N.  H. 

He  was  born  in  Waltham  and  during  the  Revolutionary  war  was  in  the  Newton, 


1198. 

1199. 

ii. 

1200. 

in. 

1201. 

iv. 

1202. 

v. 

1203. 

vi. 

1204. 

Vll. 

94  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Mass.,  company,*  and  also  served  under  Capt.  Barnard  in  the  Watertown  company; 
subsequently  he  resided  in  Manchester,  Mass.  In  1789  he  moved  to  Goffstown. 
N.  H.,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  of  Gen.  John  Stark,  who  had  previously  purchased 
it  of  Abram  Outhout,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.     It  then  comprised  500  acres,  and  the  sum 

f)aid  for  it  was  ^255  lawful  money.     Mr.  Whitney  was  a  baker  by  trade,  but  he  never 
ollowed  it  after  moving  to  Goffstown.     He  d.  June  4,  ls20;  res.  Manchester,  Mass., 
and  Goffstown,  N.  H. 

1208.  i.  Betsey,    b.  Aug.  21,  1786;   m.  1810,  Joseph  Poore;    b.  Feb.  23, 

1787.  She  d.  Apr.  20,  1843;  res.  Goffstown  Centre,  N.  H.  He  d. 
Dec.  18,  1863.  Ch.:  George,  b.  1812;  m.  Phebe  Russell;  Mary 
L.,  b.l81o;  d.  June  6,  1818;  Harriett  J.,  b.  Apr.,  1818;  d.  Nov.  13, 
1843;  Joseph  J.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1820;  m.  Lucy  Whitney  Martin; 
Martha  Ann,  b.  Aug.  3,  1822;  d.  June  23,  1874.  A  gr.  son  is  Wm. 
H.  Poore  at  G.  C. 

1209.  ii.         Polly,  b. ;  m.  Caleb  Martin.     Ch.:  Lucy  W.,  b. ;  m. 

Joseph  J.  Poore;  Caleb  K.,  b. ;  res.  Jeffrey,  N.  H. 

1210.  iii.        Elnathan,  b.  Apr.  4,  1791;  m.  Lydia  Stickney. 

1211.  iv.        Lydia,  b.— ;  m.  Isaac  Flanders.     Ch.:  Gideon,  b. ;  res. 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

469.  Sergt.  Jacob  Whitney  (Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Roxbury,  Feb. 
24,  1737;  m.  Nov.  15,  1759,  Rachel  Whiting.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was 
sergt.  in  that  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Corey  from  Roxbury.  He  d.  Jan.  14, 
1803;  res.  West  Roxbury,  Mass. 

1212.  vi.        Moses,  b.  Jan.  2,  1775;  m.  Rebecca  Dunbar  and  Mrs.  Mary  P. 

Kittredge. 

1213.  i.  Pruden'CE,  b.  July  25,  1760;  m.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Lewis  Jones, 

b.  1757;  d.  1830.  Ch.:  Hannah  Jones,  dec'd;  m.  Eliphaz  Clapp, 
dec'd;  3  ch.,  Lewis  C,  George  C,  Edwin  C,  all  dec'd;  Pru- 
dence Jones,  dec'd;  m.  John  Fowle,  dec'd;  6  ch.,  Henry  Fowle, 
Elizabeth  Fowle,  John  Fowle,  living;  Edwin  Fowle,  William 
Fowle,  William  Fowle,  last  two  dec'd;  Betsey  Jones  died, 
17  years  of  age. 

1214.  ii.        Reuben,  b.  Nov.  6, 1762.    In  1781  he  enlisted  in  Gen.  Knox  artillery, 

served  3  years  and  was  discharged.  He  was  born  in  Roxbury 
but  served  in  the  Newton  Co. 

1215.  iii.       Lemuel,  b.  Apr.  29,  1765. 

1216.  iv.        Jabez,  b.  Nov.  30,  1767. 

1217.  v.         Hannah,  b,  Apr.  8,  1772;  d.  July  14,  1789. 

472.  Ensign  Abner  Whitney  (Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Roxbury 
Mass.,  Nov.  17,  1744;  m. .  He  d.  Jan.  6,  1826;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  Wind- 
sor Co.,  Vt. 

He  was  born  either  in  Newton  or  Roxbury,  probably  the  former  place.  When 
the  Revolutionary  war  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt. 
Wiswell,  raised  in  Newton,  and  was  at  once  promoted  to  sergeant.  Later  in  the  war 
he  was  serving  as  ensign  (or  second  lieutenant).  He  was  granted  a  pension  Apr.  13, 
1818,  and  at  that  time  he  was  residing  in  Wmdsor  Co.,  Vt.,  where  he  died  Jan.  6, 
1826,  ae.  81. 

Abraham,  b.  Apr.  25,  1779;  m.  Rebecca  Hudson. 

Isaac,  b.  ;  m. ;  and  res.  in  Elmore,  Vt.     Had  a  son 

David  who  had  sons,  Isaac  and  James,  and  res.  in  Elmore. 

Jacob,  b.  May  2,  1784;  m.  Lucy  Adams. 

Abner,  b.  July  19,  1780;  m.  Polly  White. 

Fanny,  b. ;  m. Messenger. 

Sally,  b. . 

475.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Nov.  28, 
1735;  m.  there  prob.  in  17.57,  Persis  Randall,  b.  1746,  d.  July  5,  1812.  Isaiah  Whitney 
was  born  in  Harvard,  and  died  there. 

He  resided  on  the  farm  which  his  father  purchased  in  1722,  before  the  town  was 
incorporated.  There  were  in  Harvard  two  others  by  the  same  name  as  his;  one 
was  called  "one  thumb  Zaiah,"  because  he  had  but  one  thumb,  and  the  other  "  Pond 
Zaiah,"  because  he  lived  near  Bare  Hill  pond.     He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army, 

*8ee  Jackson's  History  of  Newton,  Mass.,  p.  270. 


1218. 

i. 

1219. 

11. 

1220. 

iii, 

1221. 

IV, 

1222. 

V. 

1223. 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  95 

in  the  company  from  Harvard,  commanded  by  Capt.  Davis.  On  the  rolls  in  the 
State  House  at  Boston  he  is  reported  dead.  His  gravestone  gives  his  age  as  88. 
His  will  having  been  probated  May  19, 1818,  mentions  son  Jonah;  gives  to  two  grand- 
children, Lois  Turner,  wife  of  James,  and  Amos  Whitney,  children  of  my  said  son 
Jonah,  sons  Isaiah  and  Cyrus,  dau.  Dorcas,  wife  Ezra  Barker.  Cyrus  Whitney,  exec. 
May  19,  1818.     He  d.  Feb.  28,  1817;  res.  Harvard  and  Stow,  Mass. 

1224.  i.         Jonah,  b.  June  19,  1768;  m.  Lois  Hill  and  Jane  Stone. 

1225.  ii.        Dorcas,  b.  Apr.  20,  1760;  m.  June  18,  1784,  Ezra  Barker,  of  Stod- 

dard, N.  H.;   they  res.  in   Littleton,  Mass.,  and  she  was  grand- 
'                                mother  of  Isaac's  wife,  son  of  Cyrus.     She  d.  1888.     They  had 
5  ch.:  Rebecca,  m. Hoar  of  Littleton,  Susan,  Lydia. 

1226.  iii.        Isaiah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1764;  m.  Dorcas  Whitman. 

1227.  iv.       Amos,  b.  Dec.  27, 1768;  m.  Rhoda  Cutler. 

1228.  V.         Cyrus,  b.  Aug.  17,  1771;  m.  Mary  Whitney. 

481.  Dea.  Israel  Whitney  (Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  June 
22,  1751,  m.  there  May  14,  1772,  Hannah  Mead,  b.  1754,  d.  Aug.  14,  1788;  m.  2d  in  Bol- 
ton, Apr.  22,  1789,  Mrs.  Abigail  Puffer. 

He  was  born  on  his  father's  farm,  which  had  been  purchased  before  the  town  was 
incorporated.  He  enlisted  early  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  In  1778  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Capt.  Manasseh  Sawyer's  company  in  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment  which 
took  part  in  the  operations  in  Rhode  Island.  In  1775  he  was  corporal  of  Capt.  Isaac 
Gate's  company,  which  marched  to  the  Lexington  Alarm  April  19,  but  which  com- 
pany was  not  mustered  into  the  American  service.  In  1781  he  was  first  lieutenant 
in  Capt.  Thaddeus  Pollard's  company,  and  had  seen  active  service  most  of  the  time 
since  1775.  In  seating  the  meeting  house  in  1775  he  was  given  the  "  fore  seat  in  the 
side  gallery."  In  1795  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  deacons  of  the  church,  and  for  nearly 
twenty-five  years  filled  the  office,  but  to  the  horror  of  all  the  members  of  the  church 
Mar.  9,  1819,  having  adopted  the  views  of  the  Universalists,  he  was  dismissed.  He 
held  a  number  of  town  offices,  and  in  1786  was  selectman.  The  epitaph  on  his 
first  wife's  tombstone  reads  as  follows: 

"With  serious  joy  the  enlightened  soul 

Surveys  a  part,  admires  the  whole, 

Nor  always  silently  surveys, 

But  fir'd  with  gratitude  to  praise; 

In  holy  confidence  is  blest, 

And  calmly  waits  eternal  rest." 
He  made  his  will  Dec.  11,  1826.  It  was  probated  Feb.  6,  1827.  Capt.  Ephraim 
Warner  was  executor.  He  mentions  his  wife,  Abigail,  sons  and  daughters,  viz: 
Israel,  Oliver,  Hannah  Sawyer,  Rebecca  Fairbank,  Lydia  Sprague,  Betsey  Fairbank, 
Arathena  Farwell  and  Neoma  Sawyer  and  Luther  Whitney.  He  d.  Feb.,  1827;  res. 
Harvard,  Mass. 

1229.  i.         Hannah,  b.  Apr.  28,  1773;  m.  May  17, 1791,  Phinehas  Sawyer.     He 

was  of  Harvard,  where  he  was  born  May  33,  1768;  d.  Jan.  14, 
1820.  Ch.:  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  18, 1792;  m.  E.  Davis,  and  d.  Aug. 
9,  1817;  Eusebia,  b.  Oct.  9,  1793;  m.  July  3,  1817,  James  Hickman, 
and  d.  Sept.  4,  1857;  Sarah,  b.  Feb.6, 1795;d.  unm.  Sept. 23, 1883; 
Sophia,  b.  June  19,  1797  ;  m.  Apr.  7,  1816,  William  Brigham,  and 
d.  Feb.  7,1884;  Alfred  Ira,  b.Oct.  6, 1799;  m.  Sept.  22, 1829,  Nancy 
Davis,  and  d.  Aug.  1,  1849;  Eliza,  b.  May  28,  1802;  m.  May  15, 
1839,  Roswell  Douglass,  and  d.  July  1,  1860;  Mary,  b.  Sept.  30, 
1804;  m.  Apr.  25, 1830,  Rev.  Aaron  D.Sargent, and  d.  Jan.4, 1885; 
Arethusa,  b.  May  8,1806;  m.  Jan.  1,  1849,  Rev.  James  W.  Mowry, 
and  died  in  1882;  Zenas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1808;  m.  Nov.  13,  1837, 
Sophronia  Brackett,  and  d.  Feb.  20, 1856;  Wesley,  b.  Feb.  2, 1810; 
m.  Sept.  24,  1835,  Mary  M.  C.  Patten,  and  d.  Feb.  6,  1878;  Fran- 
cis Asbury,  b.  Nov.  11,  1812;  m.  May  7,  1843,  Martha  Sawyer, 
and  d.  June  16,  1881;  Edmund,  b.  Aug.  31,  1815;  d.  Mar.  21, 1816; 
Jonathan,  b.  Marlboro,  Mass.,  June  17,  1817;  m.  June  25,  1839, 
Martha  Perkins,  of  Barnard,  Vt,  and  d.  June  20,  1891.  She  was 
born  Mayl7,  1816.  Jonathan  Sawyer,the  head  of  the  famous  Saw- 
yer Woolen  Mills,  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  died  suddenly  from  paraly- 
sis, 1891.  In  his  death  the  manufacture  has  lost  one  of  its  vet- 
erans, who  will  stand  among  the  comparatively  small  circle  of 
those  whose  names  will  be  permanently  entered  in  the  annals  of 


JONATHAN  SAWYER. 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  97 

the  industry,  as  having  contributed  to  advance  it  to  its  present 
high  estate  in  this  country.  Jonathan  Sawyer  was  born  at  Marl- 
borough, Mass.,  June  7,  1817.  He  attended  school  at  Lowell, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  class  that  entered  the 
high  school  of  that  city,  of  which  Bishop  T.  M.  Clark,  of  Rhode 
Island,  was  then  principal. 

Illness  compelled  Air.  Sawyer  to  leave  school  at  the  age  of 
16,  and  he  went  to  Dover,  N.  H.,to  reside  with  his  brother,  Alfred 
Ira  Sawyer.  This  brother,  after  serving  an  apprenticeship  as  a 
dyer  at  Amesbury,  Mass.,  and  Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  had  moved  to 
Dover  in  1823,  and  established  a  small  factory  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  woolen  yarns  on  the  banks  of  the  Bellamy  river.  This 
was  the  beginning  of  the  great  manufacturing  establishment 
which  has  made  the  name  of  the  Sawyers  familiar  throughout 
the  United  States.  As  first  operated,  the  mill  was  a  grist  mill,  a 
custom  carding  and  cloth-dressing  mill — the  combination  of 
industries  very  common  at  that  period,  in  which  the  great  woolen 
manufacture  of  to-day  had  its  genesis.  The  mill  was  enlarged 
and  converted  into  a  flannel  mill  in  1832.  Jonathan  Sawyer 
remained  two  years  in  Dover,  attending  school  and  working  in 
his  brother's  mill.  In  the  fall  of  1835  he  returned  to  Lowell, 
where  his  mother  then  resided,  and  afterward  attended  for  a 
short  time  the  Methodist  school  at  Wilbraham.  When  19  years 
old,  he  went  to  work  in  a  woolen  establishment  at  Lowell  as  a 
dyer.  After  a  brief  apprenticeship,  he  began  the  dyeing  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  continuing  it  until  1839.  In  that  year 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Perkins,  of  Barnet,  Yt.,  and 
immediately  went  to  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  where  he  served  two 
years  and  a  half  as  the  superintendent  of  the  Hamilton  Woolen 
Company.  Mr.  Sawyer  subsequently  established  a  mill  for  the 
manufacture  of  satinets,  in  Watertown,  which  he  operated  until 
1849.  In  that  year  his  brother,  Alfred  I.  Sawyer,  the  founder  of 
the  Dover  mill,  died,  leaving  children  who  were  too  young  to 
carry  on  the  business  of  manufacturing.  Jonathan  Sawyer  there- 
upon removed  from  Watertown  to  Dover,  and  in  company  with 
his  brother  Zenas  continued  the  manufacture  of  flannels  under 
the  firm  name  of  Z.  &  J.  Sawyer.  Two  years  later  Zenas  Sawyer 
retired  from  the  business,  and  was  succeeded  by  another  brother, 
Francis  A.  Sawyer,  who  had  been  a  prominent  builder  in  Bos- 
ton. The  firm,  of  F.  A.  &  J.  Sawyer  was  then  formed,  and  this 
firm  still  continues  in  existence  as  the  selling  agent  of  the  com- 
pany's product.  They  continued  the  manufacture  of  flannels  in 
a  wooden  mill,  which  stood  upon  the  site  of  the  brick  structures 
now  occupied  by  the  Sawyer  Woolen  Company.  In  1858  the 
property  lower  down  the  river,  now  known  as  the  lower  mill, 
then  called  the  Moses  mill,  and  also  operated  as  a  flannel  mill, 
was  purchased  by  the  firm.  In  1860  this  mill  was  enlarged  to  a 
four  set  mill,  in  1863  to  eight  sets, and  in  1882  to  sixteen  sets,  with 
new  machinery  throughout.  The  old  woolen  mill,  wherein  were 
laid  the  foundations  of  this  splendid  enterprise,had  been  erected 
in  1832,  and  continued  to  be  operated  until  1872,  when  it  was 
replaced  by  the  present  substantial  structure,  containing  eighteen 
sets  of  cards,  with  preparing  and  finishing  machinery  for  thirty- 
seven  sets,  as  well  as  a  new  outfit  of  three  sets  for  worsted 
manufacture,  recently  added.  In  1873  the  present  company  was 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Sawyer  Woolen  Mills,  and 
its  first  officers  were  Francis  A.  Sawyer,  president;  Jonathan  Saw- 
yer, treasurer,  and  Charles  H.  Sawyer,  agent. 

Until  1832  only  yarns  had  been  produced  in  the  Sawyer 
mill,  the  spinning  and  weaving  being  done  at  the  neighboring 
farmhouses.  When  the  manufacture  of  flannels  was  begun  in 
that  year,  the  factory  system  was  completely  established  in  the 
mill,  and  the  subsequent  increase  in  the  plant  and  in  the  quan- 
tity and  quality  of  its  products  was  largely  due  to  the  enterpris- 
ing inspiration  of  Jonathan  Sawyer.     The  Sawyer  Woolen  Mills 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


is  justly  regarded  throughout  the  United  States  as  one  of  the 
best  types  of  a  great  manufacture.  It  is  the  center  of  an  intel- 
ligent, thrifty,  contented  community,  made  up  for  the  most  part 
of  families  living  happily  in  their  own  homes,  and  reflecting  in 
their  lives  the  influence  which  may  be  exerted  upon  the 
employes  by  men  who  regard  the  welfare  of  their  help  as  closely 
as  they  watch  the  internal  management  of  their  mills.  Mr.  Saw- 
yer was  a  humanitarian  as  well  as  a  manufacturer,  and  his  chari- 
ties, while  they  were  always  unobtrusive,  were  as  much  a  part 
of  his  life  as  his  business.  Shrinking  from  publicity  as  he  always 
did,  hiding  his  good  deeds  from  the  knowledge  of  the  world,  the 
example  of  his  life  was  an  ennobling  influence  in  the  community, 
and  is  the  most  precious  of  his  legacies  to  family  and  friends. 
The  unmarred  reputation  for  strictest  integrity  which  he  has 
won,  his  far-seeing  and  far-reaching  enterprise  have  enabled  the 
corporation  to  pass  prosperously  through  the  financial  depres- 
sions and  panics  which  so  many  times  have  swept  over  the 
country  during  his  long  career.  He  has  been  a  great  lover  of 
his  home,  where  his  fine  tastes  had  full  sway.  When  free  from 
business,  he  was  always  there.  He  loved  books,  and  his  conver- 
sation showed  an  unusual  breadth  of  reading  in  science,  history 
and  politics.  He  was  possessed  of  a  strong,  clear  intellect,  a 
calm,  dispassionate  judgment,  and  sympathies  which  always 
brought  him  to  the  side  of  the  weak  and  the  suffering;  and  no  one 
ever  went  to  him  for  assistance  and  came  away  empty-handed. 

He  was  the  father  of  ex-Governor  Chas.  H.  Sawyer,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Sawyer,  Francis  Asbury  Sawyer  (who  died  two  years 
ago  in  Boston),  Roswell  Douglass  Sawyer,  the  artist  of  New 
York  city,  Martha  Frances,  wife  of  W.  S.  Bradley  of  Dover, 
Alice  May  Sawyer,  and  Frederic  Jonathan  Sawyer.  Ch.:  Charles 
Henry,  b.  Mar,  30,  1840;  m.  Susan  Ellen  Cowan,  Feb.  8,  1865; 
address,  Dover,  N.  H.  Charles  H.  Sawyer  is  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Thomas  Sawyer,  who  settled  in  1647  at  Lancaster,  Mass., 
where,  in  1708,  he  {or  possibly  a  son  of  his  bearing  the  same 
name)  was  captured  by  the  Indians  and  taken  to  Canada,  and 
purchased  his  deliverance  and  that  of  several  fellow-captives, 
by  building  for  the  French  governor  a  saw  mill;  the  first,  it 
is  said,  in  that  region  of  country. 

Phineas,  the  great-great-grandson  of  Thomas,  and  the 
grandfather  of  Charles  H.  Sawyer,  bought  in  Marlborough, 
Mass.,  a  century  later,  a  water  privilege  and  mills,  to  which  he 
afterward  added  a  cotton  factory,  a  difficult  and  hazardous 
undertaking  at  that  early  day.  He  operated  it  for  some  years, 
about  the  time  of  the  last  war  with  England,  but  probably  with 
more  public  spirit  than  private  advantage,  and  died  in  1820, 
leaving  a  widow  and  twelve  children. 

Charles  H.  was  born  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.  At  the  age  of  10 
he  was  taken  by  his  father  to  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  acquired  the 
basis  of  his  education  in  the  excellent  public  schools  of  that 
place.  When  he  became  17  his  father,  who  designed  him  for 
the  hereditary  calling  of  manufacturing,  placed  him  in  the  flan- 
nel mill  as  an  ordinary  hand,  to  enable  him  to  form  a  practical 
acquaintance  with  the  various  and  complicated  processes 
required  to  transform  the  rough  fleece  into  the  finished  fabric. 
Here  he  supplemented  his  book  education  by  the  education  of 
work,  observation,  and  experience.  Step  by  step  he  rose  to  the 
higher  grades  of  employment,  mastering  every  detail  of  the  busi- 
ness as  he  went,  until  at  the  age  of  26  he  was  appointed  super- 
intendent of  the  establishment.  Meantime,  the  proprietors  of 
the  mills  hadgreatly  extended  their  operations  and  had  adapted 
the  machinery  to  the  manufacture  of  fine  cassimere  cloths  and 
suitings.  In  1873  they  were  incorporated  by  the  name  of  the 
Sawyer  Woolen  Mills,  and  Col.  Sawyer  became  apart  owner  and 
agent;  and  in  1881,  on  the  death  of  his  uncle,  Francis  A.  Sawyer, 
the  senior  proprietor,  he  was  chosen  the  president. 


HON.   CHARLES   H.  SAWYER,  EX-GOVERNOR   OF   NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


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100  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

The  Sawyer  Woolen  Mills  Corporation  is  now  a  large 
and  prosperous  concern,  employing  somewhere  about  five 
hundred  operatives,  and  turning  out  a  quality  of  cloth  which 
has  acquired  a  high  reputation  in  the  market  for  beauty, 
durability,  and  uniform  excellence  of  workmanship.  None  but 
the  best  materials  are  used,  and  the  best  class  of  help  is  em- 
ployed. "  Live  and  let  live  "  is  the  motto  of  the  managers.  The 
employes  have  mainly  grown  up  with  the  business,  the  changes 
having  been  very  few;  a  great  part  of  them  have  been  in  the 
employ  of  the  concern  for  twenty  years  or  more.  They  are  paid 
liberal  wages,  and  are  comfortable  and  independent.  They  are 
large  depositors  in  the  savings  banks,  and  many  of  them  own 
their  own  houses,  purchased  with  their  earnings.  As  may  be 
inferred,  they  are,  as  a  body,  temperate,  industrious  and  orderly. 
They  feel  that  their  interests  are  identified  with  those  of  their 
employers,  and  no  strikes  or  other  labor  troubles  have  ever  dis- 
turbed the  harmonious  relations  between  them. 

The  Sawyer  Woolen  Mills  have  introduced  one  new  feature 
into  their  business  which  commends  itself  to  the  good  sense  of 
all.  Instead  of  employing  commission  houses  to  dispose  of 
their  goods,  as  the  former  practice  was,  they  now  make  their  own 
sales.  They  thus  reduce  the  chances  of  loss  to  the  minimum; 
and,  there  being  no  middleman's  profit  to  pay,  they  can  better 
afford  employment  to  their  hands  in  times  of  depression.  For  a 
number  of  years  past  the  active  management  of  the  entire  busi- 
ness— buying,  manufacturing,  and  selling— has  fallen  upon  Col. 
Sawyer,  and  it  has  been  so  conducted  that  the  credit  of  no  other 
establishment  stands  higher.  As  a  business  man,  alert,  sagacious 
and  successful,  the  Colonel  has  no  superior  in  the  state,  and  that 
is  saying  a  great  deal  at  this  day,  when  the  brightest  of  the  New 
Hampshire  boysare  finding  employment  at  home.  The  sterling 
business  qualities  which  Col.  Sawyer  displayed  in  the  conduct 
of  his  own  affairs  have  naturally  led  to  his  being  selected  upon 
the  board  of  management  of  other  enterprises.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Strafford  National  Bank,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Strafford 
Savings  Bank;  a  director  of  the  Dover  Gas-light  Company,  and 
president  of  the  Dover  Horse  Railroad  Company;  a  director  and 
member  of  the  executive  board  of  the  Granite  State  Insurance 
Company;  a  director  of  the  Portsmouth  Bridge  Company  and 
president  of  the  Eliot  Bridge  Company,  and  a  director  in  the 
Portsmouth  and  Dover,  in  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls  and  Con- 
way, and  in  the  Wolfeborough  branch  railroads.  These  various 
and  important  trusts,  numerous  as  they  and  his  private  engage- 
ments are,  receive  his  careful  attention;  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
the  opinion  of  no  one  concerned  in  their  administration  carries 
more  weight  than  his.  Col.  Sawyer  has  too  great  an  interest  in 
public  affairs  to  be  without  decided  political  convictions.  He 
cast  his  earliest  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  has  ever  since 
been  unswerving  in  his  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party.  His 
experience  in  the  service  of  the  public  has  not  been  inconsider- 
able. After  having  served  with  credit  in  both  branches  of  the 
city  council  of  Dover,  he  was  chosen  a  representative  in  the 
State  Legislature  in  the  years  1869  and  1870,  and  again  in  1876 
and  1877.  His  ability  and  standing  in  that  body  are  indicated 
by  the  fact  of  his  assignment  to  the  important  committees  on  the 
judiciary,  railroads,  manufactures  and  national  affairs.  His  last 
political  service  was  that  of  delegate  at  large  to  the  National 
Republican  Convention  at  Chicago,  in  1884.  The  military  title 
by  which  he  is  known.  Col.  Sawyer  derived  from  his  appoint- 
ment upon  the  staff  of  the  Governor  of  the  State  in  1881.  It  is 
the  barest  justice  to  him  to  add  that  he  is  no  office-seeker. 
Modest  and  unassuming  in  a  remarkable  degree,  the  public 
positioYis  he  has  held  have  come  to  him  through  no  longing  or 
efforts  of  his  own;  in  his  case  it  is  emphatically  true  that  "  the 
office  has  always  sought  the  man." 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  loi 


Col.  Sawyer  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Society  in 
Dover,  and    a  liberal  contributor  to  its  support,  as  well  as  to 
every  worthy  object  of  charity  and  scheme  of  benevolence  that 
is  brought  to  his  notice  from  whatever  quarter.     Though  his 
manner  is  reserved,  his  heart  is  warm  and  his  sympathies  are 
quick  and  wide;  and  his  generosity  and  helpfulness  in  a  good 
cause  are  not  limited  by  place  or  creed  or  nationality.     He  is  a 
consistent  temperance  man,  and  a  firm  upholder  of  the  prohib- 
itory law.     Every  work  lor  the  improvement  of  the  city  or  the 
public  benefit  finds  in  him  a  hearty  supporter,  grudging  neither 
money  nor  more  valuable  personal  effort  to  promote  its  advance- 
ment.    For  years  he  has  been  a  zealous  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.     He  was  twice  elected  to  the  chair  of  the  Strafford 
Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  for  the  past  seven 
years  he  has  been  the  Eminent    Commander  of  the   St.  Paul 
Commandery  of  Knights  Templar.     Though  so  diligent  a  man  ' 
of  affairs,  Col.  Sawyer  finds  the  time  for  mental  cultivation.  His 
library  contains  the  best  books  of  solid  value,  and  he  has  made 
himself  acquainted  with  their  contents.     On  all  subjects  of  pub- 
lic   interest    and    practical    importance  he    keeps  thoroughly 
informed,  and  has  well-considered  opinions.     Naturally  some- 
what reticent,  he  never  obtrudes  his  views;  but  when  they  are 
sought  for,  they  are  found  to  go  straight  to  the  mark,  and  to 
have  behind  them  all  the  force  of  rare  sagacity  and   careful 
thought.     He  makes  no  pretentions  to  oratory,  yet  orators  might 
well  envy  the  impression  which  his  plain,  convincing  statements 
command.     In  the  recent  panic  caused  by  the  withdrawal  from 
the  state  of  foreign  insurance  companies,  it  was  mainly  Col. 
Sawyer's  calm  and  clear  demonstration  of  the  feasibility  of  a 
manufacturers*  mutual  system  of  home  insurance  that  quieted 
the  needless  feelings  of  alarm.     It  has  been  truly  remarked  of 
Col.    Sawyer  that  "Nature  made  him  on  a  large  scale."     His 
great  interests  he  wields  easily,  and  carries  his  broad  responsi- 
bilities without  fatigue.     His  remarkable  executive  ability  never 
seems  to  be  taxed  to  its  full  capacity;  there  is  always  an  appear- 
ance of  reserve  strength  beyond.     He  has  a  large  way  of  esti- 
mating men  and  things.     No  petty  prejudices  obscure  the  clear- 
ness of  his  vision  or  weaken  the  soundness  of  his  judgment.  He 
has  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  and  does  not  shrink  from 
telling  an  unpalatable  truth  when  necessary;  but  he  has  the  rare 
faculty   of  giving  no  needless  offense.     In  the  wide  round  of 
his  occupations  he  must  needs  have  caused  some  disappoint- 
ments, but  his  character  for  justice  and  square  dealing  is  so  uni- 
versally understood  that  censure  finds  no  vulnerable  spot  to  fas- 
ten on.     Few  prominent  men  are  so  free  from  enemies.    The 
imperturbable  poise  of  character  which  Col.  Sawyer  exhibits  is 
one  of  his  distinguishing  features.     Nothing  throws  him  off  his 
balance.      He  keeps   entire    control  of  his  temper;  he  allows 
neither  success  to  elate  him,  nor  failure  to  depress  him.    As  the 
western  people  say,  he  is  "a  man  to  tie  to."    This  is  the  result 
of  natural  equanimity,  supplemented  by  careful  self-discipline. 
His  powers  are  so  cultivated  that  they  are  evenlv  developed; 
his  character  is  matured,  well-rounded  and  symmetrical.    More- 
over, he  is,  in  the  expressive  phrase  of  the  day,  a  "  clean  "  man. 
His  life  has  not  been  soiled  by  any  mean  or  sordid  action.    Amidst 
many  temptations  to  self-indulgence,  he  has  preserved  himself 
pure  and  unspoiled.  In  the  several  relations  of  son  and  husband 
and  father,  of  friend  and  of  citizen,  he  has  been  faithful  and  true 
to  his  duty.     At  twenty-five  years  of  age  he  married  Susan  E., 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  W.  Cowan.    Their  home  is  on  the  bank 
of  the  stream  whose  waters  turn  the  wheels  of   Sawyer's  mills. 
It  is  the  unostentatious  abode  of  genuine  comfort  and  refine- 
ment.    It  is  there  that  Col.  Sawyer  finds,  in  the  society  of  his 
wife  and  children,  rest  from  the  cares  of  his  business,  and  the 
truest  enjoyment  of  his  life. 


102  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

For  several  years  past  those  who  knew  Col.  Sawyer  best 
felt  that  he  was  destined  ere  long  to  fill  the  chief  executive 
office  in  the  gift  of  the  people  of  New  Hampshire;  and  when,  a 
few  months  since,  his  name  was  publicly  mentioned  for  the 
gubernatorial  nomination  by  the  Republican  party,  it  was 
received  with  enthusiasm  by  people  in  all  parts  of  the  state. 
The  convention,  when  assembled,  ratified  what  appeared  to  be 
the  popular  voice,  and  nominated  him  as  their  candidate  for  the 
governorship  by  a  vote  of  nearly  three-fourths  of  their  whole 
number.  Gratifying  to  the  nominee  as  this  spontaneous  mark 
of  the  confidence  of  his  party  must  have  been,  his  reception 
by  the  people  of  his  city,  without  distinction  of  party,  must  have 
been  even  more  so.  He  was  met  on  his  return  from  the  con- 
vention to  Dover  by  a  great  procession,  civic  and  military,  of 
men  of  all  opinions  and  callings,  and  escorted  to  his  home  amid 
cheers  and  music  and  illuminations  all  along  the  way.  It  was 
an  ovation  that  testified  more  eloquently  than  words  to  the  high 
estimation  in  which  his  character  is  held  by  his  neighbors  and 
townsmen.  Governor  of  New  Hampshire  1887-8-9.  Col.  Sawyer 
is  yet  in  his  prime.  It  is  probable  that  one-half  of  his  adult  life 
is  still  before  him.  The  qualities  that  have  already  made  him 
one  of  our  foremost  men  will  guide  and  govern  him  throughout 
the  remainder  of  his  career.  And  all  that  he  has  thus  far  accom- 
plished is  not  unlikely  to  prove  but  the  vestibule  to  the  noble 
edifice  of  his  completed  life.  Ch.:  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  28, 
1842,  Dover,  N.  H.;  Francis  Asburv,  b.  Mar.  5, 1845;  m.  Sept.  10, 
1884,  Emma  K.  Smith;  he  d.  Dec.  23,  1889;  Roswell  Douglass,  b. 
Mar.  14,  1848;  m.  Edwina  Dean  Lowe  of  St.  Louis,  Sept.  18,  1879; 
address,  Paris,  France,  care  of  John  Munroe  &  Co.,  bankers; 
Martha  Frances,  b.  Mar  3,  1851;  m.  W.  S.  Bradley  of  Fairfield, 
Vt.,  Sept.  10,  1878;  address,  Dover,  N.  H.;  Alice  May,  b.  July  24, 
1853;  m.  Frederic  W.  Payne  of  Boston,  Jan.  29,  1894;  address, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Frederic  Jonathan,  b.  May  27,  1860;  m.  Isabella 
Dootson,  Aug.  19,  1881;  address,  Dover,  N.  H. 

1230.  ii.         Israel,  b.  Apr.  13,  1775;  m.  Phoebe  Jennison. 

1231.  iii.        Rebecca,  b.  Apr.  13,  1777;  m.  Apr.  26,  1795,  Amos  Fairbanks,  jr., 

of   Harvard,  b.   Sept.  5,  1769.     Ch.:  Horace,  b.  Oct.  16,   1795; 
Amos,  b.  Nov.  27,  1799;  Clark,  b.  Feb.  13,  1802. 

1232.  iv.        Lydia,  b.  May  25,  1779;  m.  Jan.  18,  1798,  Samuel  Sprague,  of  H., 
Nathan  Sprague,  Leominster. 

Betsey,  b.  May  24, 1782;  m.  June  7, 1803,  Joseph  Fairbanks,  of  H. 

Arathusa,  b.  Dec.  12,  1783;  m.  Farwell. 

AMOs,b.  1791;  d.  Sept.  12,  1794. 

Oliver,  b.  May  16,  1786;  m.  Mercy  Whitcomb. 

Luther,  b.  Feb.  5,  1790;  m.  Melinda  Wetherbee. 

Luke,  b.  Feb.  8,  1793;  d.  May  2,  1795. 

Nao.mi,  b.  Apr.  28,  1797;  m.  June  17,  1817,  James  Sawyer. 

487.  John  Whitney  (Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Oct.  3, 1746; 
m.  at  Bolton,  Jan.  9,  1771,  Sarah  Atherton. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  resided  until  a  young  man,  when  he  moved 
to  Bolton,  where  he  was  married.  When  the  Revolutionary  war  broke  out  he 
enlisted  in  a  Bolton  company  as  per  agreement: 

We  the  subscribers  belonging  to  Bolton  in  the  County  of  Worcester  do  promise 
to  pay  unto  John  Whitney  of  Harvard  in  said  county  or  order  in  consideration  of  his 
engaging  into  the  Continental  service  for  three  years  for  us,  18  calves,  10  whereof 
are  to  be  heifers,  and  8  steers  to  be  delivered  to  him  within  six  weeks  after  his  dis- 
charge from  the  Continental  service  (provided  it  be  within  3  years)  viz.  if  he  be 
discharged  in  one  year  from  date  he  is  to  receive  said  stock  at  one  year  and  six 
weeks  old  and  so  for  a  longer  or  shorter  time  according  to  the  same  rule. 

N.  B. — Said  stock  is  to  be  six  weeks  older  when  he  receives  them  than  the  time 
he  is  in  the  service,  provided  it  be  no  longer  than  three  years.  Said  stock  to  be  of 
the  middling  size.    [Nurses  Annals  of  Lancaster,  Mass.] 

In  1781  he  was  of  Bolton  and  in  the  regiment  commanded  by  Col.  Josiah  Whit- 
ney, of  Harvard.    His  brother,  Isaiah  Whitney,  was  admr.  of  the  estate  of  John 


1233. 

V. 

1234. 

VI. 

1236. 

XI. 

1236. 

vn. 

1237. 

vin 

1238. 

ix. 

1239. 

X. 

1240. 

i. 

1241. 

n. 

1242. 

111. 

1243. 

IV. 

1244. 

V. 

1245. 

VI. 

1246, 

Vll. 

1247. 

vin. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  103: 

Whitney,  of  Bolton.  June  23, 1804,  all  the  heirs  are  satisfied  and  sign  as  follows,  viz.: 
Sarah  Whitney,  John  Whitney,  Milley  Whitney,  Caleb  Moore,  Ashsa  Moore,  Thomas 
Houghton  and  Aseneth  Houghton.  Caleb  Moore  was  appointed  guardian  to  Arte- 
mas  Whitney,  Eber,  Sarah  and  Hannah,  July  3,  1804.  He  d.  May,  1802;  res.  Tops- 
field  and  Bolton,  Mass. 

John,  b.  Apr.  13,  1780;  m.  Mary  Mundy. 

Heber,  b.  Jan.  14,  1782. 

Aseneth,  b.  Feb.  16,  1784;  m.  Sept.  10,  1803,  Thomas  Houghton. 

Artemas,  b.  May  25,  1790. 

Achsah,  b. ;  m.  Nov.  24,  1796,  Caleb  Moore. 

Milley,  b. ;  d.  unm.  1804. 

Isaiah,  b. ;  m.  Sarah . 

Sally,  b. ;  m.  Mar.  22,  1816,  Millard  Atberton,  of  Goffs- 

town,  N.  H.  She  d.  1830.  He  d.  Sept.  7,  1871;  was  a  harness- 
maker.  Ch.:  Franklin  Atherton,  deed.;  William,  res.  Green- 
field, N.  H.;  Charles  A.,  d.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Aug.  20,  1892; 
Alonzo,  b.  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Apr.  7,  1827;  res.  3  So.  State,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.;  Mrs.  Sarah  Slocker,  Saugus,  Mass.,  her  home  now; 
Mrs.  Lucinda  Hall,  lives  at  East  Saugus,  Mass.;  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Horn,  deed. 

1248.     ix.        Hannah,  b. ;  m.  July  13,  1823,  Jacob  Whitney,  of  Harvard, 

Mass. 

488.  Abraham  Whitney  (Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Dec. 
20,  1748;  m.  in  Bolton,  Feb.  28,  1776,  Rebecca  Dudley,  of  Acton.  She  d.  in  Harvard, 
ae.  82. 

Abraham  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided. 
He  was  educated  for  the  ministry,  but  subsequently  followed  an  agricultural  life, 
remarking  that  he  was  not  good  enough  to  be  a  minister.  He  was  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army,  in  a  Worcester  Co.  company.  He  was  puritanic  in  all  his  tastes  and 
was  through  life  a  thoroughly  good  man,  highly  esteemed  and  respected  by  all.  He 
d.  in  Harvard  abt.  1831;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

Abraham,  b.  Mar.  3,  1777;  d.  Oct.  18,  1778. 
Abraha.m,  b.  Nov.  29,  1779;  m.  Alice  Houghton. 
JosiAH,  b.  Aug.  18,  1781;  m.  Sally  Puffer. 
John,  b.  July  31, 1783;  m.  Sally  Stowe. 
Samuel,  b.  May  28, 1785;  unm.  Jan.  27,  1840. 
Simeon  H.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1787;  m.  Nancy  Barnard. 
Rebecca, b.  Oct.  13,  1789;  m.  Sept.  30',  1811,  Joel  Bowers.   He  was 
b.  Feb.  5,  1789;  d.  Mar.  6,   1851;  was  a  farmer.     Ch.:  Mary  D., 

b.  Apr.  31,  1814;  ni. Taylor;  res.  Boxboro,  Mass.;  Cephas 

H.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1816;  res.  Still  River,  Mass.;  Rebecca  H.,  b.  Jan. 
18,  1825;  m. Houghton;  res.  Bolton,  Mass. 

1256.  viii.     Sarah, b.  Feb.  11,  1797;  m.  June  24,  1819,  Cephas  Houghton.     He 

was  b.  Feb.  11,  1792;  d.  Aug.  18,  1881.  Was  a  farmer.  Ch.: 
Sarah  E.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1820;  d.  Mar.  20,  1860;  Geo.  N.,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1824;  m.  1847;  d.  Oct.  23,  1893,  in  Leominster,  Mass.;  Edward 
W.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1829;  m.  1856;  res.  Still  River,  Mass.;  Elsie  A., 
b.  Apr.  19,  1831;  m.  G.  B.  Grassie;  res.  Bolton,  Mass.;  John  C, 
b.  Dec.  26, 1836;  m.  May  Smith;  res.  Still  River,  Mass. 

1257.  ix.        Mary,  b.  Jan.  17-,  1800;  d.  unm. 

1258.  X.         Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  22,  1802;  d.  unm. 

1259.  xi.        Joseph,  b.  Jan.  6, 1795;  d.  May.  16,  1799. 

1260.  xii.      Abel,  b.  Oct.  20, 1791;  d.  Dec.  2,  1799. 
1260a.  xiii.     Lydia,  b. . 

489.  Isaiah   Whitney  (Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Oct.  6,. 

1751;  m.  Sarah .     He  was  administrator  of  his  brother  John's  estate  and  was  a 

farmer.     He  d.  Mar.  1835;  res.  Saugus  and  Bolton,  Mass. 

1261.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  8,  1799;  m.  May  23,  1823,  George  Sawyer,  b.  Bol- 

ton, Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1800,  d.  Epping,  N.  H.,  Aug.  2,  1876.  He 
was  a  baker.  She  d.  1836.  Ch.:  Lucy  Permelia  Whitney,  b.  Jan. 
30, 1826,  m.  Sept.  14, 1856,  Alonzo  Atherton  of  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  res. 
3  So.  State  St..  Concord,  N.  H.  (see);  Susannah  Newell  Whitney,, 
b.  Nov.  28,  1827,  m.  Oct.  15,  1851,  Albert  W.  Gale,  res.  Haverhill, 
Mass.;  Nathan  Corey,  b.  Feb.  28,  1829.  d.  Aug.  29,  1829;  Eunice 


1249. 

1250. 

1231. 

111. 

1252. 

iv. 

1253. 

V. 

1254. 

vi. 

1256. 

vii 

1264. 

i. 

1265. 

ii. 

1266. 

iii. 

1267. 

iv. 

1268. 

V. 

1269. 

VI. 

1270. 

vn. 

1271. 

viii- 

104  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Corey,  b.  Sept.  29,  1830,  m.  1850,  David  G.  Young  of  Deerfield, 
N.  H.,  d.  Apr.  15,  1864;  Isaiah  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  25, 1833,  m.  1855, 
Lucy  Leavitt,  d.  Mar.  25,  1864,  and  left  three  chs.:  Chas.  Ather- 
ton  Sawyer  of  East  Boston,  Mass.,  Isaiah  Whitney  Sawyer  of 
Maiden,  Mass.,  and  Wm.  P.  Sawyer  of  Boston,  Mass. 

1262.  ii.         Lucy,  b.  ;  m.  John  Knight  of  Lynn,  Mass.    They  res.  in 

Bolton,  Mass.,  and  had  one  daughter  who  died  in  Medford, 
Mass.,  Mar.  10,  1878. 

1263.  iii.       John,  b. ;  m.  Sirene  Shattuck,  b.  Sept.  2,  1807,  and  d.  in 

Bolton  Sept.  25,  1863.    She  d.  Mar.  16,  1838,  and  left  one  ch. 

490.     Elijah  W^hitney  (Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Feb.  15, 
1754;  m.  in  Bolton,  Apr.  14,  1772,  Sarah  Stearnes;  b.  1753,  Bolton;  d.  there  Oct.  1812. 
He  was  born  in  Harvard,  was  a  farmer.   In  1779  he  purchased  a  farm  and  settled 
in  Bolton,  where  his  wife  died.     He  died  in  Lancaster.    He  d.  Jan.  17, 1834;  res.  Bol- 
ton and  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Elijah,  b.  July  17,  1772;  d.bef.  1781. 

Sarah,  b.  July  13,  1774;  m.  Dec.  15,  1797,  James  Townsend,  Jr.,  of 

Bolton.     Ch.:  James,  Sarah,  Lyman  and  Hannah. 
Dinah,  b.  Sept.  23, 1776;  m.  Nov. 27, 1800,  Benjamin  W.Worcester 

of  Bolton.     Ch.:  Daniel,  Arad,  Luke  and  Samuel. 
Samuel,  b.  Sept.  10,  1778;  m.  Lucy  Handley. 
Elijah,  b.  Feb.  25, 1781;  res.  Charlestown,  Mass.;  d.  May  18, 1866. 
Daniel,  b.  Feb.  10,  1783;  d.  bef.  1860. 
Abraham,  b.  Apr.  17,  1785;  res.  Shirley. 

Alice,  b.  Sept.  1, 1787;  d.  Mar.  9,  18—,  in  B.  unm.  R.  M.  Priest 
was  admr.  of  her  estate,  Apr.  2, 1861.  In  the  report  is  mentioned 
brothers  Samuel,  Elijah  and  Abraham,  sisters  Sophia  Fleming, 
Nancy  Priest,  Elizabeth  Bailey,  Sarah  Townsend  and  Dinah 
Worcester. 

1272.  ix.       Sophia,  b.  Nov.  20,  1789;  m. Fleming. 

1273.  X.        Nancy,  b.  Aug.  4,  1792;  m.  Oct.  20,  1814,  Charles  Priest,  of  Har- 

vard. 

1274.  xi.       Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  26,  1795;  m.  Dec.  28,  1815,  Horace  Bailey,  of 

Bolton;  res.  in  Westboro. 

493.  Jonathan  Whitney  fZacheus,  Joiiathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Bedford, 
Mass.,  1736,  m.  (int)  Aug  20;  m.  Oct.  3,  1765,  Mary  Wyman,  b.  in  1744;  d.  Jan.  11, 
1778;  m.  2d,  June  30,  1779,  Lucy  Smith,  b.  in  1743;  d.  Oct.  11,  1817.  He  served  during 
the  Revolutionary  war  in  a  company  from  Lancaster.  He  d.  Nov.  20, 1802;  res.  Lan- 
caster, Mass. 

Apr.  23,  1818,  Jonas  Whitney  asks  for  a  settlement  of  the  estate  of  Jonathan. 
In  March,  1820,  the  following  heirs  are  satisfied  with  the  division  and  sign  receipts: 
Jona  Whitney,  Jonas  Whitney,  Zacheus  Whitney,  Ephraim  Whitney,  Horatio  G. 
Buttrick,  guar,  to  Caroline  Buttrick,  Wm.  Ballou,  Elizabeth  Ballou,  Reuben  Wheeler, 
Sally  Wheeler,  Eli  Stearns  and  Mary  Stearns.  Lucy  Whitney's  will  of  Lancaster 
gives  to  children  of  her  deceased  son  Moses  Smith,  son  Richard  Smith,  dau.  Lucy 
Allen,  dau.  Sally  Wheeler,  gives  to  Caroline  Buttrick,  granddaughter,  son  Ephraim 
Whitney,  whom  she  appointed  exec.  His  gravestone  in  the  Lancaster  Middle 
Cemetery  reads: 

Sacred 

to  the  memory  of 

Mr.  Jonathan  Whitney 

who  departed  this  life 

November  20th  1802 

aged  66  years 

Possessing  the  integrity  and  goodness  of  the  upright  man;  his  memory  will  be 
embalmed  in  the  affections  of  all  who  knew  his  worth;  and  while  virtue  itself  shall 
be  revered,  his  virtues  shall  be  had  in  remembrance  of  the  virtuous  and  the  good. 

1275.  i.         Mary,  b.  Jan.  14,  1767;  m.  Feb.  9,  1786,  Eli  Stearnes,  Esq.,  b. 

1757;  d.  Mar.  7,  1825.  She  d.  May,  1827;  res.  Lancaster.  In 
1775  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  Mr.  Whittaker,  a  carpenter,  at 
Princeton,  who  enlisted  early  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Eli 
was  sent  to  the  army  at  Cambridge  for  a  short  time  as  a  substi- 
tute for  his  master,  and  was  there  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of 


1277. 

iii. 

1278. 

iv. 

1279. 

V. 

1280. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  105 

Bunker  Hill,  but  was  not  in  the  battle.  In  1777  he  enlisted  in  a 
scouting  party  commanded  by  the  subsequently  notorious  Dan- 
iel Shays,  and  was  wounded  by  a  ball  from  an  Indian's  gun, 
which  passed  through  his  head,  entering  the  left  cheek  and 
coming  out  under  the  right  ear.  After  being  confined  several 
months  in  the  hospital  at  Albany,  he  became  asst.  com.,  and 
continued  in  the  service  until  discharged  in  1783.  He  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  representative,  1806-10.  Ch.:  Charles,  b. 
Mar.  15,  1788;  rep.  and  senator;  m.  Julia  A.  Woodward  and 
Amanda  (Brown)  Norcross;  res.  Springfield,  Mass.;  Mary, 
b.  Jan.  26,  1791,  unm.;  Eliza,  b.  Nov.  18.1793;  m.  Francis  Faulk- 
ner; res.  Keene,  N.  H.;  Sophia,  b.  Sept.,  1795,  unm.;  Harriet, 
b.  Nov.  21,  1797,  unm.;  William,  b.  Nov.  2,  1799;  m.  Elizabeths. 
Wilder;  res.  Boston;  Catherine,  b.  Feb.  18,  1802,  unm.;  Sarah 
Whitney,  b.  May  13,  1804;  m.  Amos  Chase,  of  Groton;  Nancy 
b.  Apr.  13,  1806;  m.  Otis  Haskell;  res.  Claremont,  N.  H.;  Au- 
gustus, b.  Oct.  4,  1807;  d.  Sept.  12,  1811. 
1276.  ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  14,  1766;  m.  Mar.  19,  1787,  William  Ballard; 
res.  Lancaster,  Mass.     He  was  b.  Mar.  23,  1764. 

Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  27, 1771. 

Jonas,  b.  Aug.  27,  1772;  m.  Mary  Hawkes. 

Zaccheus,  b.  Mar.  11,  1774;  m.  Fanny . 

Ephraim,  b.   Mar.  28,  1780;  m.  June  7,  1821,  Mrs.  Mary  Nurse,  of 
Marlboro.     He  d.  Sept.  6,  1842;  res.  Lancaster. 

1281.  vii.       Nancy,  b.  Nov.  13,  1784;  m.  Oct.  6,  1803,  Capt.  Horatio  Gates 

Butterick,  of  Lancaster.      Ch.:  Caroline.      She  d.  Jan.  27,  1811 ; 
he  m.  2d  Dec.  26,  1811,  Marv  Barnard. 

1282.  viii.     Sally,  b.  Oct.  19,  1786;  m.  Dec.  17,  1807,  Reuben  Wheeler,  of 

L3.nC3.StCr 

1283.  ix.        Eunice,  bap.  Dec.  3,  1775;  d.  Nov.  2,  1777. 

1284.  X.         Sally,  bap.  Apr.  7,  1782;  d.  July  17,  1786. 

495.  Lieut.  Levi  Whitney  (Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),b.  Dec.  5,  1739; 
m.  Dec.  19, 1764,  Rebecca  Clark;  m.  2d  in  Townsend  Nov.  13,  1780,  Mrs.  Lydia  (Ran- 
dall) Price. 

His  second  wife  was  the  widow  of  Major  Henry  Price,  the  first  deputy  grand 
master  of  Masons  in  America.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  Levi  was  an  officer  in 
the  commissary  department  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  a  man  of  much  me- 
chanical ingenuity  and  a  manufacturer  of  agricultural  tools.  His  children  were  all 
born  in  Townsend.  He  d.  Jan.  8,  1809;  res.  Townsend  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 
Amos,  b.  Feb.  11,  1766;  m.  Anna  Brown. 
Asa,  b.  in  1767;  m.  Mary  Wallis. 

Sarah,  b.  in  1769;  m.  May  3,  1791,  Eleazer  Flint,  of  Reading. 
Aaron,  b.  in  1772;  m.  Phebe  Dunklee  and  Olive  Lund. 
Sibil,  b.  Aug.  27,  1770;  m.  Cyrus  Smith,  of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 
He  was  born  at  New  Ipswich,  Mass.,  Mar.  20, 1768,  was  a  farmer 
and  died  at  Andover,  Vt.  Ch.  b.  three:  Rebecka,  b.  Mar.  2, 
1796;  m.  William  Craig;  Cyrus  G.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1797;  m.  Ann 
Northup;  Sewall  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  13,  1802;  m.  Nancy  Mansur; 
res.  East  Troy,  Wis.;  Jesse,  b.  July  31,  1804;  m.  Sylvia  Burton; 
Thomas  J.,  b.  July  16,  1806;  d.  in  N.  Y.  city,  aged  19,  school 
teacher;  Polly,  b.  Dec.  1,1807;  m.  George  Mansur;  res.  Neenah, 
Wis.;  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1809;  m.  Leonard  Andrews;  res.  Big 
Bend,  Wis.;  Releaf  M.  S.  Mason,  b.  Nov.  22,  1811;  m.  Rev.J.O. 
Mason;  res.  Greenwood,  N.Y.;  Elvira,  b.  Mar.  2,  1814;  m.  Dr. 
Aaron  Putman. 

1290.  vi.        SEWELL,b. ;  d.  unm.     He  was  drowned  by  being  accident- 

ally knocked  from  the  deck  of  a  sloop  at  Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. 

1291.  vii.      Rebecca,  b.  July  29,  1781;  m.  Sept.  18,  1799,  Benjamin  Wallace, 

of  Townsend. 

496.  Timothy  Whitney  (Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  25,  1743. 
m.  Dec.  1,  1768,  Catherine  Davenport,  b.  Aug.  12,  1747, 

He  resided  in  that  part  of  Shrewsbury,  subsequentlv  incorporated  as  Boylston' 
He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  Capt.  Ezra  Bemis'  Company  in  1777.  Was  one 
of  the  first  selectmen  and  served  1786-87-«8-89-90-91-92;    town  treasurer,  1796-97-98 


1286. 

1286. 

ii. 

1287. 

111. 

1288. 

iv. 

1289. 

V. 

1293. 

ii. 

1294. 

111. 

1295. 

IV. 

1296. 

V. 

1297. 

VI. 

1298. 

vn. 

1299. 

Vlll 

1300. 

1301. 

ii. 

1302. 

111. 

1303. 

IV. 

1304. 

V. 

1.305. 

vi. 

1306. 

vii. 

106  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

99-1800-1801-1802  and  assessor  in  1788.  He  d. ;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Boylston, 

Mass. 

1292.     i.      Lucy,  b.  March  23,  1769;  m.  Joseph  Bigelow,  b.  Boylston,  Mass.,  Apr. 

15.  1766;  d.  Mav  17,  1845.     She  d.  Oct.  30,  1845;  res.  Boylston  and 

Fitzwilliam,N.H.   Ch.:  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  22, 1787;  m.  Eunice  Doty; 

Catherine,  b.  Aug.  26,  1789;  m.  Peter  Prescott;  Asahel,  b.  Oct.  15, 

17^*1;  Levi,  b.  Sept.  13,  1794;  m.  Esther  French;  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  20, 

1797;  d.  unm.  Aug,  28,  1823;  Lyman,  b.   Dec.  8,  1799;  d.  July  18. 

1840,  in  Charleston,  S.  C;  Charles  b.    Feb.  7,  1802;  m.  Elizabeth 

Nichols;  Zebina,  b.  July  27,  1804;  d.  Nov.  3,  1810;  Mary  W.,  b. 

Mar.  10,  1808;  d.  Mar.  21,  1831. 

Shadrack,  b.  Oct.  6,  1770. 

Levi,  b.  Aug.  9,  1772. 

Mary,  b.  Jan.  7,  1774. 

Catherine,  b.  Oct.  10,  1777;  d.  infancy. 

Catherine,  b.  Feb.  15,  1779. 

Timothy,  b.  June  25,  1783. 

John,  b.  Apr.  6.  1785. 

497."  Daniel  Whitney  (Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sept.  4.  1746; 
m.  Sept.  26.  1771,  Catherine  Stone,  of  Oxford,  Mass.;  b.  Nov.  15,  1752.  He  was  in 
the  Revolutionary  army,  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Andrews,  of  Shrews- 
bury; res.  Shrewsbury  and  Marlboro,  Mass.;  Madison,  N.  Y. 

Jonah,  b.  Sept.  3,  1772. 

Isaac,  b.  Oct.  17,  1774. 

Sarah,  b.  July  21,  1776. 

Daniel,  b.  Sept.  4,  1777. 

Luther,  b.  Feb.  23,  1781. 

John  Stone,  b.  June  20, 1783. 

William,  b.  Aug.  22,  1785. 

500.  James  Whitney  (James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Framingham,  Mass.. 
June  4,  1718;  m.  there  Mar.  18,  1742,  Patience  Leland,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Esther 

(Thurston);  b.  1722;  she  m.  2d Damon.    They  resided  in  Framingham,  and 

moved  to  Sherborn  in  1744.     He  d.  in  1754;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

1307.  i.  John,  b.  Mar.  10,  1742;  m.  Hannah  Holbrook. 

1308.  ii.         Joseph,  b.  Mar.  7,  1745. 

1309.  iii.        Martha,  b.  Aug.  16,  1747. 

1310.  iv.        Abigail,  b.  Dec.  11,  1749. 

504.  Dea.  Micah  Whitney  (James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Framingham 
Mass.,  June  4,  1725;  m.  in  Natick  1747  Lydia  Mason,  of  Natick. 

Deacon  Micah  was  born  in  Framingham.  He  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  war 
and  his  name  is  found  on  Morris  roll  of  Buckminster's  regiment  in  1755.  He  was  one 
of  the  prominent  citizens,  was  member  of  the  church  and  deacon  for  many  years, 
and  one  of  the  selectmen.  Morse,  in  his  History  of  Sherborn,  says  that  he  died  June 
23,  1860.  This  is,  of  course,  impossible.  And  if  we  correct  it  to  1760,  we  find  that 
we  have  the  date  of  Mark  Whitney's  death,  whose  will  Micah  witnessed  only  six 
days  earlier.  The  chances  are  against  this,  also,  so  I  conclude  that  Morse,  ignorant 
of  Mark's  existence,  jumped  at  the  conclusion  that  the  Natick  records  had  been 
written  "  Mark"  when  they  should  have  been  written  "  Micah."  I  have  been  of  the 
opinion  that  Micah,  and  Thomas  (Mark's  son)  with  their  families,  moved  away  about 
1760.  Both  men  disappeared  from  Natick  and  vicinity  about  that  time.  I  think 
Micah  moved  to  Douglass,  for  he  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war  from  that  town; 
res.  Natick  and  Douglass,  Mass. 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  11,  1748. 

Amos,  b.  May  17,  1750. 

Micah,  b.  June  20,  1753. 

Daniel,  b.  Jan.  26,  1759. 

Mason,  b.  Dec.  16,  1765. 

505.  Dea.  Benjamin  Whitney  (James,  John.  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  23,  1727, 
in  Framingham;  m.  Esther  Leland,  b.  1728. 

He  prob.  m.  2d,  Mary ,  for  this  is  the  name  of  his  wife  mentioned  in  his 

will.     He  d.  in  1794;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

1316.  i.        James,  b.  in  1755;  m.  Susannah  Hill. 

1317.  ii.       Joseph,  b.  in  1762;  m.  Sally  Parks. 


1311. 

1312. 

ii. 

1313. 

111. 

1314. 

IV. 

1315. 

V. 

1318. 

i. 

1319. 

ii. 

1320. 
1321. 

iii. 
iv. 

1322. 
1323. 

V. 

vi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  107 

506.  Ezra  Whitney  (James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Framingham,  Feb.  22, 

1730;  m.,  1760,  Agnes  Ross;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth ;  ni.3d,  Mercy  Morse.     She  d.  in 

Uxbridge,  Mass.,  Sept.  23,  1794  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  in  the  company 
from  Douglass,  commanded  by  Capt.  Wallis.  He  d.  Sept.  24.  1804;  res.  Wrentham, 
Mendon,  Sherborn,  Lunenburg  and   Douglass,  Mass.,  and   North  Woodstock,  Conn. 

James,  b.  Mendon,  Dec.  15,  1764;  m.  for  third  wife,  Mary  Rob- 
inson. 

John,  b. .     He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,  but  in 

1797  was  insane. 

Ezra,  b.  Nov.  29,  1760;  m. . 

Moses,  b.   in   1756;  m.   Hannah ,  and   Mrs.  Nancy  (Mann) 

Tyler. 

Samuel,  b. ;  m.  Azubah . 

Mercy,  b.  about  1770;  m.  in  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  Capt.  Samuel 
Read,  of  Uxbridge.  He  was  b.  Dec.  12,  1769;  d.  Apr.  19,  1839; 
res.  Uxbridge,  Mass.;  for  20  years  he  was  the  representative  in 
the  legislature,  and  was  a  prominent  and  distinguished  citizen. 
She  d.  Mar.  26,  1835.  Ch.:  Nancy,  b.  Aug.  3,  1794;  Abigail 
M.,  b.  June  12,  1796;  Elizabeth  H.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1798;  Mary  G.,  b. 
Oct.  22,  1800;  d.  Sept.  13,  1806. 

1324.  vii.      Elizabeth,  b. ;  m. Hill.     Ch.:  Ezra,  Hannah,  Irene, 

Moses,  and  Micah. 

1325.  viii.     Micah,  b. ;  d.  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  12,  1795. 

507.  Hon.  Daniel  Whitney  (James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Framingham, 
Dec.  13,  1733;  m.  Miriam  Leland,  b.  1740;  d.  1817-8.  Hon.  Daniel  Whitney  was  ohe 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens  in  Sherborn.  He  was  selectman  1784-6-8-9-90-1-2 
3-5-1800-1-2-3;  town  clerk  in  1773;  town  clerk  and  treasurer  from  1775  to  1781;  was 
representative  to  the  Continental  Congress  1775-6;  member  of  the  convention  to 
revise  the  state  constitution  in  1780;  representative  1781-3-4-5-8-9-91-2^4-5-6-8-9 
1800-1-3.  In  1788  Daniel  Whitney,  Esq.,  of  Sherborn,  was  the  delegate  to  the  con- 
vention for  the  purpose  of  ratifying  the  constitution  by  Massachusetts.  It  was  held 
in  Boston  from  Jan.  9  to  Feb.  9,  1788.     He  d.  in  1810;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

1326.  i.  Amos,  b.  1762;  m.  Catherine  Hunt. 

1327.  ii.        Elizabeth,  b.  1765;  m.  William  Clark;  she  d.  1835;  Ch.:  Alpheus, 

b.  1785;  m.  Nancy  Leland;  Polly,  b.  1789;  d.  1790;  Polly,  b.  1792; 
m.  Lemuel  Leland;  d.  1814. 

1328.  iii,       Daniel,  b.  in  1768;  m.  Dorcas  White.    He  was  lost  at  sea  in  1800, 

s.  p.;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

1329.  iv.        Mary,  b.  1770;  m.  Hon.  John  Bullard,  selectman  8  years;  repre- 

sentative 1819;  res.  S.,and  d.  1840.  Ch.:  Sally,  b.  Mar.  5, 1794;  m. 
Martin  Clark  and  William'  Stratton;  Mary  W.,b.  Feb.  5,  1804; 
m.  Henry  Ballard;  Eliza,  b.  May  16,  1807;  m.  Richard  Richard- 
son; d.  s.  p.  Dec.  5,  1844;  John  W.,  b.  May  13,  1809;  d.  1813; 
Daniel  W.,  b.  May  13,  1811;  m.  Abigail  Hemenway  and  M.  H. 
Hixon. 

1330.  V.         Aaron,  b.  in  1772;  m.  Eda  Fiske. 

510.  Peter  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Willington,  Conn., 
Apr.  10,  1738;  m.  in  Tolland,  Conn.,  Apr.  21,  1763,  Mercy  Case,  b.  Aug.  15,  1745;  d. 
Apr.  19,  1819. 

He  was  born  at  Willington,  Conn.;  married  at  Tolland.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
resided  at  Ashford  and  Willington,  Conn.,  until  after  the  birth  of  his  children,  when 
he  moved  to  Tunbridge,  Orange  Co.,  Vt.  They  were  buried  in  East  Bethel,  Vt.,  the 
.  village  where  they  had  gone  to  church.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  last  French  war  and 
also  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  Conn.  line.  He  was  pensioned  Apr.  6, 
1818.     He  d.  June  19,  1826;  res.  Tolland,  Conn.,  and  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

1331.  i.  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  18,  1770;  m.  Mary  T.  Jennings. 

1;S32.    ii.         Peter,  b.  Oct.  31,  1776;  m.  Edith  Davis  and  Sibyl  Ainsworth. 

1333.  iii.       Jonathan,  b.  Feb.  20,  1766;  m.  Eunice  Story,  Dora  Marsh,  Zylpha 

Holt  and  Betsey  Bolton. 

1334.  iv.       Lois,  b.  Mar.  31,  1768;  m.  Major-General  Lovell  Hubbard.   She  d. 

in  1818,  in  Royalton,  Vt. 

1335.  V.        Anna,  b.  Sept.  10, 1774;  m.  Oliver  Preston.    She  d.  Mar.  9, 1858,  at 

Royalton,  Vt.  A  son,  Jonathan  W.,  resides  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 


108  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1336.  vi.       Rebecca,  b.  Aug.  16,  1772.    She  had  one  arm  and  one  leg  ampu- 

tated at  her  father's  house,  and  died  there  unm.  in  1806. 

1337.  vii.      Esther,  b.  Nov.   1,   1778;  m.  Col.  Arannah   Hibbard.     He  was 

wounded  at  the  battle  of  Queenstown  in  the  war  of  1812.  She 
d.  at  Siurgis,  Mich. 

1338.  viii.     Molly,  b.  Mar.  16,  1764;  d.  young. 

1339.  ix.       Lydia,  b.  Feb.  10,  1781;  m.  Joseph  Bartlett.    She  died  soon  after 

her  marriage. 

1340.  X.         Mary,  b.  Mar.  16,  1784. 

1341.  xi.       Molly,  b.  Mar.  16,  1784. 

520.  Josiah  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Willington,  Conn., 
Nov.  16,  1764;  m.  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  Nov.  26,  1783,  Mary  Loomis.  In  1781, 
when  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  in  a  Belchertown 
company.  After  his  death  she  m.  Nov.,  1797,  with  Solomon  Payne  and  moved  to 
Rootstown,  Ohio,  where  she  d.  of  smallpox  Jan.  14,  1850.  He  d.  Oct.  29,  1792;  res. 
Granville,  Mass. 

1342.  i.  Sarah,  b.  June  4,  1785;  m.  Beman  Chapman  and  settled  in  Roots- 

town,  Ohio,  where  she  died  Aug.  21,  1846.  Son  Pliney  res. 
New  Milford,  Ohio. 

1343.  ii.         Mary,  b.  Oct.  2,1787;  m.  Dec.  22, 1806,  Nathan  Chapman  at  Roots- 

town,  a  chair  manufacturer,  b.  Vernon,  Conn.,  July  5,  1783. 
They  both  lived  to  be  over  90  years  of  age.  Ch.:  E.  P.;  res. 
New  Milford,  Ohio. 

1344.  iii.        Indiana,  b.  Aug.  21,  1789;  m.  Calvin  Allen,  a  clothier,  who  was 

b.  in  Conn.  They  moved  in  1823  to  Duaiiesburgh,  N.  Y.,  and 
thence  in  1828  to  Silver  Lake,  Pa.,  where  he  d.  Mar.  12,  1834, 
and  was  buried  in  Quaker  cemetery.  She  resided  last  at  Brook- 
dale,  Pa.     Son  Luman  W.  res.  Brookdale,  Pa. 

1345.  iv.       Josiah,  b.  May  1,  1791;  m.  Almira  Ellsworth. 

523.  Lieut.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepperell 
Oct.  27,  1741;  m.  Aug.  12,  1761,  Mary  Turner,  b.  1741;  d.  Sept.  5,  1778;  m.  2d  Rebecca 
Fitch,  b.  1759;  d.  June  23,  1793;  m.  3d  in  P.  Mar.  5,  1794,  Olive  Farnsworth,  of  Groton, 

b.  1755;  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  13,  1809;  m.  4th  Anna  Woods,  b. ;  d.  Sept.  11,  1866.     His 

will  was  probated  in  1822.     William  Livermore,  of  Groton,  was  appointed  to  Frank- 
lin and  George,  minors.     He  d.  Sept.,  1821;  res.  Pepperell,  Mass. 

1346.  i.  "Benjamin,  b.  May  5,  1764.     He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war 

in  1781  for  Pepperell  when  but  17  years  of  age.      His  name  is 
found  on  the  Revolutionary  war  records  at  the  state  house  in 
Boston.     He  was  married  and  resided  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  but 
later  moved  to  Geneseo,  N.  Y.,  finally  locating  in  Boston,  Mich. 
TDavid,  b.  Feb.  11,  1766;  m.  Susanna  Huntington. 
V\bel,  b.  Mar.  15,  1770;  m.  Phebe  Scott. 
Thomas,  b.  July  15,  1780;  m.  Betsey  Wallis  and  Annie  York. 
»Abijah,  b.  Aug.  22,  1781;  m.  Lydia  Tarbell. 
.Joseph,  b.  Apr.  18,  1784;  d.  Aug.  18,  1805. 
Aaron,  b,  Feb.  22,  1786;  m.  Betsey  Parker. 

♦Polly,  b.  Jan.  25,  1788;  m.  Leonard  Lakin.    He  res.  in  Boston  and 
was  a  pilot  in  Boston  harbor.   Ch.:  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  13, 1833;  res. 
Ft.  Atkinson,  Wis.;  Mary  Ann,  b.  May  25,  1817;  m.  Moses  Love- 
joy;  res.  Riverside,  111. 
•Hannah,  b.  Jan.  7,  1792;  d.  Oct.  22,  1794. 
Franklin,  b.  Nov.  30,  1810;  m.  Catherine  Kemp. 
George,  b.  Mar.  24,  1813;  d.  young. 
•Mary,  b.  Mar.  4,  1763;  d.  Aug.  27,  1778. 
Abigail,  b.  May  8,  1768;  d.  Aug.  28,  1778. 
♦Martha,  b.  Jan.  19.  1772;  d.  Aug.  28,  1778. 
rABijAH,  b.  Nov.  29,  1774;  d.  Sept.  3,  1778. 
•Anna,  b.  Nov.  5,  1775;  d.  Aug.  25,  1778. 
J'homas,  b.  July  23, 1777;  d.  Aug.  29,  1778. 

529.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepperell,  Mass., 
Oct.  20,  1755;  m.  Mary  Woods,  b.  1764;  d.  Acworth,  N.  H.,  in  1841.  He  was  from 
Pepperell,  Mass.,  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.    Later  he  removed  to  Acworth,  N.  H„  in  1807.    Apr.  25,  1818,  he  was  granted  a 


1347. 

ii. 

1348. 

HI. 

1349. 

iv. 

1350. 

v. 

1351. 

VI. 

1352. 

vn. 

1353. 

Vlll. 

1354. 

ix. 

1355. 

X. 

1356. 

XI. 

1357. 

xn. 

1358. 

xni. 

1359. 

xiv. 

1360. 

XV. 

1361. 

XVI. 

1362. 

XVll 

1367. 

iii. 

1368. 

IV. 

1369. 

V. 

1370. 

VI. 

1371. 

VII. 

1372. 

Vlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  109 

pension,  but  it  was  suspended  in  1820.     He  d.  Acworth,  N.  H.,  in  1810;  res.  Pepperell, 
Mass.,  Francistown  and  Acworth,  N.  H. 

1365.  i.  Polly,  b.  Sept.  5,  1781;  m.  Sept.  12,  1804,  Phinehas  Parker  and 

rem.  to  Vt.  He  was  b.  in  Dedham,  N.  H.,  Sept.  5,  1781 ;  d.  Dec. 
29,  1873.  She  d.  Jan.  24.  1873.  Ch.:  Mary  Ann;  a  child  is  Mrs. 
Geo.  H.  Osgood,  East  Randolph,  Vt.;  Marinda;  a  child  is  Geo. 
Annis,  Craftsbury,  Vt.;  Charles,  b.  Sept.  24,  1810;  m.  Rebecca 
Whitney,  dau.  Joseph  D.  (which  see);  res.  E.  Randolph,  Vt.; 
Caroline,  dead;  John,  a  son,  is  Don  Parker,  St.  Albans,  Vt.; 
Phinehas,  res.  Hartford,  Vt.;  Fannie,  dead;  Sally,  dead. 

1366.  ii.         Emma,  b.  Aug.  16.  1785;  m.  Mar.  25,  1806,  Elijah  Dickerman;  res, 

Chelsea,  Vt.  He  was  b.  July  20,  1783;  d.  Dec.  3,  1861.  He  was 
a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  She  d.  Aug.  28,  1834.  Ch.:  Mary,  b. 
Mar.  29,  1807;  m.  Mar.  29,  1825;  d.  Feb.  2,  1880;  Emma,  b.  July 
26,1809;  d.  Sept.  15, 1809;  Amy,  b.  May  6, 1811;  m.  Mar.  25,  1834; 
d.  May  8,  1884;  Rebekah,  b.  Dec.  19,  1812;  m.  Mar.  12,  1855;  d. 
Apr.  13,  1885;  Elijah,  b.  Sept.  26,  1814;  m.  Nov.  26,  1835;  d.  July 
5,  1876;  Enoch,  b.  Apr.  27,  1816;  m.  Nov.  26,  1835;  d.  June  5, 
1883;  Edmund,  b.  May  27,  1818;  m.  Oct.  28,  1838;  d.  Feb.  5, 
1886;  Lewis,  b.  Sept.  28,  1822,  m.  July  24,1845;  res.  No  T.;  Sally, 
b.  Oct.  30,  1824;  m.  Nov,  1,  1841,  Eli  Camp;  res.  No.  Ran- 
dolph, Vt. 

Joseph,  b. ;  d.  young. 

Joseph  D.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1791;  m.  Susanna  Drury. 

Isaac  W.,  b.— ;  m.  Polly  Blood. 

John,  b.  May  4,  1795;  m.  Polly  Lewis. 

Leonard,  b.  June  4,  1797;  m.  Philanda  Blood. 

Rebecca,  b.  Apr.  3,  1799;  m.  Feb.  23,  1826,  Theron  Thayer,  b. 
Apr.  26,  1803;  d.  Nov.  4,  1841.  She  m.  2d,  Asa  T.  Grames.  She 
d.  Jan.  21,  1892.  Ch.:  Parilla,  b.  Feb.  18,  1827;  m.  to  Charles 
Densmore,  Feb.  18,  1850;  ch.,  Mrs.  Edwin'Spencer,  Claremont, 
N.  H.;  Mrs.  James  Hamlin,  N.  Randolph,  Vt.;  Mrs.  Emma 
Morse,  W.  Bethel,  Vt.;  Mrs.  J.  M.  Flint,  Chelsea,  Vt. 

1373.  ix.       David,  b.  Acworth,  N.  H.;  m.    Lydia  C.  Chase;  a  dau.  Mary  A., 

m.  Cutler  S.  Angier;  res.  Langdon,  N.  H. 

1374.  X.         Edmund,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

1375.  xi.       Alvah,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

530.    James  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepperell,  Mass., 

Dec.  6,  1757;  m. .     He  d.  Aug.  18,  1799;  res.  Ludlow,  Vt. 

1376.  i.         Orlando,  b. ;  m.  Asenath  Stiles. 

1377.  ii.        Daniel,  b.  in  1777;  m.  Content  Stiles. 

1378.  iii.       James,  b. . 

1379.  iv.  Jazamiah,  b.  Sept.  1,'1780;  m.  Rebecca  Whipple. 

1380.  V.        ,  b. ;  m. Sangar;  res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

532.  James  Whitney  (James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Dunstable,  Mass., 
Kov.  4,  1742;  m.  Sept.  4,  1766,  Sarah  Lund;  res.  Dunstable,  Mass.,  and . 

1381.  i.         Sarah,  b.  in  D.,  May  27,  1767. 

533.  John  Whitney  (James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Dunstable,  Apr.  15, 
1745;  m.  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  Feb.,  1781,  Mary  Jones;  b.  Framingham,  Mass.,  1757; 
d.  Apr.  19,  1836. 

John  Whitney,  a  brother  of  Jonathan,  went  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  from  Dunstable, 
Mass.,  before  1776.  His  wife  was  Mary  Jones,  a  native  of  Framingham,  Mass.  He 
died  in  Troy,  N.  H.,  in  1829.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  Capt.  Whit- 
comb's  company,  of  Col.  James  Reed's  regiment.  In  1776  in  Capt.  Abijah  Smith's 
company  for  New  York,  mustered  Sept.  21.  He  was  one  of  the  men  returned  for 
Fitzwilliam  for  three  years  or  the  war.  In  1777  he  marched  to  reinforce  the  garrison 
at  Ticonderoga,  on  the  alarm  in  Capt.  John  Mellen's  company.  Was  for  a  time  in 
Col.  Timothy  Bigelow's  regiment  for  Worcester,  Mass.  John  Whitney  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  army,  and  early  in  1780  in  company  with  his  brother  Jonathan  he  left 
his  home  in  Dunstable,  Mass.,  having  purchased  the  tract  of  land  on  "the  east  side 
of  the  road,"  in  Troy,  N.  H.,  later  Fitzwilliam.  He  resided  on  the  farm  until  his 
death.     He  d.  Nov.  3,  1829;  res.  Fitzwilliam  and  Troy,  N.  H. 


1384. 

iii. 

1385. 

iv. 

1386. 

V. 

1387. 

vi. 

110  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1382.  i.  Nathan,  b,  June  18,  1781;  d.  in  1811  in  Sherburne,  Vt.,  of  spotted 

fever;  unm. 

1383.  ii.         Mary,  b.  Mar.  2,  1783;  m.  Feb.  16,  1812,  Luke  Harris.    She  d. 
Sept.  1^  1816.     (See  below.) 

Lucy,  b.  Jan.  22,  1785;  d.  May  18,  1794. 

Sally,   b.   May  30,   1787;  m.  George  Farrar,  and  d.  s.  p.  in  1864. 

John,  b.  Dec.  10,  1789;  m.  Mrs.  Augusta  (Fisk)  Brooks. 

Betsey,  b.  July  12,  1792;  m.  Apr.  10,  1817,  Luke  Harris.  He  was 
b.  Dec.  1,  1790,  at  Richmond,  N.  H.,  and  d.  at  Nelson,  N.  H., 
Feb.  2,  1872.  He  was  a  farmer,  carpenter  and  manufacturer. 
Ch.:  James  Madison,  died  in  infancy;  Martha,  b.  Mar.  25,  1816 
(first  wife);  m.  Herman  Kendall,  of  Sterling,  Mass.,  and  d.  Aug. 
7.  1881;  had  2  ch.,  H.  P.,  res.  Sterling,  Mass.;  Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct. 
30,  1817;  m.  Feb.  11,  1869,  Dea.  Jabez  Butler,  and  he  was  b.  Nov. 
14,  1803,  and  d.  Jan.  14, 1889.  Was  a  sash  and  blind  maker.  She 
res.,  s.  p.,  in  Plymouth,  Vt.,  and  is  a  regular  practicing  physician. 
Graduated  1859.  Susan  Harris,  b.  Mar.  20,  1818;  d.  Dec,  1833; 
Sarah  W.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1819;  m.  Isaac  W.  Holbrook,  who  d.  Feb. 
27,1881;  ch.,  Ellen  M.  and  Susan  L.;  res.  M.;  Nathan  W.,  b. 
Mar.  5,  1821,  n.  f.  k.;  went  to  N.  O.  and  to  St.  Louis,  and  is  sup- 
posed to  have  died  there  of  cholera;  Ferdinand  and  Isabella,  b. 
Mar.  23,  1824;  d.  June.  1825;  an  infant,  b.  Aug.,  1827,  which  lived 
only  a  day;  John  W.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1828,  supposed  to  have  been 
drowned  at  sea;  Isaiah  Turbur,  b.  June  13,  1831;  m.  Mary  S. 
Phillips;  Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  14,1833;  m.  Minot  Phillips, 
who  d.  in  the  war,  and  Herman  Wheeler,  res.  E.  Sullivan,  N.  H.; 
6ch. 
1888.  vii.  Sophia,  b.  Jan.  20,  1795;  m.  Eseck  Dexter,  and  d.  in  1866,  leaving 
Eseck,  Ferdinand,  Lorenzo  and  Oscar. 

1389.  viii.      Luke,  b.  Dec.  25,  1798;  m.  Louisa  White. 

534.  Jonathan  Whitney  (James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Dunstable,  Mass.' 
Aug.  15,  1745;  m.  (the  first  marriage  recorded  in  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.)  May  7,  1772] 
Abigail  Hemenway,  b.  Apr.  26,  1749,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Adams)  Hemenway* 
Jonathan  Whitney,  in  company  with  his  brother  John,  purchased  a  farm  in  1780  at 
Fitzwilliam,   N.  H.     About  1810  he  disposed   of   his    interest  to  one  Sanford,  and 

moved  to  Hartland,  Vt.     He  d. — ;  res.  Dunstable,  Mass.,  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  and 

Hartland,  Vt.,  in  1805. 

1390.  i.  James,  b.  Nov.  3,  1772.     He  married,  went  west,  and  died  s.  p. 

1391.  ii.         Joseph,  b.  June  7,  1774;  m.  Sophia  Oliver. 

1392.  iii.        Francis,  b.  Sept.  17,  1776.     He  d.  June  1, 1842,  and  left  two  daus.; 

one  is  Mrs.  Abigail  Collins;  res.  Lisbon,  N.  Y. 

1393.  iv.        Benjamin,  b.  Apr   6,  1781.     He  was  killed  when  a  young  man; 

was   at   work   on   a   railroad,    blasting   rock,   and   killed  by  a 
piece  from  the  blast. 

1394.  V.         Jonathan,  b.  Apr.  6,  1783;  m.  Miranda  Marvin. 

1395.  vi.       Charles,  b.  June  17,1786.     He  had  three  sons  and  three  daus.; 

one,  James,  res.  Bristol,  Vt.,  and  Charles;  res.  Brookfield,  Vt. 

1396.  vii.      Calvin,  b.  May  25,  1788;  m.  Eliza  Everton. 

1397.  viii.     Haynes,  b.  Dec,  1789;  m.  Jane  Robinson. 

537.  William  Whitney  (William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., 
Feb.  5,  1725;    m.  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  June  4,  1747,  Arcoucher  Dutcher;    m.  2d  Jane 

He  was  born  probably  at  Killingly,  though  some  traditions  have  it  at  Canaan; 
was  married  at  Salisbury  as  "William  Whitney  from  the  east  part  of  Connecticut." 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d. ;  res.  Salisbury,  Conn. 

1398.  iii.       Christopher,  b.  Sept.  28, 1751;  m.  Mary  Ticknor. 

1399.  i.         Hestry,  b.  Aug.  4,  1748;  m.  Oct.  15,  1766,  Joshua  Sardam. 

1400.  ii.        Mary,  b.  Aug.  24,  1750;  d.  young. 

1401.  iv.       Cornelius,  b.  Dec.  31,  1753;  m.  Hetty  Green. 

1402.  v.        RuLUFF,  b. .     He  was  a  soldier  and  was  killed  at  the  battle 

of  Quebec 

1403.  vi.       John,  b.  Oct.  5,  1757;  res.  Maryland. 

1404.  vii.      Mary,  b.  Oct.  1,  1759. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  Ill 

1405.  viii.    Solomon,  b.  Mar.  1,  1763. 

1406.  ix.       Jane,  b.  May  22,  1766. 

538.  Thomas  Whitney  (William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killingly,  Conn., 
Feb.  28,  1727;  m.  Elizabeth  Boardman;  b.  Sheffield,  Mass.,  d.  before  1793. 

He  was  probably  born  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  where  he  resided  until  after  his 
marriage,  when  he  moved  to  Canaan.  He  had  a  deed  of  land  from  his  father,  Nov. 
5,  1750,  in  consideration  of  parental  love,  etc.  As  Thomas  Whitney  of  Claverack  in 
ye  County  of  Albany  and  Province  of  New  York  for  ;^50,  he  deeded  to  his  honored 
father,  William  Whitney,  of  Canaan,  the  same  54and,  June  18,  1761.  Thomas  was  a 
farmer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  resided  in  Nobletoivn,  Hillsdale,  Columbia  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  he  took  an  active  part  under  the  lead  of  Robert  Noble,  in  a  strife  between 
the  authorities  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  and  those  of  New  York,  relative  to  the 
soil  and  jurisdiction  of  certain  lands  in  the  manor  of  Livingston.  June  26,  1766,  the 
sheriff  and  posse  proceeded  to  Noble's  house  to  arrest  him  and  other  persons  named 
in  the  warrant,  and  when  near  Noble's  house  the  two  parties  came  in  collision  and 
"thereupon  a  firing  by  both  parties  instantly  ensued  and  Cornelius  Ten  Broeck,  one 
of  the  posse,  Thos.  Whitney,  one  of  the  rioters,  were  both  shot  and  died  on  the  spot." 
(See  the  proclamation  of  Sir  Henry  Moore,  of  July  3,  following  in  Documentary  History 
of  New  York.)  His  widow  went  to  Chenango,  N.  Y.,  with  her  son,  Joshua,  and  died 
there  before  1793,  and  was  buried  on  the  farm  where  they  lived.  Thomas  was  buried 
on  his  own  farm  at  Nobletown.  He  d.  June  26,  1766;  res.  Canaan,  Conn.,  and  Noble- 
town,  N.  Y. 

1407.  i.         Joshua,  b.  Nov.  27,  1748;  m.  Hannah  Green. 

1408.  ii.        John,  b.  May  15,  1751;  res.  Chenango,  N.  Y. 

1409.  iii.       William,  b. .     He  d.  Jan.  18,  1810,  was  a  prominent  citizen 

of  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  was  general  in  the  State  Militia. 

1410.  iv.       Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Thomas  Green;  res.  Lisle,  N.  Y.,  where 

he  was  a  member  of  the  First  Cong,  church.     She  d.  in  1822, 
They  res.  in  Lisle,  two  miles  from  Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y. 

540.  Capt.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Plainfield, 
Conn.,  Mar.  25,  1*750;  m.  Sally  Cochran. 

During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  in  a  Connecticut  regiment,  and  ensign  of 
one  of  the  companies  and  later  first  lieutenant  in  Capt.  McKinstry's  Co.  9th  N.  Y. 
Regt.  of  the  Claverack  Batt.  In  1779  he  was  captain,  and  at  its  close  moved  to  New 
York  state.  He  finally  settled  in  Addison  Co.,  Vt.,  and  died  there.  He  was  granted 
a  pension  by  the  Govt.  Mar.  30, 1818.  Joshua  Whitney,  of  Arguile,  Wash.  Co.,  N.  Y., 
sold  land  in  New  Marlborough,  Mass.,  Dec.  31.  1808,  which  fell  to  me  as  heir  to  the 
estate  of  Joshua  Whitney,  Esq.,  late  of  Plainfield,  Conn.,  deed,  and  was  set  off  by  the 
distribution  of  said  estate  to  me.  He  d.  in  1821;  res.  Conn.,  N.  Y.  state,  and  Addison 
Co.,  Vt. 

1411.  i.  William,  b.  May  24,  1795;  m.  Martha  Ann  Perlee. 

541.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Joshua,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Conn.  Oct.,  1755; 
m.  Sarah  Bassett,  b.  Aug.  20,  1775,  d.  Mar.  27,  1861.  She  m.  2d  John  Farnsworth  and 
removed  to  Cayuaga,  N.  Y.  She  was  b.  Aug.  27,  1776;  d,  Mar.  27,  1861.  He  d. 
Aug.  27,  1801;  res.  Granville,  N.  Y. 

1412.  i.  Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  10,  1797;  m.,  and  d.  June  10,  1830,  leaving  7  ch. 

1413.  ii.         Aaron,  b.  Sept.  14,  1798;  m.  Electa  Leach. 

1414.  iii.        Sally,  b.  Oct.  8,  1800;  m".  Jan.  22,  1822,  Lorenzo  Colburn  and  had 

6ch. 

643.    Elijah  Whitney  (John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., ; 

m.  there  Sept.  24,  1772,  Cloe  Beckley;  res.  Canaan,  Conn. 
Elijah,  b.  Feb.  25, 1773. 
Elisha,  b.  Aug.  10,  1774. 
Joseph,  b.  July  21,  1776;  m.  Mary  P.  Persons. 
Electa,  b. 


1415. 

1, 

1416 

11. 

1417. 

111. 

1418. 

IV. 

1419. 

V. 

544.  Capt, 
r;  m. 

William,  b.  Feb.  22,  1784;  m.  Prudence  Brown. 
Capt.  John  Whitney  (John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn.,  in 
He  was  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  South  Canaan.     He  d.  Aug.  14, 
1807;  res.  Canaan,  Conn. 

1420.    i.         John,  b.  1796;  d.  Mar.  18,  1809. 

547.     Lebbeus  Whitney  (Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Aug.  25,  1745;  m. 
Mary  Ann ,  b.  June,  1764.     He  d.  Oct.  5,  1785;  res. . 


112  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1421.  i.  Lebbeus,  b.  Sept.  3, 1775;  d.  Mar.  7, 1776. 

1422.  ii.         Margaret,  b.  Aug.  25,  1776;  m.  Mar.  30,  1794,  John  Gardner,  d. 

Charlestown,  S.  C,  Mar.  26,  1822,  ae.  56.  She  m.  2d  Wm.  H. 
Booth.  She  d.  Sept.  11,  1846,  at  Charlestown,  S.  C.  Ch.:  Henry 
Whitney,  b.  Dec.  22,  1794;  m.  Feb.  6, 1816,  Mary  E.  Sims;  4  ch. 

1423.  iii.       Jacob,  b.  Nov.  2,  1779;  d.  Nov.  9,  1779. 

1424.  iv.       Thomas  Harvey,  b.  Jan.  4,  1781. 

1425.  v.         Archibald,  b.  May  28,  1785;  m.  Mary  Drennes.  • 

652.  John  Merrick  Whitney  (Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  July  18,  1758; 
m. .     He  d.  bef.  1819;  res.  Georgia. 

1426.  i.  Andrew  G.,  b. .    He  was  an  attorney  at   law  at  Detroit, 

Mich.,  and  d.  there  of  cholera  in  1826.  He  was  married,  but 
none  of  his  children  survived  him. 

553.  James  Rex  Whitney  (Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Oct.  16,  1760,  in 
Middletown,  Conn.;  m.  Mary  Allen;  d.  Charlestown,  S.  C.,  Nov.  22,  1814.  He  was 
born  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  and  resided  nearly  all  his  life  in  the  south.  Three  years 
before  his  death  he  was  elected  sergeant  at  arms  of  the  Miss,  legislature.  He  d. 
Feb.  4,  1822;  res.  Franklin,  Ga.,  and  Washington,  Miss. 

1427.  i.  Jedediah,  b.  Mar.  3,  1782;  m.  Keziah  Barrett. 

1428.  ii.         Lebbeus,  b.  Oct.  8,  1785;  m.  Elizabeth  Ford. 

1429.  iii.        Mary,  b.  Georgia;  m.  Richard  Hardin;  res.  Hardin's  Ford,  Ga.; 

7ch. 

1430.  iv.       William,  b.  in  1790;  m.  Sarah  Leggett,  Mrs,  Mary  Smith,  and 

Mrs.  Henry  King. 
14'1.    V.         John  Merrick,  b.  June  4,  1792;  m.  Clarissa  Montgomery. 

557.  Cornelius  Whitney  (Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  at  Killingly, 
Conn.,  July  5, 1749;  m. Graves;  m. 2d  Elizabeth  May;  b.  Rutland,  Vt.;d. . 

He  was  born  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  in  that  part  which  was  subsequently  North  Kil- 
lingly. He  served  four  years  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  a  Connecticut  regiment, 
and  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  moved  to  Granville, 
N.  Y.,  and  later  to  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died.  Was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Mar.  24, 
1833;  res.  North  Killingly,  Conn.,  Granville  and  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

Matthias,  b.  May  25,  1776;  m.  Betsey  Barnes. 

James,  b.  Aug.  27,  1779;  m.  Betsey  Law. 

Lyman  Eliphalet,  b.  Feb.  17,  1781;  m.  Lucy  Ellsworth. 

Cornelius,  b.  Jan.  27,  1782;  m.  Rhoda  Gould. 

Sally,  b.  Apr.  22,  1791. 

ZOLVA  (Resolved),  b.  Jan.  11,  1795;  d.  bef.  1874. 

Alice,  b.  Mar.  15, 1799;  d.  bef.  1874. 

RoxA,  b.  June  24,  1801;  m. Williams;  res.  Butler,  N.  Y. 

John,  b.  Jan.  2,  1804;  m.  Nancy  Huntington,  Caroline  M.  Herbert, 
Mrs. Page,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Moran. 

558.  Joshua  Whitney  (Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killingly,  Conn., 
Nov.  23,  1751;  m.  Apr.  6, 1775,  Lydia  Bu  Day,  b.  Sept.  30,  1752.  After  his  death  she 
married  again  to  a  Mr.  Wardsworth,  and  d.  Oct.  15,  1817.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d. 
Sept.  21,  1796;  res.  Rutland,  Vt.,  and  Avon,  N.  Y. 

1441.  i.  Joshua,  b.  June  10,  1782;  m.  Huldah  Markham, 

1442.  ii.  Elkanah,  b. . 

1443.  iii.  David,  b. . 

1444.  iv.  Sarah,  b.  — . 

1445.  V.  Hannah,  b. . 


1432. 

1433. 

ii. 

1434. 

111. 

1435. 

iv. 

1436. 

V. 

1437. 

VI. 

1438. 

Vll. 

1439. 

VllI, 

1440. 

ix. 

660.  David  Whitney  (Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killingly,  Conn., 
May  3,1754;  m.  Olive  Day;  m.  2d,  Mary  Glassford.  He  died  in  Canada;  res.  Hart- 
ford. Conn.,  and  Augusta,  Canada. 

1446.  i.         Lucy,  b. .  '   1455.    x.        Olive,  b. . 

1447.  ii.        David,  b. .  1456.    xi.       David,  b. . 

1448.  iii.       Cynthia,  b. .  1457.    xii.     Calvin,  b. ;  m. 

1449.  iv.       Comfort,  b. .  Hiltha  Scott,  Caro- 

1450.  V.        Mary,  b. .  line    Conkline   and 

1461.    vi.       Asa,  b. .  '  Isabella  Harrison. 

1452.    vii,      Alanson,  b. .  1468.    xiii.    Asa, . 

1463.    viii.    Samuel,  b. .  1459.    xiv.    John,  b. . 

14.54.    ix.       Sarah,  b. . 


1460. 

1461. 

1  !• 

1462. 

Ill 

1463. 

IV. 

1464. 

V. 

1465. 

vi 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  113 

561.  Samuel  Whitney  (Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  2,  1757;  m. 
Apr.  28,  1784,  Tabitha  Warren;  d.  Aug.  22,  1846.  He  served  during  the  Revolution- 
ary war;  was  at  Valley  Forge  in  the  winter  of  1778  unaer  Washington,  and  assisted 
in  rescuing  his  horse  from  the  mire  and  saving  it  from  drowning  by  means  of  a  rope, 
for  which  service  he  was  personally  thanked  by  Gen.  Washington.  After  the  war  he 
was  pensioned,  receiving  $8  per  month  during  his  life.  He  d.  Jan.  7,  1850;  res.  East- 
ford,  Conn. 

Lucy,  b.  June  10, 1785. 

Calvin,  b.  Aug.  10,  1787. 

Samuel,  b.  Mar.  3,  1792. 

Sally,  b.  Feb.  21,  1800. 

Infant,  b.  Sept.  5,  1803. 

Warren,  b.  Dec.  5,  1805;  m.  Diana  R.  Johnson. 

564.  Cornelius  Whitney  (Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killingly, 
Conn.,  in  1761;  m.  Sarah  Cody,  b.  in  1759;  d.  June  18,  1836. 

He  was  born  about  1761  and  resided  at  Killingly,  Conn.  In  1792  he  moved  to 
Granville,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1825  to  Walworth,  where  he  died  in  his  70th  year.  Most  of 
his  life  he  was  an  innkeeper,  but  during  his  late  years  he  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec. 
4,  1831,  Killingly,  Conn.,  and  res.  Walworth,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1466.    i.  Matilda,  b.  June  17,   1786;  m.  Manuel  Doane;    res.   Granville, 

N.  Y. 
Benj.  C,  b.  Apr.  14,  1788;  m.  Betsey  Marchant. 
Cornelius,  b.  Apr.  30, 1790. 

Laura,  b.  Mar.  20,  1797;  m.  Asa  Parker;  res.  So.  Granville,  N.  Y. 
Lorex,  b.  Apr.  12,  1799;  m.  Electa  Houck,  b.  June  23,  1801.     He 
d.  s.  p.  Feb.  15,  1858;  res.  Ontario,  N.  Y.     She  d.  Aug.  15,  1861. 
Sidney,  b.  Oct.  21,  1801;  m.  Caroline  Palmer. 
Erastus,  b.  Apr.  21,  1793;  d.  in  Granville,  N.  Y. 
Harvey,  b.  Oct.  18,  1794;  d.  in  Granville,  N.  Y. 

565.'  Joseph  Whitney  (Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Killinglv,  Conn.,  in 
1753;  m.  there  Anna  Eames,  b.   in  1760;  d.  in  Ontario,   N.  Y.,  Oct.  29,  1^38. 

Joseph  Whitney,  son  of  Joshua  Whitney,  born  Oct.  24,  1753,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  married  Anna  Eames,  the  daughter  of  Mark  Eames,  of 
Killingly,  Conn.,  about  1784,  moved  to  Granville,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  soon  after, 
followed  the  occupation  of  farming,  rearing  a  large  family,  and  in  1827  moved  with 
his  son  William  to  Ontario,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y.,  with  whom  he  lived  until  his  death, 
Jan.  24,  1837,  which  event  was  hastened  by  an  injury  caused  by  a  colt  running 
against  him  while  driving  a  number  of  them  to  water.  In  religion  a  Baptist,  as 
were  nearly  all  his  descendants.  He  d.  Jan.  24,  1837;  res.  Granville  and  Ontario, 
N.  Y. 

Paul,  b. . 

Eda,  b. . 

Anne,  b. . 

Joseph,  b. . 

Lydia,  b. 


1467. 

ii. 

1468. 

iii. 

1469. 

iv. 

1470. 

V. 

1471. 

vi. 

1472. 

vu. 

1473. 

Vlll 

1474. 

1475. 

11. 

1476. 

111. 

1477. 

iv. 

1478. 

V. 

1479. 

VI. 

1480. 

Vlll. 

1481. 

vii. 

1482. 

IX. 

William,  b.  Dec.  7,  1798;  m.  Deborah  M.  Duel. 

Matilda,  b. ;  m.  Ezra  Dewell;  res.  Ontario  Centre,  N.  Y. 

Betsey,  b.  Dec.  7, 1798. 
Reba,  b. . 

566.     Matthias  Whitney  (Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Hancock,  Mass., 

Apr.  19,  1757;  m.  abt.  1782-3,  Dorcas ;  b.  1762;  d.  Apr.  12,  1793:  m.  2d  in  1793, 

Olive ;  b.  July  12, 1761.     Res.  Hancock,  Mass.,  Granville  and  Fort  Ann,  N.  Y. 

'  ""      ■  Willard,  b.  Jan.  25,  1784. 

Sylvester,  b.  Aug.  15,  1785;  m.  Laura  Yale. 

Sarah,  b.  June  24.  1787. 

Mary,  b  Oct.  24,  1788;  m. Hosmer;  res.  Clifton,  N.  Y. 

Lucy,  b.  Feb.  25,  1791. 

John,  b.  Mar.  7,  1793;  m.  Christina  Stafford. 

Matthias,  b.  Oct.  3.  1794;  m.  Rebecca  B.  Otis. 

Silas,  b.  Apr.  5,  1798.     • 

Laura,  b.  Apr.  24,  1803. 

Susan,  b.  Oct.  23,  1810. 


1483. 

,  u. 

i. 

1484. 

11. 

1485. 

111. 

1486. 

IV. 

1487. 

V. 

1488. 

vi. 

1489. 

Vll. 

1490. 

Vlll. 

1491. 

IX. 

1492. 

X. 

114  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

668.    RuFUS  Whitney  (Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  — ;  m.  Sarah 

Graves.     He  d.  in  Dec,  1800;  res.  Granville,  N.  Y. 

1490.  i.         Wm.  Graves,  b.  Sept.  16, 1800;  m.  Lydia  Marchant. 

569.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Providence,  R.  I., 
in  1769;  m.  in  1786,  Phebe  Parker.  He  d.  Aug.  22, 1810;  res.  Granville,  Fleming,  and 
Aurelius,  N.  Y. 

1491.  i.         Chauncey  P.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1789;  m.  Sally  Edson. 

1492.  ii.        Joshua,  b. ;  m.  and  had  a  son  Leonard. 

1493.  iii.       WiLLARD  W.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1810;  m.  Laura  Wheeler  Pearsall. 

583.  Lieut.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., 
Jan.  16,  1746;  m.  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Jan.  9,  1770,  Anna  Ashley,  dau.  of  John,  justice 
of  the  peace,  b.  Feb.  20,  1748;  d.  Feb.  28.  1822, 

He  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.  According  to  the  probate  records  he  chose 
Col.  David  Whitney,  of  C,  his  guardian  Feb.  17,  1769.  He  was  then  called  son  of 
Joshua,  formerly  of  Preston,  deceased.  He  was  living  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  in  1770, 
and  moved  to  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  in  1793.  He  engaged  in  farming  and  later  in  the 
manufacture  of  iron,  which  was  largely  made  into  anchors  for  ships,  also  in  mer- 
cantile business.  His  eldest  son  and  Asa  were  associated  with  him.  He  was  acci- 
dentally killed.  Record  of  service  of  a  Joshua  Whitney  in  Revolutionarv  war,  viz: 
"  Private  in  the  3d  Conn.  Regt.  from  May  19  to  Nov.  13,  1775.  Enlisted  March  16, 
1776,  in  Capt.  Joel  Dickinson's  Co.,  in  Col.  Samuel  Elmore's  Continental  Regiment  of 
Connecticut  for  1  year.  Was  promoted  Sergt.  Enlisted  in  8th  regiment, '  Connecti- 
cut line,'  in  early  part  of  1777.  Appointed  Sergt.  April,  1777;  Ensign  Dec.  30,  1777; 
Lieut.  Aug.  21,  1780.  Served  in  Third  Regiment,  'Conn.  Line,'  after  reformation  of 
troops  from  Jan.  to  June,  1783,  and  'Retired  with  regiment  June,  1783.'"  He  d. 
Aug.  3,  1808;  res.  Salisbury  and  Canaan,  Conn.,  and  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

1494.  i.  Asa,  b.  Feb.  23,  1784;  m.  Betsey  Childs. 

1496.    ii.         Noah  Ashley,  b.  Dec.  26,  1770;  m.  Olive  Darwin  and  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Rose. 

1496.  iii.       Anna,  b.  July  6,  1774;  m.  Apr.  16,  1793,  Samuel  Hyde.     He  was  b. 

Sept.  13,  1768;  d.  Jan.  5,  1813.  She  d.  Feb.  12,  1861.  Ch.:  Mary 
Ann,  b.  Jan.  26,  1794;  m.  Jan.  11,  1819,  John  Schenck.  She  d. 
Aug. 27, 1832,  leaving  Mrs.  W.  A.  Ball,  res.  Abelman,  Wis.,  Horace 
P.,  res.  Algona,  Iowa;  Mrs.  H.  A.  Kellogg,  res.  Abelman.  Wis.; 
Lyman,  b.  Apr.  19,  1796;  d.  Jan.,  1867;  Hiram,  b.  Nov.  12,  1798; 
d.  May  24,  1828;  Porter,  b.  Apr.  9,  1801;  d.  Jan.  30,  1868. 

1497.  iv.       Joshua,  b.  Jan.  6,  1777;  m.  Eunice  Clark. 

1498.  V.         Huldah,  b. Sept.  8,1779;   m.  Williams  Williams  Colt;  b.  near 

Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  6,  1775,  son  of  James  Dennison  Colt  and 
Mariam  Williams.  She  d.  Pittsford,  Monroe  Co.  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28, 
1858.  He  d.  same  place,  Nov.,  1847.  Was  a  farmer.  Removed 
to  western  N.  Y.,  1817.  Both  of  his  legs  were  broken  by  acci- 
dent while  a  young  man,  and  he  ever  after  walked  with  a  cane. 
Ch.:  All  b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  except  the  last  one.  1,  Juliann, 
July  20,  1800,  d.  Oct.  17,  1803;  2,  Harris  Porter,  Apr.  25,  1803,  d. 
Westfield,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  3,  1863.  He  m.  1st,  Almina  Kellogg,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1812,  and  d.  Apr.  11,  1832;  m.  2d,  Orilla  L.  Baldridge, 
Nov.  7,  1833,  b.  Sept.  3,  1810,  and  d.  Westfield,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  19, 

1873.    Ch.  by   1st  wife:  William   J.,  Jan.   16,  1820;   res. ; 

Clarissa,  June   7,   1828;  res.   ;  Almina,  Oct.  6,  1832,  d.  at 

age  of  3  mos.  Ch.  by  2d  wife:  Theodore,  Sept.  b,  1834,  d.  Dec. 
7,  1864;  Miriam  O.,  Feb.  7, 1836;  res.  Westfield,  N.  Y.;  Sidney  W., 
Sept.  11,  1838,  d.  Nov.  18,  1862;  Ashley  W.,  Aug.  23,  1840,  d.  Jan. 
19, 1878;  De  Azro  B..  Oct.  25, 1846;  res.  Westfield,  N.  Y.;  Miriam 
0.,m.DennisSmith,  Nov.20, 1867.  He  d.  Dec.  3,  1886.  She  is  yet 
a  widow,  and  res.  Westfield;  3,  Juliette  T..  June  30.  1805,  d.  June 
19,  1836;  4,  Lucy  Whitney,  Aug.  18,  1807,  d.  Feb.  12,  1870;  6, 
Mary  A.,  Sept.  3,  1810,  d.  July  18,  1822;  6,  Ashley  Whitney, 
Sept.  9,  1812,  d.  1876;  res.  Naperville  and  Lockport,  111.;  a  son- 
in-law  is  James  C.  Rogers,  Board  of  Trade,  Chicago,  111.;  7, 
Sarah  C,  June  16, 1818,  d.  July  11,  1839.  3,  Lucy  Whitney  Colt 
m.  Benjamin  Bishop  Cone,  son  of  Noah  Cone,  Jr.,  and  Rachel 
Bishop.     He  was  b.  in  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  Jan.  19,  1797,  and 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  115 

d.  in  Pittsford,  Monroe  Co.,  N.Y.,  July  28,  1843.  He  was  a  farm- 
er, stockraiser  and  dealer.  He  purchased  his  cattle  in  St. 
Louis,  and  drove  them  through  io  western  New  York,  many 
hundred  miles.  He  commenced  this  business  as  earlv  as  1^37. 
Ch.:  Mary  Ann,  b.  Penfield,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.'  12,  1834, 
unm.,  res.  West  Henrietta,  N.  Y.;  William  Whitney,  b.  Perinton, 
Monroe  Co.,  Dec.  18,  1836,  res.  1405  Polk  St.,  Topeka,  Kan.; 
Sarah  Colt,  b.  Pittsford,  Monroe  Co.,  Apr.  16,  1839,  d.  East  Leb- 
anon, N.  Y. 

1499.  vi.        Wealthy,  b.  Jan.  6,  1788;  m.  Feb.  27,  1806,  Levi  Goodrich.     He 

was  b.  Dec.  9,  1785;  d.  Aug.  8,  1868;  she  d.  July  24,  1858.  Ch.: 
Horace,  b.  Apr.  29,  1807;  d.  Nov.  18,  1807;  Mary  W.,  b.  Dec.  5, 
1808;  m.  Sept.  15,  1837,  Francis  Hinsdale,  and  d.  Jan.  22,  1841; 
Noah  W.,  b.  May  17,  1811;  m.  Sept.  26,  1832,  Abby  P.  Goodrich; 
he  d.  Jan.  9,  1875;  Horace  P.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1813;  m.  Oct.  3,  1843, 
Mary  E.  Mills;  res.  Cortland,  N.  Y.;  Milton,  b.  July  1,  1815;  m. 
Nov.  29,  1840,  Caroline  O.  Barnes;  he  d.  Sept.  4,  1851;  Har- 
riett E.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1817;  m.  Apr.  20,  1837,  Geo.  A.  Foxcroft;  she 
d.  Apr.  20,  1894;  a  daughter  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.;  Wealthy  A., 
b.  Mar.  17,  1820;  m.  Sept.  10,  1846,  Edwin  Saunders;  she  d.  June 
20,  1887;  he  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.;  Caroline  W.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1822; 
m.  May  13,  1846,  Dr.  Charles  Bailey;  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass  ;  Lucy 
P.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1825;  m.  May  1, 1845,  Thaddeus  Clapp;  res.  Pitts- 
field; Abby  Maria,  b.  Apr.  24,  1828;  d.  May  8,  1841. 

1500.  vii.       Porter,  b.  Nov.  8,  1781;  d.  June  18.  1801. 

1501.  viii.     Charlotte,  b.  Apr.  7,  1792;  d.  Aug.  22,  1865. 

1502.  ix.        William,  b.  May  21,  1786;  d.  July  12,  1787. 

584.    Asa  Whitney  (Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  in  1743;  m.  Aug.  5,  1762, 

Sarah  ;  m.  2d,  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Oct.  23,  1776,  Hepsibath  Watrous,  b.  1745;  d. 

May  21,  1815. 

He  was  born  in  Preston,  Conn.,  in  1743;  resided  there  and  afterwards  at  Salis- 
bury, where  he  married  his  second  wife.  About  1786  he  moved  to  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
where  he  afterwards  lived  and  died.  He  sold  land  at  Mt.  Washington,  Mass.,  May 
24,  1792.   He  d.  Aug.  10, 1803;  res.  Salisbury  and  Preston,  Conn.,  and  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

1503.  i.  Annah,  b.  Mar.  4.  1764;  d  Jan.  29,  1766. 

1504.  ii.        SARAH.b.  Feb.  1,1766;  m.  Feb.  27,  1786,  Elijah  Williams  Cobb;  res. 

Berkshire,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Sept.  24,  1766;  res.  Canaan,  Conn., 
until  1802.  They  rem.  to  Lennox,  Mass.,  and  later  to  Berkshire, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  died  in  May,  1816,  ae.  51,  and  she  June  13,  1825, 
ae.  54.  They  are  both  interred  in  the  same  cemetery  with  John 
Brown,  and  near  his  grave. 

Joshua,  b.  Mar.  20,  1768;  d.  Jan,  3.  1773. 

Lucv,  b.  May  18,  1770;  d.  Dec.  18,  1797. 

Shubael,  b.  Aug.  15,  1772;  m.  Sarah  Mitchell. 

Geo.  Washington,  b.  Sept.  1,  1777;  d.  Dec.  12,  1777. 

Appleton  D.,b.  Jan.  4, 1779;  m.  Esther  Jewett  and  Dolly  Wyman. 

Mary,  b.  Nov.  6,  1780;  d.  same  day. 

Sarah,  b.  Nov.  6,  1780;  d.  same  day. 

James  Watrous,  b.  Jan.  19,  1782.  James  W.  Whitney  was  a 
noted  character  in  the  early  days  of  Pike  county.  111.  He  was 
more  generally  known  as  "  Lord  Coke,"  on  account  of  his  knowl- 
edge of  the  law.  He  was  a  teacher  of  the  second  school  at 
Atlas,  but  having  no  family  or  permanent  home  he  was  often 
about  the  county  and  at  Springfield.  He  was  the  first  circuit 
and  county  clerk  and  held  many  local  offices,  was  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  a  man  of  considerable  education  and  had  a 
knowledge  of  Latin.  He  went  to  Illinois  before  it  was  a  state  and 
resided  near  Edwardsville.  It  is  said  there  was  a  hidden  sorrow 
in  his  early  life  which  was  a  delicate  matter  to  touch  upon. 
He  wrote  a  very  peculiar  hand.  At  first  sight  he  would  be 
taken  for  a  well-preserved  preacher  or  schoolmaster  of  the  days 
of  the  earlier  Adamses.  His  dress  was  plain  and  even  homely, 
his  hair  was  sparse  and  all  combed  to  the  back  of  his  head 
and  often  tied  with  a  buckskin  string  or  black  shoestring  as 


1505. 

iii. 

1506. 

IV. 

1507. 

V 

1508. 

VI. 

1509. 

vn. 

1510. 

vui. 

1611. 

ix. 

1512. 

X. 

116  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

a  cue.  He  was  always  welcomed  by  the  lonely  pioneers.  He 
was  also  known  as  the  "  Speaker  of  the  Lobby,"  as  he  was  the 
leaier  of  that  branch  of  the  Legislature  for  many  years.  The 
citizens,  judges  and  legislators  at  Vandalia  were  all  agog  to 
witness  the  convening  of  the  Lobby.  It  was  a  great  event.  A 
throng  would  assemble  and,  after  some  ceremony,  "  Lord  Coke  " 
would  mount  the  stand  and  call  the  house  to  order.  He 
would  deliver  his  annual  message  which  would  be  received 
with  cheers  and  laughter.  Many  hits  and  jokes  would  be  em- 
bodied in  the  message.  Sometimes  the  satire  was  very  broad. 
He  presided  over  the  Lobby  with  magisterial  sway.  Many  of 
the  reports  from  committees  would  be  submitted  which  would 
be  in  accord  with  their  burlesque  titles.  These  reports  were 
often  written  by  Lord  Coke  himself,  and  there  was  a  broad 
personality  in  them,  rather  Hudibrastic.  He  died  Dec.  13,  1860. 
[History  Pike  Co.,  111.] 

1513.  xi.       Milton,  b.  Apr.  7,  1786;  m.  Lydia  Cleveland. 

585.    JosiAH   Whitney   (Joshua,   David,   Joshua,  John),  b.  ;    m, 

;  m.  2d,  at  Addison,  Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1818,  Susanna  Hinds;  res.  Addison,  Vt.,  and 

Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1514.  i.  Polly,  b. ;  m. Colburn. 

i.         Amy,  b. ;  unm. 


ii.        Nancy,  b. ;  m. Ferguson. 

V.        HuLDAH,  b. ;    m.  Alanson  Smith  of  Addison. 


1515. 
1516. 
1517. 
1518.    V.        Joshua,  b 

586.    Gen.  David  Whitney  (Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Conn,  in  1755;  m. 
m.  2d, ;  m.  3d  at  Addison,  Vt.,  Mar.  3,  1818,  Eliza  Wil- 


son, b.  in  1802,  d.  at  Bridport,  Vt.,  Sept.  3,  1884. 

Gen.  David  Whitney  came  into  Addison  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution, 
and  settled  on  the  farm  previously  owned  by  Kellogg.  He  afterward  removed  to 
the  farm  on  the  north  bank  of  Ward's  Creek,  where  he  lived  until  a  few  years  pre- 
vious to  his  death,  when  he  moved  to  Bridport,  where  he  died  May  10,  1850,  at  the 
age  of  93.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Conventions  of  1793,  1814,  1836, 
and  1843;  represented  Addison  in  1790,  1792,  1793,  1797,  1798,  1808  to  1815,  and  1824. 
He  was  a  shrewd  politician  and  always  one  of  the  leading  men  in  the  town;  possessed 
considerable  conversational  powers,  spiced  with  a  quiet  vein  of  humor.  I  recollect 
his  account  of  having  the  lake  fever  soon  after  he  came  into  town,  and  as  it  illus- 
trates the  practice  of  the  day,  I  give  it:  It  was  whilst  he  lived  on  the  Kellogg  farm. 
He  was  taken  very  sick — pulse  bounding,  eyes  bloodshot  and  starting  from  their 
sockets,  the  blood  coursing  through  his  veins  like  liquid  fire.  The  doctor  was  sent 
for;  on  arriving,  ordered  every  window  and  door  closed,  although  it  was  in  the 
hottest  of  dog  days — cold  water  forbidden,  warm  drinks  ordered.  Thus  days  and 
nights  of  intolerable  suffering  went  by,  and  when  he  begged  for  just  one  drop  of 
water  it  was  denied.  One  night  two  neighbors,  weary  and  tired  from  the  harvest 
field,  came  in  to  watch  through  the  night.  One  of  them  soon  dropped  off  to  sleep; 
the  other,  more  enduring,  still  kept  watch.  At  midnight,  after  giving  the  general 
his  medicine,  he  brought  in  a  pail  of  water,  fresh  from  the  well.  How  quick  the 
sick  man  would  have  given  the  wealth  of  the  Indies  for  one  draught  of  that  spark- 
ling water.  Could  he  not  by  stratagem  secure  it?  He  feigned  sleep,  and  the  tired 
man,  fixing  himself  as  comfortably  as  possible,  was  soon  in  a  sound  sleep.  Whitney 
now  crawled  from  the  bed  on  his  hands  and  knees,  and  made  his  way  to  the  pail. 
With  what  eagerness  he  clutched  the  cup  and  drained  it,  draught  after  draught.  He 
then  wished  he  could  breathe  a  little  fresh  air,  it  was  so  stifling  where  he  was.  The 
man  still  slept;  be  opened  the  door.  How  still  and  quiet  everything  lay  in  the 
moonlight.  The  dew  on  the  grass  sparkling  like  diamonds — the  chirp  of  the  cricket 
alone  broke  the  silence.  How  delicious  was  the  night  wind,  as  it  fanned  his  fevered 
cheek  and  burning  brow.  The  idea  of  escape  from  his  prison,  as  he  regarded  it, 
presented  itself,  and  instantly  he  started,  crossing  the  road  and  through  a  thicket 
hedge  that  grew  beside  the  fence,  into  a  meadow,  and  plunging  down  amid  the  tall 
wet  grass,  he  clapped  his  hands  for  joy,  as  he  rolled  from  side  to  side.  But  now  the 
fever  is  upon  him;  the  fire  is  quenched  and  his  strength  is  gone.  He  cannot  rise. 
The  watchers  have  missed  him.  They  shout  his  name.  He  tries  to  answer  but  is 
too  weak.  They  find  and  carry  him  to  the  house,  and  in  alarm  run  for  the  doctor. 
He  does  not  get  there  until  morning.    A  quiet,  refreshing  sleep  has  removed  all 


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symptoms  of  fever.  The  doctor  would  give  him  pill  and  potion,  but  the  General 
would  none  of  it,  and  told  him  that  he  had  a  new  doctor,  old  Dame  Nature,  who 
seemed  to  understand  the  case  altogether  the  best,  and  he  should  trust  to  her. 
Returning  health  showed  his  judgment  in  choosing.  Ague  and  fever,  and  bilious 
intermittent  prevailed  extremely  in  the  early  settlement  of  the  town,  but  for  quite  a 
number  of  years  little  or  none  has  been  known.  General  Whitney  lived  to  be  98. 
[From  the  Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer.] 

His  right  arm  was  amputated  after  he  was  80  years  of  age,  and  he  then  learned 
to  write  with  his  left  hand. 

The  following  is  all  the  information  I  have  been  able  to  find  in  regard  to  Gen. 
David  Whitney  in  the  adjutant-general's  office  at  Vermont:  He  served  as  a  private 
four  days  in  Capt.  Abraham  Salisbury's  company  in  1780,  and  also  twelve  days  in  1781 
under  the  same  command.  Was  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  in  Oct.  1790, 
and  Oct.  18,  1793,  Col.  David  Whitney  was  elected  brigadier-general  of  the  6th 
brigade.  Was  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  in  Oct.,  1797,  1798, 1809,  and  1812. 
It  does  not  appear  that  he  was  ever  adjutant-general.  These  facts  came  from  a 
Vermont  history  called  "  Governor  and  Council."  Gen.  W'hitney  served  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  in  the  early  part  in  the  Connecticut  line,  and  more  than  I  have  found 
on  the  rolls,  but  the  Vermont  records  are  very  imperfect  and  unsatisfactory  in 
every  way.     He  was  pensioned  March  4,  1831. 

N.  S.  Bennett,  town  clerk  at  Bridport,  sends  the  following  of  Gen.  Whitney:  Gen. 
David  Whitney,  who  died  in  this  town  May  10,  A.  D.  1850,  aged  93  years,  was  for- 
merly a  resident  of  Addison,  an  adjoining  town  to  this.  He  bought  a  small  place  in 
this  town  in  1839,  where  he  lived  awhile,  and  subsequently  sold  that  and  purchased 
another  in  the  village,  where  he  lived  and  died,  leaving  a  widow,  who  was  his  third 
wife,  but  he  never  had  any  children  of  his  own  by  either  wife.  His  last  wife  was 
a  Miss  Eliza  Wilson  of  this  town  whom  he  married  when  he  was  at  the  age  of  60 
years  and  she  was  16  years  old.  She  died  in  this  town  age  82  years.  He  d.,  s.  p., 
May  10,  1850;  res.  Addison  and  Bridport,  Vt. 

601.  Samuel  Whitney  (Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., 
June  6,  1759;  m. . 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father 
moved  to  Vermont,  where  he  died  quite  suddenly  of  apoplexy.  His  wife  died  of 
consumption.     He  d.  in  1814;  res.  Chittenden  Co.,  Vt. 

1519.    i.         David,  b.  Mar.  4,  1796;  m.  Margaret  Karr. 

602.  Tarball  Whitney  (Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., 
June  30,  1763;  m.  in  Huntington,  Pa.,  Dec.  15,  1785,  Mrs.  Lois  Lawrence,  widow  of 
James  Hopkins,  b.  June  "7,  1757,  d.  Aug.  30,  1840. 

Tarball  Whitney  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.  Soon  after  the  death 
of  his  father  he  moved  to  Poultney,  Vt.,  and  was  residing  there  in  1781, 
for  his  name  is  found  on  the  tax  list.  Later  he  moved  to  Huntington,  Pa., 
and  still  later  to  Almond,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died.  His  wife  was  the  widow  of 
James  Hopkins,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  the  battle  of  Wyoming. 
She  left  the  valley  on  foot,  carrying  her  child  with  her  in  her  arms,  though  soon  to 
give  birth  to  another.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  he  was  named  after  an 
Indian  chief.  This  is  probably  erroneous,  the  name  Tarball  comes  from  an  old 
family  in  Groton,  Mass.,  where  Tarball's  ancestor  resided.  He  d.  Aug,  17,  1850, 
res.  Almond,  N.  Y.;  Poultney,  Vt.,  in  1781. 

RuFUS,  b.  Dec.  IB,  1796;  m.  Laura  Maria  Picket. 

William,  b.  Apr.  23,  1802;  m.  Louisa  Allen. 

Ami,  b.  July  28,  1793;  m.  Rachel  Osgood. 

Sarah,  b.  Aug.  28,  1787;  m.  1808  Joseph  Karr;  res.  Almond,  N.  Y. 
She  d.  Feb.  4,  1833;  son  Joseph,  res.  Almond. 

Solomon,  b.  Apr.  29,  1790;  m.  Sarah  A.  Haskins. 

Tarball,  b.  Mar.  14,  1800;  d.  Sept.  6,  1803. 

603.  Solomon  Whitney  (Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn., 
Nov.  15,  1766;  m.  at  Poultney,  Vt.,  Polly  Marshall,  b.  Aug.  17,  1767;  d.  Feb.  23,  1837, 
at  Poultney. 

He  was  born  at  Canaan,  Conn.,  and  soon  after  reaching  his  majority  moved  to 
Poultney,  Vt.  There  he  married,  purchased  land  and  conducted  a  large  farm  until 
his  death  in  1854,     He  d.  Sept.  1854;  res.  Poultney,  Vt. 

1526.    i.  John.  b.  Sept.  1,  1791;  m.  Sally  Hollenbeck. 


1520. 

iv. 

1521. 

VI. 

1.522. 

111. 

1523. 

1. 

1524. 

ii. 

1525. 

V. 

118  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1527.  ii.         Sally,  b.  Feb.  23, 1787;  m.  in  Poultney,  Oliver  Lawrence  Angevine, 

He  was  b.  1779;  d.  Poultney,  Vt.,  Sept.  26,  1870,  ae.  91,  was  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Solomon;  Mary;  Harriett,  m.  James  Howe,  res. 
Martinsburg,  Mo.;  Hiel;  Charity,  m.  Nathaniel  Mitchell,  res. 
Fairhaven,  V^t.;  James;  Mary;  Ann;  Parcellus,  res.  Omro,  Wis.; 
John;  Harvey;  Sarah,  m.  Henry  Farmer,  res.  Fairhaven. 

1528.  iii.        Solomon,  b.  June  4,  1793;  m.  Nancy  Hurlbut. 

1529.  iv.        Lucy,  b.  Nov.  11,  1786;  m.  Harvey  Finel;  res.  Poultney,  Vt. 

1530.  v.        Polly,  b.  May  22,  1796;  m.  in  Poultney,  Caleb  Butler.    Soon  after 

their  marriage  they  moved  to  Waukegan,  111.,  where  they 
resided. 

1531.  vi.        Chester,  b.  May  22,  1798;  m.  Ruth  Crane.    He  d.  Aug.  6,  1845, 

in  Poultney,  Vt. 

1532.  vii.       Lydia,  b.  Apr.  8,  1800;  m.  Harvey  Malary. 

1533.  viii.     Ruth,  b.  Sept.  22,  1804;  m.  in  Poultney,  Vt.,  A.  B.  Church;  res. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  Hamburg,  S.  C. 

1534.  ix.        ICHABOD,  b.  May  7,  1789;  d.  unm.  1807. 

1535.  X.         Eliza,  b.  Mar.  4,  1807. 

604.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Brunswick,  Me.^ 
Sept.  15, 1732;  m.  Mary . 

He  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  and  during  the  French  and  Indian  war  in 
1754  was  taken  prisoner  to  Quebec.  He  was  sold  for  a  certain  sum  and  released  in 
1761,  after  the  war  was  over.  There  is  a  petition  in  the  statehouse  at  Boston  which 
he  sent  to  the  Great  and  General  Court,  praying  for  ransom.  In  the  records  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  at  New  Meadows  there  is  this  entry: 

"Samuel  Whitney,  deacon,  dismissed  to  a  church  to  be  gathered  at  St.  John's 
River,  eastward." 

Mary  Whitney,  wife  of  Deacon  S.  W.,  dismissed  to  St.  John's  River,  October, 
1765.  It  would  be  interesting  to  know  if  the  town  of  Whitneyville  resulted  from  this 
dismissal;  res. ,  Me. 

1536.  i.  Ebenezer,  b. ;  m. . 

1537.  ii.         Joel,  b. .     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  d.  unm. 

at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  in  the  service  in  1812  of  fever. 

1538.  iii.        Thomas  G.,b. ;  m. , and  Mrs. Thornton. 

605.  Jonathan  Whitney'  (Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  Dec. 
21,  17:34;  m.  at  Bath,  Me.,  Mary  Austin. 

He  was  born  in  the  old  town  of  York,  Me.,  but  moved  to  Brunswick  with  his 
parents  at  an  early  age.  He  settled  in  Bath,  Me.,  and  died  there  in  his  eighty-fourth 
year.  He  was  captured  by  the  Indians  at  New  Meadows  in  Bath  when  but  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  d.  Nov.  1816;  res. 
Bath,  Me. 

1539.  Amos,  b.  Apr.  18,  1766;  m.  Abigail  Springer. 

604a.  Abraham  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  1752;  m.  in 
Lisbon,  Aphia  Coombs,  b.  ;  d. .  He  was  a  farmer;  was  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war  and  received  a  pension.     He  d. ;  res.  Lisbon,  Me. 

Abram,  b. ;  m.  Ann  Conant. 

Peter,  b. ;  m. Hinckley. 

Benjamin,  b.  Nov.  29,  1776;  m.  Bethiah  Woodward. 

Thomas,  b. ;  m.  Susan  Cowing. 

Sarah,  b.  Feb.  22,  1792;  m.  Jan.  1,  1812,  William  Woodward;  res. 
Lisbon.  She  d.  Feb.  20,  1845;  he  m.  2d  Oct.  19,  1845,  Betsey 
Clough.  He  d.  in  Lewiston,  Jan.  28,  1880.  Ch. :  Moses,  b.  Oct.  22,. 
1812;  Nathan  Coombs,  b.  Aug.  17,  1814;  Abram  Whitney,  b. 
Feb.  4,  1817;  Harriett  Whittemore,  b.  Mar.  1,1819;  Jane  S.,  b. 
Dec.  2,  1820;  Marcia  Ann,  b.  May  6,  1824;  Wm.  Gardner  F.„ 
b.  Apr.  24,  1836;  Susan  Elizabeth,  b.  May  22,  1837. 

1545.  vi.        Mercy,  b. ;  m.  John  Godfrey. 

1546.  vii.      Joseph  Stockbridge,  b. ;  m.  Betsey  Philbrook. 

1547.  viii.     Isaac,  b. ;  drowned,  ae.  20. 

1548.  ix.        Aphia,  b. ;  d.  ae.  18. 

1549.  x.         MEHiTABLE,b. ;  m,  Jesse  Allen. 

606a.    Jacob  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John   Benjamin,  John),  said  to  have  been 
in  Conn,  and  his  father  was  Jacob;  b.  Lisbon,  Me.,  June  11,  1763;  m.  July  11,1787^ 


1540. 

i. 

1541. 

n. 

1542. 

ni. 

1543. 

iv. 

1544. 

v. 

1551. 

11. 

1552. 

111. 

1553. 

Vlll. 

1554. 

1. 

1555. 

IV. 

1556. 

V. 

1557. 

VI 1. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  119- 

Hannah  Mills;  b.  July  17,  1760;  d. .     He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war.     He 

d.  May,  1846;  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

1550.     vi.        Samuel  L.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1799;  m.  Belinda  S.  Howard. 

James  M.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1790;  m. ,  Hinckley. 

Christopher  A.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1793;  m.  Adeline  Howard. 

JosiAH  S.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1807;  res.  in  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis.,  in  1875. 

Mary  M.,  b.  June  27,  1788. 

Patience,  b.  Feb.  26,  1795. 

Joseph,  b.  Tan.  26,  1797. 

John  B.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1801. 

607a.  Nathan  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  about  1768;  m. 
Sarah  Godfrey;  d.  Mar.  21,  1827;  m.  2d  Fanny  Shepard.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d. 
in  Sept.,  1849;  res.  Lisbon  and  Gardiner,  Me. 

1558.  i.         Abiezer  H.,  b.  Mar.  29, 1794;  m.  Elizabeth  White  and  Mrs.  Susan 

Yeaton. 

1559.  ii.         Rebecca  S.,  b.  1801;  m.  at  Lisbon,  Robert  Gould;  b.  Pitson,  Me., 

1796;  d.  at  Gardiner  in  1835.  He  was  a  merchant  and  ship 
owner.  Ch.:  Geo.  A.,  lost  at  sea  in  1843  in  the  brig  "  Netarnis'  ; 
Henry  G.,  res.  34  Coney  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.;  F.  Delia; 
Edward  G.,  d.  aged  three  years;  Sarah  E.,  d.  in  Tryon,  N.  C,  in 
1892;  her  dau.  is  Mrs.  F.  A.  Bowman,  at  Tryon,  N.  C.;  Robert. 

1560.  iii.       Bathsheba,  b.  1800;  m. Hamlin;  d.  s.  p. 

1561.  iv.        John  G.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1798;  m.  Mary  Allen. 

1562.  V.         Otis,  b. ;  m.  twice. 

1563.  vi.        Elias  S.,  b.  1809;  m.  Sarah  Godfrey. 

1564.  vii.       Thankful,  b. ;  m. Kimball. 

1565.  viii.      Hannah,  b. ;  m. Folsom. 

1566.  ix.        Calvin,  b. ;  m.  twice. 

1567.  X.         Selinda,  b. ;  m. Bragdon. 

1568.  xi.       Nathan,  b. . 

1569.  xii.      Sarah,  b. . 

1570.  xiii.     RuEL,  b. . 

610.  Samuel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  1774;  m.  Lydia 
Curit;  res. ,  Me. 

1571.  i.         Eliza,  b. . 

1572.  ii.         Jacob,  b.  Oct.  14,  1804;  m. . 

1573.  lii.       John,  b. 


1574.  iv.  Isabel,  b. — . 

1575.  V.  Mercy,  b. . 

1576.  vi.  Lydia,  b. . 

1577.  vii.  Samuel,  b. . 

616.    Capt.  Moses  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel.  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gor- 

ham.  Me.,  1739;  m.  Mollv  Page,  b.  England;  d. ;  m.  2d.  Abigail ;  d.  Oct. 

8, 1844. 

He  was  a  man  of  remarkable  physical  strength  and  courage.  He  was  a  sturdy, 
unyielding,  self-reliant  character,  but  with  much  kindness  of  heart.  He  moved  to 
Harrison,  Me.,  from  Gorham,  in  1815.  He  was  captain  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  and  also  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Ridlon,  in  his  History  of  Harrison, 
says:  "The  Whitney  family  is  remarkable  for  its  firmness  and  force  of  character  of 
its  members.  Indeed  they  are  a  people  of  singular  stability  and  persistency  of  pur- 
pose. They  have  been  possessed  of  strong  physical  organizations,  and  frequently 
lived  to  be  very  old.  Public  spirited  and  progressive  they  have  been  foremost  in 
defending  the  rights  of  their  countrymen,  and  in  all  matters  designed  for  the  eleva- 
tion and  well-being  of  society."     He  d.  Apr.  12,  1820;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 

1578.  i."       Enoch,  b.  in  1769;  m.  Eunice  Newcomb,  Mrs.  Kendall  and  Mrs.. 

Dennett. 

Moses,  b. ;  d.  young. 

Richard,  b. ;  m.  . 

Samuel,  b.  in  1780;  m.  Margaret  Darrow. 

Molly,  b. ;  m.  Lemuel  Rounds,  and  rev.  to  Ohio. 

Betsey,  b. ;  m.  Jonas  Gates,  and  rev,  to  New  York  state.. 

Lucy,  b. ;  m.  John  Greenlaw,  of  Brownfield. 


1579. 

ii. 

1580. 

111. 

1581. 

IV. 

1582. 

V. 

1583. 

VI. 

1584. 

vii. 

120  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1585.  viii.     Susanna,  b. ;  m.  Jan.  22,  1809,  Dea.  Seth  Carsley;  res.  H. 

He  was  b.  Gorham,  July  18,  1782,  but  res.  in  Harrison,  where  he 
purchased  land  of  Thomas  Perley,  of  Boxford,  Mass.  He  built 
the  first  house  in  Bridgeton,  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  F.  W.  Baptist  church,  was  early  chosen  a  deacon  and  held 
the  office  during  life;  was  a  man  of  honor  and  integrity  and 
esteemed  for  his  sincere  piety.  At  his  death.  Mar.  27,  1874,  he 
was  the  oldest  man  in  the  town.  His  wife  d.  Dec.  16,  1873.  Ch.: 
Maria,  b.  Feb.  2,  1810;  d.  unm.  July  29,  1839;  Susanna,  b.  Dec. 
11,  1811;  m.  Stephen  Blake;  Edward  P.,  b.  Mar,  25,  1815;  unm.; 
res.  Otisfield;  Nathan,  b.  Apr.  20,  1817;  m.  his  cousin,  Elizabeth 
Whitney;  res.  Harrison;  John,  b.  July  16,  1820;  m.  Adaline 
Blake;  Mary  A.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1823;  m.  Stephen  Blake;  Richard  P., 
b.  Apr.  13,  1826;  m.  Caroline  M.  Hayes;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

1586.  ix.        Sally,  b.  ;    m.    Rev.  Joseph  Phinney,  of   H.      He   was 

born  in  Gorham,  married  and  settled  in  Harrison.  He 
preached  for  several  years;  was  very  unlike  his  brother — eccen- 
tric, rough,  and  loud  spoken,  who  was  gentle  and  a  great  singer. 
He  became  somewhat  deranged  in  latter  years,  and  died  about 
1870.  Ch.:  Esther,  b.  July  16,  1813;  m.  Jacob  Kilbourn,  of 
Waterford,  Me.;  Jane  B.,  Dec.  9,  1816;  m.  Amos  Libby;  she  d. 
Nov.  10,  1872;  Nancy  G.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1819;  m.  Oliver  P.  Haskell, 
of  Windham;  Sarah  H.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1821;  d.  unm.;  Andrew  R., 
b.  Tune  22,  1824;  d.  unm.  1848. 

618.  JosiAH  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Cape  Cod,  m. 
Cape  Cod,  Hannah  Bastow,  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  1732;  d.  1807,  at  Cape  Breton.  He 
d.  Queens  Co.,  Salmon  River,  N.  B.,  1810;  res.  Gasby,  Ca.,  and  Salmon  River,  N.  B. 

1587.  i.  JosiAH,  b. ;  m.  Elizabeth  Harding. 

1588.  ii.         Seth,  b. . 

1589.  iii.        John,  b.  1781;  m. . 

1590.  iv.        NoALS,  b. . 

1591.  V.         Eliab  T.,  b.   Dec.  17,  1789;   m.  Lydia  Butterworth   and   Lydia 

Williams. 

1592.  vi.        Hannah,  b. . 

1593.  vii.       Margaret,  b. . 

1594.  viii.     Sally',  b. . 

1595.  ix.        Martha,  b. 


620.    Asa  Whitney'  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gorham,  Me., 

Dec,  1754;  m.  1st  Flora;  b. ;  d. ;  m.  2d,  at  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  1782,  Phebe 

Hopkins,  dau.  of  the  signer  of  the  Dec.  of  Independence  Stephen  Hopkins.     He  d. 
Dec.  17,  1806;  res.  Gorham,  Me. 

George  W..  b.  June  14,  1792;  m.  Mary  Whitney. 
Samuel,  b.  Aug.  29, 1777;  m.  Hannah  Snow,  Mary  Rich,  and  Mrs. 
Mary  (Piper)  Ring. 

John,  b. ;  m. Rich. 

Benjamin,  b. ;  res.  Kingston,  Canada. 


1596. 

1. 

1697. 

n. 

1598. 

iii. 

1599. 

IV. 

1600. 

V. 

1601. 

VI. 

1602. 

VII. 

1603. 

Vlll. 

1604. 

IX. 

1605. 

X. 

Annie,  b. 

Erie,  b. . 

Mary,  b. . 

Hannah,  b. ;  m. 

Eunice,  b. . 

Roxanna,  b. . 


621.    Abel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gorham,  Me.; 

m.  Thankful  Morton.     He.  d. ;  res.  Standish,  Me. 

1606.    i.         Nathaniel,  b. ;  m. . 

626.  Joel  Whitney  (Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  at  York,  Me.,  May 
21,  1743;  m.  at  Falmouth,  Me.,  Mary  Weston. 

He  was  born  in  the  old  town  of  York,  Me.,  married  at  Falmouth,  now  Portland, 
and  about  1767  moved  to  Chandler's  River,  now  the  town  of  Jonesboro,  Me.,  where 
he  afterward  resided  and  where  he  died.  It  is  said  they  had  two  daughters  and 
eight  sons  and  that  their  descendants  are  scattered  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific. 
He  was  always  a  farmer.    He  d.  1789;  res.  Falmouth  and  Chandler's  River,  Me. 


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1607.  i.  Mary,  b. . 

1608.  ii.  Ephraim,  b.  Nov.,  7,  1770;  m.  Sarah  Noyes. 

1609.  vii.  Paul,  b.  Jan.  10,  1785;  m.  Catherine  Barker. 

1610.  ix.  Porter,  b. . 

629.  Zebulon  Whitney  (Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  York,  Nov.  27, 
1747;  m.  Joanna  Stone.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts state  troops,  and  Apr.  4, 1835,  was  granted  a  pension  while  living  in  Cumber- 
land Co.,  Me.;  res.  Gorham,  Me. 

1611.  i.         Abigail,  b.  1775. 


1612.  ii.        Happy,  b. 

1613.  iii.        Mattie,  b. 

1614.  iv.        RuFUS,  b. 


1615.  V.  Eli,  b.  Aug.  16,  1786. 

1616.  vi.  Eunice,  b. . 

1617.  vii.  Hannah,  b. . 

1618.  viii.  Tabitha,  b. ;  m. . 

1619.  ix.  Almira,  b.  1798. 

632.  MiCHA  Whitney  (Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  at  Gorham,  Me., 
Dec.  11,  1752;  m.  Hannah  Cobb;  d.  1834.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  was  a  soldier  in.  the  company  from  New  Vineyard,  Me.;  was  also 
sergt.  in  the  war  of  1812;  was  granted  a  pension  in  1818.  He  d.  June  19,  1829;  res. 
Gorham  and  Phillips,  Me. 

1620.  i.  Joel,  b.  May  7,  1787;  m.  Sally  Dyer,  Sarah  Compton,  and  Betsey 

Chase. 

Sally,  b. ^ — ;  m.  James  Humphrey. 

Ebenezer,  b. ■ — ;  m.  Dorcas  Parlin;  res.  Freeman,  Me. 

Joanna,  b. ;  m.  Caleb  Sylvester. 

Andrew,  b.  May  5,  1795;  m.  June,  1816,  Huldah  Sweetser;  res. 

Phillips,  Me. 

Lydia,  b. , 

Charlotte,  b. 


1621. 

ii. 

1622. 

111. 

1623. 

IV. 

1624. 

V. 

1625. 

vi. 

1626. 

vn. 

1627. 

Vlll. 

1628. 

IX. 

1629. 

X. 

1630. 

XI. 

1631. 

Xll. 

Wm.  p.,  b.  May  3,  1783;  m.  Nancy  I.  Carlton. 

Mary,  b.  — ^ ;  m.  Reubin  Smith. 

Happy,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  W.  Phoenix,  of  Phillips,  Me. 

Benjamin,  b.  1806;  m.  Susan  Wells. 
Nahum,  b. . 

633.    Daniel  Whitney  (Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Sept.  26, 1754;  m. 
Res.  Gorham,  Me. 


1632.    i.  Jesse,  b. ;  m.  Mary  Sawyer,  Charity and . 

637.  Isaac  Whitney  (Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  York,  Me.,  Dec.  28, 
1748;  m.  1771,  Mary  Crockett,  of  Gorham,  b.  1752;  d.  July  29,  1832. 

Isaac  was  born  at  York,  but  soon  moved  to  Gorham,  where  he  married  his  wife. 
In  1775  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Gorham  of  his  wife's  father,  on  which  they  settled 
and  on  which  he  died.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Crockett,  of  Gorham.  His 
farm  was,  in  1874,  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  in  the  Massachusetts  line,  and  Apr.  18,  1818,  was  granted  a  pension.  In  1833 
he  was  living  in  Cumberland  Co.,  Me.    He  d.  Oct.  21,  1837;  res.  Gorham,  Me. 

Sarah,  b.  1772. 

Edmund,  b.  May  4,  1774;  m.  Martha  Meserve. 

Samuel,  b.  May  4,  1774. 

Joseph,  b.  Aug.  16,  1776. 

Isaac  L.,  b.  May  29,  1781;  m.  Margaret  C.  Leach. 

Adam,  b.  1784. 

Polly,  b.  1786. 

Sophia,  b.  1795. 

639.  Stephen  Whitney  (Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  Saco,  Mar.  19, 
1755;  m.  Patty  Irish,  a  daughter  of  the  first  white  child  who  was  born  in  Gorham.  He 
was  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  serving  in  the  Rhode  Island  line,  and  was  granted  a 

pension,  Apr.  18,  1818.     He  d. ;  res.  Gorham  and  Bridgton,  Me. 

1641.    i.         Stephen,  b.  May  5,  1799;  m Mayberry. 


1633. 
1634. 

i. 
ii. 

1635. 

111. 

1636. 

IV. 

1637. 

V. 

1638. 

vi. 

1639. 

vii. 

1640. 

Vlll 

1642. 

1643. 

ii. 

1644. 

in. 

1645. 

iv. 

1646. 

V. 

1647. 

VI. 

1648. 

vn. 

1649. 

Vlll. 

1650. 

IX. 

1651. 

X. 

122  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

642.  Barnabas  Whitney  (Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  at  Gorham, 
Me.,  Aug.  18,  1766;  m.  at  Goldsboro,  Jan.  1,  1789,  Sarah  Walker.  He  settled  in 
Pownal;  in  1808  he  moved  to  Freeman,  where  he  died.  He  d.  Oct.  19,  1833;  res. 
Pownal  and  Freeman,  Me. 

Isaac,  b. ;  was  in  war  of  1812. 

John,  b. ;  m. . 

Sewell  Pitt,  b.  Mar.  19,  1798;  m.  Annie  Tuttle. 

Constant  Hopkins,  b. . 

Marshall  H.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1800;  m.  Lavina  Lace. 

James  Paine,  b. ;  res.  Laurence,  Kan.  (75.) 

Rebecca,  b. . 

Louisa,  b. . 

Polly,  b. . 

Sally,  b. . 

645.     Henry  Whitney  (Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Saco,  Me.,  in  1774; 

m.  Abigail  Walker;  b. ;  d. .    His  father  died  at  his  house.     He  d.  1846; 

res.  Freeport  and  Chesterville,  Me. 

1652.  i.         Henry,  b.  Feb.  7,  1804;  m.  Rebecca  Fellows. 

1653.  ii. ,  b. ;  m. Lainscott;  son  Joseph  A.  res.  Augusta, 

Me. 

1654.  iii.       Geo.  W.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1809;  m.  Violet  Haines. 

1655.  iv.       Hiram,  b.  1815;  m.  Susan  P.  Lunt. 

1656.  v.       Ambrose,  b. . 

654.  Lieut.  Jesse  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Nov.  24,^ 
1730;  m.  in  Mendon,  Sept.  22,  1757,  Mary  Cheney,  b.  abt.  1736;  d.  June  25,  1777;  m. 
2d,  Apr.  19,  1779,  Mrs.  Ruth  (Legg)  Wight,  b.  Feb.  30,  1739;  d.  Oct.  21,  1785;  m.  3d 
(int.)  July  5,  1794,  Abigail  Rawson. 

He  inherited  part  of  his  father's  estate,  on  which  he  lived  and  died.  Was  lieut. 
in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  his  civil  and  social  standing  was  of  the  best.  His  will 
is  dated  Apr.  17,  1810,  and  it  was  probated  May  23, 1815.  Lieut.  David  Stearnes  was 
exec.     He  d.  Apr.  26,  1815;  res.  Milford,  Mass. 

1657.  ix.        Levi,  b.  Oct.  21,  1763;  d.  June,  1788,  at  Weedsport,  N.  Y.,  by  fall- 

ing from  a  tree. 

1658.  i.  Olive,  b.  Feb.  9,  1758;  m.  her  cousin,  Nathan  Whitney  (see). 

1659.  ii.         Susanna,  b.  July  12,  1759;  d.  Apr.  6,  1760,  in  Mendon. 

1660.  iii.        Rhoda,  b.  Oct.  8,  1760;  m.  Dec.  7,  1779,  William  Hayden,  of  Hop- 

kinton. 

1661.  iv.        Hachaliah,  b.  Apr.  5,  1762;  m.  Abigail  Nelson  and  Mrs.  Olive 

(Madden)  Cobb. 

1662.  V.         Lucy,  b.  July  17,  1765;  m.  Apr.  6,  1786,    Joseph   Chamberlain,  of 

Hopkinton.  He  was  born  Dec.  27,  1762;  d.  Aug.  20,  1800.  Ch.: 
Whitney,  Jesse,  George,  William,  Levi,  Joseph,  Richard.  A 
grandson  is  Joseph,  of  Oberlin,  O.  Another  grandson  is  Wm.  H., 
of  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

1663.  vi.        Ruth,  b.  July  17,  1765;  d.  July  31,  1765,  in  Mendon. 

1664.  vii.      Asa,  b.  Sept.  4,  1766;  d.  Oct.  7,  1768,  in  Mendon. 

1665.  viii.     Anna,  b.  July  13,  1770;  m.  Nov.  27,  1791,  William  Abbey,  b.  1768, 

in  Hopkinton. 

1666.  viiij.   Betsey,  b.  Sept.  15, 1788;  d.  May  31,  1811. 

1667.  ix.       Hannah,  b.  Sept.  15,  1788;  d.  Sept.  11,  1805. 

1668.  X.         Anna,  b.  Jan.  13,  1792;  m.  Dec.  16,  1813,  Charles  Barnes;  m.  2d. 

Jan.  21,  1829,  Alex  Cheney,  d.  Nov.  2,  1843.  Ch.:  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  9, 
1816;  d.  Nov.  30, 1837;  Laura  Ann,  b.  June  11, 1831 ;  d.  Mar.  16, 1845; 
Anna,  d.  Apr.  27,  1854. 

1669.  xi.        Elias,  b.  Feb.  4,  1795;  d.  Jan.  4,  1797. 

656.  Capt.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Mil- 
ford,  Mass.,  July  26,  1737;  m.  both  of  Mendon,  Nov.  7,  1760,  Esther  Parkhurst,  b. 
June  22,  1741;  d.  Dec.  6,  1812,  in  Milo,  N.  Y. 

Jonathan  Whitney  was  born  in  Mendon,  in  that  part  subsequently  Milford, 
Mass.,  and  soon  after  his  marriage  in  1761  moved  to  Conway,  where  he  resided  until 
1782.  With  his  son,  Joel,  he  went  in  1789  to  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  cut  a  stock  of  hay  on 
the  "  Old  Castle  "  farm  near  Geneva  and  put  in  four  or  five  acres  of  wheat,  put  up  a 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  123 

log  house  18  feet  square  and  roofed  it  up  with  bark,  and  returned  home  to  Conway 
in  the  fall.  In  1791  with  his  family  he  moved  to  the  "  Old  Castle  "  farm  with  ox  teams 
and  were  some  seventeen  days  on  the  road. 

Jonathan  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  was  at  the  siege  of  Ticonderoga. 
The  trees  about  the  fort  had  been  felled  to  allow  the  guns  to  be  used.  One  tree, 
however,  remained  upright,  against  which  another  had  fallen  in  a  slanting  direction. 
He  climbed  into  the  crotch  of  the  upright  tree  and  fired  into  the  fort,  a  party  under 
the  tree  loading  the  guns  and  handing  them  up  to  him.  It  was  some  time  before  he 
was  discovered  and  driven  away  by  the  garrison. 

His  military  record  is. as  follows: 

Revolutionary  War  Archives. 

Lexington  Alarm, 
Vol.  13,  p.  21 
Jonathan  Whitney,  Sarg.,  Conway,  No.,  miles  216,  served  16  days 
Capt.  Robert  Oliver's  Co.  in   ye   Regiment   commanded   By  Samuel  Williams, 
Who  march  for  the  Relief  of  the  Country  April  22d,  1775. 

Robert  Oliver  Capt. 
Vol.  28,  p.  112. 
List  of  Militia  Officers  1776, 
Appointed  and  Commissioned 
5th  Regt.,  in  Hampshire  Co. 
Thomas  French  Capt.  May  3,  1776,  7th  Co. 
Jona.  Whitney   1st  Lieut.  May  3,  1776,  7th  Co. 
Jonathan  Whitney  Lieut,  engaged  July  10th,   discharge   Aug.  12,  1777,  in  Capt. 
Benj.  Phillip's  Co.,  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  Regt.,  from  Hampshire  Co. 

Vol.  28, 

Mass.  Militia  Officers 

Hampshire  Co., 

June  19,  1780.    Jonathan  Whitney  Capt.  7th  Co.  5th  Regt. 

He  d.  Aug.  22,  1792;  res.  Milford  and  Conway,  Mass.,  and   Milo,  N.  Y. 

Nathan,  b.  Oct.  18,  1761;  m.  Olive   Whitney  and  Thankful  Cald- 
well. 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  12,  1764;  m.   in   Conway  Apr.   2,   1787,  Simeon 

Amsden,  b.  Apr.  20,  1763;  d.  Aug.  16,  1832. 
Joel,  b.  Nov.  13,  1766;  m.  Sybil  Whitmore. 

Esther,  b.  Dec.  16,  1769;  m.  in  Conway  Aug.  31,  1789,  Solomon 
Gates,  b.  Oct.  4,  1761.     She  d.  Aug.  16,  1848. 

1674.  V.         Experience,  b.  June  6, 1772;  m.  June  25,  1789,  at  Conway,  Immer 

Crittenden,  b.  Mar.  17,  1776,  d.  Dec.  16,  1826.     She  d.  Feb.  5, 
1826. 

1675.  vi.        Jonas,  b.  May  12, 1775;  m.  Catherine  Parker. 

1676.  vii.      Ruth,  b.  Feb.  18,  1778;  d.  young. 

1677.  viii.     Ammi,  b.  Jan.  18, 1781;  m.  Anna  Amsden. 

1678.  ix.        Parkhurst,  b.  Sept.  15,  1784;  m.  Celinda  Cowing. 

658.  David  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  bap.  Sept.  21, 
1746;  m.  Rachel .     He  was  a  farmer;  res.  Conway,  Mass. 

1679.  i.         Jonathan,  b.  Mar.  13,  1770;  m.  Lucy  Washburn. 

1680.  ii.        Mercy,  b.  Sept.  10,  1771;   m.  Dec.  26,  1795,  Ezra  Bond,  of   Con- 

way. 

1681.  iii.       Lydia,  b.  Feb.  13,  1773;  m.  Nov.  4,  1794,  Mark  Bangs,  of  Mon- 

tague. 

1682.  iv.       Rachel,  b.  Apr.  1,  1775;  d.  1784. 

1683.  v.        Ruby,  b.  Mar.  3,  1776;   m.  Oct.  14,  1798,  Calvin  Bartlett,  of  Con- 

way. 

1684.  vi.       Prudence,  b.  Mar.  12.  1778;  d.  1796. 

1685.  vii.      Polly,  b.  Nov.  22,  1779;  m.  Oct.  22,  1800,  Abel  De  Wolf,  of  Con- 

way. 

1686.  viii.     Leinder,  b.  Dec.  9,  1781. 

1687.  ix.       David,  b.  Apr.  19.  1785;  d.  1787. 

1688.  X.        Ruth.  b.  Sept.  26,  1788;  d.  in  infancy. 

1689.  xi.       Ruth,  b.  Sept.  26, 1789. 

661.  Elias  Whitney  (Elias,  Jonathan.  Benjamin,  John),  b.  June  15,  1750;  m. 
Apr.  10,  1772,  Lucy  Barnes,  b.  Hingham,  Mass.,  June  15,  1750;  d.  Oct.  15,  1818.     He 


1670. 

i. 

1671. 

ii. 

1672. 
1673. 

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iv 

124  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

settled  finally  on  the  paternal  homestead.  He  was  the  worthy  head  of  a  worthy  fam- 
ily. He  was  so  strictly  conscientious  that  when  the  pension  law  had  passed,  favor- 
ing with  pensions  the  surviving  Revolutionary  soldiers,  and  his  papers  were  all  made 
out  making  perfectly  valid  his  claim,  on  hearing  them  read  over  and  finding  that  he 
had  got  to  swear  that  he  was  a  needy  applicant,  he  positively  refused  to  make  oath 
or  to  have  his  pension  on  such  terms,  declaring  that  he  was  not  thus  needy,  but  had 
lived  and  could  live  without  the  pension.  He  was  told  that  others  much  richer  than 
himself  made  no  scruples  of  swearing  that  they  needed  the  preferred  pension;  but, 
though  in  really  moderate  circumstances,  he  persistently  stuck  to  his  scruples.  He 
made  his  will  Jan.  16,  1825.  It  was  probated  July  1,  1828.  He  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army,  in  Capt.  Jennison's  company  from  Mendon,  Mass.  He  d.  May  22,  1828; 
res.  Milford,  Mass. 

1690.  i.  Abigail,  b.  Mar.  6,  1773;  m.  1798,  Barnard  Boyden;  b.  Mar.  6, 1773. 

Ch.:  Elias,  b.  July  5,  1799;  Ellis,  b. ;  res.  Milford. 

1691.  ii.         Mellen,  b.  Dec.  9,  1774;  m.  Jane  Richardson. 

1692.  iii.       Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  14,  1776;  m.  June  22,  1797,  Amos  Howard,  b. 

Oct.  2,  1769;  d.  Sept.  1,  1829.  She  d.  Nov.  25, 1827;  res.  Milford. 
Ch.:  Sibbia,  b.  May  22,  1798;  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  22,  1799;  d.  June  30, 
1822;  John,  b.  June  10,  1802;  m.  Chloe  A.Gould;  Margaret,  b. 
Feb.  9,  1805;  d.  Mar.  3, 1832;  Amos,  b.  Apr.  2,  1807;  m.  Elvira 
Gould;  Emery,  b.  Apr.  11,  1809;  d.  Jan.  9,  1829;  Rebecca,  b. 
Aug.  4,  1812;  m.  Sewell  H.  Gould;  Andrew  J.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1818; 
m.  Laurinda  Howard. 

1693.  iv.        Lydia,  b.  Apr.  12.  1779;  m.  1798,  Abijah  Clark;  b.  Sept.,  1776;  res. 

Becket,  Mass.  She  d.  bef.  1808.  Ch.:  Alexander,  Whitney, 
Eliza  and  Stearnes. 

1694.  V.         Jonathan,  b.  May  9,  1781;  m.  Lavina  Coombs. 

1695.  vi.       Laban,  b.  Oct.  24,  1783;  m.  Olive  Green. 

1696.  vii.       Lucy,  b.  Jan.  6,  1786;  m.  Feb.  1,  1803,  John  Wood;  rem.  Barre,  Vt. 

Although  the  records  of  Mrs.  Wood's  native  town  show  her  to 
have  been  born  Jan.  6,  it  is  related  that  Mrs.  Wood  a  few  years 
ago  changed  the  date  in  the  family  Bible  to  the  16th,  and  she 
now  insists  on  observing  the  later  date.  Mrs.  Wood  was  born  at 
Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Jan.  6,  1786,  and  is  therefore  three  years  older 
than  the  Federal  government.  She  has  witnessed  the  rise  and 
fall  of  every  political  party  and  every  presidential  campaign 
from  the  days  of  Washington  to  those  of  Grover  Cleveland's 
second  triumph?  Her  maiden  name  was  Lucy  Whitney,  being 
one  of  a  family  of  11  children.  At  the  age  of  9  years  her  father 
moved  to  Milford,  Mass.  During  her  16th  year  she  was  a  pupil 
in  a  Milford  singing  school,  John  Wood,  a  young  man  from  the 
adjoining  town  of  Mendon,  also  trying  to  master  the  difficult 
"do,  me,  sol."  While  rehearsing  their  parts  together  Cupid 
accomplished  his  purpose,  and  on  Feb.  1,1803,  the  young  couple 
were  made  man  and  wife  lay  Amariah  Frost.  They  went  to  Vt. 
to  Barre.  The  young  husband  built  a  cottage  on  the  east  hill. 
There  were  no  doors  or  windows.  The  fireplace  and  chimney 
were  constructed  of  stone,  and  the  house  was  divided  into  two 
rooms  by  a  blanket  hung  in  the  center.  Mr.  Wood  erected  an 
oven  in  the  clearing  outside  the  house,  and  Mrs.  Wood  proudly 
declares  that  the  best  cooking  she  has  ever  done  was  performed 
in  that  ancient  oven.  As  soon  as  the  house  was  finished  both 
husband  and  wife  worked  early  and  late  to  clear  the  land  and 
burn  the  brushwood  about  the  dwelling.  On  many  nights  dur- 
ing the  absence  of  Mr.  Wood,  who  had  gone  to  the  nearest  set- 
tlement for  supplies,  the  good  wife  has  sat  by  the  candle  light 
through  the  midnight  hours  keeping  a  bright  fire  burning  to 
scare  away  the  wolves  that  were  howling  about  the  house. 
Sometimes  they  were  brave  enough  to  come  by  the  blanket 
which  covered  the  door,  not  daring  to  proceed  further  for  fear 
of  the  flames. 

Mr  Wood  was  a  teamster  for  the  United  States  government 
in  the  war  of  1812,  his  route  being  from  Wells  river  to  Burling- 
ton. The  care  of  the  farm  and  family  devolved  upon  Mrs. 
Wood,    During  her  husband's  absence  the  house  caught  fire 


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and  was  devoured  by  the  flames.  She  hastened  to  a  place  of 
safety,  but  remembering  that  her  oldest  child  was  sleeping  in 
the  house,  she  re-entered  the  building  and  took  her  child  to  a 
safe  place.  The  brave  woman  was  severely  burned  in  this  act, 
and  still  carries  the  scars.  This  daughter  died  a  few  years  ago, 
aged  73.  The  neighbors  proved  to  be  friends  in  the  hour  of 
need,  and  when  Mr.  Wood  returned  home,  greatly  to  his  sur- 
prise, he  found  a  new  house  nearly  completed.  In  one  of  the 
early  winters  there  was  no  track  of  man  or  team  at  her  door 
for  a  period  of  six  weeks.  Her  oldest  children  went  to  school 
in  a  barn  on  the  Carleton  farm.  There  was  but  one  preacher  in 
town.  Rev.  Aaron  Palmer.  Robert  Paddock  was  the  only  physi- 
cian, and  the  only  merchant  was  Jack  Pollard.  For  his  service 
in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg  Mr.  Wood  drew  a  land  warrant.  He 
died  in  Boston  March  24,  1857.  After  his  death  Mrs.  Wood 
managed  the  farm  seven  years,  and  then  removed  to  Barre 
village,  where  she  now  resides  on  Hill  street  with  her  daughter 
Sophia,  who  is  now  76  years  old,  and  spends  her  entire  time 
caring  for  her  aged  mother.  Mrs.  Wood  has  had  10  other  chil- 
dren ;  three  sons  are  now  living — Charles,  who  resides  at  Orange; 
Phineas,  at  Newport,  and  Warren,  at  Auburn,  R.  I.  She  claims 
to  have  40  living  grandchildren  and  a  great-great-grandchild  17 
years  old.  She  is  the  last  survivor  of  her  father's  family,  there 
having  been  five  older  and  five  younger.  In  her  99th  year  she 
made  a  bedquilt  containing  5,876  pieces,  which  has  taken 
premiums  at  several  county  fairs.  To  the  casual  visitor  she 
does  not  appear  to  be  so  old,  although  she  is  very  thin  and  much 
wrinkled.  Her  memory  is  very  good,  and  she  remembers 
events  of  her  childhood  with  perfect  clearness,  delightuig  to 
relate  early  reminiscences  of  the  state  and  the  noted  men  she 
has  met.  She  can  recall  the  events  of  the  war  of  1812,  and 
often  she  has  told  the  young  people  gathered  about  her  how  the 
patriotic  men  fought  and  the  hardships  they  endured  for  their 
country  in  the  early  days  of  the  present  century.  In  her  youth 
Mrs.  Wood  was  a  Congregationalist,  but  after  her  marriage  and 
settlement  in  Barre,  she  joined  the  Methodist  society,  and  has 
since  been  a  stanch  adherent  of  its  creeds.  She  retains  her 
faculties  to  a  remarkable  degree,  her  only  weakness  being  her 
great  deafness  and  lameness,  though  she  can  move  about  the 
house  with  the  aid  of  chairs.  She  still  retains  her  business 
faculty,  and  until  very  recently  conducted  her  own  affairs.  In 
1891  Mrs.  Wood  petitioned  Congressfor  a  pension  on  the  ground 
that  her  husband  was  a  teamster  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  Con- 
gress, by  a  special  act,  granted  her  S12  per  month.  Last  year 
Mrs.  Wood  was  made  a  member  of  R.  B.,  Crandall  Woman's 
Relief  Corps,  and  was  appointed  an  aide  upon  the  staff  of  the 
department  president,  and  at  the  last  State  convention  a  depart- 
ment badge  was  voted  to  her,  she  being  the  oldest  member  of 
the  order.  For  several  years  she  has  ridden  in  the  Grand  Army 
parade  on  Memorial  days.  The  old  lady  has  enjoyed  many 
a  birthday  party,  the  one  on  her  100th  being,  perhaps,  the  most 
notable.  Crandall  Relief  Corps,  with  her  relatives  and  neigh- 
bors, celebrated  with  her  the  107th  anniversary  of  her  birth. 
She  died  Jan.  31,  1893.  Her  children  were:  Willis,  born  in 
Mendon,  Mass.;  Horace,  Ellas,  Celinda  H.,  Phinneas,  Laura, 
Sophia  M.,  b.  July  28, 1818,  still  living  unm. ;  Charles  L.,  Warren  F. 

668.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Sherborn; 
Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1734;  m.  in  Waltham,  June  15,  1758,  Eunice  Marshall,  b.  Oct. 2, 1736, 
d.  Sept.,  1799.  He  was  a  soldier  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  from  Hopkinton,  Mass. 
He  d.  in  1800;  res.  Framingham  and  Dalton,  Mass. 

1697.  i.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  26,  1768;  m.  Caroline  Harmon. 

1698.  ii.        Amos,  b.  Sept.  27,  1764. 

1699.  iii.        Persis,  b.  Aug.  20,  1769;  m. Lasure. 


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1701. 

V. 

1702. 

vi. 

1703. 

vii. 

1704. 

viii 

1705. 

IX. 

1706. 

1707. 

1708. 

111. 

1709. 

iv. 

1710. 

V. 

1711. 

VI. 

1712. 

vii. 

171.3. 

viii. 

1700.  iv.  David,  b.  Nov.  3,  1761;  killed  by  Indians  at  the  battle  of  Stony 
Raba  on  the  Mohawk,  Oct.  19,  1780.  He  was  in  the  company 
commanded  by  Capt.  Ely. 

Eunice,  b.  Nov.  16,  1763;  m. Marshall.     She  d.  Oct.  1, 1842. 

Esther,  b.  Apr.  13,  1766;  m.  Cyrus  Rockwood. 

Asaph,  b.  June  21,  1770;  m.  Bethiah  Hopkins. 

Sarah,  b.  June  12,  1759. 

Olive,  b.  ;  m.  Anson  Hopkins;  res.  Bellile,  N.  Y.    A  son, 

Anson,  Jr.,  resides  there. 

680.     Isaac  Whitney  (Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Apr.  17, 

1770;  m. ;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Susanna  (Turnback)  Hall,  b.  Pennsylvania,  May 

11,  1780;  she  m.  3d  a  Mr.  Dodge  and  had  one  child  by  him.    She  d.  at  Ray,  Mich., 
Feb.  9,  1867. 

He  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  emigrated  to  New  York,  and  died  in  Middlesex 
in  1817.  He  was  a  kind  husband  and  father,  and  true  Christian  man.  He  was  a 
pioneer  in  that  section  when  it  was  settled  by  the  Indians,  with  whom  he  was  on 
friendly  terms.  He  was  also  able  to  converse  with  them  in  their  dialect.  After  the 
death  of  his  first  wife  he  married  a  widow,  Mrs.  Hall,  for  his  second  wife,  and  she  had 
five  children  by  her  first  husband  and  one  by  her  third.  Isaac  was  an  extensive 
farmer  and  one  of  the  largest  in  that  part  of  New  York.  He  d.in  1817;  res.  Middle- 
sex, Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Jason,  b. ;  m.  and  went  to  Texas. 

Robert,  b. ;  d. . 

Elizabeth,  b. ;  m. Osgood,  and  moved  to  Michigan, 

where  they  had  a  large  family,  and  died. 

Samuel,  b.  July  9,  1811;  m.  Ann  Stroup. 

John  Fisher,  b.  Oct.  25,  1809;  m.  Phebe  Nelson. 

Isaac,  b.  Nov.  12,  1817;  m.  Sarah  Stroup  and  Mahala  Stroup. 

Jesse,  b.  May  3,  1808;  m.  Eliza  C.  Shepherd. 

James,  b.  in  Middlesex,  N.  Y.;  m.  and  d.  there  s.  p.  in  1847. 

683.  Fisher  Whitney  (Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Jan.  3, 
1775;  m.  in  Italy,  N.  Y.,  June,  1797,  Patty  Watkins,  of  Partridgefield,  Mass.;  b.  Peru, 
in  1780.  She  m.  2d,  at  Italy  in  1805,  Elias  Lee;  b.  1777;  d.  Feb.  1,  1825.  She  d.  in 
Mass..  Mar  ,  1849. 

Fisher  Whitney  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.  The  country  around  Boston  was,  in 
1775,  sparsely  settled,  and  there  was  little  else  to  do  than  to  cultivate  the  soil.  Fisher 
Whitney  was,  therefore,  the  son  of  a  Massachusetts  farmer — but  the  farmers  in  those 
days  made  up  the  bulk  of  the  population.  Stirring  events  were  just  then  happening 
in  that  vicinity.  Before  Fisher  was  a  year  old,  the  battles  cf  Lexington  and  Bunker 
Hill  were  enrolled  in  history.  Natick,  his  home,  was  less  than  twenty  miles  distant, 
and  the  terrors  of  those  bloody  days  made  such  an  impression  upon  young  Fisher's 
mind  that  before  he  was  fifteen  he  was  enrolled  as  a  soldier  against  King  George  111. 

Thus  the  Whitneys  are  from  Revolutionary  stock,  as  will  be  seen  in  another 
place.     Fisher's  grandsons,  nearly  100  years  later,  also  bore  arms  for  their  country. 

But  Massachusetts  did  not  long  retain  young  Whitney,  for,  about  the  year  1795, 
he  removed  to  Yates  county,  N.  Y.,  where,  three  years  later,  he  married  Patty  Wat- 
kins  and  settled  upon  a  farm,  which  he  improved  while  acting  as  county  surveyor. 
Two  children  were  born  to  him,  Patty  Whitney,  born  in  1800,  and  James  Watkins 
Whitney,  born  June  21, 1803. 

Everything  seemed  prosperous  for  this  little  family  when  suddenly  the  father, 
in  one  of  his  surveying  expeditions,  took  a  violent  cold  which  rapidly  settled  into  a 
fever,  and  in  three  days  terminated  fatally.  He  was  buried  in  the  family  burial 
ground  on  his  farm  in  the  town  of  Italy,  Yates  county,  in  April,  1805.  Fifty-seven 
years  later,  his  grandson.  Col.  L.  H.  Whitney,  visited  his  grave,  and  found  his  resting- 
place  marked  by  a  plain  slab,  which  his  widow  had  erected  to  his  memory.  She 
now  sleeps  by  his  side,  and  by  her  side  repose  the  ashes  of  her  daughter  Patty. 

Fisher  Whitney  was  a  dark  haired,  dark  complexioned  man,  six  feet  tall,  ath- 
letic, and  possessed  a  great  aptitude  for  mathematics.  Hence,  it  was  easy  for  him 
to  drift  into  the  surveyor's  office.  He  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven,  sincerely 
mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances.     He  d.  Dec.  19,  1805;  res.  Italy,  N.  Y. 

1714.  i.  James  Watkins,  b.  June  21,  1803;  m.  Betsey  Harper. 

1715.  ii.         Patty  Watkins,  b.  Sept.  9,  1800;  m.  Jan.  15,  1823,  Jason  Gris- 

wold;  res.  Italy,  N.  Y.    Ch.:  Fisher,  b.  Mar.  28,  1825;  res.  Italy; 


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Sophronia,  b.  Nov.  22, 1823;  Lutia  Ann,  b.  July  23, 1830;  m.  Oct., 
1852;  Mary  Armborn,  b.  July  23,  1830;  m.  July  27,  1852.  He  d. 
abt.  1850.    She  d.  June,  1880. 

685.  Capt.  George  Whitney  (Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  1777,  in 
Natick,  Mass.;  m.  1799,  Esther  Morse,  of  Natick;  b.  in  1781,  d.  Mar.  26,  1836;  m.  2d, 
1839,  Mrs.  Azubah  Hastings,  of  Millbury;  d.  s.  p. 

He  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided;  was  a  leading  and 
public  spirited  citizen;  was  captain  of  the  local  militia  company;  member  of  the 
parish  committee,  and  held  all  the  town  offices.  All  his  children  were  noted  for  their 
musical  ability  and  penmanship.     He  d.  Feb.  17,  1849;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 

1716.  ii.        David  Morse,  b.  Nov.  1,  1807;  m.  Mary  Ann  Gilmore  and  Nancy 

Wheeler. 

1717.  i.         Hannah,  b.  Jan.  29,  1802;  m.  Oct.  10,  1821,  Henry  Rice,  who  was 

born  Nov.  12,  1798,  and  d.  Nov.  23,  1828.  The  children  of  this 
marriage  were  as  follows:  Luis  H.  Rice,  b.  June  19,  1822;  d. 
July  10,  1822.  The  second  child  was  Mary  Elizabeth  Rice,  who 
was  born  July  31,  1826,  and  is  now  living  in  Dedham,  Mass. 
She  m.  Albert  Jackson  Gleason,  June  16,  1849,  who  d.  in  1893. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  were  Albert  A.  Gleason,  b.  Mar. 
7,  1850,  d.  in  Sept.,  1851,  and  George  A.  Gleason,  who  was  born 
May  6,  1853,  and  is  now  living  in  Dedham.  The  third,  Henrietta 
b.  Nov.  12,  1828,  and  d.  Jan.  11,  1891.  She  m.  on  the  22d  day  of 
Jan.,  1849,  George  William  Williams,  who  d.  on  the  3d  of  Nov., 
1861.  He  was  b.  in  Neuhaus  an  der  Oste,  in  the  kingdom  of 
Hannover,  Mar.  24,  1815.  He  came  to  this  country  when  a  boy, 
with  Capt.  Elisha  Bangs,  in  whose  family  he  lived  for  several 
years  while  he  was  at  school,  which  he  attended  at  Brewster 
and  Plymouth,  Mass.  After  that  he  followed  the  sea  in  the 
service  of  Capt.  Bangs  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  placed 
in  command  of  a  vessel  before  he  obtained  his  majority,  and 
continued  as  a  ship's  captain  until  the  time  of  his  death,  when 
his  vessel,  the  "  Maritana,"  was  wrecked  in  Boston  harbor.  He 
was  killed  when  the  ship  went  to  pieces,  but  a  majority  of  the 
crew  and  passengers  were  saved.  He  was  m.  in  Dedham  to 
Henrietta  Rice,  and  lived  there  till  his  death.  The  children  of 
this  marriage  were:  Henrietta  Louise  Williams,  b.  Mar.  23, 
1850,  now  living  in  Dedham.  She  m.  Oct.  21,  1875,  Louis  Lutz, 
who  was  b.  June  25, 1838,  and  d.  October  10,  1889.  They  had 
children,  now  living  in  Dedham,  as  follows:  Helen  Louise  Lutz, 
b.  Dec.  16,  1876;  Frederick  Louis,  b.  Sept.  28,  1880,  and  Roger 
Henry  Lutz,  b.  July  18,  1884.  The  second  child,  George  Fred- 
erick Williams,  b.  July  10,  1852;  unm.,  living  in  Dedham.  His 
ancestors  are  of  old  Massachusetts  stock,  and  his  paternal 
ancestors  were  German  and  French.  He  was  educated  at 
private  schools  until  he  entered  the  high  school  at  Dedham;  he 
entered  Dartmouth  college  in  the  year  1868.  At  the  end  of  his 
freshman  year  he  went  to  Germany,  where  he  studied  in  Ham- 
burg for  six  months,  and  spent  the  next  year  at  universities  in 
Heidelberg  and  Berlin,  making  up  the  studies  of  sophomore 
and  junior  year  in  the  spring  and  summer  of  1871.  He  re-entered 
his  class  in  Dartmouth,  and  graduated  in  1872.  In  the  winter  of 
1872  and  1873  he  taught  school  at  West  Brewster,  Mass.,  and  in 
the  spring  and  summer  of  1873  was  on  the  reportorial  staff  of 
the  Boston  Globe.  He  studied  law  at  Boston  University,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  Oct.,  1875.  In  1878  Little, 
Brown  &  Co.  published  his  volume  of  Massachusetts  Citations, 
and  from  1879  to  1887  he  edited  for  that  firm  volumes  X.  to 
XVII.  of  the  Annual  United  States  Digest.  He  was  elected  to 
the  Dedham  School  Committee  in  1879,  and  served  three  years. 
He  began  active  participation  in  politics  as  a  Republican  in 
1882,  and  in  1883  organized  the  Norfolk  Republican  Club,  which 
was,  and  now  is,  one  of  the  largest  political  clubs  in  the  state. 
In  the  summer  of  1884  he  joined  the  Independent  movement, 
and  was  one  of  the  committee  on  resolutions  in  the  Independent 


128  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


convention  held  at  New  York.  Appointed  by  the  Massachu- 
setts Committee  of  One  Hundred  one  of  its  executive  commit- 
tee, he  was  in  August  selected  as  chairman  of  that  committee, 
which  conducted  the  state  campaign.  In  1886  he  was  chairman 
of  the  Independent  committee,  organized  for  the  campaign  of 
Hon.  John  F.  Andrew  for  the  governorship.  In  1889  he  was 
elected  to  the  Massachusetts  legislature,  where  he  took  an 
active  part  as  a  Democrat.  In  1890  he  was  elected  to  the  Fifty- 
Second  Congress  from  the  Ninth  Massachusetts  District,succeed- 
ing  a  Republican,  the  Hon.  John  W.  Candler.  His  political 
work  has  been  done  in  connection  with  constant  work  m  the 
profession  of  the  law,  which  he  has  practiced  mainly  in  the 
courts  of  Boston.  He  has  been  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Massachusetts  Reform  Club, 
and  has  served  as  secretary,  and  on  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Dartmouth  Alumni  Association,  of  Boston,  and  as  president 
of  the  Dartmouth  Club,  of  Boston.  In  1886  he  delivered  the 
Fourth  of  July  oration  in  Boston,  by  invitation  of  the  city,  and  in 
'  1889  delivered  an  address  before  the  faculty  and  students  of 
Dartmouth  college  on  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  inaugu- 
ration of  Washington.  The  third  child  is  Henry  Liversidge 
Williams,  b.  Sept.  17,  1855,  now  living  in  Dedham.  Hannah 
Rice  m.  a  second  time  Joseph  Daniels,  on  the  26th  day  of  Sept., 
1832.  They  had  children,  now  living:  Sarah  Anna  Daniels,  now 
Gates,  who  lives  at  18  Oakland  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y,  She  was 
b.  on  Sept.  14,  1837.    Joseph  Henry  Daniels,  b.  August  10,  1834. 

1718.  iii.       George  C,  b.  Feb.  3,  1809;  m.  Persis  Broad. 

1719.  iv.       Freeman  Sears,  b.  Feb.  6,  1812;  m.  Eveline  Perry, 

1720.  v.         Samuel  S.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1815;  m.  Sarah  W.  Spaulding. 

1721.  vi.       John  Aniger,  b.  Dec.  20,   1817;  m.   Emily  Walker  and   Lizzie 

Thomson. 

1722.  vii.  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  20,  1820;  m.  Sarah  Leighton. 

1723.  viii.  Alvin  Fisher,  b.  1824;  m.  Elviria  Clemence. 

1724.  ix.  David  Morse,  b.  Mar.  16,  1804;  d.  Sept.  21,  1805. 

1725.  X.  Sally,  b.  Dec.  25,  1799;  d.  Apr.  10,  1802. 

686.  Jason  Whitney  (Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Oct.  20, 
1780;  m.  there  1801,  Hannah  Goodnow,  of  Natick;  d.  Dec.  27,  1810;  m.  2d  Margaret 
Green.     He  d. ;  res.  Watertown  and  Natick,  Mass. 

1726.  i.         Mary,  b.  Nov.  26, 1801;  d.  Dec.  9,  1801. 

1727.  ii.        RoxANNA,  b.  Feb.  23, 1803;  m.  Mar.,  1829,  Ebenezer  Blake;  b.  July 

9,  1805.  She  d.  Jan.  29, 1885.  Ch.:  Rebecca  R.,  b.  Feb.  13,  18.31; 
m.  Geo.  E.  Weeman;  res.  So.  Bridgton,  Me.;  George  A.,  b.  Sept. 
20,  1835;  d.  Nov.  11,  1889;  Joseph  Eugene,  b.  May  20,  1837;  res. 
Milton,  Mass.;  Eben  F.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1839;  res.  Lynn,  Mass. 

1728.  iii.       Emeline  Ann,  b.  Feb.  6,   1809;    m.  in  Natick   in   1827,   Elijah 

Hersey,  of  Dedham.  He  was  b.  Apr.  26,  1808;  boot  and  shoe 
manufacturer.  They  res.  1232  Madison  street,  Oakland,  Cal.  Ch.: 
George  E.,  b.  May  30,  1830;  Emily  Frances,  b.  Sept.  8,  1828; 
Edward  Whiting,  b.  Jan.  12,  1833;  George  Hersey,  m.,  lives  in 
Gilroy,  Cal.;  Emily  F.,  m.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  May  1, 1845,  Abram 
H.  Lambert,  lives  in  Rock  Island,  111.;  Edward  W.,d.  in  Elmira 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  18,  1863. 

1729.  iv.        Hannah  Goodnow,  b.  Jan.  2,  1807;    m.  twice  and  d.  s.  p.;  first 

husband  m.  1829,  Arthur  Danforth,  of  Dedham. 

1730.  v.        Eben  Fisher,  b.  Jan.  10,  1805;  n.  f.  k. 

1731.  vi.        Nancy  Goodnow,  b.  Nov.  26,  1810;  m. Wheeler,  and  Jan. 

28,  1844,  David  Morse  Whitney.  She  res.  with  Mrs.  Charlotte 
T.  Andrews  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Her  first  husband  was  killed 
in  the  Texas  Rebellion  in  1836.  They  had  one  son,  Samuel  H., 
who  was  born  in  Natick  and  enlisted  in  the  late  war  in  Co.  H. 
13th  Mass.  Vols.  He  was  lost  on  the  march  to  Winchester  in 
1862.  Ch.:  Frank  Hayden  Whitney,  b.  July  30,  1845.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  13th  Mass.  Vols.,  Company  H.    (See  elsewhere.) 


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1732. 

i. 

1733. 

ii. 

1734. 

iii. 

1735. 

iv. 

1736. 

V. 

1737. 

VI. 

1738. 

Vll. 

1739. 

viii. 

1740. 

IX. 

1741. 

X. 

1742. 

XI. 

1743. 

xii. 

1744. 

Xlll. 

1745. 

XIV. 

1746. 

XV. 

1747. 

XVI. 

1748. 

xvii 

1749. 

XVII 

1750. 

XIX. 

688.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick,  Mass., 
Mar.  2,  1784;  m.  in  Framingham,  Apr.  8,  1807,  Mary  Brown,  dau.  of  Aaron  and 
Martha  (Walker)  Brown;  b.  Aug.  1,  1785;  d.  July  22.  1822;  m.  2d  Nov.  10,  1821, 
Joanna  Law,  of  Acton. 

He  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  and  after  his  marriage  resided  on  the  Beal  farms 
in  that  town  and  at  East  Sudbury.  Later  he  lived  in  Wayland.  Was  an  innkeeper 
and  proprietor  of  a  line  of  stages  at  Natick.  He  d.  Sept.  23,  1855;  res.  Natick  and 
Wayland,  Mass. 

■  Charles,  b.  May  21,  1808. 

Martha  Ann,  b.  Feb.  9,  1817;    m.  Nov.  16,  1834,  David  E.  Allen, 

of  Dover. 
Nancy  Childs,  b.  June  20,   1820;    m.  Nelson  Holmes  and  res. 

Trempeleau,  Wis. 
Prudence  Walker,  b.  May  14,1822;  m.  Wm.  G.  Willson, 
Sally  Cumings,  b.  July  26,  1824;  d.  Dec.  7,  1825. 
Hiram  Ebenezer,  b.  June  3,  1826;  d.  unm. 

Sally  Cumings,  b.  Apr.  8,  1828;  m. Stone. 

Ellen  O.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1830;  m.  Albert  Lyon. 

Isabella  C,  b.  Oct.  17,  1834;  m. Bacon. 

Turner,  b.  Sept.  24,  1842. 

George,  b. . 

Albert  M.,  b.  Jan.  16, 1836.     Killed  in  the  Rebellion. 
Nathaniel  D.  T.,  b.  May  3,  1838. 
Catherine  H.,  b.  May  5,  1840;  d.  June  1,  1842. 

George,  b. . 

Mary  Brown,  b.  Mar.  18,  1813;    m.  Abraham    Bigelow   2d   of 
Natick,  and  d.  in  Dover,  Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1881.     Issue  (Bigelow 
Genealogy,  p.  336). 
xvii.  Charles  W..  b.  June  13,  1832. 

xviii.  Catherine,  b. ;  m. Stone. 

Anne  E.,  b.  Jan.,  1851. 

695.  Daniel  Whitney  (Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.; 
m.  Mar.  7,  1769,  Sarah  Gay;  d.  Sept.  20,  1824.  He  d.  May"  3,  1820;  res.  Boston  and 
Warwick,  Mass. 

1751.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  5,  1769;  m.  Oct.  15,  1796,  David  Adams,  of  War- 

wick. 

1752.  ii.         Elijah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1771. 

1753.  iii.        Susannah,  b.  Jan.  31.  1773. 

1754.  iv.        Daniel,  b.  Dec.  5,  1774;  m. . 

1755.  v.         Seneca,  b.  July  27,  1776;  m.  1803,  Hannah  Moore;   b.  1781;  d. 

May  16,  1848.     He  d.  Apr.  25,  1810;  res.  Warwick. 

1756.  vi.        Sophia,  b.  July  12,  1778;  d.  unm.  Mar.  15,  1861. 

1757.  vii.       Betty,  b.  Aug.  11,  1781. 

1758.  viii,      Joseph  Gay,  b.  Sept.  7,  1784;  m.  and  d.  Aug.  7,  1834,  in  Warwick, 

Mass. 

1759.  ix.        Elisha,  b.  June  24,  1786;  m. . . 

1760.  X.         Henry,  b.  Aug.,  30,  1788;  m. ,  , 

696.  John  Whitney  (Elijah,  Daniel,  John.  John,  John),b.  Nov,  29,  1749;  m,  Apr. 
22,  1773,  Mary  Payson;  d.  1816.     He  d.  in  1830;  res.  Roxbury  and  Warwick,  Mass. 

1761.  i.  John,  bap.  R.  Aug.,  1774;  d.  young, 

1762.  ii.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  26,  1776. 

1763.  iii.  Sally,  b.  Feb.  1,  1779;  m,  1802  at  Warwick,  Samuel  Mayo. 

1764.  iv.  Nancy,  b.  Mar.  21.  1781. 

•     1765.     v.         JOHN.b.  Apr.  8.  1783;  m. . 

1766.  vi.        Lois,  b.  Aug.  20.  1785;  d.  unm.  Nov.  6,  1820. 

698.  Lieut.  Elisha  Whitney  (Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John),b.  Oct.  6,  1747; 
m.  in  Newton,  June  4,  1769,  Abigail  Dana.  His  picture,  painted  by  Stuart,  is  in  pos- 
session of  his  gr.  son  Benj.  D;  res.  West  Roxbury.  Mass. 

1767.  i.  Experience,  b.  Feb.,  1776;  d.  Sept.  17,  1777. 

1768.  ii.        Abigail,  b.  Apr.  10,  1778;  m.  Nov.  17,  1799,  Joseph  Seaver,  of 

Boston.  He  was  b.  Dec.  25,  1770;  d.  Aug.  17,  1811.  Ch.:  Eliza- 
beth Whitney,  b.  Mar.  23,  1801;  m.  1823;  d.  1837;  Joseph,  b.  June 
17,  1804;  m.  1834;  d.  1883;  Wm.  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  6,  1806;  m. 


130  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1829;  d.  1858;  Nathaniel,  b.  Sept.  24,  1808;  d.  Aug.  16,  1835; 
Abigail  Dana,  b.  Sept.  16,  1810;  d.  May  11,  1828.  A  godchild  is 
is  Miss  E.  A.  Seaver,  of  Lexington,  Mass. 

1769.  iii.       Elisha,  b.  Feb.  4,  1780;  m.  Sarah  Heath. 

1770.  iv.        Asa,  b.  May  18,  1782;  m.  Mary  Hammond. 

1771.  V.         Pedy,  b.  July  20,  1784;  m.  in  Roxbury  in  1801,  Col.  Joseph  Dud- 

ley, b.  Oct.  16,  1780.  Col.  Dudley  owned  and  occupied  the  old 
homestead  in  Roxbury.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of  strict  hon- 
esty and  integrity.  His  open-handed  generosity  was  much 
commented  on.  In  1810  he  gave  a  portion  of  his  patrimonial 
estate  as  a  sitefor  a  town  house.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Gov. 
Dudley.  He  d.  Feb.  28,  1827;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass.  Ch.:  Will- 
iam, b.  Oct.  8,  1801;  d.  Dec.  28,  1801;  Joseph  W.,  b.  June  2,  1803; 
d.  May  20,  1869;  Sarah  W.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1805;  d.  Aug.  23,  1868; 
Isaac  D.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1807;  d.  Feb.  2,  1855;  William,  b.  June  24, 
1808;  d.  Nov.  13,  1833;  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  31,  1809;  Pedy.  b.  Feb.  7, 
1812;  d.  May  8,  1838;  Elisha  W.,b.  Dec.  9,  1813;  d.  Oct.  22,  1815; 
Elisia  W.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1816;  d.  Mar.  23,  1816;  Henry  A.  S.  D.,  b. 
Aug.  13,  1821;  d.  July  7,  1885. 

1772.  vi.       William,  b.  June  17,  1788;  d.  unm. 

1773.  vii.      Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  3,  1793;  d.  unm. 

701.     Caleb  Whitney  (Caleb,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  June  17,  1740;  m. 
1765,  Elizabeth   Hyde,  b.  1745.     During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Newton  company,  Capt.  Wiswell,and  marched  to  the  Lexington  alarm.   His  will 
He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.     He  d.  before  1792;  res.  Newton, 

Oliver,  b.  Mar.  9,  1766;  d.  unm.  in  Boston. 
Amariah,  b.  Nov.  18,  1767;  m.  Sarah  Trull. 
Ruth,  b.  May  31,  1773. 
Sarah,  b.  June  4,  1774. 
Abigail,  b.  Sept.  10,  1775. 

Thaddeus,  b.  (mentioned  in  settlement  of  his  father's  estate,  but 
record  of  birth  not  found). 

703.  Thaddeus  Whitney  (Caleb,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  July  10,  1747; 
m.l772.  Temperance  Hyde,  b.  Apr.  1,  1753;  d.  1842. 

He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  Newton  company.  In  1798  he  owned 
a  farm  of  25  acres.  In  1805  he  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  d.  in  1832; 
res.  Newton,  Mass.     His  will: 

Be  it  remembered  that  I,  Thaddeus  Whitney  of  Newton  in  the  County  of  Mid- 
dlesex, do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Imprimis.  I  do  give  and  devise  to  my  executrix  herinafter  named  so  much  of 
my  real  estate  to  be  disposed  of  at  public  or  private  sale  as  she  shall  judge  best  as 
will  bring  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  all  my  just  debts  and  charges  of  settlement  after 
applying  to  that  purpose  such  of  the  personal  estate  as  shall  not  be  needful  for  the 
use  of  my  beloved  wife. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife  Temperance  the  use  and  im- 
provement of  all  my  estate  both  real  and  personal,  excepting  such  as  shall  be  dis- 
posed of  as  above  directed,  and  excepting  also  my  land  with  the  buildings  thereon 
situated  in  Brighton,  to  have  and  to  hold  so  long  as  she  remains  my  widow. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  grandchildren,  Asa  Cook,  Nancy  Davis  and 
Louisa  Jackson,  children  of  my  late  daughter  Temperance,  now  deceased,  the  sum 
of  5  dollars  each  to  be  paid  to  them  within  one  year  after  the  decease  of  me  and  my 
wife.  And  whereas  I  on  the  1st  of  April,  1824,  hired  a  farm  of  Martha  Livermore 
covenanting  to  pay  85  dollars  annually  therefor  according  to  her  lease  of  that  date 
&  whereas  Israel  L.  Worcester,  husband  of  my  daughter  Ruth  by  a  verbal  agree- 
ment between  us  occupies  the  same  and  agrees  to  pay  all  the  rent,  therefore  I  give 
to  my  executrix  in  trust  all  my  farm  in  Brighton  with  the  buildings  thereon  to  be 
conveyed  to  my  daughter  Ruth  Worcester  or  her  children  whenever  and  as  soon  as 
the  said  Worcester  shall  have  paid  up  all  the  said  rent  as  aforesaid  and  provided  it 
be  paid  within  2  years  after  my  decease  so  that  I  shall  not  have  been  called  upon  for 
any  part  thereof  nor  my  estate  be  liable  to  be  forever.  But  if  not  so  paid  by  said 
Worcester  the  farm  and  buildings  are  to  be  and  remain  in  fee  to  my  executrix  and 
her  heirs  &  assigns  forever. 


•was  dated 

176' 

Mass. 

1774. 

1775. 

1]  ■ 

1776. 

111. 

1777. 

IV. 

1778. 

V. 

1779. 

vi. 

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Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Ruth  forty  dollars  to  be  paid  within 
■2  years  after  the  decease  of  me  and  my  wife  provided  the  said  Worcester  shall  have 
paid  all  the  rents  as  above  stated. 

Item.  I  give  and  devise  to  my  daughter  Hannah  all  the  rest  and  residue  of  my 
estate  and  effects  wheresoever  found,  to  have  and  to  hold  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever, 
my  daughters  Temperance  and  Ruth  having  received  to  the  value  of  about  four 
hundred  &  fifty  dollars  each. 

Lastly,  I  do  appoint  my  daughter  Hannah  my  sole  executrix,  hereby  revoking 
all  wills  heretofore  by  me  made.     Dated  Jan.  1,  1828. 

Thaddeus  Whitney. 
Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared 
to  be  his  last  will  and  testament  in  the 
presence  of  us  who  at  his  request  and  in 
the  presence  of  each  other  subscribed  our  names 
as  witnesses. 
Abyal  Draper 
Timy.  Whitney 
Robert  Nelson, 

Be  it  remembered  that  I  Thaddeus  Whitney  do  make  the  following  addition  or 
alteration  to  the  foregoing  will,  that  is  I  do  appoint  Elyat  F.  Woodward  ol  the  same 
Newton  the  sole  executor  of  my  said  will  and  testament  instead  of  my  daughter 
Hannah,  hereby  revoking  so  much  thereof  as  constituted  and  appointed  her  the  sole 
executrix.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  10th  of 
July, 1829. 

Thads.  Whitney. 
Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  to  be  an 
addition  to  his  last  will  in  the  presence  of  us 
who  at  his  request  and  in  presence  of  each  other 
have  subscribed  our  names  as  witnesses. 
Abyal  Draper 
Abyal  U.  Draper 
Amanda  Draper. 

1780.  i.         Temperance,  b.  Sept.  2,  1774;  m.  1795,  Jno.  Cook,  Jr.   Ch.:  Nancy, 

b.  Sept.  25,  1795;  m.  Davis;  Asa,  b.  June  3,  1797;  m.  Ros- 

anna ;  Louisa,  m. Jackson. 

1781.  ii.        Hannah,  b.  Apr.  9,  1779;  m.  David  Wardwell,  s.  p. 

1782.  iii.      Thaddeus,  b.  Sept.  1,  1788.     Mar.  2,  1821,  he  bought  of  Israel  L. 

Worcester  pew  54  in  the  meeting  house  of  the  First  Baptist 
church,  of  which  Rev.  Jonathan  Homes  was  pastor,  for  the  sum 
of  $19;  the  deed  of  which  is  now  in  possession  of  Geo.  A.  Wor- 
cester, of  Milford,  N.  H.     D.  unm.,  1823. 

1783.  iv.        Ruth,  b.  in  1776;  m.  Israel  Liberty  Worcester.  * 

707.  Timothy  Whitney,  (Moses,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Feb.  12,  1747; 
m.  in  1773,  Mary  Hyde;  d.  in  1828.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  a  New- 
ton company  with  his  three  brothers.     He  d.  in  1821;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

1784.  1.         Stephen,  b.  1774;  m.  Ruth  Whittemore. 

1785.  ii.        Timothy,  b.  1776;  m.  1824,  Peggy  (Margaret)  Thayer, 

1786.  iii.       Polly,  b.  1778. 

1787.  iv.       Peggy,  b.  1780;  m.  Elijah  Whitney. 

1788.  V.        Anna,  b.  1782. 

1789.  vi.       Elisha,  b.  1784;  d.  young. 

715.    John  Whitney  (Moses,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  8,  1762;  m. 
Aug.  1785,  Polly  Pope,  of  Dedham.     He  d.  Aug.  28,  1816;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

1790.  i.         Moses,  b. . 

1791.  ii.        AsA.b. . 

1791^. iii.       And  2  daus. 

719.  Hon.  Samuel  Whitney  (Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Massa- 
chusetts, Aug.  5,  1758;  m.  at  Worcester,  June  24,  1778,  Mary  Whitney,  dau.  of  Capt. 
Joshua,  b.  June  19,  1761 ;  d.  Apr.  27,  1835. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  Aug.  5,  1758.  He  moved  to  Wor- 
cester shortly  before  the  Revolutionary  war.  April  19,  1775,  he  enlisted  in  the  com- 
pany commanded  by  Capt.  Benjamin  Flagg,  which  marched  to  the  Lexington 
alarm.     In  1779  he  was  drafted  for  nine  months  as  private  in  the  company  com- 


132  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

manded  by  his  father-in-law,  Capt.  Joshua  Whitney,  Soon  after  his  marriage  in 
1778,  he  moved  to  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  and  erected  a  house.  In  1798  he  erected  another 
more  spacious,  and  just  as  he  was  fairly  settled  in  his  new  quarters  the  old  residence 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  first  records  in  Gilsum  relating  to  the  poor  is,  "  Voted  to 
allow  Samuel  Whitney  one  pound  four  shillings  for  his  services  in  warning  folks  out 
of  town."  He  was  often  chosen  by  his  fellow-citizens  on  important  committees  and 
filled  various  offices.  Was  moderator  of  the  town  meetings,  1796-1800-6-15;  select- 
man, 1798;  school  committee,  1790.  In  1797,  while  living  in  his  first  house,  his  wife 
did  her  cooking  out  of  doors  in  an  oven  built  for  that  purpose.  One  day  when  get- 
ting ready  to  bake  a  leg  of  mutton,  she  set  the  pan  on  the  ground  while  she  went 
into  the  house.  When  she  came  out  a  bear  was  just  carrying  off  her  dinner.  Catch- 
ing up  the  oven  poker  she  chased  it  away  and  saved  her  mutton.  Mr.  Whitney  was 
known  all  over  that  section  of  country  as  Squire  Whitney,  having  been  justice  of  the 
peace  from  1811  to  1826,  and  was  often  called  upon  to  perform  marriage  ceremonies. 
He  was  representative  in  the  Legislature  in  1805-7-11.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
respected  citizens  in  the  town.  When  he  went  there  in  1780  he  had  a  jack-knife  and 
25  cents  in  money.  While  at  work  clearing  his  land,  he  hung  his  jacket  on  a  limb  of 
a  tree;  it  caught  fire  and  he  was  left  without  anything.  He  paid  for  his  place  by 
catching  wild  pigeons.  At  his  death  he  left  a  valuable  estate.  He  d.  June  1,  1831; 
res.  Worcester,  Mass.;  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  and  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 

1792.  i.         William  Bartholomew,  b.  Oct.  4,  1778;  m.  Lydia  Ann  Law- 

rence. 

1793.  ii.        Samuel,  b.  July  14,  1781;  m.  Hope  Blish  and  Elsey  Everts. 

1794.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  June  10,  1784;  m.  Harriett . 

1795.  iv.       Polly,  b  Apr.  10,  1786;  m.  David  Blish;  res.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 

Ch.:     William,  b.  ;  res.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y.;  David,  b. 

;  m.  Adeline   Irvine.      He   was   drowned  by  sinking  of 

steamer  Phoenix  on  Lake  Michigan.     His  wid.  m.  Wm.  Strong. 

Emily,  b.  ;    m.  Dr.    Carpenter,    Lawrenceville,    N.   Y.; 

Daniel,  b. . 

1796.  V.        Lois,  b.  Aug.  23,  1788;  m.  James  M.  Marks;  res.   Keene,  N.  H. 

1797.  vi.       Luther,  b.  Apr.  15,  1791;  m.  Betsey  Dart. 

1798.  vii.       Lydia,  b.  Sept.  6,  1793;  m.  May  18,  1813,  James  Locke;  res.  Wells- 

boro.  Pa.  He  was  b.  May  18,  1790;  d.  Mar.  14,  1874.  She  died 
Jan.  25,  1887.  He  was  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler;  res.  Wells- 
boro,  Pa. 

1799.  viii.     Daniel,  b.  Sept.  3,  1795;  m.  Emeline  Henshaw. 

1800.  ix.       Wm.  Clarke,  b.  Aug.  29,  1797;  d.  unm.  in  Belleville,  Ont. 

1801.  X.         Lucy,  b.  Apr.  27,  1800;  m.  Mar.  20,  1820,  Isaac  Coburn;  m.  2d, 

May  27,  1824,  Rev.  John  Smith,  an  M.  E.  clergyman;  res.  Parish- 

ville,  N.  Y. 
•     * 

723.  Palmer  Whitney  (Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Warwick, 
Orange,  Mass.,  Mar.  5,  1778;  m.  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  int.  Apr.  14;  m.  May  10,  1798, 
Judath  Barber,  b.  Sept.  10,  1777;  d.  Nov.  2,  1852. 

Palmer  Whitney  was  born  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until  a  short 
time  after  his  marriage,  when  he  moved  to  Java  Village,  N.  Y.,  and  kept  a  public 
house  for  a  number  of  years.  He  finally  moved  to  Illinois,  and  was  ever  afterwards 
a  farmer.  He  died  in  Riley,  June  26, 1854;  res.  Orange,  Mass.,  Java,  N.  Y.,  Riley,  111. 
Joseph,  b.  Aug.  8,  1798;  m.  Sophronia  Taylor. 
John,  b.  Aug.  18,  1804;  m.  Rachel  Ward  and  Mariah  Blood. 

Mark,  b. ;  m.  Caroline  Ward. 

Benjamin  F.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1818;  m.  Lucinda  Potter. 

Lemuel  P.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1821;  m.  Lydia  M.  Van  Slyke. 

Jarvis,  b.  Mar.  25,  1811;  m.  Nancy  Potter  and  Mary  C.  Rimmer. 

Anna,    b.   ;    m.   Harry    Eddy;   res.  .     Ch.:    Hiram, 

b, ,  res.  DeKalb,  111. 

1809.  vi.  Arseneth,  b.  Oct.  29,  1802;  m.  Feb.  27,  1823,  Samuel  Woodworth. 
b.  May  27,  1800,  d.  Feb.  4,  1869.  He  was  a  farmer  and  general 
speculator,  res.  Yorkshire,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Minerva,  b.  July  1,  1824; 
m.  David  C.  Woolley,  Aug.  1842,  and  d.  May  7,  1892;  Celia,  b. 
Nov.  20,  1826;  d.  Jan.  18,  1827;  Harry  E.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1828;  m.  to 
Elvira  Blood,  Sept.  12,  1850;  res.  Delevan,  Catt.  Co.,  N.  Y.; 
Charles,  b.  Aug.  27,  1831,  d.  Jan.  29,  1843;  Anna  Marier,  b.  Oct. 
15,  1836;  m.  to  Bray  ton  B.  Lincoln,  Jan.  22, 1857;  res.  Richmond- 


1802. 

1803. 

ii. 

1804. 

ni. 

1805. 

iv. 

1806. 

vn. 

1807. 

vni 

1808. 

V. 

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ville,  Sanilac  Co.,  Mich.;  Nancy  Arseneth,  b.  Nov.  12,  1839;  m, 

to  Gordon   Parker,  Feb.  21,  1»61;  res.  Wales,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.; 

Samuel  Parker,  b.  Sept.  6,  1842,  d.  Oct.  11,  1865. 

1810.    ix.        Mary,  b. ,  d.  unm. 

J811.    X,        Angeline,  b. ;  m.  Harkett  Fancher.    Ch.:  Nancy;  m. 

Fuller. 

1812.  xi.       Nancy,  b. ;  m.  Charles  Woodworth.    Ch.:  Emily,  m.  

Twiss;  res.  Aurora,  N.  Y. 

727.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Warwick,  Mass., 
Aug.  15,  1784;  m.  there  Aug.  14,  1804,  Sally  Pratt,  b.  Oxford,  Mass.,  Apr.  19,  1783;  d. 
Feb.  14, 1868,  near  Foster.  Ky. 

He  was  born  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  for  a  short  time  after  mar- 
riage. He  then  migrated  westward,  locating  first  at  Lima,  near  Genesee  Landing, 
in  1809.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  at  the  battle  of  Queenstown,  and 
was  taken  prisoner.  In  1815  he  located  at  a  place  in  Ohio,  where  he  remained  a 
short  time,  going  then  to  Charleston,  Coles  Co.,  111.  He  finally  settled  in  Foster, 
Ky.,  where  he  died.  Hed.  July  13, 1860;  res.  Warwick  and  Oxford,  Mass.,  Lima,  N.  Y., 
Charleston,  111.,  and  Foster,  Ky. 

1813.  i.  James  Foster,  b.  Sept.  12,  1808;  m.  Elizabeth  S.  Morton. 

1814.  ii.         Cynthia,  b.  Dec.  31,  1812;  m.  June  30,  1830,  Dr.  W.  Thomas;  res. 

Foster,  Ky.  He  was  b.  in  Virginia  June  18,  1826;  d.  Apr.  16, 
1859.  Ch.:  Foster,  b.  Feb.  21,  1831,  farmer;  res.  Dwight,  Kan.; 
Theodore,  b.  July  7,  1833;  Malinda,  b.  Oct.  3,  1837;  Clara,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1840;  Sallie,  b.  July  12,  1842;  Anabell,  b.  Dec.  13,  1844; 
Sophia,  b.  May  21,  1846;  Julian,  b.  Oct.  14,  1848;  Lemuel,  b.  July 
5,  1852;  all  dead  but  the  three  boys. 

1815.  iii.        Sophia,  b.  Oxford,  Mass.;  m.  in  Mechanicsburgh,  O.,  Ludovicus 

Rudolph.  He  was  b.  in  Baltimore,  moved  to  Mt.  V^ernon, 
Ind.,  where  she  died,  leaving  two  small  children,  Charles  and 
Mary,  who  died  soon  after  their  mother, 

1816.  iv,        Malvina,  b,  Sept.  12,  1806;  m.  Dr,  Wilson  Dart.     He  died  two 

years  after  marriage  and  she  then  m.  Carlos  Hilton  Gould,  of 
Henniker,  N.  H.  They  were  married  in  Neville,  O.,  lived  there 
six  years  then  moved  to  Cincinnati.  He  was  owner  of  a  cotton 
factory,  had  two  children,  son  and  daughter.  The  son,  Charles 
W.  Gould,  was  in  the  Confederate  army;  after  that  he  went  to 
California,  was  there  six  years,  then  died.  Auditor  of  the  Court. 
The  daughter,  Mary  Dart,  died  when  young. 

1817.  v.         Diana,  b.  in  Mass.  1804;  d.  Mechanicsburgh,  O.,  in  1820. 

1818.  vi.        Sallie,  b,  Lima,  N,  Y,;  d.  when  one  week  old. 

728.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in 
Groton,  Mass.,  July,  1722;  m.  Dec.  6,  1749,  Thankful  Harrington,  b.  in  1729;  d.  July 
16,  1795. 

He  was  born  in  Groton,  moved  with  his  parents  to  Weston,  and  later  to  West- 
boro.  After  his  marriage  he  purchased  a  large  farm  in  Upton  on  which  he  always 
resided  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  At  his  decease  the  farm  was  equally 
divided  between  his  two  sons.     He  d.  July  21,  1797;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

1819.  i.  Thankful,  b.  Nov.  11,  1750;  m.  Jonathan  Batchelor.    They  res. 

in  Upton;  farmer.  Ch.:  Thankful,  m.  Josiah  Rock  wood,  res. 
Upton;  ch.,  Lewis,  Adams,  and  Emily;  Margery,  m.  Amos  Bra- 
dish,  res.  Upton;  ch.,  Harvey,  James,  Jonathan,  Melinda,  Em- 
mons, and  Metilda;  Jonathan,  d.  young,  unm.;  Otis,  m.  Susan- 
nah Buck,  res.  Upton;  ch.,  Lucy,  Chloe,  Serena,  Direxza, 
Hannah,  and  one  other;  Hannah,  m.  David  Hawes;  ch.,  Calista 
and  Darias. 

1820.  ii.         Beulah,  b.  Jan.  23,  1753;  m.  May  7,  1772,  Samuel  Forbush.     He 

was  son  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Forbush,  of  Westboro,  and  great-great- 
grand-son  of  Daniel  Forbes  (Forbush  Ffarabas),  who  came 
from  Scotland  in  1655  (see  Forbes-Forbush  genealogy  by  Fred 
C.  Pierce,  p.  61).  He  was  b.  Jan.  29,  1750;  d.  in  Upton,  Mass., 
Oct.  31,  1829.  She  d.  May  11,  1848;  ae.  95  years.  Ch.:  Dea. 
Samuel,  b.  Mar.  30,  1773;  m.  Lydia  Gibson;  res.  Upton;  ch., 
Eliza,  John,  Mary,  Joseph,  Persis  G.,  Julia  and  Thomas  Spencer; 


134  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Beulah,  b.  July  3,  1774;  d.  unm.  Apr.  1,  1833;  Ephraim,  b.  Dec. 
15,  1775;  m.  Rebecca  Sadler  and  Polly  Stowe,  res.  Upton,  9  ch.; 
Levi,  b.  Nov.  11, 1777;  m.  Mary  Warren;  res.  Upton,  Mass.,  3  ch.; 
Abijah,  b.  May  11,  1779;  m.  Sarah  Fiske.  He  was  a  great  sing- 
ing master;  res.  Shelburne,  Mass.,  6  ch.;  Abner,  b.  Nov.  14, 1782; 
m.  Polly  Batchelor;  res.  Upton,  3  ch.;  Lucy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1791;  d. 
Jan.  20,  1819;  unm. 

1821.  iii.        Ephraim,  b.  May   13,  1756;   m.  Jemima  Whipple  and  Joanna 

Sadler. 

1822.  iv.       Amos,  b.  June  29,  1759;  m.  Eunice  Taft. 

729.  Oliver  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
boro,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1724;  m.  Dorcas  Warren.  He  saw  active  service  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  in  Capt.  Wood's  company  from  Upton.     He  d. ;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 


1823. 
1824. 
1825. 


Ezra,  b. ;  m. 

i.         Oliver,  b. ;  d.  unm.,  aged  80. 

ii.        Jacob,  b.  in  1770;  m.  Patty  Whipple. 


1827. 

ii. 

1828. 

ni. 

1829. 

iv. 

1830. 

V. 

1831. 

vi. 

1832. 

Vll. 

1833. 

vin 

1834. 

ix. 

1835. 

X. 

782.  Nathaniel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
July  22,  1728;  m.  Feb.  20,  1754,  Abigail  Marstop,  of  Grafton.  At  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage he  resided  in  Spencer.  Nathaniel  Whitney  was  a  member  of  the  company  of 
training  and  alarm  soldiers  in  Capt.  Samuel  Warren's  company  in  Grafton  in  1757. 
The  inventory  of  Nathaniel's  estate,  late  of  Grafton,  was  made  Aug.  5,  1776.  His 
wife,  Abigail,  was  administratrix.  Her  thirds  were  set  off  Apr.  2,  1782,  and  she  was 
appointed  guardian  for  Joseph,  Hannah,  Catherine  and  Lois.  He  d.  in  G.  May  L 
1776;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

1826.     i.  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  14,  1754;  m. .    Nathaniel  Whitney,  Jr., 

was  a  member  of  the  company  of  Capt.  Luke  Drury,  which 
marched  from  Grafton  to  the  alarm  Apr.  19,  1775. 
Abigail,  b.  Feb.  10,  1757;  d.  Aug.  27,  1760. 
Mary,  b.  Mar.  19,  1759;  m.  1782,  Jonas  Southgate,  of  Leicester. 

She  d.  July  18,  1782;  he  d.  1784. 
Lydia,  b.  Mar.  20,  1761;  d.  Feb.  24,  1776. 
Abigail,  b.  Apr.  11,  1763. 
Hannah,  b.  Aug.  28, 1765. 
Joseph,  b.  Nov.  27,  1767;  m.  Polly  Stockwell. 
Katherine,  b.  Feb.  14,  1770.    She  was  not  married  in  1791,  for 

July  16  she  signed  receipts  for  estate. 
Tirzah,  b.  Aug.  15.  1772;  d.  Feb.  9,  1776. 
Lois,  b.  Feb.  8,  1775. 

738.  Eli  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  bap.  May  3,. 
1740;  m.  Feb.  9,  1765,  Elizabeth  Fay,  b.  1740,  d.  Aug.  18,  1777;  m.  2d,  June  12,  1779 
Judith  Hazelden  of  Sutton.  He  was  born  in  Westboro  where  he  always  resided,  and 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  When  the  Revolutionary  war  broke  out  he  was  a 
member  of  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Baker  and  saw  active  service  in  the 
Westboro  company.  He  was  a  very  large  man,  weighing  nearly  300  pounds.  Was  a 
member  of  the  church,  often  held  town  office,  and  for  years  was  justice  of  the  peace. 
In  his  day  he  was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  in  the  town.  He  d.  Aug.  12,  1807; 
res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

1836.  i.  Eli,  b.  Dec.  8.  1765;  m.  Henrietta  F.  Edwards. 

1837.  ii.         Elizabeth  Fay,  b.  Apr.  16,  1767;  m.  Elihu  Blake  of  Westboro. 

She  d.  Feb.  8,  1827.  He  died  about  10  years  after  his  wife.  Ch.: 
Elizabeth  Fay,  m.  Aug.  19,  1818,  Rev.  Zedekiah  Smith  Barstow, 
D.  D.,  who  died  in  Keene,  N.  H.;  a  son  Dr.  Barstow;  res.  Flush- 
ing, L.  I.;  Philos;  Elisha,  ch..  Prof .  Wm.  P.  and  Theodore;  res. 
New  Haven;  Eli  Whitney,  ch.,  Henry  T.  and  Mrs.  Rev.  Geo. 
Bushnell;  both  res.  in  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Maria,  m.  Rev.  Mr. 
Burgess;  Josiah  Whitney,  John,  George,  Edward,  Frances,  m. 
Rev.  Mr.  Orcott. 

1838.  iii.        Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  13,  1768;  m.  Sibbel  Blake. 

1839.  iv.        Josiah,  b.  Mar.  31,  1770.    Josiah  was  born  in  Westboro,  where  he 

resided  until  he  had  nearly  attained  his  majority,  when  he  went 
to  Boston.  There  he  began  life  as  clerk  in  a  store.  By  indus- 
try and  economy  he  amassed  a  competency,  and  at  his  death 
in  1839  was  one  of  the  prominent  shipping  merchants  in  that 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  135^ 

city,  and  was  located  on  Central  wharf.  He  was  an  influential 
citizen;  with  other  Boston  merchants  and  one  or  two  in  the  south 
he  had  the  ship  built  called  the  "  Eli  Whitney,"  and  she  was 
used  in  carrying  cotton  from  the  south  to  Boston.  He  was  a  man 
of  wit  and  genial  temperament,  and  had  many  friends  and  was 
highly  respected.     He  was  never  married. 

753.  Capt.  Samuel  Whitney  (Sarrviel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in 
Weston,  Sept.  23,  1739;  m.  in  Grafton,  1762,  Phebe  Harrington;  b.  G.  May  25,  1740; 
d.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  6,  1812. 

Capt.  Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Weston,  Mass.,  and  while  a  young  man 
removed  to  Grafton,  Mass.,  where  he  was  an  early  settler.  There  he  was  united  to 
his  wife,  and  shortly  after  moved  to  Shrewsbury.  About  the  middle  of  November, 
1769,  with  his  brother,  Nathaniel,  he  went  to  Marlboro,  Vt.  In  March,  1770,  he  made  a 
quantity  of  maple  sugar  and  then  moved  from  the  east  to  the  west  part  of  the  town  and 
began  anew  on  the  premises  he  afterward  occupied.  In  1770  he  opened  the  forest 
and  erected  a  log  house,  in  the  raising  of  which  he  invited  his  brothers,  Nathaniel 
and  Jonas,  and  James  Ball  to  assist  him.  In  1772,  probably  in  March,  he  moved  his 
family  from  Shrewsbury  to  Marlboro,  consisting  of  his  wife  and  four  children.  He 
was  enterprising,  laborious,  and  persevering,  bold,  resolute,  and  fearless,  bravely 
surmountmg  the  trials  of  a  pioneer.  He  had  a  peculiar  voice,  better  fitted  for  the 
sternness  of  authority  than  the  smooth  adulations  of  flattery.  He  erected  buildings 
and  opened  a  public  house,  which  he  kept  till  the  close  of  life.  The  site  of  this  prop- 
erty is  now  occupied  by  the  West  Marlboro  postofiice. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  a  great  hunter,  and  but  for  the  prompt  assistance  on  one 
occasion  rendered  by  his  sons,  Moses  and  Guilford,  lads  at  the  time,  would  undoubt- 
edly have  been  killed  by  a  bear.  Mr.  Whitney  carried  the  scar  to  his  grave.  He  d. 
Feb.  1,  1811;  res.  Grafton  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  and  Marlboro,  Vt. 

1840.  i.  Catherine,  or  Catv,  b.  May  5,  1763;  m.  Samuel  Pratt,  of  Marl- 

boro. 

1841.  ii.         Elizabeth,  or  Betty,  b.  Aug.  26,  1764;  m.  Alvin  Pratt,  of  Marl- 

boro. 
Moses,  b.  Oct.  20,  1765;  d.  infant,  Dec.  14,  1765. 
Moses,  b.  Jan.  26,  1767;  m.  Bernice  Locke. 
Guilford,  b.  Jan.  2,  1769;  m.  Anna  Locke. 
Samuel,  b.  Apr.  18,  1772;  m.  Susanna  Kimball. 
Mariam,  b.  June  10,  1776;  m.  Lyman  Brown,  of  Jethro. 
Zenas,  b.  Mar.  14,  1779. 
SiMCi,  b.  Apr.  10,  1781;  m.  Silence  Tucker. 
Phebe,  b.  Jan.  17,  1786;  m.  Roswell  Paddleford. 
Rupert,  b.  July  27,  1789;  d.  May  3,  1790.     He  was  born  when  his 

mother  was  in  her  50th  year. 

755.  Capt.  Nathaniel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Shrewsbury,  May  30,  1749;  m.  Jan.  21,  1771,  Mary  Houghton  of  Lancaster,  b.  June 
1751;  d.  Sept.  27,  1844. 

Capt.  Nathaniel  Whitney,  when  a  young  man,  20  years  of  age,  with  his  brother 
Samuel,  Jr.,  on  invitation  of  Col.  William  Williams,  visited  Marlboro,  Vt.,  for  the 
first  time,  in  Nov.  1769.  He  returned  to  his  home  m  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  in  a  few 
weeks,  where  he  remained  until  the  following  March,  when  in  company  with  his 
father  and  brother  Samuel,  he  returned  to  Marlboro.  The  father  left  the  two  boys 
and  returned  with  his  sleigh  and  horses  to  Shrewsbury.  That  spring,  on  land  in  the 
easterly  part  of  the  town,  they  made  their  first  attempt  at  making  maple  sugar  and 
were  very  successful  in  the  enterprise.  The  same  spring  these  two  brothers  pur- 
chased of  Charles  Phelps,  Esq.,  of  New  Marlboro,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  and 
Province  of  New  York,  for  ;^55  land  near  that  of  Governor  Wentworth,  and  Samuel 
West.  Capt.  Whitney  erected  a  log  camp  in  the  woods  and  began  clearing  his  new  farm. 
In  this  camp  he  spent  the  two  following  summers,  ambitious  and  laborious  in  his  new 
field  of  labor.  At  his  request  Mrs.  Col.  Williams  cooked  for  him  a  week's  provision 
at  a  time  and  he  returned  to  his  camp  and  spent  the  week  in  hard  work  upon  it.  His 
principal  living  was  pork  and  peas  and  beans  with  a  comfortable  supply  of  bread, 
and  occasionally  with  the  additional  luxury  of  trout  and  wild  game.  For  his  bread 
he  brought  the  meal  upon  his  back  from  Brattleboro,  Coleraine  or  Greenfield,  distances 
from  10  to  20  miles  away.  Upon  these  premises  he  erected  the  first  framed  dwelling 
in  the  town,  which  he  occupied  for  a  few  years  and  then  disposed  of  for  Continental 
paper  money,  which  depreciated  in  value,  by  which  he  suffered  an  almost  total  loss 


1842. 

iii. 

1843. 

IV. 

1844. 

V. 

1846. 

VI. 

1847. 

vii. 

1848. 

viii 

1849. 

IX. 

1850. 

X. 

1851. 

xi. 

136  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

of  his  sale.  In  this  inpoverished  condition  he  began  anew  by  purchasing  of  Charles 
Phelps  472K  acres  of  land,  the  deed  of  which  is  dated  Mar.  28,  1777.  He  sold  part  of 
the  land  to  his  brother  Eliphalet  and  purchased  other  adjoining  of  Perez  Stockwell, 
June  12,  1777.  He  again  became  a  prosperous  farmer  and  was  an  influential  and 
much  esteemed  citizen.  In  the  adventures  of  Capt.  Whitney,  as  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Marlboro,  there  are  numerous  incidents  not  wholly  devoid  of  interest  and 
which  would  justify  an  extended  notice  in  the  town  history.  On  one  occasion  he 
killed  a  bear  which  when  dressed  weighed  466  pounds,  one  of  the  largest,  if  not  the 
largest  ever  killed  in  Vermont.  Capt.  Whitney  was  a  staunch  Whig,  and  took  a 
decided  stand  in  favor  of  the  American  Revolution.  On  hearing  of  the  battle  of 
Lexington  which  occurred  April  19,  1775,  Capt.  Whitney  and  Capt.  Jonathan  Warren 
shouldered  their  muskets  and  hastened  forward  to  offer  their  services  as  volunteers 
in  defense  of  the  colonies.  He  reached  Bennington  on  the  eve  of  the  battle  Aug. 
16,  1777,  and  was  placed  as  a  guard  over  a  captured  enemy.  At  the  close  of  the 
campaign  he  returned  to  his  family  and  his  farm,  a  laborious  citizen,  taking  a  lively 
interest  in  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  town  and  in  the  spiritual  advance  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  which  for  many  years  he  was  a  worthy  member.  He  reared 
a  large  family  of  children,  whose  voices  in  the  church  choir  will  long  be  remembered. 
He  d.  June  4,  1829;  res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  and  Marlboro,  Vt. 

1852.  i.  Solomon,  b.  Mar.  7,1781;  m.  Lucy  Lyman  and  Mrs.  Sybil  (Armes) 

Goodenow. 

1853.  ii.        Nathaniel,  b.  Sept.  15,  1771,  in  S.;  d.  Dec.  1,  1771,  in  S. 

1854.  iii.       Charlotte,  b.  Apr.  4,  1785;  m.  1806,  Eli  Higley;  res.  Whiting- 

ham.     He  d.  May  4,  1845.     She  m.  2d,  Jabez  Smith  of  Wilming- 
ton. 

1855.  iv.        ZiLPHA,  b.  June  8,  1789;  m.  Elisha  Putnam,  of  Buckland,  Mass. 
He  was  b.  May  18, 1786;  d.  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  Dec.  24, 1859. 

Luther,  b.  Oct.  2,  1777;  m.  Jerusha- 
Molly,  b.  Mar.  1776;  d.  Sept.  1788. 


1856. 

V. 

1857. 

vi. 

1858. 

vn. 

1859. 

vni. 

1860. 

IX. 

Dolly,  b.  July  29,  1774;  m.,  1789,  Henry  Sawtell. 
Chloe,  b.  May  4,  1783;  d.  Sept.  12,  1803. 

Rhoda,  b.  July  9,  1787;  m.  William  Merrill,  res.  Burlington.    She 
d.  1848. 

1861.  X.         Molly,  b.  Sept.  10,  1772;   d.  Dec.  10,  1774,  in  Marlboro.    Her 

remains  were  the  first  interred  in  the  graveyard  in  the  woods  in 
Marlboro. 

1862.  xi.        Nathaniel,  b.  May  24,  1779;    m.  Sally  Stewart  and  Mrs.  Lucy 

(Houghton)  Hatch. 

1863.  xii.      Betsey,  b.  Aug.  22,  1791;  m.  Asa  Jacobs,  of  Guilford. 

1864.  xiii.    Clark,  b.  Apr.  8,  1794;  d.  Feb.  18, 1814. 

760.  Dea.  Jonas  Whitney  (Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  June  14,  1751;  m.  Jan.  11,  1773,  Tamar  Houghton,  of  L.,  b. 
June  8,  1754;   d.  Mar.  31,  1831. 

He  was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  and  with  his  brother  was  an  early  settler  in 
Marlboro,  Vt.  Was  for  many  years  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  church.  When 
the  first  town  meeting  was  held  in  1775  he  was  elected  to  office.  The  Deacon 
kept  the  tavern  down  the  hill  in  Marlboro,  where  the  good  fathers  used  to  go  on 
Sunday  during  the  intermission  between  the  morning  and  afternoon  service.  Clubs 
of  four  would  call  for  a  "mug  of  toddy"  to  moisten  their  bread  and  cheese.  The 
Deacon  mixed  it,  for  who  could  make  such  excellent  toddy  as  he?  The  large  glass, 
holding  a  quart,  two-thirds  full  of  water,  was  well  seasoned  with  loaf  sugar,  when  it 
was  filled  up  with  "  old  Jamaica  rum,"  and  well  mixed  by  an  adept  use  of  the  "  toddy 
stick,"  receiving  its  finishing  touch  with  a  sprinkling  of  grated  nutmeg.  The  four 
drank  out  of  the  same  glass,  "  passing  it  around."  If  there  was  more  than  they 
needed  they  passed  it  to  others,  for  they  were  prudent  and  temperate  in  all  things. 
A  "half  mug  "  served  for  two,  and  it  was  seldom  that  any  one  drank  alone.  As  a 
rule,  each  one  paid  his  share,  the  business  of  treating  not  being  popular  in  the 
church.  This  harmless  social  habit  is  scouted  now,  though  drunkenness  at  that 
time  was  almost  unknown.  If  a  young  man  got  so  far  under  the  influence  of 
strong  drink  as  to  lose  the  proper  control  of  his  limbs  or  his  tongue,  it  brought  a 
stigma  upon  him  in  the  community,  from  which  he  rarely  recovered.  His  wife  was 
one  of  a  family  of  eleven  children,  and  was  the  first  to  die,  aged  77  years.  The 
youngest  of  the  eleven  was  present  at  her  funeral — his  age  was  55;  he  died  in 
Strongsville,  Ohio.  He  d.  Apr.  28,  1842;  res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and 
Strongsville,  Ohio. 


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1865.  i.      Sally,  b.  Aug.  10,  1774;  m.  in  1790  Joseph  Olds,  Esq.     She  d.  Cir- 

cleville,  O.,  Nov.  19.  1840.  He  was  b.  Apr.  26, 1769,  in  Granville, 
Mass.;  d.  July  29,  1844,  at  Lithopolis,  O.  Ch.:  Lorenzo  Hough- 
ton, b.  June  24,  1812;  m.  Mar.  25,  1835,  Anna  W.  Robbitts;  res. 
Springfield,  O.;  Roxey,  b.  June  4,  1814;  m.  1837,  Israel  Gregg; 
res.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;  Cbauncey  Newell,  b.  Feb.  2,  1816;  m. 
1838,  Caroline  Woodruff;  m.  2d  Sept.  9,  1852,  Mary  Bliss  Will- 
iams, b.  July  17,  1830;  d.  Jan.  1,  1889.  He  d.  Feb.  11,  1890.  He 
moved  to  Ohio  with  his  parents  in  1820;  A.  B.,  Oxford,  O.,  1836; 
professor  there,  Greek  and  Latirl,  1836-40;  A.  M.,  Oxford,  1839;  to 
Circleville,  O.,  1840;  Ohio  House  of  Representatives,  1848-49; 
Ohio  State  Senate,  1849-50;  moved  to  Columbus,  1856;  mem- 
ber Ohio  bar,  1842;  attorney-general  Ohio,  1865-66;  LL.  D., 
Marietta,  1867;  trustee  Oxford  University,  1848-70,  by  election 
of  legislature;  trustee  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  1871  to  1890 
delegate  to  Pan-Presbyterian  council,  Edinborough,  1877;  dele- 
gate to  Pan-Presbyterian  council,  Philadelphia,  1880;  member 
general  assembly  Presbyterian  church,  1863,  1870, 1878;  commis- 
sioner of  exemption  from  draft,  Ohio,  1864;  died  Columbus,  O., 
Feb.  11,  1890.  Ch.:  William  W.,  b.  Nov.  22, 1838;  adj.-general, 
Garfield's  staff,  42d  Ohio  Vols.  Inftry;  killed  before  Vicksburg 
May,  1863;  Mary  Gore,  b.  Sept.  23,  1847;  m.  Dr.  Edmund  C. 
Lewis;  res.  Canal  Dover,  O.;  Frank  Williams,  b.  June  19,  1853; 
m.  Dec.  10,  1889,  Harriet  E.  Nash,  b.  Aug.  12,  1855;  res.  Will- 
iamstown,  Mass.  He  was  born  in  Circleville  and  moved  to 
Columbus,  1855;  grad.  Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton, 
Mass.,  1872;  A.  B.,  Williams  College,  1876;  to  N.  Y.  City,  1876; 
M.  D.,  Columbia  College  (Col.  Physicians  and  Surgeons),  1880; 
house  surgeon,  Bellevue  Hospital,  N.  Y.,  1881-82;  memb.  N.  Y. 
County  Med.  Soc,  1882-92;  fellow,  N.  Y.  Academy  Medicine, 

1883 ;  memb.  N.  Y.  Historical  Society,  1890 ;  memb. 

N.  Y.  Chapt.  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  1892 ;  removed  to  Will- 

iamstown,  Mass., Nov.,  1892,  physician;  William  Ross, b.  Aug.  11, 
1791;  m.  Barbary  Pratt.  He  d.  July  15,  1861;  Amasa  Minley,  b. 
Feb.  16,  1793;  m.  Nov.  22,  1814,  Lephe  Winchester,  and  d.  Sept. 
20,  1838;  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  25,  1794;  m.  Almira  A.  Olds,  and  d.  Apr. 
27,  1847;  Edson,  b.  Mar.  22,  1797;  d.  Feb.  22,  1799;  Chester,  b. 
Oct.  24,  1798;  m.  Phila  Adams,  and  d.  July  21,1862;  Sally,  b. 
Oct.  5,  1800;  d.  Jan.  18,  1809;  Edson  Baldwin,  b.  June  3,  1802;  m. 
Ann  Maria  Carollus,  and  d.  Jan.  24,  1869;  Gamaliel,  b.  Nov.  28, 
1803;  m.  Minerva  Howe,  and  d.  Jan.  26,  1894;  Jonas  Whitney,  b. 
July  17,  1805;  m.  Mary  Ann  Walker,  and  d.  Sept.  30,  1832;  Ben- 
jamin Smith,  b.  May  6,  1807;  m.  Theresa  Herron,  and  d.  Nov. 
12,  1862;  Sally  Houghton,  b.  Nov.  4,  1810;  d.  Aug.  21,  1811;  Ly- 
man Newton,  b.  July  16,  1819;  m.  Minerva  Adams,  and  d.  Apr. 
26,  1875,  at  Circleville,  O. 

1866.  ii.         CiNDA,  b.  Apr.  18,  1776;  m.  Nathan  Britain. 

1867.  iii.        Lucy,  b.  Jan.  22,  1778;  m.  June  23, 1809,  Gen.  Jonathan  Smith.  She 

d.  Apr.  9,  1836. 

1868.  iv.  TAMAR,b.  July  9,  1779;  m.  John  T.  Strong. 

1869.  V.  Jonas,  b.  Mar.  16.  1781;  d.  Apr.  4,  1781. 

1870.  vi.  Julia,  b.  Sept.  10,  1782;  d.  Aug.  27, 1786. 

1871.  vii.  Irene,  b.  July  19,  1784;  m.  July  22,  1802.  Elijah  Lyman  Clark,  son 

of  Rev.  Dr.  Gershom.     She  d.  Strongsville,  O.,  Sept.  27,  1820. 

1872.  viii.     Roxey,  b.  May  10,  1786;  m.  Sept.  25,  1808,  Rev.  Ira  M.  Olds.    She 

d.  Jan.  26,  1813. 

1873.  ix.       Julia,  b.  Apr.  21,  1788;  m.  Apr.  27, 1811,  Rev.  Gamaliel  S.  Olds. 

She  d.  Circleville,  O.  Among  the  first  who  settled  in  Ohio  were 
John  Strong,  accompanied  or  soon  followed  by  Bowen,  Lyman, 
Whitney  and  others,  who  located  in  Strongsville— naming  it 
thus  in  honor  of  Mr.  Strong,  the  original  purchaser.  The  Rev. 
Gamaliel  Olds  and  his  brother  Joseph  Olds,  Esq.,  and  their 
families  removed  to  Circleville  about  fifty  years  ago.  Among 
the  children  of  Joseph  was  the  late  Hon.  Edson  B.  Olds,  Dr. 
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138  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Chester  Olds,  and  Judge  Chauncey  N.  Olds,  all  well  known  in 
Ohio. 

1874.  X.         Jonas,  b.  June  20,  1791;  m.  Dec.  6,  1812,  Lovicey  Houghton,  dau. 

of  Capt.  Nahum,  and  res.  Marlboro. 

1875.  xi.        Lyman,  b.  Dec.  2,  1793;  d.  May  20,  1826.     He  was  graduated  at 

Middlebury  college  in  1817,  and  at  Andover  Theological  Sem- 
inary in  1821;  was  ordained  a  Congregational  minister  at 
Columbia,  Conn.,  in  1821,  and  died  a  home  missionary  at  Ash- 
ville,  N.  C. 

1876.  xii.      Dewey,  b.  Oct.  3, 1796. 

764.  Phinehas  Whitney  (Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Spencer,  Mass.,  June  24,  1740;  m.  at  Worcester,  May  20,  1770,  Sarah  Harington,  of 
Worcester. 

Phineas  lived  in  Spencer,  Mass.  Afterwards  moved  to  Dudley,  Worcester  Co.^ 
Mass.;  then  moved  and  finally  settled  near  German  Flats,  N.Y.  He  was  a  chair 
maker.  His  son  Elisha  settled  in  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  on  the  homestead  of  his 
grandfather  Wilson;  res.  Spencer  and  Dudley,  Mass.,  and  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  near 
Mohawk  River. 

1877.  i.         Elisha,  b. ;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

1878.  ii.        Joseph,  b.  1777;  m.  in  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  Sylvia  Woodbury.     He  d. 

Feb.  28,  1870;  res.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

1879.  iii.       Lyman,  b. . 

1880.  iv.       Franklin,  b. . 

1881.  v.       Sally,  b. 


1882.  vi.       Phinehas,  b.  Mar.  10,  1788;  m.  Martha  Mattison  and  Deborah 

Palmer. 

765.  Dea.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Leicester,  Mass.,  in  1743;  m.  in  1769,  Thankful  Griffeth,  b.  Plymouth,  Mass.,  1745;  d. 
1818.  He  lived  successively  in  Spencer,  Mass.,  Tolland,  Conn.,  and  Springfield,  Vt. 
He  and  all  his  brothers  and  all  his  brothers-in-law  were  in  the  Revolutionary  army, 
but  perhaps  his  chief  help  to  the  country  was  in  the  manufacture  of  saltpetre,  which 
was  made  into  gunpowder.  This  he  made,  both  in  Mass.  and  Conn.,  from  earth  dug 
from  under  old  buildings.  He  was  both  a  farmer  and  carpenter,  and  after  he  went 
to  Vermont  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  brick,  of  rope  and  of  chairs.  He  was 
a  man  of  strong  faith  and  religious  character  and  much  interested  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  S.,  of  which  he  was  the  first  deacon.  The  church  rates  then  were 
mostly  paid  in  wheat  and  cattle,  and  Mr.  W.  used  to  redeem  these  with  money 
received  from  his  manufactures  and  send  them  to  Boston  receiving  money  again, 
an  almost  unknown  article  to  the  average  farmer  in  the  new  state  then.  I  suppose 
the  amount  he  received  would  seem  small  to  the  modern  farmer,  but  it  was  comfort, 
if  not  wealth,  then.  He  died  Feb.  1,  1813,  of  epidemic  pneumonia.  He  was  a  man 
of  large  frame  and  great  endurance.  It  is  said  that  he  once  walked  from  Springfield, 
Vt.,  to  Spencer,  Mass.,  a  distance  of  80  miles,  in  a  day.  His  wife  was  small,  fair, 
with  auburn  hair,  a  shrewd,  capable  woman  and  a  notable  housewife.  She  was  of 
Welch  descent.  He  d.  Feb.  18,  1813;  res.  Leicester,  Mass.,  Tolland,  Conn.,  and 
Springfield,  Vt. 

1883.  i.  John,  b.  Oct.  20,  1774;  m.  Elizabeth  Safford. 

1884.  ii.         Cyrus,  b.  Sept.  20,  1770;  m.  Ruth  Mayo. 

1885.  iii.        Benjamin,  b.  in  1774;  m.  Betsey  Bragg. 

1886.  iv.        Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  3,  1779;  m.  Mrs.  Ellen  Kimball. 

1887.  V.         Sally,  b.  Sept.  29,  1780;  m.  in  Springfield,  Daniel  Safford.    Sally 

Whitney  moved  with  her  husband  to  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about 
1818,  and  settled  on  an  extensive:  farm  one  mile  west  of  Whalons- 
burgh.  She  was  a  woman  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her;  an 
exemplary  Christian,  and  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Ch.:  Parmelia  H.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1808;  d.  Sept.  11,  1811;  Whitney, 
b.  July  29.  1806;  m.  Ruth  Mather,  res.  Whalonsburgh,  N.  Y.;. 
Henrietta  M.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1811 ;  d.  unm.,  Sept.  14,  1833;  Thankful 
R.,  b.  June  22,  1813;  m.  Orrin' Reynolds,  d.  Essex,  N,  Y.,  Sept. 
20,  1870,  son  W.  A.,  res.  Whalonsburgh;  Lydia  L.,  b.  Sept. 
17,  1815;  d.  unm.  Feb.  6,  1878;  Daniel  Henry,  b.  Dec.  22,  1817;  d.. 
Sept.  29,  1831;  W^m.  E.,  b.  May  27,  1820;  d.  Apr.  28,  1826. 

1888.  vi.        Elijah,  b.  July  3,  1788;  m.  Susannah  Oaks  and  Susan  James. 

1889.  vii.       Joseph,  b.  Feb.  21,  1786;  m.  Orinda  Stafford. 


1895. 

V. 

1896. 

VI. 

1897. 

VII. 

1898. 

vni 

1899. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  .  1^9 

767.  Elisha  Whitney  (Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  1747; 
m.  Esther  Clark.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  company  from  Spencer, 
commanded  by  Capt.  Green;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

1890.  Sally,  b.  Oct.  12,  1788. 

768.  John  Whitney  (Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Leicester, 
Mass.,  Klay  5,  1751;  m.  Rachel  Hiscock;  b.  in  1760;  d.  June  80,  1824. 

John  Whitney  resided  in  Westfield,  Mass.,for  two  years,  then  moved  to  Hoboken, 
N.  Y.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war  one  year.  Was  present  at  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne.  He  d.  Sept.  19,  1828;  res.  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

1891.  i.  Warham,  b.  Apr.  27,  1786;  m.  Nancy  Mordoff. 

1892.  ii.         John,  b.  May  5,  1795;  m.  Nancy  Van  Tuyl. 

-    1893.    iii.       Nancy,  b.  Dec.  1,  1782;  m.  James  Smith,    She  d.  Nov.  24, 1819; 
res.  Mass. 
1894.    iv.        Susannah,  b.  July  27,  1784;  m.  Jahaziel  Janes.    She  d.  Dec.  12, 
1849;  res.  Greece,  N.  Y.    They  had  a  son  Warham  and  a  dau. 
who  m.  a  Mr.  Little,  and  res.  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Other  ch. 
were  George  and  Laura. 
Alanson,  b.  Mar.  31,  1797;  m.  Catherine  Voorhies. 
JARED,  b.  Oct.  6, 1790. 
Samuel,  b.  May  10,  1788. 
William,  b.  Apr.  30,  1803;  d.  Oct.  17, 1823. 
Electa,  b.  Sept.  15,  1792;  m.Liley  Glazier.  She  d.  Mar.  26,  1840. 

770.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  1758; 
m.  in  Spencer,  June  7,  Hi-'l,  Esther  Prouty;  b.  Spencer,  Mass.,  June  11,  1764;  d. 
Langdon,  N.  H.;  m.  2d  in  1790,  Electa  Sawtell. 

Joshua  Whitney  settled  in  Langdon,  N.  H.,  where  he  buried  his  first  wife;  then 
moved  to  Cavendish,  Vt.,  where  he  married  Miss  Sawtell.  From  there  he  went  to 
the  Genesee  river  in  New  York,  and  located  at  Pike  in  1815.  Served  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution  two  years  from  Spencer,  Mass.,  in  the  company  from  that  town;  was 
in  two  battles  previous  to  the  capture  of  Burgoyne, and  was  present  at  his  surrender. 

Washington  Whitney,  of  East  Middletown,  Dane  Co.,  Wis.,  and  Dr.  Joshua 
Whitney,  of  Emmettsburg,  la.,  are  descendants  of  Joshua  and  Electa.  He  d.  Nov. 
18,  1850;  res.  Spencer,  Mass.,  Langdon  and  Dalton,  N.  H.,  Cavendish,  Vt.,  and  Pike, 
N.  Y. 

1900.  i.         Charles,  b. . 

1901.  ii.        Asahel,  b. . 

1902.  iii.       Abigail,  b. . 

774.  Oliver  Whitney  (David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  bap.  Natick, 
June  9,  1745;  m.  at  Natick,  Mass.,  Hannah  Chase;  d.,  ae.  85,  in  Cavendish,  Vt. 

Oliver  Whitney  was  born  in  Natick,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  with  his  parents. 
His  father  died  when  he  was  14  years  of  age,  in  1759;  three  years  later,  in  1762, 
Josiah  Newell  was  appointed  his  guardian  by  the  Suffolk  County  Probate  Court.  He 
was  baptized  in  Natick  by  Rev.  Oliver  Peabody.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he 
took  part,  enlisting  in  one  of  the  Natick  companies.  He  d.  in  1815;  res.  Nelson^ 
N.  H.,  and  Cavendish,  Vt. 

1903.  i.  Polly,  b.  Mar.  3,  1781,  Nelson,  N.  H.;  m.  Jan.  8,  1804,  in  Still- 

water, N.  Y.,  George  Buck.  He  d.  Sept.  10,  1837;  was  a  mill- 
wright by  trade.  She  d.  Sept.  16,  1863;  res.  Malta,  N.  Y.  Ch.: 
Elmira,  b.  Sept.  26,  1820;  m.  Jan.  1,  1856,  James  Hawkins;  res. 
Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y. 

1904.  ii.         Betsey,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

1905.  iii.        Hannah,  b. ;  m.  David  Saunders;   had  one  dau.;  gr.-son 

Henry  in  Cav. 

1906.  iv.        Prudence,  b.  Jan.  11,  1793;  m.  July  20,  1820,  Charles  Witherell. 

He  was  b.  Mar.  10,  1792;  d.  Dec.  11,  1873;  was  a  farmer  and 
Seventh  Day  Adventist.  Ch.:  Charles  C,  b.  May  20, 1822;  m.  July 
14,  1853;  d.  Dec.  23,  1865;  Maria  L.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1823;  m.  S.  W. 
Jenkins  Aug.  26,  1851;  d.  Mar.  15,  1880;  S.  Eveline,  b.  Aug.  5,. 
1827;  m.  W.  I.  Gibson,  Apr.  3,  1856;  res.  Iroquois,  So.  Dak. 

1907.  V.         Sally,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

1908.  vi.        Olive,  b. ;  m. Fletcher.     Her  dau.  is  Mrs.  Mary  B. 

Osborn;  res.  Weston,  Vt. 


140  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1909.  vii.  John,  b.  Jan.  21,  1784;  m.  Mary  Spaulding. 

1910.  viii.  Mehitable,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

1911.  ix.  James,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

1912.  X.  Oliver,  b. ;  m.  and  d.  s.  p.;  had  a  son  Charles,  who  d.  early. 

1913.  xi.  Lucy,  b. ;  d.  young. 

776.  Ephraim  Whitney  (David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  bap. 
Natick,  Mass.,  May  29,  1747;  m.  there  June  11,  1771,  Sarah  Wood. 

He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war;  was  a  minute-man  in  Mann's  company, 
of  Col.  Ballard  regiment,  at  the  Bunker  Hill  "alarm."  Later  he  was  in  Capt. 
Morse's  company,  and  still  later  in  Capt.  Gardner's  company,  of  Col.  Brook's  regi- 
ment at  White  Plains,  and  the  campaign  in  New  York.  He  d.  June  26,  1832;  res. 
Natick   Mass. 

1914.  i.  George,  b.  Feb.  22, 1772;  m.  Miriam  Hunt. 

1915.  ii.  David,  b.  Sept.  13,  1776;  d.  in  Scottsville,  N.  Y.,  in  1854.    His 

descendants  reside  in  Painesville,  Ohio. 

1916.  iii.        Mehitable,  b.  Aug.  22,  1773;  m.  John   Hunting;  res.  Haver- 

straw,  N.  Y. 

1917.  iv,        Sarah,  b.  Dec.  24,  1783. 

1918.  V.  Bela,  b. ;  d.  Dec.  14,  1794. 

781.  William  Whitney  (William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  10, 
1736,  in  Weston;  m.  June  14,  1762,  Mary  Mansfield,  of  Weston;  d.  Dec.  17,  1815. 

William  Whitney  settled  in  Winchendon  about  1774,  going  to  that  place  from 
Weston,  Mass.  He  early  took  a  prominent  place  in  the  affairs  of  the  new  town,  and 
during  the  Revolutionary  war  was  chosen  by  his  fellow  citizens  one  of  a  committee 
to  hire  men  for  the  army.  In  1781  he  was  chosen  a  committee  to  carry  out  the 
resolves  of  the  General  Court,  respecting  cattle.  His  farm  was  well  stocked  with 
horses  and  cattle,  and  according  to  the  history  of  Winchendon,  he  was  the  best  judge 
of  cattle  in  the  town.  He  was  a  great  government  man,  and  during  the  excitement 
preliminary  to  the  Shays  rebellion,  when  the  feeling  ran  high,  did  all  he  could  to 
assist  the  local  authorities.  It  is  stated,  when  the  town  drummer  began  his  rounds  to 
hunt  up  soldiers  for  volunteers,  it  was  to  both  sides  a  moment  of  painful  suspense; 
all  voices  were  hushed,  but  the  resolution  of  William  Whitney  soon  changed  the 
scene.  Addressing  his  son,  Phin,  who  was  afterward  Capt.  Phinehas,  he  said  aloud, 
"Turn  out,  Phin!"  Immediately  Phin  stepped  from  the  ranks  and  followed  the 
drummer.  It  was  a  bold  example,  but  it  had  its  influence,  for  one  after  another 
stepped  out  until  the  required  number  of  men  were  raised.  In  1786  he  was  chosen 
on  the  committee  of  twelve  to  attend  to  the  erection  of  school  houses.  In  1791  he 
was  selected  one  of  the  committee  to  decide  on  the  site  for  the  new  meeting  house. 
He  d.  July  10,  1817;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

1919.  i.         William,  b.  in  1765;  m.  Anna  Heywood. 

1920.  ii.        Phinehas,  d.  Apr.  1,  1766;  m.  Phebe  Stearns  and  Bethiah  Barrett. 

1921.  iii.        Mary,  b.  Apr.  10,  1773;  m.  Oct.  7,  1799,  Benjamin  Heywood,  b. 

July  10,  1773;  d.  Feb.  14,  1849.  She  d.  Oct.l,  1862;  farmer;  res. 
Gardner.  Benjamin  inherited  his  father's  farm.  He  was  for 
many  years  the  town  treasurer  and  was  highly  respected  and 
influential  in  town  affairs.  His  children  were  Levi,  Benjamin 
F.,  Walter,  William,  Seth  and  Charles.  He  died  in  1849,  in  his 
77th  year.  Of  his  children,  Charles  died  at  the  age  of  six  years; 
Benjamin  F.  died  in  1844,  having  been  engaged  successfully 
since  his  majority  as  a  trader,  and  a  part  of  the  time,  as  a  manu- 
facturer of  chairs;  William  died  in  1873,  in  Boston,  where  he 
had  resided  since  1830,  and  had  been  engaged  in  business  there 
and  in  Charlestown,  with  success  till  1855,  in  which  year  he 
retired  from  business.  Ch.:  Levi,  b.  Dec.  10,  1800;  m.  Martha 
W.  Wright  and  d.  July  21,  1882.  Levi  Heywood  was  born  in 
^  Gardner,  Dec.  10,  1800.     His  early  advantages  for  education 

were  only  those  usually  enjoyed  by  the  children  and  youth  at 
that  time  in  rural  towns,  with  the  addition  of  two  terms  at  the 
academy  in  New  Salem,  Mass.  The  diligent  improvement  of 
these  opportunities  fitted  him  for  the  vocation  of  a  school 
teacher,  in  which  he  was  engaged  in  his  native  town  and  in  the 
adjoining  town  of  Winchendon  during  the  winters  1820-21-22. 
In  the  spring  of  the  latter  year  he  went  to  Rochester,  N.  Y., 


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and  was  employed  there  about  a  year  in  stone  work  by  contract. 
Returning  in  1823  to  Gardner,  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
his  brother  Benjamin,  in  the  very  miscellaneous  business  of  a 
country  store.    This  relation  he  continued  till  the  year  1829.    In 
1826  he  commenced  in  Gardner,  the  manufacture  of  wood-seated 
chairs.     In  1831  he  went  to  Boston  and  opened  a  store  for  the 
sale  of  chairs,  in  which'business  he  continued  till  1886.    He  also, 
in  connection  with  William  R.  Carnes  and  his  brother  William, 
under  the  firm  style  of  Heywood  &  Carnes,  started  a  mill  for 
sawing  veneers  from  mahogany,  etc.,  in  Charlestown.   This  mill 
was  burned  in  1835.     He  then  returned  to  Gardner  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  his  brother  Walter,  who,  with  others,  had 
been  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  chairs,  on 
part  of  the  premises  now  occupied  by  Heywood  Bros.  &  Co. 
The  veneer  mill  in  Charlestown  was  rebuilt  and  Mr.  Levi  Hey- 
wood retained  his  interest  in  it  until  1849.     The  business  of  the 
new  firm  in  Gardner  was  conducted  with  success,  the  manufac- 
ture being  mainly  by  hand,  the  only  machinery  being  the  ordi- 
nary turning  lathe  and  circular  saws,  which  were  operated  by 
water  power  obtained  from  the  pond  now  known   as   Crystal 
Lake.     In  1841  it  occurred  to  Levi  Heywood   that  machinery 
specially   adapted    to    the  various   processes   of   manufacture 
might  be  introduced  to  advantage.     His  brother,  of  a  more  con- 
servative disposition,  hesitated  to  leave  the  well  worn  paths  in 
which  they  were  achieving  reasonable  success.     This  difference 
of  opinion  led  to  a  dissolution  of  partnership,  Levi  purchasing 
his  brother's  interest.     He  at  once  gave  his  thoughts  and  labor 
to  the  devising  and  construction  of  special  machinery,  as  well 
as  to  the  introduction  of  different  kinds  of  wood-working  ma- 
chinery, which  were  already  in  use  for  other  purposes,  and  were 
also  adapted  to  his  purpose.     In  the  successful  carrying  out  of 
this  idea,  he  inaugurated  a  new  era  in  the  chair  manufacture, 
and   herein    manifested    much    enterprise,    together   with    the 
fertility  of  resource,    mechanical   skill  and  inventiveness,  and 
the  purpose  to  introduce  constantly  new  and  valuable  features, 
both  in  methods  of  manufacture  and  in  style  of  product,  which 
have  always  characterized  him  and  have  been  large  elements  of 
his  success.    As  an  instance  of  his  originality  in  the  matter  of 
mechanical  devices,  it  may  be  said  that  as  early  as  1835  he  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  the  new  band  saw,  now  universally  adopted 
as  one  of  the  most  valuable  tools  in  wood-work.     The  idea  was 
original  with  him,  though  not  really  novel,  for  as  early  as  1808, 
Wm.  Newberry,  of  London,  Eng.,  had  conceived  the  same  idea 
and  made  a  crude  model  of  a  band  sawing  machine  but  did 
nothing  more  with  it.    So  thoroughly  were  its  advantages  antici- 
pated by  Mr.  Heywood.  that  he  consulted  with  B.  D.  Whitney, 
of  Winchendon,  and  with  Charles  Griffiths,  of  Welch  &  Griffiths, 
of  Boston,  as  to  the  feasibility  of  constructing  a  machine  of  the 
kind.     Both    of    these   gentlemen,    experts    in    such    matters, 
agreed  that  with  the  quality  of  saw  blades  then  made,  or  any 
known  methods  of  uniting  them  so  as  to  make  an  endless  band, 
the  idea   could   not    be    successfully  carried   out.     As    is  well 
known,   M.  Purin,  of  Paris,  France,  has  since  that  time  accom- 
plished what  Mr.  Heywood  so  many  years  before  conceived  to 
be  both  desirable  and  feasible.     In  1844,  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
he  received  into  partnership  Gen.  Moses  Wood,  then  of   Provi- 
dence, and  afterward  president  of  the  Rollstone  Bank  of  Fitch- 
burg,  and  his  brother  Seth,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Heywood 
&  Wood.     This  partnership  continued  till  July  1,1849.     At  that 
date  Gen.  Wood  retired  from  the  firm  and  Messrs.  Calvin  Hey- 
wood and  Henry  C.   Hill  were  admitted,  the  style  of  the  firm 
being  changed  to  L.  Heywood  &  Co.    Mr.  Heywood,  in  addition 
to  his  business  relations  as  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Heywood 
Bros.  &  Co.,  has  since  1847  been  a  partner  with  Hon.  W.  B. 
Washburn,  of  Greenfield,  Mass  ,  in  the  manufacture  of  chairs 


142  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

and  wooden  ware  at  Erving,  Mass.,  the  style  of  the  firm  being 
Washburn  &  Heywood.  They  are  also  largely  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  lumber,  owning  about  3,000  acres  of 
woodland  in  Erving,  Northfield  and  New  Salem.  At  this  point 
it  is  proper  to  refer  to  the  inventions  of  Mr.  Heywood,  which 
have  been  mostly  to  meet  the  demands  of  his  own  business, 
and  have  largely  contributed  to  its  success.  Among  them  may 
be  named  one  for  a  wood  chair  seat,  one  for  tilting-chair,  three 
for  machines  for  splitting,  shaving  and  otherwise  manipulating 
rattan,  and  four  for  machinery  for  bending  wood.  He  has  also 
invented  a  very  valuable  process  (not  immediately  connected 
with  his  own  business,  but  of  -value  to  it,  as  utilizing  in  a  new 
direction  the  pith  of  the  rattan  after  stripping  the  enamel  from 
it)  for  injecting  rattan  with  india  rubber  or  other  suitable 
material,  thus  making  an  excellent  substitute  for  whalebone. 
Of  the  merits  of  his  wood-bending  process,  it  maybe  proper  to 
introduce  the  testimony  of  M.  Fr.  Thonet,  of  Vienna,  Austria, 
the  head  of  the  largest  chair  manufacturing  firm  in  the  world, 
employing  some  5,000  operative.  After  visiting  the  factories  of 
Messrs.  Heywood  he  wrote:  "  I  must  tell  you  candidly  that  you 
have  got  the  best  machinery  for  bending  wood  that  I  ever 
saw,  and  I  will  say  that  I  have  seen  and  experimented  a  great 
deal  in  the  bending  of  wood."  The  Heywood  patents  have  been 
combined  with  those  of  John  C.  Morris,  of  Cincinnati,  on  which 
the  patents  of  Blanchard  have,  after  protracted  litigation,  been 
decided  to  be  infringements.  The  combined  patents,  owned  by 
Morris  &  Heywood  Wood-bending  Co.,  it  is  believed,  cover  the 
really  effective  methods  for  bending  wood.  Mr.  Heywood,  in 
addition  to  his  large  personal  business,  he  having  retained  to 
his  present  time,  though  now  in  his  78th  year,  the  supervision 
in  all  its  details  of  the  mechanical  department  of  the  business, 
including  the  adaptation  and  construction  of  new  machinery 
and  devices  for  greater  economy  and  perfection  of  manufac- 
ture, has  been  very  active  in  public  enterprises.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  convention  for  revising  the  constitution 
of  the  state  in  the  year  1863,  and  in  the  lower  branch  of  the 
Legislature  in  1871.  He  has  been  a  director  in  the  Gardner 
National  Bank  and  a  trustee  of  the  Gardner  Savings  Bank 
from  the  organization  of  those  institutions.  Mr.  Heywood  is 
not  personally  identified,  by  membership,  with  any  church.  A 
regular  attendant,  however,  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
Gardner,  he  is  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  current  expenses, 
and  responds  cheerfully  and  liberally  to  the  calls  of  benevo- 
lence. He  is  also  largely  interested  in  educational  matters, 
and  personally  in  the  schools  and  has  made  liberal  donations 
of  land  and  otherwise,  to  the  town  in  this  direction.  Respected 
in  the  highest  degree  for  personal  integrity  and  excellence  of 
his  character  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  his  example  is  for  good 
to  the  large  number  of  his  employes  and  to  the  community  by 
which  he  has  been  long  looked  up  to  as  its  wealthiest  and 
most  influential  citizen;  Benjamin  F.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1802;  m.  Sarah 
Comee,  and  d.  Apr.  2,  1843;  Walter,  b.  Feb.  13,  1804;  m.  Nancy 
Foster,  and  d.  Aug.  1,  1880.  Walter  Heywood,  founder  of  the 
Walter  Heywood  Chair  Com.pany,  of  Fitchburg,  and  its  presi- 
dent from  the  first,  died  in  Fitchburg,  Aug.  1,  1880.  Mr.  Hey- 
wood was  born  at  Gardner,  Feb.  13,  1804.  He  was  a  lineal 
descendant  of  one  of  the  Pilgrim  families  who  came  over  in 
the  Mayflower.  His  grandfather,  Seth  Heywood,  went  from 
Sterling  to  Gardner  about  1773,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  the  town.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  an  officer 
in  the  continental  army  at  Cambridge  for  nine  months.  He 
was  a  man  of  superior  mind,  his  range  of  reading  was  very  wide, 
and  his  memory  was  remarkably  refentive.  Mr.  Heywood  was 
the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Whitney)  Heywood,  and  was 
the  third  of  a  family  of  six  sons.     He  attended  the  schools  of 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  143 

his  native  town,  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  till  nearly  20 
years  of  age.  In  1824  he  began  work  as  an  apprentice  in  James 
M.  Comee's  chair  shop  jn  Fitchburg,  but  the  same  year  he 
began  business  for  himself,  driving  to  Boston  as  often  as  he 
had  a  horse  load  finished,  and  selling  them.  The  Fitchburg 
Sentitiel  says  of  Mr.  Hey  wood,  and  the  growth  of  the  chair 
business  in  Fitchburg: 

In  1827  his  brother  William  commenced  working  with  him 
and  they  employed  from  15  to  20  hands.     In  1880  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  three  others,  his  brother,  Benjamin  F.,  who  had 
been  a  merchant  in  Gardner,  Moses  Wood,  afterward  president 
of  the  Rollstone  Bank,  and  James  W.  Gates.     The  firm  carried 
on  the  chair  business,  and  opened  a  store  in  Gardner  for  the 
sale  of  groceries  and  dry  goods.     They  also  estabHshed  a  store 
in  Boston  for  the  sale  of  chairs.     The  business  was  successfully 
conducted  in  its  various  branches  till  about  1835,  when  the  part- 
nership was  dissolved,  Messrs.  Wood  and   Gates  retiring  from 
the  firm,  and  Mr.  Heywood  severed  his  relation  with  the  store 
at  Boston.    A  new  company  was  formed,  consistmg  of   Levi, 
Benjamin  F.,  Walter  and  William  Heywood  and  W.  R.  Carnes. 
A  large  shop  was  erected  on  land  now  occupied  by  the  facto- 
ries of  Heywood  Brothers  &  Co.,  and  the  company  entered  into 
the  manufacture  of  chairs  on  an  extensive  scale.     In  1841  Wal- 
ter Heywood  sold  his  interest  in  the  business  and  removed  to 
Fitchburg.     In  company  with  Leander  P.  Comee  he,  in    1842, 
built  the  block  on  Main  street  more  recently  known  as  Sprague 
&  Comee's  block,  and  in  1842  the  firm  opened  a  store  for  the 
sale  of  dry  goods,  groceries,  hardware  and  other  merchandise 
at  the  salesrooms  now  occupied  by  L.  Sprague  &  Co.     In  the 
fall   of  1844  the  firm  hired  a  part  of  the  "Old   Red   Mill  "  on 
West  street,  since  used  as  a  cotton  factory  by   H.  W.  Pitts  & 
Son,  and  commenced  to  manufacture  chairs,  employing  about 
ten  hands.     In    1846  the   chair  business   was   removed   to  the 
upper  story  of  a  new  building  which  Alvah  Crocker  had  erected 
on   Water  street,  on  the  spot   now  occupied  by  the  Fitchburg 
Steam  Engine  Company's  shop.     This  shop  was  burned  Dec.  7, 
1849,  and  the  firm  lost  heavily  by  the  fire.     The  partnership  was 
then  dissolved,  and   Mr.  Heywood  directed  his  whole  attention 
to  the  manufacture  of  chairs.     Mr.  Crocker  erected  a  new  build- 
ing, 130x40  feet  and  three  stories  high,  on  the  site  of  the  burned 
shop,  and  Mr.  Heywood  hired   the  whole  of  the  new  building. 
In  1852  he  received  as  partners  Alton  Blodgett,  who  had  entered 
his  employ  in  1833,  and  who  continued  a  member  of  the  com- 
pany  until   his   death,   Sept.   19,   1878;  Lovell  Williams,  still  a 
member  of  the  company,  and  George  E.  Towne,  who  continued 
with  the  company  till  1874,  when  he  disposed  of    his  interest  to 
H.  A.  Blood.     G.  H.  Spencer,  the  present  superintendent  of  the 
works,  was  admitted   to  the  firm  in  1864.     Soon  after  the  new 
company  was  formed  they  erected  two  large  buildings  in  the 
rear  of  the  shop,  on  land  leased  of  Mr.  Crocker,  and  with  in- 
creased facilities  they  greatly  enlarged  their  business.     In  1856 
the  firm  opened  a  foreign  trade,  which  eventually  extended  to 
England  and  the  continent  of  Europe,  the  West   Indies,  South 
America,   Australia,    New   Zealand,   Africa,  China  and  Japan, 
The  Walter  Heywood  Chair  Company  was  organized  as  a  stock 
company  under  a  special  act  of  the  legislature.  May  31,  1869, 
with  a  capital  of  1240,000.     On  the  night  of  July  21,  1870,  the 
most  destructive  conflagration  that  ever  visited  Fitchburg  laid 
the  entire  establishment  in  ruins.     F  ortunately  the  loss  on  the 
chair  company's  property  was  fully  covered  by  insurance,  and 
preparations  were  made  shortly  after  the  fire   to   rebuild  the 
works  on  a  scale  unprecedent^ed  in  this  branch  of  manufactures. 
The  location  of  this  important  industry  excited  much  interest. 
A  lot  of  nine  acres  on  River  street  was  at  length  purchased,  and 
the  present  commodious  buildings  were  erected.    At  present 


144  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

the  company  employs  300  hands  besides  seaters,  and  a  capital 
to  the  amount  of  between  $600,000  and  $700,000  is  required. 
The  company  has  mills  for  preparing  stock  at  Barton,  V^t.,  and 
has  stores  at  New  York  and  Boston  for  the  sale  of  their  products. 
As  the  result  of  close  application  to  business  Mr.  Heywood 
accumulated  a  handsome  property.  He  made  large  invest- 
ments in  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  city,  and  his  counsel 
was  sought  in  the  management  of  concerns  in  which  he  was 
interested.  He  was  formerly  one  of  the  largest  stockholders  in 
the  Putnam  Machine  Company,  and  has  been  a  director  since 
1867.  In  1866  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Fitchburg  Iron 
Foundry,  and  at  his  death  was  senior  member  of  the  firm  Hey- 
wood, Wilson  &  Co.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the  Fitchburg 
Machine  Company  since  1870,  and  was  a  partner  in  the  Fitch- 
burg Machine  Works  since  the  company  was  organized  in  1877. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  Burleigh  Rock  Drill  Company  since 
its  organization  in  1867,  a  director  of  the  Fitchburg  State  or 
National  Bank  for  37  years,  a  trustee  of  the  Fitchburg 
Savings  Bank  from  its  organization,  May  12,  1846,  till  June  21, 
1877.  He  was  also  town  treasurer  of  Gardner  from  1834  till  his 
removal  to  Fitchburg  in  1841.  He  retained  his  vigor  to  a 
remarkable  degree,  and  his  mind  was  clear  and  active  till  a  few 
days  previous  to  his  death.  His  success  in  business  was  the 
growth  of  patient  years  of  toil  rather  than  any  series  of  brilliant 
exploits.  He  was  no  adventurer  in  doubtful  projects,  but  his 
energies  and  his  counsels  were  always  in  the  line  of  discretion 
and  prudence.  If  ever  his  judgment  was  waived  in  business 
matters,  it  was  generally  observed  in  the  end  that  his  views  were 
sound  and  reliable,  and  would  have  yielded  the  largest  measure 
of  success.  He  was  plain  and  unostentatious,  solving  his  prob- 
lems by  a  careful  process  of  reasoning,  rather  than  by  jumping 
at  conclusions.  He  was  conservative,  persevering,  yet  ener- 
getic, and  thorough  in  everything  he  undertook.  From  the  one- 
horse  load  of  chairs  which  he  made  in  1824  his  business  grew 
until  he  was  president  of  the  largest  chair  manufacturing 
establishment  in  the  world.  He  established  a  reputation  for 
integrity  which  was  world  wide  and  commanded  the  confidence 
of  the  leading  houses  in  his  line  of  business  in  all  quarters  of 
the  globe.  The  Heywood  chairs  are  as  familiarly  known  in 
Africa,  Australia  and  South  America  as  in  Boston,  New  York 
or  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Heywood  was  fortunate  in  calling 
around  him  a  class  of  men  who  rendered  great  assistance  in  the 
management  of  the  extensive  business.  His  associates,  with 
few  exceptions,  grew  up  with  the  business  under  his  training. 
He  leaves  a  widow,  also  two  daughters,  Mrs.  William  O.  Brown 
and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Corey.  His  first  wife,  whom  he  married  in  1828, 
died  Aug.  1,  1861,  just  19  years  previous  to  his  decease.  Will- 
iam, b.  Nov.  9,  1808;  m.  Frances  Shuttleworth;  d.  Jan.  10,  1874; 
Seth,  b.  Nov.  12,  1812;  m.  Feb.  11,  1836,  Emily  Wright;  res. 
Gardner;  Charles,  b.  Mar.  10,  1818;  d.  Sept.  10,  1824. 

1922.  iv.       Joseph,  b.  May  20,  1775;  m.  Hannah  Perley. 

1923.  V.         Amasa,  b.  June  16,  1777;  m.  Mary  Goodridge. 

1924.  vi.        Sarah,  b.  Sept.  3,  1779;  m.  Jan.  12,  1802,  Smyrna  Bancroft;  b. 

May  15,   1776;  d.  May  5,  1818.      She   d.  ;  res.  Gardner. 

Ch.:  Harvey  M..b.  May  1,1803;  m.  Betsey  C. Glazier;  Smyrna  W., 
b.  Dec.  13,  1804;  m.  Lucy  Jackson;  deacon  and  prominent  citi- 
zen; res.  Gardner;  Mary  E.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1807;  Sally  W.,  b.  Apr. 
13,  1810;  Amasa,  b.  Mar.  16,  1812;  m.  Caroline  A.  Shunway; 
pres.  Gardner  Bank;  Viola,  b.  Aug.  26,  1815. 

1925.  vii.      Luke,  b.  May  21,  1783;  m.  Cynthia  Partridge. 

783.  Rev.  Phinehas  Whitney  (WMlliam,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Weston,  Apr.  23,  1740;  m.  Apr.  28,  1762;  Miriam  Willard,  b.  1740;  d.  May  20,  1769; 
m.  2d,  Mar.  3,  1770,  Lydia  Bowes,  a  cousin  of  John  Hancock;  d.  Oct.  11,  1805;  m.  3d, 
Mrs.  Jane  Garfielc},  d.  Mar.  4,  1824. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  145 

It  was  some  eight  years  after  the  meeting  house  in  Shirley  had  been  prepared 
for  use  before  a  ministry  had  been  established,  the  pulpit,  meantime,  being  supplied 
by  transient  preachers  and  regular  candidates.  On  Feb.  25,  1762,  Mr.  Phinehas 
Whitney  received  an  unanimous  call  to  settle,  on  the  following  terms:  First,  he  was 
to  receive  ;^133  6s  8d  as  a  settlement,  one-half  to  be  paid  in  three  months  and  the 
rest  within  a  year.  Second,  he  was  to  receive  £h'6  13s  4d  as  a  salary,  to  be  raised  to 
j^60  when  the  town  should  have  seventy-five  families.  Third,  he  was  annually  to 
receive  twenty  cords  of  wood,  to  be  cut  and  brought  to  his  door.  These  preliminaries 
being  adjusted,  Mr.  Whitney  was  ordained  June  23,  1762.  The  ministry  of  Mr.  Whit- 
ney, which  lasted  for  more  than  half  a  century,  was  one  of  general  peace  and  pros- 
perity. He  had  the  confidence  of  his  people,  and  between  him  and  them  a  good  de- 
gree of  harmony  was  maintained.  He  was  also  favorably  considered  abroad,  was 
frequently  invited  to  sit  in  ecclesiastical  councils,  to  assist  in  the  settlement  of  clergy- 
men, and  was  noted  for  his  decisions  and  firmness.  In  the  trying  period  of  the 
American  Revolution,  when  the  people  of  the  town  found  themselves  unable  to  pay 
his  full  salary,  he  bore  the  deprivations  with  calm  resignation,  and  even  contributed 
of  his  private  resources  toward  the  expense  of  the  war  what  would  have  been  an 
equitable  tax  on  his  property  had  that  property  been  legally  taxed.  Mr.  Whitney 
was  a  classmate  and  particular  friend  of  Rev.  Zabdiel  Adams,  of  Lunenburg,  and 
preached  the  funeral  sermon  at  tht.-  burial  of  that  distinguished  divine.  In  his  doc- 
trinal views  Mr.  Whitney  assented  to  many  of  the  tenets  that  were  imported  in  the 
Mayflower,  yet  maintained  a  becoming  liberality  toward  fellow-Christians  of  other 
names.  He  seemed  rooted  and  grounded  in  the  noble  principles  of  Armenian  Con- 
gregationalism, and  believed  that  on  these  principles  the  church  militant  could  be 
most  surely  established.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1759,  and  died  in  1819, 
after  having  entered  the  fifty-seventh  year  of  his  ministry.  For  several  of  the  later 
years  of  his  life  he  was  deprived,  by  paralysis,  of  ability  to  perform  his  pulpit  labors, 
and  had  the  assistance  of  a  colleague  from  1815  until  within  a  few  months  of  his  death. 

Mrs.  Whitney's  father,  Lieut.  Moses  Willard,  was  born  in  Lancaster  about  1702. 
He  resided  in  Groton  on  a  farm  near  the  Nonaicocius  purchase  and  bounding  in  part 
on  the  brook.  He  purchased  in  Groton  in  1723,  and  dwelt  in  that  town  until  1732. 
About  1733  he  removed  to  Lunenburg  and  there  joinedCaptain,  afterward  Col.,  Josiah 
Willard  in  obtaining  from  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  the  grant  of  the  town  of 
Winchester  and  became  one  of  the  grantees.  A  new  charter  was  obtained  from  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  1753,  it  having  been  ascertained  to  be  within  the 
limits  of  the  latter  province.  Much  of  his  time  seems  to  have  been  passed  in  the 
new  township  and  in  guarding  the  frontier  at  Fort  Dummer  and  Ashuelot.  He  was 
an  earlv  inhabitant  of  Charlestown  No.  4,  a  frontier  town  particularly  exposed  to 
attack  from  the  French  and  Indians.  And  it  so  happened  in  the  old  French  war, 
that,  on  the  18th  of  June,  1756,  when  Lieut.  Moses  Willard  with  his  son  of  the  same 
name,  was  at  work  upon  his  farm,  within  sight  of  the  fort,  the  Indians  made  a  sudden 
attack  upon  them.  -.The  father  fell  mortally  wounded.  The  Indians  pursued  the  son 
and  wounded  him  with  a  spear;  but  he  succeeded  in  making  his  escape,  carrying  the 
spear  with  him  into  the  fort.  Lieut.  Moses  had  two  children  and  the  sufferings  of 
the  family  did  not  begin  with  the  death  of  the  father  or  the  wound  of  the  son.  In 
Aug.,  1754,  on  a  previous  attack  the  daughter  Susannah,  wife  of  James  Johnson  and 
her  sister  Miriam,  a  young  girl  of  fourteen,  afterward  the  wife  of  Rev.  Phinehas 
Whitney,  of  Shirley,  were  with  several  others  taken  captive  and  carried  through  the 
wilderness  to  Canada.  Mr.  Johnson  published  a  narration  of  her  captivity,  which 
contains  many  interesting  recitals.  Moses  Willard  was  the  son  of  Simon  and  Mary 
(W^hitcomb)  Willard,  and  this  Simon  was  a  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Lakin)  Willard, 
and  this  Henry  was  the  fourth  son  of  Major  Simon.  He  d.  Dec.  13,  1819;  res.  Shir- 
ley, Mass. 

1926.  i.  Thomas,  b.  Mar.  19,  1771;  m.  Henrietta  Parker. 

1927.  ii.         Nicholas  B.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1772;  m.  Ann  Adams. 

1928.  iii.        Lydia,  b.  Sept.  8,  1773;  m.  Jan.  8,  1804,  John  Watson.  She  d.  Feb. 

7,  1853,  leaving  6  ch. 

1929.  iv.        Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  8,  1775;  m.  May  1,  1808,  Dr.  Amos  Parker  of 

Bolton,  Mass.;  had  3  ch. 

1930.  v.         William,  b.  Oct  3,  1778;  m.  Elizabeth  Fiske  and  Martha  Sym- 

onds. 

1931.  vi.        Rebecca  Cook,  b.  Sept.  2,  1781;  m.  May  16,  1801,  William  B. 

Merriam;  had  4  ch.  Mrs.  Deacon  Merriam  d.  in  Essex  Village, 
N.  Y.  in  1874.  She  was  the  mother  of  Gen.  Wm.  S.  Merriam 
who  was  father  of  Col.  John  L.   Merriam   of  St.    Paul,   (he  d. 


146 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


there  Jan.  12,  1895;  obituary  in  St.  Paul  Sunday  Globe,  Jan.  13, 
1895),  who  was  the  father  of  ex-Governor  Wm.  R.  Merriam  of 
St.  Paul,  ex-Governor  of  Minnesota. 

1932.  vii.       Phineas  S.,  b.  July  6,  1785;  m.  Lucy  Cobb,  Julia  Robinson,  and 

Eliza  Collard      He  d.  May  8,  1855,  and  left  3  ch. 

1933.  viii.     Sarah,  b.  Dec.  19,  1787;  unm. 

1934.  ix.       Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  2,  1790;  m.  May  14,  1815,  Henry  Isaacs;  had  3 

ch. 

1935.  X.         Charles,  b.  Jan.  2,  1794;  m.  Dolly  Davenport. 

793.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1746;  m.  in  Westminster,  prob.  June  30,  1784,  Thankful 
Wilder.  He  d.  in  Westminster  where  he  always  resided,  and  she  moved  to  Oswego, 
N.  Y.,  and  resided  with  her  son  Moses.     He  d.  1812;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 


1936. 
1937. 
1938. 
1939. 


Moses,  b.  May  19,  1789;  m.  Mary  Paige. 

Pliney,  b.  Nov.  13,  1787;  m.  Caroline  Dean. 

Smyrna,  b.  Mar.  5,  1786;  m.  Ruth  Whitney. 

Salome,  b.  Jan.  10,  1792;  m.  Samuel  Hale,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
b.  Oct.  20,  1792.  He  was  a  farmer,  member  of  the  Calvanistic 
Congregational  church  and  afterward  of  the  Rollstone  Congre- 
gational church;  a  Republican.  He  d.  Feb.  1, 1880;  she  d.  June 
25,  1880.  Ch.:  John  Moses,  b.  Nov.  21, 1819;  res.  169  Cambridge 
street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Samuel  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  2, 1822;  m.and  d. 
Oct.  16,  1890.  Ex-Gov.  Samuel  Whitney  Hale  was  born  in  Fitch- 
burg, Mass.  His  grandfather.  Moses  Hale,  came  to  Fitchburg 
from  old  Newbury,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Samuel  Hale 
was  also  a  farmer.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Citizens'  Bank  of 
Keene  and  of  the  Wachusett  Bank  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.  His 
benefactions  have  been  numerous  and  generous.  While  he  was 
very  reticent  concerning  such  matters,  it  is  well  known  that  he 
had  been  instrumental  in  educating  a  Congregational  clergy- 
man, a  missionary,  a  physician,  and  a  young  lady,  the  latter  at 
Holyoke  seminary,  in  addition  to  which  he  gave  at  one  time 
$12,000  toward  building  a  Congregational  church  in  Keene.  On 
the  12th  day  of  September,  after  a  most  exciting  and  hotly  con- 
tested canvass,  he  received  the  Republican  nomination  as  can- 
didate for  governor.  His  election  followed,  and  as  governor  he 
continued  until  1885.  Ch.:  Wm.  Samuel,  b.  Dublin,  N.  H.,  May 
IT,  1854.  Educated  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and 
for  a  time  studied  at  Yale  College,  but  did  not  graduate. 
Engaged  in  manufacturing  furniture  with  his  father  at  Keene, 
N.  H.;  m.  Oct.  10,  1883,  Emma  Wheeler  Frost,  b.  Apr.  18,  1856, 
2d  dau.  of  Hon.  Rufus  S.  Frost,  of  Chelsea,  Mass.;  res.  at  Keene, 
N.  H.;  engaged  in  manufacturing.  Ch.:  Margaret,  b.  Mav  11, 
1887,  at  Keene,  N.  H.;  Josephine,  b.  Oct.  21.  1889,  at  Keene,  N. 
H.;  Samuel  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  12,  1891,  at  Keene,  N.  H.;  Mary 
Louise  Hale,  b.  at  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Aug.  26,  1855.  Educated  at 
Abbot  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  Lived  with  her  parents  in 
Keene,  N.  H.,  until  her  marriage,  Oct.  :-'0,  1884,  to  Rev.  Wm. 
DeLoss  Love,  Jr.  He  was  born  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Nov.  29, 
1851,  being  the  second  son  of  Rev.  Wm.  DeLoss  Love,  D.  D. 
He  was  educated  at  Milwaukee  Academy,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and 
graduated  from  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  in  the  class  of 
1873.  After  teaching  two  years  at  Leicester  Academy,  Leices- 
ter, Mass..  and  the  Broadway  Grammar  School,  Norwich,  Conn., 
he  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass.,  and 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1878.  He  married,  July,  1878,  Ada 
Minerva  Warren,  of  Leicester,  Mass.,  who  died  without  issue, 
May  31,  1881.  He  was  ordained  at  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Sept.  18, 
1878,  and  dismissed  from  that  pastorate  in  July,  1881.  After  a 
year  spent  in  travel,  he  served  lor  a  time  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Keene,  N.  H.;  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
and  was  the  private  secretary  of  Gov.  Hale  during  his  term  in 
office.  After  his  marriage  to  the  daughter  of  Gov.  Hale,  he 
resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  was  installed  as 


1940. 

1941. 

ii. 

1942. 

111. 

1943. 

IV. 

1944. 

V. 

1945. 

vi. 

1946. 

Vll. 

1947. 

VUI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  147 

pastor  of  the  Pearl  Street  Congregational  Church,  in  Hartford, 
Conn.,  May  6, 1885,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was  the  first 
chaplain  of  the  Conn.  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, of  which  he  was  one  of  the  original  members;  is  an  inter- 
ested member  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society  and  its  cor- 
responding secretary,  and  a  member  of  the  American  Antiqua- 
rian Society.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy 
from  Hamilton  College  in  1894,  and  the  same  year  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  of  Hartford. 
Ch.:  Mary  Emelia,  b.  May  13,  1886,  d.  May  20,  1886;  Marie 
Hale,  b.  July  9,  1887,  d.  July  21,  1889;  Ethel  Hay,  b.  Mar.  26, 
1889;  Emma  Rilda,  b.  Feb.  9,  1891;  Wm.  DeLoss,  b.  Nov.  22, 
1892;  Henry  Augustus  Hale,  b.  May  13, 1825;  address,  304  Pearl 
street,  New  York  City;  Mary  Elizabeth  Hale,  b.  May  2,  1828; 
lived  with  her  parents  at  Fitchburg;  unm.;  d.  June  30,  1879. 

794.    Abner   Whitney   (Samuel.  William,  Nathaniel,   John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, May  18,  1748;  m.  May  14,  1770,  Elizabeth  Glazier,  of  Shrewsbury;  d.  Apr.  3, 
1778;  m.  2d  Apr    22,  1779,   Lavina  (Glazier)  Ward;  b.  May  9,  1752;  d.  July  23.  1838. 
He  d.  Sept.,  1811,  in  West.;  res.  Westminster  and  Ashburnham,  Mass. 
■  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  8,  1770;  d.  June  24, 1T94. 

John,  b.  July  28,  1772;  m.  Susanna  Smith. 

Levi,  b.  Jan.  1,  1777;  m.  Phebe  Warren. 

Jonas  W.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1780;  m.  Phebe  Rand. 

Joseph  G.,  b.  June  22,  1783;  m.  Lavina  Dunn. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  2,  1785;  m.  Lorey  Barnes. 

DoLLV,  b.  Oct.  26,  1791;  m.  Vinal  Dunn. 

Abel,  b.  May  14,  1793;  d.  unm.,  Apr.  28,  1852. 

796.  Capt.  Silas  Whitney  (Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  20, 
1752;  m.  Jan.  27,  1774,  Sarah  Withington,  b.  1753.  After  her  husband's  death,  in  1S20, 
she  was  the  wife  of Earle. 

Capt.  Silas  Whitney,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Fletcher)  Whitney,  was  b.  in 
Westminster,  Oct.  20,  1752.  He  m.  Jan.  27,  1774,  Sarah  Withington,  b.  in  Stow,  1753, 
dau.  of  William  and  Sarah  (Lockej  Withington.  After  his  marriage  he  lived  four 
years  in  Westminster.  He  sold  his  farm  in  that  town  in  1778  and  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  the  southeast  part  of  Ashburnham.  Here  he  soon  became  the  lead- 
ing farmer  in  this  vicinity.  The  size  of  his  barns  and  granaries  and  the  number  of 
his  horses  and  cattle  are  the  living  theme  of  tradition.  He  was  a  captain  of  the 
militia  and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  In  the  midst  of  a  life  of  industry  and 
usefuness  he  d.  at  mid.  age,  Nov.  14,  1798.  Mr.  Gushing  records  his  death  with  the 
remark  that  "he  died  suddenly  after  a  few  days  of  complaining,  though  not  con- 
fined. He  was  sitting  in  a  chair  leaning  on  a  table  and  sunk  down,  and  almost  im- 
mediately expired."  The  widow  settled  the  estate  and  prudently  managed  the 
affairs  in  the  interest  of  her  children.  She  m.  2d,  1802,  Thomas  Earle,  of  Leicester, 
and  d.  in  that  town  Jan.  12,  1820.  There  were  four  sons  and  twenty-four  grandsons 
of  Capt.  Silas  and  Sarah  (Withington)  Whitney,  and  including  the  female  lines  the 
number  of  their  descendants  named  in  these  registers  is  above  two  hundred.  He  d. 
Nov.  14, 1798;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass, 

1948.  i.  Susannah,  b.  Sept.  29,  1776;  m.  Apr.,  1797,  Josiah  Brown;  res.  in 

Stow;  a  granddaughter  is  Mrs.  Susie  A.  Dyer,  res.  824  Colum- 
bus street,  Ottawa,  111.  Ch.:  Silas,  b.  Dec.  12,  1797;  d.  unm., 
in  Stow  Mar.  4,  1856;  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799;  Susan,  b.  July  2, 
1801;  Ohio,  b.  Apr.  29,  1808;  m.  "Sarah  Ellis;  Horatio,  b.  July  25, 
1805;  Nancy,  b,  Nov.  11,  1806;  Reuben,  b.  Mar.  17,  1808;  Sally, 
b.  Sept.  17,  1811;  Anna,  b.  May  7,  1815;  m.  Ephraim  Ray,  of 
Stow. 

1949.  ii.         Silas,  b.  Oct.  1,  1779;  m.  Hannah  Gushing. 

1950.  iii.        Sarah,  b.  July  1,  1781 ;  m.  Nov.  27,  1800,  Capt.   Caleb   Wilder,  b. 

Mar.  22,  1773;  d.  Jan.  29,  1834.  She  d.  June  14,  1820.  He  was 
Capt.  of  the  Ashburnham  Light  Infantry,  and  often  chosen  to 
office  in  town  affairs.  Ch.:  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  30,  1801;  d.  June  11, 
1817;  Sarah,  b.  May  7,  1803;  m.  Silas  Smith;  res.  Farmington, 
Iowa;  Nancy,  b.  Nov.  19,  1806;  m.  David  Laws;  Silas  W.,  b.  Dec. 
13,  1808;  d.  Oct.  31,  1812;  Caleb,  b.  Oct.  28,  1810;  d.  unm.;  Silas 


148  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

W.,  b.  July  26,  1814;  m.  Caroline  Bishop;  Abel  T.,  b.  Oct.  9, 
1816;  d.  Mar.  14,  1839;  Dorothy  C.b.June  16,  1819;  m.  Samuel 
Twombly;  res.  Iowa. 

1951.  iv.       Samuel, b.  May  20,  1783;  m.  Abigail  Wilder. 

1952.  V.         William,  b.  Aug.  5,  1785;  m.  Lucy  Brooks  and  Mercy  (Burgess) 

Bemis.   ' 

1953.  vi.        Ohio,  b.  Mar.  22,  1789;  m.  Mary  Bolton  and  Mrs.  Dorothy  (May- 

nard)  Brown. 

1954.  vii.      Abigail,  b.  May  15,  1791;  m.  Nov.  8,  1807.  Jesse  Ellis,  b.  June  19, 

1789;  d.  July  17,  1870.  She  d.  Jan.  24,  1869;  res.  Ashburnham, 
Mass.  Ch.:  Mary  W.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1809;  m.  Oliver  G.  Caldwell; 
Samuel,  b.  Apr.  1,  1811;  m.  Sarah  W.  Cushing;  Wm.  P.,  b.  June 
31,  1813;  m.  Annes  Green  Randall  and  Mrs.  Martha  (Swain) 
Wellington;  Obed,  b.  Mar.  13,  1815;  m.  Mercy  Stoddard;  Nancy, 
b.  Sept.  3,  1817;  m.  Bailey  Marble;  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  20,1822;  m. 
Ohio  Brown;  Lucy  C,  b.  Dec.  11,  1824;  m.  Noyes  B.  Herrick; 
Susan  B.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1829;  m.  Jonathan  A.  Perham;  Mary  J.,  b. 
Aug.  13,  1833;  m.Wm.  H.  Brown. 

1955.  viii,     Nancy,  b.  Nov.  19,  1794;  m.  Apr.  23, 1811,  Laban  Cushing;  b.  Apr. 

29,  1791;  d.  Oct.  17,  1847.  She  d.  Jan.  27,  1871;  res.  Ash.  Ch.: 
Nancy  W.,  b.  June  20,  1813,  m.  John  Munroe;  Sarah,  b.  May  18, 
1815;  m.  Samuel  Ellis;  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  6, 1817;  m.  Elmira  Marble, 
Mary  Ann  Arnold,  and  Betsey  Cushing;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.; 
Laban,  b.  Mar. 22, 1820;  m.  Adaline  Keyes;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.; 
Rebecca  A.,  b.  Sept.  12.  1822,  m.  Isaac  D.Ward;  Susan  A.,  b. 
Nov.  13,  1824;  m.  Jonas  Corev;  Mary  J.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1826;  m. 
Gardner  P.  Hawkins;  res.  F.;  Charles  G.,  b.  "Feb.  16,  1829;  m. 
Jane  E.  Willard;  Harriett  M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1831;  m.  Porter  E. 
Barton;  Geo.  R.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1835:  m.  Julia  Thompson;  David 
M.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1839;  m.  Ellen  A.  Foster;  Hannah  E.,  b.  July  29, 
1841;  m.  Geo.  S.  Doe;  res.  Gt.  Falls,  N.  H. 

798.  Elisha  Whitney  (Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, July  2,  1757;  m.  in  1781,  Eunice  Seaver.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
army  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Sargent;  res.  Westminster  and  Win- 
chendon,  Mass. 

Orpha,  b.  Sept.  24, 1783. 

Joseph,  b.  Feb.  22,  1785. 

Norman  S.,  b.  Mav  22,  1791. 

Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1787;  d.  May  11,  1789. 

Tryphena,  b.  Jan.  18,  1788. 

Tryphosa,  b.  Mar.  2,  1790. 

800.  Phinehas  Whitney  (Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Jan.  16,  1761;  m.  1788,  Elizabeth  Rand. 

He  settled  in  Westminster,  on  the  northerly  part  of  his  father's  estate,  in  the 
house  now  occupied  by  John  C.  Goodridge.  Mr.  Whitney  sold  the  place  to  Jacob 
Sawyer,  from  whom  it  passed  to  Joel  Whitney,  and  removed  to  Pittsford,  Vt.,  where 
both  he  and  his  wife  spent  the  remainder  of  their  days.  During  the  Revolutionary 
war  he  served  in  the  company  from  Westminster,  and  some  years  after  its  close 
moved  to  Rutland  Co.,  Vt.,  where  he  was  grafted  a  pension  Mar.  3,  1831,  in  his 
71st  year;  res.  Westminster,  Mass.,  and  Pittsford,  Vt. 
"  John,  b.  July  28, 1793. 

Thomas,  b.  Mar.  18,  1795. 

Lydia,  b.  Mar.  30,  1788. 

Betsey,  b.  Dec.  27,  1789. 

Nancy,  b.  Sept.  21,  1791. 

801.  Hananiah  Whitney  (Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Dec.  18,  1762;  m.  Azabah  Keyes,  b.  June  5,  1767. 

He  was  a  resident  of  Westminster,  and  later  was  one  of  the  tithingmen  of 
Winchendon.     During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  served  in  one  of  the  Winchendon 
companies.     His  will  is  dated  Oct.  11,  1833,  and  probated  Apr.  7,  1835.     Capt.  Mart 
Whitcomb  was  exec.     He  d.  in  1835;  res.  Westminster  and  Winchendon,  Mass, 
1967.     i.         Moses,  b.  Nov.  28,  1789;  m.  Sophia  Cutler. 


1956. 

1957. 

ii. 

1958. 

iii. 

1959. 

IV. 

1960. 

V. 

1961. 

VI. 

1962. 

i. 

1963. 

ii. 

1964. 

HI. 

1965. 

IV. 

1966. 

V. 

1969. 

iii. 

1970. 

IV. 

1971. 

V. 

1972. 

VI. 

1973. 

VIl. 

1974. 

Vlll. 

1975. 

IX. 

1976. 

X. 

1977. 

XI. 

1978. 

Xll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  149 

1968.     ii.        Hananiah,  b.   May  29,  1792;  m.  Mary  L.  Beals  and  Sarah  Bea- 

man. 
Alpheus  B.,  b.  Mar.  8, 1794. 
AzuBAH  B.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1796;  m.  Henry  Rand;   res.  Winchendon, 

Mass.,  and   Madison,  Wis.     They  had  one   son,  Henry.     The 

father  d.  at  M. 
Artemus  B.,  b.  .Sept.  5, 1798. 
Stacy  b  ^— — ^— 
BERiNA,'b.  Feb.  4,  1801. 
Esther  B.,  b.  June  13.  1803. 
Silas  Stacy,  b.  June  27, 1805;  m.  Mary  B.  Gate. 
Levi  P.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1807. 

Samuel  A.,  b.  Nov.  10, 1809;  m. . 

Abby  Fletcher,  b.  Dec.  27, 1812. 

804.  James  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  10, 
1753;  m.  at  Newtown.  Conn.,  Aug.  13,  1777,  Eunice  Johnson;  b.  Dec,  1756;  d.  Nov. 
17,  1822;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Rhoda  Peet.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war;  was  a 
farmer  and  weaver.     He  d.  May  21,  1841;  res.  Newtown,  Conn. 

1979.  i.         Abraham  J.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1778;  m.  Philena  Adams. 

1980.  ii.        Hannah  Judson,  b.  Apr.  20,  1782;  m.  Major  Samuel  Chard;  was 

in  war  of  1812;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
Zerah,  b.  June  10,  1784;  m.  Jane  Demond. 
Ruth  Ann,  b.  Nov.  7,  1785. 

Jerusha,  b.  Apr.  14,  1787;  m.  Henry  Shenuck;  res.  Danby,  N.  Y. 
James  L.,  b.  May  29,  1789;  m.  Maria  Cass. 
Sarah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1790;  m.  1810,  Amason  Washburn;  b.  May  21, 

1789;  blacksmith   and   farmer.     She   d.  in    Huron,  O.,  Apr.  13, 

1859.     He  m.  again;  was  in  war  of  1812. 
viii.     Philo,  b.  Apr.  27, 1792;  m.  Jerusha  Wheeler  and  Aurelia  Wheeler, 

Ezra,  b.  Sept.  18,  1793;  m. . 

Eli,  h.  Feb.  25,  1795;  m.  Dorcas  Austin. 
Ethiel,  b.  May  6,  1796;  m.  Elizabeth  Leonard. 
Abel,  b.  Sept.  23,  1797;  m.  Elvira  Tryphosa  Beecher. 

805.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  9, 1757; 
m.  1783,  Huldah  Stilson.  For  seven  years  he  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  d. 
Jan.  3,  1808;  res.  Newtown,  Conn. 

John,  b.  July  29, 1784. 

Annie,  b.  Nov.  3,  1785. 

Thos.  Judson,  b.  Oct.  4, 1787, 

Oliver,  b.  Apr.  22.  1789;  d.  unm.  Dec.  6,  1828. 

Henry,  b.  Feb.  14,  1793;  m.  Betsey  Hard. 

809.  Isaac  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  1773;  m.  at 
Watertown,  Conn.,  Jan.  15, 1798,  Susannah  Bryan;  d.  Mar.  16,  1861. 

They  settled  in  Watertown,  Conn.,  and  m  1805  he  purchased  land  of  Jonathan 
Scott.  He  resided  there  until  his  death  of  the  lake  fever.  After  his  death  she  dis- 
posed of  the  property,  and  in  1816  moved  to  Westerlo,  N.  Y.,  where  she  resided  until 
1828,  after  which  she  resided  with  her  daughter  Sally,  and  died  at  her  home  in 
Clarkson,  N.  Y.     He  d.  Jan.  14,  1807;  res.  Claverack,  N.  Y.,  and  Watertown,  Conn. 

1996.  i.  Sallie,  b.  Dec.  29,  1798;  m.  Apr.  20,  1820,  Adam  Snyder;  b.  June 

15,  1798;  res.  Clarkson,  N.  Y.  She  d.  there  Oct.  31,  1880.  He 
d.  Dec.  1,  1879;  was  a  farmer.  Adam  and  Sallie  Snyder  died 
and  were  buried  in  Clarkson,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Isaac 
Whitney,  b.  June  26,  1827;  d.  June  26,  1827,  in  Westerlo,  Albany 
Co.,  N.  v.;  Henry  Nettleton,  b.  May  24,  1831,  in  Clarkson,  Mon- 
roe Co.,  N.  Y.;  m.  in  Unadilla,  Mich.,  Oct.  18,  1876,  to  Carrie 
Eugenia  Lyman;  present  address.  Bureau  of  Pensions,  Middle 
Dept.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

1997.  ii.        Susanna,  b.  Dec.  5, 1800;  d.  Mar.,  1821,  at  W^esterlo,  N.  Y. 

1998.  iii.       Isaac  John,  b.  Dec.  20, 1803;  m.  Martha  Ann  Rowell. 

811.  Zachariah  Whitney  (Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  16, 1747, 
in  Woburn,  Mass.;  m.  in  Harvard,  Aug.  18,  1774,  Elizabeth  Wetherbee. 

He  made  his  will  July  28,  1827.    It  was  probated  May  20,  1828.     In  it  he  gives 


1981. 

in. 

1982. 

IV. 

1983. 

V. 

1984. 

VI. 

Ifc85. 

vn, 

1986. 

vii 

1987. 

ix. 

1988. 

X. 

1989. 

xi. 

1990. 

XII, 

1991. 

i. 

1992. 

n. 

1993. 

iii. 

1994. 

IV. 

1995. 

v. 

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legacies  to  his  grandsons,  Joseph  H.  and  Josiah  B.  Whitnfey,  and  Levina  Eaton, 
widow  of  John  Eaton,  of  Ashby;  children  of  his  son,  Zachariah  W.,  deceased,  dau. 
Lydia  Hastings,  wife  of  Naaman  Hastings;  gr.  dau.,  Betsey  Stevens;  daus.,  Betsey 
Marshall,  Sally  Watkins,  Hannah  Billings.  John  Turner  was  executor.  He  d.  Apr. 
1828;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass. 


1999. 
2000, 
2001, 
2002. 


Zachariah,  b. ;  m. 


i.         Betsey,  b. -;  m. Marshall. 

ii.        Sally,  b. ;  m.  Watkins. 

V.        Hannah,  b. ;  m. Billings. 

2003.  V.         Lydia,  b.  Apr.  14,  1786;  m.  Sept.  1,  1809,  Naaman  Hastings;  b. 
Nov.  20,  1787;  d.  Oct.  4,  1864.     She  d.  Dec.  23,  1845;  res.  Lu- 

nenburg, Mass.  Ch.:  Hannah  W.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1810;  m.  Joseph 
Marshall,  d.  Jan.  or  Feb.l  1885;  Lydia,  b.  June  12.  1811;  m.  John 
Ramsdell;  res.  Shirley  Center,  Mass.;  a  dau.  is  Mrs.  Emily  P. 
Hoating;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass.;  Betsey,  b.  Feb.  25,  1813;  d. 
Apr.  1,  1871;  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  14,  1815;  d.  July  29, 1840;  Naaman, 
b.  Mar.  4,  1819;  d.  Mar.  17,  1865;  Sarah  W.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1819;  d. 
Aug.  14,  1821;  Charles,  b.  Aug.  14,  1822;  m.  Abigail  Proctor; 
William,  b.  July  28,  1824;  d.  Nov.  9,  1849;  Henry  J.,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1830;  m.  Eliza  W.  Jewett,  d.  May  16,  1893. 

816.  John  Whitney  (Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  16,  1756;  m. 
in  1775,  Priscilla  Battles,  b.  1756;  d.  at  Lunenburg  Aug.  23,  1832.  His  son  John  was 
appointed  exec,  of  his  will  July  6,  1819.     He  d.  July  23,  1819;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

2004.  i.  Zachariah,  b.  Feb.  10,  1777;  m.  Abigail  Snow. 

2005.  ii.         ZiMRi,  b.  May  14,  1775;  m.  Susanna  Sanderson. 

2006.  iii.       John,  b.  July  2, 1788;  m.  Sophia  Faulkner  and  Mrs.  Fanny  (Howe) 

Blodgett. 

2007.  iv.        Sarah,  b.  May  26,  1791;  m.  Sept.  2,  1829,  Peter  Howe. 

823.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Mar.  18, 1738; 
m.  July  3, 1760,  Elizabeth  Goddard.  He  served  in  the  Weston  Co.  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  Administration  was  granted  on  his  estate  Nov.  4,  1784,  to  his  widow 
Elizabeth.     He  d.  1784;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

2008.  i.         Jonathan,  b. . 

■      2009.    ii.        Joseph,  b. . 

2010.  iii.       David,  b. . 

2011.  iv.       Elizabeth,  b. . 

825.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Apr.  12,. 
1743;  m.  Oct.  10,  1766,  Susanna  Norcross;  bap.  July  27,  1746.  During  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  he  was  in  the  Watertown  company;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Susanna,  b.  May  23.  1766. 

Mary,  b.  Jan.  10,  1768. 

Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  16,  1769;  m.  Lucy  Parks. 

Joseph,  b.  June  16,  1774. 

Samuel,  b.  May  6,  1776. 

826.  Abijah  Whitney  (Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Sept.  6,  1744;: 

m.  June  12,  1783,  Lydia  Stearns;  b.  1759;  d.  1786;  m.  2d  Rebecca .     His  estate 

was  settled  Apr.  14,  1829.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  in  the  company  from 
Weston,  and  later  from  Lincoln,  in  the  regiment  Commanded  by  Col.  Drake.  He  d. 
1829;  res.  Waltham  and  Weston,  Mass. 

2017.  i.  Martha,  b. ;  unm.  in  1820. 

2018.  ii.        Abijah,  b.'in  1784;  m.  Anne  Lawrence. 

2019.  iii.       Nathan,  b.  in  1786;  m.  Martha  Stearns. 

828.  Benjamin  Whitney,  Jr.  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  in 
1737;  m.  Jan.  29,  1766,  Sarah  White,  of  Newton. 

Benjamin  Whitney,  Jr.,  of  Worcester,  was  a  farmer.  His  will  was  probated  Sept. 
2,  1823,  and  his  widow,  Sarah,  was  executrix.  The  only  child  mentioned  in  the  will 
was  his  son,  Amos.  He  held  office  in  Worcester,  often  being  elected  at  the  annual 
town  meetings.  In  1789  he  was  elected  on  the  school  committee,  and  in.  1790  sur- 
veyor of  boards  and  shingles.  Apr.  19,  1775,  he  enlisted  in  Capt.  Benj.  Flagg's  com- 
pany, on  the  Lexington  alarm.  The  Selectmen  of  Worcester  haveing  Laid  before  the 
Town  (Wore.)  a  List  of  Persons  liable  by  Law  and  which  they  Judged  able  and  Quali- 
fied to  serve  on  Petit  Jurors  in  1760  the  name  of  Benj  Whitney  occurs.    The  Town 


2012. 

i. 

2013. 

ii. 

2014. 

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2016. 

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proceeded  to  ye  Choice  of  a  Constable  in  ye  Room  of  Josiah  Peirce  Excused,  and 
Benj  Whitney  was  chosen  (and  Sworn  10th  March  1762).  Benj  Whitney  Surveyor  of 
high  ways  and  Collector  of  high  way  taxes — appointed  in  1770  and  1776.  At  a  Town 
meeting  Held  at  the  meeting  House,  in  Worcester  on  Thurs.  the  Eighteenth  Day  of 
October  a  D.  1764  after  Legal  Warning  Eight  o  Clock  fore  noon^voted  ye  following 
sums  be  Granted  for  ye  following  purposes — vizt — To  Benj  Whitney  for  Wm  Breners 
Pole  Tax — 1.37.  Benj  Whitney  served  as  Juror  in  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common 
pleas  and  Court  of  General  sessions  of  the  peace  in  1776.  He  d.  July  30,  1823;  res. 
Worcester,  Mass. 

2020.  i.         Amos,  b. ;  m.  Polly  Kingsbury  and  Betsey  Parker. 

829.  Samuel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  at  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  in  1741;  m.  at  Worcester  Nov.  24,  1762,  Mary  White,  of  Newton;  d. 
prob.  in  Templeton;  m.  2d  Oct.  11,  1812,  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  Hannah  Wetherbee, 
wid.  of  Ephraim,  b.  1749;  d.  Dec,  1832. 

According  to  the  History  of  Westminster  Samuel  went  from  Worcester.  He 
made  his  will  and  it  was  probated  Dec.  9,  1834,  and  allowed  Nov.  17,  1835.  In  it  he 
mentions  his  wife  Hannah,  her  daughter  Hannah  Wetherbee,  son  Moses,  daughter 
Patty  Bowker  and  daughter  Molly  West.  Mr.  Spauldingwas  executor.  He  d.  June 
29,  1832;  res.  Worcester,  Templeton,  and  Westminster,  Mass. 

2021.  i.  Moses,  b. ;  m.  Martha . 

2U22.     ii.         Patty,  b. ;   m.  Aug.  17,  1791,  Jonathan  Bowker,  both  of 

Petersham. 

2023.  iii.        Molly,  b. ;  m. West. 

2024.  iv.        Abijah,  b. ;  d  unm.  in  Templeton  in  1796;  his  will  is  dated 

Apr.  2. 

834.     Ezekiel  Whitney  (Ezekiel,  John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown, 

Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1768;  m.  Lydia ;  m.  2d .     He  d.  Dec.  1830;  res. 

Roxbury  and  Watertown,  Mass. 

2025.  i.  Frank,  bap.  June  2,  1793. 

2026.  ii.  Leonard,  bap.  June  2,  1793. 

2027.  iii.  Abigail,  bap.  Sept.  14,  1794. 

2028.  iv.  Otis,  bap.  Aug.  12,  1798. 

2029.  V.  Geo.  W.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1812;  m.  Elizabeth  Cook. 

2030.  vi.  Cromwell,  b. . 

2031.  vii.  Alvares,  b. . 

2032.  viii.  Jeremiah,  b. , 


203^3.    ix.        James,  b. 
2034.    X.         Nahum  p.,  b. 


2035.  xi.        Lydia,  b. ;  m. Hvde. 

2036.  xii.      Walter  H.,b.  1819;  m.  Lydia  E.  Doyle. 

839.  Stephen  Whitney  (Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  25,1771; 
m.  in  Leominster,  Sally  Dexter,  of  Marlboro,  b.  Oct.  14,  1778.  She  m.  2d  Capt. 
Calvin  Hale,  and  d.  Mar.  28, 1846.  She  had  two  ch.  by  her  second  marriage,  Chas.  B. 
and  Maria  S. 

He  was  born  in  Lunenburg,  but  at  the  time  of  his  decease  had  for  4  years  been  a 
resident  of  Westminster,  where  he  was  associated  in  business  in  a  country  store  with 
Joseph  Whitman.  He  also  kept  tavern,  and  the  two,  store  and  tavern,  were  con- 
nected.    He  d.  Sept.  16,  1811;  res.  Lunenburg  and  Westminster,  Mass. 

2037.  i.  William  D.,  b.  July  20,  1803;  m.  Harriet  Hawks. 

2038.  ii.         Eliza  Dexter,  b.  June  19, 1805;  m.  in  Leominster,  Mass.,  Mar.  28, 

1824,  Augustus  Pierce, b.  Dec.29, 1795;  d.  Apr.  27, 1830.  She  d.  Jan. 
20,  1857.  Ch.:  Theodore  W.  Pierce,  b.  Nov.  6,  1824;  m.  Oct.  26, 
1847,  Laura  A.  Peasley,  East  Weare,  N.  H.;  res.  at  58  Amherst 
St.,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  Fidelia  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  19,  1826;  m.  in  Rox- 
bury, Mass.,  John  H.  Hawes;  d.  June  19,  1877.  She  d.  July  19, 
1878. 

2039.  iii.       Sally,  b.  Feb.  10,  1807;  res.  420  Washington  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
■      2040.     iv.       Susan,  b.  Aug.  20,  1809;  m.  Apr.  19, 1829,  Emerson  Hills,  b.  Mar.  7, 

1804;  d.  Feb.  3, 1879;  res.  Leominster,  Mass.   Ch.:  Juliette, b.  June 

4,  1831;  m.  Oct  12,  1853, Years;  res.  Lemo. 

2041.    V.       Emily  Stevens,  b.  Jan.  20, 1812;  d.  1812. 


2043. 

ii. 

2044. 

111. 

2045. 

IV. 

2046. 

V. 

2047. 

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842.  Abijah  Whitney  (Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John.  John),  b.  Aug.  10,  1776; 
m.  Feb.  6,  1812,  Betsey  Whitney,  b.  Westminster  Apr.  1,  1788,  dau.  of  Jonas;  d.  Nov. 
16,1872. 

He  was  born  in  Watertown,  where  he  passed  his  boyhood  days.  He  worked  on 
the  farm,  was  interested  in  a  country  store  and  kept  a  toll  gate.  He  finally  settled 
in  Lunenburg  and  carried  on  an  extensive  provision  business,  supplying  three  towns 
with  meat.  He  was  known  the  country  round  as  "  Uncle  Bijah."  During  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  he  was  in  poor  health  and  resided  with  his  son,  Francis  W.,  at  whose 
home  he  died  in  his  83d  year.     He  d.  Dec.  6,  1859;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

2042.     i.          Benjamin   H.,  b.   Oct.   15,  1813;   m.    Mary  Butters    and  Sarah 
Phelps. 
Charles  S.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1816;  d.  Apr.  18,  1833. 
Susan,  b.  Dec.  23,  1820;  d.  May  27,  1826. 
Joseph,  b.  Feb.  21,  1823;  d.  Sept.,  1825. 
Francis  W.,  b.  July  15,  1825;  m.  Huldah  B.  Frost. 
Mary  E.,  b.  July  19,  1828;  m.  Silas  Whitney.     She  d.  Apr.  1, 1887. 
Ch.:  Ella,  b. ;  m.  Porter  Hyatt;  res.  Leo. 

2048.  vii.       MarthaC,  b.  Feb.  6,  1831;  m.  Seth  Twitchell.    Ch.:  Herbert,  b. 

;  res.  Fitchburg;  Milon,  b. ;  res.  Fitchburg. 

847.  Prentiss  Whitney  (Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.  2, 
1787;  ni.  1814,  Sylvia  Bicknell.  He  d.  Nov.  18,  1870;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  Gardiner, 
Me.,  and  Westfield,  N.  Y. 

2049.  i.  Sylvia,  b. ;  m. Townsend;  res.  Westfield,  N.  Y. 

2050.  ii.         Mary,  b. . 

2051.  iii.        Edward,  b. ;  d.;  his  wid.  res.  in  the  west. 

859.  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  July  1, 
1765;  m.  Nov.  30,  1786,  Eunice  Puffer,  b.  Aug.  2,  1768;  d.  Feb.  24,  1846. 

In  1793  he  bought  of  Samuel  Gerrish  the  greater  part  of  lot  No.  4,  bounding  east 
and  south  on  Bacon  and  Main  streets,  Central  Village,  and  ever  after  res.  thereon. 
He  was  an  upright,  honorable,  and  trustworthy  citizen.  He  held  the  office  of  town 
treasurer  from  1810  to  1830,  discharging  the  duties  of  his  office  with  conscientious 
fidelity.  Ab.  the  latter  date,  however,  he  experienced  great  financial  embarrassment 
and  loss  by  a  business  disaster,  in  which  others  of  his  fellow-townsmen,  as  well  as 
himself,  were  seriously  involved.  He  bore  his  misfortune,  however,  with  creditable 
patience,  and  maintained  his  good  name  and  Christian  standing  to  the  end  of  his 
life.     He  d.  Feb.  14,  1851;  res.  VV^estminster,  Mass. 

Nathan,  b.  Mar.  28,  1793;  m.  Anne  Miles  Whitney. 

Leonard,  b.  Sept.  18, 1800;  d.  Sept.  26,  1802. 

Eunice,  b.  Dec.  12,  1787;  d.  Feb.  27, 1812. 

Ruth,  b.  Nov.  12,  1789;  m.  Nov.  26,  1812,  Smyrna  Whitney  (see). 

She  d.  Nov.  25,  1858. 
Peksis,  b.  Apr.  3,  1795;  m.  May  8,  1821. 
Asa,  b.  Oct.  24,  1797;  d.  Sept.  27,  1802. 
Asa,  b.  Oct.  25,  1803;  d.  Sept.  6,  1814. 

Mary  Reed.  b.  May  23,  1806;  m.  Feb.  23,  1830,  Nathan  Howard 
Cutting,  b.  Princeton,  Mass.,  May  29,  1805.  She  d.  May  25,  1882. 
He  d.  July  16,  1884,  in  Worcester,  Mass.  Ch.:  Franklin  H.,  b. 
Oct.  30,  1832;  d.  Nov.  4,  18a^;  Ann  Maria,  b.  Feb.  1,  1836;  m. 
Joseph  O.  Adams;  res. 25  Oread  place,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Susan 
Louise,  b.  Aug.  29,  1838;  m.  Edward  Whitney  (see);  Charles  H., 
b.  Sept.  1,  1841;  d.  Newburn,  N.  C,  in  war,  Jan.  24,  1863;  Wm. 
Jones,  b.  Nov.  12,  1845;  unm.;  res.  with  Ann;  Frank  W.,  b.  Dec. 
10,  1851;  unm.;  res.  with  Ann. 
2060.  ix.  Leonard,  b.  Nov.  23,  1808;  m.  Dec.  9, 1830;  a  son  Henry  res.  Bat- 
tle Creek,  Mich. 

860.  Dea.  David  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Aug.  16,  1767;  m.  in  Princeton,  Nov.  24,  1791,  Elizabeth  Barron,  b.  July  3, 
1768;  d.  Apr.  28,  1853.  Deacon  David  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster,  where  he 
always  resided.  He  was  foremost  in  all  movements  for  the  welfare  of  the  people. 
He  resided  on  the  old  homestead  settled  by  his  father,  Capt.  Nathan,  in  1752.  When 
ten  years  of  age  he  was  very  sick,  and  it  is  said  his  life  was  saved  by  the  skill  of  a 
Hessian  (British)  soldier,  who  was  a  prisoner  of  war  at  Rutland.  The  physician  was 
recommended  by  another  prisoner  who  was  boarding  at  his  father's. 


2052. 

iii. 

2053. 

VI. 

2054. 

i. 

2055. 

ii. 

2056. 

iv. 

2057. 

v. 

2058. 

vii. 

2059. 

viii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  153 

He  inherited  his  father's  habits  of  industry,  economy,  and  thrift.  He  was  a 
deeply  religious  man,  earnestly  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  First  church  of  the 
town,  whose  fortunes  he  shared  and  served  as  Dea.  for  more  than  60  years.  He 
also  partook  of  the  military  spirit,  which  manifested  itself,  at  an  early  age,  by  his 
enlistment  in  the  service  of  the  state  for  the  suppression  of  Shays'  rebellion.  Later 
in  life,  July  12,  1811,  he  was  commissioned  Capt.  of  the  So.  Co.  in  W.  by  Gov. 
Elbridge  Gerry.  He  was  two  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen.  He  lived 
to  be  almost  a  centenarian.  He  made  his  will  Aug.  2,  1853.  It  was  ofifered  for  pro- 
bate May  22,  1867.  His  son  Aaron  was  exec.  He  d.  Mar.  24, 1867;  res.  Westminster, 
Mass. 

2061.     i.  Tabitha,  b.  Mar.  9,  1793;  m.  July  10,  1823,  Capt.  John  C.  Miller. 

She  d.  Apr.  11,  1888.  He  was  b.  June  3,  1785;  d.  Oct.  2,  1864. 
Ch.:  John  Flavel,  b.  May  5,  1824;  d.  Aug.  17,  1846;  Elizabeth, 
d.  in  infancy;  George,  b.  June,  1827;  d.  Feb.  18,  1867;  m.  C.  E. 
Gill;  ch.,  Frank,  b.  1856,  m.  Miss  Marsh;  infant  daughter;  Flora 

Ella,  b.  ;  d.  Nov.  2.3,  1887,  m.  E.  Boyn;  Nina  Belle,  b. 

Mar.  6,  1864.  d.  1866;  Nathan  Brick,  b.  Mar.  6,  1864;  d.  Sept.  27, 
1888;  Ada  C,  b.  1866,  m.  J.  Grill  Lamb.  David,  b.  May  7, 
1829,  m.  Laura  Davis;  ch.,  son  died  in  infancy;  Charles  O., 
b.  Mar.  9,  1861,  m.  Mary  Dargee;  George,  b.  Nov.,  1867,  m. 

Smith;   res.   Gardner.     Sarah    E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1830,   m. 

Thomas  Marshall;  ch.,  Clara  Louise,  b.  Dec.  30,  1872;  res.  Leo- 
minster.    Joseph,  b.  Oct.  14,  1832,  m.  Emily  Follett;  ch.,  Kate 
F.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1871;  Abbie,  b.  June,  1875;  Josephine,  b.  Aug., 
1879;  res.  Westminster.     Isaac  B.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1834,  m.  Jennie 
E.  Potter,  ch.,  dau.  d.  in  infancy;  Alene  S.,  b.  June,  1862;  d. 
May  30.  1881;  m.  W.  O.  Sawm;  John  Calvin,  b.  June,  1864,  m. 
K.   S.    McClure;   res.   Gardner.     Calvin,   b.   Mar.   18,   1837,   m. 
Amelia   V.  Alger,  descendant   of    Thomas  Alger,   who  came 
from  England  in  1634,  and  settled  in  Plvmouth  colonv;   ch., 
Morton  Melvin,  b.  Feb.  10,  1873;  Allan  Balcom,  b.  Jan.  28,  1883; 
res.  Athol. 
Betsey,  b.  Jan.  18,  1795;  d.  May  4,  1796. 
David,  b.  Oct.  24,  1796;  d.  unm.  Mar.  8,  1875. 
Reuben,  b.  May  8,  1798;  d.  July  27,  1800. 
Aaron,  b.  Mav  1,  1800;  m.  Martha  Ravmond. 
Betsey,  b.  Feb.  5,  1802;  m.  Jan.  16,  1823,  Nathan  Howard.     He 
was  b.  June  2, 1795;  d.  July  18, 1879;  res.  Westminster,  Mass.  Ch.: 
Maria,  b.  May  16,  1824;  Elizabeth  W.,  b.  July  24,  1827;  Marv,  b. 
Feb.  15,  1830;  Nathan   P.,  b.  Oct.  17,   1832;  Calvin,  b.  Apr'.  10, 
1835;  d.  May  14,  1865;  Joseph,  b.  May  6,  1837;  Albert,  b.  May 
23,  1845. 

2067.  vii.       Reuben  P.,  b.  July  24,  1804;  m.  Clarissa  C.  Woodward,  Mrs.  Fi- 

delia B.  Pierce  and  Mrs.  Nancy  R.  Thomas. 

2068.  viii.      Isaac,  b.  Mar.  4,  1806;  m.  Susan  Barrett  and  Eliza  Perkins. 

2069.  ix.        Mary,  b.  Aug.  19,  1808;  m.  Feb.  15,  1826,  William  S.  Everett,  b. 

Oct.  13.  1805;  d.  Feb.  19,  1885;  farmer;  res.  Westminster.  Ch.: 
Mary  Whitney,  b.  May  16,  1828;  m.  Joseph  Brown  at  Princeton, 
Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1847;  present  address,  Davis  ave.,  Brookline, 
Mass;  have  one  son,  Joseph  Everett  Brown,  b.  Westminster, 
Mass.,  Mav  21,  1867;  present  address,  Brookline,  Mass.;  m.  Kate 
Yeaton  Mix,  May  21,  1891. 

2070.  x.         Sally,  b.  June  17, 1810;  m.  June  16,  1842,  Moses  Booth;  res.  4315 

Champlain  ave.,  Chicago,  111.  He  was  b.  Sept.  13, 1801 ;  d.  Sept.  9, 
1855.  Ch.:  Sarah  Judson,  b.  Aug.  27,  1842;  m.  Dec.  4,  1868, 
Samuel  D.  Hannan,  who  d.  May  9,  1889. 

2071.  xi.       Calvin,  b.  Dec.  1,  1813;  m.  Hildah  Brown. 

861.  John  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  13,  1769; 
m.  in  Westminster  in  1790,  Elizabeth  Stearns,  b.  Aug.  1,  1770.  She  m.  2d  James 
Walker,  who  died  s.  p.  the  next  year;  she  m.  3d  Luke  Warren  and  had  Mary  and 
Aaron.     She  d.  Oct.  30,  1838. 

John  Whitney  was  born  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  and  moved  with  his  parents  when 
young  to  Westminster.  He  followed  agricultural  pursuits,  was  a  stanch  Christian, 
good  citizen,  strong  temperance  advocate  and  bittetly  opposed  to  slavery.     He  was 


2062. 

ii. 

2063. 

ni. 

2064. 

IV. 

2065. 

V. 

2066. 

vi. 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


never  in  public  life,  but  made  many  friends  by  his  integrity  and  Christian  virtues^ 
He  d.  Tune  25,  1802;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

2072.  i.  John,  b.  Jan.  15,  1795;  d.  Feb.  22,  1796. 

2073.  ii.         John,  b.  Feb.  20,  1797;  m.  Lydia  Allen. 

2074.  iii.        Betsey,  b.  May  3,  1799;  m.  Apr.  30,  1829,  Thomas  Merriam,  b. 

July  23,  1801;  d.  Sept.  24,  1877;  res.  Westminster.  Ch.,  Mary  £.„ 
b.  June  4,  1830;  Sarah  M.,  b.  June  7,  1835;  John  F.,  b.  Aug  23, 
1838;  all  res.  W.    The  mother  d.  July  15,  1888. 

2075.  iv.        Linda,  b.  Mar.  8,  1802;  m.  Nov.  20,  1823,  at  Hubbardston,  JdSeph 

Raymond,  b.  Mar.  15,  1796.  She  d.  Mar.  23,  1847.  Ch.:  Alfred 
Whitney,  b.  Sept.  22,  1824;  res.  Jewett,  N.  Mex.;  Melinda 
Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  12,  1826;  unm.;  Joseph  Downe,  b.  Feb.  17, 
1828;  res.  Pleasant  St.,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Reuben  Stearns,  b. 
May  13, 1830;  m.  and  died  leaving  Edward  Lincoln  and  William 
Holbrook;  his  wid.  m.  William  Bearing,  res.  Shellville,  Cal.;. 
Susan  Wood,  b.  Oct.  28,  1831;  m.  Heman  Lincoln  Chase,  of 
Boston,  at  Hubbardston,  Mass.,  the  18th  of  Oct.,  1854;  res.  126 
Harvard  St.,  Brookline,  Mass.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Irah  Chase, 
D.  D.,  and  Harriet  Savage  Chase,  and  was  born  at  Newton, 
Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1829,  and  died  in  Brooklme,  Feb.  11,  1884.  Her 
husband  and  her  deceased  son,  Henry,  were  Baptists  and  all 
her  other  children  the  same.  Harriet  Savage  Chase  married 
Herbert  Eveleth  Greene,  July  15,  1886.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  college  and  has  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  Dr.  Greene  is  a 
prof,  in  Wells  College,  Aurora,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  son,  born 
June  14,  1890.  Prof.  Greene  is  an  orthodox  Congregationalist; 
the  child's  name  is  William  Chase  Greene.  Heman  Lincoln 
Chase,  Jr.,  graduated  from  Harvard,  receiving  the  degree  of 
A.  M.,  in  1882,  and  afterward  the  degree  of  Dr.  of  Medicine 
from  the  Harvard  Med.  school,  then  studied  abroad,  and  is  now 
practicing  in  Brookline,  unmarried,  and  a  Republican.  Henry 
Ernest  Chase  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1883  with  the  degree 
of  A.  M.  Susan  Raymond  Chase  was  married  to  Frank  Leon- 
ard Creesy,  June  12,  1889.  Mr.  Creesy  graduated  from  Harvard 
Coll.  in  the  class  of  '82  and  afterward  from  the  Harvard  law 
school,  practicing  law  in  Boston  and  living  in  Brookline.  Re- 
publican. They  have  one  child,  Madeline  Creesy,  born  Mar. 
26,  1891.  Edith  Chase  is  a  student  at  Smith  College,  Northamp- 
ton, Mass.;  Henry  Chase,  b.  July  12,1840;  res.  Council  Bluffs,  la. 

863.  JosiAH  Whitney  (Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Waltham,  June 
23,  1765;  m.  (pub.)  Jan.  10,  1790,  Mary  Barrett,  b.  1768,  d.  Aug.  23,  1841.  He  was  b. 
in  Waltham  and  m.  in  Ashby.  After  the  births  of  four  of  their  children  they 
were  dismissed  to  the  church  in  Ashby,  Nov.  24,  1799.  There  they  ever  afterward 
resided,  honored  and  respected.  He  d.  Dec.  24,  1842;  res.  Watertown  and  Ashby, 
^lass 

2076.  i.  Josiah,  b.  Mar.  20,  1791;  m.  Rebecca  Rice. 

2077.  ii.         Sally,  b.  Mar.  19,  1792;    m.  Dec.  16,  1814,  Oliver  Kendall,  res. 

Ashby.  She  d.  Nov.  23,  1889.  He  was  b.  June,  1792;  d.  Apr. 
15,  1857.  Ch.:  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  22.  1818,  d.  Aug.  16,  1822;  Josiah 
Quincy,  b.  Apr.  2-1,  1825,  m.  Amanda  H.  Adams  Sept.  13,  1853;. 
d.  June  15,  1883;  Clarissa;  John  Miron,  b.  Oct.  4,  1829,  d.  Nov. 
9,  1846. 

2078.  iii.       Jonas  Prescott,  b.  Sept.  22,  1793;  m.  Rebecca  Piper  and  Louisa 

Wheeler. 

2079.  iv.        Mary,  b.  Sept.  14,  1796;  m.  July  17,  1817,  Oliver  L.  Wheeler;  res. 

Ashby,  Mass.  She  d.  July  5,  1888.  He  was  b.  Aug.  6,  1795;  d. 
May  13,  1891.  Ch.:  Cynthia  Barrett,  b.  June  30,  1818;  m.  May 
11,  1846,  Lewis  Raymond  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  who  died  same 
fall;  d.  Mar.  30, 1852;  Oliver  Gushing,  b.  Sept.  15,  1819;  d.  Oct.  17,. 
1838;  Otis  Adams,  b.  Nov.  1, 1820;  m.  Mar.  12,  1863.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Jewett,  ch.,  Charles  Gushing,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  May 
18,  1864,  d.  Mar.  18,  1868;  Ellen  Louisa,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
Mar.  29, 1866,  d.  Apr.  25, 1866;  Fanny  Maria.b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
Sept.  26,  1867;  Walter  Otis,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  June  25,  1871; 


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Mary  Augusta,  b.  Feb.  7, 1823;  m.  May  30. 1843,  K.  W.  Knight  of 
Ashburnham,  Mass.  He  d.  Sept.  5,  1858;  m.  2d,  Nov.  22,  I860, 
S.  G.  Frost;  ch.,  Charles  Montague,  b.  Apr.  29,  1846,  d.  Sept. 
1846;  Cynthia  Elizabeth,  b.  June  5,  1848;  Eddie  Hurbert 
Frost,  b.  July  27,  1866,  d.  Feb.  25,  1867;  Charles  Merriam, 
b.  Feb.  12,  1827;  d.  Sept.  9,  1853;  Harriet  Whitnev,  b.  Mar. 
16,  1829;  m.  Apr.  25,  1857,  John  S.  Wetherbee,  of  New  York  City, 
ch.,  Adella  Frances,  b.  in  New  York,  Nov.  8,  1858;  Miranda 
Russell,  b.  in  New  York,  March  5,  1860,  d.  Mar.  26,  1861;  Hattie 
Jane,  b.  in  Ashby,  Nov.  19, 1861;  Alary  Miranda, b.  in  New  York, 
Jan.  9,  1863;  Charlotte  Wheeler,  b.  in  New  York,  Apr.  14,  1865; 
Jane  Hubbard,  b.  May  15,  1830;  d.  Aug.  19.  1850;  Walter  Jewett. 
b.  Apr.  19,  1833;  m.  Nov.  29,  1859,  Abbie  Louisa  Brown,  of 
Keene,  N.  H.;  Alice  Aurelia,  b.  Dec.  17,  1834;  m.  Sept.  14,  1857, 
W.  F.  White  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.;  m.  2d,  Oct.  20.  1880,  J.  W. 
Pickering  of  Boston,  Mass.,  lawyer,  office  28  School  St.  R.  31;, 
Mary  Aurelia,  b.  at  Ashby,  Mass..  Oct.  30,  1863;  d.  Dec.  17, 1863;. 
Elizabeth  Elmyra,  b.  July  2,  1838;  m.  June  16,  1868,  Edwin. 
Whitney,  of  Ashby,  Mass.;  d.  July  13,  1887;  Cynthia  Elizabeth. 
Knight,  m.  Dec.  7,  1868,  George  Adams  Upton,  of  Townsend,, 
Mass.,  ch.,  Edson  Knight,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1869; 
Fred,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1871,  d.  Sept.  24,  1871; 
Mary  Alice,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1871,  d.  Dec.  15, 
1872;  George  Forrest,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  May  5,  1874; 
Charles  Amos,  b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Apr.  9,  1879;  Roy  Frost,, 
b.  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Apr.  29,  1885. 

2080.  V.         John  B.  b.  Apr.  7,  1801;  m.  Harriett  Gushing. 

2081.  vi.        Nanxy.  b.  Mar.  29,  18o3;  m.  Feb.  8,  1825,  Asa  Holt,  res.  Ashbv> 

She  d.  May  20,  1851.  He  was  b.  Mar.  21,  1801;  d.  Mar.  3,  1890. 
Ch.:  Lowell  Convers,  b.  Aug.  19,  1826,  m.  Mary  Ann  Hayden 
Dec.  20,  1848,  P.  O.  address,  Ashby,  Mass.;  Sarah  Jane,  b.'Oct. 
4,  1828,  m.  Cyrus  Appleton  Davis  Apr.  12,  1852,  P.O.,  Dixon,  III; 
Nancv  Elmira,  b.  Oct.  2,  1830,  m.  Luther  Gregory  Spaulding 
Oct.  3,  1847,  P.  O.,  Ashbv.  Mass.;  Mary  Alice,  b.  Nov.  27,  1835, 
d.  Aug.  23,  1854;  Ellen  Elizabeth,  b.  July  30,  1839,  P.  O.,  Elgm, 
111.;  Lyman  Woodrow,  b.  Mar.  18,  1842,  d.  Mar.  22,  1863. 

2082.  vii.      Alice,  b.  Dec.  17,  1806;  m.  in  Ashby,  1837,  Calvin  J.  Tyler.     She 

d.  Sept.  19,  1858.  He  was  b.  Nov.  8,  1813;  d.  Mar.  23,  1887.  Ch.: 
John  Martin,  b.  Dec.  20,  1838,  d.  Oct.  16,  1866;  Sarah  Kendall,  b. 
Jan.  16, 1840,  m.  Nov.  14, 1861,  M.  E.  McDowell,  res.  Leominster; 
Willard,  b.  Aug.  6,  1841,d.Aug.lO,  1845;  Laura  Matilda,  b.  May 
22,  1844,  m.  Apr.  23,  1867,  A.  B.  Upham,  res.  Leominster,  Mass.; 
Ann  Caroline,  b.  Mar.  18,  1847,  d.  July  2,  1876;  Alice,  b.  Oct.  3, 
1850.  d  Oct.  3,  1854. 

2083.  viii.     Willia.m,  b.  July  20,  1798;  m.  Fanny  Lincoln. 

865.    Jonathan  Whitney  (Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  May,  8, 
1772;  m.  Sarah  Child.     She  died  in  1828,  and  in  her  will  mentions  her  sisters  Louisa 
Bedlow,  Mary  Shattuck  and  Belinda  Stearns.    Isaiah  Child  was  executor.     He  d.  in 
•1826;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

2084.  i.  Josiah  Qcincy,  b.  1805,  died  in  1828;  unm. 

2085.  ii.         Jacob  C,  b. ;  left  2  ch. 

869.  Joel  Whitney  (Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Westminster, 
Sept.  13,  1765;  m.  Dec.  4,  1790,  Lucy  Holden,  b.  Feb.  25,  1770,  d.  Dec.  15,  1791;  m.  2d 
at  W.,  Aug.  16,  1796,  Mrs.  Abigail  (Holden)  Merriam,  b.  Aug.  25, 1767,  d.  Nov.  18, 1848. 

He  was  a  man  of  vigorous  intellect,  good  practical  judgment,  and  great  force  of 
character.  His  positive  convictions  and  love  of  argument  won  for  him  in  certain 
circles  the  expressive  title  of  "Old  Reason."  He  lived  fora  few  years  with  his  brother 
Jonas  on  the  paternal  estate,  but  at  length  sold  to  him,  and  purchased  the  place  now 
owned  by  J.  C.  Goodridge,  on  the  No.  Common,  where  his  remaining  life  was  spent. 
His  services  were  much  in  demand  as  arbitrator  for  the  settlement  of  personal  dif- 
ferences and  questions  of  controversy,  requiring  for  their  proper  adjustment,  good 
sense,  an  impartial  judgment,  freedom  from  prejudice,  and  the  disposition  to  deal 
fairly  and  honorably  with  all  parties  concerned.     He  m.  1st,  Lucy.dau.of  Abnerand 


156  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Elizabeth  (Darby)  Holden.  She  bore  him  1  child,  and  he  m.  2d,  her  sister,  Abigail 
(Holden)  Merriam,  wid.  of  Nathan,  by  whom  he  had  6  ch.  He  d.  Apr.  15,  1857,  at 
Gardner;  res.  Westminister,  Mass. 

2086.  ii.         Joseph  H.,  b.  Dec.  27, 1799;  m.  Betsey  Pratt. 

2087.  i.  Cynthia,  b.  Oct.  12,  1797;  m.  Sept.  21,  1826,  Ebenezer  Jones,  of 

Westminster.  She  d.  Apr.  7,  1891.  Ch.:  J.  Walter,  b.  Aug.  8, 
1829.  In  1830  they  went  to  Troy,  N.  Y.  She  d.  1892.  His  wid. 
res.  47  Grand  Division  St.,  Troy. 

2088.  iii.        Horace,  b.  Apr.  26,  1802;  m.  Mary  Sawin. 

2089.  V.        Theodore,  b.  Apr.  2,  1807;  m.  Betsey  Wheeler. 

2090.  iv.       Elizabeth  Barnard,  b.  May  27,  1804;  m.  Oct.  6,  1825,  Timothy 

Weeks.  She  d.  Apr.  17, 1887.  He  was  b.  in  Bridgewater,  N.  H., 
Nov.  13, 1801 ;  d.  July  1,  1854.  Ch. :  Adeline  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  2, 
1826;  m.  Jan.  24,  1860,  to  Nathan  W.  Frye;  P.  O.  address.  Mrs. 
Nathan  W.  Frye,  616  Main  St.,  Woburn,  Mass.;  Mary  A.,  b.  July 
28,  1828;  m.  Feb.  1,  1849,  Henry  A.  Fielding;  P.  O.  address, 
Mrs.  Henry  A.  Fielding,  Bozeman,  Mont.;  Harriet  G.,b.  Sept.  25, 
1830;  m.  July  1,  1849;  Jeremiah  S.  Hall;  P.  O.  address,  Mrs.  H. 
G.  Hall,  46  Tyler  St.,  Lowell,  Mass.;  Augustus  Whitney,  b.  Feb. 
5,  1833;  m.  Mar.  25,  1867;  Lauretta  Frye;  d.  in  Lowell,  Feb.  21, 
1892;  Cynthia  Jones,  b.  Mar.  25,  1836;  d.  May  15,  1842;  Ellen, 
b.  Oct.  2,  1838;  m.  Dec.  8, 1862;  Rev.  E.  P.  Tenney ;  P.  O.  address, 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Tenney,  Pembroke,  N.  H.;  Emma  D.,  b.  Mar.  13, 
1841 ;  m.  Lester  Willson,  Mar.  2, 1869;  P.  O.  address,  Mrs.  Lester 
S.  Willson,  Bozeman,  Mont. 

2091.  vii.       Relief  Farnsworth,  b.  Feb.  22,  1810;  m.  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 

21,  1835,  Willet  G.  Tripp.  She  d.  Apr.  26,  1875;  res.  Troy  and 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Feb.  8, 1810;  d.  Apr.  17,  1869.  Ch.: 
Caroline  A.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1859;  m.  Ansen  Adams;  she  d.  Apr.  10, 
1880;  Sarah  A.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1842;  res.  723  Federal  St.,  Trov,  N. 
Y.;  John  W.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1844;  m.  Mary  Higgins;  P.  O.  address, 
372  Pacific  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Harriet  E.,  b.  May  18,  1847;  m. 
Henry  Parker;  P.  O.  addres?,  285  Clifton  PL,  Brooklyn,  N;  Y.; 
Franklyn  M.,  b.  May  18,  1850;  m.  June,  1879, Alma  Morris;  P.O. 
address,  223  Fulton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  four  other  children, 
who  died  in  infancv. 

2092.  vi.       Lucy,  b.  Nov.  25,  1791;   m.  Oct.  28,  1813,  Joseph  Brown,  of  West- 

minster. Ch.:  Lucy,  b.  July  14,  1814;  m.  Rev.  Robert  Stuart; 
George,  b.  Dec.  12,  1816;  m.  Mary  Perkins;  Huldah,  b.  Sept.  8, 
1818;  m.  Calvin  Whitney,  Sept.  7,  1837;  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  23, 1820; 
m.  Mary  Everett.     The  mother  d.  Oct.  18, 1821. 

870.  Squire  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Nov.  10,  1761;  m.  there  Dec.  1,  1785,  Elizabeth  Raymond,  of  Princeton;  b. 
1766;  d.  Nov.  18, 1857. 

Jonas  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Westminster,  and  succeeded  to  the  estate  of  his 
father.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  natural  ability  and  strength  of  character.  Of 
excellent  judgment,  well  informed,  thoroughly  upright  and  trustworthy,  he  held  a 
high  place  in  public  esteem,  and  was  often  chosen  to  fill  important  posts  of  public 
service,  the  duties  of  which  he  discharged  with  singular  fidelity  and  effectiveness. 
He  was  11  years  selectman,  24  years  assessor,  and  13  years  representative  to  the 
General  Court,  a  term  of  service  in  that  capacity  more  than  twice  as  long  as  that  of 
any  other  person  in  the  history  of  the  town.  He  was  also  justice  of  the  peace,  being 
well  known  as  "Squire  Whitney,"  and  had  much  to  do  in  the  administration  and 
settlement  of  estates.  His  life  was  long,  busy,  useful,  and  full  of  honor.  He  d.  Jan. 
3,.1839;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 
"       2093.    i.  Harrison   G.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1812;  m.  Louisa  Carpenter  and  Eliza 

Solander. 

2094.  ii.         Betsey,  b.  Sept.  3,  1786;  d.  July  7, 1787. 

2095.  iii.       Polly  Everett,  b.  Oct.  25,  1792;  m.  Feb.  1816,  John  Perkins; 

b.  Feb.  25,  1789;  d.  in  Morris,  111.,  Nov.  3,  1868.  She  d.  Aug.  10, 
1874.  Ch.  Mary,  b.  Nov.  1816;  m  Geo.  Brown,  1839;  d.  1888. 
Her  dau.,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Barker,  Monticello,  Minn.;  Eliza,  b.  May, 
1817;  m.  Isaac  Whitney,  1842;  d.  1890;  Mrs.  S.  B.  W.  Olsen, 
dau.,  Santa  Barbara,   Cal.    (See  elsewhere.);  Joseph,  b.  1820; 


2098. 

vi. 

2099. 

VII. 

2100. 

Vll! 

2101. 

IX. 

2102. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  157 

address  Monticello,  Minn.;  Myra,  b.  1822;  d.  1848;  Harrison,  b. 
1824;  address  Westminster,  Mass.;  Catharine,  b.  1831,  d.  18o3- 
Nancy  Whitney,  b  Dec.  4,  1828;  m.  Oct.  10,  1856,  Henry  E. 
Stevens;  res.  34  Grove  St.,  Norwich,  Conn.;  four  other  ch.  d. 
young. 

2096.  iv.        Almira,  b.  July  16,  1799;  m.  Leonard  Minott  and  Joel  Cowee,  of 
Gardner.    She  d.  s.  p.  Sept.  1,  1872. 

2097,  v.         Nancy,  b.  Mar.  9,  1803;  m.  Aratas  Raymond;  res.  W.;  3  ch.    She 
d.  Aug.  7,  1875;  a  dau.  Mary  res.  Gardner. 

Charles,  b.  Mar.  21,  1797;  m.  Sarah  Howard. 
Joseph,  b.  Dec.  18,  1794;  m.  Sally  Harrington. 
Jonas,  b.  July  20,  1807;  m.  Lucinda  Damon. 
Betsey,  b.  Apr.  1,  1788;  m.  Abijah  Whitnev  (See). 
Arethusa,  b.  Sept.  26,  1790;  d.  Aug.  4,  1796. 

872.  Capt.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Mass.,  Apr.  28,  1770;  m.  1794,  Nancy  Fuller,  b.  Newton,  Mass.,  Feb.  14,  1767; 
d.  Sept.  20,  1855. 

He  was  a  noted  school  teacher  in  his  younger  days,  was  prominent  in  town 
affairs  and  captain  of  the  local  military  company.  Was  selectman  for  several  vears. 
and  was  town  clerk  for  several  years.  Though  not  a  professor  of  religion  he  was  an 
upright  and  moral  man,  a  good  citizen  and  knid  neighbor.  He  d.  June  27,  1852;  res. 
Marlboro,  N.  H. 

2103.  i.  Benjamin,  b.  May  25,  1802;  m.  Elmira  Stimpson. 

2104.  ii.         Nancy, b.  Dec.  2, 1796;  m.  June  2, 1819,  Solomon  Sawtell,  of  Rindge, 

N.  H.  She  d.  Apr.  17.  1864.  He  was  b.  Apr.  6,  1786;  d.  Dec.  13, 
1861;  was  a  shoemaker.  Ch.:  Benjamin  Whitney  Sawtell,  20 
Bartlett  St.,  Charleston,  Mass.;  John  L.  Sawtell,  Mansfield,  Mass.; 
Mrs.  Jane  L.  S.  Richardson,  51  Arlington  St.,  Fitchburg,  Mass.; 
Amaziah  Sawtell,  292  Randolph  St.,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Edwin  Saw- 
tell, 695  N.  Main  St.,  Brockton,  Mass.  Benjamin  Whitney 
Sawtell  m.  Rebecca  Ann  Jessop,  Nov.  6,  1844.  Their  children 
were  7:  Benj.  Whitney  Sawtell,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1845,  d.  Aug.  19, 
1856;  Harriet  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  18.  1847,  d.  Jan.  28,  1867;  Re- 
becca Addielade,  b.  Aug.  26,  1849;  m.  Sept.  27,  1883  to  Charles 
W.  Marsh,  residing  Fells  Station.  Melrose,  Mass;  then  two 
small  children  died  in  infancv  of  Benj.  W.  Sawtell's  family; 
afterwards  were  Ida  Whitney.'b.  Nov.  5,  1867;  m.  July  4,  1889, 
to  Charles  S.  Chapman,  residing  20  Bartlett  St.,  Charlestown, 
Mass.  (one  child),  Mildred  Viola  Chapman,  b.  Apr.  4.  1890;  Her- 
bert Russell  Sawtell,  b.  Sept.  16,  1869,  res.  20  Bartlett  St., 
Charlestown,  Mass. 

2105.  iii.        RuHANNAH.  b.  Jan.  11,  1798;  m.  Mar.  28,  1826,  Jeremiah  R.  Need- 

ham,  of  Hollis,  N.  H.,  2  sons.     She  d.  in  Hollis. 

2106.  iv.       Sarah,  b.  Apr.  28,  1799;  m.  May  14,  1829,  Joel  Barker,  of  Milford, 

N.  H.     She  d.  there. 

2107.  v.         Lydia,  b.  May  15,  1800;  m.  Dec.  6,  1836,  Abner  Bailey,  of  Jaffrey, 

N.  H.     She  d.  there  Mar.  7,  1872. 

2108.  vi.        Sophronia,  b.  Nov.  25,  1803;  m.  Jan.  22,  1829,  Moses  Parmerter; 

res.  Pepperell,  Mass.,  and  she  d.  there.  He  was  b.  Aug.  19, 
1803;  d.  Nov.  11,  1863.  He  was  a  cabinet  maker.  Ch.:  Eliza 
Maria  Parmenter,  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Feb.  28,  1830;  m.  to  James 
Hobart  Sept.  15,  1853.  Present  address  Ea.  Pepperell,  Mass.; 
ch.,  James  Francis,  b.  Ea.  Pepperell  July  14, 1854;  m.  Nov.,  1878. 
Present  address,  Hartford,  Conn.,  "The  Linden,"  roorh  47;  Hattie 
Hobart,  b.  July  18,  1861,  E.  Pepperell,  Mass.;  m.  Oct.  15,  1880, 
at  E.  Pepperell,  Mass.  Present  address,  Mrs.  Hattie  Hobart, 
Libby,  E.  Pepperell,  Mass.;  Charles  Whitney  Parmenter,  b.  in 
East  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  10,  1832;  d.  Nashua,  N.  H.;  Mrs.  E. 
Maude  Harvey,  36  Otterson  street,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

2109.  vii.       Jonas,  b.  July  4,  1805;  m.  Charlotte  Farman. 

2110.  viii.     Syrena,  b.  Oct.  16,  1808;  m.  Mav  7,  1846,  Louis  Mclntire,  of  Ash- 

burnham,  Mass.,  where  she  d.  July  9.  1851. 

2111.  ix.       Harriett,  b.  May  22, 1812;  m.  Sept.  15,  1835,  James  Hobart;  res. 

Pepperell,  Mass. 


158  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2114. 

2115. 

2116. 

iii. 

2117. 

iv. 

2119. 

vi. 

2120. 

vii. 

2121. 

viii 

2122. 

ix. 

2112.  X.         Ben-jamin,  b.  Oct.  29,  1796;  d.  infancy. 

2113.  xi.        Lucv,  b.  Oct.  8,  1807;  d.  Nov.  11,  1807. 

881.  Nathaniel  Ruggles  Whitney  (Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Mar.  19,  1759;  m.  Abigail  Frotheringham;  b.  May  24,  1760.  He  was  born  in  Water- 
town  in  1759,  and  in  early  life  was  a  teacher,  afterward  a  trader  and  farmer.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace,  town  clerk  and  selectman.  During  the 
Revolutionary  war  he  was  in  the  Watertown  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Brooks, 
He  d.  Dec.  17,  1833;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

Nathaniel  R.,  b.  May  27,  1782;  m.  Sally  Stone. 

Polly  (or  Martha),  b.  Feb.  10,  1784;  m. Skelton. 

James  B.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1786;  d.  bef.  1833. 

Francis,  b.  June  29,  1788.    A  Francis  Whitney  whom  I  have  been 

unable  to  place,  but  probably  this   one,   m.    Mary and 

resided  in  Natick,  Mass.    Their  child,  Frances,  died  there  Apr. 
30,  1819,  aged   eight  months,  and   was  interred   in  the    South 
Natick  grave  yard.     Francis'  name  is  not  found,  however,  on 
the  Natick  town  or  church  records  or  tax  lists. 
2118.    V.         Hannah,  b.  July  5,  1791;  m.  Mar.  12,  1815,  pub.  Joseph  Frothing- 
ham  Tafts,  b.  July  19,  1790.     He  was  a  tanner  and  agent  for 
various  trusts.     She  d.  Aug.  15,  1872.     He  d.  Sept.  17,  1854;  res. 
Cambridge,  Mass.    Ch.:  James  B.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1817;  Joseph  F,, 
b.  Nov.  11,  1819;  Henry,  b.  Oct.  5,  1822;  George  F.,  b.  Oct.  19, 
1825;  Alfred,  b.  Aug.  14,  1829. 
George  C.b.  Aug.  18,  1793. 
William,  b  Oct.  20,  1795. 
Simon,  b.  Oct.  30,  1797;  m.  Mary  Walker. 
John,  b.  Oct.  10,  1800. 

890.  Richard  Whitney  (Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1782;  m.  in  Amherst,  Apr.  23,  1816,  Mary  Elizabeth  Parker, 
b.  May  20,  1797;  d.  May  13,  1879. 

He  was  a  carriage  trimmer  and  harnessmaker  by  trade.  He  d.  Nov.  25,  1863; 
res.  Amherst,  Mass. 

2123.     i.  Simon  W.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1817;  m.  Emeline  L.  Belding,  Sarah  Ingram 

and  Samantha  Atherton. 
Richard  S.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1819;  m.  Amelia  Arrington. 
Samuel  F.,  b.  July  18,  1820;  res.  Emery  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Sarah  A.  M.,  b.  June  25.  1822;  d.  Oct.  28,  1824. 

Elisha  p.,  b.  June  19,  1824;  m. . 

Sarah  A.  M.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1826;  d.  Mar.  2,  1861. 

Caroline  Elizabeth,   b.  Aug.  2,  1828;   m.  Simons;  d. 

June  19,  1863. 

895.    Charles  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.   16, 

1780;  m.  Sybil  Chenery,  b. ;  d.  Feb.  28,  1868.     He  was  a  stonemason.    He  d. 

June  9,  1850;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

2130.  ii.         Bradshaw  S.,  b.  June  4, 1817;  m.  Nancy  Ruggles. 

2131.  i.  Anne   Aspinwall,  b.  June  24,   1812;  m.  May  17,  1839,  Thomas 

Learned.  He  was  a  farmer,  was  b.  Jan.  12,18)1;  d.  Aug.  28, 
1848;  res.  69  E.  Main  St.,  Marlboro,  Mass.  Ch.:  Ann  Augusta, 
b.  Nov.  17,  1840;  m.  June  13,  1888,  Loring  A.  Barnard;  res. 
69  E.  Main  St.,  Marlboro;  Eleanor  Sargent,  b.  Oct.  19,  1844;  m. 
Dec.  23,  1866,  Geo.  B.  Starbird;  res.  35,  15th  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

902.  Daniel  Whitney  (Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Worcester, 
Mass.,  July  3,  1763. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  when  quite  a  young  man  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war  for  three  months.  He  suffered  severely  from  exposure,  and  had 
a  pension  granted  him  Mar.  4,  1831.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  d.  in  Oxford,  Me.,  in 
1852;  res.  Oxford,  Me. 

2132.  Leafy,  b.  ;  m.  Rich;    res.   Lawrence,  Mass.;  res. 

Lawrence,  Mass. 

903.  William  Clark  Whitney  (Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  19,  1765;  m.  Mar.  23,  1799,  Sophia  Fuller,  of  Hebron,  Me.,  b. 


2124. 

ii. 

2125. 

iii. 

2126. 

iv. 

2127. 

v. 

2128. 

vi. 

2129. 

vii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  159 

Mar.  23,  1779;  m.  2d,  Dec.  6,  1816,  Deborah  Patch,  of  Otisfield,  Me.,  b.  July  20,  1787, 
•d.  Dec.  26,  1873. 

William  Clark  Whitney  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  with  his  brother 
Daniel,  became  a  proprietor  of  lands  at  Paris,  Me.,  by  purchase  from  his  father 
Joshua.  William  C.  commenced  his  career  four  miles  through  the  woods  in  township 
No.  4,  now  Paris,  Me.,  and  clearing  up  land,  after  a  few  years  went  to  Hebron, 
where  he  lived  about  thirty-seven  years.  In  1832  he  moved  to  Norway,  where  he 
died  in  1859.  He  was  a  prominent  business  man,  having  filled  the  offices  of  justice 
<3f  the  peace,  one  of  the  associate  justices  of  the  Court  of  Sessions,  representative 
to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  high  sheriff  of  the  County  of  Oxford  eight 
years,  selectman  of  the  town  of  Hebron  17  years,  besides  other  offices  of 
honor  and  trust.  He  was  a  live  man,  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  and  never  idle.  He 
was  a  very  capable  and  successful  business  man,  and  amassed  one  of  the  largest 
estates  ever  accumulated  in  that  county.  He  d.  Oct.  6,  1859;  res.  Worcester,  Mass., 
Paris,  Topsham,  Hebron  and  Norway,  Me. 

2133.  i.  Marv  C,  b.  Mar.  7,  1800;  d.  Aug.  25.  1801. 

2134.  ii.         Harriet,  b.  Apr.  9,  1801;  m.  Dr.  Solomon  P.  Cushman,  of  Bruns- 

wick Me.,  and  d.  1843. 

2135.  iii.        Fanny,  b.  Jan.  6,  1803;  m.  Stephen  Cummings.    He  d.  in  Norway, 

Me.,  in  1863;  she  d.  1842. 

2136.  iv.        Sophia  F.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1806;  m.  William  Goddard.  of  Bethel,  Me., 

and  Dec.  7,  1843. 

2137.  v.         William  C,  b.  Nov.  21, 1809;  d,  unm..  Mar.  1861. 

2138.  vi.        Jane  F.,  b.  Oct.  25, 1812;  m.  1838,  James  S.  Greenleaf ;  res.  Norway, 

He  was  b.  Feb.  5,  1814;  d.  Dec.  13,  1860;  was  a  carpenter.  Ch.: 
Chas.  F.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1839;  m.  Euphemia  J.  Bradbury,  Mar.  10, 
1864;  address,  Norway,  Me.;  Helen,  b.  Oct.  28,  1841;  m.  Philo  S. 
Cherry;  address,  Red  Creek,  N.  Y.;  she  was  married  Nov.  5, 
1859;  Solomon,  b.  Jan.  17,  1846;  m.  Susan  Compton,  of  Gifford, 
S.  C,  Apr.  15,  1871;  he  d.  Nov.  2,  1882,  leaving  a  widow  and  two 
children;  Mary  J.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1848;  address,  Norway,  Me.;  unm.; 
Flora,  b.  Oct.  15,  1850;  unm.;  address,  Sedalia,  Mo.;  James,  b. 
Mar.  23,  1853,  d.  May  20,  1884;  unm. 

George  P.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1819;  m.  Ermina  P.  Packard. 

Deborah  P.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1822;  d.  May  27,  1822. 

Sarah  P.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1822;  d.  Apr.  3,  1822. 

Sarah  D.,  b.  June  2, 1824;  d.  July,  1863. 

Edwin,  b.  Sept  8,  1829;  d.  June  19,  1832. 

907.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  17,  1773.  He  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.;  was  a  farmer.  In  1826  he 
resided  in  New  York  State.     It  is  said  he  died  in  Quebec;  res.  m  New  York  State. 

2144.    i.  Isaac,  b. . 

908.  Israel  Whitney  (Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1781;  m.  in  Worcester,  Feb.  23,  1799,  Lucy  Mahan;  b.  Oct.  18,  1780;  d. 
Dec.  16,  1858.  He  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.;  was  a  farmer.  His  will  is  dated 
Mar.  28,  1854,  and  proved  Mar  4,  18.56.  Isaac  Davis  and  Widow  Lucy  were  execu- 
tors.    He  d.  Feb.  1,  1856;  res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

214.5.    i.  John,  b.  Apr.  9,  1820;  m.  Martha  Parks. 

2146.  ii.         Sarah,  b.  June  13,  1800,  m.  Daniel  Goddard.  She  d.  Aug.  21, 1888; 

res.  Worcester,  Mass.     Son  Luther  D.;  res.  Worcester. 

2147.  iii.        Nancy,  b.  Sept.  8,  1802;  m.  Capt.  Bezaleel  White.     She  d.  June  8, 

1854;  res.  Worcester,  Mass.  and  Paris,  Me.  He  was  captain  of 
the  militia  company  that  escorted  Lafayette  from  Worcester  to 
Boston  in  1824.  In  1828  he  removed  to  Maine.  He  d.  June  27, 
1874.  Ch.:  Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  30,  1825;  d.  Sept.  30,  1841;  Lucy 
Jane,  b.  June  20,  1827;  m.  Francis  E.  Richards;  res.  Oxford; 
Eunice  M.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1830;  m.  Paul  Weixler;  res.  W.;  Eliza  W.. 
b.  Mar.  7,  1833;  d.  Mar.  4,  1872;  Wttt.  B.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1835,  was 
colonel  in  the  war;  res.  Quincy,  Mass.;  Sarah  J.,  b.  Oct.. 20,  1837; 
d.  Aug.  30,  1854;  Geo.  C,  b.  Apr.  4, 1843. 

2148.  iv.        Mary,  b.  May  2,  1805;  m.  Calvin  Flagg  of  West  Boylston,  1834. 

She  d.  Apr.  20, 1868. 


2139. 

vii. 

2140. 

vui 

2141. 

IX, 

2142. 

x. 

2143. 

xi. 

160  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2149.  V.         Julia,  b.  June  30,  1807;  m.  Jan.  2,  1828,  John  C.  Greenleaf  of  War- 

ner, N.  H.  She  d.  Feb.  10,  1887.  Son  Levi  C.  Greenleaf.  stock 
yards,  Chicago. 

2150.  vi.       Abigail,  b.  Jan.  11,1813;  m.  Jonas  Hartshorn.    She  d.  Mar.  23, 

1862;  res.  Worcester. 

2151.  vii.      Almira,  b.  Feb.  2,  1818;  m.  Nov.  24,  1836,  Loren  H.  Wrisley  of 

Norway,  Me.;  s.  p. 

2152.  viii.     Joshua,  b.  Mar.  30,  1815;    m.  Sept.  28,  1839,  Caroline  Pope.     He 

d.  Mar.  2,  1859,  s.  p.;  res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

2153.  ix.        Eliza,  b.  Jan.  17,  1822;   m.  Jan.  28,  1846.  David  B.  Fiske;   res. 

Framingham,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Aug.  13,  1820.  Ch.:  Sarah 
Emma.  b.  Apr.  15,  1848;  m.  Feb.  11, 1886,  Dr.  Elisha  M.  W^hite  of 
Boston,  who  d.  July  14,  1890;  Ella  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  1.  1850.  Both 
res.  in  F. 

2154.  X.         Lucy  M.,  b.  June  14,  1809;  m.  1832.  Asa  Thayer  of  Paris,  Me.  She 

d.  Jan.  15.  1850. 

914.     Henry  Whitney  (Henry,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown, 
Mass.,  ;  m.  at  Dummerston,  Vt.,  Fanny  Miller;  res.  Dummerston,  Vt. 

2155.  i.  Betsey,  b.  in  1802;  m.  Jan.  24,  1821,  Noble  Holton. 

2156.  ii.         Lydia,  b. ;  m.  Oct.  23,  1828.  Jerry  Perry. 

2167.  iii.  Fanny,  b. ;  m.  June  15,  1829,  Worden  Babcock. 

2158.  iv.  Mary,  b. ;  m.  Wm.  Rice. 

2169.  v.  Hannah,  b. ;  m. Plympton. 

2160.  vi.  Maria,  b. . 

2161.  vii.  Catherine,  b. . 

2162.  viii.  Freedom,  b. . 

2163.  ix.  Lucy.  b. 


2164.  X.        William,  b. . 

2165.  xi.       Henry,  b. . 

2166.  xii.      Charles,  b. . 

920.  Israel  Whitney  (Israel.  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown, 
Mass.,  Mar.  10,  1775;  m.  at  Needham  Jan.  1,  1799,  Mary  Fuller,  b.  Oct.  16,  1780;  d. 
Jan.  18,  1859.  He  was  postmaster  for  years.  He  d.  July  16,  1846;  res.  Needham, 
IVIrss 

2167.     i.  Permelia,  b.  Oct.  14,  1799;  m.  Jan.  24,  1819,  Ira  Allen,  b.  July  11, 

1797.  She  d.  Apr.  25,  1836.  He  was  proprietor  of  a  line  of 
teams  running  between  Pawtucket  and  Providence,  R.  I.  Ch.: 
Emily,  b.  Feb.  23,  1820;  Emily.  2d.  b.  Mar.  14,  1822;  m.  W^m. 
White;  Fanny,  b.  May  8,  1823;  William  Pitt.  b.  Jan.  19,  1832;  m. 
Nov.  3,  1851,  Elizabeth  J.  Pratt,  at  Pawtucket,  R.  I.  Present 
address,  194  Cottage  St.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.;  his  dau.  is  Emily 
F.;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  p.  o.  box  2177;  Mary  Frances,  b.  Mar. 
18.  1834;  Frances  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  26,  1836. 

2168.  ii.         Mary  Richards,  b.  June  11,  1802;  m.  Jan.  1,  1866,  Henry  C. 

Snell;  res.  Medway,  Mass.     She  d.  s.  p.  May  31, 1886. 

2169.  iii.        Ann  Frances,  b.  Apr.  13,  1808;  m.  Apr.  20,  1826,  Lemuel  Lyon, 

She  d.  Apr.  9,  1842.  He  was  b.  Feb.  2,  1806;  d.  Yokohama, 
Japan,  Apr.  6,  1871;  was  a  merchant.  Ch.:  Israel  Whitney,  b. 
Apr.  27,  1827,  88  Maiden  Lane,  N.  Y.;  Sarah  Brown,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1828;  Ellen  Frances,  b.  May  23,  1831;  E.  Mary  Maria,  b.  May 
22,  1832;  Levina  Ann,  b.  Dec.  12,  1835;  Lemuel  Elisha.  b.  Oct. 
11.  1837;  Henrv  and  Harriet,  twins,  b.  Sept.  1840. 

2170.  iv.        Levina,  b.  Feb.'  11,  1804;  m.  Mar.  26,  1844,  Stephen  Utley;  m. 

Sept.  26,  1849,  Jonathan  S.  Fuller;  m.  3d  Nov.  12,  1851,  Elisha 
Converse,  of  Palmer.     She  d.  Apr.  21,  1888. 

921.  Israel  Whitney  (Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  at  Beverly, 
Nov.  4.  1797;  m.  there  May  10.  1826.  Mary  Hopkins  Flagg;  b.  July.  1804,  in  Beverly; 
d.  in  Boston,  Aug.  9,  1872. 

Israel  Whitney,  in  his  early  life,  was  a  shipmaster  and  supercargo  in  the  East 
India  trade,  and  sailed  in  the  employ  of  Col.  Israel  Thorndike,  of  Beverly.  "Our 
older  citizens  will  remember  the  burning  of  the  ship  Beverly  at  sea.  in  the  year 
1827,  with  Mr.  Whitney,  supercargo,  the  thrilling  incidents  connected  with  it,  his 


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heroic  efforts  to  save  the  burning  ship,  his  coolness  and  bravery,  and  his  great  suffer- 
ings from  exposure  in  an  open  boat  at  sea  for  many  days."  [From  the  Beverly 
Citizen.]  This  account  might  have  added  their  capture  and  imprisonment  as  pirates, 
at  Algiers,  and  Mr.  Whitney's  journey  across  the  desert  to  obtain  ransom  for  his 
companions.  Upon  retiring  from  the  sea  he  became  interested  in  manufacturing, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stanton,  Nichols  &  Whitney.  Afterwards  he 
became  treasurer  of  the  Lowell  Manufacturing  Corporation,  was  a  director  in  the 
Merchants'  bank  for  thirty  years,  a  director  in  the  National  Insurance  Company  for 
thirty  years,  treasurer  of  the  Cocheco  Manufacturing,  and  one  of  the  leading  officers 
in  the  Boston  Marine  Society.  He  was  also  a  large  buyer  of  cotton  for  the  factories 
which  called  him  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  resided  part  of  the  time  to  facilitate  the 
business  entrusted  to  his  charge.  He  was  a  sagacious  business  man,  his  superior 
business  qualifications  made  him  a  wise  counselor,  and  he  was  called  upon  to  fill 
several  oftices  of  trust.  "  He  was  one  of  those  men,  of  whom  it  may  be  said,  he  had 
not  an  enemy  in  the  world,  or  if  he  bad,  it  must  have  been  one  so  unworthy  and  per- 
verse himself  that  no  man  would  desire  him  for  a  friend."  He  d.  Nov.  12,  1871;  res. 
Lowell  and  Boston,  Mass. 

2171.    i.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  25,  1828;  m.  July  19,  1849,  Salem  Towne 

Lamb;  res.  High  Street,  Brookline,  Mass.;  b.  in  Charlton,  Mass., 
Sept.  19,  1821;  d.  Apr.  16,  1883.    Ch.:   Henry  Whitney,  b.  Bos- 
ton, Oct.  13,  1853;   P.  O.  address,  Lamb  &  Ritchie,  Cambridge- 
port,  Mass.;  res.  High  Street,  Brookline,  Mass.;  Augusta  Towne, 
b.  Boston,  Mar.  8,  1855;  P.  O.  address,  High  street,  Brookline, 
Mass.;   Elizabeth  Whitney,  b.  Boston,  Oct.  18,  1859;   m.  Arthur 
Williams,  Jr.,  Brooklme,  June  26,  1888;  P.  O.  address,  Brook- 
line, Mass. 
Israel  G.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1831;  m.  Christiana  K.  S.  Sargent. 
George,  b.  Nov.  1, 1832;  m.  Mary  E.  Rea  and  Elizabeth  Whitney. 
Eunice,  b.  Sept.  22,  1834;  d.  June  15.  1888. 
Stanton,  b.  Sept.  21,  1836;  m.  Alice  R.  Sutton. 
Fred'k,  b.  in  1838;  d.  July,  1840. 
Charles,  b.  Dec.  20,  1840;  m.  Jessie  G.  Perkins. 
Fred'k,  b.  June  22,  1843;  res.  Bos' on. 
Frank,  b.  July  2,  1846;  res.  Boston. 
Mary,  b.  Feb.  22,  1849;  res.  Boston. 

Edward  Farley,  b.  Apr.  26, 1851;  res.  Boston;  address,  43  State 
Street;  in  banking  business;  res.  37  Chestnut  street. 

Michael  Whitney  (Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John  John),  b.   Beverly, 
m.  Nancy  Leech;  m.  2d  Elizabeth  Leech.     He  d.  in  1867;  res.  Bev- 

W^M.  Michael,  b.  June  12,  1820;  res.  Beverly.     Dau.  Elizabeth 
m.  George  Whitney. 

Elisha,  b. ;  res.  Beverly. 

Sarah  Ellen,  b. ;  m.  Dr.  Charles  Haddock;  res.  Beverly. 

935.  Rev.  Peter  Whitney  (Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  6, 
1744;  m.  Mar.  11,  1768,  Julia  Lambert,  dau.  of  William,  of  Reading,  b.  Apr.  9,1742. 

Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  A.  M.,  the  son  of  Rev.  Aaron  Whitney,  was  born  in  Peters- 
ham, Mass.,  Sept.  6.  1744.  After  attending  the  schools  of  his  native  town  he  entered 
Harvard  College,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1762. 
When  he  entered  the  university  he  was  only  thirteen  years  and  ten  months  old — an 
age  much  younger  than  but  few  have  entered  since.  One  of  the  first  acts  of  the 
newly  incorporated  town  of  Fitchburg  was  to  note  in  town  meeting,  Nov.  26,  1764, 
"To  have  Sabbath  days  preaching  the  winter  insuing."  It  was  also  voted.  "To 
have  preaching  in  Thomas  Cowdin  s  house,"  and  the  committee  on  preaching  were 
instructed  "to  apply  to  Peter  Whitney."  among  others  Accordingly  the  committee 
applied  to  and  secured  the  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  who  went  there  and  preached  in  the 
tavern  of  Thomas  Cowdin,  during  the  summer  and  winter.  In  the  year  1766  there 
was  not  any  preaching,  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  were  obliged  to  attend  in 
Lunenburg.  In  1767  application  was  made  to  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  but  having 
recived  a  call  elsewhere,  he  declined.  He  was  ordained  minister  at  Northborough, 
Mass.,  Nov.  4,  1767.  He  was  the  author  of  an  excellent  history  of  Worcester  County 
(Worcester,  1793),  single  sermons  and  papers  in  the  "  Memoirs  of  the  American 
Academy."  He  was  a  very  methodical  man,  always  walking  with  his  wife  to  meeting, 
followed  by  his  ten  children,  always  in  the  exact  order  of  their  age.     He  was  an  easy- 


2172. 

ii. 

2178. 

iii. 

2174. 

iv. 

2175. 

V. 

2176. 

vi. 

2177. 

VI 1. 

2178. 

Vlll 

2179. 

IX. 

2180. 

X. 

2181. 

xi. 

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Mas 
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,  Mass. 

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2182. 

1. 

2183. 

ii. 

■  2184. 

ni. 

162  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

going  man,  perhaps  more  absorbed  in  the  political  issues  of  his  day  than  in  direct 
aggressive  work.  We  give  the  following  as  illustrating  a  state  of  things  which  was 
once  a  matter  of  importance,  but  which  has  entirely  passed  away:  A  family  in 
Northboro  lost  a  member,  and  Dr.  Puffer,  of  Berlin,  was  invited  to  officiate  at' the 
funeral.    He  complied,  whereupon  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  the  minister  of  the  town, 

wrote  that  unless  the  matter  was  satisfactorily  explained, 
all  ministerial  intercourse  must  cease.  This  was  founded 
on  the  fact  that  the  old  parishes  had  territorial  limits,  be- 
yond which  a  minister  was  regarded  as  an  interloper.  Dr. 
Puffer  recognized  this  claim,  but  explained  his  action  in 
this  case  in  such  a  way  that  Mr.  Whitney  was  satisfied, 
and  amicable  relations  were  restored.  The  correspondence 
is  a  fine  specimen  of  precise,  dignified  and  courteous  com- 
position. But  what  a  change  I  No  one  would  think  cf 
restricting  a  protestant  family  in  the  choice  of  a  minister 
on  the  sad  occasion  of  a  funeral.  The  following  notice  of 
Mr.  Whitney  is  quoted  from  the  "  History  of  Northborough," 
by  his  successor,  as  a  just  tribute  to  his  memory:  "Dis- 
tinguished for  the  urbanity  of  his  manners,  easy  and 
familiar  in  his  intercourse  with  his  people;  hospitable  to 
strangers,  and  always  ready  to  give  a  hearty  welcome  to  his 

numerous  friends;  punctual  to  his  engagements;  observing 

EEv.  PETEK  WHITNEY.      an  cxact  method  in  the  distribution  of  his  time;  having  a 

time  for  everything,  and  doing  everything  in  its  time, 
without  hurry  or  confusion;  conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  a  Christian 
minister;  catholic  in  his  principles  and  in  his  conduct;  always  taking  an  interest  in 
whatever  concerned  the  prosperity  of  the  town  and  the  interests  of  religion — he  was 
for  many  years  the  happy  minister  of  a  kind  and  affectionate  people."  His  will 
was  probated  Sept.  28,  1813.  Nahum  Fay,  Esq.,  of  Northboro,  was  executor,  and  the 
document  mentions  his  wife  Julia;  daughter  Elizabeth;  son  Maj.  Thomas  Whitney; 
son  Rev.  Peter  Whitney;  daughter  Julia,  m.  Capt.  Antipas  Brigham;  daughter  Mar- 
garet, m.  Dr.  Josiah  Adams;  son  Capt.  William  Whitney;  son  Abel  Whitney;  son  John 
Whitney;  son  Aaron  Whitney;  daughter  Sally,  m.  Lemuel  Bracket.  He  d.  Feb.  19, 
1816;  res.  Northboro,  Mass. 

2185.    i.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  6,  1775;    m.   in   Quincy,  Mass.,  Ebenezer 

Adams.     She  d.  s.  p.  Sept.  26,  1856. 
Peter,  b.  Jan.  19,  1770;  m.  Jane  Lambert  Lincoln. 
Abel,  b.  Nov.  3,  1781;  m.  Susanna  White. 

Thomas  L.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1768;  m.  Mary  Lincoln.   He  d.  June,  1812. 
John,  b.  Sept.  29,  1785;  m.  Sophia  Vinal. 
Julia,  b.  Aug.  25,  1772;  m.  1799,  Capt.  Antipas  Brigham.     She  d. 

Nov.  29,  1800. 
William,  b.  Dec.  14,  1776;  m.  Zilpah  Eager. 

Julia,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

Aaron,  b.  Aug.  17,  1778.     Went  west. 

Sally,  b.  Nov.  3,  1781;  m.  Jan.  6,  1806,  Lemuel  Brackett,  of 
Quincy.  She  d.  May  3,  1864.  He  was  b.  Sept.  8,  1780;  d.  Feb. 
14,1869.  Was  in  real  estate  business.  Ch.:  Sally  Whitney,  b. 
Jan.  7,  1808;  m.  Jeffrey  Richardson,  of  Boston,  at  Quincv,  Sept. 
16,  1828;  d.  Dec.  2,  1837;  Samuel  Eaton,  b.  Oct.  7,  1806;  m.  in 
Boston  to  Carolina  S.  Callender,  June  11,  1834;  d.  November  3, 
1890;  Rebecca  Richardson,  b.  Mar.  26,  1809;  m.  to  William 
L.  Whitney,  of  Cam.,  at  Quincy,  July  28,  1840;  d.  Dec.  3,  1881; 
James,  b.  Nov.  26,  1810;  m.  to  S.  Elizabeth  Whitney  Jan.  31, 
1856;  d.  Aug.  21,  1827;  Julia  Lambert,  b.  June  18.  1812;  m.  Jef- 
frey Richardson,  June  27,  1839,  at  Quincy;  d.  Mar.  13,  1886; 
Nancy,  b.  Aug.  31,  1813;  unm.;  living;  Jeffrey  Richardson,  b. 
Oct.  27,  1815;  m.  to  Sarah  C.  Richardson,  of  Boston,  Feb.  24, 
1851;  d.  Oct.  26,  1871;  son  of  Samuel  Eaton,  Geo.  C.  Brackett, 
227  Clinton  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  dau.  of  Sally,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 
White,  213  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Boston;  dau.  of  Rebecca,  Miss 
Lucy  N.  Whitney,  31  Hawthorne  St.,  Cambridge;  no  children 
of  James;  son  of  Julia  Lambert,  Dr.  William  L.  Richardson,  225 
Commonwealth  Ave.,  Boston;  Nancy,  unm.  and  living;  son  of 
.   Jeffrey,  Jeffrey  R.  Brackett,  10  Madison  St.,  W.  Baltimore,  Md. 


2186. 

ii. 

2187. 

ni. 

2188. 

iv. 

2189. 

v. 

2190. 

vi. 

2191. 

vii. 

2192. 

vii'^ 

2193. 

vni. 

2194. 

ix. 

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2195.    X.     .    Margaret,  b.  Feb.  12,  1774;  m.  Dr.  Josiah  Adams,  of  Quincy. 
She  d.  Feb.  3,  1849. 

936.  Dr.  Paul  Whitney  (Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Mar.  23, 
1753,  in  Petersham,  Mass.;  m.  Oct.  2,  1763,  Charlotte  Clapp;  b.  East  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  Jan.  10,  1763.  She  m.  for  her  2d  husb.  Rev.  Martin  Tullar.  She  d.  Apr.  7, 
1833 

Dr.  Paul  Whitney,  born  March  23,  1753,  died  Feb.,  1795,  was  the  fifth  son  of 
Rev.  Aaron  Whitney,  one  of  the  earliest  graduates  of  Harvard  College,  who  was  born 
in  Littleton,  March  14,  1714,  and  afterward  settled  in  Petersham,  Dec,  1738,  died 
in  1779.  He  was  a  clergyman  distinguished  in  his  day  and  generation  for  piety  and 
literary  attainments,  and  in  common  with  the  clergy  of  that  time  took  an  active  part 
in  the  stir»-ing  events  prior  to,  and  at  the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of  the  American 
Revolution,  He  was  supposed  to  have  had  an  extensive  correspondence  with  the 
•descendants  of  the  Whitney  family  in  England,  and  to  have  possessed  much  valu- 
able statistical  information  relating  thereto. 

Epitaph 

While  this  stone  shall  last,  let  it  commemorate 

Paul  Whitney  A  M  &  M  D 

A  deacon  of  the  church  in  this  place,  who,  March  9th  1795  aged  42  departed  this 

life— a  man  of  an  honest  &  noble  heart,  and  though  without  office,  was  capable  in 

any  office,  of  doing  honour  to  his  Country. 

Columns  and  Urns  but  vainly  show 
A  Scene  of  decorated  woe. 
The  friend  who's  faithful  and  sincere, 
Will  need  no  help  to  force  the  tear. 
Regardless  of  the  labourd  verse. 
It  ffows  spontaneous  o'er  his  hearse. 
And  flow  it  will,  while  virtue's  friend. 
Or  kindred  souls  a  tear  can  lend. 
He  d.  Mar.  9,  1795;  res.  Westfield,  Mass. 

Wm.  Barron,  b.  Aug.  30,  1784;  d  unm.  in  1832. 
Henry,  b.  Apr.  18, 1786;  m.  Nabby  Tullar. 
George,  b.  Jan.  12,  1788;  rev.  to  Maine;  m.,  but  d.  s.  p. 
Paul,  b.  Apr.  16,  1789;  m.  Lucy  Cushing  Stone. 
Charlotte  Clapp,  b.  June  12,  1791;   m.  at  Royalton,  Vt.,  Rev. 
Chester  Wright.     He  was  b.  Hanover,  N.  H.,  was  a  Congrega- 
tional minister;  d.  at  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Apr.  16,  1840.   She  d.  June 
16,  1859.    Ch.:  Jonathan  Edwards,  b.  Mar.  15,  1813;  m.  Fanny 
Wyman  Houghton,  3  ch.;   Charlotte  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  13,  1814; 
Julia,  b.  Jan.  11,  1817;  m.  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  July  6,  1837.  Joseph 
Wilder  Howes,  b.  Nov.  5,  1813;  d.  at  Boston,  May  13,  1890,  s.  p.; 
res.  Montpelier,  Vt.;  William  Wilberforce;  Eliza  Maria,  b.  Oct. 
8,1819;  Mary.    All  deceased  but  Mrs.  Howes. 
2201.    vi.       Charles  Fred'k,  b.  May  6,  1794;  d.  infancy. 

937.  Major  Abel  Whitney  (Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Peter- 
sham, Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1756;  m.  Dec.  23,  1783,  Clarissa  Dwight,  b.  July  4,  1762;  d.  at 
Northampton  Aug.  22,  1820.  After  his  death  she  was  married  in  1809  to  Calvin 
Waldo,  Esq.,  of  Dalton. 

Mrs.  Whitney  was  an  intelligent  and  lovely  woman,  faithful  to  her  household, 
and  a  patient,  gentle,  earnest  and  careful  mother  and  wife.  After  the  death  of  her 
second  husband  she  resided  with  her  son,  Josiah,  at  whose  house,  in  Northampton,  she 
died. 

From  the  Dwight  Book:  "  Major  Abel  Whitney,  a  merchant  of  Westfield,  Mass., 
born  Petersham,  Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1756  (son  of  Rev.  Aaron  Whitney,  of  Littleton,  Mass., 
and  Alice  Baker,  of  Phillipston,  Mass.),  grad.  Harvard  1773,  and  studied  law  with 
Col.  John  Worthington,  but  abandoned  the  pursuit  of  the  profession  on  account  of 
the  troublous  times  of  the  Revolution,  and  entered  into  mercantile  life.  He  was  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  talents,  and  held  several  government  offices,  as  commis- 
•sioner  of  taxes,  postmaster,  etc.  He  was  also  a  Major  of  militia  and  aid  to  Gen. 
Sheperd,  who  was  the  commanding  officer  in  Springfield  in  the  battle  had  there  in 
the  Shay's  rebellion.  He  was  a  decidedly  religious  man.  He  m.  Dec.  23,  1783, 
Clarissa  Dwight,  of  Springfield,  b.  July  4,  1762,  dau.  of  Josiah  Dwight  and  Elizabeth 
Buckminster."     He  d.  Mar.  2,  1807;  res.  Westfield,  Mass. 


2196. 
2197. 

2198. 

111. 

2199. 

IV, 

2200. 

V, 

164  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2202.  i.  Elizabeth  Buckminster,  b.  Jan.  4,  1785,  unm.;  d.  at  Northamp- 

ton, Jan.  31,  1860. 

2203.  ii.         JosiAH  DwiGHT,  b.  July  9,  1786;  m.  Sarah  Williston  and  Clarissa 

To  rri  pc 

2204.  iii.        Clarissa,  b.  Mar.  22,  1788,  unm;  d.  Jan.    24,   1871,   in   North- 

ampton. 

2205.  iv.        Franxes,  b.  Dec.  5.  1789;  m.  Oct.  8,  1810,  Rev.  Horatio  Waldo,  b. 

iMar.  5,  1778;  d.  May  3,  1846.  She  d.  Dec.  26,  1871.  He  was  a 
son  of  Dr.  John  Waldo  and  grad.  at  Williams  College  in  1804, 
was  a  tutor  there  1806-7.  Settled  in  Griswold,  Conn.,  1810-30, 
but  on  account  of  poor  health  resigned  and  removed  to  Portage, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  preached  occasionally.  Ch.:  John,  b.  Aug.  10, 
1811;  m.  Eunice  Flint;  he  d.  Dec.  1,  1868;  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  26, 
1814;  m.  Julia  Ball  and  Juliette  Hitchcock;  Sarah,  b.  June  7, 
1818;  m.  Elmon  D.  Smith;  Frances,  b.  June  24,  1820;  m.  Dr. 
Jas.  S.  Cowdrey;  res.  Lafayette,  Ind.;  Harriett, b.  May  11,  1822; 
m.  Wm.  S.  McNair;  Margaret,  b.  Oct.  28,  1824;  m.  Dr.  Lorin  J. 
Ames;  res.  Mt.  Morris,  N.  Y. 

2206.  V.         A  Son,  b.  Aug.  3,  1791;  d.  same  day. 

2207.  vi.        Fran-CIS,  b.  Oct.  10,  1792,  unm.;  d.  at  N.  Dec.  30,  1863. 

2208.  vii.       Robert,  b.  Aug.  18,  1794;  m.  Margaret  Dwight. 

2209.  viii.     Sarah,  b.  July  8,  1796;  m.   Sept.  5,  1821,  Henry  Marsh,  b.  Feb.  9, 

1797;  d.  June  4,  1852.  The  grandson  of  Dr.  Perez,  grad.  Harvard 
Coll.,  1748.  She  d.  Racine,  Wis.,  Mar.  11,  1883.  He  grad.  Will. 
Coll.  1815;  res.  at  Dalton  and  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Racine,  Wis., 
Sandusky,  O.,  and  St.  Louis;  m.  at  Northampton,  Mass.  Was 
a  lawyer,  merchant  and  manufacturer.  Ch.:  Henry  Lawrence, 
b.  July  9,  1822;  Rev.  Dwight  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  5,  1823;  Col.  Cal- 
vin Waldo,  b.  Apr.  8,  1825;  Robert,  b.  Apr.  25,  1828;  d.  Dec.  18. 
1828;  Elizabeth  Willard,  b.  Nov.  28,  1829;  d.  Apr.  24.  1882; 
Clarissa  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  4,  1834;  Sarah  Williams,  b.  May  24, 
1836;  d.  May  14,  1841;  Charles  Francis,  b.  Oct.  11,  1842;  all  b.  at 
Dalton  except  C.  F.,b.  at  Pittsfield. 

2210.  ix.       Caroline,  b.  May  10,  1798;  d.  Aug.  21,  1804. 

2211.  X.         Abel,  b.  Mar.  15,  1800;  m.  Pamelia  Babcock  and  Belinda  Baxter 

Bliss. 

2212.  xi.       Hannah  Buckminster,  b.  Dec.  28,  1802;  d.  Aug.  12,  1804. 

939.  Aaron  Whitney  (Aaron,  Moses,  Mose^.  Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham, 
Sept.  5,  1746;  m.  1772.  Hannah  Stearnes,  b.  Nov.  14,  1748;  d.  Feb.  1,  1784;  m.  2d 
Sept.,  1784.  Hannah  Willard;  b.  Oct.  14,  1754;  d.  Sept.  28,  1812. 

He  was  the  fourth  son  of  Rev.  Aaron  Whitney,  of  Petersham.  His  first  wife 
was  dau.  of  Rev.  David  Stearnes,  of  Lunenburg.  After  his  death  his  widow  m.  Mar. 
16,  1794,  Asahel  Pomeroy,  of  Northampton,  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  Hannah,  b. 
Jan.  31,  1795,  who  m.  Robert  Edwards.  Aaron  was  a  merchant  in  Northfield,  Mass. 
He  d.  Apr.,  1790;  res.  Northfield,  Mass. 

2213.  iii.       William  Henry,  b.  Jan.  22,  1779;  m.  Clarissa  Wolcott. 

2214.  i.         Aaron  Stearns,  b.  Aug.  27,  1773;  d.  Charleston,  S.  C,  Aug.  6, 

1796. 

2215.  ii.        Sally  Baker,  b.  Feb.  28,  1775;  m.  Erastus  Barnard;  res.  Canan- 

daigua,  N.  Y.  She  d.  July  15,  1825.  Ch.:  Maria  Augusta,  b. 
Nov.,  1800;  Sally,  b.  Sept.,  1803;  Erastus  Stearns,  b.  May,  1805; 
d.  N.  O.,  La.,  18;34;  Charles  Backus,  b.  Apr.,  1807;  Selah  Eben- 
ezer,  b.  July,  1809;  Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.,  1812;  David,  b.  June, 
1815;  Manning  Goodwin,  b.  Apr.,  1818. 

2216.  iv.       Nahum  H.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1781;  res.  Vt.;  unm. 

2217.  V.        David  S.,  b.  Dec.  22.  1783;  d.  young. 

2218.  vi.       Susanna  W.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1785;  d.  Jan.,  1786. 

2219.  vii.     Susanna  W.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1786;  m.  Theodore  Lyman;  10  ch.;  see 

Lyman  Gen. 

2220.  viii.     David  S.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1788;  m.  Hannah  H.  Partridge. 

2221.  ix.       Hannah  S.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1777;  m.  Nov.  3,  1798,  Oliver  Sparhawk, 

Esq.,  of  Walpole.  He  was  b.  in  Walpole,  July  16,  1771;  d, 
July  6,  1824;  gr.  Dartmouth  College,  1793,  a  lawyer  and  for 
many  years  clerk  of    the  court.     He  m.  his  cousin,  Hannah 


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2222. 

IV. 

2223. 

i. 

2224. 

11. 

2225. 

111. 

2226. 

V. 

2227. 

VI. 

2228. 

VII. 

2229. 

Vlll 

2230. 

IX. 

Stearnes  Whitney,  who  d.  Aug.  25,1818;  m.  2d  his  cousin,  Sept. 
5,  1819.  Naomi  Sparhawk.     Ch.:    Marietta,  b.  Aug.  12,   1801;  d. 

unm.  Dec.  9,  1840;  Thomas  O.,  b.  16,  1803;  a  druggist; 

res.  Greenfield;  Julianna,  b.  Sept.  4,  1804;  m.  Calvin  Carter; 
res.  Lapeer  Co.,  Mich.;  Hannah  S.,b.  July  22, 1806;  res.  G.;  unm.; 
William,  b.  May  12,  1808;  d.  June  24,  1834;  Lucius  H.,  b.  Oct. 
11,  1810;  d.  June,  1813;  Sarah  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  15,  1812;  m. 
Thomas  S.  Speed;  res.  Bardstown,  Ky.;  she  d.  1843;  3  ch.; 
Rebecca  S.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1814;  d.  Oct.  14,  1833;  Sophia  Ann,  b. 
Dec.  4,  1816;  d.  Elba,  Mich..  Oct.  13.  1844. 

946.  Jacob  Whitney  (Abraham.  Abraham.  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  July  7, 
1754;  m.  in  Bolton,  Sept.  30,  1779.  Esther  Walcott,  of  Bolton;  b.  Mar.  5,  1761;  d.  Dec. 
18,  1837.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  in  the  Bolton  company,  under  Capt. 
Sargent.     He  d.  Oct.  24. 1844;  res.  Stow.  Mass. 

■  Jacob,  b.  Oct.  8.  1787;  m.  Maria  Goldsmith. 

Levi,  b.  Nov.  11,  1780;  has  son  Charles  in  California. 

Keziah,  b.  Nov.  11,  1782;  m. Page;  res.  New  Salem,  Mass. 

josiAH.  b.  June  11,  1785;  d.  Aug.  10,  1823. 
Jesse,  b.  Jan.  26.  1790;  m.  Rebecca  Newell. 
Abraham,  b.  Jan.  6.  1794;  d.  Oct.  16.  1815. 
Lydia,  b.  Aug.  5,  1796. 

Isaac,  b.  Dec.  4,  1798;  m.  Marcia  J.  Barclay. 

Eunice,  b.  Nov.  8,  1807;  m.  Eliakam  Hutchings,  of  Westford. 
Mass.  Ch.:  Whitney,  res.  Templeton.  Mass.;  Milo.  res.  Bille- 
rica;  Carrie,  m.  Emery  J.  Whitney;  res.  Littleton,  Mass.;  New- 
ton; res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

948.  Dea.  Isaac  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Stow,  Feb.  1,  1749;  m.  May  12,  1774.  Lucy  Mead,  of  Boxboro.  He  d.  Apr.  29,  1815; 
res.  Stow  and  Harvard,  Mass. 

2231.  i.         Polly  or  Mary,  b.  Dec.  13, 1779;  m.  Cyrus  Whitney,  s.  of  Isaiah. 

(See.) 

2232.  ii.        Moses,  b.  Feb.  14,  1782;  m.  Lucv  Gates. 

2233.  iii.       Susan,  b.  Mar.  26.  1785;  m.  Apr.  16,  1807,  Phineas  Conant,  of  Stow. 

He  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.,  in  1783.  and  resided  there  until 
1827,  when  he  moved  to  Maine,  and  in  1836  to  Constantia,  N.  Y., 
where  he  died  July  18, 1842.  He  was  selectman  and  postmaster 
tor  years.  Ch.:  Daniel  Gates,  b.  Jan.  17,  1808;  d.  young;  Jona- 
than Newell,  b.  Aug.  13,  1810;  m.  Sarah  Jewell;  res.  W.  Vienna, 
N.  Y.;  prominent  citizen;  been  postmaster  and  justice  of  the 
peace  for  22  years;  Charles,  b.  July  5,  1812;  Andrew,  b.  May  18, 
1814;  m.  Ann  B.  Jewell;  res.  Rock  Island,  111. 

2234.  iv.       Asa  Willard,  b.  Apr.  24,  1787;  m.  Abigail  Whitcomb. 

2235.  V.        Clarissa,  b.  Oct.  28,  1795;  d.  childhood. 

2236.  vi.       Isaac,  b.  Apr.,  1775;  m.  Mary  Hill  and  Hannah  Haskell. 

949.  Capt.  Abraham  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Stow,  Jan.  7,  1752;  m.  Mav  10,  1780,  Hitty  Ware,  b.  Aug.  3,  1758;  d.  Sept.  25,  1793; 
m.  2d,  Sarah  Whitman,  b.  1760;  d.  Mar.  29,  1795;  m.-3d,  Nov.  13,  1796,  Catherine 
Wood,  b.  1766;  d.  Apr.  7,  1802;  m.  4th,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Conant)  Jewell,  widow  of  Ezra 
Jewell,  b.  Dec  4,  1762;  d.  July  21.  1855. 

Capt.  Abraham  Whitney  was  a  native  of  Stow,  Mass.,  and  resided  there  until 
1805,  when  he  moved  to  Waterford,  Me.  At  one  time  he  was  high  sheriff  of  Mid- 
dlesex County.  On  settling  in  Maine  he  erected  a  grist  mill  in  1810,  and  that  year 
was  elected  one  of  the  selectmen  of  W.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  prob- 
ably in  the  company  from  Bolton,  Apr.  10,  1818;  he  was  granted  a  pension  from 
Kennebec  Co.,  Me.,  when  76  years  of  age.  He  d.  Waterford,  Me.,  1814;  res.  Stow, 
Mass..  and  Waterford,  Me. 

Nabby.  b.  Nov.  12.  1780;  m.  Mar.  9,  1803,  James  Williams. 

Rhoda,  b.  Dec.  3.  1782;  d.  Jan.  4,  1785. 

Sally,  b.  Dec.  10,  1783;  m.  Bancroft  Williams. 

Joseph,  b.  Jan.  16,  1787;  d.  Dec.  13,  1789. 

Lucy.  b.  July  23,  1790. 

John,  b.  Oct.  14,  1792. 

Wetherbee,  b.  Feb.  12,  1795;  d.  June  22,  1796. 


2237. 

2238. 

ii. 

2239. 

iii. 

2240. 

IV. 

2241. 

v. 

2242. 

vi. 

2243. 

Vll 

2248. 

2249. 

ii. 

2250. 

111. 

2251. 

IV. 

2252. 

V. 

2253. 

vi. 

166  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2244.  viii.      Jonathan,  b. ;  m.  Abigail  Brooks. 

2245.  ix.        Catherine,  b.  in  Waterford,  Me.,  July  12,  1804;  m.  1825,  Joseph 

M.  Thompson,  b.  1804,  res.  Gorham,  N.  H.,  prop.  Glen  House. 
She  d.  1889.  Ch.:  Caroline  E.,  m.  Joseph  R.  Lafkin;  Abraham 
W.,  m.  Frances  E.  Stevens;  Charles  M.,  m.  Annette  E.  East- 
man; Geo.  F.;  Harriett  N.,  m.  Stephen  H.  Cummings. 

2246.  X.         Abraham,  b.  Sept.  16,  1805;  m.  Mary  A.  Hopkins. 

2247.  xi.        Cristopher,  b.  Dec.  5,  1806;  m.  Dolly  Brooks. 

959.  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  May  3,. 
1756;  m.  Relief  Holt. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  David  Moore,  from 
Bolton,  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  participated  in  the  reoccupation  of  Rhode 
Island,  Oct.  25,  1779.  On  his  return  home  the  following  year,  1780,  he  was  elected 
one  of  the  town  committee  on  correspondence  and  safety.  In  1786  he  was  elected 
selectman.  With  four  others  he  built  the  first  aqueduct  in  Harvard,  in  Nov.,  1796,. 
laying  wood  pipes  to  carry  water  to  his  residence  from  a  spring  near  by.  Jonas 
Whitney's  widow's  dower:  She  is  appointed  and  authorized  on  oath  to  appraise  all 
the  real  estate  whereof  Jonas  Whitnev,  late  of  Harvard,  deceased,  left,  and  to  set  off 
to  the  widow.  Relief  Whitney,  her  thirds,  Feb.  4, 1804.  He  d.  Nov.  26, 1803;  res.  Har- 
vard, Mass. 

Zebudah,  b.  Feb.  28,  1782. 

Jonas,  b.  June  10,  1784;  d.  Norfolk,  Va.,  Sept.  23,  1807. 

Nabbv,  b.  Mar.  25,  1786;  d.  unm. 

R.ACHEL,  b.  Apr.  17,  1788;  m. Russell. 

Sally,  b.  Oct.  26,  1789;  m.  John  Ellis. 

Levi,  b.  Aug.  23,  1793;  m.  Mary  .     She  d.  1889.     He  kept 

the  Commercial  Coffee  House  in  Boston,  Mass. 

2254.  vii.       Relief,  b.  Nov.  4,  1799;  m.  Oct.  31,  1826,  Gillum  Barnes,  b.  Mar. 

5,  1800;  he  d.  Mar.  11,  1884;  she  d.  Feb.  25,  1870.  Ch.:  Francis 
Gillum, b.  Aug.  5, 1829;  m.  Lydia  J.  Coombs,  Mar.  1, 1854;  d.  May 
31,  1888;  George  Henry,  b.  July  8,  1831;  m.  Georgiannia  Hart- 
well,  Oct.  31,  1855;  P.  O.  address,  Brighton,  Mass.;  Luther 
^  Edward,  b.  Feb.  2,  1834;  m.  H.  Louisa  Hale,  Jan.  10,  1861;  d. 
Nov.  21,  1869;  Theodore  Loring,  b.  July  5,  1836;  d.  Apr.  4,  1864; 
Mary  Metcalf.b.  Mar.  25,  1839;  m.  Horace  Blaney,  June  28, 1866, 
P.  O.  address,  Georgetown,  Fla.;  Levi  Whitnev,  b.  Feb.  4,  1841;. 
m.  Laura  E.  Cook,  Dec.  25,  1863;  d.  Sept.  5,  1869. 

2255.  viii.      Sophronia,  b.  Sept.  3.  1802;  m.  John  Ellis. 

2256.  ix.        Infant,  b. ;  d.  Aug.  4,  1780. 

961.  Lieut.  Salmon  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,. 
Feb.  16,  1760;  m.  Hepsabeth  Raymond,  b.  1761.  d.  Dec.  6,  1850.  She  made  her  will 
Nov.  10,  1845.     It  was  probated  Jan.  7,  1857. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  always  resided,  was  a  farmer,  and  when  the 
Revolutionary  war  broke  out  he  enlisted  at  once.  The  first  record  of  his  enlistment 
that  has  been  found  was  July  10,  1776,  for  8  months'  service  at  Dorchester  Heights  in 
Capt.  Sawyer's  Co.,  from  Lancaster.  In  1777  he  was  in  Capt.  Joseph  Sergeant's  Co.,, 
from  Princeton,  in  Col.  Steam's  Regt.,  for  service  in  Rhode  Island.  In  1780  he  was 
a  Lieut,  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Wm.  Scott.  He  was  then  20  years  of  age,  and  5 
feet  7  inches  in  height. 

On  his  memorial  tablet  in  the  Harvard  Cemetery  are  these  lines,  which  are. 
much  admired: 

"As  for  me,  I  will  behold  thy  face  in  righteousness. 
I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I  awake  in  thy  likeness." 

He  d.  in  1844;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

Salmon,  b.  Jan.  31,  1788;  m.  Eliza  Sumner  and  Alsa  P.  Pond. 
Ephraim,  b.  June  12,  1791;  Dr.  and  d.  Apr.  1846;  res.  Cambridge 

St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
John,  b.  Sept.  1,  1803;  m.  Mary  A.  Jewett. 
Justin,  b.  July  24,  1801;  m.  Mary  C.  Cotton. 
Nathan,  b.  Aug.  1,  1793;  m.  Nancy  Farwell. 
PERSis,b.  Aug.  12,  1796;  m.  Jan.  2,  1822,  Simeon  Wetherbee,  of 

Boxboro;  had  dau.  Caroline  R.    She  d.  Nov.  1. 1868,  at  Boxboro^ 


2257. 

i. 

2258. 

ii. 

2259. 

iii 

2260. 

IV, 

2261. 

V. 

2262. 

vi 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  167 

962.  Joel  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass., 
Oct.  15, 1762;  m.  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  1786,  Lydia  Willard;  b.  Harvard,  Mar.  6,  1786;  d. 
Jan.  8,  1856,  in  Sublette,  111. 

While  in  the  employ  of  Rev.  Seth  Payson  at  Rindge,  N.  H.,  he  met  his  future 
wife,  who  was  a  member  of  the  minister's  family.  She  was  smart,  active,  intelli- 
gent, and  unusually  neat.  She  was  a  devout  Christian,  and  the  marriage  was  a  happy 
one.  Mr.  Whitney  served  in  the  army  during  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Continental  line,  and  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life  drew  a  pension  from 
Nov.  24,  1832.  He  also  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  Those  who  knew  him  say  his 
word  was  as  good  as  his  bond.     He  d.  Feb.  1,  1842;  res.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

2263.  i.  LvDiA,  b.  Oct.  21,  1787;  m.  May  23,  1817,  Abial  Foster.  He  was 
born  in  Tewksbury,  and  enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  when 
but'  sixteen  years  of  age  and  remained  in  active  service  until  its 
close.  He  was  wounded  in  the  leg  by  a  bullet  which  he  carried 
through  life.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  captured 
by  the  British  and  taken  as  a  prisoner  of  war  to  England.  He 
was  subsequently  exchanged  and  returned  to  this  country.  He 
drew  a  pension  from  the  government,  and  Amos  A.  Parker,  aged 
101  years  (now  1893),  the  oldest  living  college  graduate,  has  a 
receipt  signed  by  Abial  Foster.  She  died  Sept.,  1846,  in  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass.  He  res.  in  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  and  was  b.  June  25, 
1763;  d.  Jan.  25,  1832.  Ch.:  Daniel  Whitney,  b.  June  16.  1818;  d. 
unm.,  Mav  17,  1844;  Julia,  b.  Sept.  5,  l!^20;  m.  Oct.  12,  1840,  Jonas 
Brooks  of  Dublin,  N.  H.;  had  7  ch.,  and  d.  Feb.  10,  1890; 
Zebuda,  b.  Dec.  12,  1822;  m.  Samuel  Whitney  (see);  Willard,  b. 
.  Dec.  18,  1825,  n.  f.  k. 
Lemuel,  b.  July  7,  1789;  d.  unm.  in  1862,  Deerfield,  Mass. 

Joel,  b.  Feb.  29,  1792;  m. . 

Jesse,  b.  Nov.  8,  1794;  m. 


2264. 

ii. 

2265. 

lii. 

2266. 

IV. 

2267. 

V. 

2268. 

VI. 

2269. 

vu. 

Daniel,  b.  May  9,  1797;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  1817. 
Grata,  b.  Mar.  25,  1801;  m.  Benjamin  B.  Morse. 
Willard,  b.  Feb.  13, 1804;  d.  Apr.  7,  1825. 

963.  Israel  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Jan.  16,  1767,  in 
Harvard;  m.  there  Mar.  30,  17^8,  Susannah  Gerrv;  b.  Harvard,  Apr.  10,  176y;d.  North 
Hero,  Vt.,  Feb.  11,  1848. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.;  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Littleton,  Mass.,  then  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.;and 
soon  after  a  short  residence  in  Sudbury  to  North  Hero,  Vt.,  where  he  afterward 
resided.  He  d.  Feb.  12,  1842;  res.  Littleton,  Mass.;  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  and  Sudbury 
and  North  Hero,  Vt. 

2270.  i.  Israel,  b.  Littleton,  May  31,1790;  d.  unm.,  killed  by  a  falling  tree, 

at  North  Hero,  Vt.,  in  1816. 

2271.  ii.         Susannah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1792;  m.  John  Darrow  of  Alburgh,  Vt.;  b. 

;  m.  Lucien  Clark;  res.  Dickinson,  N.  Y. 

2272.  iii.        Betsey,  b.  July  26,  1794;  m.  Sept.,  1816,  Aaron  Davis  of  Bradford, 

\t.  He  was  a  shoemaker.  Ch.:  Levi  W.,  b.  Julv  1,  1817,  North 
Hero,  Grand  Isle  Co.,  Vt.;  m.  Oct.  12,  1843;  res.  Pittsford,  N.  Y.; 
Nelson,  b.  Aug.,  1818,  North  Hero,  Vt.;  Loren,  b.  Aug.,  1820, 
North  Hero,  Vt.  Loren  died  at  Lone  Rock,  Wis.,  1863;  do  not 
know  the  address  of  any  of  his  children.  (Nelson's,  Oconto, 
Wis.)  There  were  five  of  the  Hazen  children:  Harris,  Harriet,. 
Harvey,  Dan,  Josephus.  Harris,  Harriet,  Josephus  died  in  Can- 
ada; Harvey  is  in  Dickinson,  N.  Y.;  Dan  in  Burlington,  Vt. 

Peter,  b.  Aug.  16,  1799;  m.  Lucina  Fisk  and  Laura  Farr. 

Gary,  b. ;  m.  Patty  Hazen. 

Levi,  b. ;  d.  at  North  Hero,  unm. 

LucENA,  b.  May  10,  1809;  m.  Sept.,  1827;  Daniel  Hazen  of  North 
Hero.  He  was  b.  Mar.,  1800;  d.  Mar.  30,  1828.  She  m.  2d,  Jan., 
1837,  Ralph  Hazen.  She  d.  Aug.  27,  1867.  Ch.:  Daniel,  b.  Aug. 
13,  1827;  m.  Sept.  8,  1852,  Laura  Ann  Kinsley;  res.  Hiawatha, 
Kan.;  Cevlon,  b.  May  9, 18:^;  m.  July,  1857,  Jennette  Roach;  res. 
Rolf,  la.;' Ann  Augusta,  b.  Sept.  12,  1840;  d.  Oct.  12. 1850. 

2277.  viii.     Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Henry  H.  Hazen  of  North  Hero.    Ch.:  Sum- 
ner L.,b. ;  m. ;  res.  Malone,  N.  Y. 

2278.  ix.        Sealand,  b.  Nov.  2,  1799;  m.  Sybil  Landon. 


2273. 

iv. 

2274. 

V. 

2275. 

VI. 

2276. 

Vll. 

2281. 

iii. 

2282. 

IV. 

2283. 

V. 

2284. 

vi. 

2285. 

VII 

168  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

965.  Levi  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard  June  23, 
1751;  m.  Sept.  12,  1772,  Sarah  Lawrence;  d.  Oct.  19,  1783;  m.  2d,  Dec.  25,  1783,  Hepsi- 
beth  Fay,  or  Westboro,  Oct.  1,  1759.  At  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  resided  in  Con- 
cord. He  d.  in  1786;  res.  Concord  and  Westminster,  Mass.,  Rindge  and  Marlboro, 
N.  H. 

2279.  i.  Sarah,  b.  June  12,  1774. 

2280.  ii.         Lydia,  b.  May  20,  1776;  m.  in  1796  Tarrant  Cutler.     He  was  b. 

Sept.  10,  1770,  and  d.  at  Royalston  in  1841.  Ch.:  Sarah,  b.  Apr. 
19,  1798;  m.  Benj.  Heywood;  Melinda,  b.  Mar.  16,  1880;  m. 
Abijah  Richardson;  m.  2d  Benoni  Peck;  John,  b.  Oct.  13,  1802; 
m.  Elizabeth  Jacobs;  res.  Exeter,  Me.;  Lysander,  General,  b. 
Feb.  16, 1807;  m.  Catherine  Bassett;  res.  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Lydia, 
b.  Mar. 27, 1809;  Levi,b.  Aug.7, 1811;  m.  PriscillaTibbetts;  m.2d 
Sarah  Hill;  m.  3d  Ann  S.  Hogeboom;  res.  Ghent,  N.  Y.;  Tarrant, 
b.  Sept.  8, 1813;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.;  George,  b.  July  20, 1815;  m. 
Mary  Howe;  res.  Bangor,  Me.;  Otis,  b.  Oct.  17,  1817;  res.  Port- 
land, Me. 

Levi,  b.  May  12,  1778;  d.  Dec.  1, 1780. 

John,  b.  Aug.  26,  1780. 

Betsey,  b.  Apr.  5, 1783. 

Levi,  b.  Sept.  28,  1784;  m.  and  res.  Plymouth,  Vt. 

Amos,  b.  1786;  m.  Sophia  Harris. 

967.  Judge  Lemuel  Whitney  (Ephraim.  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Petersham,  Mass.,  Oct.  18,  1764;  m.  there  Sept.  6,  1787,  Lydia  Bryant;  b.  in  1767;  d. 
May  27,  1800,  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

Hon.  Lemuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.  He  moved  to  Vermont  in 
1785,  and  first  resided  at  Newfane,  where  he  was  sheriff  of  the  county  and  one  of  the 
prominent  men  in  that  part  of  the  state.  By  trade  he  was  a  silversmith.  In  1790  he 
moved  to  Brattleboro,  and  at  once  took  a  leading  part  in  the  affairs  of  that  place. 
For  ten  years  he  was  representative;  from  1801  to  1824  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court; 
1801  to  1820  clerk  of  the  county;  1817  to  1828  judge  of  probate;  1790  to  1847  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  was  retentive  in  memory,  frank,  tree  and  fearless  in  the  expression 
of  his  sentiments.     He  d.  Apr.  17,  1847;  res.  Petersham,  Mass.,  and  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Samuel,  b.  May  23,  1791;  m.  Amelia  Hyde.' 

Harry,  b.  P.,  Sept.  2,  1789. 

George,  b. . 

Lemuel  b. . 

Susan,  b.  P.,  Nov.  22,  1787;  m. Ellis,  and  left  3  children. 

Laura,  b.  1796;  d.  in  Woodstock,  in  1875,  unm.    She  was  blind. 

969.  Samuel  Winslow  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 

Petersham,  Mass.,  Dec.  17,  1769;  m. .      He  d.  in  1852;  res.  Brattleboro, 

Vt.,  and  Malone,  N.  Y. 

2292.     i.         Edward  Winslow,  b.  in  1801;  m.  Lavinia  Bruce  Bemis. 

970.  John  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham, 
Mass.,  July  1,  1760;  m.  Nov.  8,  1787,  Hannah  Bigelow;  b.  1768;  d.  Aug.  8,  1828. 

He  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  and  moved  to  Newfane  on  a  farm.  Later  he 
moved  to  West  Dummerston,  where  he  followed  farming  and  ever  after  resided.  He 
d.  Oct.  13,  1849;  res.  Newfane  and  Dover,  Vt.,Coleraine,  Mass.,  and  West  Dummers- 
ton, Vt. 

RuFUS,  b.  Aug.  28,  1793;  m.  Lois  Miller. 

Daniel  Bigelow,  b.  Mar.  1802;  m.  Lucretia  Fletcher. 

Mary,  b.  July  7,  1796;  d.  unm.  Oct.  14,  1826. 

Sarah,  b. . 

Arad,  b.  1790;   m.  and  left  two  daus.,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Smith  and 

Louisa;  res.  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Ephraim,  b.  Feb.  26,  1805;  m.  Mary  Ann  Dennison. 
Levi,  b.  Dec.  18,  1791;  d.  unm.  at  Dummerston,  Apr.,  1861. 

Richard,  b. . 

John,  b.  Apr.  29,  1800;  m.  Sarah  Wilson,  and  d.  Oct.  12,  1844.    Ch.: 
Geo.  T.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1840;  d,  in  army  during  the  Civil  war;  Will- 
iam G.,  b.  Mar.,  1843;  d.  in  army  during  the  Civil  war. 
2302.    X.        Hannah,  b.  Sept.  24, 1798;  d.  unm.  Dec.  23, 1842. 


2286. 

i. 

2287. 

11. 

2288. 

ni. 

2289. 

iv. 

2290. 

V. 

2291. 

vi. 

2293. 

2294. 

ii. 

2295. 

ill. 

2296. 

IV. 

2297. 

v. 

2298. 

vi. 

2299. 

Vll. 

2300. 

Vlll. 

2301. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  169 

2303.  xi.       Augustus,  b.  May  20,  1788.     He  was  m.  and  left  several  ch.,  one 

of  whom  was  Richard. 

■  976.    Abel  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass., 
Sept.  19,  1762;  m. ;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

2304.  i.  Abel,  b.  in  1786;  m.  Abigail  H.  Townsend. 

977.  Simon  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
June  28,  1766;  m.  in  Petersham,  Mar.  20,  1783,  Lucy  Hammond,  of  Newton,  dau.  of 
Enoch,  b.  Petersham,  Dec.  24. 1766;  d.  1846. 

May  20,  1824,  Oliver  and  the  widow  Lucy,  were  appointed  executors  of  Simon's 
will.  In  it  were  mentioned,  wife  Lucy,  sons  Oliver,  Lewis  and  John  Whitney,  daus. 
Nancy  Whitney  and  Julia  Ann  Whitney,  son  Timothy,  daus.  Lucy  Bryant,  Betsey 
Bowker,  sons  Simon  and  George.     He  a.  Mar.  12,  1826;  res.  Petersham,  Mass. 

2305.  i.  Oliver,  b.  Aug.  14,  1783;  d.  unm.  in  P.,  Apr.  10,  1866. 

2306.  ii.  Lucy,  b.  May  17,  1791;  m.  at  Essex,  \'t.,  Amasa  Bryant.     Shed. 

at  Essex,  Jan.  16,  1876.  He  was  b.  Oct.  18, 1791;  d,  Aug.  12, 1861 
res.  Essex,  \'t.;  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  farmer.  Ch. 
Charlotte  Eliza,  b.  July  7,  1825;  m.  Nov.  1,  1849,  Hiram  R.  Prate 
res.  Colorado  Springs,  Col.;  Ellen  Amelia,  b.  July  23,  1834;  m 
Nov.  27,  1856,  Enoch  Howe;  res.  Burlington,  Vt. 

2307.  iii.        Nancy,  b.  Apr.  29,  1786;  d.  Sept.  12,  1786. 

2308.  iv.       Timothy,  b.  Apr.  2,  1789;  m.  Lucy  Bryant. 

2809.  V.  Betsey,  b.  Dec.  19,  1793;  m.  Nov.  10,  1814,  John  Bowker,  b.  Mar. 
10,1791;  d.  Jan.  22,  1871.  She  d.  Jan.  17,  1844.  Farmer;  res. 
Petersham,  Mass.  Ch.:  John,  b.  Aug.  6,  1816;  d.  Aug.  6,  1815; 
Eliza,  b.  Aug.  27,  1817;  m.  Apr.  2.  18.38.  Wm.  Willard  Loring; 
res.  Barre,  Mass.;  Henry,  b.  Nov.  8,  1818;  m.  Apr.  19,  1843, 
Sarah  Davis;  res.  Greenfield,  Mass.;  Laura,  b.  Sept.  23,  1820;  m. 
Apr.  27,  1842,  Dexter  Cheney;  res.  Athol  Center,  Mass.;  John,  b. 
July  8,  1822;  d.  July  17,  1822;  Ellen,  b.  Feb.  14,  1824;  m.  Feb. 
20,  1844,  John  W.  Bryant;  res.  Orange,  Mass.;  Mary,  b.  Nov.  20, 
1826;  d.  Nov.  20,  1825;  Lewis,  b.  Feb.  25,  1827;  d.  Aug.  2,  1832; 
Amelia,  b.  May  31,  1829;  d.  Jan.  30,  1831;  Lucia,  b.  June  10. 
1831;  d.  Dec.  8,  1837;  Mary  Frances,  b.  Mar.  21,  1835;  d.  Apr.  4, 
1838. 

2310.  vi.        Simon,  b.  Nov.  25,  1795;  m.  Sarah  Holmes. 

2311.  vii.       George,  b.  Feb.  12,  1800;  m.  Lucy  Kellogg,  Mrs.  Emeline  Tyler, 

and  Mrs.  Caroline  Walton. 

2312.  viii.      Lewis,  b.  June  12,  1803;  m.  Pamelia  V.  Day. 

2313.  ix.        John,  b.  Dec.  11,  1806;  m.  Harriett  F.  Bruce. 

2314.  X.         Julia  Ann,  b.  Sept.  6,  1807;    m.  Sept.  26,  1830.  Eleazer  Metcalf 

Wilson,  b.  July  25,  1804;  d.  Dec.  24,  1890,  in  Pembroke,  N.  H. 
She  d.  Nov.  4.  1869.  Ch.:  Helen  M..  b.  Nov.  8,  1832;  res.  Pem- 
broke, N.  H.;  Julia  F..  b.  Nov.  11,  1834;  m.  Chas.  E.  Eaton;  res. 
S.  Worthington  St..  Boston,  Mass.;  he  d.  Oct.  7,  1886;  Georgi- 
ana,  b.  Dec.  12,  1836;  m.  Frank  P.  Reed;  res.  Pembroke; 
Charles  E.,  b.  May  6,  1839;  d.  May  1868;  Catherine  S.  C,  b. 
Oct.  3,  1842;  m.  Frank  D.  Abbott:  res.  Concord,  N.  H.;  John  M.. 
b.  Dec.  26,  1849;  d  Dec,  188Ji. 

2315.  xi.        Nancy,  b.  Apr.  21,  1787;  d.  unm.  Mar.  6,  1846. 

2316.  xii.       Amory,  b.  Sept.  26,  1797;  d.  Sept.  12,  1800. 

979.  Peter  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Apr.  20,  1760;  m.  Mary  Blair;  d.  Mar.  11,  1826.  He  was  a  tailor  and  resided 
at  Chester,  where  he  conducted  his  business.  Was  buried  in  Huntington.  He  d. 
Mar  6,  1826;  res.  Chester,  Mass. 

George,  b.  May  20,  1806;  m.  Amanda  M.  Henry. 
Solomon  Blair,  b.  in  1785;  m.  Mary  Dear. 

Hezekiah,  b. ;  res.  Huntington,  Mass. 

Theodore,  b. ;  m.  Manila  Ann  Avery. 

Eliza,  b.  Sept.  20,  1804;  m.  Aug.  19,  1828,  John  Wells  Loomis.  b. 
May  23.  1806.     He  was  a  manufacturer  of  tobacco  and  cigars; 
res.  Suffield,  Conn.     She  d.  there  Mar.  22,  1871. 
Laura,  b. . 


2317. 

2318. 

2319. 

iii. 

2320. 

iv. 

2321. 

v. 

2322. 

vi. 

12 

170  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2323.  vii.       Nancy,  b.  Chester;  m.  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Elisha  Avery;  was  a 

farmer  and  d.  at  Montgomery,  Mass. 

2324.  viii.     Polly,  b. ;  m.  Francis  Harwood;  res.  Huntington,  Mass. 

980.  Silas  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham, 
Apr.  29,  1762;  m.  at  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1789,  Mamre  Bradley,  b.  1765,  d.  Apr. 
20, 1835. 

Silas  Whitney  was  a  farmer  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits  all  his  life.  He 
was  honest  and  much  respected  and  beloved  by  his  fellow  citizens  in  Stockbridge. 
He  d.  Apr.  11,  1807;  res.  Stockbridge.  Mass. 

2.325.    i.         Abigail  Tarbox  Pepoon,  b.  ■ ;  d.  unm. 

2326.  ii.         Harriett,  b.  Feb.  9. 1793;  m.  at  Stock.  Elisha  Curtis.    He  was 

b.  July  15,  1789;  d.  Aug.  28,  1840;  was  a  merchant.  Ch.:  William 

Brown;    res.  New  Rochelle,   N.  Y.;    Silas   Whitney,  d. ; 

Catherine,  d.  Dec.  12,  1828,  ae.  9;  Mary  Mamre,  d.  Apr.  22,  1885, 

ae.  61;    George  Elnathan,  d. ;    Robert  Galpin,  d.  — ; 

Henry  Elisha. 

2327.  iii.       George,  b.  Jan.  6,  1795;  m.  Parmela  F.  Fenn. 

2328.  iv.        William,  b. ;  m.  Anna  Jones. 

2329.  V.         Cornelia,  b. — ;  m.  Luke  Ashburner.   He  was  b.  in  England. 

They  had  one  son,  William,  who  m.  Emeline  Field,  dau.  of 
Stephen,  one  of  the  Field  family  in  Stockbridge.  He  d.  in 
California  in  1891,  s.  p.  The  widow  res.  at  1014  Pine  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  "William  was  appointed  by  the  President  of  the 
U.  S.  in  1864  as  a  Stale  Commissioner  to  manage  lands. 

2330.  vi.        Mary,  b.  — ;  d.  unm. 

2331.  vii.      Charlotte,  b. ;   m.   Hon.    James    Fowler,    of   Westfield, 

Mass.;  his  second  wife.    She  d.  s.  p. 

981.  Timothy  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham, 
Mass.,  Apr.  22,  1766;  m.  Lois  Baker;  b.  May  30,  1770;  d.  Mar.  2,1826;  m.  2d  Mrs. 
Smith. 

Timothy  Whitney  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  but  moved  to  Lanesborough 
early  in  life.  He  had  all  his  children  by  his  first  wife,  Lois  Baker.  He  was  a  medium 
sized  man,  rather  stocky  in  his  old  age,  bald-headed,  blue-eyed,  very  amiable,  and 
fond  of  children,  jolly,  popular,  and  respected.  He  was  the  chief  merchant  in  Lanes- 
borough  and  postmaster  for  many  years;  also  Register  of  Deeds  for  Berkshire  Co. 
He  was  a  fine  penman,  accurate,  and  methodical.  Was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  d.  Feb.  14, 1.541 ;  res.  Petersham,  Otis,  and  Lanesborough, 
Mass. 

2332.  iii.        Richard,  b.  Aug.  2,  1800;  m.  Clarissa  Tower. 

2333.  i.  Silas,  b. ;  d.  voung;  unm. 

2334.  ii.         Sophia,  b.  Feb.  18,"  1796;  m.  Henry  Hubbard.     She  d.  Sept.  9, 

1863.  He  was  b.  in  Sheffield,  Mass.,  May  22,  1783;  d.  Dec.  25, 
1863.  He  was  a  leading  lawyer  there.  Ch.:  Henry,  b.  Jan. 
21,1816;  d.  unknown;  Douglas  S.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1817;  d.  Sept.  19, 
1885;  John  W.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1819;  res.  Waterville,  N.  Y.;  Sophia, 
b.  Apr.  2,  1820;  d.  Mar.  21,  1826;  Elizabeth  A.,  b.  May  1,  1822; 
m.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1864,  Joseph  E.  A.  Smith,  b.  Feb. 
4,1822.  He  is  the  well  known  historian;  res.  Pittsfield;  Frances, 
b.  Sept. 9, 1825;  d.l825;  Fred, b.  Nov.  1,1826;  d.  Jan.,  1890.  Agnes, 
child  of  Douglas,  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Harry  T.,  child  of  Fred, 
res.  New  York  City. 

2335.  iv.       Eliza,  b. ;   m.  1823,  Socrates  Squier;  she  d.  1826.     Ch.: 

George  L.,  only  child,  b.  1824.  He  resides  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.; 
is  president  of  the  Geo.  L.  Squier  Mfg.  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
sugar,  rice,  and  coffee  machinery,  agricultural  implements,  and 
mill  engines. 

2336.  V.         Adeline,  b.  ;  m.;  a  dau.  is  Mrs.  J.  W.  Peck;  res.  New 

Britain,  Conn. 

982.  Dea.  Hezekiah  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1766;  m.  Mehitable  Haven. 

He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life  and  resided  in  the  east  part  of  Otis,  Mass.  He 
chronicles  the  following:  "One  Sunday,  July  11,  1819,  God  visited  us  with  lightning 


2337. 

i. 

2338. 

ii. 

2339. 
2340. 

iii 
iv 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  171 

and  thunder  and  destroyed  the  south  part  of  the  house  and  preserved  our  lives  in 
the  north  end  of  the  house."  The  house  was  struck  by  lightning  while  the  family  was 
at  prayer  one  warm  Sabbath  evening.  A  curious  fact  was  that  every  room  in  the 
house  was  damaged  but  the  one  occupied  by  the  family  at  the  time.  No  one  was  hurt, 
although  his  daughter,  Julia,  was  struck  to  the  floor,  as  she  stood  near  a  window. 
The  house  is  yet  standing,  I  think.  He  married  his  wife  against  the  wishes  of  his 
father,  but  he  was  soon  reconciled.  "  Mehitable  was  a  very  handsome  girl  and 
remarkably  smart."  He  was  a  very  patient,  gentle  man,  was  a  deacon  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church.     He  d.  Oct.  25,  1839;  res.  Otis,  Mass. 

Paul,  b.  June  18,  1793;  m.  Rebecca  Desire  Freeman  and  Mrs. 
Harriett  (Wheeler)  Roberts. 

Julia,  b.  ;  m.  Jesse  Williams;  res.  Sandisfielo,  Mass.     A 

son,  Orville,  is  a  physician.     She  d.  Aug.  6,  1856,  in  New  Boston, 
Mass. 

Hannah,  b. ;  m.  Isaac  Snow;  res.  Otis. 

Mehitable,  b. ;  m. Galpin.  Had  2  sons.  Mehit- 
able Whitney,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  Whitney,  was  a  small, 
frail  woman,  waist  measure  when  a  girl  less  than  eighteen 
inches;  her  whole  figure  well  proportioned.  Yet  this  frail,  little 
woman,  once  in  winter  when  the  deep  snow  made  stout 
men  wait  before  braving  it,  found  the  supply  of  fuel  almost 
gone  and  her  father  too  ill  to  go  for  any.  She  donned  her 
lather's  coat  and  trousers,  boots  and  mittens,  yoked  the  oxen, 
and  with  shovel  to  help  clear  away  the  snow,  went  into  the 
woods  alone,  cut  down,  drew  home,  and  cut  for  the  fire  wood 
enough  to  last  till  her  father  was  well  again. 

2341.  V.         Hezekiah,  b. ;  d.  unm.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2342.  vi.        William,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2343.  vii.       Juliette,  b. ;  m.  John  Bowen. 

2344.  viii.      Sally,  b. ;  m.  John  Bowen.     After  her  death  he  m.  Juliette. 

2345.  ix.        Lucy,  b. ;  m. Chatfield. 

2546.     X.         Tabitha,  b. ;  m.  John  Bowen. 

983.  Dr.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Otis, 
Mass.,  Sei-t.  14,  1768;  m.  Nov.  27,  18U0,  Dolly  Smith;  b.  Mar.  17,  1782;  d.  in  Cayuga, 
N.  Y.,  in  1846.     Her  father  was  a  sea  captain. 

He  was  l)orn  in  Otis,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Timothy  and  Alice  (Whitney)  Whitney. 
With  his  parents  he  moved  to  Petersham,  Mass.,  where  he  passed  his  early  life  and 
where  he  studied  medicine.  Soon  after  his  majority  he  started  for  the  west,  locating 
in  Cayuga,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  He  was  a  physician  of 
eminence  and,  with  a  few  others  at  the  beginning  of  the  century,  made  the  eastern 
shore  of  Cayuga  Lake  famous  throughout  the  state.  Dr.  Whitney  was  highly 
respected  by  the  entire  community.  Cayuga  bridge  was  built  in  1797.  There  was 
only  a  log  tavern,  built  by  Mr.  Hardenburg  at  Auburn,  when  he  passed  through. 
Cayuga  at  that  time  was  the  county  seat.  He  first  located  in  Cayuga.  After  remain- 
ing there  a  few  years  he  sold  his  rigs  and  moved  to  Batavia,  N.  Y.  After  a  year's 
residence  there,  the  physician  at  Cayuga  died  and  the  people  sent  for  him  to  return, 
which  he  did,  and  remained  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  d.  Julv,  1850;  res.  Cavuga, 
N.  Y. 

2347.    i.         William,  b.  Aug.  15,  1815;  m.  Elizabeth  J.  Turner. 

2^:^48.     ii.        Charles  H.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1824;  m.  Elizabeth  Lowe.  . 

2:349..   iii.       Edwin  H.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1806;  m.  Jane  Horton  and  Eliza  ].  Kvle. 

2350.  iv.  Mary  Brainerd,  b.  Sept.  12,  1801;  m.  Feb.  15,  1827,  Cutler  L. 
Laflin.  He  was  b.  in  Southwick,  Mass.,  Oct.  17,  1799;  d.  at 
Westfield,  Oct.  2,  1877.  She  d.  there  Dec.  25,  1885;  res.  West- 
field,  Mass.  He  was  emphatically  the  architect  of  his  own 
fortunes.  Honesty,  economy,  and  application  tell  the  story  of 
his  successful  career.  From  a  clerkship  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  he 
went  to  Gorham,  Me.,  and  engaged  in  the  powder  business. 
Later  he  was  in  the  fur  trade  in  Montreal  and  Quebec.  Dis- 
posing of  this  business,  he  returned  to  the  States  and  engaged 
m  the  manufacture  of  paper  at  Lee,  Mass.  The  business  at 
Lee  was  finally  discontinued,  when  Mr.  Laflin  opened  a  commis- 
sion paper  warehouse  in  New  Orleans  with  a  Mr.  Steavens  of 


172  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

New  Marlboro,  under  the  name  of  Laflin,  Steavens  &  Co.  This 
business  was  continued  for  some  years,  and  he  finally  sold  out  to 
Mr.  Steavens,  his  partner.  He  then  became  connected  as 
special  partner  in  the  firm  of  C.  Yale,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  in  importation 
of  silks.  This  business  arrangement  ceased  somewhere  about 
184H,  at  which  time  he  removed  to  Westfield  in  order  to  be  near 
his  father,  who  still  lived  in  Southwick.  In  the  fall  of  1851  Mr. 
Laflin  purchased  the  interest  of  Alexander  Jessup  in  the  Woro- 
noco  Mills  for  his  son,  G.  L.  Laflin,  when  the  well  known,  suc- 
cessful and  popular  firm  of  Jessup  &  Laflin  was  organized. 
Since  going  to  Westfield,  Mr.  Laflin  has  never  engaged  in  any 
active  business.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  West- 
field  Savings  Bank,  in  which  he  was  for  along  time  a  prominent 
and  an  active  director.  In  1864  he  withdrew  from  the  Old 
Westfield  Bank,  and  in  company  with  Mr.  Jessup  and  his 
brother  Heman  Laflin,  now  of  New  Haven,  and  his  son,  Geo.  L. 
Laflin,  established  the  First  National  Bank  of  Westfield  in  the 
room  now  occupied  by  the  Westfield  Savings  Bank.  After  a 
successful  existence  of  two  years  the  capital  stock  was  increased 
from  aiOO,000  to  $260,000,  and  the  Westfield  Bank  merged  into 
it.  He  was  always  the  largest  stockholder  of  the  bank,  and  as 
a  director  he  was  something  more  than  a  figure-head.  He 
always,  and  wisely,  too,  dictated  the  policy  of  the  bank,  and  in 
him  Mr.  Hooker,  the  trusted  and  efficient  cashier,  always  found 
a  sound  and  reliable  adviser.  In  1871  the  Hon.  William  G. 
Bates  resigned  the  presidency  of  the  bank  and  Mr.  Laflin  was 
then  elected  the  president,  a  position  which  he  held  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Laflin  was  also  the  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee  of  the  Westfield  Savings  Bank,  whose  interest 
he  guarded  with  jealous  care.  In  all  his  transactions  he  was  a 
man  of  integrity,  upright  in  all  his  dealings.  Occupation  of 
Cutler  Laflin,  paper  manufacturer;  religion  of  both,  Protestant. 
Ch.:  Geo.  Lester,  oldest  child,  b.  at  Lee,  Mar.  8,  1828;  m.  June 
20,  1865,  Martha  M.  Clark  of  Newark,  N.  J., at  Westfield,  Mass.; 
res.  Westfield;  8  ch.,  Geo.  Lester,  b.  Oct.  26,  1866;  d.  Jan.  18, 
1867;  Geo.  Lester,  b.  Nov.  19,  1867;  d.  Oct.  21,  1870;  Mary 
Frances,  b.  Feb.  4,  1869;  Charles  Walter,  b.  June  26,  1870;  Ger- 
trude, b.  Dec.  8,  1872;  Cutler,  b.  Mar.  9,  1874;  Jere  Horton,  b. 
Feb.  19,  1876;  Catherine  Eldredge,  b.  Mar.  27,  1879.  Mary 
Frances,  2d  child,  b.  at  Lee,  Nov.  19,  1829;  d.  at  Westfield, 
unm.,  Aug.  7,  1862;  Adelaide,  3d  child,  b.  at  Lee,  Jan.  11,  1886; 
d.  at  Lee,  Mar.  11,  1839.  Politics  of  Cutler,  Whig  and  Repub- 
lican. 

2361.  v.  Clarissa  Smith,  b.  Aug.  15,  1804;  m.  in  Cayuga,  Dec.  17,  1823, 
WMlliam  Foote.  She  d.  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  1846.  He  was  b.  Dec. 
8,  1802;  d.  June  22,  1877;  was  a  farmer,  later  a  grain  dealer. 
Ch.:  Elizabeth  Coe,  b.  Jan.  16,  1826;  m.  Sept.  27,  1843,  Olney 
Bryant  Maxwell;  res.  Oakland,  Cal.;2  ch.;  Julia  Louisa,  b.  May 
18,  1826;  m.  May,  1846,  Henry  Kingsbury;  d.  Feb.  13,  1870.  They 
had  one  dau.,  b.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1847.  Is  now  matron 
of  Wells  College,  Aurora,  N.  Y.;  Mary  Adaline,  b.  June  3,  1828; 
m.  1866,  Isaac  O.  Adams.  She  d.  Chicago,  May,  1869,  leaving  3 
ch.,  Harry  F.,  Harriett  M.,  and  Norman;  Harriett  Amelia,  b. 
Aug.  9,  1831;  m.  Howard  Phillips.  She  d.  Chicago,  May  26, 
1870;  2  ch.,  Howard  M.  and  Louise  H.;  Almeda  Cornelia,  b. 
Sept.  30,  1839;  d.  Jan.  13,  1846. 

2352.  vi.  Fannie,  b.  Nov.  7,  1812;  m.  Sept.  2, 1833,  Dr.  John  A.  Thompson. 
She  d.  Mar.  2.  1892.  He  was  b.  May  30,  1810;  d.  Feb.  17, 1879; 
res.  Auburn,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Charles  DeWitt,  b.  Cayuga,  July  16, 
1834;  m.  Mary  E.  Comstock  of  Chicago.  111.,  Feb.  17,  1866;  d.  in 
New  York,  Aug.  3,  1890;  Harriet  Lettitia,  b.  Mar.  20,  1842;  m. 
ValorusSouthworth.June  4,  1872,  whod.  Sept.  22,  1882;  m.2d  to 
Homer  P.  Bender,  Dec.  27,  1883,  who  d.  Mar.  6,  1889;  address 
140  E.  48th  St.,  New  York;  George  Edwin,  b.  May  10,  1844;  d. 
in  New  Orleans,  Jan.  11,  1879;  Mary  Frances,  b.  June  11,  1849; 


2856. 

i. 

2857. 

ii. 

2.358. 

111. 

2359. 

iv. 

2860. 

V. 

2361. 

VI. 

2362. 

VII. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  178 

m.  John  B.  Finn,  Jan.  3,   1871;  address  118   E.  Genesee   St., 
Auburn,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
2853.     vii.      George  S.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1810;  m.  Elcie  Kellogg  and  Mrs.  Rhoda 
Bond. 

2354.  viii.     Harriett  Amelia,  b.  Aug.  28, 1818;  m.  Dec.  20,  1855,  Hon.  Morris 

B.  Flinn,  b.  Apr.  27,  1811;  d.  June  24,  1891,  s.  p.  She  res.  Rush- 
ville,  N.  Y.     He  was  a  hardware  merchant. 

2355.  ix.       Ann  Maria,  b.  Aug.  18,  1820;  m.  Jan.  15,  1850,  Lyman  Carr;  res. 

Mt.  Morris,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Nov.  9,  1816;  merchant.  Ch.: 
Marion  \V.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1851;  Fannie  C,  b.  Sept.  5,  1856;  d.  May 
31,  1861. 

984.  Jonas  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Oct.  21,  1770;  m.  in  Blandford,  Mass.,  Mary  Noble.  She  d.  ae.  77  years.  He 
was  a  blacksmith.     He  d.  in  1845;  res.  Otis,  Mass. 

Barnabas,  b.  May  1, 1791;  res.  N.  Y.  state. 

Harvey,  b.  July  23,  1795;  d.  s.  p. 

Erastus  Marvin,  b.  July  28,  1797;  m.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  (Jackson) 
Davidson. 

Mary,  b.  Feb.  20,  1801;  d.  in  Chester,  Mass.,  and  left  one  dau. 

Alice,  b.  Mar.  21,  1803;  d.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  leaving  one  dau. 

Silas  N.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1805;  m.  Ann  Fay. 

Milton,  b.  Apr.  17,  1807;  res.  in  Iowa. 

987.  Paul  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham, 
Mass.,  Apr^  13,  1777;  m.  at  Hinesburg,  \'t.,  Dollie  Darwin;  m.  2d,  St.  Albans,  \'X., 
1807,  Lucinda  Marsh,  b.  Dec.  13,  1786;  d.  Feb.  3,  1863. 

Paul  Whitney,  born  in  Petersham,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  was  known  from  early 
manhood  as  a  teacher  by  profession.  During  the  first  years  of  the  century  while 
teaching  in  Northern  Vermont  he  met  and  married  Miss  Dollie  Darwin,  of  Hines- 
burg, Vt.,  daughter  of  Samuel  Darwin,  of  Rutland,  Vt.,  who  was  so  loyal  to  King 
George,  over  the  sea,  and  the  Tories,  his  lands  were  confiscated  and  he  removed  to 
Hinesburg.  She  was  a  person  of  acknowledged  beauty,  and  to  them  was  born  one 
son,  Samuel  D.,  named  for  her  father.  Paul  was  a  twin  brother  of  Barnabas  Whit- 
ney, also  a  teacher,  and  so  alike  in  personal  appearance  they  could  exchange  places 
in  the  schoolroom  without  being  generally  observed  by  the  pupils.  Both  had  fine 
faces,  blond  in  complexion,  tall  and  erect  in  form,  with  a  dignified  and  graceful 
bearing.  Paul  possessed  a  poetic  nature  and  gentle  disposition,  and  was  in  Ma., 
verse  and  rhyme,  in  writing  epitaphs,  and  ever  ready  with  some  anecdote  or 
pun,  making  him  a  genial  companion  even  in  declining  years.  And  though  esthetic 
in  taste,  he  had  an  admiring  eye  for  fine  horses  and  was  very  fond  of  animals  and 
pets,  and  this  characteristic  is  especially  marked  in  this  branch  of  the  family.  He 
spent  the  greater  portion  of  his  life  in  Dunham  Ca.,  near  the  Vermont  line,  where 
he  removed  while  still  young,  and  married  a  second  wife.  To  them  were  born  ten 
children,  all  of  whom  have  died  but  one  daughter,  Harriet,  Mrs.  Leavitt,  who  still 
resides  in  the  Dominion.  The  names  of  the  sons  were  Caius,  Marcus,  Wm.  Wallace, 
Paul  and  Barnabas,  the  youngest.  Here  he  was  civil  magistrate  for  more  than  thirty 
years,  continuing  his  profession,  teaching  in  the  government  schools.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England.  He  lived  to  a  good  age,  his  mind  clear  and 
active,  his  body  elastic,  until  prostrated  with  dropsy  of  the  heart,  which  continued 
for  some  time  and  of  which  he  died  at  82  years.  He  was  one  to  make  friends  every- 
where and  was  always  a  welcome  guest.  To  know  him  was  to  love  him.  He  d.  Oct. 
30, 1859;  res.  Bolton  Centre,  Canada. 

Caroline,  b.  May  28,  1809;  m.  Simon  Blake;  res.  Tamworth,  N, 
H.;  had  ch.,  Ira,  Cyrus  and  Lucinda. 

Caius  Cassius,  b.  Dec.  2,  1810;  m.  Mary  Ann  Austin  and  Abigail 
H.  Leach. 

Marcus  T.  C.,b.  Oct.  25,1812;  m.  Hannah  Maria  Lewis  and  Betsey 
W.  Hall. 

Phebe  Porter,  b.  Feb.  3,  1815;  m.  John  Gushing  and  Joseph 
Bailey  and  d.  s.  p.  Mar.  16,  1865,  in  Dover,  N.  H. 

William  Wallace,  b.  Apr.  29,1817;  m.  Betsey  Winter,  Mrs. 
Perry,  and  Sarah  Maria  Eaton. 

Samuel  D.,  b.  Oct.  18,  lb04;  m.  Clarissa  Read. 

Lucinda,  b.  May  5,  1819;  d.  May  15,  1833. 


2363. 

i- 

2364. 

ii. 

2365. 

iv. 

2866. 

V. 

2367. 

vi. 

2368. 
2369. 

vii. 
viii 

174  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2370.  ix.        Louisa,  b.  Oct.  17,  1821;  m.  David  Powell,  of  Bolton,  P.  Q.     Ch.: 

Oscar  F.  A.,  Parker  P.,  res.  East  Bolton,  P.  Q.,  and  Delia  A.; 
d.  Oct.  27,  1865. 

2371.  X.         Paul,  b.  Mar.  28,  1824;  m.  Josephine  Stow.      They  died  about 

same  time.     He  d.  Dec.  27,  1861,  and  left  one  dau.,  Alice. 

2372.  xi.        Harriett   Heileman,  b.  July  7,  1826;   m.  Aug.  17,   1858,   Joel 

Leavitt;  res.  Bolton  Centre,  P.  Q.  Ch.:  Cynthia  Perkins,  b.  Julv 
5,  1859;  d.  Aug.  30,  1869;  Charles  Joel,b.  July  9, 1860;  m.  in  1883, 
and  res.  Newport,  Vt.;  Hiram  Paul,  b.  Jan.  29,  1862;  m.  July, 
1885;  res.  Bolton  Centre;  Lucinda  Marsh,  b.  Aug.  11,  1864; 
James  Lincoln,  b.  and  d.  June  21,1867;  Elijah,  b.  Apr.  7,  1869;  d. 
1876. 

2373.  xii.       Barnabas,  b.  Aug.  27,  1828;  m.  Emily  Bracey. 

988.  Barnabas  Whitney  (Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1777;  m.  Sept.  16, 1804,  Harriett  Heileman;  b.  June,  1783;  d.  Sept.  26, 
1849. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  received  an  excellent  education  at  the  com- 
mon and  private  schools.  At  an  early  age  he  engaged  in  teaching,  which  profession 
he  followed  all  his  life.  He  was  prmcipal  of  the  schools  in  Blandford,  Mass.,  Berk- 
shire, New  Haven,  Monckton,  and  Charlotte,  Vt.,  and  later  taught  writing  schocjl  \n 
Boston,  where  he  died.     He  d.  July  27,  1846;  res.  Blandford  and  Boston,  Mass. 

2374.  i.  Frances  Amelia,  b.  May  29,  1805;  m.  Dec.  5,  1833,  Dr.  Lucian 

W.  Caryl.  She  d.  Feb.'  15,  1883.  He  was  b.  Feb.  27,  lb06;  d. 
Apr.  15,  1837.  Was  a  practicing  physician.  Ch.:  Harriett  E.,  b. 
Nov.  21,  1834;  res.  82  Myrtle  St.,  Boston,  Mass 

2375.  ii.         Fred'k  H.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1807;  m.  Abigail  B.  Bumstead. 

2376.  iii.        Mary  Ann,    b.    Mar.  6,  1812;    m.   Dec.  25,  1834,   Judson   Niles 

Farrar.  She  d.  Oct.  2,  1890.  He  was  b.  Mar.  20,  1808.  Was 
cashier  in  a  bank.  Res.  Abingdon,  Mass.  Ch.:  Mary  A. "Cox, 
b.  Sept.  22,  1835;  d.  Sept.  22,  1857;  Lucian  W.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1839; 
d.  Aug.  18,  1859;  Judson  C,  b.  Apr.  28,  1841;  d.  Sept.  23,  1841; 
Granville  Heileman,  b.  Sept.  16,  1844;  d.  Sept.  19,  1847;  Nathan- 
iel B.,  b.  June  15,  1847;  Harriett  Amelia,  b.  Dec.  5,  1854;  Gran- 
ville Robinson,  b.  Sept.  9.  18—;  d.  Apr.  19,  1883. 

2377.  iv.       Harriett  Heileman,  b.  Dec.  9,  1814;  m.  May  28,  1835,  Joseph 

Wait.  He  was  son  of  Marmaduke  and  Amelia  Heileman  Wait, 
and  was  b.  in  Randolph,  Yt.,  Mar.  24,  1806.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  merchant  in  BurHngton,  and  later  engaged  in  busniess 
in  New  York,  residing  in  Jersey  City,  where  he  d.  Feb.  22,  1869. 
Mrs.  Wait,  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  moved  to  Chicago 
to  reside  with  her  son,  Horatio  L.,  where  she  d.  Apr.  10,  1891. 
She  was  a  woman  of  lovely  character  and  beautiful  presence. 
Ch.:  Horatio  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  8,  1836;  m.  1860,  Clara  Conant 
Long,  res.  4919  Madison  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.  He  is  master  in 
chancery  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Cook  County,  and  was  b.  in 
New  York  City.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in  that  city.  His 
grandfather,  Alarmaduke,  served  in  the  second  war  with  Eng- 
land, and  his  great-grandfather,  Joseph  Wait,  of  \'ermont,  was 
a  colonel  in  the  first  war,  serving  under  Gen.  Ethan  Allen. 
Horatio  was  educated  at  Columbia  College  grammar  school. 
Went  to  Chicago  in  1856.  Read  law  with  Joseph  N.  Baker,  but 
before  being  admitted  to  practice  the  civil  war  broke  out.  He 
entered  the  navy  and  remained  there  for  nine  years,  joining  the 
European  squadron  after  peace  was  declared.  Mr.  Wait  left 
the  navy  in  1870,  and  the  same  year  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  opened  an  office  in  Chicago,  soon  finding  a  good  busi- 
ness on  his  hands.  In  1876  he  was  appointed  master  in  chan- 
cery, and  since  that  date  has  made  a  specialty  of  chancery 
practice.  He  ignores  politics  entirely,  attends  exclusively  to 
the  study  and  duties  of  his  profession.  A  gentleman  who 
knows  Mr.  Wait  well,  thus  wrote  to  the  editor  of  the  Bench  and 
Bar  of  Chicago :  "  Mr.  H.  L.  Wait  is  a  polished  gentleman,  a 
scholar  of  unusual  attainments,  and  a  conversationalist  of  marked 
ability.     He  has  also  been  an  extensive  traveler.     As  a  lawyer 


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175 


he  is  well  read,  of  excellent  judgment,  and  of  un-impeachable 
integrity.  He  has  for  some  years  occupied  the  position  of 
master  in  chancery  in  Chicago  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Cook 
County,  by  the  appointment  of  the  judges  of  that  court."  He  is 
a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  of  Hyde  Park,  and 
a  man  of  high  standing  in  the  community;  ch.,  James  Joseph,  b. 
Mar.  1,  1861.  He  graduated  at  the  Hyde  Park  school  in  1878, 
and  entered  the  N.  Y.  Nautical  School  Ship  "  St.  Mary's"  the 
same  year.     Made  a  voyage  to  Lisbon,  Portugal,  and  Madeira, 


HON.  HOEATIO  L.  WAIT. 


2378. 
2379. 


V. 

vi. 


graduating  in  1879,  receiving  the  first  medal.  Sailed  from  N.  Y. 
in  1879,  made  a  voyage  to  Shanghai,  China,  and  Iloilo,  Philip- 
pian  Islands.  On  the  return  voyage  the  ship  was  disabled  in  a 
gale  by  the  springing  of  her  rudder  head.  Put  into  Cai)e  Town, 
Africa,  for  repairs,  and  returned  home  in  1880.  At  present  he 
is  freight  contracting  agent  for  the  North  Chicago  Rolling  Mills. 
Henry  Heileman,  b.  Oct.  27,  1^:69;  res.  at  home;  Maria  Amelia, 
b.  Sept.  28,  1843;  res.  Chicago;  unm.;  Isabelle  Heileman,  b.  July 
20,  1847;  res.  Chicago;  unm. 

Katherine,  b.  Oct.  30,  1809;  d.  unm.  Feb.  4,  1893. 

Calista  Stuart,  b.  Nov.  11,  1818;  m.  in  Boston  in  Apr.,  1840, 
Andrew  J.  Loud;  d.  Aug.,  1878.  She  d.  s.  p.  Nov.  17,  1840,  in 
Boston.     He  was  a  banker. 


996.     Moses  Whitney  (Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),b.  Oct.  5,  1775,  in 

Harvard;  m.  Patty ;  res.  Harvard,  Mass, 

Sally,  b.  Aug.  17,  1798. 

Lucy,  b.  Sept.  28, 1800. 

Elbridge,  b.  Nov.  23.  1802. 

Eliza,  b.  May  13, 1806. 

Marion,  b.  Dec.  11,1808. 

Harriett  Whitcomb,  b.  Sept.  7, 1811. 


2380. 

2381. 

ii. 

2382. 

iii. 

2383. 

iv. 

2384. 

v. 

2385. 

vi. 

2386. 

2387. 

2388. 

iii. 

2389. 

iv. 

2390. 

V. 

176  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

997.  Capt.  Aaron  Whitney  (Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  7, 
1777,  in  Harvard;  m.  Sally  Flagg,  of  Holden;  d.  June  9,  1814;  m.  2d,  1816,  Mrs.  Susan 
(Hartwell)  Fletcher,  of  Littleton,  wid.  of  Samuel.  He  d.  Mar.  29,  1864;  res.  Harvard, 
Mass. 

Laurilla,  b.  Mar.  27,  1808;  m. Head;  res.  Syracuse,  Iowa. 

George,  b.  Dec.  26,  1809;  m.  Abbie  Bemis. 

Aaron,  b.  Dec.  1,  1812. 

Sally,  b.  May  28,  1814;  d. . 

Nancy,  b.  May  28,  1814;  m.  Feb.  22,  1836,  Richard  H.  Whitney, 
of  Albany,  N.  Y. 

2391.  vi.        Susan  H.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1818;  m  Oct.  20,  1839,  Allen  B.  Wood.    Ch.: 

Susan  Whittmore,  of  Fitchburg,  Frank  A.,  Aaron,  Flora,  and 
Daniel  W.;  res.  Westminster. 

2392.  vii.       Samuel  F.,  b.  Oct,  20,  1821;  m.  Sarah  T.  Gardner. 

2393.  vtii.     Sally,  b.  July  8,  1823. 

2394.  ix.        Daniel,  b.  Sept.  5,  1825. 

2395.  X.         Abel,  b.  Nov.  23, 1830;  d.  Nov.  30,  1840. 

1003.     Hezekiah  Whitney  (Elias,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),b.  Stow,  May 

26,  1761;  m.  Sarah .     His  will  was  probated  in  1812;  mentions  his  wife  and  all 

his  children.    He  d.  Oct.  14,  1812;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

2396.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  19,  1797. 

2397.  ii.         Mary  Ann,  b.  May  27,  1800;  m.  Brooks.     She  d.  Sept.  29, 

1879. 

2398.  iii.        Hezekiah,  b.  Aug.  20. 1803. 

2399.  iv.        Almira,  b.  Feb.  4,  1806. 

2400.  V.         Amos,  b. . 

2401.  vi.        Rachel,  b.  in  1811. 

1006.  Amos  Whitney  (Elias,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.. 
m.  at  Sterling,  Patty  Wilder;  b.  June  21,  1784;  d.  Oct.  5,  1837.  He  was  a  farmer;  res. 
Stow,  Mass. 

2402.  i.  Joseph  W.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815;  m.  and  d.  s.  p.  July  16,  1892,  in  Wal- 

tham,  Mass. 

2403.  ii.         LucebaC.,  b.  Sept.  6.  1816;  m.  Silas  Newton.     She  d.  Nov.  30, 

1865.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  d.  Feb.  19,  1856.  Ch.:  Joseph 
Newton,  Marlboro,  Mass.;  John  Newton,  Bolton,  Mass. ;  Henry 
Newton,  Brockton.  Mass.,  Mary  Newton,  b.  Sept.  1,  1856;  m. 
Albert  Taylor,  Mar.  22,  1877;  res.  Hudson,  Mass. 

2404.  iii.        James  W.,  b.  Mar.  13.  1818;  m.  Sultina  V.  Bartlett. 

2405.  iv.        Jonathan  W.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1821;   m.    at  Hubbardston   Rebecca 

Gay,  b.  May  19.  1819;  d.  Nov.  28,  1893,  s.  p.  He  is  a  painter; 
res.  Lincoln  Square,  Worcester,  Mass. 

2406.  V.         Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1825;  m.  Clark  Watron. 

2407.  vi.        Martha  M.,  b.  May  16,  1823;  m.  Sept.  20, 1844,  William  A.  Shum- 

way,  63  Orange  St.,  Worcester.  He  was  b.  Sept.  9,  1813;  d.  Sept. 
9,  1867;  was  a  teamster  from  Boston  to  Worcester  before  rail- 
roads; also  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Persis  E.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1846;  m.  June 
6,  1867;  d.  Nov.  6,  1874;  m.  Randolph  Walker;  Augustus  L..  b. 
Feb.  8,  1848;  d.  Sept.  15, 1866;  James  L.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1850;  d.  Jan, 
5,  1874;  Joseph  H.,  b.  Mar.  7.  1856;  m,  July  3,  1883;  m.  Mar.  29, 
1890;  Frank  A.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1858;  m.  July  19,  1885;  Mattie  M.,  b. 
Jan.  9,  1860;  m.  Sept.  18, 1882,  to  James  H.  Ware;  res.  63  Orange 
St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

1010.  Lemuel  W^hitney  (Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1767;  m.  Dorcas  Gates;  d.  Mar.  7,  1823.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d, 
1825;  res.  Stow,  Mass.,  Grafton,  Vt..  and  East  Sudbury,  Mass. 

2408.  i.  Leonard,    b,  Feb.  22,   1815;   m.  Sarah  Ayer  and  Mrs.   Betsey 

Parker. 

Peter,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

Dorcas,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

Peter,  b. .  2412.  v.        Jotham,  b. , 

EzEKiEL,  b. 2414.  vii.       Susan,  b. . 

Betsey,  b. .  2416.  ix.       Jane,  b. 


2409. 

ii. 

2410. 

Ml. 

2411. 

IV. 

2413. 

vi. 

2415. 

VUl, 

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2417.    X.         Mary,  b. .  2418.     xi.        Elmira,  b. . 

2419,    xii.      Lucy  Ann,  b. .  2420.    xiii.      Louisa,  b. . 

2421.  xiv.      Ann,  b. 

1018,  Ukial  Whitney  (Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Shirley,  Mass. 
Sept.  11,  1757;  m.  at  Gorham,  Me.,  Dec.  16,  1784,  Lydia  Whitmore,  b.  Aug,  1,  1764;  d 
Mar.  6,  1818. 

He  was  b.  in  Shirley,  and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary  war  enlisted 
in  Col.  Prescott's  regiment.  The  enlistment  bears  date  of  Apr.  19,  1775.  After 
the  war  he  located  in  Gorham,  Me.,  where  he  married  his  wife.  In  1798  he  pur- 
chased land  in  No.  Yarmouth,  Me.,  to  which  place  he  removed  his  family  soon  after. 
He  ever  after  resided  there,  and  was  a  noted  school  teacher,  being  familiarly  known 
as  "  Master  Whitney,"  He  was  held  in  high  esteem  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  Christian; 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Pownal,  Me.,  Rev.  Percy  Chapin, 
pastor.  He  was  granted  a  pension  Apr.  28,  1818.  He  d.  Nov.  10,  1835;  res.  Gor- 
ham, Me. 

2422.  i.  Statira,  b.  Dec.  24,  1785;  d,  Dec,  31,  1785. 

2423.  ii,         Mary,  b.  Jan.  21,  1787;  m.  Retire  Drinkwater;  res,  Durham,  Me. 

3  ch.     She  d.  May  2.  1824. 

2424.  iii.        Statira,  b.  Dec.  i,  1789;  d,  Aug.  11,  1794, 

2425.  iv,       Joel,  b.  Aug.  7,  1791;  lost  at  sea  about  1812. 

2426.  v.         Beulah  B.,  b.  June  3,  1793;  m.  Nov.  2,  1817,  Enos  Small,  b.  Nov. 

28,  1788;  d.  Feb.  5,  1881.  She  d.  Apr.  21,  1879.  Ch.:  William 
Lathrop,  b.  Oct.  29,  1819;  m.  Clara  W.  Pierce;  d.  Feb.  1,  1886; 
Sarah  L.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1822;  m.  John  A.  Andrews;  d,  Nov.  8,  1854; 
Uriel  Whitney,  b.  July  23,  1825;  m.  Mary  E.  Gilman;  res.  682 
Tremont  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  He  graduated  at  Amherst  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1804,  and  at  Andover  Theo.  Seminarv  in 
1858;  Mary  Scott,  b.  Mav  4,  1828;  d.  lune  1,  1879;  Beulah.  b. 
Aug.  18,  1833.  She  gra'd.  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Sem.  1856; 
taught  in  Marion,  Iowa,  5  years;  at  Rockford,  111.,  4  years;  now, 
and  for  the  last  18  years,  a  teacher  in  Boston,  Mas?. 

2427.  vi.        Betsey,  b.  May  27  1795;  m.  James  Mitchell;  res.  Freeport,  Me, 

She  d.  Feb.,  1849.  Ch.:  Ansel  L.,b.  Dec  1,  1828;  res.  Falmouth, 
Me.;  Major  W.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1830;  John  W.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1831; 
Statira  M.,  b.  Mav  24,  1833;  Roxanna,  b.  Sept.  7,  1834;  Eliza- 
beth, b,  Jan.  17,  1840;  Harriett  S.,  b.  June  25,  1842. 

2428.  vii.      Sally,  b.  Dec.  16,  1796;  m.  Daniel  Soule;  res.  Pownal,  Me.    She 

d.  Mav  20,  1827,  and  he  m.  her  sister. 

2429.  viii.     Harriett,  b.  Apr,  28,  1798;  m.  Daniel  Soule.     Ch.:  Mrs.  Sarah 

W.  Clifford,  37  Folsom  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  d.  July  30, 
1843;  ch.:  Elisha  B.,  b.  June  18,  1828;  d.  Dec.  12,  1853;  Perez 
C,   b.   Mar.  3,  1830;    d.  "Mav  15,  1871;    Samuel  W.,  b.  May  30, 

1831;  d. ;    Daniel,  b.  Jan.  13,  1834;    Clarence,  b.  Oct.  16, 

1835;  d.  Oct.  16,  1857;  Harriet  A.,  b.  June  6, 1837;  Sarah,  b.  May 
24,  1839;  Lewis  W.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1841. 

2430.  ix,        Charlotte,  b.  May  12,  1800;  m.  Levi'Davis.     She  d.  July  6, 1851; 

res.  No.  Yarmouth,  Me.  Ch.:  Lewis,  b.  Jan.  5, 1828;  Charlotte,  b. 
Oct.  21,  1831;  d.  Mar,  22,  1875;  Augusta  C,  b.  Oct,  6,  1836;  res. 
Yarmouth,  Me. 

2431.  X,         Statira,  b,  Apr.  26,   1802;  m.   Nathaniel   Merrill;  res,  Pownal, 

Me,  Ch.:  Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1829;  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  21,  1832, 
She  d.  July  21,  1878. 

2432.  xi,        Urial,  b.  July  4.  1804;  m.  Mary  Hoit. 

2433.  xii,       Lewis,  b.  Sept.  21,  1806;  m.  Mary  Small. 

1022.  Amaziah  Whitney  (Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  prob. 
Shirley,  Mass.;  m.  Sarah  Boyngton;  d.,  ae.  86.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army 
in  a  company  from  Worcester  Co.,  under  command  of  Capt,  Boutell;  res.  in  Mass., 
Albany  and  Maryland,  N.  Y, 

2434.  i.  Amaziah,  b. ;  m.  and  had  2  ch. 

,  2435.  ii.  Arathusa,  b.  July  24,  1804;  m.,  1824,  Decatur  Winters,  b.  1802. 
Ch.:  Stephen  D.,  b.  Dec,  1826;  d.  1852.  He  was  a  lawyer  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  the  year  before  he  died;  Lucinda,  b, 
1833;  d.,  ae.  3  mos;  Amaziah,  b,  1831;  d,,  ae,  6;  Maria,  b,  1828; 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2437. 

iv. 

2438. 

V. 

2439. 

VI. 

2440. 

vu. 

2441. 

viii 

2446. 

i. 

2447. 

li. 

2448. 

111. 

2449. 

iv. 

m.  David  Hatfield;  res.  Erie,  Pa.;  Arathusa,  m.  2d  1836,  Patrick 
Lee;  ch.,  John  P.,  b.  Feb,  22,  1837;  res.  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  Ellen 
M.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1839;  m.  Dec.  19,  1856,  John  M.  Davis;  res.  Bing- 
hampton,  N.  Y.,  23  Walnut  St. 

2436.     iii.        Sallie,  b. ;  m.  John    Brock.     Ch.:  William,  Ethel,  John, 

Clinton,  Addle  and  Annie. 

Abner,  b.  Feb.  2,  1801;  m.  Matilda  P.  Sherwood. 

Polly,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

Betsey,  b. ;  m. Smith,  d.  s.  p. 

Caleb  B.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1809;  m.  Adocia  Stevens 

Marchia,   b. ;  m.   Joseph  Witherell.      Ch.:  Ansel,  Sarah 

and  James. 

2442.  ix.        Nathan,  b. :  m.  Julia  AUington.     He  was  a  Baptist  min- 

ister; had  8  ch.  Two  living,  Julia,  Mrs  Breece;  res.  Horseheads, 
N.  Y.,  and  Rose,  Mrs.  Matthews;  res.  Ashley,  Pa. 

2443.  X.        William  E.,b. ;  m.  Eliza  Saxton.     He  was  a  physician  and 

had  two  ch.,  Edgar  and  George ;  d.  when  his  ch.  were  quite  young. 

2444.  xi.        Nathaniel  R.,  b.  June  15,  1818;  m.  Charlotte  S.  Rice. 

2445.  xii.       Lucretia,  b. ;  m. Everts. 

1023.  Samuel  Whitney  (Abner,  John.  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Me.  in 
1769;  m.  in  1780,  Hannah  Thompson;  b.  in  1760;  d.  in  1814.  He  was  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army,  and  when  78  years  of  age  was  granted  a  pension.  He  d.  Sept.  26, 
1836;  res.  Falmouth,  Readfield  and  Farrington,  Me. 

Ephralm,  b.  Sept.  22,  1799;  m.  Nancv  F.  Skinner. 

William,  b.  July  24,  1786;  m.  Olive  Parlin. 

Stephen,  b.  May  4,  1784. 

Dorcas,  b.  Sept.  16,  1794;  m.  June  23,  1816,  Jonathan  Brown,  res. 
W.  Freeman,  Me.  He  was  b.  Sept.  16,  1794;  d.  July  11,  1870; 
he  was  a  school  teacher  and  farmer.  Ch.:  Adaline,  b.  Mar.  9, 
1817;  m.  Dec.  25,  1834;  d.  Mar.  31, 1849;  ch.,  G.  W^  Clarke,  King- 
field,  Me.,  son  of  Adaline  Brown  Clark;  Mary,  b.  Ian.  9,  1819; 
m.  Dec.  17,  1844;  d.  Aug.  27,  1850;  ch.,  Mrs.  G.  H.  Hamlin, 
Phillips,  Me.,  daughter  of  Mary  Brown  Sprague;  Sarah,  b.  Jan. 
5,  1821;  m.  Nov.  4,  1845;  d.  July  10,  1889;  ch.,  G.  W.  Richards, 
Kingfield,  Me.,  son  of  Sarah  Brown  Richards;  Jefferson,  b.  Feb. 
27,  1823;  m.  Jan.  18,  1848;  d.  Dec.  15, 1855;  ch.,  C.  C.  Brown,  No. 
•  Freeman,  Me.,  son  of  Jefferson  Brown;  Hannah  T.,  b.  May  13, 
1827;  m.  July  1,  18.53;  d.  May  16,  1870;  ch.,  Mrs.  ^L  A.  Will, 
Strong,  Me.,  daughter  of  Hannah  Brown  Buckley;  Clarissa  .A.., 
b.  Mav  14,  1829;  d.  July  23,  1849;  Jonathan,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1833; 
d.  Feb.  9,  1860;  Arietta  D.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1839;  m.  Mar.  4,  1867;  d. 
Feb.  19,  1869;  Lewis,  b.  Feb.  25,  1825;  m.  1st,  Feb.  25,  1855; 
m.  2d,  Mar.  21,  1867,  P.  O.,  West  Freeman,  Me. 

Samuel,  b.  Oct.  16,  1782. 

Barzelia,  b.  Aug.  8.  1788. 

Polly,  b.  June  11,  1792. 

Sally,  b  May  30,  1797;  m. Mayo. 

Greenleaf,  b.  Sept.  9,  18n3. 

1028.  Lieut.  Daniel  Whitney  (Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Dec.  11,  1749,  in  Stow;  m.  Dec.  10,  1778,  Sarah  Durarit,  of  Bedford.  His  will  was  pro- 
bated in  1806  and  alj  his  children  were  then  living.  He  d.  Sept.  28,  1805;  res.  Stow, 
Mass. 

Asa,  b.  June  22,  1779;  m.  Sally  Brooks. 

Thomas,  b.  Sept.  22,  1781;  d.  Nov.  4,  1803. 

Anna,  b.  Apr.  22, 1783;  m.  Jan.  14, 1802,  Samuel  Foster,  of  Billerica. 
Ch.:  Dudley,  b. 

Daniel,  b.  Apr.  19,  1785;  m.  Sarah  Marble. 

Sally,  b.  June  13,  1787;  d.  Nov.  6,  1803. 

John,  b.  May  28,  1789;  m.  Harriett  Tower. 

Artemas,  b.  Apr.  22,  1791. 

Joseph,  b.  June  30,  1793;  m.  Susan  Whitney. 

Manning,  b.  Sept.  8,  1795;  m. Brooks. 

Richard,  b.  Apr.  18,  1798;  m.  Eunice  Cogswell. 


2450. 

v. 

2451. 

VI. 

2452. 

vn. 

2453. 

vin 

2454. 

ix. 

2455. 

i. 

2466. 

n. 

2457. 

iii. 

2468. 

iv. 

2459. 

V. 

2460. 

VI. 

2461. 

vii. 

2462. 

Vlll 

2463. 

IX. 

2464. 

x. 

2472. 
2473. 

2474. 

i. 

ii. 
iii. 

2475. 
2476. 

liii 
iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  179 

2465.  xi.        Lucy,  b.  Aug.  26,  1801 ;  m. Brooks.  Ch. :  William,  b. ; 

res.  Franconia,  N.  H. 
1029.    John  Whitney  (Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,   Richard,   John),  b.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1747;  m.  Feb.  3,  1778,  Mary  Farnsworth,  ot  Groton.     He  d.  bef.  July 
1782;  res.  Stow,  and  Lincoln,  Mass. 

2466.  i.         Polly,  b.  Oct.  8,  1778. 

2467.  ii.         Jonathan,  b.  June  16,  1780. 

2468.  iii.        Sarah,  b.  July  28,  1782  (posthumus). 

1032.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Sept.  29,  1755;  m.  Dec.  7,  1780,  Sarah  Burgess,  of  Harvard.  He  was  in  the 
Revolutionary  war  in  Capt.  Longley's  company  from  Bolton.  He  d.  Nov.  17,  1784; 
res.  Stow  and  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

2469.  i.  Ephraim,  b. ;  d.  Apr.  13,  1781. 

2470.  ii.         Rachel,  b.  Apr.  10,  1783. 

2471.  iii.        Dolly,  b.  Jan.  10,  1785. 

1033.  Silas  Whitney  (Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Feb.  26,  1758;  m.  (int.)  Sept.  3,  1780,  Patience  Goodnow,  of  Stow.  She  d.  in 
Charlestown,  Tvlass.,  Feb.,  1842. 

He  was  born  in  Stow,  where  he  resided  until  soon  after  his  marriage,  when  he 
moved  to  Ashby,  Mass..  where  several  of  his  children  were  born.  He  afterward 
moved  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  was  noted  for  his  great  strength.  During  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  he  served  in  one  of  the  companies  from  Stow.  He  d.  Charlestown,  Mass., 
1838;  res.  Stow,  Ashby,  Boston  and  Charlestown,  Mass. 

John,  b.  Nov.  22,  1782;  m. "Susannah  Vilas. 
Silas,  b.  Jan.  26.  1781;  m.  Abigail  M.  Shedd. 

SrSAN,  b.  July   1,   1792;    m.  Joseph   Whitney,  of  Boston,  son  of 
Daniel,  and  her  own  cousin.     She  d.  in  Boston,  in  1884,  ae.  92. 

James,  b. . 

Samuel,  b. ;  he  d.  s.  p.  in  1826.    He  resided  in  Charlestown, 

Mass.,  where  he  was  a  merchant.  If  he  was  married,  she  died 
before  his  decease.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Whitney 
&  Hyde,  general  dealers. 

2477.  V.        Ephraim,  b. ;  m.  Eunice . 

2478.  vi.  DoLLY,b.  Apr.  1,  1797;  m.  Nov.  20,  1814,  William  Beals,  Sr.  He 
was  b.  Dec.  16,  1785;  d.  Dec.  8,  1870;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Ch.: 
Frances  A.,  m.  George  Baker;  Maria  A.,  d.;  m.  Sumner  Flagg; 
Elizabeth  B,  m.  Isaac  Kendall;  William,  m.  Nancie  W.  Mar- 
chant,  and  after  her  d.  Sophie  B.  Mauvan;  res.  125  Newbury  St.; 
James  H.,  m.  .-Xttnie  M.  W.  Reed;  Harriet  M.,  m.  Geo.  W.  Tux- 
bury;  Louisa  A.,  m.  John  Wetherbee;  Emily  C,  m.  Edward  C. 
Mitchell;  John  W.,  m.  \'irginia  Simmons;  Joshua  G.,  m.  Edith 
Simmons.  All  the  children  reside  in  Boston,  with  the  exception 
of  Mrs.  Baker,  who  res.  at  78  East  55th  St.,  New  York;  Mrs. 
Wetherbee  at  "The  Warren,"  Roxbury,  and  Sumner  Flagg  at 
Brookline,  Mass.  Death  of  William  Beals,  Esq.:  "After  a  long 
and  useful  life,  this  well-known  gentleman  passed  to  the  eternal 
world  this  morning.  He  was  the  senior  proprietor  of  the  Boston 
Post,  with  which  he  had  been  connected  forty  years.  It  was 
here  that  he  made  an  independent  fortune  by  strict  attention  to 
every  detail  that  came  under  his  charge.  He  was  universally 
and  justly  esteemed  as  one  of  the  most  honorable,  straightfor- 
ward business  men  in  the  community.  His  word  was  always  as 
good  as  his  bond;  what  he  said  no  power  on  earth  could  induce 
him  to  gainsay.  He  was  honest  to  the  last  nick  in  every  per- 
sonal obligation.  As  prosperity  came  to  him,  others  shared  it, 
and  his  neighbors  will  bear  ample  testimony  that  his  charities 
were  liberal.  He  was  the  last  man  to  make  any  display  of  benevo- 
lence. No  poor  and  worthy  printer  ever  made  application  to  him 
for  assistance  without  getting  relief.  It  was  often  said  of  him 
that  he  was  a  'true  man.'  In  his  domestic  relations  Mr.  Beals 
was  very  happy.  He  was  married  56  years.  He  had  ten  chil- 
dren and  forty  grandchildren.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  a  regular  attendant  at  the  Old  South  prayer 


180  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

meetings,  and  often  took  charge  of  them.  He  has  left  a  name 
of  which  all  connected  with  him  have  reason  to  be  highly  satis- 
fied. The  deceased  will  be  remembered  by  the  older  genera- 
tion as  one  of  the  publishers  of  the  Commercial  Gazette,  for 
many  years  before  he  became  identified  with  the  Boston  Post. 
He  was  a  publisher  when  Benjamin  Russell  and  Joseph  T. 
Buckingham  were  leaders  of  the  Boston  press.  Mr.  Bucking- 
ham in  his  'Reminiscences  of  the  Boston  press,'  says  he  was  one 
of  the  ablest  financiers  ever  connected  with  the  American  press. 
He  was  an  active  and  industrious  man,  and  the  financial  success 
of  the  journals  with  which  he  was  identified  was  due  to  his 
ability  and  careful  management  of  the  business  department. 
Everybody  knew  him,  but  few  knew  his  real  worth.  It  is  not 
too  much  to  say  that  he  possessed  a  kind  and  genial  heart.  By 
sound  judgment,  fair  dealing,  scrupulous  honesty,  he  achieved 
success  and  left  an  ample  fortune  for  his  own  and  his  partner's 
family." 

2479.    vii.      Betsey,  b. ;  m. Bates. 

-   2480.    viii.    Polly,  b. ;  m. Gault. 

1038.  Jacob  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Mar.  24,  1748;  m.  May  25,  1772,  Lois  Hapgood;  m.  2d,  June  29,  1794,  Mary 
Patch  of  Littleton,  b.  1751;  d.  Dec.  27,  1833. 

He  was  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Davis  in  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  regi- 
ment Oct.  6,  1775,  in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Part  of  the  companies  in  this  regi- 
ment were  ordered  to  reinforce  Col.  Prescott  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  June  17, 
He  made  his  will  Nov.  8,  1815.  It  was  probated  Oct.  18,  1825.  Son  Elias  was  exec- 
utor.    He  d.  July  11,  1825,  in  W.;  res.  Harvard  and  Winchendon,  Mass. 

Hannah,  b.  Dec.  14,  1772;  m. Carpenter. 

Mary,  b.  Oct.  16,  1776;  m. Keyes. 

LoiS,  b.  Aug.  1,  1779;  m.  Dec.  13,  1802,  Daniel  Ward,  b.  June  21, 
17!<1;  d.  Mar.  8,  1856;  was  a  farmer.  She  d.  Apr.  6,  1853.  Ch.: 
Daniel,  b.  Sept.  10,  1805;  d.  Jan.  27,  1864;  Josiah  Wilder,  b. 
May  18,  1807;  d.  June  18,  1831;  Caroline,  b.  Nov.  5,  1809;  d. 
Aug.  26,  1812;  Calvin  Thomson,  b.  Nov.  24,  1812;  d.  June  19, 
1867;  Emery  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  4,  1815;  d.  Apr.  6,  1833;  Charles 
Kendall,  b.  July  7,  1819;  present  address  Denver,  Colo.,  358 
Lincoln  Ave.;  Adaline  Nancy,  b.  Dec.  11,  1822;  d.  Aug.  30,  1856. 

2484,     iv.        Nancy,  b.  Aug.  8,  1785;  m.  Ward.    A  son  is  John  Ward; 

res.  Pavilion  Center,  N.  Y. 
Jacob,  b.  Oct.,  1776. 
Eli,  b.  May  17,  1783. 

Emory,  b.  Oct.  1,  1791;  m.  Lydia  Locke  and  Thankful  G.  Morey. 
Silas,  b. 


2481. 

2482. 
2483. 

iii. 

2485. 

V. 

2486. 

vi. 

2487. 

vii. 

2488. 

viii. 

2489. 

ix. 

2490. 

X. 

2491. 

xi. 

2491 J^ 

j.xii. 

Elias,  b.  June  16,  1797;  m.  Fannie  Demary. 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  27,  1794;  d.  July  26,  1797. 
Martha  Ann,  b.  May  22,  1812;  d.  young. 
Mary  Percy,  b.  July  25,  1814;  d.  young. 
Emery  W.  Whitney,  of  Sturges,  Mich.,  and   Mrs.  Seneca  Whitney  Upton,  of 
Keene,  N.  H.,  are  descendants  of  Jacob  Whitney. 

1039.  Richard  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Feb.  2,  1752;  m.  Dec.  15,  1772,  Mercy  Willard. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  where  he  always  resided.  April  19,  1775,  he  was  in 
Capt.  Fairbanks  company  from  Harvard  in  the  provincial  regiment  of  foot  of  alarm 
men  in  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment  which  marched  to  Cambridge.  In  July,  1777,  he 
was  in  the  reinforcements  sent  from  Harvard  to  assist  Gen.  Benj.  Lincoln  who  was 
then  harassing  the  rear  of  the  invading  army.  During  1777  he  served  in  the  com- 
panies of  Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitney  and  Capt.  Hills  from  Harvard.  In  Aug.  and 
Sept.,  1778,  he  was  in  Capt.  Sawyer's  company  that  took  part  in  the  operations  in 
Rhode  Island.     In  1799  and  1800  he  was  selectman;  res  Harvard,  Mass. 

Betsey  Willard,  b.  June  5, 1774. 

Polly,  b.  Mar.  26,  1777. 

Levi,  b.  Apr.  16,  1781;  m.  Sarah . 

Polly,  b.  Apr.  15,  1789. 


2492. 

i. 

2493. 

ii. 

2494. 

111. 

2495. 

iv. 

2496. 

2497. 

ii. 

2498. 

Ill 

2499. 

T' 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  181 

1041.  Reuben  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Har- 
vard, 21,  1758;  m.  Lucy  Fairbank;  b.  Mar.  24,  1764. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  When  but  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  army  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Sarg- 
ent of  Princeton,  and  regiment  commanded  by  Col.  Stearns  of  Lunenburg.  This  was 
assigned  to  a  special  brigade  which  was  raised  to  repulse  the  advance  of  Sir  Henry 
Clinton  in  Rhode  Island.  He  was  selectman  in  1801,  1804  and  1805;  res.  Harvard, 
Alass 

Lucy,  b.  Jan.  24,  1782. 

Reuben,  b.  Aug.  11,  1783;  m.  Milley  Pollard. 

Mercy  Fairbank,  b.  July  25,  1786. 

ZiMRi,  b.  May  29,  1795. 

1042.  James  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard 
May  29,  1760;  m.  May  27,  1783,  Rachel  Lawton,  b.  Dec.  7, 1760;  d.  Apr.  14,  1803;  m. 
2d,  Oct.  20,  1803,  Lucy  Reed;  m.  3d,  Dec.  8,  1811,  Susan  Whitney,  b.  in  1785;  d.  Sept. 
19,  1848.     He  was  selectman  in  1808-9. 

James  Whitney's  widow's  dower,  late  of  Harvard,  asks  for  her  dower;  name  of 
•wife  Susan,  Mar.  13,  1817.  James  Whitney's  real  estate,  late  of  Harvard;  Richard 
Whitney,  Jr.,  asks  for  a  settlement  Feb.  9,  1819.  Richard  Whitney,  Jr.,  Amos  Batch- 
eller,  Rachel  Batcheller,  John  Whitney,  Isaac  Whitney,  guar,  for  Lucy  Whitney  Jef- 
ferson, Mary  and  Hiram  sign,  saying  they  are  satisfied,  Feb.  27,  18l9.  He  d.  Feb., 
1817;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

2500.  i.  Richard,  b.  Mar.  30,  1784;  m.  Sally  Turner. 

2501.  ii.         Jeremiah  Lawton,  b.  Aug.  13,  1788.     He  was  a  clockmaker  and 

res.  in  Shirley.  His  estate  was  settled  in  1815.  Richard,  Jr.,  of 
Harvard,  was  admr.  At  the  auction  sale  of  his  effects  his 
brother  John  bought  his  watch. 

2502.  iii.        Rachel,  b.  July  21,  1791;  m.   Dec.  15,  1812,  Amos   Batchelor,  of 

Boxboro. 
John,  b.  July  20,  1796. 
Lucy,  b.  July  23,  1804. 
Jefferson,  b.  Apr.  26,  1806. 
Mary,  b.  Dec.  17,  1809. 
Hiram,  b.  Mar.  11,  1815;  m.  Martha  Ann  Whitney. 

1045.  Josiah  Whitney  (Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Feb.  25,  1753;  m.  in  Harvard,  Jan.  10,  1776,  Anna  Scollav,  bap.  Apr.  18,  1756; 
d.  Nelson,  N.  H.,  Mar.  8,  1824. 

Josiah  Whitney,  son  of  Gen.  Josiah  Whitney,  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  where 
he  resided  until  shortly  after  the  Revolutionary  war,  when  he  moved  to  Nelson,  N. 
H.,  where  he  ever  after  resided  and  conducted  an  extensive  farm.  "  Josiah  Whitney, 
Jr.,  was  a  private  in  the  Minute  Men  from  Harvard,  Mass.,  at  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  1775.  Also  private  in  Capt.  Manassah  Sawyer's  companv,  Col.  Dike's  regi- 
ment, Massachusetts  Militia,  1776,  at  Dorchester  Heights."  He  d.  Jan.  2,  1827;  res. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  and  Nelson,  N.  H. 

2507.  i.  Nancy,  b.  Apr.  12,  1777;  m.  Nathaniel  Breed,  of  Nelson.     He  d. 

Oct.  10,  1837,  at  Alstead,  N.  H.  She  d.  Mar.  23,  1859.  Ch.: 
Whitney,  b.  Apr.  27,  1810;  m.  Oct.  26,  1837;  Persis  B.  Hatch,  res. 
Alstead  Center,  N.  H. 

2508.  ii.         Sally,  b.  June  26,  1778;  m.  June  15,  1802,  Capt.  Pius  Upton  Bur- 

nap.  She  d.  Feb.  26,  1846.  He  was  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  Feb, 
5,  1775;  d.  Aug.  11,  1827;  res.  Nelson,  N.  H.  Ch.:  John,  b.  Apr. 
4,  1803;  d.  May  13,  1803;  Upton,  b.  June  20,  1804;  m.  Harriet 
Batchelder,  and  d.  Aug.  13,  1854;  Josiah,  b.  Aug.  26,  1805;  m. 
Miranda  Adams;  d.  1892;  Eli,  b.  Feb.  15,  1807;  d.  Jan.  22,  1837; 
Polly,  b.  Sept.  20,  1808;  d.  May  1,  1811;  Nancv,  b.  May  13,  1810; 
m.  Sept.  30,  1828,  Asa  Taft,  and  d.  Feb.  22,  1887;  a  dau.,  Nancy 
Marietta  Taft,  res.  Keene,  N.  H.;  Mary,  b.  June  26,  1812;  m. 
Mar.  5,  1840,  Reuel  Nims,  and  d.  Mar.  24,  1869;  Lura,  b.  Apr.  3, 
1814;  m.  Nov.  14,1837,  Maynard  Wilson;  James,  b.  Sept.  6,  1816; 
m.  Oct.  17,  1840,  Mary  Gilman;  George,  b.  July  15,  1818;  m. 
Susan  M.  Sherwin,  Mary  F.  Reynolds  and  Charlotte  Harris 
Atwood;  Laura,  b.  Oct.  13,  1819;  d.  Aug.  28,  1822;  Lorin,  b.  Oct. 
13,  1819;  d.  Sept.  11,  1822. 


2503. 

iv. 

2504. 

V. 

2505. 

vi. 

2505)4 

.Vll. 

2506. 

VllI 

182  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2509.  iii.        Lois,  b.  Mar.  15, 1781;  m.  Ezra  Wardwell.    They  res.  Nelson,  N. 

H.  He  d.  in  Sullivan,  N.  H.,  June  3,  1845;  she  d.  there  Jan.  16, 
1859.  Ch.:  Lois,  b.  Apr.  1.  1801;  d.  July  20,  1880;  Ichabod 
Nichols,  b.  Dec.  6,  1802;  d.  Mar.,  1859;  Ezekiel,  b.  Aug.  18,  1804; 
m.  Mary  Gate;  d.  abt.  1840;  Phebe,  b.  Aug.  1,  1806;  d.  in  infancy, 
no  date;  Lucy,  b.  May  30,  1808;  d.  Apr.  27,  1859;  Emily,  b.  Apr. 
8,  1810;  d.  May  3,  1811;  Ezra,  b.  Mar.  17, 1812;  d.  Sept.  24,  1850; 
Harriet,  b.  June  11,  1314;  d.  1874;  Hersey,  b.  Feb.  4,  1817;  m. 
Sarah  M.  Emerson,  and  d.  Aug.  1,  1871;  a  ciau.  m.  Charles  Stay, 
and  res.  Greenfield,  Mass.;  Granville,  b.  Dec.  9,  1819;  d.  June 
24,  1858.  The  children  of  Lois  Whitney  and  Ezra  Wardwell 
.  are  all  dead;  for  further  information  in  regard  to  their  descend- 
ants reference  is  given  as  follows:  Those  of  Lcrts  Wardwell, 
to  J.  R.  Beal,  Keene,  N.  H.;  of  I.  N.  Wardwell,  to  Mrs.  Albert 
G.  Nims,  Keene,  N.  H.;  of  Lucy,  to  W.  H.  Buckminster,  Keene 
N.  H.;  of  Ezra,  to  Granville  Wardwell,  Winchester,  N.  H.;  of 
Harriet,  to  Mrs.  J.  N.  Nims,  Sullivan,  N.  H.;  of  Granville,  to 
Mrs.  Mary  L.  Campbell,  Great  Falls,  Mont. 

2510.  iv.        Stephen,  b,  July  1,  1784;  m.  Mary  A.  Burgess. 

2511.  V.         Lucy,  b. ;  m.  June  4,  1811,  Asa  Lawrence,  b.  Aug.  21,  1795; 

d.  Oct.  8, 1862.  Shed.  Jan.  16,  1829;  res.  Nelson,  N.  H.  Ch.: 
Laura,  b.  Oct.  28.  1812;  m.  Sept.  1831,  Geo.  W.  Towns,  and  d. 
Mar.  5,  1858;  Lara,  b.  Mar.  6,  1815;  d.  July  29,  1818;  Justus,  b. 
Feb.  19,  1817;  m.  Nov.  4,  1852,  Caroline  E.  Trust,  of  Derby,  Vt.; 
he  d.  Dec.  21,  1872;  Loren  Woodbury,  b.  May  3,  1819;  d.  Sept. 
29,  1865,  at  Honolulu,  Sandwich  Islands;  Lara,  b.  Apr.  15, 1822; 
d.  Apr.  4,  1825;  Josiah  Whitney,  b.  June  6,  1827;  d.  June  22, 1832. 

2512.  vi.        Josiah,  b.  Feb.  24,  17^2;  m.  Sarah  Ernes. 

2513.  vii.       James,  b.  Dec.  26,  1789;  m.  Anna  Goss. 

2514.  viii.      Lydia,  b.  July  6,    1795;    m.  1818,   Henry    Melville,   b. ;  d. 

.     She   d.   Jan.   8,   1864;  res.   Nelson,   N.   H.     Ch.:  Sarah 

Minot,  b.  Oct.  5,  1818;  m.  Dr.  Leonard  French;  d.  in  Ashby, 
Mass.,  Sept  11,  1849,  leaving  son  Leonard   Melville  French,  b. 

July  26,  1849,  who  m. Blood,  and  res.  in  Manchester,  N.  H.; 

Josiah  Henrv,  b.  Dec.  18,  1820;  m.  Nancy  Rebecca  Nesmith, 
Oct.  15,  1857;  d.  Mar.  19,  1885,  in  Nelson,  N.  H.;  3  ch.,  (1) 
Henry,  b.  Aug.  25,  1858. 

Mr.  Melville,  for  four  years  last  past  secretary  of  the  Repub- 
lican Club  of  the  city  of  New  York,  and  of  the  Harvard  Law 
School  Association,  and  now  one  of  the  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers of  Company  "  B  "  Seventh  Regiment,  was  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  in  1879,  and  in  1884  took  the  Master's  Degree  and 
LL.  B.,  cum  laude,  at  Harvard.  He  prepared  for  college  at  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Leach's  school  at  Keene,  N.  H. 

At  Dartmouth  he  was  a  member  of  a  well  known  local  soci- 
ety, the  Kappa  Kappa  Kappa,  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  in  the 
institution,  and,  on  the  completion  of  his  course,  was  a  com.- 
mencement  debater  with  the  Hon.  Hiram  D.  L'pton,  late  speak- 
er of  the  N.  H.  House  of  Representatives  on  the  question,  "  Is 
Suffrage  a  Birthright?" 

After  spending  two  years  as  principal  of  the  high  school  at 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  he  entered  Harvard,  where  he  remained 
three  years,  and  was  honored  by  being  appointed  by  the  faculty 
to  represent  the  law  school,  at  the  university  commencement 
in  1884,  with  an  oration  on  the  subject  of  "  National  Regulation 
of  Inter-State  Commerce." 

Coming  from  there  to  New  York,  he  entered  the  office  of 
James  C.  Carter,  the  distinguished  leader  of  the  local  bar,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  June,  1885.  In  December  of  that 
year  he  formed  a  business  association  with  Senator  Roscoe 
Conkling,  which  continued  till  the  latter's  death  in  1888.  Later 
he  became  a  member  of  a  partnership  with  Hon.  Daniel  Dough- 
erty and  William  A.  Sweetser  (assistant  corporation  counsel), 
and  also  was  one  of  the  editorial  writers  in  an  edition  of 
"  Smith's  Leading  Cases." 


HENRY  MELVILLE. 


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184  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


He  has  at  all  times  taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs 
and  in  the  Presidential  campaign  of  1888  made  upward  of 
thirty  speeches  for  Harrison.  As  a  National  Guardsman  he 
engages  enthusiastically  in  rifle  practice,  and  has  gained  some 
distinction  by  his  shooting  in  competitions  as  a  member  of  his 
company's  team. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Club,  Republican  Club,  Bar 
Association,  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Alumni,  and  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. Apropos  of  the  latter,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  on  less 
than  eight  of  his  ancestors  fought  for  American  independence, 
viz.:  Josiah  Melville,  Josiah  Melville,  Jr.,  Capt.  Jonas  Minot, 
James  Nesmith,  Reuben  Gregg,  Sergeant  Adam  Dickey,  Gener- 
al Josiah  Whitney  and  Josiah  Whitney,  Jr.  The  two  Melvilles, 
two  Whitneys  and  Minot  were  at  Concord,  the  elder  Whitney 
and  Nesmith  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  Dickey  and  Gregg  at  Ben- 
nington. 

Mr.  Melville  stands  well'  among  his  contemporaries  at  the 
New  York  bar,  and  reflects  credit  upon  Dartmouth,  his  alma 
mater. 

(2)  Arthur  Nesmith,  b.  Aug.  10,  1861;  d.  Jan.  13, 1883;  (3)  Car- 
oline Lydia,  b.  Oct.  10,  1865;  d.  Aug.  15,  1885,  in  Nelson,  N.  H.; 
Caroline  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  17,  1822;  m.  Francis  W.  Wright,  of  Ash- 
by,  Mass.;  d.  in  Ashby,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1864;  buried  in  Nelson, 
N.  H.;  2  ch.,  (1)  Henry  Melville,  d.  young;  (2)  Dascomb  Francis; 
(4)  Ann  Maria,  Ij.  Apr.  9, 1825;  m.  Dr.  Leonard  French  (2d  wife),  d. 
Jan.  6,  1864;  one  child,  Henry  Minot,  b.  Apr.  1,  1853;  Dr.  Leon- 
ard d.  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Feb.,  1892;  (5)  Lucy  Eveline,  b.  Dec. 
12,  1828;  d.  Feb.  5,  1832,in  Nelson,  N.  H  ;  (6)  Mary  Jane,  b.  Nov. 
17,  1832;  m.  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Tolman;  d.  Aug.  31,  1875;  buried 
in  Nelson,  N.  H.;  ch.,  Mary  Melville,  b.  June  9,  1858;  Edward 
Howe,  b.  Apr.  30,  1860;  d.  Mar.  14,  1877. 

2515.  ix.        ScoLLAY,  b.  Oct.  6,  1798;  m. ;  d.  Lynn,  Mass. 

2516.  X.         Betsey,  b.  June  4,  1801;  m.  Dec.  31,  1822,  Capt.  Asa  Spaulding, 

res.  Nelson.  He  was  b.  May  14,  1796.  Ch.:  Sylvester,  m.  Sarah 
Searles,  of  Townsend,  Mass.;  res.  Keene,  N.  H.;  Alfred,  m. 
C.  Ann  Bromley,  of  Danby,  Vt.     She  d.  Mar.  7,  1869. 

1047.  Stephen  Whitney  (Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Har- 
vard, Mass.,  May  1,  1757;  m.  Feb.  6,  1783,  Persis  Locke;  b.  1757;  d.  June  25,  1806,  in 
Deerfield. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  and  resided  in  Roxbury,  N.  H.  He  sensed  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Bennington,  in  1777;  was  in  the  com- 
pany from  Harvard,  commanded  by  Capt.  Hezekiah  Whitney.  From  1798  to  1808, 
he  kept  an  inn  at  Bloody  Brook,  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  near  the  site  of  the  Indian  mas- 
sacre of  1675.  In  1809  he  resided  in  Sterling.  He  d.  in  Lynn,  Mass.;  res.  Shutes- 
bury,  Deerfield  and  Lynn,  Mass. 


2517. 
2518. 
2519. 


Polly,  b.  Mar.  2,  1783;  m.  Benjamin  Marsh,  of  Deerfield. 
i.         Stephen,  b.  June  6,  1785;  d.  Julv  20,  1786. 

ii.        Betsey,  b.  Sept.  8,  1787;  m.  lS08,  Abraham   Sanderson,  Jr.,  b 
Aug.  2,  1781;  d.l821;  m.2d  Lucius  Graham;  b. ;  d 


m.  3d  Ebenezer  Saxton;  b. ;  d. .    She  d.  1840.    Ch. 

Perises,  b.  Oct.  30,  1809;  m.  Ansel  C.  Delano;  she  d.  Sept.  1838 
Clarissa,  b.  May  31,  1812;  m.  Henry  Church;  res.  Ohio;  Try- 
phena,  b.  Nov.  2,  1814;  m.  Alson  Cole,  d.  s.  p.  1850;  Dwight 
Whitney,  b.  Mar.  1,  1817;  m.  1850,  Harriett  N.  Grover;  res.  Sun- 
derland; Tryphosa  Elvira,  b.  Feb.  10,  1820;  m.  Ephraim  H. 
Curtiss;  res.  Newton;  Lucius  (Graham),  b.  Mar.  7,  1824;  m. 
Minerva  Kingsbury;  3  ch.;  res.  Conway. 

2520.  iv.        Cynthia,  b.  Apr.  14,  1790;  m.  Jan.  1,  1814,  Jonathan  Currier,  of 

Concord,  N.  H.  Ch.:  Wm.  Jackson,  b.  Feb.  21,  1815;  graduated 
Andover  and  Amherst,  M.  D.;  m.  Susan  B.  Spalding;  Chas.  W., 
b.  Mar.  9,  1817;  studied  medicine  and  went  to  Texas;  Simon 
Pender,  b.  Aug.  19,  1822;  m.  Elizabeth  Wakeman;  res.  Milwau- 
kee ^^is. 

2521.  v.         CLARissA.b.  May  27, 1793;  d.  unm.  at  L.,  Mar.  20,  1811. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  185 

2522.  vi.  Susan,  b.  June  9,  1795;  m.  Aug.  8,  1816,  Richard  Richards.  He 
d.  Dec.  19,  1851;  res.  Lynn,  Mass.  Ch.:  Lydia  M.,  b.  Apr.  29, 
1817^  m.  1832,  Albert  T.  Goodwin;  res.  Lynn;  Jos.  W.,  b.  May  25, 
1820;  m.  Jan.  22,  1821;  Bridget  H.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1825;  m.  1839, 
Amos  W.  Fisher. 

2528.    vii.       Stephen,  b.  Aug.  6,  1797;  d.  at  D.,  Aug.  24,  1803. 

2524.  viii.      Elvira,  b.  Mar.  2,  1804;  m.  William  Watts,  of  L. 

1053.  Capt.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Sept.  19,  1784;  m.  Dec.  4, 1804,  Elizabeth  Hall;  b.  Feb.  6,  1788;  d.  Apr.  30,  1852. 

Capt.  Lemuel  Whitney  was  the  son  of  Gen.  Josiah,  and  was  born  in  Harvard, 
Mass.  He  was  eleven  years  of  age  when  his  father  moved  from  Harvard  to  Ashby. 
He  was  captain  in  the  militia,  and  an  officer  for  six  years.  He  was  fatally  injured 
by  falling  from  a  load  of  hay,  and  died  within  a  few  days.  He  made  his  will  July  6, 
and  it  was  probated  Sept.  6,  1853.     He  d.  July  9,  1853;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

2525.  i.  Henry  H.,  b.  June  11,  1805;  m.  Caroline  F.  Bailey. 

2526.  ii.         Dwell,  b.  Sept.  10,  1807;  m.  Emily  Derby,  and  Mrs.  Rebecca 

(Gilson)  Crouch. 

2527.  iii.        Otis,  b.  Nov.  14,  1809;  m.  Hannah  Parker. 

2528.  iv.        Betsey,  b.  Mar.  18,  1812;  m.  Feb.  2,  1832,  Josiah  Derby,  b.  July  4, 

1805,  d.  Apr.  4, 1876;  farmer;  res.  Leominster,  Mass.  Ch.:  Sarah 
E.,  b.  May  23,  1833;  d.  June  13,  1844;  Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1834; 
m.  Dec.  19,  1860,  Wm.  Flint;  he  d.  in  the  army;  she  m.  2d  fona 

E.  Goodwin;  she  d.  Sept.  7,  1887;  Jane  E.,  b.  July  9,  1836;  m. 
Feb.  25,  1869, John  W.Whitney,  and  live  at  36  Burnap  street, 
Fitchburg,  Mass.;  Emily  A.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1838;  m.  July  29,  1860, 
George  L.  Fuller,  of  Shirley;  she  d.  July  7,  1867;  left  one  dau., 
Nellie  M.;  Euranie,  b.  Apr  30,  1839;  m.  June  2,  1859,  Boardman 

F.  Warren,  of  West  Townsend,  Mass.;  they  live  there  now; 
Josiah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1840;  d.  June  17,  1844;  Franklin  G.,  b.  June 
10,  1842;  d.  July  20,  1842;  Julia  R.,  b.  May  26.  1843;  m.  Nov.  21, 
1866,  Joseph  N.  Day,  of  Lancaster;  live  in  Leominster,  Mass.; 
has  one  son,  Melvin  J.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1870;  Joseph  H.,  b.  Oct.  21, 
1844;  d.  May  26,  1866;  Harriet  E.,  b.  July  31,  1846;  m.  Mar.  23, 
1875,  Lafayette  W.  Pierce,  Esq.,  of  Winchendon;  live  in 
Gainesville,  Ga.;  Sarah  A.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1848;  m.  Oct.  10,  1874, 
Lewis  Morse,  of  St.  Albans,  Vt.;  live  in  Townsend,  Mass.; 
Francena  E.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1850. 

2529.  v.         Lemuel,  b.  Aug.  9,  1818;  m.  Almira  G.  Pollard. 

2530.  vi.        Nancy,  b.  June  23,  1822;  res.  Ashby, 

1054.  Daniel  Whitney  (Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Oct.  25 
1786;  m.  Mar.  10,  1808,  Hannah  Shedd,  of  Waltham,  Mass. 

Daniel  Whitney  was  born  in  Mass.  He  was  a  master  mason  builder,  and 
moved  with  his  family  from  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1825,  on  a  sloop  with  all  his  worldly 
goods  and  family,  consisting  of  ten  children.  It  took  a  week  to  make  the  trip.  He 
resided  in  New  York  City,  and  died  at  the  age  of  82.  He  made  all  the  arrange- 
ments for  his  funeral  one  year  before  he  died — chose  eight  pall  bearers  from  among 
his  most  intimate  friends  of  long  standing.  He  had  a  presentiment  one  year  before 
he  died  that  he  would  die  that  year.  There  are  many  elegant  residences  standing 
now  that  he  erected.  He  was  very  active  after  the  great  fire  of  1835.  He.  d.  Apr. 
18,  1869;  res.  Waltham  and  Boston,  Mass.,  and  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Daniel  J.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1809;  d.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Feb.  10,  1850. 
Hannah  Maria,  b.  Oct.  10,  1810;  d.  unm.  Dec.  25,  1859. 
George,  b.  Oct.  30,  1812;  d.  at  sea. 
Josiah  M.,  b.  Jan.  19, 1814;  m.  Mary  Jane  Ayers. 
Edward  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  24,  1816;  m.  Eliza  Lawrence. 
Lucy  Jane,  b.  Dec.  16.  1818;  m.  Oct.  19,  1854,  George  B.  Revere, 
b.  Jan.  26,  1823;    d.  Dec.  11,  1882.     She  d.  Jan.  11,  1861.     Ch.: 
Susanna  W.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1857;  res.  572  No.  Carey  St.,  Brockton, 
Mass.;  Paul,  b.  Feb.  20,  1860;  m.  and  res.  W.  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
This  was  Mr.  Revere's  second  marriage.     By  his  first  wife  he 
had  two  ch.     After  Lucy  Jane's  death  he  m.  3d,  Oct.  4, 1868 
Arabella  Groves  in  Yarmouth,  Me.;  ch.,  Jennie  Belle,  b.  Aug.  2 
1869;  d.  Sept.  8,  1870. 
13 


2531. 

2532. 

2533. 

iii. 

2534. 

IV. 

2535. 

v. 

2536. 

VI. 

186  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2537.  vii.      Susanna,  b.  Feb.  24,  1821;  res.  68  Bank  St.,  New  York  Citv. 

2538.  viii.     Benjamin  Shurtliff,  b.  Nov.  6,  1822;  d.  Aug.  6,  1850. 

2539.  ix.       Abigail,  b.  Nov.  21,  1824;  m.  Theodore  Crowell;  res.   Dillsburg,. 

Pa.     Ch.:  Whitney,  b. ;  res.  Arlington,  N.  J. 

2540.  X.         William  Minott,  b.  Jan.  2,  1827;  m.  Amelia  Cook. 

2541.  xi.       Warren  Webster,  b.  Mar.  12,  1829;  m.  Jenny  A.  Bard. 

2542.  xii.      Sarah  Louisa,  b.  Sept.  26,  1881;  d.  Aug.  14, 1832. 

1056.     Moses  Gill  Whitney  (Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Feb. 
4, 1791;  m.  Ann  Shields;  res.  Bennington,  Vt. 

2543.  iii.       Josiah,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Dickenson. 

2544.  i.  Lewis,  b. ;  m. .     He  d.  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  leaving 

two  ch.  The  widow  and  son  went  west  and  d.  there.  The 
other  child  was  a  dau. 

2545.  ii.         Royal,  b. ;  m. .     He  m.  twice  and  d.  in  Bennington, 

Vt.,  leaving  a  dau. 

2546.  iv.        Moses  Gill,  b.  Apr.  30,  1821;  m.  Nov.  28,  1844,  Charlotte  W. 

Farnsworth,  b.  Dec.  6,  1820.  He  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  26,  1852;  res. 
Chicopee,  Mass. 

2547.  V,         Dau,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

1059.  Joshua  Whitney  (Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,. 
Feb.  18,  1764;  m.  in  Sterling,  Mass.,  1783,  Vashti  Knight,  b.  1759.  His  widow  peti- 
tions the  court  for  her  third  of  the  estate  Oct.  20,  1812.  She  d.  Sterling,  Oct.,  1832. 
He  d.  July,  1812;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

Oliver,  b.  Apr.  28,  1784;  m.  Rebecca  Nichols. 

Joshua,  b.  Feb.  9,  1786;  d.  Feb.  16,  1792. 

Dorcas,  b.  Jan.  14,  1798;  m.  Edmond  Nichols.  Ch.:  Joel  and 
Betsey.     They  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

Dolly,  b.  Mar.  28,  1790;  d.  May  9,  1791. 

Joseph,  b.  Mar.  24,  1792;  m.  Nancy  Sawin. 

Dolly,  b.  Sept.  27,  1793;  m.  Asa  Holden. 

Joshua,  b.  Mar.  24,  1795;  d.  May  2,  1795. 

John,  b.  Apr.  21,  1796;  m.  Rachel  Osgood. 

Joel,  b.  Apr.  13,  1798;  d.  Mar.  15,  1801. 

Ebenezer,  b.  Aug.  1,  1800;  d.  bef.  1812. 

Silas,  b.  Nov.  11,  1804;  d.  bef.  1812. 

Mary,  b.  Dec.  20,  1807;  m.  John  Sawyer. 

1065.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Sept. 
18,  1768;  m.  Lucy  Wheeler,  b.  June  6,  1771.  She  d.  Sterling,  Mass.,  Jan,  2,  1856.  He 
made  his  will  Apr.  13,  1835,  and  it  was  probated  May  1,  1847.  He  d.  Feb.  18,  1847; 
res.  Sterling,  Mass. 

2560.    i.  Lucy,  b.  May  11,  1794;  m.  Sept.  2,  1813,  Calvin  Wheeler,  b.  Aug. 

4,  1788;  d.  Jan.  2,  1860.  She  d.  Apr.  11,  1871.  Ch.:  Mary  Hap- 
good,  b.  Apr.  22,  1814;  d.  Aug.  14,  1842;  Jonathan  Whitney,  b. 
Nov.  7,  1816;  m.  Aug.  15,  1850;  d.  July  22,  1889;  Levi,  b.  May 
22,  1819;  m.  Apr..  1844;  d.  Nov.  12,  1883;  Betsey,  b.  Nov.  4,. 
1821;  d.  Aug.  31,  1825;  Lucy.  b.  Oct.  30, 1826;  d.  May  18,  1837; 
Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  3,  1830;  m.  Feb.  4,  1851,  D.  F.  Messinger;  res. 
29  Myrtle  St..  Worcester,  Mass.;  Lydia  Ann,  b.  Oct.  31,  1831;  d. 
May  10,  1837;  George  Gay,  b.  Oct.  7,  1835;  d.  Oct.  14,  1844; 
Charles,  b.  July  1,  1838;  res.  Lake  Forest,  111. 

2.561  ii.  Priscilla,  b.  Jan.  9,  1797;  m.  in  1816,  Leonard  Mason,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1789;  d.  Feb.  7,  1863.  She  d.  Apr.  6,  1879.  Ch.:  Mary,  b.  Dec. 
28,  1817;  m.  May  17,  1837,  Amos  E.  Kendall;  res.  E.  Princeton, 
Mass.;  Betsey  M.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1820;  m.  May,  1843,  Lysander  B. 
Barnes.    She  d.  Oct.  31,  1863;  Joel  W.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1821;  m.  May 

5,  1847,  Mary  E.  Thomas.  He  d.  July  5,  1894.  He  was  b.  in 
East  Princeton.  At  his  death  he  was  senior  member  of  the  firm 
of  J.  W.  Mason  &  Co.,  chair  and  furniture  manufacturers  in 
New  York  City  and  at  Hunter.  His  character  was  firm  and 
commanding,  but  with  a  keen  sense  of  the  humorous — at  all 
times  ready  to  see  and  appreciate  a  joke,  and  always  ready 
with  a  pleasantry.     He  looked  on  the   bright  side  of  life,  was 


2648. 

i. 

2649. 

11. 

2550. 

111. 

2561. 

iv. 

2552. 

v. 

2553. 

VI. 

2554. 

VII, 

2556. 

Vlll. 

2556. 

IX. 

2567. 

x. 

2658. 

xi. 

2559. 

xn. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  187 

never  discouraged,  but  bravely  met  and,overcame  all  obstacles- 
Meanness  of  any  description  excited  his  contempt,  and  honesty 
and  integrity  were  his  constant  precept  and  practice.  He  was 
born  to  command,  and  was  only  satisfied  when  command  de- 
volved upon  him.  It  may  be  recollected  by  some  that  while 
Hon.  Chester  A.  Arthur  was  President  of  the  United  States  he 
visited  Hunter  as  the  guest  of  Col.  Mason.  He  held  many  posi- 
tions of  honor  at  various  times;  Fanny,  b.  Sept.  30,  1823;  m. 
Nov.  23,  1842,  Peter  M.  Keyes;  res.  E.  Princeton;  Silas,  b.  Apr. 
6,  1826;  m.  Clementina  Ballou  and  Maria  Wheeler;  res.  Heart- 
wellville,  Vt.;  Jonathan  W.,  b.  July  20,  1827;  d.  Aug.  26,  1827; 
Jonas  B.,  b.  j;uly  15,  1828;  d.  July  30,  1832;  Marshall,  b.  May  25, 
1830;  m.  twice;  Mar.  15,  1854,  Lucena  M.  Janes,  and  Apr.  8, 
1863,  Elizabeth  P.  Safford;  res.  St.  Albans,  Vt.;  Louisa  E.,  b. 
Jan.  31,  1832;  d.  Mar.  23,  1832;  Hezekiah  W.,  b.  June  12,  1833; 
m.  May  7,  1854,  Phcebe  A.  Hunt;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

2562.  iii.        Betsey,  b. ;  m. —Church;  res.  Templeton,  Mass. 

2563.  iv.       Caleb,  b. . 

2564.  V.         Jonathan,  b.  July,  1802;  m.  Lucy  Spaulding,  and  Lorena  French. 

2565.  vi.       Joel,  b. ;  m.  Seraph  W.  Sawyer. 

2566.  vii.      Hezekiah,  b, ;  m.  Eliza  I. .     He  d.  s.  p.,  Fitchburg, 

Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1876. 

2567.  viii.     Joseph,  b.  Sterling,  Nov.  22,  1810;  m. . 

1075.  Wetherbee  Whitney  (Simon,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  Johnj.b.  Har- 
vard, Mass.,  May  3, 1746;  m.  there  July  7, 1774,  Abigail  Warner;  b.  Feb.  7,  1746.  He  was 
a  farmer.  His  will  was  probated  Aug.  28,  1776.  He  d.  Oct.  14,  1775;  res.  Harvard, 
Mass. 

2568.  i.  Artemas,  b.  June  8,  1775;  d.  Mar.  1,  1777.     The  wid.  m.  2d,  Sept. 

12,  1778,  Nicholas  Patterson;  res.  Harvard.  He  was  b.  Mar.  22, 
1740.  ^s'icholas  took  up  land  at  Otter  Creek,  Vt.  His  family 
remained  in  H.  While  living  there  in  a  hut  he  d.  in  1790.  Ch. 
by  Abigail:  Abigail, b.  July  22,  1779;  d.  infancv;  Abigail  Willard, 
b.  June  13,  1780;  d.  June  23,  1813;  Artemas,  b.  Apr.  7,  1781; 
Lucinda,  b.  Feb.  25,  1783;  d.  1832;  Anna  Willard,  b.  Mar.  5, 1785; 
Alexander,  b.  May  15, 1787;  d.  unm.  at  sea. 

1086.  Simon  Whitney  (Simon,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard. 
Mar.  17,  1770;  m.  there  May  22,  1792,  Polly  Welch;  d.  1840.  He  was  a  licensed  store 
keeper  in  Harvard  from  1792-7.  Simon  Whitney's  will,  late  of  Harvard,  wife  Mary. 
Gives  to  widow  of  brother  Reubin  Meeds  and  her  three  children.  The  residue 
between  brother  Judah  Whitney's  children,  sister  Sarah  Taylor's  children,  sister 
Patience  Willard's  children,  sister  Hannah  Priest's  children,  sister  Amy  Draper's 
children,  brother  Reubin  Meeds'  children;  Thomas  Welch  Bolton,  exec,  Nov.  17, 
1818.  Mary  Whitney's  will,  of  Harvard.  Gives  to  Mary,  wife  of  Wm.  Lock,  of  New- 
ton; Mary,  dau.  of  brother  Thom.  Welch.  Gives  to  Mary  Ann  and  Sophia,  daus.  of 
brother  Silas  Welch ;  brother  Thomas  Welch,  of  Leominster,  Orange  and  Silas  Welch, 
children  of  Silas  Welch;  Thomas  Welch,  exec,  Sept.  5,  1822,  1st  Tues.,  July,  1840. 
He  d.  1818,  s.  p.;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

1091.  Corp.  Phinehas  W^hitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard.  John), 
b.  Harvard,  July  3,  1747;  m.  Oct.  31, 1765,  Keziah  Farnsworth.  She  d.  June  26, 1827,  at 
Norway,  Me. 

He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  from  Harvard,  Mass.  First  served  in  Capt. 
Joseph  Moore's  company,  from  Groton,  in  Col.  Wm.  Prescott's  regiment,  enlisting 
when  the  war  broke  out.  From  Feb.  5,  1777,  to  Jan.  28,  1780,  he  was  corporal  in  Capt. 
Benj.  Brown's  company  in  Col.  Michael  Jackson's  regiment.  In  1781  he  re-enlisted 
for  three  years.  At  this  time,  1781,  his  age,  is  given  at  23,  which  is  incorrect.  He 
was  5  feet  11  inches  tall,  dark  complexion,  and  by  occupation  a  farmer.  He  was  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  in  the  rear  of  the  breastworks,  against  which  the  British 
troops  were  advancing.  He  had  just  put  the  last  charge  in  his  gun  when  a  British 
officer  mounted  the  works  and  cried  out  "  Rush  on,  the  fort  is  ours."  Whitney  shot 
the  officer  and  clubbing  his  musket  escaped,  though  badly  wounded.  When  he  was 
75  years  of  age  he  was  obliged  to  have  one  of  his  limbs  amputated  on  account  of  the 
wound.    April  11, 1818,  he  was  given  a  pension  by  the  U.  S.  government  for  Revo- 


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lutionary  services.  The  town  clerk  at  Norway,  Me.,  writes  as  follows:  According  to  the 
Norway  town  history,  Phinehas  Whitney  lived  in  that  part  of  Norway  known  as  the 
"  Waterford  Three  Tiers,"  and  was  said  to  be  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  in  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill.  I  am  unable  to  learn  anything  of  his  family,  although  the  history 
speaks  of  his  having  one  son.  He  d.  May  21,  1830,  of  old  age;  res.  Harvard,  Mass., 
and  "  Waterford  Three  Tiers,"  Norway,  Me. 

2569.    i.         Mary,  b.  May  15,  1766,  at  Harvard. 

1108.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Ebenezer.  Richard,  John),b.  Mansfield, 
Conn.,  ^iay  28,  1762;  m.  in  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  18,  1786,  Rachel  Perne  Rawson,  of 
Uxbridge;  b.  Mendon,  Apr.  3,  1764;  d.  Montague,  Mass.,  Nov.  15,  1819;  m.  2d,  Feb. 
24,  1821,  Lavinia  Burnham  Potter;  b.  Jan. 25,  1788;  d.  Nov. 30,  1866. 

He  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Conn . ,  in  1762,  on  a  farm,  where  he  resided  until  three 
years  of  age  when  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Montague,  Mass.,  where  he  lived 
until  about  his  majority,  on  attaining  which  he  went  to  Worcester  and  enlisted  as  a 
private  m  the  Continental  army  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt  Joshua  Pierce 
in  Col.  Bigelow's  regiment,  in  which  he  served  from  Sept.  14, 1777,  until  Dec.  31, 1779. 
In  1780,  according  to  the  army  books,  he  was  a  private  in  Col.  Bigelow's  regiment. 
In  1786,  after  the  war  was  over,  he  was  married  in  Uxbridge  and  returned  to  Mon- 
tague, where  he  ever  after  resided,  except  for  a  short  when  he  lived  in  Conway, 
Mass.  He  received  a  pension  from  the  government  which  began  Apr.  9,  1818;  at  that 
time  it  was  stated  he  was  of  the  Massachusetts  continental  line.  He  followed  agri- 
cultural pursuits  all  his  life  after  the  war.  He  was  given  a  pension  by  the  govern- 
ment May  6, 1818,  when  70  years  of  age.  He  d.  Mar.  31,  1855;  res.  Conway  and  Mon- 
tague, Mass. 

•  Asa  R.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1803;  d.  unm.  at  Montague,  1871. 

Isaac,  b.  Jan.  22,  1788;  m.  Laura  Montague. 

Emory,  b.  Oct.  6,  1794;  m.  Rosanna  Selleck. 

Otis,  b.  Feb.  1,  1790;  m.  Thirza  Glazier. 

Appollus,  b.  Dec.  2,  1791;  m.  Charlotte  Hamilton. 

Ebenezer,  b.  June  29,  1799;  m.  Dianna  Hildreth. 

Sophia,  b.  Dec.  13,  1796;  m.  Ira  Benjamin.    She  d.  Mar.  19,  1850. 

Joseph  M.,  b.  Jan.  11, 1824;  m.  Mary  Hunt. 

1119.  Ezekiel  Whitney  (Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Plain- 
field,  Conn.,  May  15,  1758;  m.  at  Stamford,  Nov.  17,  1788,  Phebe  Hoyt,  of  Stamford. 
He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  bore  the  character  of  an  excellent  pious  man 
and  was  beloved,  esteemed  and  respected  by  all.  He  d.  Apr.  25,  1835;  res.  Stam- 
ford, Conn,  and  Waterford,  N.  Y. 

2578.     i.  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  8,  1785;  m.  at  W.  May  23,  1801,   Daniel  McGiver; 

res.  W.     He  d.  there  Feb.  23,  1827,  ae.  52.     She  d.  Mar.  7,  1872. 
He  was  in  the  war  of  1812. 
Ezekiel  Hoyt,  b.  Apr.  16,  1788;  m.  Elizabeth  Ostrander. 
Phebe,  b.  Mar.  19,  1794;  d.  Sept.  9,  1795. 
Lucy,  b.  Oct.  7,  1797;  m.  Foster  King.     She  d.  Dec.  22,  1868. 
Abigail,  b.  Oct.  7,  1797;  d.  May  30,  1802. 

1123a.  Sergt.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Ezekiel,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Worcester,  Mass.,  in  1759;  m.  there  Martha  Gates,  b.  Apr.  1760:  d.  Sept.  18, 
1847,  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  for  six  and  one-half  years,  first  serving  in  a 
Worcester  company.     He  d.  June  17,  1836;  res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

2581a.  1.         Ebenezer,  b.  May  23,  1788;  m.  Annis  Kingsbury. 

2582a.  ii.        Betsey,  b. 2584a.  i  v.       Ann,  b. 

2583a.  iii.       Polly,  b. 2585a.  v.        Patty,  b. 

All  d.  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

1125.  Enoch  Whitney  (David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John;,  b.  Harvard, 

Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1756;  m.  Hannah .     He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the 

company  from  Harvard  commanded  by  Capt.  Sargent;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

2582.  i.  Sally,  b.  Feb.  21,  1780;    m.   Nov.  1,  1808,  at   Harvard,  Elijah 

Dwinell. 

2583.  ii.         William,  b.  Feb.  27,  1786;  m.  Betsey  Farnsworth. 

2584.  iii.        Lydia,  b.  July  27,  1792. 

1126.  Isaac  Whitney  (David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Nov.  27, 
1761,  in  Harvard;  m.  Mar.  22,  1785,  Susannah  Fletcher;  res.  Harvard,  Ashburnham 
and  Ashby,  Mass.,  1786. 


2570. 

2571. 

11. 

2572. 

111. 

257;3. 

IV. 

2574. 

v. 

2575. 

VI. 

2576. 

Vll. 

2577. 

Vlll. 

2578. 

ii. 

2579. 

111. 

2580. 

IV. 

2581. 

V. 

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2585.  i.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  18,  1787;  m.  1809,  Sally  Broughton;  res.  Ashburn- 

ham  and  Ashby,  Mass. 

2586.  ii.         DAViD.b.  Mar.  14,1789.  2589.     v,         Polly,  b.  Feb.  3,  1796. 

2587.  iii.        Susannah,  b.  Mar,  14,  2f.90.    vi.        Nabby,  b.  Mar.  12,  1798. 

1791.  2591.    vii.      Samuel,  b.  July  2.  1807. 

2588.  iv,       BETSEV,b.  Oct.  30, 1792. 

2592.  viii,     Zimri,  b.  June  17,  1809;  d.  1879.     He  m.   1834,  Nancy  Lawrence. 

He  d.feh  de  se\  res.  Ashby,  Mass. 

2593.  ix.        David,  b.  Mar.  1,  1809;  m.  Charlotte  Blanchard. 

1128.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Shutes- 
bury  or  Shelburne,  Mass.,  Feb.  28,  1748;  m.  Dec.  15,  1771,  Abigail  Barnard;  b.  Jan.  5, 
1751;  d.  Dec.  27,1813. 

He  was  probably  born  in  Shelburne,  where  he  was  married  and  was  a  farmer. 
During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  served  in  one  of  the  companies  from  Shelburne, 
and  his  name  is  found  on  the  Revolutionary  records  in  the  State  House  of  Boston. 
His  farm  was  located  one  mile  north  of  the  old  center.  He  and  his  wife  were  both 
interred  in  one  grave.  They  were  admitted  to  the  church  by  letter  in  1778,  probably 
from  Shutesbury.     He  d.  Dec.  29,  1813;  res.  Shelburne,  Mass. 

2594.  i.  Moses,  b.  Sept.  24,  1772;  m.  Lydia  Allen. 

2595.  ii,         LuciNDA,b.  Jan.  18, 1776;  m.  July  3, 1794,  Joseph  Merrill;  res.  Shel- 

burne. He  was  a  cutlery  manufacturer  and  kept  a  store  in  S.  in 
1801.     She  d.  Jan.  24,  1858.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  1844. 

2596.  iii.        Hannah,  b.  July  20,  1788;  m.  July  14,  1793,  Igal  Fellows.     He  d. 

May  28,  1849.  Was  b.  July  14,  1783;  res.  Shelburne.  She  d. 
Apr.  11,  1859. 

2597.  iv.       Abigail,  b.  Feb.  13,  1786;  m.  Oct.  2,  1808,  Rev.  Amariah  Chan- 

dler. He  was  m.  three  times,  this  being  his  first  wife.  Rev.  Dr. 
Amariah  Chandler  was  born  Oct.  27,  1782,  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 
He  graduated  at  college  in  Burlington,  Vt.;  was  ordained  at 
Waitsfield,  Vt.,  in  1810,  and  preached  later  at  Hardwick,  Vt., 
and  Greenfield,  Mass.  His  wife  died  at  the  latter  place  Jan. 
19,  1833;  ae.  47.  He  d  Oct.  20,  1864.  Ch.:  Henry  Satterlee 
Lewis,  b.  Aug.  20,  1809;  m.  Merietta  Joslyn;  Clarissa  Naomi,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1811;  m.  Geo.  F.  Kidder;  Moses  Eliphalet,  b.  May  15, 
1818;  dau.  res.  Allegan,  Mich.,d.  Nov.  26, 1857;  Joseph  Whitney,  b. 
June  20,  1815;  m.  Adaline  Goodnow;  Abigail  Barnard,  b.  May  1, 
1818;  m.  Wm.  Lyman;  Lydia  Cerentha,  b.  Jan.  23,  1822;  m. 
Joseph  C.  Prentiss;  Amariah,  b.  Apr.  4,  1824;  d.  Aug.  10,  1834; 
Susan  Barron  Jubilee,  b.  July  4,  1826;  m.  Elisha  G.  Arms. 

Joseph,  b.  Apr.  4,  1781 ;  d.  June  11,  1787. 

Abigail,  b.  May  19,  1783;  d.  Aug.  3,  1786. 

Lidia,  b.  Feb.  21,  1778;  d.  Aug.  31,  1852. 

Betsey,  b.  Mar.  21,  1794;  d.  Jan.  5,  1814. 

Clarissa,  b.  Feb.  13,  1792;  m.  Dec.  24,  1812,  Philetus  Childs;  b. 
1785;  d.  Sept.  13,  1858.     She  d.  Sept.  17,  1860;  res.  Shelburne. 
2603.    X.        Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  23,  1774;  d.  in  Shutesbury,  Oct.  23,  1775, 

11.32.  Silas  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  prob. 
1737;  m.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  Mar.,  1758,  Jane  Pearson,  of  that  place. 

He  was  born  probably  in  1737.  In  1758  he  went  to  No  Town  (Princeton)  and 
purchased  land.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  followed  that  trade.  His  wife,  whom  he 
married  soon  after  going  to  No  Town,  was  from  Shrewsbury,  where  they  were  mar- 
ried. In  1763  he  moved  to  Winchendon,  and  soon  after,  in  Feb.,  1773,  to  Rindge, 
N.  H.,  from  which  place  he  was  warned  out  of  town.  While  residing  in  Winchendon 
he  kept  hotel  at  the  center,  and  in  1764  was  chosen  church  warden  and  surveyor  of 
boards  and  shingles.  Later  he  moved  to  Clarendon,  Vt.  In  the  county  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  Registry  of  Deeds,  lib.  57,  fol.  50,  there  is  a  record  of  a  deed  of  Silas  Whit- 
ney and  wife  Jane,  of  Princeton,  to  one  Jones,  July  2,  1762.  This  is  the  land  he  had 
purchased  four  years  before.  Res.  Princeton  and  Winchendon  Mass.,  Rindge,  N.  H, 
Clarendon,  Vt. 

2603.  i.  Love,  b.  Dec.  18.  1758. 

2604.  ii.         David,  b,  Aug.  31,1761;  m.  Sarah  Wilson. 

2605.  iii.        Silas,  b.  June  12,  1762;  res.  St.  Armand,  P.  Q.,  where  he  d  and 

was  buried. 


2598. 

V. 

2599. 

VI. 

2600. 

vii. 

2601. 

viii. 

2602. 

ix. 

190  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2615. 

i. 

2618. 

IV. 

2619. 

V. 

2621. 

Vll. 

2606.  iv.       Oliver,  b.  in  W.,  Sept.  16,  1764;  m.  Abigail  Crampton. 

2607.  V.         Baktholomew,  b.  June  30,  1766;  m.  Lois ;  res.  Clarendon, 

Vt.,  and  had  a  son,  Joel,  b.  Sept.  9,  1791. 

2608.  vi.       jANE,b.  June6,  1768. 

2609.  vii.       PHEBE.b.  Dec.  1,  1770. 

2610.  viii.     Samuel,  b.  Winchendon,  1771  or  1772;  m.  Eunice  Whitney  and 

Martha  Parmeuter. 

2611.  ix.       Mercy,  b.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  1773. 

2612.  X.         Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  16,  1777;  m.  Mary . 

2613.  xi.       Solomon,  b. . 

2614.  xii.       Lucv,  b. ;  m. —  Brown. 

1134.    Capt.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Solomon,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 

b.  Petersham,  Mass.,  June  10,1753;  m.  in  Petersham .     Reserved  in  the 

Revolutionarv  war  in  the  Petersham  company  as  second  lieutenant,  and  later  was 
under  Gen.  Lee  and  iinally  commissioned  a  captain.  She  d.  in  Simpson,  P.  Q.  He 
d.  in  1830;  res.  Petersham,  Mass.,  and  Simpson,  P.  Q. 

Benjamin,  b. — .    2616.  ii.  JoB,b. — .    2617.  iii.  Solomon, b. . 

Newall,  b.  May  1,  1791;  m.  Elizabeth  Whitehead. 

Lucinda,  b. ;  m. Gushing.    2620.    vi.   Miriam, b. . 

Susan,  b. ;  m.  Oct.  24.  1802,  Joseph  Gleason;  b.  Apr.  7,  1781. 

He  was  a  farmer;  res.  Petersham.     Ch.:  (See  Hist,  of  Mid  Go., 
Stow  for  sketch.)     Benjamin  W.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1806;    m.  Aug.  31, 
1831,  Louisa  Fessenden,  of  Shrewsbury;  5  ch. 
2622.    viii.     John,  b. .  2623.    ix.     Lvdia,  b. . 

1138.  David  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Aug. 
14,  1761;  m.  in  Goncord,  June  1,  1786,  Betsey  Darby,  b.  1766,  d.  lt<43. 

David  Whitney  married  his  wife  in  Goncord,  Mass.,  and  soon  moved  to  a  farm 
in  Rindge,  X.  H.  After  a  short  residence  there  he  purchased  a  large  farm  in  Bol- 
ton, Mass.,  one  of  the  best  in  that  town,  and  ever  after  resided  there.  He  made  his 
will  in  1833,  dividing  his  estate.  He  d.  Sept.  17,  1838;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Bol- 
ton, Mass. 

Samuel,  b.  Dec.  7,  1788;    m.  Fanny   Hudson   and    Mrs.   Lydia 

(Sawyer)  Whitney. 
Betsey,  b.  Jan.  2,  1792;  m.  in  Lancaster,  Mar.  29,  1814,  Robert 

Hudson,  Jr.,  of  Lancaster;  res.  Boylston. 
Nancy,  b.  Mar.  20,  1794;  m.  Oct.  4,  1814,  Joseph  Powers  of  Rut- 
land.    She  d.  July  20,1832,  leaving  5  ch.;  res.  Belchertown. 
Sally,  b.  May  20,  1796;  m.  July  1,  1823,  William  B.  Sanger  of 

Templeton.     She  d.  Jan.  15,  1851,  leaving  1  ch. 
David,  b.  Apr.  14,  1798;  d.  Mar.  7,  1816. 
Lucv.b.  June  6,  1800;  m.  Dec.  28,  1818,  Joel  Brown  of  Goncord; 

11  ch.;  res.  Boylston. 
Joseph,  b.  Aug.  12,  1802;  m.  Eliza  Saunders. 
Nathan,  b.  July  30,  1804;  m.  Eliza  Stevens. 

1145.  Samuel  Austin  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Sept.  27,  1770;  m.  July  28,  1801,  Ruth  Perkins,  b.  1772;  d.  Sept.  15,  1849. 

He  was  an  enterprising  merchant  and  ship  owner,  remarkable  through  life  for 
his  great  energy  and  personal  courage.  About  1799  Mr.  Samuel  Austin  Whitney 
owned  several  ships,  one  of  which,  believed  to  have  been  th«  "  Hiram,"  he  com- 
manded himself  when  she  was  captured  by  a  French  armed  vessel.  The  crew  were 
taken  out,  with  the  exception  of  Capt.  Whitney,  his  young  brother,  Henry,  a  lad  of 
16  years,  and  the  cook,  and  the  ship  was  placed  in  charge  of  a  force  of  ten  men  under 
an  officer.  Capt.  Whitney  had  secreted  his  pistols  in  a  crate  of  ware,  and  made  known 
to  his  brother  and  the  cook  his  determination  to  recapture  the  vessel.  He  imme- 
diately began  to  put  out  of  the  way  everything  that  could  be  used  as  a  weapon 
against  himself,  the  Frenchmen,  with  the  exception  of  their  commander,  being  un- 
armed; and  seizing  an  opportunity  when  but  two  of  the  crew  were  on  deck,  one  at 
the  wheel  and  one  asleep  on  a  hen-coop,  by  the  aid  of  his  two  companions  he  retook 
the  ship.  The  man  at  the  wheel  he  threw  overboard,  and  ran  to  the  other,  the  prize- 
master,  intending  to  serve  him  in  the  same  way,  but  he  grasped  the  chains  and  held 
on.  Hearing  the  scuffle,  the  men  below  came  up,  when  Capt.  Whitney  aimed  a 
pistol  at  the  one  in  advance,  who  turned,  and  with  his  companions  ran  like  a  flock  of 


2624. 

i- 

2625. 

ii. 

2626. 

iii. 

2627. 

iv. 

2628. 
2629. 

V. 

vi. 

2630. 
2631. 

vii. 
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sheep  around  the  long  boat,  young  Henry,  armed  with  a  dirk  and  the  cook  with  boil- 
ing water,  bringing  up  in  the  rear.  In  their  panic,  following  their  leader,  the  men 
rushed  below,  when  the  companion  way  was  closed  and  the  cook  stationed  with  a 
junk  bottle  to  beat  them  down  should  they  attempt  to  come  up.  This  was  the  work 
•of  a  moment.  The  prize-master,  who  had  in  the  meantime  regained  the  deck, 
stabbed  Henry  in  the  side  and  disabled  him,  but  Capt.  Whitney  felled  the  officer  by 
a  blow  from  a  handspike,  and  shortly  after  placed  him  below  with  the  crew.  He 
jiow  made  sail  for  an  English  port,  when  he  was  again  captured  by  another  French- 
man. Mr.  Whitney  used  to  relate  that  the  mortification  and  rage  of  his  new  captors 
when  they  learned  the  state  of  affairs  on  board  was  most  amusing.  His  brother, 
Henry  and  the  cook  were  now  taken  ofT,  and  seventeen  men  being  placed  in  the 
ship,  he  was  tauntingly  told  that  he  was  to  be  left  on  board  to  retake  her  if  he  could, 
although  he  was  really  left  to  assist  in  the  navigation.  He  secretly  accepted  this 
challenge,  basing  his  hopes  on  putting  the  instruments  out  of  order;  and  at  length 
succeeded  in  so  changing  them  that  his  captors  were  completely  lost.  Capt.  Whit- 
ney in  the  meanwhile,  having  kept  his  own  reckoning,  had  altered  the  ship's  course 
and  was  quietly  taking  her  into  New  York,  and  the  high  lands  were  in  sight  before 
the  crew  knew  where  they  were.  He  now  told  them  that  if  they  would  allow  him  to 
take  them  in  he  would  pledge  himself  for  their  safety;  but  after  consultation,  not 
dreaming  by  whose  means  they  had  got  where  they  were,  they  concluded  to  try 
again,  and  shaped  their  course  for  the  West  Indies.  Capt.  Whitney  again  disar- 
ranged the  instruments,  and  carried  the  ship  into  an  English  port  (Jamaica  it  is 
thought),  alongside  of  an  English  frigate  lying  at  anchor.  The  frigate  sent  off  a 
barge  to  them,  which  was  the  first  intimation  the  Frenchmen  received  of  their  hav- 
ing been  outwitted.  The  English  took  possession  and  claimed  the  vessel  as  a 
capture  from  the  French,  but  Capt.  Whitney  argued  that  he  himself  recaptured  the 
ship  by  running  her  into  port  under  their  guns.  The  case  was  taken  into  their  Court 
of  Admiralty,  where  an  award  of  $10,000  was  made  to  the  frigate.  This  sum  Mr. 
Whitney  paid,  shipped  a  new  crew,  and  brought  his  vessel  safely  into  New  York. 
.(Condensed  from  family  MSS).     He  d.  Oct.  15,  1846;  res.  Lincolnville,  Me. 

Samuel,  b.  July  30,  1802;  m.  Rebecca  W.  Howe. 

Lucy,  b.  Apr.  1,  1804;  m.  Nov.  IT,  1829,  Dr.  William  Ludwig;  2  ch. 

John  Perkins,  b.  Dec.  30,  1805;  m.  Tempe  P.  Johnston. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  July  2, 1811;  m.  Dec.  10,  1843,  William  A.  Schenck; 
2ch. 

2636.  V.         Phebe,  b.  Julv  5,  1816;  m.  May  22,  1843,  Dr.  Edward  Wm.  Hook; 

4ch. 

1146.    Joseph  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Sept. 

19,  1771;  m.  Sept.  24,  1793,  Sally  Collins;  b.  1773;  d.  at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  of 
yellow  fever,  Sept.  22, 1799;  m.  2d,  Oct.  18,  1803;  Catherine  Smith,  b. ;  d.  June 

20,  1809;  m.  3d,  Mrs.  Catherine  Whitney,  b.  1774;  d.  May  27, 1836.  He  is  buried  in  the 
■Granary  burial  ground.     He  d.  June  24,  1812;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

2637.  i.  Joseph,  b.  June  11,  1796;  m.  Elizabeth  Pratt. 

1149.  Cyrus  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  24, 
1774;  m.  Dec.  28,  1795,  Mary  Brewer;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

2688.     i. ,  b. ;  m.  David  B.  Downing;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

1151.  Henry  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  29, 
1783;  m.  Mar.  27,  1807,  Lucy  Perkins.  He  d.  Havre,  France,  Apr.  27,  1837;  res.  Cas- 
tine.  Me. 

Nancy,  b.  July  15,  1808;  m.  1825,  Joshua  C.  Adams;  d.  Jan.  1.5, 

1852;  15  ch. 
Henry,  b.  Feb.  15,  1810;  merchant;  unm.;  res.  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land. 
William,  b.  Nov.  17. 1811;  d.  Feb.  8,  1814. 
Lucy,  b.  Aug.  15,  1813;  m.  Moses  Gay,  Jr.     She  d.  s.  p. at  Havre, 

France,  Sept.  26,  1841. 
William  Cutler,  b.  July  20,  1815;  d.  Sept.  30,  1816. 
Charles,  b.  Oct.  29,  1817;  drowned  Penobscot  Bay,  Oct.  1.  1831. 

Samuel  Austin,  b. ;  m.  Ann  E.  Auld,  and  d.  s.p.,  N.  O.,  La., 

Oct.  28,  1850. 
2646.    viii.      John  Perkins,  b.  Jan.  20,  1820.     He.  d.  unm.  at  N.  O.,  Aug.  11, 
1839. 


2632. 

2683. 

2634. 

iii. 

2635. 

iv. 

2639. 

i. 

2640. 

ii. 

2641. 
2642. 

iii. 
iv. 

2643. 
2644. 
2645. 

V. 

vi. 
vii 

192  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2647     ix.        Frances,  b.  Apr.  3,  1823;  m.  Oct.  7,  1847,  Leonard  T.  Whiting;  2 
ch.     She  m.  2d,  May  1,  1869,  Samuel  K.  Whiting;  3  ch. 

2648.  X.         Sarah,  b.  June  15,  1825;  d.  Apr.  2,  1842. 

2649.  xi.        Phebe,  b.  May  11,  1829. 

1153  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Boston,  Mass.,  Mar.  17,  1780;  m.  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Aug.  27,  1807,  Bathsheba  Tin- 
kin  Heston,    He  d.  Feb.  3,  1823;  res.  Glassboro,  N.  J. 

2650.  i.  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  21,  1808;  d.  Jan.  17,  1810. 

2651.  ii.         Abigail  Cutler,  b.  June  4,  1810;  m.  Apr.  28,  1839,  Woodward 

Warrick.     She  d.  Oct.  31,  1854;  5  ch. 

2652.  iii.        Thomas  Heston,  b.  Jan.  4,  1813;  m.  Josephine  H.  Whitney. 

2663.  iv.        Harriett,  b.  Dec.  6,  1814;  m.  Dec.  28,  1842,  Dr.  Myles  Synnott; 

4ch. 

2664.  V.         Eben  Wharton,  b.  Jan.  28,  1817;  m.  Lucy  Warrick. 

2665.  vi.        Samuel  Austin,  b.  July  7,  1819;  unm. 

1154.    Aaron    Whitney  (Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas,   John),  b.  Stow, 

Mass.,  July  31,  1752;  m. ;  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  in  1791;  res.  Conway, 

Mass. 

2656.  i.  Otis,  b.  May  24,  1781;  m.  Sarah  Edwards. 

2657.  ii.         Chester,  b.  Dec,  1783;  m.  Polly  Waite  Green. 

2658.  iii.        ,  b. ;  m. — — —  Gun;  res.  Conway. 

1164.  Lieut.  Timothy  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Nov.  29,  1753;  m.  Phebe  Reed.  Timothy  Whitney  was  a  lieutenant  in  Capt. 
Joseph  Warren's  company  in  Sept.,  1777,  from  Grafton;  res.  Marlboro,  Mass. 

2659.  i.  Thomas,  b.  June  16,  1777;  m.  Abigail  Hapgood. 

2660.  ii.       Susanna,   b.  Feb.  26,  2664.    vi.       Phebe,    b.    Mar.    12, 

1782.  1795. 

2661.  iii.       Nathan,  b.  Aug.  15,  2666.    vii.      Henry,    b.     Nov.    6, 

1784.  1797. 

2662.  iv.        LEWis.b.  Apr.  7,  1788.  2666.    viii.     Sophia,    b.    Dec.    25, 

2663.  V.         Edward  W.,  b.  Jan.  1799. 

29,  1793. 

1166.  Elijah  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Apr.  21, 
1761;  m.  May  29,  1785,  Mindwell  Hardy,  b.  Nov.  27,  1763;  d.  Apr.  28,  1853.  Elijah 
Whitney,  b.  April  21,  1761,  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Whitney,  of  Shrewsbury,  and  his 
wife,  Anna  Gould;  and  by  the  history  of  the  town  belonged  to  the  John  Whitney 
family,  of  Watertown.  He  (Elijah)  died  Aug.  24,  1817.  m  his  67th  year.  His  wife, 
Mrs.  Mindwell  (Hardy)  Whitney,  was  born  Nov.  27,  1763,  and  died  Apr.  28,  1853, 
ae.  89  years,  5  months,  and  1  day.  Elijah  Whitney  was  a  handsome  man,  and  an 
excellent  farmer;  and  his  father  Thomas  seems  to  have  relied  upon  him  mainly  for 
business  advice.  When  the  "Shoe,"  in  1762,  was  annexed  to  Westborough,  Thomas 
(the  father)  wanted  to  remain  a  citizen  of  Shrewsbury,  and  his  request  was  gratified; 
but  he,  however,  yielded  to  Elijah's  request,  Mar.  12,  1793,  and  his  farm,  which  had 
become  Elijah's  property,  was  annexed  to  Westborough.  He  was  kind  to  his  chil- 
dren, and  allowed  his  son  Elijah  to  leave  his  trade  and  pursue  a  course  in  the  col- 
leges, and  graduate  as  a  learned  man.  His  comparatively  early  death  was  a  fearful 
blow  to  his  sons,  who  were  just  passing  into  manhood.  He  was  frugal  and  careful 
in  his  life,  and  left  a  fair  amount  of  real  estate  to  be  divided  among  his  children; 
but  there  were  so  many  that  each  one  received  but  a  small  share.  He  d.  Aug.  24, 
1817;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Westboro,  Mass. 

2667.  i.  Azubah,  b.  Oct.  13,  1786;  m. Adams. 

2668.  ii.         Naham,  b.  Jan.  7,  1788;  m.  Susanna  Adams. 

2669.  vii.       Elijah,  b.   Nov.  26,  1798;   m.  Cornelia   L.  Pratt  and  Wealthy 

Bryant. 

2670.  iii.        Aseneth,  b.  Mar.  12,  1790;  m. Bryant. 

2671.  iv.       Joel,  b.  May  12,  1792;  m.  Sept.  6,  1813,  Ebial  Nason;  res.  Grafton 

and  Westboro,  Mass. 

2672.  v.         David,  b.  June  9,  1796;  m.  Samaria  Wheeler. 

2673.  vi.        Levi,  b.  Mar.  26,  1797;  d.  May  1,  1797. 

2674.  ix.       Mindwell  Clarinda,  2675.    x.        Orestes  O.,  b.  June 

b.  Feb.  11,  1801.  28,  1806. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  193 

2676.  xi.        Daniel,  b.  Feb.  21,  1807;  m.  Nancy and  Sarah  F. . 

2677.  xii.      Dexter  O.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1809;  m.  Catherine . 


2683. 

1. 

2685. 

111. 

2686. 

iv. 

2687. 

V. 

2689. 

Vll 

res.  Shrewsbury  and  Westboro,  Mass. 

2678.  i.   '       William  K.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1795;  m.  Deborah  Woodard  and  Mary 

Ann  Billings. 

2679.  ii.         Artemas  H.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1797;  m.  Nabby  Skinner  and  Caroline  M. 

Alden. 

2680.  iii.       Joseph  H.,  b.  Feb.  25, 1799;  m.  Lucy  Green. 

2681.  iv.        John  Flint,  b.  May,  1805;  m.  Sophia  Bulkley. 

2682.  V.        Washington,  b. . 

1169.  Jonah  Whitney  (Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Aug.  25, 
1771;  m.  May  21,  1797,  Anna  Rider.  He  was  killed  while  moving  a  building.  His 
widow  requested  the  Probate  Court  to  grant  her  an  assignment  of  her  dower,  accord- 
ing to  law  Apr.  13,  1813.     He  d.  Oct.  3,  1810;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Westboro,  Mass. 

■  Phila,  b.  Apr.  12, 1798.      2684.    ii.      Patty,  b.  May  17,  1800. 

Seraph,  b.  Apr.  4,  1802;  d.  Oct.  16,  1803. 

Orlando,  b.  Julv  23,  1804;  m.  Susan  M.  Wood. 

Polly,  b.  Oct.  9,  1806.      2688.    vi.     Margaret  Ann,  b.  Feb.  1, 

Jonah,  b.  Mar.  29,  1811.  1809. 

1171.  Eleazer  Whitney  (Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec. 
5,  1777;  m.  Oct.  31,  1799,  Alice  Peabody,  b.  June  L  1779;  d.  Oct.  9,  1867.  He  d.  Feb. 
1,  1838;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H. 

2690.  i.  Asa,  b.  Nov.  26,  1800;  m.  Patty  Rice  and  Mary  L.  Childs. 

2691.  ii.         Lois  C,  b.  Apr.  4,  1803;  m.  Mar.  15,  1^32,  Capt.  Zebulon  Foster, 

Jr.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1797.  She  d.  Aug.  24,  1852.  He  was  captain  of 
the  Henniker  Rifles  and  selectman  eight  vears;  rep.  two  years. 
Ch.:  Caroline  F.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1835;  m.  Nov.  6,  1861,  W.  O.  Folsom. 
She  d.  1866. 

2692.  iii.        Frederic,  b.  Oct.  5,  1806;  m.  Fidelia  Woods  and  Mrs.  Hannah 

B.  Carter. 

2693.  iv.       Benj.  Carroll,  b.  Dec.  23,  1808;  drowned  June  3,  1819. 

2694.  V.         Alexander,  b.  Apr.  11,  1812;  drowned  June  3,  1819. 

2695.  vi.       Alice  B.,  b.  June  2,  1816;  d.  Sept.  26,  1854.     . 

1175.  Alexander  Whitney  (Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Henniker,  N.  H.,  Dec.  5,  1789;  m.  there  Nov.  24, 1814,  Lydia  Foster,  b.  Nov.  2,  1795;  d. 
Apr.  27,  1875.  Was  a  farmer:  was  a  hard  working,  industrious,  and  honest  citizen, 
and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  moved  from  Henniker  to  New  London  in 
1826.     He  d.  Nov.  26,  1878;  res.  Henniker  and  New  London,  N.  H. 

Aaron  Foster,  b.  Mar.  26,  1815;  d.  Jan.  \,  1830. 

Mary  Story,  b.  Mar.  29,  1817;  d.  unm.  Dec.  14,  1836. 

Oilman  H.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1819;  m.  Sarah  Jane  Durgan. 

Wm.  S.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1822;  m.  Mary  B.  Durgan. 

George  A.,  b.  Feb.  11, 1825;  m.  Sept.  1, 1852,  Ann  Eliza  Jones.  He 
d.  s.  p.  June  14,  1854.  Was  a  lumberman,and  was  killed  by  light- 
ning while  peeling  bark. 

Alonzo,  b.  Nov.,  1827;  unm.;  res.  N.  L. 

E.meline  L.,  b.  June  16,  1830;  unm.;  res.  Ridgewav,  Iowa. 

Livonia  M.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1833;  m.  Dec.  4,  1862,  Daniel  S.  Piper. 
Ch.:  Girl,  b.  Mar.  9,  1870;  d.  Mar.  11,  1870;  Myra  Alice,  b.  Nov. 
15,  1873;  res.  Medford,  Minn. 

2704.  ix.        Harriett  N.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1835;  m.  Oct.  13.  1867,  at  Sutton,  N.  H., 

Erwin  G.  Gate.  Ch.:  Alice  Carrie,  b.  Jan.  22,  1878;  res.  Bos- 
cowen,  N.  H. 

2705.  X.         Charles  S.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1837;  m.  Laura  A.  Pearson. 

2706.  xi.        Jannett  M.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1840;  d.  Mar.  28,  1872,  unm. 

1176.  Stephen  Whitney  (Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  lune 
10,  1792;  m.  Feb.  22,  1825,  Sarah  Bailey,  b.  Mar.  3,  1801;  d.  Dec,  1869.  He  was  a 
farmer.     He  d.  Oct.  26,  1864;  res.  Henniker,  Claremont,  and  Newport,  N.  H. 


2696. 

1. 

2697. 

11. 

2698. 

111. 

2699. 

IV. 

2700. 

v. 

2701. 

vi. 

2702. 

Vll. 

2703. 

viii 

194  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2707.    i.  Edwin  R.,  b.  Nov.  19,  182.5;  m.  at  H.  Sept.  12,  1849,  Prudence  S. 

Connor.  She  was  b.  Apr.  18,  1830.  Is  a  farmer;  res.  Ashland, 
N.  H. 
2708  ii.  EuGAR  M.,  b.  Nov.  19.  1825;  d.  Sept.  17,  1826. 
2709.  iii.  Sarah  Jank,  b.  Dec.  25,  1827;  m.  Sept.  12,  1849,  Barnabas  C. 
Whipple  of  Croydon;  res.  Sutton,  N.  H.  He  is  a  farmer;  was 
b.  Jan.  1,  1823.  Ch.:  Edgar  B.,  b.  Nov.  12, 1850,  Orange' Co..  Fla., 
res.,  Leona  Haven;  Warren  L.,  b.  Apr.  6.  1852,  m.;  res.,  Goshen, 
N.  H.;  Mason  E..  b.  Mar.,  1854,  d.  June  4. 1858;  Rubie  J.,b.  July  6, 
1860,  m.  William  E.  Drew,  Merrimack,  Mass.;  Aaron  M.,b.  Oct. 
20, 1863;  m.  Cora  Merrill,  Roby's  Corner,  N.  H.;  Alice  J.,  b.  Apr. 
14,  1866,  m.  Stephen  Pillsbury,  Biddeford,  Me. 

Stephen  Page,  b.  Apr.  9,  1830;  m.  Mary  J.  Pollard. 

Geo.  Fked'k,  b.  Aug.  12,  1832;  m.  Ann  E.  Durgan. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  14,  1834;  m.  Hon.  Edmund  Burke  of 
Newport. 

1199.  Luther  Whitney  (Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  July  25, 
1780;  m.  Jan.  13,  1803,  Hannah  Gordon;  b.  June  24,  1778;  d.  Dec.  13,  1804;  m.  2d, 
Nabby  Wood;  b.  May  9,  1777;  d.  Jan.  16,  1816;  res.  Henniker,  Canaan  and  Wash- 
ington, N.  H.,  and  Saratoga,  _N.Y, 


'^710. 

iv. 

2711. 

v. 

2712. 

VI. 

2713. 
2714. 
2715. 
2716. 


Hannah,  b.  1804;  d.  Oct.  10,  1804. 

Hannah,  b.  Nov.  7,  1807. 
i.       Livonia,  b.  June  13,  1809. 
V.        Orpha,  b. ;  m.  Wm.  Wood  of  N.  Y. 


2716>^.v.         Martin,  b. ;  res.  Mich. 

1202.  John  Whitney  (Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Henniker, 
N.  H.,  July  23,1787;  m.  Jan.  1,  1810,  Lucy  Chamberlain;  b.  Sept.  14,  1788;  d.  Apr.  7, 
1863.  He  was  a  blacksmith.  He  d.  Aug.  27,  1844;  res.  Henniker.  N.  H.. and  Sandis- 
field.  Mass. 

2717.  i.  Emeline.  b.  Mar.  3,  1810;   m.  Sept.  24,  1833,  William  Chittenden, 

Jr.  He  was  a  farmer;  b.  Sept.  14,  1809;  d.  Feb.  5,  1845.  res.  in 
Sandwich,  111.  Ch.:  Georgianna  Theresa,  b.  Feb.  17, 1837;  m.to 
Benjamin  Comstock,  at  Sandwich,  111.,  Jan.  6, 1860;  P.  O.  address. 
Sandwich,  111. 

2718.  ii.         Lucy,  b.  Mar.  26,  1811;  m.  Aug.  31,  1830, Todd.     She  d.  in 

Winsted,  Conn.     Her  dau.  is  Mrs.  Mary  Putnam,  of  Winsted. 

Livonia,  b.  Apr.  16,  1813;  m.  Apr.  10,  1837.    She  d.  Jan.  10, 1845. 
John  Harmon,  b.  July  26,  1815;  m.  Nov.  22,  18o9;  res.  Sandisfield. 

Mass. 
Lorenzo  C,  b.  Apr.  5,  1818;  m.  Clestia  A.  Fosdick. 
Clarinda,  b.  June  12. 1821 ;  m.  Oct.  20, 1845, Ingham.     She 

d.  Feb.  9,  1867. 
Edward  A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1823;  m.  Harriett  E.  Couch. 
Mary  Ann,  b.  Nov.  11,  1826;  m.  Nov.  5.  1844,  Henry  S.  Langdon; 

res.  Algona,  Iowa.     He  was  b.  Sept.  28,  1821;    d.  May  8,  1893; 

was  a  merchant.     Ch.:  Eugene  Wellington,  b.  June  9,  1848;  m. 

Aug. 6, 1882;  Henrietta  Josephine,  b.  Mar.  24,  1850;  m.  Nov.  7, 

1872,  Augustus  Pretsch;  Ellen  Clerinda,  b.  June  3, 1853;  Emeline 

Ardelia,  b.  Aug.  13,  1855;  m.  Jan.  9,  1883,   Daniel  D.  Townsend; 

Albert  Henry,  b.  Nov.  20.  1859;  d.  Apr.  27.  1887. 

1203.  Silas  Whitney  (Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Mar  30, 
1791;  m.  July  23,  1818,  Sally  Butler,  b.  Jan.  7.  1788.  in  Sudbury,  Mass.;  res.'Henniker 
and  Canaan.  N.  H. 


2719. 
2720. 

iii. 
iv. 

2721. 

2722. 

v. 

vi. 

2723. 
2724. 

vii. 
viii. 

2725. 
2726. 
2727. 


Bela  Butler,  b.  Oct.  21,  1819. 

Stephen  M.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1823;  d.  June  26,  1824. 

Moses  S.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1826. 


1210.  Elnathan  Whitney  (Elnathan.  Elnathata.  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Goffstown,  Apr.  4,  1791;  m.  Feb.  16,  1815,  Lydia  Stickney,  b.  Mar.  16,  1791;  d.  June 
17.1880. 

He  was  born  in  Goffstown  and  always  resided  there  on  the  farm  purchased  by 
his  father.  He  followed  agricultural  pursuits  until  a  few  years  before  his  death.  He 
■d.  June  30,  1862;  res.  Goffstown.  N.  H. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  195 

2728.  i.  Mary,  b.  Apr.  13,  1820;  m.  Apr.  5,  1842,  David  M.  Poore,  b.  Mar. 

2.  1820,  d.  1860;  m.  2d  Samuel  Teel;  res.  Goffstown  Centre,  N.  H. 
Ch.:  Darwin  M.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1843;  m.  Carrie  F.  Hadley;  res.  85 
Blodget  St.,  Manchester;  Charles  B.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1845;  m.  Mary 
J.  Gatley;  Frank  H.,  b.  May  4.  1847;  d.  Jan.  16.  1866;  David 
M.,  b.  July  8,  1849;  m.  Viola  B.  Worthen;  res.  Goffstown  Centre. 

2729.  ii.         Sylvester,  b.  Feb.  29,  1816;  m.  Anne  M.  Palmer. 

2730.  iii.        Elvira, b.  Jan.  28, 1818;  m. ;  a  dau.  is  Mrs.  Ella  McDonald, 

Fort  Gratiot,  Mich. 

2731.  iv.       Lydia  M.,  b.  June  27,  1824;  m.  Jan.  29,  1850,  Joseph  G.  Young;  res. 

Chemung,  111.     He  was  b.  Aug.  13,  1821.    He  is  an  engineer  and 

machinist.     Ch.:  Eva  J.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1851;  m.  1876, Reid; 

res.   C;  Herbert  E.,  b.  Oct.,  1853;  m.   1880;  d.  1892;  wid.  res. 
Capron,  111.;  M.  Homer,  b.  1858;  d.  1864. 

2732.  V.         Sarah  E.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1826;  m. Roberts;  res.  Goffstown  Cen- 

tre, N.  H. 

2733.  vi.        Lrcv  E.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1834;  m.  Apr.  12,  1855,  Charles  Spencer;  res. 

Goffstown  Centre,  N.  H. 

2734.  vii.      Elnathan,  b.  Apr.  16,  1822;  m.  Sylena  F.  Henry. 

1212.  Gen.  Moses  Whitney  (Jacob,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  2, 
1775;  m.  Apr.  14,  1797,  at  Milton,  Rebecca  Dunbar;  d.  Feb.  4, 1824;  m.  2d,  at  Andover, 
Mrs.  Mary  P,  Kittredge. 

Gen.  Moses  Whitney  was  born  in  Spring  street,  West  Roxbury,  on  the  20th  of 
Jan.,  1775.  He  was  the  youngest  of  six  children  of  Jacob  and  Rachel  (Whiting) 
Whitney,  the  dau.  of  Nathaniel,  of  the  same  place.  In  1787  he  went  to  Blue  Hill, 
Milton,  to  learn  the  leather  business.  His  second  wife  was  the  widow  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Kittredge,  of  Gloucester;  she  outlived  him  several  years,  dying  in  Milton,  1865.  He 
■commenced  business  in  1796,  moved  to  Dorchester  in  1797, and  removed  to  Milton  in 
1805.  He  purchased  the  "  Rising  Sun"  estate  in  1806,  and  the  Nancy  Paine  estate  in 
1809,  extending  from  the  Old  Plymouth  Road  to  the  Neponset  River.  He  enlarged 
the  wharf,  and  built  a  tan  house  in  1810.  In  1819  he  built  the  Whitney  house  on 
Milton  Hill,  and  purchased  Swift's  wharf  at  the  same  time  in  part,  filling  up  the  dock 
between  the  wharves.  After  this  the  lumber  and  wood  business  was  carried  on  exten- 
sively by  him  for  twenty  years.  He  was  in  active  business  for  sixty-three  years,  not 
including  his  apprenticeship.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  in  Milton,  in  1805; 
resigned  in  1816;  captain  of  militia,  1816;  colonel,  1821.  He  was  afterward  brigadier- 
general  of  first  brigade,  first  division,  Massachusetts  Militia.  He  died  in  his  house  on 
Milton  Hill,  Dec.  24,  1859;  res.  Dorchester  and  Milton,  Mass. 

Hannah,  b.  Dorchester,  Nov.  19,  1797;  d.  s.  p.  in  1832. 

Moses,  b.  D.,  Oct.  7,  1802;  m.  Elizabeth  G.  Sanderson. 

Mary,  b.  D.,  Apr.  17,  1805;  d.  in  1890. 

Seth  Dunbar,  b.  Milton,  Sept.  13,  1807;  m.  Adeline  Dutton  Train. 

Warren  Jacob,  b.  in  1811;  m.  and  d.  in  1S91. 

1218.  Abraham  Whitney  (Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Apr.  25,  1779;  m.  Rebecca  Hudson;  b.  1777;  d.  Jan.,  1862.  He  d.  in  1853;  res. 
Hartland  and  Hartford,  \'t. 

Jackson,  b.  Sept.  7, 1806;  m.  Caroline  Matilda  Baker. 

HoLLis,  b. ;  m.  and  res.  in  Morrisville,  Vt.,  and  New  York 

state.     Had  2  ch. 
Benjamin  Hudson,  b.  June  20,  1810;  m.  Rosella  Baker. 
Leonard,  b.  — — — ;  d.  unm. 

Betsey,  b.  in  1801;  m.  Jan.  27,  1827,  Almon  Russ.     She  d.  in  Mor- 
risville, Vt.     Ch.:  Albert  and  Williani;  res.  Hyde  Park,  \'t. 

2745.  vi.       Hortensia,  b. ;  m.  Charles  M.  Wetherell;   res.  29  David- 

son St.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass.  Ch.:  Wm.  Herman,  Lizzie  Webster, 
Henry  Lathrop,  Anna  May. 

2746.  vii.      Fanny,  b. ;  m.  John  Noyce;  has  4  ch. 

1220.  Jacob  Whitney  (Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),b.  Springfield, 
Vt.,  May  2,  1784;  m.  Nov.  11,  1810,  Lucy  Adams;  b.  Sept.  19,  1792;  d.  May,  1873.  He 
■was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Apr.  30,  1824;  res.  New  Salem,  Mass. 

2747.  v.         John  B.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1820;  m.  Lucinda  Bardwell  and  Katherine  A. 

Pratt. 


2735. 

2736. 

ii. 

2737. 

111. 

2738. 

IV. 

2739. 

V. 

2740. 
2741. 

i. 

ii. 

2742. 
2743. 
2744. 

iii. 
iv. 

V. 

196  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2748.     iii.       Jonas,  b.  Apr.  4.  1816;  d.  Oct.  6,  1816. 

2749     li.         LouizA,  b.  Oct.  9,  1813;  m.  Dec.  11,  1832;  Sylvester  W.  Bangs;  res. 

Ware,  Mass.;  b.  Sept.  14,  1811;  d.  July  25,  1884.     Ch.:  Martha 

Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  15,  1834,  in  Ware;  m.  George  Goodwin  Hall, 

Sept.  3,  1856;  Dwight  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  3,  1840;  d.  Sept.  9,  1842; 

Jane  Louisa,  b.  June  14,  1846;  m.  Chas.  H.  Ellis,  Sept.  3,  1867;  d. 

July  1,  1877;  Lucia  G.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1855,  in  Ware;  m.  Geo.  Bliss 

Cutler,  Dec.  11,  1882. 
2750.    I.  Leonard,  b.  Sept.  12,  1811;  m.  Abby  E.  Day. 

2751      iv.       Jonas,  b.  Dec.  11,  1817;  m.  Mary  L.  Hunter  and  res.  in  Deerfield, 

Mich. 

2752.  vi.       Lydia  Ann,  b.  Dec.  12,  1822;  m.  Apr.  17,  1843,  Rufus  S.  Mixter. 

They  had  one  son,  Frank,  who  died  young. 

1221.  Abner  Whitney  (Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  July  19,  1780;  m.  Polly  White.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec.  27,  1866;  res. 
Orange,  Mass. 

2753.  V.         Harrison  H.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1819;  m.  Onda  Kendall. 

2754.  i.  Mary,  b. ;  m.  A.  Thayer. 

2755.  ii.        Arathusa,  b. ;  m.  Samuel    Adams;  son  James  W.    res. 

Orange,  Mass. 

2756.  iii.        Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Amos  Adams;  son   Geo.  F.   res.  Montague 

City,  Mass. 

2757.  iv.       Alexander,  b. ;  m.  Mehitable  Davis. 

2758.  vi.        Emily,  b. ;  m.  Thomas  Tenney;  res. . 

2759.  vii.      Harriett,  b. .       2760.    viii.     Charles,  b. . 

1224.  Jonah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  lohn),  b.  Harvard,  June 
19,  1758;  m.  Sept.  25,  1783;  there  Lois  Hill;  d.  Jan.  10,  1794.  An  old  Bible  in  pos- 
session of  a  daughter  of  Amos  S.  Whitney,  at  Minneapolis  refers  to  her  as  Miss 
Lidia  Whitney;  m.  2d  in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  1804,  Jane  Stone,  b.  1783;  d.  1864. 

Jonah  Whitney  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  in  1758.  He  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  from  Harvard,  in  1780,  in  Capt.  Williams'  company,  and  his  age  was  then 
given  as  21.  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  in  1805,  he  moved  to  Henniker,  N.  H. 
It  is  reported  that  his  father  paid  for  the  land  which  he  took  up  with  a  half  barrel  of 
silver  dollars.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  died  from  the  effects  of  a  fever 
sore  contracted  while  sleeping  on  the  ground  and  camping  out.  He  d.  in  Harvard  in 
1834;  res.  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  Henniker,  N.  H. 

2761.  i.  Lois  Hill,  b.  Julv  25,  1786;  m.  Nov.  14,  1806,  James  Turner;  she 

d.  Apr.  25,  1818. 

2762.  ii.         Amos  Stone,  b.  Apr.  27,  1807;  m.  Mrs.  Emeline  Jakway,  Holden. 

2763.  iii.        Cyrus  J.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1812;  m.  Mary  J.  Morrison. 

1226.  Dr.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1765;  m.  there  Apr.  20,  1788,  Dorcas  Whitman,  dau.  of  Dr.  Charles, 
of  Stow;  b.  Apr.  7,  1767;  d.  July  11,  1844. 

Dr.  Isaiah  Whitney  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Charles  Whitman,  of  Stow,  who 
was  surgeon  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  subsequently  was  married  to  his  daugh- 
ter. They  moved  to  Rindge,  N.  H.,  in  1790,  where  he  ever  after  resided.  He  was 
much  respected  as  a  citizen,  and  as  a  skillful  and  conscientious  physician.  He  was 
appointed  postmaster,  Apr.  15,  1830,  and  died  while  holding  the  office.  Isaiah  Whit- 
ney and  his  brother  Jonah,  a  blacksmith,  lived  on  the  old  farm.  Jonah  sold  out,  left 
shop,  and  set  up  in  the  center  of  the  town,  two  miles  away,  and  finally  deeded  one 
half  of  the  farm  to  his  son  Cyrus,  who  made  certain  payments  to  Amos  and  Isaiah, 
and  agreed  to  support  his  father  the  remainder  of  his  life,  when  he  was  to  have  the 
other  half  of  the  farm  of  110  acres.  Mrs.  Whitney  was  drowned  near  Burlington, 
Vt.,  by  the  upsetting  of  a  stage  coach  in  which  she  was  journeying.  She  fell  into  the 
river  near  the  highway.     He  d.  Nov.  30,  1839;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H. 

2764.  vi.        Isaiah,  b.  Jan.  25,  1799;  m.  Henrietta  A.  Nickerson,  Sarah  L. 

Small,  and  Mrs.  Hannah  E.  Crosby. 

2765.  i.  Clarissa,  b.  in  1788;  m.  June  27,  1812,  Lemuel  Page,  Jr.,  b.  Jan. 

20,  1780,  d.  Mav  8,  1825.  He  was  captain  in  the  war  of  1812,  and 
colonel  in  the  State  militia;  m.  2d  Joseph  Jones,  of  Troy,  N.  H.; 
she  d.  Feb.  16,  1844.  Ch.:  Sarah  J.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1815;  m.  John 
Dunckler,  of    Phila.,   Pa.;    Harriett  J.,  b.   1817;    m.   Leonard 


2766. 

11. 

2767. 

111. 

2768. 

IV. 

2769. 

V. 

2770. 

vii. 

2771. 

Vlll 

2772. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  197 

Johnonnett,   of    Burlington;    Lemuel   W.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1821;  m. 

Susan  Sanders  and  Carrie  E.  Hemmenway;  res.  Burl. 
LovELL,  b.  June  20,  1790;  m.  Rebecca  Witt. 
Charles  W.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1791;  m.  Mary  Griffin. 
Henry,  b.  Oct.  26.  1794;  m.  Mary  Goldin. 
Felicia,  b.  May  26,  1796;  m.  Samuel  Nichols,  of  Burlington.  Ch.: 

Chas.  and  Samuel;  res.  N.  J.     She  d.  1869. 
Stephen,  b.  Dec.  19,  1800;  m.  Lovilla  Goldin. 
Anna,  b.  Oct.  17,  1805;  d.  Feb.  10,  1838. 
SoPHRONiA,  b.  Aug.  18,  1803;  m.  Sept.  28, 1844,  Joseph  Jones.    She 

d.  Jan.  10,  1872,  s.  p.     He  m.  her  sister. 
2772>^.x.         Dorcas,  b.  June  25,  1799;  m.  Dec.  6,  1822,  Henry  Hubbard;  his 

second  wife.     He  d.  s.  p.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

1227.  Dr.  Amos  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Moses,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  1768;  m.  June  9,  1793,  Rhoda  Cutter;  b.  Aug.  20,  1770;  dau.  of  Nathan.  She 
m.  2d  Jasper  Temple.  She  was  of  Rindge,  N.  H.  They  moved  to  Henniker  in 
1795,  and  resided  in  the  southeast  part.  ^He  was  a  skillful  physician  and  much 
respected.     He  d.  Feb.  23,  1802;  res.  Henniker,  N.  H. 

2773.  i.  Horace,  b.  Sept.  18, 1793;  was  soldier  in  war  1812;  d.  Concord. 

2774.  ii.         SoPHRONiA,  b.  Jan.  10,  1795;  m.  Apr.  18,  1813,  Hon.  Jacob  Gibson; 

b.  Oct.  24,  1784.  He  d.  Greenbush.  Wis.,  Dec,  1869.  Ch.:  Dr. 
A.  C,  b.  1823;  res.  Greenbush;  Randolph,  b.  1819;  d.  Manches- 
ter; John  S.,  b.  1830;  res.  Mo.;  Saphalia,  m.  R.  P.  Eaton;  res. 
Green  Bav,  Wis.;  Sophronia,  m.  Randall  Hoyt. 

2775.  iii.        Dolly,  b.  June  14,  1796;  m.  Mr.  Moore,  of  Hillsboro. 

2776.  iv.        Calista,  b.  Feb.  3,  1798;  m.  Wm.  K.  Howe;  b.  Sept.  30,1791. 

Was  selectman  several  years  in  Henniker.  His  wife  d.  May  19, 
1828.  He  was  m.  three  times.  2  ch.,  Roxana  C.  (adopted),  b. 
June  19,  1820. 

2777.  v.         Cynthia,  b.  Jan.  19,  1800;  d.  Apr.  7,  1816. 

1228.  Cyrvs  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Stow,  Aug.  17, 
1771;  m.  June  19,  1796,  Aseneth  Harris,  d.  1801;  m.  2d,  Mar.  22,  1802,  Mary  (Polly) 
Whitney,  dau.  of  Dea.  Isaac  and  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  13,  1779;  d.  Nov.  19,  1857. 

Cyrus  Whitney  was  a  good  farmer  and  business  man.  Started  a  cotton  factory 
in  his  native  town,  which  was  not  very  successful,  was  interested  in  a  gold  mine  in 
H.  (A  hole  said  to  be  100  feet  deep  is  shown  in  side  hill  now)  helped  build  Union 
Turnpike  from  Concord  through  his  farm  to  Harvard  and  Lancaster,  which  joined 
road  to  Fitchburg.  Built  a  substantial  square  brick  mansion  soon  after  his  last 
marriage  where  his  wife  presided  with  dignity,  ability  and  grace  over  many  a  social 
gathering.  She  had  the  first  piano  in  town,  the  first  carriage,  left  in  her  attic  a 
loom  for  weaving  homespun  cloth  and  carpets,  as  well  as  flax  wheels,  wool  spinning 
wheels  and  other  evidences  of  her  industry,  skill  and  thrift.  A  well  worn  copy  of  the 
Scriptures  and  another  of  Baxter's  Saint's  Rest  witness  her  piety,  and  well  do  her 
grandchildren  remember  her  excellent  cooking,  her  cheery  tones,  her  loving  care. 
Cyrus,  like  many  another  Whitney  was  ingenious,  making  use  of  the  blacksmith  shop 
left  by  his  Uncle  Jonas,  and  a  bench  for  wood  work,  for  repairs  of  farming  utensils. 
He  had  a  cider  mill  where  at  first  the  native  fruit  was  ground  up,  and  later  the  less 
marketable  portion  of  the  grafted  crop.  His  cellars  had  the  best  of  bottled  cider  of 
all  ages;  his  barns  were  crowded  with  hay  for  his  large  herd  of  cattle,  his  lands 
were  surrounded  by  heavy  walls,  his  field  near  his  house  ornamented  with  an  arti- 
ficial pond  which  was  well  stocked  with  fish  and  lilies,  surrounded  by  his  orchards  of 
peaches,  pears,  as  well  as  apples.  She  made  her  will  Feb.  14,  1856;  it  was  probated 
Jan.  5,  1858.  Sons  Edwin,  Isaiah  and  Isaac  were  executors.  He  d.  Aug.  24,  1847;  res. 
Stow  and  Harvard,  Mass. 


2778. 
2779. 
2780. 


Edwin,  b.  Oct.  2,  1812;  m.  Lushea  Mead  Whitney. 

i.         Clarinda,  b.  Oct.  24,  1795;  d.  infancy. 

ii.  Clarinda,  b.  Oct.  24,  1797;  m.  Sept.  20,  1817,  Nathan  Woodbury, 
of  Bolton,  Mass.,  where  he  was  b.  Aug.  13,  1794;  d.  Rindge,  N.  H. 
Nov.  10,  1877;  res.  Rindge,  where  she  d.  June  21,  1889.  Ch.: 
Asenath  H.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1819;  m.  Albert  Mann;  res.  Winchendon, 
Mass;  she  d.  Apr.,  1891;  had  7  ch.;  Mary  Ann,  b.  Jan.  16,  1821; 
m.  Samuel  Page;  res.  Winchendon;  she  d.  June  14,  1889;  Nathan 
G.  b.  Apr.  16,  1823;  m.  Angelia  Bryant;  res.  Keene,  N.  H.;  Har- 


198  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


rison,  b.  Mar.  19,  1826;  d.  Oct.  10,  1830;  Lauretta  W.,  b.  May  20, 
1828;  m.  Nelson  Parks;  res.  Winchendon;  Lucinda  B.,  b.  Feb.  4, 
1832;  m.  Henry  I.  Newman;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.;  Clarinda  A.,  b. 
Mar.  23,  1834;  m.  Daniel  H.  Sargent;  res.  Rindge;  Maria  A.,  b. 
May  20,  1837;  m.Geo.  F.  Wallace;  res.  Winchendon;  Andrew  C, 
b.  Dec.  25,  1840;  unm.;  res.  Old  Point  Comfort,  Va. 

2781.  iv.       AsENATH,  b.  Mar.  18,  1800;  d.  Nov.  4,  1810. 

2782.  V.        Joseph  Addison,  b.  Oct.  23,  180i:;m.  Hannah  Fletcher. 

2783.  vi.        Benj.  F.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1804;  m.  Louisa  Lawrence. 

2784.  vii.      James  Fordyce,  b.  Apr.  14,  1806;  m.  Mary  G.  Whitney. 

2785.  viii.     Richard  Harris,  b.  Nov.  2,  1808;  m.  Nancy  F.  Whitney  and 

Dorcas  Fisk. 

2786.  ix.       Lauretta,  b.  Oct.  25, 1810;  d.  young. 

2787.  X.         Isaiah,  b.  Sept.  22,  1815;  m,  Mary  A.  Gove. 

2788.  xi.        Isaac,  b.  July  24,  1818;  m.  Dorcas  Whitney  Hoar. 

2789.  xii,      Mary,  b.  Feb.,  1824;  m.  Nov.  20, 1846,  Wm.  Stearns  Locke,  b.  Nov. 

21,  1813;  res.  Lancaster,  Mass.  Ch.:  Lauretta  Irene  Locke  Had- 
ley,  b.  Jan.  17, 1848;  m.  June  15, 1878;  res.  Sudbury,  Mass.;  Frances 
.  Ann  Locke  Ordway,  b.  Feb.  14,  1850;  m.  Oct.  14,  1873;  res.  Hud- 
son, Mass.;  Edward  Cutter,  b.  Mar.,  1852;  d.  Mar.  or  Apr.,  1854; 
Warren  Shattuck,  b.  June  10,  1854;  m.  Oct.  8,  1885;  res.  Lancas- 
ter, Mass.;  Edwin  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  10,  1857;  m.  Mar.  29,  1892; 
res.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

1230.  Israel  Whitney  (Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1775;  m.  at  Boston,  Phoebe  Jennison;  b.  Boston,  June  22,  1781;  d.  Dec. 
4, 1868,  in  Boston. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  resided  until  he  was  20 
years  of  age.  He  bought  his  time  of  his  father  for  ^20  and  started  for  Boston  to 
seek  his  fortune.  He  engaged  in  the  shoe  business  and  was  quite  prosperous.  His 
store  was  on  Court  street.  l3uring  the  war  of  1812  he  enlisted  ana  was  soon  com- 
missioned an  officer  in  his  regiment.  He  took  an  active  part  in  this  war  much  to  the 
detriment  of  his  business  and  great  pecuniary  loss.  The  result  was  a  general  break- 
down, from  which  Mr.  Whitney  never  recovered  from  this  misfortune.  He  had  a 
sterling  and  able  wife,  who  at  the  helm,  managed  admirably,  and  with  the  assistance 
of  the  sons  came  out  all  right.     He  d.  June  17,  1843;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 

2790.  i.  William,  b.  Nov.  15,  1803;  m.  1827,  Adeline  Richardson.     He  d. 
Sepi.26, 1S35,  leaving  one  ?-on,  William,  who  d.  in  the  west,  ae.  45. 

Eliza,  b.  Apr.  9,  1805;  d.  unm.  June  20,  1890. 

Henry,  b.  Sept.  30,  1807;  d.  Sept.,  1808. 

CHARLES.b.  Mar.  10, 1809;  m.  at  Worcester,  Jan.  24, 1840,  Elizabeth 
P.  Day;  b.  Nov.  24,  1816;  d.  Sept.  5,  1891,  s.  p.  When  eleven 
years  of  age  he  worked  in  a  shoe  store,  but  soon  left  for  Maiden, 
Mass.,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years.  Wishing  to  acquire 
a  more  complete  education  he  attended  an  academy  at  Stow  for 
three  years.  At  his  graduation  he  engaged  in  teaching,  and 
later  in  surveying.  He  followed  civil  engineering  and  survey- 
ing until  1891.  He  had  purchased  a  fruit  farm  in  New  Jersey, 
upon  which  he  resided  for  twenty  years.  This  he  disposed  of 
and  has  since  resided  in  Roxbury. 

Charlotte,  b.  Mar.  10,  1809;  m,  Francis  McKenna.  He  d.  1847. 
Ch.:  Andrew,  Alfred,  and  John.     She  d.  Dec.  4,  1879. 

Harriett,  b.  Feb.  3,  1811;  unm.;  res.  12  Thornly  St.,  Dor- 
chester, Mass. 

Martha  A.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1813;  m.  Warren  O.,  Rogers.  She  d. 
Dec.  18,  187  6,  s.  p. 

Henry  A.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1815;  m.  Hannah  Stickles. 

Alfred,  b.  Feb.  11,  1817;  d.  June  7,  1834. 

Caroline,  b.  Sept.  30, 1820;  d.  1822. 


2791. 

11. 

2792. 

iii 

2793. 

iv, 

2794. 

V. 

2795. 

vi. 

2796. 

vii. 

2797. 
2798. 
2799. 

viii. 
ix. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  199- 

1236.    Oliver  Whitney  (Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  May  16,  1786;  m.  there  Mar.  16,  1809,  Mercy  Whitcomb,  b.  Aug.  24,  1791;  d, 

Sept.  5,  1865. 

Oliver  Whitney,  the  youngest  child  of  Israel  and 
Hannah  Mead  Whitney,  was  born  May  16,  17S6,  at 
Harvard,  Mass.  When  a  little  over  two  years  of  age 
his  mother  died,  and  he  went  to  live  with  his  oldest 
sister,  Hannah,  who  had  married  Phineas  Sawyer,  and 
was  then  living  in  Marlboro,  Mass.  Soon  after  the 
second  marriage  of  his  father  (to  the  "  Widow  Puffer  ") 
he  returned  to  live  on  the  home  place,  and,  as  he  grew 
to  manhood,  he  followed  his  father's  occupation  of 
farming.  The  farm  products  were  then  carried  to  Bos- 
ton several  times  a  year,  and  these  journeys  were 
about  his  only  travels.  When  he  married  Mercy  Whit- 
comb, Mar.  16,  1809,  he  took  her  to  live  on  the  old 
place,  and  there  five  children,  Susan,  Hannah,  Mercy, 
Waldo,  and  Charlotte,  were  born.  On  May  10,  1821, 
_,„._„,..„„.,_,.  thev  moved  to  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  where  their  young- 

est  child,  Israel,  was  born,  and  where  they  spent  their 
remaining  years.  When  young,  Oliver  attended  the  Congregational  Church  in 
Harvard,  but  in  middle  life  he  "joined  "  the  Methodists,  and  at  his  house  the  itiner- 
ant preachers  always  found  a  warm  welcome.  In  politics  he  was  an  Anti-Federalist,, 
and  later  became  a  Democrat.  He  looked  after  the  farm  interests  until  two  years 
before  his  death,  when  he  allowed  the  management  of  affairs  to  pass  into  the  hands 
of  his  youngest  child,  Israel.  After  gradually  failing  he  passed  away  June  5,  1855. 
He  made  his  will  Apr.  18,  1845;  it  was  probated  July  3,  1855.  He  d.  June  5,  1855; 
res.  Harvard  and  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

2800.  i.  Susan,  b.  Jan.  23,  1811;  m.  Nov.  27,  1832,  Henrv  S.  Whitney. 

2801.  ii.         Hannah  Mead,  b.  Jan.  22,  1813;  m.  Feb.  14,  1832,  in  Lunenburg, 

Albert  Stratton,  b.  Apr.  14,  1807;  d.  Jan.  1,  1881.  She  d.  Feb.  11, 
1880;  res.  Leominster.  Ch.:  .Martin  W.,  b.  Nov.  14, 1833;  m.  Mary 
J.  Litchfield  and  Martha  A.  L.  Gale;  res.  Reading,  Kan.;  Capt. 
Joel  A.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1837;  served  in  war,  was  capt.  Co.  C,  58d 
Regt.  Mass.  Vols.;  was  wounded  at  Port  Hudson  June  14,  1863; 
■  m.  Hannah  W.  Comey;  res.  Reading;  Albert  0.,b.  Apr.  19,  1839; 
was  in  the  war  3  years  in  37th  Regt.  Mass.  Vols.;  was  in  nine- 
teen battles  and  skirmishes;  clothing  hit  five  times  with  bullets; 
m.  Mar.  7,  1866,  to  Jennie  Spencer  Stone;  now  lives  in  Meriden 
(Allen  Ave.),  Conn.;  ch..  Charlotte  A.  S.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1841;  lives 
in  Leominster,  Mass.,  Adaliza  Hannah  Stratton,  b.  Sept.  22,1851, 
in  Leominster,  Mass.;  m.  to  Warren  J.  Lewis  July  1,  1869;  thev 
now  live  in  Leominster,  Mass.;  Rev.  Porter  Raymond,  b.  July 
13,  1855,  in  Leominster,  Mass.;  is  now  pastor  of  M.  E.  Church, 
at  Oakdale,  Mass.;  he  m.  Annie  Jewett,  in  1880,  at  Leominster, 
Mass. 

2802.  iii.       Mercy,  b.  Jan.  10,  1815;  d.  Aug.  10, 1881. 

2803.  iv.       Waldo,  b.  Apr.  16,   1817;   m.  Sept.  8,  1842,  in  Lincoln,  Mass., 

Hannah  Matylda  Benjamin;  she  d.  s.  p.  Dec.  1887,  in  Leo- 
minster. 

2804.  V.        Israel,  b.  July  4,1823;  m.  Jan.  20,  1848,  Mary  A.  Benjamin;  she 

d.  s.  p.  Dec.  31,  1892;  res.  Leominster,  Alass. 

2805.  vi.        Charlotte  Barnes,  b.  Jan.  4,  1820;  m.  Jan.  20,  1842,    Hiram 

Walker;  res.  Leominster,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  Rindge,  N.  H., 
Dec.  20,  18-.  Ch.:  Henry  S.,b.  Aug.  21,  1843;  m.  Dec.  13,  1871; 
d.  Sept.  15,  1878;  Randall  F.,  b.  Dec.  5, 1845;  m.  June  22,  1870; 
Leominster,  Mass.;  Arthur  H.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1848;  m.  Jan.  12, 
1871;  d.  Nov.  30,  1881;  Hiram  L.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1850;  m.  Dec.  24, 
1879,  Whitefield,  N.  H.;  Alfred  L.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1852;  m.  Oct. 
28,  1880;  address  Leominster,  Mass.;  Helen  C.  b.  Feb.  7,  1855; 
m.  Dec.  11,  1878;  address  Helen  C.  Duncan,  Hancock,  N.  H.; 
Frank  W.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1857;  m.  Sept.  22,  1881;  address  Babylon, 
N.  Y.;  Fred  I.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1860;  m.  Oct.  15,  1885;  address  Leo- 
minster, Mass. 


200  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


1237  Luther  Whitney  (Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Feb.  5,  1790;  m.  there  Jan.  3,  1814,  Melinda  Wetherbee.b.  1797;  d.  May  4, 1847. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  on  the  farm  which  his  grandfather  had  purchased 
before  the  town  was  incorporated.     He  always  resided  there,  and  at  his  death  the 

Kroperty  passed  into  possession  of  his  son  Luke.     He  d.  Mar.  12, 1871;  res.  Harvard, 
lass. 

2806.  i.  Luke,  b.  Sept.  9,  1815;  m.  Charlotte  M.  Turner,  Abigail  Knight 

and  Lydia  H.  Hartwell. 

2807.  ii.        William,  b. ;  m.  Jane . 

2808.  iii.       Jonathan  W.,  b.  Nov.,  1819;  m.  Mercy  R. . 

2809.  iv.       Clarissa,  b. ;  d. . 

1240  John  Whitney  (John,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Topsfield,  Mass., 
Apr.  13,  1780;  m.  in  Topsfield,  Mass.,  in  1809,  Mary  Mundy,  b.  Nov.  30, 1790;  d.  July  25, 
1878,  in  Goffstown. 

He  was  born  in  Bolton  and  married  his  wife  in  Salem,  Mass.  Soon  after  his 
marriage  he  moved  to  New  Hampshire,  settling  in  Weare  and  engaging  in  the  manu- 
facture of  oil  at  a  small  village,  which  took  its  name  from  the  oil  mill  and  is  at 
present  known  as  Oil  Mill  Village.  After  a  few  years  he  sold  his  mill  and  purchased 
a  farm  at  Goffstown  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days  on  his  farm.  He  d.  June 
26,  1865;  res.  Goffstown,  N.  H 

2810.  i.  Artemas,  b.  Aug.  30,  1809,  d.  Jan.  30, 1810. 

2811.  ii.         Millie,  b.  Jan.  24,  1810;  m.  Dec.  29,  1829,  Silas  Barnes,  b.  May  3, 

1800,  d.  May  16,  1874.  He  was  a  clothier  and  farmer.  She  d, 
July  11,  1874;  res.  Goffstown,  N.  H.  Ch.:  Mary  Alice,  b.  June 
4,  1831,  d.  Dec.  31,  1845;  Albert  W.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1833;  m.  Dec.  26, 
1873;  no  ch.;  res.  Henniker,  N,  H.;  Elizabeth  R.,  b.  Sept.  18, 
1834;  m.  Mar.,  1879;  d.  July  27,  1890;  Geo.  A.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1836, 
d.  Apr.,  1881;  Caroline  M.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1838,  d.  Mar.,  1853. 

2812.  iii.        Albert,  b.  July  21,  1811;  m.  Elizabeth  Rice  and  Susan  R.  Rice. 

2813.  iv.       Artemas,  b.  Feb.  27,  1814;  m.  Mar.  26,  1844,  Louisa  Philips;  m. 

2d,  Jennie  Barnes.     He  d.  s.  p.  Aug.  1879. 

2814.  V.        John,  b.  Nov.  3, 1818,  d.  Feb.  20,  1823. 

2815.  vi.        John,  b.  Apr.  5,  1824;  m.  Eliza  H.  Fisher. 

2816.  vii.      Mary  Jane,  b.  Oct.  21,  1821;  m.  Nov.  2,  1848,  Samuel  J.  Tenney. 

She  d.  s.  p.  Oct.  21,  1856.  He  was  b.  1820.  He  m.  for  2d  wife 
Rhoda  F.  Worthley,  b.  1838,  d.  1871;  m.  3d  Clara  Scribner;  res. 
Goffstown,  N.  H.;  one  child  bv  second  wife. 

2817.  viii.     Alice,  b.  Oct.  26,  1829;  d.  Aug.  24,  1830. 

2818.  ix.        Harriett,  b.  Oct.  6,  1831;  m.  Feb.  9,  1857,  Franklin  E.Johnson. 

She  d.  Aug.  22,  1871.  Ch.:  Clarence  A.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1858;  m. 
Aug.  15,  1882;  res.  Denver,  Colo.;  W.  M.,  b.  Oct.  .31,  1860;  dead; 
Bess  L.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1862;  m.  Nov.  22,  1887,  Charles  Fohn;  res. 
Winchester,  Mass.;  Mabel  W.,  b.  May  12,  1864;  res.  Nahant, 
Mass. 

1250.  Abraham  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1779;  m.  Apr.  3,  1802,  Alice  Houghton;  res.  Harvard, 
Mass. 

2819.  i.         Mercy,   b.    July    16,  2821.    iii.       Almira,   b.   Oct.   24, 

1802.  1805;  d.  Jan.  10, 1811. 

2820.  ii.         ABEL.b.  Feb.20, 1804.  2822.    iv.        Maria,   b.    Nov.    15, 

1807. 

1251.  Josiah  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Aug.  18, 1781;  m.  Feb.  6,  1803,  Sally  Puffer.  He  d.  about  1805;  res.  Harvard, 
Mass. 

2823.    i.         Luke,  b.  Apr.  22, 1803.  2824.    ii.        Jefferson,   b.    Nov. 

29,  1804. 

1252.    John  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Har- 
vard, July  31,  1783;  m.  Nov.  23,  1804,  Sally  Stowe;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

2825.  i.  Lucy  Stowe,  b.  July  12,  1805;  m.  Ethan  Wetherbee,  and  had 

two  ch. 

2826.  ii.         Sullivan,  b.  Dec.  22,  1808;  d.  young. 

2827.  iii.        John,  b.  Mar.  16,  1813;  m,  Mary  Nourse. 


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1254.  Simeon  Howard  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Mar.  2t),  1787;  m.  in  Lancaster,  Aug.  9,  1811,  Nancy  Barnard;  b.  May  22, 
1786;  d.  Jan.  9,  1856,  in  Fitchburg.  He  was  born  on  the  old  Whitney  place,  followed 
farming  and  his  trade,  that  of  a  stone  mason.  He  resided  in  Harvard  and  Lancas- 
ter, but  died  in  Leominster.     He  d.  Apr.  29,  1859;  res.  Bolton  and  Lancaster,  Mass. 

2828.  i,  Jerome  Blake,  b.  Apr.  3,  1812;  m.  Jan.  19,  1837;  res.  Boxboro, 

Mass. 

2829.  ii.         JosiAH  Dudley,  b.  Sept.  7,  1816;  m.  Catherine  A.  Harvey. 

2830.  iii.        Elhaxan  Winchester,  b.  Oct.  21,  1819;  m.  Sarah  A.  Bogert. 

2831.  iv.        Ann  Barnard,  b.  July  10,  1824;  m.  May  15,  1843,  Henry  Gates, 

Leominster,  Mass.  She  d.  July  7,  1859.  A  dau.,  Anna  A.,  res. 
Leominster,  Mass. 

2832.  V.        Abigail  Boylston  Moore,  b.  Oct.  24,  1826;  m.  Nov.  24,  1847, 

George  W.  De  Witt;  res.  886  Main  street,  Waltham.  Ch.:  Nanna 
Aroline,  b.  Sept.  8,  1848;  Abby  Anna,b.  Nov.  15, 1849;  d.  Jan.  15, 
1890;  Clara  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  21,  1851;  res.  9  Silver  street,  Wor- 
cester, Mass.;  Leroy  Elvine,  b.  Apr.  8,  1854;  res.  Leominster; 
Herbert  Barnard,  b.  Oct.  14,  1856;  res.  Leominster;  George 
Washington,  b.  Nov.  9,  1859;  d.  Aug.  18,  1879. 

2833.  vi.        LvDiA  Parker,  b.  Dec.  29,  1828;  m.  Oct.  30,  1851,  John  B.  Hoar; 

res.  W.  Acton,  Mass.  He  was  b.  1829;  d.  Oct.  13,  1872.  Ch.: 
Katie  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  20,  1852;  d.  Oct.  20,  1872;  Arthur  Cephas, 
b.  Sept.  21,  1854;  m.  Ella  A.  Ewings.  Name  changed  to  Whit- 
ney; 166  Devonshire  street,  r.  42,  Boston,  Mass.;  Ellen  Gertrude, 
b.  Aug.  14,  1856;  m.  Edwin  M.  Wheeler.  He  d.  May  31,  1882; 
res.  West  Acton;  John  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  4,  1860;  m.  Miimie  R. 
Hart;  res.  West  Acton;  Crosby  Abner,  b.  Oct.  17,1862;  name 
changed  to  Whitney;  res.  Newport,  R.  I.;  Edwin  Barker,  b. 
Nov.  18,  1865;  m.  Emma  Reitz;  name  changed  to  Whitney;  res. 
2109  A,  Washington  street,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Alice  Josephine,  b. 
Nov.  7,  1871;  res.  W.  Acton. 

1267.  Samuel  Whitney  (Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John)  b.  Bolton, 
Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1778;  m.  in  Acton,  Oct.,  1807,  Lucy  Handley;  b.  Oct.  14,  1788;  d.  Nov. 
15,  1874.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  but  followed  farming  most  of  his  life.  He  d. 
July  29,  1868;  res.  Bolton,  Mass. 

2834.  i.  Samuel  Ivory,  b.  Mar.  13,  1809;  m.  Eliza  Cannon. 

2835.  ii.         Franklin,  b.  Sept.  19,  1811 ;  d.  New  Bedford,  July  22,  1866. 

2836.  iii.        Amasa,  b.  Jan.  13,  1813;  m.  Susan  Cannon. 

2837.  IV.        Sidney  S.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815;  m.  Marv  C.  Getchell. 

2838.  V.         Urania,  b.  Jan.  6, 1817;  m.  Geo.  Cannon.     She  d.  Nov.  6,  1891.  He 

was  b.  Apr.  17,  1817;  d.  Jan.  3,  1878.  Ch.:  Susan  A.,  b.  in  N.  B., 
July  20,  1842;  d.  July  28,  1883;  Albert,  b.  in  N.  B.,  Oct.  10,  1844; 
m.  Oct.  30,  1879;  res.  New  Bedford,  Mass.;  Caroline  L.,  b.  N.  B., 
Mav  17,  1847;d.  Apr.  6,  1866;  George  S.,  b.  in  N.  B.,  Nov.  1,1851; 
d.  Jan.  13,  1860. 

Daniel,  b.  Apr.,  1810;  d. In  1813. 

Almira,  b.  Sept.  21,  1822;  m.  Isaiah  H.  Potter. 

Lucy,  b.  June  10,  1824. 

Alonzo,  b.  Nov.  29,  1826;  m.  Sarah  H.  Cooledge. 

1278.  Capt.  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Zaccheus,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Lancaster,  Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1772;  m.  there  June  2,  1803,  Mary  Hawkes.  He  d.  Jan.  14, 
1846;  res.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

2843.    i.  Mary,  b.  Mar.  7,  1804. 

1279.  Zaccheus  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Zaccheus,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 

Lancaster,  Mass.,  Mar.  11,  1774;    m.  there  Fanny .     He  d.  1845;  res.  Boston 

and  Cambridge,  Mass. 


2839. 

vi. 

2840. 

vii. 

2841. 

VHl 

2842. 

ix. 

2844. 
2845. 
2846. 


William  S.,  b.  1822;  d.  Oct.  4,  1823. 
i.        Edmund  T.,  b. 


iii.        Sarah  F.,  b. ;   m.  Joseph  P.  Hewlett. 

1285.  Amos  Whitney  (Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John), b.  Feb.  11,1766; 
m.  in  Concord,  Apr.  16,  1789,  Anna  Brown.  He  was  in  the  coopering  business  at 
Chelmsford,  now  Middlesex  village,  where  he  lived,  and  where  he  acquired  a  large 
property  in  that  trade.     He  d.  Oct.  2,  1854;  res.  Chelmsford,  Mass. 

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202  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2847.  i.  Amos,  b.  1790;  d.  unm.  Oct.  19,  1873.    Amos  Whitney  was  never 

married.  He  was  a  man  of  exemplary  character,  without  being^ 
particularly  enterprising.  In  1864  his  father  died  and  left  him  a 
large  amount  of  wealth,  though  his  means  were  ample  without 
this  inheritance.  He  left  a  will  at  his  decease,  giving  $20,000  to- 
relatives,  $2,500  to  the  "Old  Ladies'  Home"  at  Lowell,  and 
made  Tuft's  college  the  residuary  legatee.  His  estate  was 
valued  at  over  $50,000. 

2848.  ii.         Sewell,  b. ;  d. . 

1286.  Asa  Whitney  (Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  in  1767;  m, 
Feb.  25, 1790;  Mary  Wallis,  d.  Feb.  11, 1846.  Asa  Whitney  was  a  hard  working,  hon- 
est and  upright  man.  All  his  children  were  born  on  Nissequassick  Hill,  in  Town- 
send.    He  d.  Dec.  27,  1851;  res.  Townsend,  Mass. 

2849     i.  Polly,  b.  May  29,  1790;  m.  Sept.  12,  1811;  James  French,  of  Hen- 

niker,  N.  H.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1789;  d.  Mar.  30,  1862.  She  d.  Mar.  17, 
1861.  He  was  a  farmer  and  superior  manufacturer  of  bas- 
kets which  business  he  followed  many  years.  Ch.:  Mary,  b. 
Aug.  28,  1813;  m.  Hiram  Bell;  Jas.  M.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1818;  m.  Mary 
C.  Barker. 

2850.  ii.         Asa,  b.  Dec.  1,  1791;  m.  Clarinda  Williams. 

2851.  iii.       Samuel,  b.  Feb.  27,  1794;  m.  Polly  Wallace  and  Kezia  Gage. 

2852.  iv.       SEWELL,b.  Mar.  18,1796;  d.  Oct.  26, 1818.    He  d.  unm.,  and  was  the 

only  one  of  the  family  who  worked  on  wood,  the  others  being 
disciples  of  Tubal  Cain.  He  made  bowls,  bottles  and  trays. 
His  gallon  bottles  were  made  of  poplar,  one  piece  of  wood 
turned  inside  and  outside  while  the  wood  was  green.  Seasoned 
heads  of  the  same  wood  were  then  put  in  and  when  dried  were 
air-tight. 

2853.  V.         Rebecca,  b.  May  3, 1800;  m,  George  Hartwell  and  d.  Sept.  28, 1829. 

2854.  vi.        Levi,  b.  Mar.  19,  1802;  m. ;  res.  Maryfield,  O. 

2855.  vii.      Joel,  b.  June  8,  1807;  m.  Esther  M.  Treadwell. 

1288.  Aaron  Whitney  (Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Townsend,. 
Mass.,  1772;  m.  Mar.  16,  1797,  Phebe  Dunklee,  b.  Dec.  20,  1778;  d.  Jan.  31,  1800;  m. 
2d  Olive  Lund,  b.  Aug.  1779;  d.  Jan.,  1867. 

He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  in  1812  was  the  postmaster  at  Amherst.  His 
shop  was  burned  in  1815,  and  in  1819  he  moved  to  Calias.  He  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen in  Amherst  for  some  time.  He  d.  Feb.  16,  1845;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  Am- 
herst, Mass.,  and  Calais,  Me. 

2856.  i.  Levi,  b.  July  7, 1798;  m.  Jane  Whitney. 

2857.  ii.         Luke,  b.  Jan.  2, 1800;  m.  Cynthia  Smith  King  and  Mary  Thankful 

Smith. 

2858.  iii.       Mark,  b.  Jan.  2, 1800;  d.  Feb.  22,  1807,  in  Amherst,  N.  H. 

2859.  iv.       Aaron,  b.  Dec.  15,  1801;  m.  Rebecca  Perkins. 

2860.  V.         James,  b.  July  8,  1808;  m.  Julia  A.  Dorr. 

2861.  vi.       Olive,  b.  May  15,  1805;  res.  Westbrook,  Me. 

1307.    John  Whitney  (James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mar.  10,  1742;. 
m.  Hannah  Holbrook,  b.  June  3,  1741;  d.  in  Sherborn.    He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Feb. 
17,  1825;  res.  Sherborn  and  Wrentham,  Mass. 
James,  b.  in  1770;  d.  in  1770. 
John,  b.  in  1770;  d.  in  1770. 
John,  b.  in  1772;  m.  Clarissa  Slack. 
Nathaniel,  b.  in  1774;  m.  Deborah  Fames. 

Hannah,  b.  in  1776;  m.  Henry  Pratt,  of  Sherborn.  She  d.  in 
Sherborn  in  1842.  Ch.:  Jacob,  b.  1806;  m.  Mary  A.  Hooker  and 
Phebe  Whitney;  William,  b.  1808;  d.l808;  Eleanor,  b.  1810;  d. 
1810;  William,  b.  1813;  d.  1831;  John  W.,  b.  1819;  m.  Elizabeth 
Moore,  of  Natick. 

2867.  vi.        Patty,  b.  in  1778;  d.  in  1778. 

2868.  vii.      James,  b.  in  1779;  m.  Lois  Blodgett. 

2869.  viii.     Ezra,  b.  in  1781;  m.  Sally  F.  Slack  and  Mary  W.  Allen. 

1316.  James  Whitney  (Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  1755; 
m.  Susannah  Hill,  b.  in  1761;  d.  Sept.  25, 1841.     He  was  in  Capt.  Brooks'  comoany 


2862. 

2863. 

ii. 

2864. 

ni 

2865. 

iv, 

2866. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  203 

from  Sherborn,  in  the  Revolutionary  war.     He  d.  in  Dover,  Mass.,  in  June,  1800;  res. 
Sherborn,  Mass. 

2870.  i.  Isaac,  b.  in  1782;  m.  Mary  Moore  and  Sarah  Thayer. 

2871.  ii.         Benjamin,  b.  in  T.,  1785;  m.  Hepsibeth  Moore. 

2872.  iii.        Martin,  b.  June  17,  1787;  m.  Nancy  Orne,  Moriah,  N.  Y. 
2873     iv.       Sylvia,  b.  Dec.  2,  1795;  d.  young;  res.  Attleboro. 

2874.  V.         Patty,  b.  Mar.  5,  1792;  d.  young. 

2875.  vi.        Susan,  b.  in  1790;  d.  young. 

1317.  Joseph  Whitney  (Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sherborn, 
1762;  m.  Sally  Parks.     He  d.  in  1846;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

2876.  1.  Henry,  b.  in  1793;  m.  Mary  Ann  Bassett. 

2877.  ii.         Sally,  b.  in  1795;  m.  Luther  Alden. 

2878.  iii.        Esther,  b.  in  1797;  m.  Jonas  Brick,  b.  Oct.  10,  1796.     Ch.:     Mary 

Ann  and  Esther. 

2879.  iv.        Joseph  P.,  b.  in  1798;  m.  Roena  Bickford. 

2880.  V.         George,  b.  in  1801;  m.  Sophia  Greenwood. 

2881.  vi.       Charles,  b.  in  1804;  d.  1824. 

2882.  vii.      Samuel,  b.  in  1806;  d.  in  1826. 

2883.  viii.     Anna  P.,  b.  in  1809;  m. Read. 

1318.  James  Whitney  (Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mendon,  Dec. 

15,  1764;  m. ;  m.  2d ;  m.  3d   Mary  Robinson,  of  Oxford,  b. 

Oct.  8, 1771;  d.  Jan.  18,  1805.     He  d.  at  C.  in  1822;  res.  East  Woodstock,  Conn.,  Ox- 
ford, Mass.,  and  Craftsbury,  Vt. 

Job,  b.  Sept.  29, 1788;  m.  Abigail  Buckman. 

Ezra,  b.  Jan.  1790;  m.  Lucy  Waters. 

Newell,  b.  in  1796;  m,  Anna  Leonard,  Clarissa  Clark  and  L. 
Tillotson. 

Henrietta, b.  May  17,  1797;  m.  Feb.  19,  1823,  Ephraim  Baylies, 
of  Uxbridge. 

Mercy,  b. ;  m.  Perley  Lyon  and  Asa  Buckbee,  of  Wood- 
stock, Conn.,  s.  p. 

James,  b.  Mar.  6,  1800;  m.  Prudence  Allard  and  Lavina  Lee. 

Mary.  b.  Dec.  3,  1801;  m.  Feb.  4,  1827,  Josiah  Allen;  res.  Crafts- 
bury,  Vt.;  a  son  Job;  res.  Craftsbury. 

MiCAH,  b.  Oct.  20,  1803;  m.  Diantha  Walker  and  Elizabeth  Chan- 
dler. 

Schuyler,  b.  Sept.  9,  1806;  m.  Sally  Litchfield. 

Bezaleel,  b.  Apr.  16,  1808;  m.  Abigail  Collins. 

Ruth  H.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1809;  m.  Apr.  24,  1838.  Alanson  Howard,  in 
Uxbridge;  b.  1803;  d.  Sept.  28,  1849;  and  George  Towne;  m.  at 
East  Woodstock,  Conn.,  Nov.  26,  1863.  He  was  b.  Feb.  18,  1795 
d.  Sept.  30,  1879.  She  res.  9  Henshaw  St.,  Worcester,  Mass 
Ch.:  Josephine  E.,  b.  Mar.  30,  18.39;  res.  Thompson,  Conn 
Charles  A.,  b.  May  8, 1840;  res.  Wilsonville,  Conn.;  Timothy  F. 
b.  July  28,  1843;  res.  Worcester,  Mass.;  Sarah  C,  b.  Jan.  25, 1849 
d.  May  9,  1872. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  12,  1809;  d.  young. 

William  G.,  b.  May  12,  1811 ;  m.  Marita  Draper.  He  d.  s.  p.  Apr. 
15,1844. 

Daniel,  b.  Oct.  2, 1812;  m.  Ruth  Watson. 

Samuel  B.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1814;  m.  1842,  Sophia  Walker  and,  1849. 
Martha  Draper. 

Clarissa,  b.  Apr.  29,  1816;  d.  1837,  unm. 

Betsey  H.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1818;  m.  1839,  Ziba  Harriman,  of  Greens- 
boro, Vt.,  and  1869  Burrill  Hoyt. 

Pliny  C,  b.  July  30,  1819;  m.  Nancy  Lincoln. 

Otis,  b.  Apr.  19,  1821 ;  m.  Joanna  W.  Howard  and  Medosa  Albee. 

FiDDiA,  b.  Mar.  11,  1823;  d.  Mar.  21,  1824. 

1320.     Ezra  Whitney  (Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John;,  b.  Nov.  29,  1760;  m. 
-;  res.  Douglass,  Mass. 


2884. 
2885. 
2886. 

i. 

ii. 

iii. 

2887. 

iv. 

2888. 

v. 

2889. 
2890. 

vi. 
vii 

2891. 

vii 

2892. 
2893. 
2894. 

ix. 
x. 

xi. 

2895. 
2896. 

xii. 
xiii. 

2897. 
2898. 

xiv. 

XV. 

2899. 
2900. 

xvi. 
xvii 

2901. 
2902. 

xvii 
xix. 

2903. 

XX. 

2904.  i.         Eliza,  b. .  2906.    iii.      William,  b. 

2905.  ii.        Harriett,  b. . 


204  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


1321.    Col.  Moses  Whitney  (Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1756;  m. 

Hannah ;  m.  2d,  Apr.  3.  1796,  Mrs.  Nancy  (Mann)  Tyler*.     He  served  in  the 

Revolutionary  war,  first  in  a  Douglass  company  and  later  in  the  company  from  Ux- 
bridge,   in   which   he  was   sergeant.      He   d.   Apr.   10,    1826;    res.    Uxbridge    and 

"^^"2907.^'  i.^^^"  Anna  Wyett,  b.  Apr.  18,  1787;  d.  Oct.  20,  1792. 
2908     ii.        John  Andrews,  b.  Jan.  10,  1789. 

2909.  iii.       Samuel  B.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1791. 

2910.  iv.       Nancy  Wyett,  b.  Apr.  4,  1797;  d.  s.  p.  1888. 

2911      v  JULIAN  Ann,  b.  June  25,  1798;  m.  Nov.  27,  1821,  Benjamin  Allen 

Tillinghast,  b.  May  2, 1799.  He  d.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12, 1887.  She 
d.  Mar.  7,  1850.  He  m.  2d,  May  10,  1853,  Harriett  Cornell,  b. 
Apr,  3,  1806.  Ch.:  Thomas  Allen,  b.  Wrentham,  Mass.,  Nov.  9, 
1822;  d.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  June  10,  1879,  ae.  57;  m.  Margaret  Scott 

Griffith,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6,  1847;  b. ;  d.  Dorchester, 

Mass.,  Apr.  14,  1890;  5  ch.;  Charles  Whitney,  b.  East  Green- 
wich, R.  I.,  May  23,  1824;  m.  Mary  B.Southwick,  at  Trov,  N.  Y.. 
Dec.  1,  1852;  b.  Apr.  7, 1832;  2  ch.;  address  Troy,  N.  Y.;  William 
Henry,  b.  Warwick,  R.  I.,  May  11, 1826;  m.  Phebe  Wycoff,  of  New 
York'City,  June  21, 1855;  noch.;  address  26  East  Sixty-fourth  St., 
New  York  City;  Joseph  Joslin,  b.  Trov,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  30,  1831;  m. 
Mary  J.  Sullivan,  at  Madison,  Ind.,  Dec.  9,  1863;  b.  Aug.  13, 
18;Mi  2  ch.;  address  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Alice  Ann,  born  Troy,  N.  Y., 
Mar.  3,  1834;  d.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  3,  1872,  ae.  38;  ra.  Plinev  A. 
Meore,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  24,  1867;  b.  1814;  d.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  'May 
30,  1877  ae.  63;  no  ch. 

2912.  vi.       Hannah  Tillinghast.  b.  Feb.  7,  1800;  d.  1804. 

2913.  vii.       Benjamin,  b.  m  1782;  m.  Rachel  Nye  Spooner. 

2914.  viii.     Timothy,  b. .     His  granddaughter  is  Mrs.  L.  H.  Kingsbury, 

Dedham,  Mass. 

2915.  ix.        Esther,  b. ;  d.  unm.  1891. 

2916.  X.        Charlotte,  b. ;  d.  1802. 

2917.  xi.        Ellen  Maria,  b.  Feb.  29,  1808;  m.  May  11,  18-35,  at  Wrentham, 

Henry  Jackson  Wilde;  b.  in  Hallowell,  April  6,  1804.  He  was 
the  son  of  Samuel  Sumner  Wilde  and  Eunice  Cobb,  his  wife. 
Samuel  S.  Wilde  was  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  when  Maine  became  a  state.  Judge  Wilde  moved 
his  family  to  Ne'wburyport,  that  he  might  still  be  a  resident  of 
Massachusetts.  One  of  Mr.  Wilde's  sisters  married  Judge 
Emmons,  of  Hallowell,  and  another  married  Hon.  Caleb  Gush- 
ing, of  Newburyport.  Two  of  Mr.  Wilde's  brothers  studied 
law  and  practiced,  but  Mr.  Wilde  never  followed  any  profession, 
and  his  life  was  full  of  changes.  Like  other  Newburyport 
boys  he  went  to  sea.  Rounding  Cape  Horn  he  remained  in  the 
Andes,  in  the  silver  mines  for  a  time,  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  went  into  a  store  in  Boston.  Later  he  was  married 
to  Ellen  Maria  Whitney  and  went  into  the  coal  business  in 
Pottsville,  Pa.,  where  his  daughter,  Anne  Doane,  was  born.  He 
moved  to  Albia  village,  a  part  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  after  a  few 
years  moved  to  Washington,  D.  C.  For  a  time  he  was  in  the 
office  of  his  brother-in-law,  Caleb  Gushing,  then  for  a  number 
of  years  he  was  in  the  navy  department.  In  1847  he  moved 
his  family  to  Boston  and  made  his  home  with  his  father.  Judge 
Wilde,  who  was  a  widower,  living  in  that  city.  Mr.  Wilde  was 
in  the  custom  house,  and  later  was  naval  storekeeper  at  Charles- 
town,  Mass.  In  1855  Judge  Wilde  died  and  Mr.  Wilde  moved  to 
one  of  the  suburbs.  He  d.  when  away  from  home  in  Pepperill, 
Mar,  .30,  1873.  She  d.  Dec.  27,  1864.  Ch.:  Anne  Doane,  b.  July 
8,  1838;  m.  Oct.  9,  1864,  Henry  W.  Daniell;  res.  Boston;  Ellen 
Maria,  b.  Jan.  1,  1841;  res.  Milton,  Mass. 

2918.  xii.      Susan,  b. ;  d.  1813. 

2919.  xiii.     Adeliza,  b.  Nov.  6,  1811;  m.  Nov. 9, 1837,  Edmund  J.  Felt;  was  a 

farmer  and  manufacturing  jeweler.     She  d.  Dec.  5,  1861.     He 

May  25.  1790,  Moses  was  appointed  guardian  of  Polly  Wells  Tyler,  a  child  of  second  wife  by 
her  first  husband. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  205 

was  b.  Nov.  30,  1812;  d.  Aug.  1,  1892.  Ch.:  Edmund  Selwyn,  b. 
in  Wrentham,  Nov. 28, 1838;  d.  in  Flint,  Mich.,  Sept.  21, 1878;  m. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Robinson)  Pratt,  in  New  York  City,  April  30, 
1868;  res.  Flint  Mich.;  no  children;  James  Mann,b.  in  Wrentham, 
July  10, 1841;  d.  July  21,  1858;  David  Shepard,  b.  in  Wrentham, 
Sept.  13, 1843;  m.  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  29, 1873,  Sarah  A.  Meader, 
dau.  of  Hiram  and  Eliza  (Mann)  Meader;  res.  in  the  city  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.;  Henry  Wilde,  b.  June  10,  1881;  m.  Sept.  5,  1893, 
Ludlow,  Vt.,  Lily  E.  A.  Robbins,  dau.  Fred'k  C.  and  Eliza  (Chap- 
man); Oliver,  b.  in  Wrentham,  Mar.  1,  1853;  m.  Carrie  (Owen). 

1322.     Samuel  Whitney  (Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. ;  m. 

Azubah ;   he   d.   Aug.,   1789;   res.   Douglass,   Mass.     Inventory  of   his   estate 

returned  to  probate  court  at  Worcester,  Sept.  1,  1789.     His  bro.  Ezra  was  admr. 

2920.  i.  Samuel,  b.  July  30,  1789;  m.  Mary  Willard. 

2921.  ii.         Mary,  b. ;  m.  James  Whiting. 

2922.  iii.        Mercy,  b. ;  m.  John  Crafts;  res.  Monson,  Me. 

1326.  Amos  Whitney  (Daniel,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sherborn,  1762; 
m.  Catherine  Hunt.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Boston.  He  d.  in  1804;  res.  Sherborn, 
Mass.,  and  Boston,  Mass. 

2923.  i.  Wm.  Scott, b. .  2925.    iii.-       Amos,  b. . 

2924.  ii.         Daniel  White,  2926.    iv.       Catherine. 

b. . 

1330.  Aaron  Whitney  (Daniel,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1772;  m.  Eda 
Fiske.     He  d.  in  1818;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass.,  and  Providence,  R.  I. 

John  F.,  b.  in  1795;  d.  in  1814. 

Mary,  b.  in  1801;   m.  Moses  Stratton,  of  Natick,  and  d.  1822. 

Ch.:   Mary  W.,  b.  1822. 
Elizabeth,  b.  in  1803;  d.  in  1824. 
Daniel,  b.  in  1805;  m.  Hannah  Smith. 
Aaron,  b.  in  1809;  m.  Marie  E.  Delavie. 
Miriam  L.,  b.  in  1811. 
Sarah  H.,  b.  in  1813. 
John  F.,  b.  in  1816;  d.  in  1816. 

1331.  Thomas  Whitney  (Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Ashford, 
Tolland  Co.,  Conn.,  Sept.  18,  1770;  m.  Royalton,  \'t.,  Sept.  19,  1799,  Mary  Taina  Jen- 
nings, dau.  of  Capt.  Joseph  and  Mary,  b.  Windham,  Conn.,  Apr.  27,  1777;  d.  May  12, 
1862. 

He  was  born  in  Tolland,  Conn.,  and  in  1790  moved  to  Tunbridge,  Vt.  Along  in  the 
thirties  with  his  family  he  moved  to  Ohio  and  for  a  number  of  years  lived  near  Dan- 
ville, Knox  Co.  Later  they  lived  with  their  son  John  J.  Whitney,  who  owned  the 
first  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  east  of  Londonville,  on  the  Wooster  and  Ashland 
roads.  In  1856  after  the  sad  death  of  their  son,  they  went  to  live  with  their  daughter 
Emily,  Mrs.  Robert  McMahan,  in  Londonville.  Mrs.  Whitney  died  there  at  the  age 
of  83  years,  and  Mr.  Whitney  died  at  the  home  of  his  son  Dr.  B.  F.  Whitney,  at 
Mansfield,  at  the  advanced  age  of  96  years,  and  both  are  buried  in  the  Londonville 
cemetery.  They  were  considered  very  good  old  people,  were  members  and  founders 
of  the  Londonville  Baptist  church.  He  d.  Aug.  6,  1863;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Ran- 
dolph, \'t.,  Mansfield,  O. 

■  Wait,  b.  Oct.  29,  1800;  m.  Barbara  Burkholder. 

Eli,  b.  Aug.  9,  1802.     He  was  a  lawyer,  d.  unm.  at  West  Hart- 
ford, Vt.,  Dec.  30,  1826. 
Daniel,  b.  July  8,  1804;  d.  unm.  at  N.  H.,  Dec.  20,  1829. 
Ebe.n  Jennings,  b.  Dec.  6,  1806;  m.  Sarah  Boardman. 
John  J.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1813;  m.  Matilda  Robeson. 
Benjamin  F.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1815;  m.  Sarah  Renfrew. 
Emily,  b.  Feb.  5,  1810;  m.  Feb.  23,  1839.  Robert  McMahan;  res. 
Portage,  O.     He  was   a   merchant.      Ch.:  Whitney;  res.    Bowl- 
ing Green,  O. 
2942.     viii.     Marcy  Maria,  b.  May  6,  1812;  m.  at  Dansville,'0.,  Sept.  6,  1860, 
Joseph  Sapp,  a  merchant,  who  was  b.  in  Jefferson  Co.,  O.,  and 
died  in  O.;  m.  2d  at  Mansfield,  O.,  May  29,  1863,  Elijah  Bemis, 
who  was  b.  in  Mass.,  but  who  died  in  Lyne,  O.     She  res.  s.  p.  at 
Bowling  Green,  O. 


2927. 

i. 

2928. 

11. 

2929. 

iii. 

2930. 

IV. 

2931. 

V. 

2932. 

VI. 

2933. 

VU. 

2934. 

viii 

2935. 

i. 

2936. 

11. 

2937. 

iii. 

2938. 

IV. 

2939. 

V. 

2940. 

vi. 

2941. 

vii 

206  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1332.  Peter  Whitney  (Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tolland,  Conn., 
Oct.  81,  1776;  m.  Edith  Davis;  m.  2d  Sybil  Ainsworth.  He  was  a  blacksmith.  He 
d.  in  1838;  res.  Hartford,  Vt. 

294.3.  vi.  Sybil,  b.  Hartford,  Vt.;  m. Smith;  res.  So.  Royalton,  Vt. 

2944  i  Erastus   b. . 

2946!  ii.  Paschal'p.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1806;  m.  Malvina  Stillman. 

2946.  iii.  Amanda   Melvina,  b. ;   m.  Sept.  12,  1832,  Calvin  Eaton; 

res.  Concord,  N.  H. 

2947.  iv.       Mary  Maria,  b. ;  m.  1838,  Albert  Langmaid;  res.  Concord, 

N.  H. 

2948.  V.        Jane,  b. . 

2949.  vii.      Horace,  b. .     His  name  was  changed  to  Eaton;  res.  Boston, 

Mass. 

2950.  viii.     George  L.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1825;  m.  Caroline  Jane  Goss. 

1333.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tolland, 
Conn.,  Feb.  20,  1766;  m.  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  Dec.  16,  1796,  Eunice  Story;  b.  Nov.  4, 
1779;  dau.  of  Asa  and  Abia;  d.  Sept.  9,  1804;  m.  2d,  Jan.  2, 1806,  at  Hartford,  Vt., 
Dora  Marsh,  b.  Nov.  1768;  d.  Sept.  25, 1806;  m.  3d  at  Stockbridge,  Vt.,  Mar.  17,  1808, 
Zylpha  Holt,  b.  Feb.  2,  1776;  d.  Mar.  8,  1830;  m.  4th,  Dec.  14, 1830,  Mrs.  Betsey  But- 
ton, b.  Sept.  7,  1783;  d.  Oct.  12,  1867. 

Jonathan  Whitney,  the  oldest  son  of  Peter  Whitney,  was  born  in  the  state  of 
Connecticut,  Feb.  20,  1766.  He  came  to  the  state  of  Vermont  about  the  year  1787, 
and  was  employed  as  a  surveyor.  That  season  he  surveyed  and  lotted  the  towns  of 
Chittenden  and  Philadelphia,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Green  mountains,  going  into  the 
wilderness  with  three  men  in  the  month  of  April,  and  remaining  there  until  late  in 
October  of  the  same  year,  not  going  out  to  any  settlement  in  the  time.  His  associates, 
other  than  the  men,  were  the  beasts  of  the  forest,  such  as  panthers,  catamounts, 
bears,  wolves,  moose  and  deer,  which  disputed  his  right  of  way  into  their  domain. 
The  next  season  he  surveyed  other  townships  on  the  east  side  of  the  Green  mount- 
ains, and  on  his  return  to  Connecticut  he  succeeded  in  persuading  his  father  to  make 
a  settlement  in  Vermont,  which  settlement  was  commenced  in  Tunbridge  in  1790,  he 
coming  with  his  father  and  assisting  him  in  building  a  log  house  and  clearing  some 
land,  after  which,  for  18  years,  he  taught  school  in  winter,  and  assisted  his  father  in 
clearing  land  and  carrying  on  his  farm  in  summer.  He  married,  1st,  Eunice  Story, 
of  Randolph,  Vt.,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  viz.:  Zabad,  Zebinaand  Polly.  He 
rnarried  for  his  2d  wife  Dora  Marsh,  of  Hartford,  who  died  without  issue.  He  mar- 
ried for  his  3d  wife  Zilpha  Holt,  of  Connecticut,  by  whom  he  had  six  children,  three 
of  which  died  in  childhood  and  three  lived  to  mature  age,  viz.:  Laura,  Albert  G.  and 
James  M.  Laura  married  Daniel  Brown,  and  died  at  Bloomingdale,  111.  He  married 
for  his  4th  wife  Betsey  Button,  of  Royalton,  Vt.,  who  died  without  issue.  He  was  a 
self-made  man  in  every  respect.  His  father  being  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  the 
care  of  the  family  devolved  upon  him,  therefore,  he  was  deprived  of  any  chance  to 
attend  even  a  district  school,  never  attending  school  but  18  days  in  his  lite.  Through 
his  own  effort  he  acquired  a  good  education,  was  one  of  the  greatest  mathematicians 
of  his  day,  and  a  man  that  was  sought  for  as  authority  on  almost  any  subject.  He 
came  into  possession  of  the  farm  on  which  his  father  settled  and  lived  until  his  death. 
Being  one  of  the  early  settlers  he  had  his  share  of  privations  and  hardships  incident 
to  the  settlement  of  a  new  township.  He  was  a  great  reader,  and  well  posted  in  all 
that  was  transpiring  in  the  whole  country;  was  a  free  mason  in  high  standing  in  the 
•  order,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Whitney  chapter,  which  was  named  for  him. 
He  d.  Apr.  12,  1853;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

2951.  i.         Zabad,  b.  Dec.  10,  1797;  m.  Sophia  Dewey. 

2952.  ii.        Zebina,  b.  Dec.  9,  1799;  m.  Harriett  Cozzens. 

2963.  iii.  Polly,  b.  Nov.  21,  1801;  m.  at  T.,  Roswell  Dewey,  of  Royalton, 
She  d.  May  28,  1848,  at  Northfield.  He  was  a  singer  and  music 
teacher.  Ch.:  George,  m.  a  Walton,  and  d.  New  York  City; 
Roswell,  res.  unm.  Northfield,  Vt.;  Mary,  m.  a  Pinney. 

2954.  iv.      Roswell,  b.  Oct.  15,  1803;  d.  Sept.  16,  1806. 

2955.  V.        Rebecca,  b.  June  25,  1811;  d.  infancy. 

2956.  vi.       Laura  Fiske,  b.  July  24,  1813;    m.  at  T.,  Daniel  N.  Brown,  of 

Northfield,  Vt.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  res.  in  Bloomingdale,  111. 
Ch.:  Lucy,  m.  Gilbert  Cass.  He  has  been  passenger  conductor 
on  the  railroad  from  Chicago  to  Elgin  for  20  years;  res.  206 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  207 


2961. 

ii. 

2962. 

iii. 

2963. 
2664. 

iv. 

V. 

Center  St.,  Elgin;  Lucia,  m,  Henry  L.  Woodworth;  res.  440 
Concord  St.,  Aurora,  111.;  Charles  D.,  res.  291  South  4th  St., 
Aurora. 

2957.  vii.       Albert  Galatin,  b.  July  27,  1817;  m.  in  Northfield,  Vt.,  May  19, 

1844,  Adaline  Leonard,  d.  Aug.  19,  1859;  m.  2d  at  Worcester, 
Vt.,  Oct.  24, 1866,  Wealthy  Connor,  b.  July  8,  1841 ;  d.  July  8, 1872. 
He  res.  s.  p.  on  a  farni  in  Bethel,  Vt. 

2958.  viii.     James  Monroe,  b.  Nov.  4,  1821;  m.  Eliza  Cozzens. 

2959.  ix.        RoswELL,  b.  Oct.  1815;  d.  young. 

1345.  JosiAH  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah.Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  May  1,  1791; 
m.  May  28,  1818,  Almira  Ellsworth,  b.  June  7,  1803;  d.  Jan.  14.  1884. 

Josiah  Whitney,  was  born  in  East  Granville,  Mass.  He  spent  18  months  in  the 
army  during  the  1812  war.  Went  to  Ohio  1815  m  which  state  he  remained  until  his 
■death.     He  d.  Oct.  7,  1869:  res.  Rootstown,  O. 

2960.  i.  Flavel  J.,  b.  May,  31,  1819;  m.  June  7,  1847,  Louisa  Norton;  res. 
Rootstown.     He  d.  Feb.  8,  1882,  at  Buffalo  Prairie,  111. 

Lucius  E.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1822;  m.  Dec.  31,  1848,  Lucretia  R.  Eatin- 

ger;  res.  R.     He  d.  Dec.  4  1890. 
Charles  M.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1835;  m.  Oct.  11,  1866,  Henrietta S.Dem- 

ing;  was  in  the  war  in  the  104th  Ohio  Regt.  in  Co.  I. 
Mary  Dolly,  b.  Oct.  28,  1840;  teacher;  res.  Rootstown,  O. 
Artemitia  a.,  b.  Apr.  14. 1828;  m.  Oct.  17,  1853,  Edward  L.  Clark; 

res.  Leeds,  Mass. 

2965.  vi.       Jonas   E.,  b.   Rootstown,  [O.,   Oct.  28,  1825;  d.   Helena,  Ark.,  of 

disease  contracted  while  in  the  civil  war  in  Co.  B,  126th  Illinois 
Vols.,  Aug.  20,  1863. 

2966.  vii.       Albert  R.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1821;  m.  Betsey  Case  and  Lydia  Hogan. 

1347.  David  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepper- 
cll,  Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1766;  m.  at  West  Randolph,  Vt.,  Nov.  21,  1793,  Susanna  Hunting- 
ton, b.  July  28,  1766.     He  d.  1850;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

2967.  i.  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  18,  1796;  m.  Sibbel  Parker  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Hall  Whitney. 

David,  b.  Dec.  15,  1795;  m.  Lvdia  Parker. 

Daniel,  b.  Oct.  28,  1809;  m.  Julia  Hall. 

Ann,  b. ;  m.  at  T.,  Mar.  15,  1830,  Azro  Burton  Curtis;  res. 

Fort  Atkinson,  Wis.;  son,  David  W.;  res.  F.  A. 
Betsey,  b. ;  m.   Mar.  7,  1839,  John  Whitney,  of  Chelsea; 

a  dau.  m.  Comfort  Barnes. 
Cyrus,  b.  Dec.  21,  1802;  m.  Betsey  Curtis. 
William,  b.  Feb.  10,  1800;  m.  Elizabeth  Hall. 

1348.  Abel  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mar.  15, 
1770;  m.  Phebe  Scott;  d.  Mar.  23,  1839. 

Abel  Whitney  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Pepperell,  Mass.  Soon  after  his  mar- 
riage, in  1794,  he  moved  to  a  farm  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  where  he  ever  after  resided. 
He  d.  July  19,  1845;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

2974.  i.  Lewis,  b.  Jan.  6,  1800;  m.  Emeline  Nutting. 

2975.  ii.         Henry,  b.  Apr.  3,  1808;  m.  and  his.  wid.  res.  S.  Royalton,Vt.    He 

d.  Sept.  1892.  His  son,  Horace  L.,  res.  9  Pelham  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

2976.  iii.        George,  b.  Sept.  1,   1812;    m.  Arathusa  Gates;  had  five  boys- 

Albert,  Milo  F.,  John,  Lewis,  Orlando. 

2977.  iv.        Abel,  b.  Feb.  9,  1804;  m.  Mary  Hall. 

2978.  v.         Joseph,  b.  Jan.  27,  1806;  m.  Caroline  Pierce. 

2979.  vi.        Sally,  b.  Dec.  27,  1801;  m.  Mar.  28,  1832,  Darius  S.  Durkee;  res. 

No.  T.     She  d.  1883.     Ch.:  Simeon  P..  res.  No.  T;  Caroline. 

2980.  vii.       Nancy,  b.  Mar.  24,  1810;   m.  Jan.  24,  1833,  Roswell  Durkee;  b. 

Oct.  20,  1808;  d.  Nov.  18,  1890;  res.  No.  T.  Ch.:  John,  b.  Jan.  2, 
1834  (physician);  m.  Mary  J.  Belknap;  res.  T.;  Horace,  b.  Jan. 
17,  1837;  m.  Luttera  P.  Smith;  res.  T.;  Abby  C„  b.  Aug. 27, 1840; 
m.  Ezekiel  Drew;  res.  Barre,  Vt.;  George  W.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1843;  m. 
Alice  E.  Noves;  res.  T.;  Charles,  b.  Oct.  7,  1845;  res.  T. 

2981.  viii.      Harriett,  b.'Aug.  6,  1797;  m.  Aug.  12,1828,  Moses  Ordway.  Ch.: 

George,  res.  East  Granville,  Vt.; ,  res.  California;  John, 


2968. 
2969. 
2970. 

ii. 

iii. 

iv. 

2971. 

V. 

2972. 
2973. 

vi. 

vii. 

208  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


b. ;  d.  1864  in  Govt.  Hospital  at  Louisville,  Ky.;  was  in 

First  Wis.  Cavalry;  Henrietta,  b. ;  m.  Daniel  Hunt;  res. 

No.  Tunbridge;  Harriett,  b.- 


2982.  ix.        John,  b.  Sept.  28,  1793;  m. . 

2983.  X.         William,  b.  Oct.  29,  1795;  m.  and  d.  s.  p. 


2986. 

ill. 

2987. 

X. 

2988. 

IV. 

2989. 

V. 

2990. 

VI. 

2991. 

vii. 

2992. 

vni 

2993. 

IX. 

1.349     Thomas  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pep- 

perell   Ma-^s.,  July  15,  1780;  m. ,  Betsey  Wallis,  b.  July  20,  1784;  d.  I  eb.  5,  1826; 

m.  2d 'in  Brookfield,  Vt.,  Apr.  13,  1827,  Annie  York,  b.  Aug.  25,  1794;  d.  June  9,  1884; 

res.  Tunbridge,  Vt.  „     ^„„  ^       .      -^ 

2984  i  Charles  Fitch,  b.  Dec.  12,  1806;  m.  Louisa  Kemp. 

2985  ii  Olive  Hall,  b.  Jan.  21, 1810;  m.  Oct.  21, 1838,  Nathan  G.  Smith,  b. 

luly  25,  1803;  d.  Feb  9,  1873.  She  d.  Mar.  9,  1875.  He  was  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Nathan  Franklin,  b.  Apr.  26,  1843;  d.  May  6, 
1864.  Killed  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Va.;  Betsey  Anna, 
b.  July  20,  1845;  m.  Elihu  Tuller  Jan.  26,  1864;  P.  O.  address, 
of  all  is  Tunbridge,  Vt.;  Olive  Maria,  b.  Oct.  12, 1847;  m.  Charles 
W.  Smith  Dec.  25,  1866;  Thomas  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  11,  1849;  m. 
Emma  Blake  1872. 

David,  b.  Mar.  11,  1812;  m.  Maria  Smith. 

York,  b.  Sept.  14,  1834;  m.  Marietta  Whitney. 

Harriett,  b.  Nov.  15,  1818. 

John,  b.  Dec.  18,  1821;  m.  Lorinda  Bragman  and  Eunice  Martin. 

Thomas,  b.  Feb.  20,  1824;  m.  and  d.  June  29,  1862;  a  son,  Willis; 
res.  No.  Tunbridge. 

Lewis,  b.  Nov.  28,  1828;  d.  Jan.  8,  1844. 

Betsey,  b.  Sept.  6,  1830.     She  d.  unm.  June  9,  1885. 

Charlotte  D.,  b.  July  24,  1832;  m.  June  30,  1852,  Elhanan  W. 
Farwell,  of  Brooktield.  She  d.  July  4,  1882;  res.  East  Ran- 
dolph, Vt. 

1350.  Abijah  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepper- 
ell,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1781;  m.  May  28,  1818,  Lydia  Tarbell;  b.  Aug.  17,  1792;  d.  Nov. 
12,  1864.     He  was  a  carpenter.     He  d.  Mar.  30,  1856;  res.  Pepperell,  Mass. 

2994.  i.  Eliza,  b.  Jan.  5.  1820;  m.  Nov.  28,  1843,  Simon  Durant,     She  d. 

Wells  River,  \^t.,  Dec.  12,  1860. 

2995.  ii.         Henrietta,  b.  Feb.  10,  1823;  m.  June  3,  1847,  Sumner  Graves. 

She  d.  Groton,  Mass.,  Apr.  10,  1858. 

2996.  iii.        Mary   Ann,  b.   May  30,   1833;   m.  Apr.   16,   1856,   Phinehas   P. 

Fletcher.     She  d.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  24,  1883. 

2997.  iv.        Joseph,  b.  June  25,  1827;  m.  Mary  P.  Baker. 

1.352.  Aaron  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepper- 
ell, Mass.,  Feb.  22,  1786;  m.  there,  June  7,  1814,  Betsey  Parker;  b.  Jan.  13,  1796;  d. 
Jan.  18.  1867. 

He  was  born  in  Pepperell,  Mass.,  and  soon  after  his  marriage  moved  to  Tun- 
bridge, Vt.  There  he  erected  a  temporary  log  cabin  until  he  could  make  the  brick 
and  build  a  brick  house  in  which  he  ever  afterwards  resided.  The  place  is  known 
to  this  day  as  Whitney  Hill.  Aaron  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Feb.  22,  1860;  res.  Pep- 
perell, Mass.,  and  Tunbridge,  \t. 

2998.  i.  Aaron  P.,  b.  Oct.  2, 1815;  m.  Phyrilla  Durkee. 

2999.  ii.         SiBBEL  E.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1817;  m.  Nov.  5,  1837,  Nathaniel  Hall.   She 

d.  Mar.  4,  1893.  Ch.:  S.Norman,  res.  Chicago;  is  on  Board  of 
Trade. 

3000.  iii.       Rebecca  F.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1820;  m.  Nov.  15,  1847,  Nathaniel  King; 

res.  Tunbridge,  \'t. 

3001.  iv.        Henrietta  W,  b.  Dec.  11,  1822;  m.  June  24,  1844,  Charles  W. 

Bliss;  res.  Bethel,  Vt.  He  is  a  farmer;  was  b.  Sept.  16,  1814. 
Ch.:  Willis  Whitney,  b.  July  28,  1845;  m.  Oct.  18.  1867;  d.  Mar. 
22,  1888;  William  Henry,  b.  Oct.  5,  1847;  m.  Sept.  9,  1873,  Mid- 
dleburv,  Addison  Co.  Vt.;  Daniel  Webster,  b.  Feb.  18,  1852;  m. 

June,  17,  1891, ,  Bethel,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt. 

8002.    V.         Wm.  F.,  b.  May  8,  1825;  m.  Jane  Sprague. 

3003.  vi.        Abijah.  b.  Feb.  6,  1829;  d.  Oct.  13,  1837. 

3004.  vii.      Carlos,  b.  May  5,  1831;  m.  Helen  M.  Corwin. 


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3005.  viii.     Sarah  A.,  b.  May  14,  1833;  m.  Oct.  26,  1864,  James  Lewis.     She  d. 

June  9,  1859,  at  Chelsea,  Vt.  Mr.  Lewis  now  resides  in  Worces- 
ter, Mass.  Ch.:  Flora  E.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1855;  d.  Mar.  21,  1859;  Har- 
riett Ellen,  d.  June  18,  1869. 

3006.  ix.        Ellen,  b.  Dec.  14,  1837;  m.  Mar.  13,  1865,  Elizur  F.  Howe,  b.  julv 

17,  1837;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt.  Ch.:  Anne  R.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1867; 
Wm.  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  19,  1872;  Sadie  A.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1875; 
Elmer  E.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1882. 

1355.  Franklin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tun- 
bridge, Vt.,  Nov.  30,  1810;  m.  there  Apr.  7,  1842,  Catherine  Kemp,  b.  Feb.  22,  1821; 
d.  Jan.  26,  1881.     He  d.  Jan.  5,  1880;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

3007.  i.  Martha  Jane,  b.  Sept.  14,  1842;  m. Giles,  and  d.  Aug.  6, 

1860. 

3008.  ii.         Marietta,  b.  Mar.  4,  1847;  m.  York  Whitney. 

3009.  iii.       George  Franklin,  b.  Sept.  16,  1861;  m.  Hattie  M.  Corwin. 

1368.  Joseph  Dix  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Fran- 
cistown,  N.  H.,  Apr.  4,  1791;  m.  Apr.  4,1811,  Susanna  Drury,  of  Alstead,  N.  H.;  b. 
Apr.  19,  1790;  d.  Oct.  10,  1847.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Oct.  5,  1877;  res.  East  Brook- 
field,  Vt. 

3010.  i.         Susannah  W.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1811;  m.  May  10,  1849, .    Shed. 

Feb.  6,  1870. 

3011.  ii.        Pamelia,  b.  Dec.  3,  1816;  m.Apr.  3,  1843, .    She  d.  Feb.  23, 

1861. 

3012.  iii.       Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  3,  1818;  m.  Jan.  3,  1839,  Charles  Parker  (see). 

She  d.  Mar.  14,  1888.  He  was  b.  Sept.  24,  1810,  son  of  Phinehas 
and  Polly  (Whitney)  Parker;  res.  East  Randolph,  Vt.  Ch.: 
Willard  W.,  b.  July'30,  1840;  m.  Oct.  10,  1873;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt.; 
Samuel  D.,  b.  May  8, 1843;  d.  Apr.  3,  1866;  Augusta  S.,  b.  Feb. 

12,  1849;  m.  Dec.  21,  1869,  Edgar  J.  Rich.  She  d.  Dec.  25.  I8s4. 
Mary  J.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1850;  m.  Mar.  16,  1871,  David  Dickerman; 
res.  Chelsea;  Eliza  M.,  b.  Mar.  31,  18-53;  m.  Dec.  23,  1881,  Fred 
H.Tuttle;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt.;  Charles,  b.  Sept.  18,  1855;  Ella 
M.,  b.  July  17,  1858;  d.  June  1,  1879. 

3013.  iv.       Sarah  Ann,  b.  Feb.  25,  1822;  m.  Feb.  14,  1843, Shed.  July 

27,  1864. 

3014.  V.        Eliza  M.,  b.  June  13,  1825;  m.  June  9,  1860, .     She  d.  Feb. 

9,  1851. 
3016.     vi.       Leonora,  b.   Apr.  28,  1828;  m.  Jan.  5,  1861,  Gardner  Parker;  b. 
Aug.  16,  1824;  d.  Feb.  26,  1889;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 
Of  the  living  descendants  of  this  family  are  Mrs.  David  Dickerman,  East  Ran- 
dolph, Vt.,  and  Mrs.  Stillman  L.  Rich,  of  Chelsea,  \'t. 

1369.  Isaac  W.  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mar. 
31,  1793;  m.  Polly  Blood;  b.  Mar.  1,  1790;  d.  Nov.  28,  1843.  He  was  "a  blacksmith. 
He  d.  Jan.  6,  1876;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 

3016.     i.  Mary  Jane,  b.  June  29,  1813;  m.  Aaron   P.  Godfrey;  b.  1807;    d. 

Dec.  1,  1870.  He  was  a  carpenter.  Ch.:  Ellen,  b.  Jan. 30,  1835; 
m.  John  T.  Wilson,  Nov.  17,  1852;  address,  Ashburnham,  Mass.; 
Lucy,  b.  Sept.  27,  1838;  m.  Chester  B.  Gale,  Mar.  16,  1859; 
address,  Ashburnham,  Mass.;  Aurora,  b.  July  21,  1840;  m. 
Edwin  Sanborn,  Mar.  15,  1869;  Chelsea,  Vt.  All  were  born  in 
Chelsea,  \'t. 
.  3017.  ii.  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  10,  1816;  m.  probably  in  1840,  James  Flanders;  res. 
Potter  Place,  N.  H.  She  was  his  second  wife.  He  d.  Apr.  4, 
1878.  Ch.:  Perry  B.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1841;  m.  Abbie  J.  Cilley, 
Lorana  Chase  (Whitehead),  widow;  no  ch.;  Cynthia  A.,  b.  Mar. 

13,  1843;  m.  Solomon  Lovering;  no  ch  ;  Charles  S.,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1845;  m.  Amanda  Wells;  one  ch.,  Owen  L.;  Julia  A.,  b.  Oct.  29, 
1852;  m.  Moses  H,  Prescott;  ch.,  Roy  and  Gertie;  she  d.  June 
18, 1884. 

3018.  iii.  Sally,  b.  Nov.  6,  1817;  m.  Nov.  14,  1837,  Simon  French;  res. 
Aver  Village,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Apr.  30,  1812;  is  a  carpenter 
and  builder.    Ch.:  Simon,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1838;  m.  Nov.,  1863; 


210  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


East  Pepperell,  Mass.;  Jennette  C,  b.  Apr.  16,  1842;  m.  May 
27,  1867;  Mrs.  Willard  Noyes,  78  Auburn  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass.; 
Sarah  Jane,b.  July  28,  1847;  m.  Feb.,  1876;  Mrs.  C.  W.  Foster,  49 
Green  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  George  W.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1850;  m. 
Apr.  1,  1872;  25  Moore  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  Mary  M.,  b.  Dec. 
12, 1852;  m.  June  9,  1880;  d.  Dec.  26,  1893. 
3019  iv  DiANNA,  b.  July  15,  1820;  m.  at  Chelsea  in  1842,  Guilford  Dudley 
George,  b.  Oct.  17,  1819;  d.  July  24,  1874.  Ch.:  Mary  Jeanette, 
b.  Oct.  10,  1844;  res.  42  Lake  Ave.,  Melrose,  Mass.;  Diana  d. 
Dec.  26,  1851. 

3020.  V.        Arvilla,  b.  Jan.  30,  1823;  m.  Aug.  9,  1846,  James  F.  Woodward; 

b.  Nov.  11, 1819;  is  a  shoe  tool  mfr.  at  Wakefield,  Mass.  She 
d.  Feb.  3,  1876.  Ch.:  Charles  P.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1852;  res.  Wake- 
field, Mass.;  Minnerville  W.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1862;  m.  Geo.  A.  Whit- 
ney; res.  Wakefield,  Mass. 

3021.  vi.       Andrew  Jackson,  b.  Jan.  29,  1828;    m.  Arvilla   Bohoman,  Mrs. 

Rosina  Ramsdell,  and  Adelia  M.  t)ewey. 

3022.  vii.      Aravesta  Janet,  b.  Sept.  19,  1834;  d.  Mar.  16,  1844. 

3023.  viii.    Alvah  W.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1832;  m.  Mahala  M.  Jones  and  Maria  E. 

Lewis. 

1370.  John  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Acworth, 
N.  H.,  May  4,  1795;  m.  at  Chelsea,  Aug.  27,  1818,  Polly  Lewis;  b.  Mar.,  1795;  d.  July, 
1838.    He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Nov.  1,  1869;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 

3024.  i.  Mary  G.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1820;  m. Barnes;  d.  in  Wis.;  left  one 

dau. 

3025.  ii.         Emma,  b.  Oct.  20,  1822;  d.  Oct.  8,  1841. 

3026.  iii.        Eliza,  b.  July  3,  1825;  m.  Mar.  23, 1854,  Asa  A.  Annis.    Hewasb. 

Feb.  10,  1828.     Is  a  farmer.     Ch.:  Susan  A.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1855;  d. 

Jan.  22,  1864;  Carrie,  b.  Oct.  27,  1856;  m.  Feb.  20,  1877, 

Grant;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt.;  John  W.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1858;  m.  Dec.  25, 
1877;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  Lila  M.,  b.  Mar.  9, 1861 ;  m.  June  6, 1882, 

Gray;  res.  Chelsea,  Yt.;  Lucinda  E.,  b.  July  17,  1867;  m. 

Feb.  17,  1891, Salter;  res.  South  Barre,  Vt. 

Amanda,  b.  June  11,  1828;  d.  July  6, 1844. 

Joseph  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  13, 1831;  d.  Dec.  8,  1833. 

William  L.,  b.  June  12,  1833;  m. . 

Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1826;  m.  Oct.  10, 1866, ;  res.  Bridgton, 

Me. 

3031.  viii.     Irene  F.,  b.  July  29,  1838;  d.  May  6,  1846. 

1371.  Leonard  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Pepper- 
ell, Mass.,  June  4,  1797;  m.  m  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Aug.  8,  1820,  Philanda  Blood;  b.  Jan.  8, 
1805;  d.  July  25,  1888.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  July  26,  1886;  res.  Acworth  and  Lang- 
don,  N.  H. 

3032.  i.  Elisha  L.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1835;  m.  Jane  M.  Howard. 

3033.  ii.         Clarinda  M.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1824;  m.  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,Tulv  4, 

1842,  George  A.  Wallace,  b.  Acworth,  N.  H..  Feb.  14,  1819;  d. 
Jan.  24,  1865;  m.  2d  Willard  H.  Howard;  res.  Acworth,  N.  H., 
and  Brookfield,  Vt.  Ch.:  Tennie  C,  b.  June  18, 1843,  in  Acworth, 
N.  H.;  m.  in  1887  to  R.  C.  Boutwell,  of  Wilton,  N.  H.;  Nancy 
E.,  b.  July  2,  1847;  d.  1850,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  George  H.,  b.  Sept. 
18,  1851,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  m.  in  1873  to  Nellie  McHeene;  address 
Drewsville,  N.  H.;  Sumner  L.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1855;  d.  1872. 

Parthena  a.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1827;  m.  1850,  Howard  G.  Colburn;  res. 
Alstead,  N.  H. 

Caroline  G.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1833;  m.  Horace  Blake,  and  d.  Oct.  17, 
1886. 

Mariah  p.,  b.  feb.  5,  1822;  m.  in  1848,  Josiah  Guillow,  Gilsum, 
N.  H. 

Geo.  L.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1843;  m.  Lucretia  E.  Miller. 

Horace  L.,  b.  July  17,  1845;  m.  Etta  Ellis,  and  d.  Dec.  7,  1884. 

Abbie  Jane,  b.  July  27, 1849;  m.  Edwin  Fairfield,  and  d.  Feb.,  1893. 

1376.    Orlando  Whitney  (James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. ; 

m.  at  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Feb.  16,  1792,  Asaneth  Stiles;  res.  Ludlow,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 


3027. 

iv. 

3028. 

V. 

3029. 

VI. 

3030. 

vn 

3034. 

iii. 

3035. 

iv. 

3036. 

V. 

3037. 

3088. 
3039. 

vi. 
vii. 

viii 

3040. 

i. 

3041. 

11. 

3042. 

Ill 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  211 

BoYLSTON,  b.  Nov.  29,  1792;  m.  Lucy  Spaulding. 
ASENATH,  b.  Sept.  18,  1799. 
Calvin,  b.  Sept.  4,  1795. 

1377.  Daniel  Whitney  (James, Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Ludlow,  Vt., 
in  1777;  m.  in  Ludlow,  Feb.  25,  1796,  Content  Stiles;  b.  in  1777;  d.  in  1863.  He  was  a 
cordwainer.     He  d.  in  1863;  res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

3043.  i.  Asaph  S.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1804;  m.  Abigail  Miller. 

3044.  ii.         Calvin,  b.  Feb.  19,  1806;  m.  Roxana  Wheelock. 

3045.  iii.        Ira,  b. ;  m.  Lucinda  Hudson;  a  dau.  is  Mrs.  Julia  Strong; 

res.  Cavendish,  Vt. 

3046.  iv.        Hiram,  b. ;  1818;  m.  Arvilla  Herrick. 

3047.  V.         Betsey,  b. ;  m.  Harsha  Nickols,  and  went  west. 

3048.  vi.        Content,  b.  ;  m.  Hezekiah  Mooe;   a  son  Nelson  res.  in 

Shrewsbury,  Vt. 

3049.  vii.       Salome,  b. ;  m.  Handel  Webster;  son  Addison  res.  Plym- 

outh, Vt. 

3050.  viii.      Nancy,  b. ;  m.  James  Merrell;  a  son  Henry  res.  Reading, 

Vt. 

3051.  ix.        Mary,  b. ;  m.  Obediah  Miller;  d.  s.  p. 

1379.  Jazamiah  Whitney  (James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sept.  1, 
1780;  m.  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Rebecca  Whipple,  b.  Oct.  17,  1782;  d.  May  23,  1853. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  Member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  d.  Apr.  12,  1869; 
res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  and  Newport,  N.  H. 

Sally  M.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1804;  m.  Moses  B.  Hatch,  of  Littleton,  N.  H. 

Orlando,  b.  Mar.  26,  1806;  m.  Eliza  Ann  Motley  Carlton. 

Orange,  b.  May  8,  1808;  m.  Emeline  Harris. 

Harriett,  b.  June  22,  1810;  d.  July  31,  1817. 

Lambert,  b.  Oct.  10,  1812;  m.  Sallie  Senter. 

TURZAH,  b.  July  30,  1815;  d.  July  30,  1820. 

1386.  John  Whitney  (John,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam,  N. 
H.,  Dec.  10,  1789;  m.  Mar.  2,  1816,  Mrs.  Augusta  (Fisk)  Brooks,  b.  Aug.  2,  1792;  d.  in 
1852.  He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  on  a  farm.  Resided  in  Troy  some  time  and  for 
many  years  followed  the  sea.  He  was  a  great  sailor,  visited  many  ports  in  Europe. 
Asia  and  Africa,  as  well  as  those  of  North  and  South  America.  On  one  of  his  trips 
he  circumnavigated  the  earth.  After  his  marriage  in  1824  moved  to  Dunkirk,  N.  Y. 
There  he  followed  agricultural  pursuits  until  the  railroad  through  that  section  was 
built.  As  it  passed  through  his  farm  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 
While  living  m  Dunkirk  he  ran  a  vessel  on  the  lake.  He  d.  in  1862;  res.  Troy,  N.  H., 
Dunkirk  and  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 

Lemuel, b.  Nov.  7,  1816;  m.  Fanny  M.  Gould  and  Julia  M.  Gould. 
Densmore,  b.  Jan.  7,  1818;  d.  unm. 

Sabrina,  b.  Jan.  7,  1819;  m.  Norman  Pier;  res.  Murray,  N.  Y.; 
dau.  Ella,  m.  Thomas  McGovern,  and  her  son  James,  12  years 
of  age,  res.  Morris,  111. 
3061a.  iv.  Caroline,  b.  Mar.  28,  1820;  m.  Aug.  16,  18-39,  John  Culver  and 
had  4  ch.:  Sarah,  m.  Peter  Thompson,  merchant  and  inventor; 
res.  Union,  Pa.;  Edward,  res.  Oil  City,  Pa.;  Henry  and  Rufus, 
res.  Union,  Pa. 
3062a.  V.         Asa,  b.  May  4,  1821;  m.  June.  1842,  Caroline   P.  Tyler;  res.  Bert, 

Kan.     Ch.:  Omer,  res.  Elkhorn,  Neb.;  Sarah  Carrauth. 
3063a.  vi.       Jefferson  B.,  b.  May  4,  1822. 

3064a.  vii.  Harlow  Jones,  b.  Sept.  6,  1825;  m.  Oct.  20,  1847,  Harriett  Mac- 
kentire;  res.  Grand  Island,  Neb.  Ch.:  John,  and  Eunice,  who 
m.  1888,  Simeon  Woodruff;  res.  Joliet,  111. 

3065a.  viii.     T.  Augusta,  b. ;  m.  S.  M.  Underwood  and  had2ch.,  Samuel 

Marion;  res.  Morris,  111.,  a  merchant;  Charles  Curtis;  res. 
Gardiner,  111.,  a  merchant. 
3066a.  ix.  Esther  ANN,b.  Sept.  2,  1832;  m.  Lucius  T.  Gould,  b.  Feb.,  1829; 
d.  Dec.  4,  1861 ;  m.  2d,  Rev.  Hiram  P.  Eustis.  Ch.:  Charlotte  A., 
b.  Apr.  21,  1861;  m.  Apr.  6,  1894,  Joseph  Hampson;  res.  St.  Paul, 
Minn.;  Harriett  Beecher,  b.  July  5,  1853;  ni,  June  12,  1869, 


3052. 

3053. 

ii. 

3054. 

iii 

3055. 

IV, 

3056. 

V. 

3057. 

vi 

3058. 

i. 

3059. 

ii. 

3060. 

111. 

212 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Howard;  res.  Rockwell,  la.;  Edgar  Fletcher,  b.  July  22,  1855; 
m.  Nov.  18,  1880;  res.  South  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  Mary  C,  b.  Oct.  4, 
1857;  m.  June,  1876;  res.  Arago,  Ore. 

1389  Luke  Whitney  (John,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  25,  1798;  m.  Sept.  10, 1835,  Louisa  White;  b.  Oct.  12,  1806;  d.  July  31, 1886. 

Luke  Whitney  had  no  other  opportunities  for  obtaining  an  education  than  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town,  but  such  time  as  could  be  given  to  that  purpose 
was  faithfully  improved.  Although  a  good  farmer  he  did  not  devote  all  of  his  time 
to  that  business,  but  became  quite  a  large  dealer  in  horses,  buying  them  in  Canada 
and  taking  them  to  Boston  for  sale.  It  was  on  one  of  these  trips  to  Boston -that  he 
contracted  the  disease  of  smallpox,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  died.  He  was  a 
farmer.     He  d.  July  12,  1841;  res.  Fitzwilliam  and  Troy,  N.  H. 


3061. 
3062. 


3062;^.iii. 


Charles  O.,  b.  May  4,  1838;  m.  Frances  F.  Bent. 

Ann  Eliza,  b.  Mar.  15,  1837;  m.  Nov.  27, 1862,  Goodhue  Tenney; 

b.  Oct.  16,  1824;  d.  June  9,  1892;  res.  Marlborough,  N.  H.     Ch.: 

(adopted)  Flora  Belle,  b.  Aug.  19,  1872. 
Francis  Luke,  b.  Mar.  16,  1840;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army 

in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  and  d.  of  wounds  received  at  the 

battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  16,  1864. 


1391.  Lieut.  Joseph  Whitney  (Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  June  7,  1774;  m.  Dec.  22,  1805,  Sophia  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  6,  1784;  d. 
Mar.  3,  1860,  at  Wilson,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  farmer,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  acted  as  a  lieutenant  and  quartermaster.     He  d.  Jan.  5,  1860;  res.  Wilson,  N.  Y. 


3063a.  i. 


Benjamin,  b.  1807;  m.  in  1832;  d.  Jan.  4,  1856.  Left  4  ch.  N;ewton 

Ledyard  m.  Mary  A. —  '  " 

who  res.  in  Eustis,  Fla. 
attaining  their  majority. 


and  died  in  1884,  leaving  Le  Borne, 


3064a. 
3065a. 

3066a. 
3067a. 


n. 


ni. 


IV. 


3068a.  vi. 
3069a. 


3070a. 
3071a. 


3072a. 
3073a. 
3074a. 


vu. 


vm. 
ix. 


X. 

xi. 

xii. 


He  had  two  daughters  who  died  before 
Another  son  was  William  Wallace, 

who  died  and  left  a  widow  and  three  sons;  one  was  Percy. 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  27,  1808;  m.  John  S.  Cudaback.    She  d.  June  4, 

1845,  leaving  5  ch.;  one  was  William;  res.  Olcott,  N.  Y. 
Zervah  Oliver,  b.  Mar.  21,  1812;  m.  Rolph.    She  had  9 

ch.     She   d.   Dec.   17,   1891,   at   Battle  Creek,   Mich.     A  dau. 

is  Mrs.  Edward  Smith,  res.  Coldwater,  Mich.,  and  a  son  is  B.  F. 

Rolph,  res.  Tekonsha,  Mich.;  Joseph  W.,  res.  Eaton   Rapids, 

Mich.;  dau.  Mrs.  Orisa  Rhodes  res.  Hart,  Mich. 
Joseph  W.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1815;  m.  and  res.  Coldwater,  Mich.;  has  4 

children. 
Franklin   P.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1817;  m.  and  d.  in    1865,    leaving  2 

sons;  one  son  died  in  the  army  in  1864;   left  a  son   res.  in  Kid- 
der, Mo. 
Ferdinand,  b.  Aug.  23,  1819;  res.  Mattison,  Branch  Co.,  Mich.; 

m.  and  has  11  ch. 
Lorin  Jerome,  b.  Feb.  20,  1824.     He  was  in  the  Civil  war  and 

was  with  Sherman  when  he  marched  to  the  sea.     He  d.  June, 

1865,  in  the  District  of  Columbia.     He  left  a  widow  and  4  ch. 

She  m.  a  Mr.  Prior.     A  son,  Jesse  M.,  res.  Clayton,   Fairbault 

Co.,  Minn. 
Albert,  b.  July  1,  1826;  m.  Teressa  Martha  Phelps. 
Milton,  b.  Sept.  27,  1830;  res.  Wilson,  N.  Y.;   m.  May  1,  1857, 

Charlotte  Wilson;  b.  June  7,  1835.     Ch.:  Eugene,  b.  M,ar.  27, 

1858;  d.  Jan.  4,  1863;  Erwin,  b.  Dec.  10,  1863;  Nellie  May,  b. 

Mar.  18,  1865;  d.  Aug.  31,  1893. 
George,  b.  Dec.  4,  1809;  d.  Aug.  15,  1810. 
George,  b.  Apr.  27,  1811;  d.  same  day. 
Sophia,  b.  Mar.  24, 1822;  d.  Sept.  10, 1823. 


1394.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Wind- 
sor, Vt.,  Apr.  6,  1783;  m.  at  Mansfield,  O.,  1820,  Miranda  Marvin. 

He  was  born  in  the  Green  Mountain  State;  his  descendants  say  at  Windsor.  He 
migrated  to  Ohio,  where  he  worked  on  a  farm  and  where  he  was  married.  Soon  after 
their  marriage  they  moved  to  Indiana,  about  Brown  county.  He  finally  moved  to 
Iowa,  where  he  died.  He  d.  in  1876;  res.  Vermont,  New  London,  O.,  Brown  Co.,  Ind., 
and  Poweshiek  Co.,  la. 


3063. 

3064. 

ii. 

3065. 

111. 

3066. 

IV, 

3067. 

V. 

3068. 

vi. 

3069. 

Vll. 

3070. 

Vlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  213 

James,  b.  May  16,  1833;  m.  Nfary  Helms. 

Miranda,  b. ;  m.  — Redmon;  res.  Elliott,  la. 

Sarah  E.,  b.  1832;  m. Parr;  res.  Montezuma,  la. 

Isaac,  b.  1837;  res.  Lingrdve,  la. 

Theodore,  b.  Dec.  25,  1824;  m.  Isabella  Quinn  and  Susan  Puffer. 

Hannah  E.  b. ;  m.  — — —  Gerbrige. 

Eliza  Ann,  b. 


3071. 

3072. 

ii. 

3073. 

111. 

3074. 

IV. 

3075. 

V. 

3076. 

VI. 

3077. 

Vll. 

Hiram,  b.  July  23,  1835;  m. . 

1396.  Calvin  Whitney  (Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  May  25,  1788;  m.  Eliza  Everton,  b.  1800;  d.  Feb.  20,  1861. 

Calvin  Whitney  was  born  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  resided  there  for  awhile  and  with 
his  brother  Haynes  emigrated  to  Thomason,  Me.,  where  he  died  in  1832.  After 
his  death  his  widow  married  Joseph  Thompson  and  she  died  in  1861.  He  died  Oct., 
1832;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  Thomason,  Me. 

Calvin  F.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1816;  m.  Nancy  J.  Clark. 

Henry,  b.  Apr.  25,  1818;  d.  in  the  south. 

William  E.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1822;  m.  Sophia  A.  Fales. 

Joshua  G.,  b.   Nov.  10,  1823;  m. ;    res.  Rockland;  was  a 

soldier  in  the  4th  Me. 

John  K.,  b.  June  19,  1826;  res.  Th.  and  rem.  Cal. 

Mary  E.,  b.  July  31,  1830;  m.  Americus  Long;  res.  Thomason,  Me. 

Joshua,  b.  1833;  m. ;  res.  Rockland. 

1397.  Haynes  Whitney  (Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  Dec,  1788;  m.  Jan.  24,  1816,  Jane  Robinson;  b.  Sept.,  1790;  d.  Jan.  16,  1885. 
He  d.  Sept.  18,  1825;  res.  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  Thomason,  Me. 

3078.  i.  William,  b.  Oct.  29,  1816;  m.  Eliza  Brown  and  Elizabeth  Jordan. 

3079.  ii.         Maria  R.,  b.  June  24,  1818;  m.  Oct.  20,  1844,  Joseph  C.  Stafford; 

res.  Boston,  and  d.  St.  Louis,  1845. 

3080.  iii.       Charles  R.,  b.  June  16,  1820;  m.  Mary  Edgcom  Thurston. 

3081.  iv.        Reuben  H.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1823;  lost  overboard  from  the  bark  Val- 

halla, Dec,  1838. 

3082.  V.         Elizabeth    Howard,   b.  Nov.  22,  lb'25;  m.  Sept.  1,  1844,  Charles 

A.  Green  of  Boston;  m.  2d,  Stephen  Styles  of  Cambridge.     She 
d.  Nov.,  18^5;  son  Franklm   H.  res.  No.  Avenue,  No.  Cambridge, 

1398.  Christopher  Whitney  (William,  William,  Joshua,  Johni,  b.  at  Salis- 
bury, Conn.,  Sept.  28,  1751;  m.  at  Sharon  meeting  house.  Conn.,  Dec.  1,  1774,  Mary 
Ticknor;  b.  Sharon,  Conn. 

He  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  where  he  resided  until  his  majority.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  meeting  house,  and  with  his  bride  was  said  to 
be  the  handsomest  couple  ever  married  at  that  place.  Soon  after  his  marriage  the 
war  with  Great  Britain  broke  out,  and  he  enlisted  in  his  country's  behalf.  After  the 
war,  with  other  continental  soldiers,  he  was  paid  off  in  lands;  he  received  a  grant  of 
60  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Solon,  Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  probably  removed 
there  about  1790  or  thereabouts  from  Tinmopth,  \'t.,  when  he  moved  from  Connecti- 
cut.    Res.  Sharon,  Conn.,  Tinmouth,  Vt.,  and  Solon,  N.  Y. 

RuLUFF,  b.  June  25,  1777;  m.  Susanna  Glenny. 
BiLLA,  b.  May  12,  1775;  m.  Clarinda  French. 

Olive,  b.  Mar.  18, 1780;  m.  at  Cortlandville,  N,  Y.,Col.  Moses  Hop- 
kins. He  was  colonel  of  militia,  sheriff  of  Cortland  county.  He 
died  in  1870,  ae.  85;  was  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all. 
She  d.  in  Cortland,  N.  Y.,'  in  1872. 

3086.  iv.       Christopher,  b.  Nov.  12,  1782;  m.  Rhoda  Wilder. 

1401.  Cornelius  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Sal- 
isbury, Conn.,  Dec.  31,  1753;  m.  1775,  Hetty  Green.  He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war, 
and  in  1809  sold  land  in  Sheffield.  He  d.  Nov.  6,  1829;  res.  Canaan  and  Sheffield, 
Conn. 

3087.  i.  RuLUFF  Dutcher,  b.  Mar.  3,  1794;  m.  Bathsheba  Fuller. 

3088.  ii.         Everett,  b.  1800;  m.  and  res.  East  Pembroke,  N.  Y.,  leaving  son, 

Alphonso,  who  res.  in  Salisbury,  Conn. 

1407.  Joshua  Whitney  (Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Nov.  27, 
1748;  m.  Hannah  Green,  b.  Sept.  14,  1748;  d.  Aug.  17,  1793.  He  d.  of  yellow  fever  on 
his  return  journey  from  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  been  to  purchase  merchandise, 
at  Wind  Gap,  Pa.     He  d.  Sept.  26,  1793;  res.  Nobletown  and  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 


3083. 

ii. 

3084. 

i. 

3085. 

iii. 

214  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3089.  i.  Joshua,  b.  Aug.  24,  177';  m.  Rhoda  Jewell  and  Julia  Crooker. 

3090.  ii.         Sarah,  b.   May  8,  1776;  m.  William   Guthrie.    She  d.  in  Bain- 

bridge,  N.  Y. 

3091.  iii.        Thomas,  b.  Aug.  5,  1778;  m.  Polly  Gilbert. 

3092.  iv.       John,  b.  June  31,  1780;  m. . 

3093.  V.         Hannah,  b.  Jan.  29,  1782;  m.  Dec.  2, 1823,  Dea.  Samuel  Stow.  She 

d.  Nov.  27,  1849.  He  was  b.  Apr.  4,  1787;  d.  July  13,  1870.  Ch.: 
Wm.  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  LS,  1824;  m.  Apr.  4,  1849.  Alice  E.  Pat- 
terson.  They  have  6  ch.  and  11  grandchildren;  res.  Pine  St., 
San  Francisco,  Cal.;  Betsey,  b.  May  9,  1826;  d.  May  20.  1826. 

3094.  vi.        Lucy,  b.  June  26,  1784;  m.  William  Morse. 

3095.  vii.      Olive,  b.   Nov.  21,  1786;    m.    1809,   Christopher   Eldridge.     He 

was  b.  Jan.,  1785;  d.  Oct.   14,  1864;  12   ch.:  Hallam,  b.   Feb.  19. 

1810;  d.  Oct.  21,  1810;  Jane,  b.  Nov.  21,  1811;  d. ;  m.  Nov. 

21,  1831,  Jas.  S.  Hawley;  Hallam  and  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  12,  1813; 
Hallam  d.  Aug.  23,  1813;  Sarah  d.  Aug.  28, 1813;  Charles,  b.  Oct. 
6,  1814;  d.  July  2,  1866;  m.  Pamela  Janette  Waterman;  James,  b. 
Dec.  31,  1817;  m.  Charlotte  B.  Timpkins  Eldredge;  Robert,  b. 
Apr.  29.  1820;  d.  1844;  Hallam.  b.  Dec.  16.  1821;  m.  Dec.  9,  1851. 
Anne  Elizabeth  Zane,  in  Natchez,  Miss.;  John  and  Henry,  b. 
June  16,  1824;  John  d.  Dec.  16,  1868,  and  Henry  d.  1856;  Henry 
m.  Mary  T.  Cox;  Hobart,  b.  Dec.  15,  1825;  d.  1860;  m.  Char- 
lotte B.  Timpkins;  William,  b.  Dec.  19.  1827;  d.  Jan.  27.  1867. 

3096.  viii.      Ebenezer,  b.  July  27,  1789;  m.  Sally  Green. 

3097.  ix.        William,  b.  Apr.  21, 1791. 

1411.  William  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Addison 
Co.,  Vt.,  May  24,  1795;  m.  in  Warren  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  29,  1833,  Martha  Ann  Perlee. 

He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life;  was  born  in  Vermont,  where  he  resided  for  twenty- 
two  years,  lived  in  Ohio  for  thirty-seven  years.  Iowa  seventeen  years,  and  Kansas 
until  his  decease;  res.  Glen  Elder,  Kan. 

3098.  i.         George  L.,  b. -. 

1413.  Aaron  Whitney  (Benjamin.  Joshua,  William,  Joshva,  John),  b.  Gran- 
ville, N.  Y.,  Sept.  14,  1798;  m.  June  23,  1818,  Electa  Leach,  d.  Nov.  1.  1798;  res.  Find- 
ley's  Lake,  N.  Y. 

3099.  i.  Isaac,  b.  1819;  m.  Apr.  7,  1844;  Betsey  Nason;  res.  French  Creek,. 

N.  Y.  Ch.:  Wm.  Benj.,  b.  June  25,  1846;  is  a  farmer;  m.  Jan.  15, 
1870.  Mary  Ireland,  and  d.  May  2,  1873.  He  was  in  the  war  in 
the  112th  N.  Y.  Volunteers.  One  son  Wayne,  b.  Feb.  15,  1872; 
res.  Broken  Straw,  N.  Y.  Aaron  Leech,  Isaac.  Sarah  Roydia.. 
Emma,  Lyal. 

3100.  ii.         James,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  Findley's  Lake. 

3101.  iii.       Phebe,  b.  ;  m.  Dec.  2,  1852,  Lorenzo  Flower;  res.  Mina^ 

N.  Y. 

3102.  iv.        Samuel,  b.  ;  m.  Feb.  2,  1846,  Lucy  Lewis;  res.  Rosabach,. 

Iowa.      Ch.:    Sally,   Electa.   Joshua,   Samuel,   Mercy,   Charles, 

James,  Elizabeth,  George,  Lucretia. 
Electa,  b. ;  m.  Sept.  7, 1844.  Morgan  B.  Tanner;  res.  Mina, 

N.  Y. 
Miranda,  b. ;  m.  Apr.  4,  1849,  Jared  Chittenden;  res.  Mina.. 

N.  Y. 

Aaron,  b. ;  res.  Kane  Co.,  III.;  unm.  in  1874. 

Hiram,  b. ;  m.  1849,  Emily  Jackson,  and  d.  July  4.  1852. 

Ch.:  Francis  Ellie. 
Benjamin,  b. ;  m.  Dec.  8. 1859.  Mary  E.  Coe;  res.  Mina,  N.  Y.. 

Ch.:  Edith. 
Zebulon.  b. ;  m.  Aug.  27,  1865,  Mary  A.  McDowell.    Ch.: 

William  J.  and  Miranda  A. 

Sally,  b. ;  d.  June  10, 1840. 

Polly,  b, \  unm.;  res.  Findley's  Lake. 

1417.  Joseph  Whitney  (Elijah,  John,  William.  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan,  Conn... 
July  21,  1776;  m.  Mary  P.  Persons,  b.  Bristol.  Conn..  1776;  d.  June  5,  1824.  He  d.  1836;. 
res.  Scriba.  N.  Y. 


3103. 

1 

V. 

3104. 

vi. 

3105. 
3106. 

vii. 
viii 

3107. 

ix. 

3108. 

X. 

3109. 
3110. 

xi. 
xii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  215 

3111.  i.  Salome,  b. ;  m. Adams.  Ch.:  Walton,  b. ;  res. 

Bundy's  Crossing,  N.  Y. 

3112.  ii.        WoLCOTT,  b.  Dec.  20,  1804;  m.  Almeda  Snow. 

3113.  iii.       Joseph,  b.  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  widow  and  1  son,  J.  S.,  res.  Dewatto^ 

Mason  Co.,  Wash. 

3114.  iv.        Beckey,  b.  in  Scriba,  N.  Y.;  m.;  a  son  Joseph,  res.  Brooklyn,  Mich. 

3115.  V.         Polly,  b. m.  William  Burt;  res.  Scriba,  N.  Y.     Has  old 

family  Bible. 

3116.  vi.       Irene,  b. ;  m. Cyrenius.  Ch.:  L.  H.,  res.  Los  Angeles, 

Cal. 

3117.  vii.      Charles  L.,  b.  Scriba,  N.  Y.;  m.  Julia  Broadwell;  res.  Fulton,  N. 

Y.;  d.  s.  p.     She  res.  Oswego  Falls,  N.  Y. 

3118.  viii.     Norman  Knox,  b.  Dec.  2,  1816;  m.  Mary  Harman. 

1419.  William  Whitney  (Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Hartford,. 
Conn.,  Feb.  22,  1784;  m.  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  1807,  Prudence  Brown,  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  Nov. 
14,  1790;  d.  Oct.  20,  1856,  in  Boston,  Mass.     He  d.  Nov.  14,  1859;  res.  Norwich,  Vt. 

3119.  i.  Samuel  Brown,  b.  Jan.  28,  1817;  m.  Sarah  Brown. 

3120.  ii.         William,  b.  June  6,  1819;  m.  Sophronia . 

3121.  iii.       Henry  Joshua,  b.  Oct.  22,  1812;  m. . 

3122.  iv.       Dorothy,  b.  Feb.  25,  1815;  d.  May  1,  1882. 

3123.  V.         Alfred,  b.  Mar.  6,  1821;  m.  Edna  N.  Haskell. 

3124.  vi.       Joseph  Paul,  b.  Mar.  1,  1825;  m.  Troy  G.  Hope. 

3125.  vii.      Mary  Electa,  b.  Feb.  6,  1828;  m.  John  Somes,  b. ;  d. ;. 

m.  2d Talf ;  res.  Boston.     She  d.  East  Douglass,  Mass., 

Jan.  8,  1885.     Son  John  L.  Somes  res.  19  Florence  St.,  Wor- 
cester. 

3126.  viii.     Anna  Weltha,  b,  Jan.  17,  1830;  m.  Frank  L.  Penny.     She  d.  in 

Boston,  Mar.  19,  1889,  and  is  buried  at  Upham's  Corners,  Dor- 
chester. 

3127.  ix.        Levi  Charles,  b.  Jan.  6,  1832;  m.  Eliza  Evans. 

3128.  X.         Lewis  L.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1824;  m.  Hannah  H.  Clapp. 

1425.  Archibald  Whitney  (Lebbeus,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  May 
28,  1785;  m.  Aug.,  1808,  Marv  Drennes. 

3129.  i.  Claudius  George,  b.  Nov.  24,  1809. 

3130.  ii.         Eugenia  M.  A.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1811. 

3131.  iii.        Elvira  Martha,  b.  Jan.  5,  1812;  m.  Nov.  7,  1832,  Peter  J.  Suder; 

d.  1852.  Ch.:  Martha  Ann,  b. ;  m.  C.  E.  Kirk;  res.  Colum- 
bia, S.  C;  Mary  E.,  Wm.  H.,  Geo.  Y.,  Archibald  W.,  Elvira 

A.,  Mary  A.  W.,  b.  ;    Peter  J.,  Alice    E.,    Eugenia    D.; 

Everline  E.,  Wm.  A. 

3132.  iv.       Adalina  Margaret,  b.  July  7,  181.3. 

3133.  V.         OcTAVius  L.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1815;  m.  Elizabeth  Luther. 

3134.  vi.       Cornelius  D.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1816;  d.  young. 

3135.  vii.      Theodore  A.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1818;  m.  Sarah  McC.  Vandyke. 

3136.  viii.     Cecelia  M.,  b.  June  28,  1820. 

3137.  ix.       Caroline  E.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1822. 

3138.  x.        Cornelius  G.,  b.  Feb.  10, 1824;  m.  Elizabeth  Burrell. 

3139.  xi.       Irvenia  D.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1825. 

3140.  xii.      Lebbeus  D.,  b.  June  20,  1827. 

3141.  '  xiii.     Margaret  G.,  b.  June  17,  1829. 

3142.  xiv.     Alonzo  Geo.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1831. 

3143.  XV.       Wm.  D.,  b.  June  9,  1833. 

3144.  xvi.     Placidia  E.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1834. 

1427.  Jedediah  Whitney  (James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  N.  Y.,. 
Mar.  3,  1782;  m.  May  7,  1805,  Keziah  Barrett;  b.  Sept.  25,  1786;  d.  Oct.  18,  1831,  at 

Edenville,  S.  C.     He  d.  Sept.  2,  1826;  res. . 

.3145.    i.         Maria  Austin,  b.  July  17,  1806;  d.  Sept.  22,  1807. 

3146.  ii.        James  Barrett,  b.  Sept.  28,  1809;  drowned  at  sea,  Sept.  10, 1837, 

in  shipwreck  bet.  N.  Y.  and  N.  O.,  La. 

3147.  iii.       Margaret  Mary,  b.  Dec.  8,  1813;  m.  Mar.  26,  1835,  William  M. 

De  Lorme;  b.  Nov.  28,  1800;    d.  Dec.  6,  1870,  at  Sumter,  S.  C. 
She  d.  Sept.  27,  1886,  at  Sumter.    Ch.:  John  F.  W.,  b.  Jan.  10,. 


216  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3150. 

11. 

3151. 

111. 

3152. 

IV. 

3153. 

V. 

3154. 

VI. 

3155. 

vii. 

3156. 

Vlll 

1836;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  James;  res.  Sumter,  S.  C;  Susan  M.  b 
■  Jan.  11,  1838;  m.  Marion  L.  La  Far;  res.  Sumter;  Jas.  J.  \V.,  b 
Sept.  23,  1839;  d.  Sept.  30,  1840;  Franklin  AI.,  b.  Jan.  3.  1842 
killed  Aug.  29,  1862,  2d  battle  Bull  Run,  buried  on  the  field 
Elizabeth  O.  H.,  b.  Jan.  28,  1845;  m.  J.  C.  Dove;  res.  Dovesville 
S.  C;  Charles  W.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1846;  d.  Sumter,  Mar.  24,  1865 
Anthony  W.,  b.  July  13,  1848;  d.  Sept.  29,  1849;  Samuel  M.,  b 
May  24,1850;  d.  July  27,1850;  Wm.  Moultrie,  b.  June  28,  1851 

3148.  iv.       John  J.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1814;  m.  Frances  A.  Lewis. 

1428.  Lebbeus  Whitney  (James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Oct.  8, 
1785;  m.  1808,  Elizabeth  Ford,  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Aug.  9,  1786;  d.  Feb.  3,  1873. 

His  parents  emigrated  from  New  York  to  Georgia,  in  1785,  and  while  on  their 
way  thither  he  was  born  at  Hillsboro,  N.  C.  When  a  lad  he  went  from  Georgia  to 
Charlestown,  S.  C,  and  thence  before  his  majority  to  Philadelphia.  For  many  years 
he  was  teller  in  the  Schuylkill  Bank.  In  July,  1832,  he  moved  to  Port  Carbon,  Pa., 
and  was  cashier  of  the  branch  of  the  bank  there  until  1840,  when  he  went  to  a  farm 
near  Orwigsburg,  Pa.,  and  thence  to  Pottsville,  in  1845,  where  he  died.  He  d.  Sept. 
7,  1849;  res.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

3149.  i.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  24, 1810;  m.  Apr.  2, 1835,  Oliver  C.  Bosbyshell. 

He  d.  Nov.  9,  1888.    Ch.:  Lebbeus  W.,  b.  May  10,  1836;  d.  Feb. 

1, 1886,  at  Philadelphia;  Chas.  A.,  b.  May  10, 1836;  m.  Elmira  Drill; 

res.  Philadelphia;  Oliver  C,  b.  Jan.  3,  1839;  m.  Martha  E.  Stem; 

Supt.  U.  S.  Mint  at  Philadelphia. 
Laurence  Ford,  b.  Oct.  5,  1812;  m.  Hannah  Pott. 
Charles  A.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1815;  m.  Sophia  Faure. 
John  F.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1817;  m.  Elizabeth  R.  Ruckel. 
Catherine,  b.  Feb.  28.  1820, 
Wm.  Lebbeus,  b.  Jan.  16,  1823;  m.  Ann  T.  Potts  and  Emma  St.  C. 

Nichols. 
Elizabeth  Ford,  b.  Jan.  1,  1826. 
Anna  Margaret,  b.  Nov.  27, 1828;  m.  Sept.  30,  1856,  Dr.  Anthony 

Heger,  asst.  surg.  U.  S.  Armv.     He  was  b.  Vienna,  Austria,  Dec. 

4,  1828.     She  d.   Sept.  24,  1864,  at  Point  Lookout,  Md.     Ch.: 

William  Simcoe,  b.  June  17,  1857. 

1430.  Rev.  William  Whitney  (James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b. 

1790,  in  Georgia;  m. .     She  d.  s.  p.  soon  after  marriage;  m.  2d , 

Sarah  Leggett.  She  d.  1821,  at  Fayette,  Miss.;  m.  3d,  July  31,  1823,  Mrs.  Mary 
(Coleman)  Smith;  d.  Jefferson  Co.,  Miss.;  m.  4th,  1831,  Mrs.  Henry  (Witherspoon) 
King;  d.  Meadville,  Miss.,  July,  1832,  s.  p.  He  d.  Apr.  22,  1864;  res.  Georgia,  Louis- 
iana, and  Mississippi.     Buried  in  Jefferson  Co.,  in  the  latter  state. 

3157.  i.         James  J.,  b.  Georgia,  1815;  d.  Selserstown,  Miss.,  Aug.,  1832. 

3158.  ii.        Caroline,  b.  Georgia;  m.  Mar.,  1832,  George  W.  Weast.     She  d. 

1842,  at  Washington,  Miss.,  leaving  William,  Sarah,  George,  and 
one  other;  all  are  now  deceased. 

3159.  iii.       Mary  Ann,  b.  Mar.  3,  1820;  m.  Apr.  24,  1844,  Absalom  Spielman; 

b.  Mar.  24,  1810;  d.  July  26,  1887,  at  Greenville,  O.;  11  ch. 

3160.  iv.       Elizabeth  Jones,  b.  Sept.  5,  1828;    m.  June  3,  1875,  Elias  B. 

Thompson;  b.  Apr.  4, 1820,  s.  p.;  res.  Natchez,  Miss. 

3161.  V.        Mary,  b.  1830;  d.  1840,  at  Washington,  Miss. 

1431.  John  Merrick  Whitney  (James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Franklin,  Ga.,  June  4,  1792;  m.  Oct.  19,  1818,  Clarissa  Montgomery,  b.  Apr.  21,  1798; 
d.  June  9,  1871.    He  d.  Nov.  18,  1867;  res.  Fayette,  Miss. 

3162.  i.  Alexander  M.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1817;  m.  and   res.  in  La.;  was  clergy- 

man in  the  M.  E.  Church. 
Wm.  H.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1818;  d.  Augusta,  Ky.,  Nov.  14,  1835. 
John  S.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1820;  m.  Malissa  A.  Coleman. 
Catherine  L.,  b.  June  23,  1823;  d.  Fay.,  May  21,  1824. 
Emily,  b.  May  13,  1825;  m.  Oct.  16,  1845,  Rev.  Horace  M.  Booth, 

b.  Oct.  23,  1815;  5  ch.;  res.  Rockport,  Tex. 
Samuel  F.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1827;  m.  Mattie  Emanuel. 
Charles  W.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1829;  m.  Sarah  C.  F.  Darden. 
Catherine  L.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1831. 


3163. 

ii. 

3164. 

iii. 

3165. 

iv. 

3166. 

V. 

3167. 

vi. 

3168. 

vii. 

3169. 

viii 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  217 

3170.  ix.  James  J.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1834;  m.  Josephine  Darden. 

3171.  X.  \Vm.  H.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1836;  d.  July  28,  1841,  at  F. 

3172.  xi.  Prosper  K.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1838;  m.  Helen  S.  McCaleb. 

3173.  xii.  May  Elizabeth,  b.  May  31,  1841;  d.  Holly  Springs,  Jan.  12,  1857, 

1432.  Matthias  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Killinglv,  Conn.,  May  25,  1776;  m.  May  14,  1795,  Betsey  Barnes,  b.  1774;  d.  June  12, 
1851.     He  d.  Dec.  18,  1857;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

3174.  i.         Oliver  C,  b.  Jan  31,  1806;  m.  Louis  Grossman. 

3175.  ii.        Orrin,  b.  Dec.  27,  1795;  m.  Enieline  Ames. 
8176.    iii.       Orson,  b. . 

3177.  iv.        ORLAH.b. ;  m.  • .     He  was  county  judge  of  Oswego 

Co.,  N.  v.;  res.  Mexico. 

3178.  V.         Laura,  b. ;  m. Goit. 

3179.  vi.      Achsah,  b. . 

1433.  James  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Kill- 
ingly.  Conn.,  Aug.  27,  1779;  m.  at  Wells,  Vt.,  1800,  Betsey  Law,  b.  in  1779;  d.  May 
26,  1863,  at  Pavilion,  N.  Y.  She  m.  2d  at  Mexico,  Luther  Evarts,  b.  Hartford,  Conn., 
Aug.  27,  1793;  d.  Aug.  2,  1873,  at  Angelica,  N.  Y.;  was  a  carpenter.  James  was  a 
carpenter.     He  d.  Mar.,  1817;  res.  Granville  and  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

3180.  ii.        Alvin  L.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1803;  m.  Betsey  Cook. 

3181.  i.  Fidelia,  b.  Sept.  6,1801;  m.  Ephraim  Keeler;  res.  La  Fayette 

Station,  N.  Y. 

3182.  iii.        Chauncey  B.,  b.  1805;  m.  Sophia  Doolittle  and  Mary  Ann . 

3183.  iv.        FiLiNDA,  b. ;  m.  Joel  Goss;  res.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

3184.  V.         Luther  Day,  b.  Mar.  iB,  1810;  m.  Aroline  Perrin;  physician;  res. 

Jackson  and  Big  Rapids,  Mich. 

3185.  vi.  '     Eliza,  b. ;  m. Dun;  res.  Covington,  N.  Y. 

3186.  vii.      James  Puffer,  b.  Sept.  25,  1815;  m.  Nerissa  Crittenden. 

3187.  viii,     Ellen  E.  (Evarts),  b.  Nov.  23,  1829;  m.  Spencer  Franklin;  res. 

29  Grove  St.,  Bradford,  Pa. 

1434.  Eliphalet  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  loshua,  John),  b. 
Granville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  17,  1781;  m.  in  1805,  Lucv  Ellsworth;  b.  June"  10,  1783;  d.  Jan. 
1,  1874.     He  d.  Jan.  7,  1847;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y.  ' 

3188.  vi.  Cyrus,  b.  Feb.  19,  1814;  m.  Jane  E.  Brown. 

3189.  i.  Horace,  b.  Apr.  16,  1807;  m.  Laura  Sherman. 

3190.  ii.  LuciNDA,  b.  Aug.  12,  1J<08;  d.  Feb.  9,  1878. 

3191.  iii.  Ermina,  b.  Feb.  18,  1810;  m.  Feb.,  1831,  Joshua  Whitney.     She  d. 

Mar.  19,  1851  (see  elsewhere). 

3192.  iv.        Lyman  E.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1812;  m.  Jane  S.  Whitney. 

3193.  V.         Oscar  F.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1816;  m.  Caroline  Whitney. 

3194.  vi.        James  R.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1818;  m.  Carolme  Adams. 

3195.  vii.       Avis  E.,b.  Jan. 29, 1820;  m.  George  Tilton.     Ch.:  Albert,  b. ; 

Nellie,  b. ;  Frank,  b. ;  res.  Colosse,  N.  Y. 

3196.  viii.      Henry  S.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1822;  m.  Harriett  R.  Gillett. 

3197.  ix.        Helen  C,  b.  Apr.  16,  1824;  m.  Jan.,  1848,  Everett  H.  Gillett;  res. 

Mexico,  N.  Y.     Ch.:  Ellert  J.,  b.   Nov.  27,  1848;  m.  Jane   Car- 
penter; ch.,  Ethel  and  Gladys. 

3198.  X.         Lucy  A.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1826;  d.  Nov.  22,  1857. 

14.35.  Cornelius  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Granville,  N.  Y.,  Tan.  27,  1782;  m.  Jan.  1,  1806,  Rhoda  Gould,  of  G.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1790; 
d.  Apr.,  1840. 

He  resided  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  in  early  life,  but  soon  moved  to  Granville,  N.  Y., 
where  he  married.  In  1816  he  moved  to  Ontario,  and  in  1837  to  the  Ridge  road, 
where  he  ever  after  lived.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  d.  June  19,  1845;  res. 
Mexico  and  Pineville,  N.  Y. 

3199.  i.  Ebenezer  Gould,  b.  Feb.  27,  1808;  m.  Maria  Wickware. 

3200.  ii.        Silas,  b.  Oct.  10,  1809;  m.  Matilda  Cross. 

3201.  iii.        Lucius,  b.  Jan.  15,  1811;  m.  Clarissa  Ingersoll. 

3202.  v.         Maria,  b.  Feb.  16,  1816;  m.  Mav  15,  1838,  Jesse  Enos.     He  was 

b.  Aug.  23,  1806;  d.  Nov.  6,  1870;  res.  New  Haven,  N.  Y.     She 
d.  May  16,  1886.     Ch.:  Rufus,  b.  June  14,  1840;  m.  Jan.  6,  1867, 
Ettie  Smith,  and  Dec.  10,  1884,  Ann  E.  Gardner.     She  d.  Nov. 
15 


218  WHITNEY  GENEALOGV. 


3203. 
3204. 
3205. 
3206. 

iv. 
vi. 
vii. 
viii. 

3207. 

ix. 

3208. 

X. 

3209. 

xi. 

14,  1883;  res.  Mexico;  Rhoda,  b.  May  4,  1842;  d.  Mar.  4,  1886; 

Rosina,  b.  May  19,  1845;  res.  Mexico;  Marv,  b.  Mar.  1,  1848;  d. 

July  20,  1868;  Adelbert,  b.  July  16,  1851;  d.  Dec.  23,  1853;  Brav- 

ton,  b.  Nov.  29,  1855;  m.  Oct.  13,  1880,  Adella  Snell;  res.  New 

Haven. 

ESECK.  b.  Mar.  29,  1814;  m. . 

La  Fayette,  b.  Feb.  29,  1820;  m. 


Tho.mas,  b.  Jan.  29,  1822;  m.  Annie  Jewel.  . 

David  Dixon,  b.  Oct.  15,  1825;   res.,  unm.,  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  958 

Alogoina  St. 
Russell,  b.  Mar.  23,  1828;  m.  Emily .     He  died  and  his 

wid.  res.  in  Newell,  la. 
Eleanor,  b.  July  10,  1830;  m.  Jerry  Cole;  res.  Elkhorn,  la.     Son 

Jerry,  ^larne,  la. 
Oscar  F.,  b.  July  19,  1823;  m.  Laura  W.  Whitcomb. 

1440.  John  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Johsua,  John),  b.  Gran- 
ville, Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1804;  m.  Mar.  4,  1827,  Nancy  Huntington;  b. 
May  31,  1801;  d.  Oct.  21,  1834;  m.  2d,  Jan.  14,  1835.  Caroline  ^L  Herbert;  b.  May  9, 
1813;  d.  Sept.  2.  1858;  m.  3d,  Mrs.  Page;  d.  s.  p.  in  Iowa;  m.  4th,  Nov.  15, 1871,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Moran;  b.  Dec.  15,  1811;  d.  in  Iowa,  s.  p. 

John  Whitney  was  born  in  Washington,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  farmer  during  his  life 
and  died  in  Cass  Co.,  la.,  where  he  had  resided  a  number  of  years,  and  was  also  one 
of  its  pioneers.  His  wife's  name  was  Nancy  Huntington,  a  native  of  New  York, 
who  diod  in  Oswego  Co.,  that  state.  He  d.  Nov.  2,  1879;  res.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and 
Atlantic   la 

3210.  '\y2.      Franklin  H.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1832;  m.  Elinor  Graham. 

3211.  xi.       Alice    Josephine,  b.   July   12,   1855;    m.  Sept.  15,  1875,  Henry 

Shank;  res.  Des  Moines,  la.  He  was  b.  Feb.  2,  1847;  is  an 
undertaker.  Ch.:  Lulue  Maude,  b.  Aug.  3,1876;  Henry  Clay- 
ton, b.  and  d.  Mar.  27,  1878. 

3212.  iii.       John  Adam  Clark,  b.   Feb.  11,  1841;   is  a  farmer;   unm.;   res. 

Neola,  la. 

3213.  iv.       Celia  Ann,  b.  Sept.  19,  1836;  d.  Mar.  20,  1865. 

3214.  i.         Frederick  F.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1828;  d.  Sept.  18,  1828. 

3215.  ii.        Noel  Byron,  b.  Oct.  10,  1829;  d.  Feb.  9,  1833. 

3216.  V.        Albert  Peck,  b.  Jan.  21,  1839;  d.  Aug.  6,  18.59. 

3217.  vii.      George  Henry,  b.  Mar.  20,  1844;  m.  Nov.,  1874,  Hattie  Craig;  b. 

1838;  d.  Mar.  16,  1883.  He  res.  Neola,  la.  He  is  deputy  sov- 
ereign for  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

3218.  ix.       Casper  Cole,  b.  Sept.  17,  1849;  m. . 

3219.  x.        Luther  Day,  b.  July  23,  1851;  m.  Lettie  A.  Irons. 

3220.  vi.       Ruth  MALARV.b.  Apr.  17,  18.34;  d.  Sept.  11,  1834. 

3221.  viii.    Nancy  Caroline,  b.  Oct.  7,  1846;  d.  Aug.  29,  1847. 

1441.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Rutland, 
Vt.,  June  10,  1782;  m.  in  Rush,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  19,  1809,  Huldah  Markham,  b.  Jan.  12, 1791 ; 
d.  Oct.  3,  1878.  He  was  a  cabinetmaker  and  carpenter  by  trade.  He  d.  Feb.  13, 
1859;  res.  Rutland,  Vt.,  and  Girard,  Mich. 

3222.  i.  David  Day,  b.  Jan.  28,  1817;  m.  Fanny  . 

3223.  ii.        Wm.  Markham,  b.  Aug.  7,  1810;  m.  Rosina  Crow. 

3224.  iii.       Caroline,  b.  Feb.  7, 1825;  m.  Dec.  29,  1846,   John  G.  Frounfelter; 

res.  29  Pierce  St.,  Coldwater,  Mich.  He  was  b.  May  2.3,  1822;  d. 
Apr.  28,  1847.    Ch.:  John  F.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1847;  d.  June,  1869. 

3225.  iv.        Phebe,  b.  Nov.  29,  1812;  d.  Dec,  1885. 

3226.  v.         Lydia  Lavina,  b.  Jan.  2, 1815;  m.  1831, Dailey;   res.  How- 

eoge,  N.  Y. 

3227.  vi.        Huldah,  b.  July  6,  1820;  m.  1849, Adams;    res.  Coldwater, 

Mich. 

3228.  vii.      Almira,  b.  1827;  d.  1850. 

3229.  viii.     Joshua,  b.  1829;  d.  1851. 

3230.  ix.       Jane  Allen,  b.  Mar.  25,  1832;  res.  Cottage  Grove,  Ore. 

1457.  Calvin  Whitney  (David,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canada; 
m.  Heltha  Scott;  m.  2d,  Caroline  Conkline;  m.  od,  Isabella  Harrison.  He  d.  in 
Canada;  res.  Prescott,  Ontario. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  219 

3231.  i.  A.MARiLLA,  b.  Jan.  16,       3237.     vii.      Calvin,  b. . 

1836.  3238.    viii.     Marv  Elizabeth,  b. . 

3232.  ii.        Frances  Maria,   b.       3239.    ix.       James  Harvey,  b. 


3240.  X.  Martin  Luther,  b. 

3233.  iii.       John,  b. .  3241.  xi.  Geo.  Jacob,  b. 

3234.  iv.        LiCY.b.  Oct.  1,1840.         3242.  xii.  Thomas,  b. . 

3235.  V.         Sarah  M.,  b. .         3243.  xiii.  Anna  Jane,  b. 

3236.  vi.       Caroline,  b.  — - — .        3244.  xiv.  Charlotte,  b. 


3247. 

ii. 

3248. 

Ill 

3249. 

IV. 

3250. 

V. 

1465.  Warren  Whitney  (Samuel,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Dec, 
6,  1805,  in  Eastford,  Conn.;  m.  Diana  R.  Johnson;  d.  July  17,  1872.  He  d.  Sept.  7 
1885;  res.  Eastford,  Conn. 

3245.  i.  Lorenzo  Milo,  b.  Nov.  5,  1828;  m.  Esther  M.  Moore. 

1467.  Benja.min  Cadv  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John)' 
b.  Conn.  Apr.  14,  17>^8;  m.  Feb.  16,  1820,  Betsey  Marchant;  b.  Nov.  27,  1792;  d.  Nov 
5,  1887,  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y.  Was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Pcrtageville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  2, 1859; 
res.  Conesus,  N.  Y. 

3246.  1.  Deborah  Maria,  b.  Jan.  9,  1822;  m.  Oct.  23,  1839,  William  Tur- 
ner; 2  ch.,  both  adopted;  res.  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

DvANE,  b.  Nov.  25,  1824;  m.  Sarah  Augusta  Waldo. 

Orlando  H.,  b.  Autr.  22,  1826;  m.  Marv  C.  Lemmon. 

Wm.  Rodney,  b.  Sept.  21,  1830;  m.  1857;  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  21,  1868. 

LrciA  Amelia,  b.  Dec.  31,  ls34;  m.  Oct.  12,  18.54,  George  W. 
Tew;  res.  413  Main  St.,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Jan.  6, 
1832.  Ch.:  Georgia  Lucia,  b.  Aug.  10,  1873;  m.  Oct.  26,  1893, 
George  Persons;  res.  lamestown;  Herbert  Whitnev.  b.  Apr.  8, 
1861;  m.  .A.pr.  29,  1886,  Cora  Sheldon;  res.  J. 

3251.  vi.        Laira  Parker,  b.  Jan.  15,  182-;  d.  unm.  at  Jamestown,  June  25, 

1888. 

3252.  vii.       John  J.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1837;  m.  Agnes  Revnolds  Tew. 

3253.  viii.      Mary  Adaline,  b.  Feb.  24,  1832;  d.  Sept.  8,  1851. 
32.54.     ix.        Adeline,  b. ;  d.  Oct.  23,  1824. 

1471.  Sidney  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Gran- 
ville, N.  Y.,  Oct.  21,  1801;  m.  at  West  Walworth,  Dec.  25,  1827.  Caroline  Palmer;  b. 
May  6,  1811.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Julv  20,  1874;  res.  Ontario,  N.  Y. 

3265.  i.         Nathan  P.,b.  Dec.  3,  1831;  m.  Jan.  1,  1862,  Orilla  Gould;  d.  s.  p. 

Sept.  6,1876;  res.  Ontario,  N.  Y.     He  was  accidentally  killed 
while  taking  his  gun  from  a  wagon. 

3266.  ii.        Oscar  Eugene,  b.  July  19,1828;  m.  Apr.  15,  1873,  Libbie  Hooker 

at  West  Walworth.  She  was  b.  1847;  res.  s.  p.  Union  Hill,  N.  Y 
Is  a  farmer. 

3257.  iii.       Adeline  Matilda,  b.  Oct.  11,  1829;  res.  Union  Hill,  N.  Y. 

3258.  iv.       George  C,  b.  Oct.  17,1833;  d.  Mav  30,  1835. 

3259.  V.        George  Cornelius,  b.  Jan.  29,  18^9;  d.  Apr.  30,  1842. 

1479.    William  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Gran 
ville,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1798;  m.  there  Aug.  22,  1822,  Deborah  M.'Duel;  b.  Dec.  12,  1801; 
d.  Dec.  25,  1869. 

William  Whitney,  third  son  of  Joseph  Whitney,  born  in  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7, 
1798;  reared  a  farmer.  Married  Deborah  "SI.  Duel,  daughter  of  Ezra  Duel,  of  the 
same  place,  and  granddaughter  of  Archibald  Stark,  brother  of  John  Stark;  moved  to 
Ontario,  N.  Y.,  in  1827,  at  a  time  when  that  region  was  little  better  than  a  wilderness; 
purchased  a  farm  from  Richard  Sutfin,  with  only  sufficient  of  the  heavy  timber 
cleared  away  to  make  a  beginning  for  a  home,  and  at  a  time  when  "ague  and  chill 
fever"  prevailed  so  generally  that  there  were  not  well  people  enough  in  all  that 
country  to  care  for  the  sick.  There  he  lived  and  reared  his  family;  but,  after  his 
children  had  gone  out  from  the  parental  roof,  seeking  homes  of  their  own,  he  sold  his 
farm  and  moved  to  Lincoln,  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Walworth,  where  his  wife  died 
Dec.  25,  1869,  and  he  Sept.  1,  1872.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  till  the  organization 
of  the  Republican  party,  which  he  naturally  affiliated  with;  in  religion,  a  Baptist.  He 
d.  Sept.  1,  1872;  res.  Ontario  and  Walworth,  N.  Y. 

3260.  i.         Milo,  b.  Mav  4,  1823;  res.  Utan,  Neb. 

3261.  ii.        Vernelea,  b.  July  2,  1825;  m.  July  9, 1848,  Sumner  Fitts.     She  d 

Dec.  3,  1860,  leaviag  one  son  Edgar,  who  has  since  died. 


220  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


8274. 

■  vi. 

3275. 

vn. 

3276. 

vin. 

3262.    iii.      Maria  D.,  b.  July  8,  1880;  m.  Sept.  2,  1851,  Nelson  A.  Fitts;  res. 

Rochester,  N.  V. 
3263      iv.       LORON  M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1838;    m.  Aug.  22,  1860,  Frances  Elvira 

Rogers;  b.  Sept.  16,  1883.     She  d.  s.  p.  May  7,  1887.     He  res.  at 

Carlo,  O. 

3264.  V.        Lewis,  b.  Mar.  23,  1836;  d.  Oct.  22.  1858. 

3265.  vi.       Mary  A.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1889;  m.  and  d. 

3266.  vii.      Lucv,  b.  June  6,  1841 ;  d.  Mar.  12,  1844. 

3267.  viii.     Franxes  F.,  b.  Apr.  16, 1847;  d.  Mar.  7,  1857. 

3268.  ix.        William    M.,  b.   Sept.  28,   1828;    m.  Sarah   L.    Clark   and  Lois 

Spencer  Colton  Morgan. 

1484.  Sylvester  Whitney  (Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Hancock,  Mass.,  Aug.  14,  1785;  m.  at  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Laura  Yale,  b.  Wallingford, 
Conn.,  1795;  d.  Feb.  26,  1865,  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.  He  d.  Feb.  25,  1855;  res.  Riga, 
Batavia,  and  Oakfield,  N.  Y. 

3269.  i.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  13,  181 1 ;  m. Woodhull. 

3270.  ii.         Sylvester,  b.  Feb.  13.  1813;  res.  Akron,  N.Y. 

3271.  iii.        Almira,  b.  Mar.  28,  1815;  m.  William  Wolcott;  res.  Oakfield,  N. 

Y.;  a  son,  Wm.  L.  Walcott,  res.  Oakfield. 

3272.  iv.        Celestia,  b.  June  8,  1817;  m. Starkweather. 

3273.  v.         Laura,  b.  Aug.  25,  1819;    m.   Oct.   22,   1840,  John   Martin;  res. 

Akron,  X.  Y.     He  was  b.  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  181U;  d.  Dec. 

24,  1824;  was  a  farmer.     Ch.:  George  E.,  Oakfield,  N.  Y.,  b.  July 
■    25,  1841;  John  S.,  Oakfield,   N.  Y.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1844;  Hiram  N., 

Batavia,  N.  Y.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1849;  Wallace  S.,  Newstead,  N.  Y., 

b.  June  17,  1854;  Edwin  E.,  Newstead,  N.  Y.,  b.  June  11,  1860;  d. 

Aug.  8,   1860;  Minnie  C,  Newstead,   N.  Y.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1862; 

address,  Akron,  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Matilda,  b.  Apr.  11,  1822;  m.  Samuel  Knickerbocker. 
Nelson,  b.  Mar.  11,  1826;  m.  Ellen  F.  Miller. 
Silas,  b.  Apr.  2,  1828;  m.  Mary  J.  Bogart. 

1488.  John  Whitney  (Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Mar.  7, 1798, 
in  Hancock,  Mass.;  m.  there  Christana  Stafford.  He  was  a  civil  engineer,  which 
profession  he  followed  with  surveying.  He  was  also  an  extensive  farmer.  Res.  Han- 
cock, Mass. 

3277.  i.  John  W.,  b. ;  a  son  John  res.  Highland,  Mich. 

3278.  ii.         Levina  E.,  b. .  3279.    iii.       Caroline  S.,  b. . 

8280.  iv.        WiLLARD  S.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1821;  m.  Mary  Ann  Whitney,  Mary  Ann 

Butman,  and  Mary  Jane  Raymond. 

8281.  v.         Irene  D.,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  Petoskev,  Mich. 

3282.    vi.       Christaing  M.,b. .       8283.    vii. '  Celestia  E.,  b. . 

3284.  viii.     Matthias  S.,  b. ;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

3285.  ix.       Julius  S.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1830;   m.  Jennie  E.  Partridge  and   Lucy  A. 

Partridge. 

3286.  X.         Andrew  N.,  b. ;  res.  Lansing,  Mich. 

3287.  xi.       Louisa  L.,b. .  3288.    xii.      Douglass  G.,  b. . 

1489.  Matthias  Whitney  (Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),b.  Han- 
cock, Mass.,  Oct.  3,  1794;  m.  Aug.  23,  1849,  Rebecca  B.  Otis;  b.  June  8, 1820.  He  was 
a  farmer;  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  d.  Dec.  19,  1877;  res.  West  Gran- 
ville, N.  Y. 

3289.  i.         Sarah  Davy,  b.  Feb.  27,  1852;  m.  Feb.  18,  1872,  William  Ward. 

She  d.  Oct.  12,  1891,  leaving  4  ch.:    Helen  M.,  Willard,  Otis 
Sardis,  and  Betsev  Rebecca.     Res.  Ft.  Ann,  N.  Y. 

3290.  ii.        Mary  Lawrence,!).  Dec.  3,  1854;  m.  Sept.  7,  1876,  James  Race; 

res.  W.  G.     Ch.:  \'ernon  Whitney,  b.  Sept  19,  1877;  Mary  Law- 
rence, b.  Sept.  12,  18^0. 

1490.  William  Graves  Whitney  (Rufus,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Granville,  N.  Y.,  bept.  16,  1800;  m.  Feb.  16,  1820,  Lydia  Marchant,  b.  Apr.  28, 
1803,  d.  Feb.,  1883.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Feb.  18,  1859;  res.  Granville,  Warsaw, 
and  Wiscoy,  N.  Y. 

3291.  i.         William  G.,b.  May  19,  1837;  m.  Sylvia  J.  Baker. 

3292.  ii.        E M.,b.  Sept.  19,  1827;  m.  Laura  A.  Pride. 


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3293.  iii.       Allen  F.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1^33;  m.  Calista  C.  Durver. 

3294.  iv.       Morris  W.,b.  May  31,  1^44;  d.  July  10,  1848.' 

1491.  Chauncey  Parker  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Feb.  11,  1789;  m.  Mar.  10,  1811,  Sally  Edson.  He  d.  Apr.  is,  1864;  res.  Aurelius 
and  Livonia,  N.  Y. 

3295.  i.  Chauncey  Edson,  b.   Mar.  24,  1812;  m.  Oct.  16,  1831,  Minerva 

Howe;  res.  Livonia,  X.  Y. 

1493.  Willard  Washington  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  10,  1810;  m.  Oct.  6,  1831,  Laura  Wheeler  Pearsall,  at  Troy,  Mich.  She 
m.  2d,  ■ Philbrick;  res.  Los  Gatos.Cal. 

He  was  born  in  New  York  state,  moved  to  Avon,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.;  owned 
and  conducted  a  large  farm,  and  died  when  only  28  years  of  age.  He  d.  Feb.  22, 
1838;  res.  Avon,  Mich. 

3296.  i.  Clark  J.,  b.  July  12,  1832;  m.  Eleanor  M-  Van  Deventer. 

3297.  ii.         Marlin  Enos,  b.  Mar.  20,  1835;  d.  Nov.  22,  1862. 

3298.  iii.        Willard  W.,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1838;  m.  Elizabeth  P.  Fairbank. 

1494.  Capt.  Asa  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Canaan 
Conn.,  Feb.  23,  1784;  m.  there  Mar.  11,  1806,  Betsey  Childs;  b.  Groton,  June,  1782;  d' 
Apr.  16,  1836. 

He  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  moved  to  Oswego  Co.,  X.  Y.,  in  1807.  He  was 
the  first  man  that  began  clearing  up  a  farm  in  the  town  of  \'olney.  Was  captain  in 
the  state  militia  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  Participated  in  the  battle  of  Oswego 
and  at  other  places  along  the  northern  lakes.  He  resided  in  \'olney  twenty-six 
years.  In  1830  he  sold  his  farm  and  moved  to  the  town  of  Penfield,  in  Monroe 
county,  state  of  New  York,  where  he  remained  four  years,  then  sold  his  farm;  in  1835 
moved  to  Silver  Creek,  Chautauqua  county,  X.  Y.,  bought  a  farm  and  kept  a  public 
house  twenty  years;  then  retired  to  private  life.  He.  d.  May  18,  1860;  res.  Silver 
Creek    X   Y 

3299.  'i.  William  C,  b.  Oct.  7,  1807;  d.  unm.  Julv,  1832. 

3300.  ii.         Adaline,  b.  Oct.  11,  1809;  m.  in  1^40  and  d.  s.  p. 

3301.  iii.        Charlotte,  b.  Dec.  17,1816;  m.  1835, Beatty;  res.  Toledo, 

Ohio.      She  d.  1876,  leaving  one  dau.  Mrs.    Bertha  Boschert; 
res.  T. 

3302.  iv.        Edward  B.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1819;  m.  Eliza  A.  Homan. 

1495.  Noah  Ashley  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Salis- 
bury, Conn.,  Dec.  26, 1770;  m.at  Lanesboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  26, 1796,  Olive  Dorwin;b.  Lanes- 
boro,  Oct.  13,  1777;  d.  Feb.  22,  1817;  m.  2d,  July  10,  1817,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Rose,  b. 
^;  d.  Sept.,  1834. 

He  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Litchfield  county.  Conn.,  but  early  moved  to  Lanes- 
borough,  Mass.,  where  he  was  married.  For  many  years  he  was  in  the  iron  business, 
but  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Xov.,  1834;  res.  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  Oswego  Falls,  X.  Y.,  and  Toledo,  O. 

Thomas  Porter,  b.  May  20,  1801 ;  m.  Sybil  H.  Green. 
XoAH  Ashley,  b.  Julv  11,  1799;  m.  three  times. 
Harriett,  b.  Mar.  9,  1814;  m.  Jan.  19,  li;<34,  Samuel  L.  Collins; 
res.  Toledo,  O.,  cor.  Detroit  and  Cherry  Sts.  He  was  b.  Apr. 
4,  1805;  d.  Feb.  2,  1889;  was  in  the  mercantile  business  and  real 
estate.  Ch.:  Harriett,  b.  Apr.  28,  1835;  m.  Edward  X.  Perry,  of 
Woodstock,  Conn.,  in  1856;  Daniel  Augustus,  b.  Aug.  31,  1837; 
m.  Eva  B.  Terry,  of  Waterville,  X.  Y.,  in  1866;  Annie,  b.  .A.pr. 
26,  1850;  d.  the  same  year;  Ashlev,  b.  July  10, 1842;  d.  in  infancv. 

3306.  iv.        LARANiA,b.  Aug.  17,  1797;  d.  in  Pittsfield,  Sept.  30,  1798. 

3307.  V.         Mary  Ann,  b.  Sept.  5,  1803;  m. Cone.    She  d.  Apr.  16, 1869. 

Ch.:  Noah  A.,  b. ;  res.  Auburndale,  O. 

3308.  vi.        Milton  Dorwin,  b.  Sept.  22,  1805;  m. .      He  d.  May  29, 

1839,  at    Port    Lawrence,  O.;    a  dau.  m.  Ambrose  Cone;    res. 
Sylvania,  O. 

3309.  vii.       Sally,  b.  June  16,  1807;  d.  Sept.  21,  1808. 

3310.  viii.      Marriett,  b.  Mar.  7,  1809;  d.  Mar.  24,  1809. 

3311.  ix.        Augustus,  b.  Sepf.  17,  1811;  d.  unm.  at  Oswego  Falls,  N.  Y.,Sept. 
17,  1837. 

3312.  X.         Anna  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  1,  1818;  d.  Sept.  5,  1842. 

3313.  xi.        Joshua,  b.  Jan.  30,  1821 ;  d.  Aug.  6,  1826. 


3303. 

1. 

3304. 

ii. 

3305. 

iii. 

222  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


1497.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  4,  1777,  in 
Canaan,  Conn.;  m.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  May  20,  1798,  Eunice  Clark;  b.  July  6,  1773; 
d.  Dec.  31,  1838. 

He  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.  Soon  after  his  marriage,  with  his  father,  Joshua, 
and  his  eldest  brother,  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  iron,  which  was  largely 
made  into  anchors,  and  also  in  mercantile  business.  After  the  death  of  his  father  he 
remained  on  the  farm  and  cared  for  his  mother.  He  d.  Apr.  9,  1849;  res.  Pitlstield, 
Mass.,  and  Toledo,  O. 


3314 
3315 
3316 


Clark,  b.  1799;  d. 


Sophia,  b.  1801;  d.  1838. 

Caroline,  b.  Feb.  28,  1803;  m.  Aug.  30,  1824,  Ira  Belden.  She  d. 
in  1882.  He  was  b.  Dec.  23,  1802;  d.  Sept.,  1891.  Ch.:  Mrs.  N. 
S.  Ganson,  b.  Aug.  30, 1826;  address,  396  Delaware  Ave.,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.;  O.  W.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1829;  d.  Mar.  10,  1876;  Chas.  W.,  b. 
Julv  2,  1835,  106  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111.;  Carrie  E.Adams, 
b.  Feb.  4,  1838.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;^  F.  W.,  b.  May  8,  1841. 

3317.  iv.       Geo.  W.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1805;  m.  Juliette  Tyler  Colt,  Mary  Keyes,  and 

Mrs.  Mary  Chapel. 

3318.  V.        James  S.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1807;  m.  Eliza  Neff. 

3319.  vi.       Ann  Maria,  b.  Oct.  11,  1812;  m.  Oct.  25, 1831,  Josiah  B.  Beckwith; 

b.  Feb.  8,  1805;  d.  May  28,  1889.  He  was  a  hardware  dealer; 
res.  Cleveland,  O.     Ch.:    Frances  Martha,  b.  May  28,1833;  m. 

Bostwick;  res.  Medina,  O.;  Mary  Sophia,  b.  Jan.  2,  1840; 

m. Gerry;    res.   St.  Paul,  Minn.;  Fred'k  Root,  b.  July  1, 

1845;  res.  Cleveland,  O. 

3320.  vii.      Frances  Elvira,  b.  Aug.  4,  1816;  m.  Oct.  7,  1836,  Dr.  Blakesley 

H.Bush;  b.  Mar.  25,1808;  d.  Aug.  28,  1873.  Ch.:  Frances  C. 
Haughton,  b.  Dec.  25, 1838;  m.  Aug.  3, 1863;  address,  Toledo,  O.; 
Elizabeth  A.  Bishop,  b.  Feb.  20.  1844;  m.  Oct.  30,  1872;  address, 
Auburndale,  O.;  Maria  P.  Schansenbach,  b.  June  18,  1846;  m. 
Feb.  27,  1873;  d.  Feb.  27,  1881;  lived  in  Ogden,  Utah;  children 
there  now. 

1507.  Shubael  Whitney  (Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Preston, Conn., 
Aug.  15,  1772;  m.  in  Groton,  Conn.,  Sarah  Mitchell,  b.  May  10,  1776;  d.  Oct.  16,  1855. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Geo.  Mitchell,  of  Maryland,  who  was  born  in  Scot- 
land, and  who  went  north  with  Gen.  Washington,  with  whom  he  served  as  aid-de- 
camp. His  wife  was  Content  Allen,  of  New  London,  Conn.  He  was  killed  at  the 
time  of  the  Revolutionary  war  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  He  d.  Sept.  5,  1852;  res.  Groton, 
Conn.,  and  Wadsworth,  O. 

3321.  i.  George  W.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1817;  m.  Althea  F.  Beebe. 

3322.  ii.         Angelina,  b. ;  m.  J.  Lloyd  Brooke  and  John  Beach.    Ch.: 

Henrietta,  m.  Frank  M.  Wolcott;  res.  Weeping  Water,  Neb.; 
Luman,  res.  Seattle,  Wash. 

3323.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  Jan.  1,  1800;  m.  Lydia  Palmer  and . 

3324.  iv.        Lucy  Aver,  b.  Nov.  16,  1822;  m.  June  18,  1845,  Clement  Wright, 

b.  Mar.  15,  1822;  res.  Tallmadge,  O.  He  is  a  merchant.  Ch.: 
Geo.  Mitchell,  b.  Aug.  8,  1^47;  m.  Lucv  J.  Hale;  res.  Tallmadge, 
O.;  Charlotte  Adella,  b.  Dec.  3.  1849;  d.  Sept.  20.1851;  Clara 
Whitney,  b.  Mar.  21,  1853;  d.  Aug.  31,  1854.  George  Mitchell 
Wright  was  born  in  Tallmadge  Township,  Summit  County,  O. 
He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  Tallmadge  Academy, 
and  at  Western  Reserve  College,  but  left  college  early  in  the 
course.  Studied  law  for  two  years  and  a  half  at  Akron,  O.,  with 
Hon.  Sidney  Edgerton  (ex-chief  justice  of  Idaho,  and  ex-gov- 
ernor of  Montana),  and  Hon.  Jacob  A.  Kohler  (late  attorney- 
general  of  Ohio);  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ohio,  June  16, 
1873;  practiced  Inw  at  Akron,  O.,  continuously  from  that  time 
until  August,  1882,  being  for  several  years  in  partnership  with 
Hon.  Henry  McKinney  (who  was  afterward  a  common  pleas 
judge  of  Cuyahoga  County,  O.)  For  several  years,  while  study- 
ing and  practicing  law,  pursued  studies  in  geology,  lithology, 
mineralogy,  chemistry,  and  physics;  was  appointed  assistant 
geologist,  United  States  Geological  Survey,  August,  1882; 
engaged  in  geological  field  work  in  Nevada  and  California  dur- 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


223 


8325. 

3326. 
3827. 

3328. 
3329. 
3331. 

8332. 


GKOBGE  M.  WEIOHT. 


ing  field  season  of  1882,  on  scientific  staff  of  Division  of  the 
Great  Basin,  U.  S.  G.  S.;  stationed  at  headquarters  of  this  divis- 
ion, at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  during  winter  of  1882-88;  trans- 
ferred to  scientific  staff  of  Yellowstone  National  Park  Division, 
U.  S.  G.  S.,  June,  1883;  during  field  seasons  of  1883, 1884,  and  1885, 

engaged   in    geological  field   work    in 
.  .     .,  .  Yellowstone    National    Park,   and    in 

,  ■  Wyoming,  Montana  and    Idaho,  and, 

during  the  winters  of  these  years,  sta- 
tioned at  New  York  City,  N.  Y.,  and 
Washington,  D.  C,  for  study  and  sci- 
entific investigations;  specialties  in 
geological  work  and  investigations,  the 
study  of  volcanic  and  crystalline  rocks, 
and  problems  of  volcanology,  and  also 
some  special  work  in  glacial  geol- 
ogy and  general  surface  geology;  re- 
signed as  assistant  geologist,  U.  S.  G. 
S.,  June  80,  1886,  and  resumed  practice 
of  law  at  Akron,  O.,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued in  active  practice  since  that 
time.  Mr.  Wright  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  the 
First  Regiment  of  Light  Artillery,  Ohio  National  Guard,  June 
21,  1892,  the  only  organized  regiment  of  light  artillery  in  the 
United  States  at  the  present  time  (1895).  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Philosophical  Society  of  Washington,  D.  C;  an  associate 
member  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  of  the  United  States, 
and  also  of  the  United  States  Cavalry  Association.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  college  fraternity.  He  has 
long  taken  and  continues  to  take  great  interest  in  military 
affairs,  and  has  contributed  articles  on  military  subjects  to  The 
Jou7-nal  of  the  United  States  A rtz7/ery  (Fonress  Monroe,  \'a.) 
and  The  Journal  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  (Governor's 
Island,  New  York  harbor).  Mr.  Wright  was  married  at  Akron, 
O.,  Oct.  18,  1876,  to  Lucy  Josephine  Hale  (born  March  14,  1854). 
the  third  daughter  of  James  Madison  Hale  and  Sarah  Allen,  his 
wife.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  (all  born  at  Tall- 
madge,  O.)  are:  Clement  Hale  Wright,  born  July  4,  1082;  Allen 
Whitnev  Wright,  born  July  17,  1889;  and  George  Maltby 
Wright,' born  June  24,  1892. 

Asa,  b.    Mar.   14,   1797;  m. Monroe  and    Mrs.  Catherine 

Moore  Campbell. 

Ann,  b. ;  d.  Nov.  8,  1849. 

Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Reuben  Dewey.     She  d.  Nov.  4,  1860.     Ch.: 


VI. 

vii. 

viii. 
ix. 

xi. 

xii. 


Joshua,  George,  Shubael,  Edward,  Harris. 

,  b. . 

,  b. .  8830.    X.         ,  b. . 

Clara,  b. ;  m.  Munson  S.  Robinson;  res.  Diamond  Springs, 

Cal.    She  d.  s.  p. 
Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Dr.  Hanson  Hard.  She  d.  Oct.  10,  1850. 


1509.    Appleton  Downer  Whitney  (.\sa,  Joshua,   David,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Salisbury,  Conn.,  Jan.  4,  1779;  m.  Esther  Jewett;  m.  2d  Dolly  Wyman;  d.  Sinclair- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1878.     He  d.  Jan.  16,  1851 ;  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  Berea,  O. 
3833.     i.  Geo.  Ransom,  b.  Mar.  14,  1801;  m.  Harriett  M.  Bronson. 

3884.  ii.  Martha  Cleveland,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Jan.  1,  1818;  m.  in  New 
Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1884;  Robert  Temple  Shaw;  res.  Sin- 
clairville,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Jan.  23,  1814;  d.  Apr.  9,  1859. 
Farmer.  Ch.:  Francis  Eugene,  b.  Nov.  19,  1840;  m.  Aug.  5,  1879; 
address,  Dunkirk  N.  Y.;  Henry  Appleton,  b.  Dec.  15,  1842;  d. 
Nov.  23,  1846;  Gideon  Wheeler,  b.  June  25,  1845;  m.  Sept.  8, 
1874;  address,  Sinclairville,  N.  Y.;  Laura  Helen, b.  Nov.  8,  1847; 
m.  July  24,  1866;  address,  Sinclairville,  N.  Y. 
3835.    iii,       Albert  A.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1811;  m.  Jenette  Brown. 


^24  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3339. 

iv. 

3340. 

V. 

3841. 

VI. 

3342. 

VII. 

3343. 

VIll 

1513.  MiLTOX  Whitney  (Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
Apr.  7,  1786;  m.  there  Jan.  8,  1809,  Lydia  Cleveland,  b.  Sept.  18, 1786;  d.  Pittsfield,  O., 
Aug.  23,  1869. 

Milton  Whitney  was  born  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  where  his  children  were  all  born. 
In  1830  he  moved  to  Ohio,  became  a  large  land  owner  and  prominent  business  man. 
He  d.  Sept.  4,  1839;  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  Pittsfield,  O. 

3336.     i.  Asa  Watrovs,  b.  Jan.  11,  1810;  m.  Mary  A.  Wightman. 

3337     ii.         Clarissa  Weller,  b.  Mar.  2,  1813;  m.  Hiram  Humphrey.     She 

d.  Dec.  28,  1879;  had  7  ch. 
3338.     iii.        Welthy  Ann,  b.  May  12.  1815;  m.  July  6,  1835,  Lorenzo  Wads- 
worth.     He  was  b.  Becket,  Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1813;  d.  Sept.  26, 
1869.     Was  a  prominent  citizen.     She  d.  Apr.  8,   1851.     Ch. 
Frank,  b.  Oct.  14,  1838;  m.  Ella  Leonard;  res.  Wellington,  O. 
Frances  Mary,  b.  Sept.  3,  1843;  m.  Wrn.  Babcock;  res.  Marshall, 
Tex. 
Oliver  W.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1817;  m.  Esther  Rising. 
Silas  D.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1820;  m.  Electa  \.  Parsons. 
Chas.  Henry,  b.  Apr.  6,  1824;  m.  Elvira  Sheldon. 
Fred'k  Centre,  b.  June  15,  1828;  unm.;  res.  Pittsfield,  O. 
Chauncv,  b.  Apr.  29,  1811;  d.  Mar.  21,  1812. 

1519.  David  Whitney  (Samuel,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Chittenden 
Co.,  Vt.,  Mar.  4,  1796;  m.  in  Almond,  X.  Y.,  Mar.  19,  1823,  Margaret  Karr,  b.  Oct.  28, 
1800;  d.  Sept.  10,1887. 

David  Whitney  was  left  alone  as  to  near  relatives  at  the  age  of  18  years.  He 
carried  a  musket  at  the  battle  of  Platsburg  banks  in  1812,  being  then  16  years  old. 
He  left  A'ermont  when  18  years  old  and  settled  down  in  Allegany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  as  a 
farmer.  By  hard  work  became  the. owner  of  a  good  farm  and  the  head  of  a  family. 
Sold  out  and  moved  west  in  1836,  with  wife  and  five  children.  Purchased  and  put 
under  improvements  a  half  section  of  land,  at  the  same  time  doing  considerable  in 
stock  raising.  Sold  out  in  Ohio  in  1856  and  settled  in  Olmsted  Co.,  Minn.,  where  he 
put  a  nice  farm  under  good  improvements.  Sold  out  again  in  1870,  and  bought  in 
Jasper  Co.,  Mo.,  where  he  lived  as  farmer  until  his  death,  1876.  He  d,  Nov.  10,  1876; 
res.  Almond,  X.  Y.,  and  Scotland,  Mo. 

3344.  i.  Lucy,  b.  Mar.  10,  1824;  m.  Jan.  3, 1842,  John  Bamber.     She  d.  Oct. 

16,  1855.  He  was  b.  Nov.  1,  1814;  res.  Clallam  Bay,  Wash.  Ch.: 
Archie,  b.  Mar.  21,  1843;  address  Rochester,  Minn.;  Mary  L.,  b. 
June  17,  1849;  m.  J.  H.  Marlette,  Sept.  6,  1862;  address  Clallam 
Bay,  Wash.;  Thad  S.,  b.  June  22,  1849;  address  Ruby  City, 
Wash. 

3345.  ii.         Samuel,  b.  Nov.  19,  1828;  d.  Apr.  2,  1851. 

3346.  iii.        Matilda,  b.  Apr.   7,  1832;  m.  Jan.  1,  1852,  Henry  O.  Xearing; 

res.  Tontogany,  O.     He  was  b.  Dec.  14,  1827;  farmer;  s.  p. 

3347.  iv.       Charles,  b.  Jan.  30,  18:34;  m.  Orrilla  Paine. 

8;:{48.  V.  Caroline,  b.  Dec.  12,  1836;  m.  Dec.  12,  1856,  O.  J.  Snvder;  res. 
Clallam  Bay,  Wash.  She  d.  Mar.  21,  1876.  He  was  b'  Sept.  23, 
1828;  d.  Mar.  12.  1862;  was  a  farmer.  Ch.:  O.  A.,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1857;  m.  Nov.  20,  1877;  res.  Scotland,  Mo.;  John  C.,  b.  July  5, 
1860;  d.  Oct.  27,  1867. 

3349.    vi.       John,  b.  Feb.  16,  1841;  d.  Mar.  21,  1876. 

3850.    vii.      Ann,  b.  Sept.  6,  1825;  d.  June  15,  18:34. 

3351.    viii.     Maria,  b.  Sept.  6,  1829;  d.  Oct.  28,  1835. 

1520.  RuFUS  Whitney  (Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Dec.  18, 
1796,  in  Poultney,  Vt.;  m.  Mav  19,  1839,  Laura  Maria  Picket,  b.  Oct.  8,  1819.  He  d. 
Jan.  22,  1861;  res.  Almond,  X!  Y. 

3:352.     i.  Albert  Russell,  b.  Sept.  19,  1840;  m.  Sarah  Treat.     He  served 

in  the  Union  army  in  the  war  of  1861,  was  captured  by  the  rebels 
and  died  from  disease  contracted  in  Andersonville  prison  pen 
while  on  his  way  home,  Xov.  5,  1864.  Had  a  son,  Lewis  R.,  who 
at  one  time  res.  at  Almond. 

3353.     ii.         Edwin  Henry,  b.  Sept.  21,  1842;  m.  Adelia  Perry. 

1521.  Williams  Whitney  (Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Hunt- 
ington, Pa.,  Apr.  2:3,  1802;  m.  Hornellsville,  X.  Y.,  Nov.  23,  1823,  Louisa  Allen,  b. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


2-25 


Springfield,  Yt.,  Apr.  5,  1808;  d.  Burns,  X.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1886.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
with  his  wife  is  buried  in  Hope  Cemetery  in  Almond.  Was  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.     He  d.  Aug.  'S,  1880;  res.  Almond,  N.  Y. 


8854. 
885.5. 
3a56. 


o8oT. 


3358. 


Lawren'CE  T.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1827;  m.  Josephine  Barber, 
i.  John  Allen,  b.  Dec.  14,  1829;  m.  Diantha  Fuller, 
ii.  Sarah  Louisa,  b.  July  18,  1836;  m.  at  Howard  Flats,  X.  Y.,  Apr. 
2,  1856,  Joshua  S.  Moore,  a  shoemaker,  b.  Apr.  8,  1880;  d.  Xov. 
12,  1870.  Ch.:  Emma  Josephine,  b.  Hartsville,  Oct.  20,  1857;  m. 
John  Hartnett,  Aug.  1,"  1880,  a  farmer;  Fred,  b.  Dec.  13,  1865; 
killed  Apr.  3,  1891,  at  Vandalia,  head  brakeman;  head  end  col- 
lision; buried  Hornellsville  cemetery;  unm.  She  m.  2d,  Dec.  23, 
1891,  Francis  M.  Jaynes,  a  blacksmith;  res.  Burns,  X.  Y. 

iv.  Adelaide  A'irginia,  b.  Nov.  3,  1844;  m.  Mar.  2,  1862,  John  A. 
Gload,  b.  July  8,  1884;  d.  Jan.  8,  1878;  m.  2d,  Xov.  10,  18"79,  Rev. 
John  Bezoni.'b.  May  17,  1853;  res.  Latham,  Mo.  Ch.:  Williams 
A.,  b.  Apr.  27, 1864;  m.  Oct.  21,1891;  res.  5759  Chamberlain  Ave., 

St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Emma  L.,  b.  Feb.  27,1866;  m.Oct.6, 1884,  — 

Carson;  res.  Elreno,  Okla.;  J.  Frank,  b.  Dec.  18,  1868;  m. 
Oct.  9,  1890;  res.  Lebanon,  Mo.;  Adelaide  F.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1871; 
res.  Latham,  Mo.;  Georgia,  b.  June  8,  1875;  res.  Latham,  Mo.; 
Joseph  W.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1877;  d.  Mar.  31,  1878;  Charles  Arthur,  b. 
Aug.  19,  1880;  Homer  A.,  b.  May  13,  1882;  Ethel  V.,  b.  June  8, 
1885. 

v.         Mercy  Fidelia,  b.  Aug.  1,  1832;  d.  Feb.  12,  1859. 


1522.  Capt.  Ami  Whitney  (Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  loshua,  John  i,  b.  July  28, 
1793;  m.  Xov.  9,  1815,  Rachel  Osgood,  b.  Swanzey,  X.  H.,"May  22,' 1797;  d.'May  4, 
1865,  s.  p.  He  served  during  the  war,  and  at  its  close  was  captain  in  the  X.  Y.  state 
militia.     Has  held  many  offices  in  the  gift  of  his  townsmen;  res.  Almond,  X.  Y. 

1524.  Solomon  Whitney  (Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  Tohni,  b.  Apr.  29, 
1790,  Poultney,  \'t.;  m.  July  4,1818,  Sarah  A.  Haskins,  b.'Dec.  15,"  1798;  d.  July  24, 
1834.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Xov.  26,  1848;  res.  Almond,  X.  Y.,  and  \'an 
Buren,  Ind. 

8359.     i.  Ami,  b.  July  28,   1815;    m.  Elizabeth    Ferguson    and    Caroline 

Borders. 
3360.     ii.         Temperance,  b.  Jan.  4,  1818;  d.  Aug.  6,  1822,  from  burns  caused 

by  her  clothing  taking  fire. 
3861.  iii.  AsENATH,  b.  June  2,  1820;  m.  Aug.  1,  1839,  Stephen  Ketchum;  res. 
Primrose,  Wis.  She  d.  Mar.  28,  1886.  Stephen  Ketchum  was 
b.  Oct.  29,  1818;  d.  Aug.  24,  1856,  from  the  effect  of  being 
kicked  in  the  bowels  by  a  horse,  only  living  about  twenty  min- 
utes after  being  injured.  This  occurred  at  Van  Buren,  Ind. 
Stephen  and  Asenath  had  nine  ch.:  Edwin  S.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1840; 
Albert,  b.  July  25,  1842;  d.  July  17,  1846;  George,  b.Oct.  16,1844; 
d.  at  Madison,  Wis.,  with  the  measles  shortly  after  enlisting  in 
a  Wis.  volunteer  regt.  during  the  Rebellion;  Ann  Eliza,  b.  Dec. 
27,  1846;  Hubert,  b.  May  7,  1848;  Loren  L.  and  Lawrence  L., 
twins,  were  b.  Dec.  28,  1850;  Loren  res.  Madison,  Wis.;  Ami 
Whitney,  b.  Aug.  13,  1854;  d.  Dec.  10,  1878;  was  murdered  at 
Plumb  Creek,  Xeb. 

3362.  iv.        Sarah  Ann,  b.  July  9, 1823;  m.  Xov.  12, 1844,  Rev.  Caleb  H.  Blanch- 

ard;  res.  Wolcottville,  Ind.  He  is  a  Baptist  clergymaii,  and  for 
fifty  years  has  preached  to  one  congregation — quite  an  honorary 
record  for  a  country  pastor.  He  was  b.  Dec.  11,  1817,  in  Rut- 
land, Co.,  Yt.  Is  s.  p.  They  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 
Nov.  12,  1894. 

3363.  v.         Solomon,  b.  Mar.  22,  1827;  m.  Sarah  Struble  and  Mrs.  Selena 

Lomax. 

3364.  vi.        RuFUS,  b.  Sept.  28,  1829;  m.  Lodema  Bartle. 

1526.  John  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Poultney, 
Vt.,Sept.  1,  1791;  m.  there  Sally  Hollenbeck.  He  was  a  farmer  and  died  in  Poultney, 
s.  p. 


226  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


15'^8.  Solomon  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Poult- 
ney,  Vt.,  June  4,  1793;  m. there  in  1818,  Nancy  Hurlbut;  b.  in  1798;  d.  Oct.  28,  1856. 

He  settled  in  Poultney,  \t.,  where  his  children  were  born.  He  learned  the  tan- 
ner's trade,  followed  it,  carrying  on  shoemaking  until  he  was  between  sixty  and  seventy 
years  of  age;  also  he  had  a' farm.  His  son  Newton  concluded  to  go  west  after  stay- 
ing with  him  until  he  Vvas  past  thirty  years,  and  they  sold  out  and  went  west  in  1855. 
He  lived  to  be  eighty-two  years,  and  was  buried  in  Deep  River,  la.  He  d.  Jan.  13, 
1876;  res.  Poultney,  \'t.,  and  Deep  River,  la. 

3365.  i.         Albert,  b.  Jan.  14,  1820;  m.  Marv  Marshall. 

3366.  ii.        Newton,  b.  Sept.  26, 1822;  m.  Catherine  Dillon. 

3367.  iii.       Mary  Jane,  b.  Mar.  16,  1824;  m.  May  13,  1850,  R.  F.  Hendee;  res. 

Webster,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Oct.  18,  1823.  Ch.:  Newton  L.,  b. 
Oct.  6,  1853;  lives  in  Webster,  N.  Y.;  Lorin  A.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1855; 
res.  Charlotte,  Mich.;  Alice  M.  (Webster),  b.  May  16,  1857;  Rob- 
ert F.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1862;  d.  May  12,  1875;  Wm.  H.,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1864. 

3368.  iv.       Myron,  b.  Mar.  10,  1826;  m.  Sophia  Greer. 

3369.  V.        Helen,  b.  Sept.  10,  1833;  m.  A.  C.  Armstrong;  res.  Grinnell,  la.; 

s.  p. 

3370.  vi.       Elon  G.,  b.  in  1828;  d.  Poultnev,  1839. 

3371.  vii.      Julia,  b.  Dec.  10,1835;  m.  June  10,  1857,  Edwin  M.  Couch;  res. 


Ada,  b.'Sept.'20,'l868;'  d.Dec.  16,  1871;'  Edwin  Francis,  b.  Dec! 
16,  1876. 

1536.    Ebenezer  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. ; 

m. ;  res.  in  Maine. 

3372.    i.  Eleazer,  b. .        3373.    ii.         Ebenezer,  b. . 

3374.     iii.        Thomas  G.,  b. . 


1538.  Thomas  E.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. ; 

m. ;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Thornton;  res.  Maine. 

3375.  i.  Abiah,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  Augusta,  Me. 

3376.  ii.         Thomas  R.,  b. ;  m.  Harriett  Waite   and  Emeline  Wyman. 

3377.  iii.        Warren,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

3378.  iv.        Tryphena,  b. ;  m.  David  Bangs. 

3379.  V.         Eliza,  b. ;  m.  Jonathan  Bangs;  d.  s.  p. 

1539.  Amos  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Bath,  Me., 
Apr.  18,  1766;  m.  1797,  Abigail  Springer.  He  was  a  rope  spinner  and  died  in  his 
factory.     He  d.  Sept.,  1833;  res.  Bath  and  Bowdoinham,  Me, 

3380.  i.  ,  b. ;  res.  Bowdoinham,  Me. 

3381.  ii.  Simeon,  b.  Aug.  19,  1800;  m.  Rosanna  Smith. 

3382.  iii.  David,  b.  May  2,  1802;  m.  Mercy  Reed. 

3383.  iv.  Joel,  b.  1804;  m. ;  res.  Moscow,  Me. 

1542.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Abraham,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Nov. 
29,  1776;  m.  1807,  Bethiah  Woodward,  b.  Lisbon,  Me.,  May  17,  1787;  d.  Nov.  3,  1864. 
He  d.  Nov.  14,  1853;  res.  Lisbon,  Me. 

3384.  i.  Jane,  b,  Oct.  25, 1808;  m.  Dec.  9,  1830,  Rufus  Soule,  of  Pownal; 

b.  May  27,  1806;  res.  Lisbon.  She  d.  June  28,  1845;  he  m.  2d, 
Sept.  16,  1846,  Lucy  Cousins,  of  Poland,  and  had  2  ch.:  res.  W. 
Falmouth.  She  d.  July  7,  1869,  and  he  m.  3d,  1870,  Mrs.  Louisa 
Jane  Hawkes;  he  d.  Windham,  Me.,  Oct.,  1874-5.  Ch.:  James 
Tedford,  b.  Oct.  9,  1832;  d.  Jan.  27,  1843;  Caroline  Whitney,  b. 
Aug.  1,  1834;  m.  Horatio  S.  Curtis;  res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass.; 
Alfred,  b.  Sept.  20,  1836;  m.  Ann  E.  Swett;  res.  Portland,  Me.; 
Henry,  b.  Mar.  11,  1840;  m.  Mariel  B.  Green;  res.  Portland, 
Me.;  Augusta  Jane,  b.  May  16,  1842;  m.  Benj.  M.  Swett  and  d. 
Feb.  18,  i885;  Melissa  Perkins,  b.  Jan.  17, 1845;  m.  Stillman  H. 
Saunders;  res.  Hillsdale,  N.  |. 
33S5.  ii.  Priscilla  Woodbury,  b.  Dec.  22,  1810;  m.  Nov.  5,  1829,  Jesse- 
niah  Gould  of  L.      He  is  a  farmer;  b.  Jan.  27,  1805.     Ch.;  Rufus 


3386. 

3387. 

iii 
iv 

3388. 

V. 

3389. 

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S.,  b.  July  9,  1831;  d.  unm.  Sept.  13, 1855;  Charles  Melvin,  b.  Mar. 
31,  1833;  m,  Mary  F.  Oilman;  he  d.  Apr.  15,  18t^5;  Benjamin 
Whitnev,  b.  Feb.  25,  1835;  d.  Mar.  13,  1836;  Priscilla  Jane,  b. 
Apr.  24,1837;  m.  J.  B.  Treat;  res.  Monroe,  Wis.;  Octavia  Whit- 
ney, b.  May  14,  1843;  m.  Charles  L.  Usher;  she  d.  at  L.  Jan.  13, 
1871;  Harry  Leonard,  b.  July  28,  1848;  m.  Abbie  Stevens;  he  d. 
at  L.  Aug.  12,  1886. 

Melvin  Stow,  b.  Oct.  9,  1812;  m.  Sarah  Langley. 

Peleg  Tallman,  b.  Nov.  12,  1814;  m.  Mary  E.  Varney  and 
Louisa  V.  McLachlan. 

Joseph  Davis,  b.  Mar.  9, 1817;  m.  LoradaH.  Whitney,  Ann  Sarah 
Whitney  and  Margaret  Masterson. 

BiANCA,  b.  Jan.  22,  1819;  m.  1844,  John  H.  Whitten;  res.  Orono, 
Me.  Ch.:  Melvin,  b.  Apr.  1846;  Lorada,  b.  Mar.  1848;  Bianca 
d.,  Oct.  5,  1851. 

3390.  vii.       Hezekiah  W.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1821;  m.  Emeline  Chandler  and  Har- 

riett M.  Treat. 

3391.  viii.      Stephen  Gould,  b.  Feb.  2,  1823;  d.  Sept.  11,  1838. 

3392.  ix.        Caroline  Godfrey,  b.  Aug.  9,  1825;  d.  Oct.  2,  1834. 

3393.  X.         Octavia,  b.  Feb.  9,  1827;  m.  Dec.  31,  184S,  Albert  C.  Xeal;  res. 

Portland,  Me.  She  d.  Feb.  21,  1889.  Ch.:  Benj.  F.,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1852;  Jennie  Mary,  b.  Apr.  27,  1856;  m.  Thomas  F.  Horn;  res. 
Lisbon. 

3394.  xi.        Charles,  b.  Aug.  1831;  d.  Apr.  21,  1832. 

1550.  Samuel  L.  Whitney  (Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  in 
Mass.,  1767;  m.  at  Phillips,  Me.,  Dellnda  S.  Howard;  d.  Auburn,  \\'is.  He  d.  Aug. 8, 
1863;  res.  Lincoln,  Me.,  and  Auburn,  Wis. 

3395.  i.  Bernard  K.,  b. ;  m. . 

3396.  ii.        Andrew  D.,  b. ;  m. . 

3397.  iii.        Charles,  b. ;  was  in  Co.  I,  49th  Wis.  Vols. 

3398.  iv.       Jacob  W.,b. ;  m. . 

1551.  James  M.  Whitney  (Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Phillips, 

Me.,  Oct.  9,  1790;  m. Hinckley.     He  was  in  the  war  of  1812;  res.  Phillips,  Me.; 

Appleton,  Wis. 

3399.  i,  Hannah,  res.  Ap-  3400.     ii.         Jacob,  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

pleton.  Wis.  3401.     iii.        Isaac,  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

3402.  iv.       James,  res.  Appleton,  Wis. 

3403.  V.         Abram  H.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1817;  m.  Mary  Wilber. 

1552.  Christopher  A.  Whitney  (Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Apr.  3,  1793,  at  Phillips,  Me.;  m.  there  June  1,  1823,  Adeline  Howard;  b.  1803;  d.  1883, 
near  Black  River  Falls,  Wis.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1812;  res.  Phillips  until  1866, 
then  moved  to  Greenfield.  He  d.  at  Tomah,  Wis.,  Aug.  23,  1869;  res.  Phillips,  Me., 
and  Greenfield,  Wis. 

Samuel,  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

Benjamin,  b.  Apr.  2,  1828;  m.  Huldah  Whitney. 

RuFUS  G.,  res.  Cambridge,  Me. 

Louise. 

Naomi,  m.  George  Prescott;  son  Albert  res.  Tomah,  Wis. 

Atwood.  3410.    vii.      Lucette. 

1558.  Abiezer  Holbrook  Whitney  (Nathan,  Benj.,  John,  Benj.  John),  b. 
Me.,  Mar.  29,  1794;  m.  at  Litchfield  in  1816,  Elizabeth  White;  b.  Oct.  21,  1794;  d.July 
2,  1841;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Susan  '^'eaton,  of  Hollowell,  Me.  He  was  a  millwright.  He  d. 
July  17,  1865;  res.  Augusta,  Me.,  and  New  Orleans,  La. 

3411.    i.         Martha  White,  b.  Feb.  29,  1836;  m.  at   N.  O.,  Oct.   17,  1854, 

Thomas  Godfrey,  son  of  John  and  Mercy  (Whitney)  Godfrey,  of 

Lisbon,    Me.,   who    m.  for  1st   wife    Marica   Ann    Woodward. 

He   d.  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  June  13,  1860,  and  she  m.  2d,   Oct. 

7,   1869,   Dr.  S.  C.   Russell;  res.  N.  O.     Ch.:     John  Thomas,  b. 

Ian.  11,  1856,  d.  Mav  23,  1856;  Bertha  Aphia,  born  June  15,1857; 

d.  June  2,  1860;  Ida,  born,  July  2,  1859;  m.  Sept.  20,  1881,  A.  H. 

Brackett;    Mattie  Chapin,  b.  August  3,   1870;  Edward  Ernest, 


3404. 

3405. 

ii. 

3406. 

iii. 

3407. 

iv. 

340S. 

v. 

3409. 

VI. 

228  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


b.   June  30,  1872;  d.  Feb.  3,   1875;  Anna  Gertrude,  b.  May  15, 
1877.     The  postoffice  address  of  the  living  is  in  New  Orleans, 
excepting  Ida  Godfrey  Brackett,  of  No.  717  17th  St.,  east,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 
3412.     ii.         David  W.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1817;    m.  Philena  Church  and  Olena  E. 
Church. 
Sarah,  b.  Jan.  3,  1819:  d.  Oct.  3,  1891. 
Albert,  b.  June  20,  1821 ;  m.  and  d.  Dec,  1881. 
Julia  A.,  b.  June  27,  1823;  m.  Aug.  27,  1848;  she  d.  Sept.,  1892. 

Hannah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1825;  m. . 

HAViLAH.b.  Nov.  15,  1827;  m. . 

Louisa  C,  b.  Oct.  22,  1829;  ni. . 

Edwin,  b.  Mav  15,  1833;  d.  June  17,  1837. 

Martha  W.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1836;  m.  Oct.  17.  1854,  Thomas  Godfrey; 
b.  Sept.  17,  1815;  d.  Jan.  13,  1860;  m.  2d,  Oct.  7,  1869,  Dr.  S.  C. 
Russell,  b.  Sept.  25,  1819.  Godfrey  was  a  stevedore  and  Russell 
a  physician.     Res.  New  Orleans,  La. 

Frances,  b.  Dec.  4,  1837;  m . 

Charles  Edwin,  b.  1845;  d.  in.  N.  O.,  leaving  a  son,  Wm.  R. 
Mills  Whitney,  b.  1869;  res.  104  Orange  St.,  N.  O. 
The  following  are  the  P.  O.  addresses  of  Abiezer  H.  Whitney's  children,  or,  if 
deceased,  their  children:  Mrs.  L.  B.  Philbrick,  Salem,  Mass.;  Mrs.  Hannah  Gill, 
Oak  Park,  111.;  Mrs.  Havilah  Dutton,  Morristown,  N.  J.;  Mr.  G.  C.  Fory,  Allen's 
Grove,  Scott  Co.,  la.;  Mrs.  S.  C.  Russell,  104  Orange  St.,  New  Orleans,  La.;  Mrs. 
lohn  Dane,  Jr.,  Orange,  N.  J.  Children  of  Abiezer's  brothers  and  sisters:  Rev. 
Wilson  Whitney,  Mankato,  Blue  Earth  Co.,  Minn.;  Otis  Folsom,  Belfast,  Me. 

1561.  John  Godfrey  Whitney  (Nathan,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Lisbon,  Me.,  Mar.  3,  1798;  m.  Oct.  20,  1823,  Mary  Allen;  b.  July  24,  1804.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  by  trade  a  carpenter  and  joiner.     He  d.  July  2,  1883;  res.  Readfield,  Me. 

3423.  i.  Wilson,  b.  Mar.  5,  1845;  m.  Mary  Aphia  Goodell. 

3424.  ii.         J.  Chester,  b. -;  res.  304  20th  Ave.,  N.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

1563.  Elias  Scott  Whitney  (Nathan,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Mass.,  1809;  m.  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  Sarah  Godfrey;  d.  in  1872.  He  d.  New  Orleans, 
La.:  res.  Augusta,  Me. 


3413. 

in. 

3414. 

IV. 

3415. 

V. 

3416. 

VI. 

3417. 

VII. 

3418. 

Vlll 

3419. 

IX. 

3420. 

X. 

3421. 

xi. 

3422. 

xii. 

3425. 
3426. 
3427. 


Alfred  C,  b.  Sept.  30,  1835;  m.  Annie  Goutier. 

i.         Mary  A.  P.,  b.  May,  1837;  d. . 

ii.        Harriett  Francis,  b.  Sept.,  1849;  res.  Brockton,  Mass. 


1572.  Jacob  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Oct.  14, 
1804;  m. ;  res.  Lisbon,  Me. 

3428.  i.         Increase  G.  3431.    iv.       Washington  D. 

3429.  ii.        Mary  J.  3432.    v.       Christiana. 

3430.  iii.       Martha  M. 

1578.  Enoch  Whitney  (Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gor- 
ham.  Me.,  1769;  m.  Eunice  Newcomb;  d.  1824;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Kendall,  mother  of  Ned 
Kendall,  celebrated  cornet  player;  m.  3d,  Mrs.  Dennett. 

He  resided  in  Livingston,  Standish,  Buxton,  and  moved  to  Harrison,  Me.,  in 
1810.  His  ten  children  were  born  by  his  first  wife.  He  d.  in  Brownfield,  May  1, 
1857;  res.  Standish  and  Harrison,  Me. 

3433.  i.  Freeman,  b.  Mar.  9,  1800;  m.  Mary  S.  Gray. 

3434.  ii.         Daniel,  b.  Jan.  22,  1793;  m.  Susan'Harmon. 

3435.  iii.        Mary,  b. ;  m.  William  Decker,  of  Casco. 

3436.  iv.       Eli,  b. . 

3437.  V.         Eunice,  b.   May  30.   1870;    m.   Mar.  4,  1824,  Simon    Newcomb. 

She  d.  Aug.  29,  1856;  res.  Harrison,  Me.  He  was  b.  June  6, 
1803.  He  m.  2d,  in  1857,  Mary  Richards.  Ch.:  James  R.,  b. 
June  26,  18M;  res.  Monroe,  Me.;  Andrew  H.,  b.  June  20,  1826; 
res.  Newburyport,  Mass.;  Susanna  C,  b.  Dec.  6,  1829;  Eleazer 
W.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1831;  res.  Plattsmouth,  Neb. 
8438.    vi.        Eleazer,  b.  1809;  d.  at  sea,  unm.,  1829. 

3439.  vii.       William  G.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1812;  m.  Agnes  Smith. 

3440.  viii.      John,  b. ;  d,  young. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  229 


1580.    Capt.  Richard    Whitney    (Moses,   Nathaniel,    Nathaniel,    Benjamin, 

John),  b.  Gorham,  Me.;  m. .     He  was  a  sea  captain;  res.  Lubeck,  Me. 

;^41.    i.  Samuel,  b. ;  sea  captain. 

3442.  ii.         George,  b. ;  jailor,  Bangor,  Me. 

3443.  iii.        Andrew,  b. . 


1581.  Samuel  Whitney  (Moses.  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Harrison,  Me.,  in  17^0;  m.  at  Belfast,  Me.,  Margaret  Darrow;  b,  1790;  d.  Feb.  1883. 
He  d.  in  1869;  res.  Belmont  and  Morrill,  Me. 

3444.  i.         Henry,  b.  June  24,  1824;  m.  Ellen  M.  Merriam. 

3445.  ii.        Doty   L.,  b. .      He   had  two  daus.,  one,  Helen,  married 

Ephraim  Sheldon;  res.  M. 

3446.  iii.       Edmund  C,  b. ;  res.  Big  Timber,  Mont. 

3147.     iv.       George  A.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1835;  m.  Nellie  W.  Thorne. 

3448.  V.        Lydia  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Geo.  Pratt;  res.  Charkstown,  Mass. 

3449.  vi.       Elizabeth,  b.  ;  m.  Nathan  Carsley;  res.  Me. 

3450.  Yii.      Harriett,  b. ;  m.  Eben  Rowe  and  Cyrus  Acorn;  res.  Me. 

3451.  viii.     Emily,  b. —;  m.  Ephraim  Redman;  res.  Portland,  Me. 

3452.  ix.       Martha  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Richard  Dixon;  3  ch.;  res.  Col. 

1587.  Josiah  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  Cape  Cod, 
Mass.;  m.  at  Gorham,  Me.,  Elizabeth  Hardmg;  b.  Gorham,  Me.,  1749;  d.  at  Alfred  in 
1841.  They  belonged  to  the  Shakers,  and  died  while  living  in  the  colony  at  Alfred. 
He  d.  in  Alfred,  ae.  80;  res.  Gorham  and  Alfred,  Me. 

3453.  i.         Silas,  b.  June  23,  1779;  m.  Elviia  J.  Lane. 

3454.  ii.        Ebenezer,  b. .  3457.     v.        Seth. 

3455.  iii.       Eunice.  SibS.    vi.       Abigail. 

3456.  iv.       Betsey. 

The  above  never  married,  and  all  resided  with  the  Shakers  and  were  members 
of  that  colony  at  Alfred,  Me. 

1589.  John  Whitney  (Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  To- 
ronto. Canada,  in  1781;  m.  in  Quebec, ;  d.  1832. 

He  was  born  in  Toronto,  Canada,  was  a  farmer,  and  during  the  war  of  1812 
served  in  an  English  company,  raised  in  Canada.  He  was  a  devout  member  of  the 
Church  of  England,  and  in  politics  was  a  Conservative.  He  was  granted  a  pension 
from  Chelsea  Hospital  of  6d.  sterling  per  day.  He  d.  1864;  res.  Sherbrook  and  Chip- 
man,  N.  S. 

3459.  i.  Belle,  b.  Jan.  2,  1816;  m.  in  Chipman,  Can.,  1841,  Matthew  Glen; 

res.  Salmon  River,  Queens  Co.,  N.  B.  Pie  was  b.  1816.  Is  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Mary  Jane,  b.  1846;  m.  1868,  Mr.  Paschel;  res. 
Harcourt,  Kent  Co.,  N.  B.;  Josiah,  b.  1848;  m.  1885;  res.  Lake 
Stream,  N.  B.;  Matthew,  b.  1851;  m.  1892;  res.  Fulton  Brook, 
N.  B. 

3460.  ii.         Elenok,  b.  1823;  m.l851,  John  McDuff;  res.  Doaktown,  Northum- 

berland Co.,  N.  B. 

3461.  iii.        Charlotte,  b.  1828;  m.  1853,  Freeman  Arbo;  res.  Elm  Hall,  Mich. 

1591.  Eliab  T.  Whitney  (Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Gaspy,  Lower  Can.,  Dec.  17,  1789;  m.  Lydia  Butterworth,  dau.  of  William.  She  d. 
1826;  m.  2d,  in  Cape  Breton,  N.  B.,  1827,' Lydia  Williams,  b.  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  10, 
1810;  d.  Apr.  2,  1866,  in  Edgecomb,  Me.  He  was  a  cooper.  He  d.  Apr.  2,  1865;  res. 
New  Castle  and  Edgecomb,  Me. 

Nancy  Ann,  b.  May  30, 1828;  m.  Mar.,  1859, Morrison;  res. 

Auburn,  Me. 

Sarah  Jane,  b.  1830;  m.  July  18,  1856, Merry;  res.  Dama- 

riscotta,  Me. 

Emeline,  b.  Mar.  9,  1833;  m.  Nov.   8,  1852, Merrv;  res. 

Sherman  Mills,  Me. 
WiLLlA.MS,  b.  Aug.  30,  1835;   m.  Rosalina  H.  Merry. 
Alpheus,  b.  Feb.  16,  1840;  m.  Georgia  F.  Hilton. 

Albion,  b. ;    m.  1863;  res.  Gloucester,  Mass.;  a  son  was 

Benjamin  L. 
David  J.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1838;  unm.;  res.  Bath,  Me. 
Benj.  F.,  b.  May  12,  1842;  d.  in  hospital,  Dec.  4,  1864. 


3463. 

i- 

3464. 

ii. 

3465. 

iii. 

3466. 
3467. 
3468. 

iv. 
v. 

vi. 

3469. 
3470. 

vii. 
viii 

230  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY, 


3471.  ix.        Hannah  A.,  b.  May  13, 1845;  m.  1863, Soiett;  res.  Bath,  Me. 

3472.  X.         Alonzo  L.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1847;  m.  1872;  res.  Pigeon  Cove,  Mass.; 

dau.  Gertrude. 

3473.  xi.        Georgiana,  b.  Jan.  1, 1850;  m.  1877, Young;  res.  Bath,  Me. 

3474.  xii.       Lvdia.  3475.     xiii.     Eliab.  3476.     xiv.      Betsey. 

1596.  Rev.  George  W.  Whitney  (Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Gorham,  Me.,  June  14,  1792;  m.  at  Buxton,  Mar.  7,  1817,  Mary  Whitney,  b.  North 
Yarmouth,  Mar.  7,  1795;  d.  Rochester,  N.  H.,  June  12,  1853. 

Rev.  Geo.  W.  Whitney  was  born  in  Gorham,  state  (or  district)  of  Maine.  June 
14,  1792.  His  parents  were  Asa  Whitney  and  Phebe  (Hopkins)  Whitney,  who  were 
married  in  Gorham.  His  father  d.  Dec.  17,  1806,  when  he  was  about  14  years  of  age. 
His  father  being  a  farmer  he  continued  in  the  same  occupation  till  the  age  of  18 
years,  living  with  his  mother  when  they  sold  the  old  homestead  and  moved  to  Bridg- 
ton,  Me.,  which  was  a  new  town  recently  incorporated  and  being  rapidly  settled; 
there  they  purchased  a  new  farm  which  they  cultivated  with  fair  success,  his  mother 
and  sisters  continuing  to  live  with  him  for  several  years.  In  the  war  of  1812-15  he 
enlisted  in  one  of  the  Maine  regiments  raised  for  the  defense  of  the  sea  coast  and 
was  stationed  at  Portland  and  its  fortifications  for  the  defense  of  the  city  and  harbor, 
where  he  served  till  honorably  discharged.  March  7,  1817,  he  married  Mary  Whit- 
ney, of  Buxton,  Me.  He  continued  to  live  on  his  farm  till  1842,  when  he  disposed  of 
his  interest  therein  and  removed  to  the  town  of  Gray,  Me.  About  the  year  A.  D. 
1832  he  was  ordained  as  a  minister  in  the  Free  Baptist  denomination  and  soon 
became  pastor  of  the  churches  in  Bridgton  and  Harrison,  an  adjoining  town,  which 
pastorate  continued  until  his  removal  to  Gray,  A.  D.  1842,  when  he  became  pastor  of 
the  church  in  that  town  which  was  continued  for  several  years.  Having  received  a 
call  to  become  the  pastor  of  the  church  at  W.  Bethel,  Me.,  he  accepted  the  call,  where 
he  continued  till  A.  U.  1847,  when  he  moved  to  Rochester,  N.  H.,  and  became  pastor 
of  the  church  in  that  town,  and  remained  there  till  1854.  In  1853  his  wife  died  and 
soon  after  he  resigned  his  charge  there  and  subsequently  supplied  at  Berwick, 
Hiram  and  Parsonsheld,  Me.  He  continued  in  active  ministerial  life  till  the  age  of 
80  years,  when  he  retired  from  the  ministry  and  removed  again  to  Rochester  to  live 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  S.  F.  Hayes,  where  he  died  Sept.  18,  1878,  at  the  age  of  86 
years  and  3  months.  He  was  a  man  highly  esteemed,  of  sound  judgment,  good 
address,  a  successful  minister  and  faithful  pastor.  The  Free  Baptist  church  at 
Rochesterville,  N.  H.,  is  largely  indebted  to  his  efforts  for  its  existence.  He  d. 
Roch.^Sept.  18,  1878;  res.  Bridgton,  Me.,  and  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Asa  P.,  b.  luly  19,  1819;  m.  Eunice  C.  Kneeland. 

Jonathan'W.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1823;  m.  Nov.  30,  1845;  d.  at  Waupun, 
Wis.,  Dec.  21,  1876. 

Mary  J.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1825;  d.  June  16,  1852. 

Phebe  A.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1828;  m.  May  14,  1846, —  Cummings; 

res.  35  Palis  St.,  Portland,  Me. 

Amanda  E.,  b.  July  28,  1830;  m.  Sept.  9,  1851.  She  d.  Aug.  6, 
1868. 

Sarah  F.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1832;  m.  S.  F.  Hayes;  res.  Rochester,  N.  H. 

George  W.,  b.  Apr.  12,1834;  m.  June  19,  1857;  is  a  physician;  res. 
Cookville,  Tenn. 

3484.    viii.     Charles  H.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1838;  m.  and  res.  Cookville.  Tenn. 

1597.  Rev.  Samuel  Whitney  (Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Gorham,  Me.,  Aug.  29, 1777;  m.  at  Gorham,  in  1798,  Hannah  Snow,  dau.  of  Capt.  Snow, 
of  Barnstable,  Mass.;  d.  in  Gorham;  m.  2d,  at  Brooks,  Me.,  Mary  Rich,  b.  Feb.  15, 
1778;  d.  Aug.  17,  1822;  m.  3d,  Newport,  Me.,  Sept.  10,  1823,  Mrs.  Mary  (Piper)  Ring; 
d.  Aug.  31,  1863. 

Rev.  Samuel  Whitney  was  a  Free  Will  Baptist  preacher  of  marked  ability,  and 
preached  at  different  times  at  Monmouth.  Hallowell,  and  Bath,  Me.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing member  of  the  Constitutional  convention  of  Maine,  of  1819,  under  whose  consti- 
tution Maine  was  admitted  to  the  Union.  He  was  in  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  Maine  for  several  years,  beginning  in  May,  1820,  representing  Brooks,  Knox, 
Jackson  and  Thorndike.  He  was  in  the  senate  for  several  years,  about  10, 
from  Waldo  county.  He  was  a  member  of  Gov.  Albion  K.  Paris'  council.  When 
the  state  capitol  was  to  be  removed  from  Portland  to  Augusta,  the  governor  of  the 
state  for  the  time  being  had  to  locate  it,  and  he  commissioned  Mr.  Whitney  to  fix  a 
site,    and    he    selected    Augusta.     He    was    a    most    modest    man,   and    disliked 


3477. 

3478. 

i. 

ii. 

3479. 

3480. 

iii. 
iv. 

3481. 

v. 

3482. 
3483. 

vi. 
vii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  2:31 

exceedingly  to  speak  of  himself  or  his  exploits.  He  was  dignified  and  austere, 
and  never  perpetrated  a  joke  in  his  life.  His  head  was  as  large  as  that  of 
Daniel  Webster.  He  was  urged  over  and  over  again  to  run  for  congress  by  every- 
body of  note  in  his  district,  but  would  not  consent;  he  also  declined  to  run  for  gov- 
ernor, but  named  A.  K.  Paris,  who  was  elected.  Col.  Whitney  served  on  Gov. 
Paris'  staff  at  the  executives'  earnest  solicitation.  Their  friendship  was  of  the  high- 
est and  best.  Mr.  Whitney  was  an  abolitionist,  the  most  conspicuous  one  in  Maine, 
He  was  a  great  preacher;  men  who  recollect  him  say  he  was  the  greatest  preacher 
they  ever  heard,  but  he  would  not  make  political  speeches,  and  the  reason  he  was  in 
public  life  so  long  was  that  the  people  almost  unanimously  voted  for  him,  and  he 
had  to  go,  there  were  no  conventions  then,  each  man  voted  for  whom  he  pleased, 
and  nearly  all  voted  for  ]\Ir.  Whitney.  He  was  a  fine  looking  man,  and  often  related 
to  his  grandchildren  of  riding  in  his  chaise  in  the  forests  of  Maine,  when  the  wolves 
would  follow  him.     He  is  buried  at  Dixmont,  Me.,  and  on  his  gravestone  is: 

"  He  is  not  here;  he  has  arisen." 
He  d.  Oct.  13,  1859;  res.  Brooks  and  Dixmont,  Me. 

3485.  i.  Alfred  M.,  b.  June  5,  1805;  m.  Lucinda  Ring. 

3486.  ii.        Hannah,  b.  Mar.  2,  1799;  m.  May  4,  1822,  Daniel  Fogg,  Jr.,  of  Gor- 

ham.  He  was  b.  June  3,  1801;  d.  July  5,  1883.  She  d.  julv  3, 
1876,  at  Waterford,  Me.  Ch.:  Edwin  AIoiko,  b.  Mar.  5,  1838; 
m.,  and  has  a  son.  Rev.  Charles  Grant  Fogg,  a  clergyman;  res. 
35  Wareham  street,  Boston,  Mass.;  Elizabeth  Ann;  Harriett 
McClure;  res.  So,  "VVaterford,  Me.;  Albert  B.,  son  Walter  grad. 
BowdoinColL;  Jane  W.  Webb;  res.  Bridgton,  Me.;  Irene;  Emily 
W.;  res.  34  Ball  Street,  Roxburv,  Mass. 
:34>^7.     iii.        George,  b.  1806;    m.    Abigail    Martin.     He   d.  Oct.  15,  1837. 

3488.  iv.       Samuel,  b.  1808;  d.  Aug.  3.  1827. 

3489.  V.         Harriett,  b. ;  m.  John  McClure;   res.  Waldo,  Me.     A  son 

is  the  leading  merchant  in  Bangor,  Me. 

3490.  vi.       Abigial,  b.  — ;  m.  Warren  Davis,  of  Bangor,  Me.;    res.  Cal. 

3491.  vii.      jANE,b. ;  m.  Charles  Cummings.  Dau.:  Mrs.  Ellsworth;  res. 

Oakley  Ave.,  near  Jackson  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

3492.  viii.     Olive,  b. ;  m. "William    Hall,   of   Brooks,   Me.     Son,    res. 

Frankfort,  Me. 
349.8.     ix.        Emily,  b.  1818;  d.  May,  1839. 

3494.  X.         Mary,  b. ;    m.    Henry  Merrill;    res.  Newport,  Me.     Desc. 

res.  in  Portland,  Ore. 

3495.  xi,        Albion  Paris,  b.  Aug.  8,  1822;  m.  Mary  Jane  Pease  and  Nancy  F. 

McEwen. 

3496.  xii.       Frances  ANN.b. ;  m.  John  H.  Cook;  res.  Springfield,  Mass. 

1598.  Rev.  John  Whitney  (Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Gorham,  Me.;  m. Rich;  Kes.  Thorndike  and  Dexter,  Me. 

3497.  i.  Nelson,  b.  1812;  m.  Dorothv  Dwellev. 

3498.  li.        Eunice. 

3499.  iii.        Esther.     Res.  Le  Grange  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

3500.  iv.       Martha. 

3501.  v. ,  b. ;  m. Kingsbury;  res.  Dexter,  Me. 

3502.  vi.       Frank,  b. ;  res.  Dexter,  Me. 

1606.     Nathaniel  Whitney  (Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 

;  m. .     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  v/ar,  and  belonged  to  the 

artillery  service.     Res.  Gorham  and  Standish,  Me. 

3503.  i.  Nathaniel,  b. —;  m.  Zilphia  Marten. 

3504.  ii.         Reuben,  b. ;  m.  Mercy  Baker, 

3505.  iii.       Joseph,  b .     He  lived  and  died  with  the  Shaker  Family  at 

Alfred,  Me. 

3506.  iv.        Levi,  b.  May  15,  1778;  m.  Happy  Higgins. 

1608.  Capt.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Joel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Jonesboro,  Me. r  Nov.  7,  1770;  m.  there  July  9,  1794,  Sarah  Noyes, 

He  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Chandler's  River,  now  Jonesboro,  Me.,  the 
eldest  son  of  his  parents.  He  married  there  and  settled  on  a  farm,  where  he  died. 
Besides  being  a  husbandman  he  was  a  merchant  and  did  quite  an  extensive  business. 
He  erected  the  Kennebec  mill,  was  representative  in  the  General  Court  in  1810,  mem- 


232  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3511. 

ii. 

3512. 

111. 

3513. 

IV. 

3514. 

V. 

351.5. 

VI. 

ber  of  the  Constitutional  convention  of  1820,  and  representative  in  1823.  He  d.  Apr.  16, 
1858;  res.  Jonesboro,  Me. 

3507.  iii.        Beriah,  b.  June  25,  1802;  m.  Lucy  Hall. 

1609.  Paul  Whitney  (Joel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Jonesboro, 
IMe.,  Jan.  10,  1785;  m.  at  St.  Stephens,  X.  B.,  Catherine  Barker,  of  St.  S.  They 
resided  in  Milltown  in  Calais,  Me.     He  d.  June  7,  1841;  res.  Calais,  Me. 

3508.  i.  Madison,  b.  Jan.  3,  1813;  m.  Joanna  Carpenter. 

3509.  iii.        Cordelia  Eveline,  b.  Sept.  28,  1817;  m.  May  12,  1840,  C.  C.  P. 

Peabody,  of  Calais,  Me.     One  son,  Charles,  was  living  in  Mill- 
town  in  1874. 

1620.  Joel  Whitney  (Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gorham, 
Me.,  Mav  7,  1787;  m.  at  Phillips  June,  1815,  Sally  Dyer,  b.  Maiden,  Mass.,  May  10, 
1789;  d.  at  Phillips  May,  1834;  m.  2d  at  Farmington,  1836,  Sarah  Compton.  She  d. 
at  Plymouth;  m.  3d,  1840,  at  Trinity,  Betsey  Chase. 

He  was  born  in  Gorham,  Me.,  married  at  Phillips,  where  he  was  a  general  mer- 
chant. In  1838  he  moved  to  Plymouth,  Me.,  where,  after  a  residence  of  ten  years, 
he  moved  to  Portland.  In  1851  he  moved  to  St.  Paul,  where  he  died  the  following 
year.  He  was  buried  at  Phillips.  He  d.  Mar.  22,  1852;  res.  Phillips,  Plymouth  and 
Portland,  Me.,  and  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

3510.  i.  Sophia  Dyer,  b.  Jan.  1,  1816;  m.  Dec.  6,  1832,  Moses  Sherburne; 

res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Charles  T.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1817;  m.  Martha  C.  Thaver. 
Julia  Ann,  b.  June  19,  1819;  d.  Phillips  Nov.,  18^4. 
Joel  E.,  b.  Mav  18,  1822;  m.  Elsie  Ayer. 
Eliza  Jane,  b.'june  20,  1824;  d.  St.  Paul,  Apr.,  1866. 
Sarah"Gustanza,  b.  Apr.  2,   1826;  d.  Plymouth,  Me.,  Mar.  23, 

1848. 

3516.  vii.       Andrew  J.,  b.  Apr.  20,   1828;  m.  1855,  Bertha  L.  Burbanks;  res. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

3517.  viii.      Eliab  Latham,  b.  June  6, 18-30;  m.  18-54,  Helen  M.  Burbanks.  He 

d.  Feb.  8,  1868;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

1624.  Andrew  Whitney  (Micah,  Al:iel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  May  5, 
1795;  m.  June,  1816.  Huldah  Sweetser;  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

851b.    1.  Huldah,  b.  Sept.  7,1835;  m.  Apr.  15,  1853,  Benjamin  Whitney,  son 

of  Christopher  A. 
3519.     ii.         John.  3520.    iii.        Jane.  3521.    iv.       Cynthia. 

3522.    V.        Betsey.  3523.    vi.        Mary.  3524.    vii.      Phcebe. 

3525.     viii.      Lilias. 

1627.  William  Perse  Whitney  (Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Me.,  Mav  3,  1783;  m.  there  Nancv  I.  Carlton.  She  d.  Marysville,  Kans.  He  d.  in  111., 
Dec.  30,1865;  res.  Me. 

3526.  i.  Hiram    Elias,   b.  ;    m.   ;  was  a  physician;    res.  in 

Shellsborough,  Iowa. 

3527.  ii.         Nancy  Perse,  b. ;  m. Kenyon;  res.  Sycamore,  111. 

8528.     iii.        Sally,  b. ;  m. Ouimby;  res.  Phillips,  Me. 

3529.  iv.        Geo.  W.,  b. ;  m.  and  res.  Marysville,  Kans. 

16.30.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gray, 
Me.,  1806;  m.  at  Phillips,  Me.,  Susan  Wells.  She  d.  at  Gray,  ae.  86.  He  d.  in  Mav, 
1890;  res.  Madrid  and  Gardiner,  Me.      • 

3530.  i.  Benj.  Dexter,  b.  Dec.  25,  1841;  m.  Annis  B.  Ross. 

8531.     ii.         Martha  Van  Buren,  b. ;  res.  Sabattus,  Me. 

3532.    iii.        Joseph  Clement,  b. ;  Dr.,  res.  Thorndike,  Me. 

37;33.    iv.        Mary  Clementine,  b. ;  m. Cushman;  res.  Phillips, 

Me. 

3534.  v.         Royal  Thaxter,  b. ;  res.  El  Paso,  Texas. 

3535.  vi.        Phebe  Cobb,  b. — ;     m.  Andrews.      Ch.:  Emola,  b. 

;  res.  Gardiner,  IVle. 

3536.  vii.       Melvina  Susan,  b. ;  m. Adams;  res. . 

1632^    Jesse  Whitney  (Daniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. ;  m. 


at  Saco,  Me.,  Marv  Sawver;  d.  Oct.  16,  1815;  m.  2d,  Julv  16,1817,  Charity 
1785;  d.  Feb.  18,  1836  (?)';  m.  3d, .     He  d.  Jan.  19, 1832;  res.  S 


Saco,  Me. 


-;  b. 


3540. 

i. 

3541. 

iii. 

3542. 

iv. 

3543. 

VI. 

3544. 

vn. 

3545. 

ix. 

3546. 

X. 

3547. 

XI. 

3548. 

XU. 

3550. 

XIV, 

3551. 

XV. 

3552. 

XVI 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  233 

3537.  viii.      Abner,  b.  Dec.  21,  1800;  m.  Mary  Grayham. 

3538.  ii.         Hepzibah,  b.  Sept.  8,  1788;  m.  Thomas  Dyer.     Ch.:  Abby  Young 
who  m.  David  Bryant.     She  d.  July  9,  1861. 

3539.  v.         Sarah,  b.  Feb.  17,1795;  m.  John   Bryant.     Ch.:  David,  m.  Abby 
Young  Dyer;  ch.,  H.  W.  (sec.  Maine  Hist.  Soc). 

Marv,  b.  Nov.  8,  1786;  m.  Spencer.     She  d.  Apr.  16,  1816. 

Hannah,  b.  June  10,  1790;  m.  Bryant.     She  d.  Aug.  26, 

1838 
David,  b.  Dec.  8,  1792. 

Eunice,  b.  June  2,  1796;  m. Clark. 

James  S.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1798;  m.;  had  6  ch.,  three  boys  and  three 

girls;  one  s.  John,  res.  Brookline,  Mass. 
Stephen,  b.  May  12,  1802. 
Abraham,  b.  June  25,  1803. 

Olive,  b.  May  23,  1807;  m. Berry.     She  d.  1854. 

Susan, b. Oct.  23, 1818.      3549.    xiii.     Jessie,  b.  Dec.  11,1820. 
Abigail,  b.  June  8,  1822. 
Charles,  b.  Apr.  10,  1824. 
Elmira,  b.  Jan.  8,  1826. 

1634.  Edmund  Whitney  (Isaac,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gorham, 
Me.,  May  4,  1774;  m.  1803,  Martha  Meserve.     He  d.  May  25,  1853;  res.  Gorham,  Me. 

3553.  i.  Merrill,  b. ;  res.  \V.  Gorham. 

3554.  ii.         RoBiE,  b. ;  res.  G. 

3555.  iii.        Marshall,  b. ;  res.  G. 

1637.  Isaac  L.  Whitney  (Isaac,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Gorham, 
Me.,  May  29,  1781;  m.  at  Raymond,  Mar.  5,  1807,  Margaret  C.  Leach.  He  d.  Oct. 20, 
1856;  res'.  Raymond  and  Naples,  Me. 

3556.  i'.  Sophia,  b. ;  m. Bray;  res.  Oshkosh,  Wis.;  s.  p. 

3557.  ii.         S.  Newell,  b. ;  son  Ralph  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

3558.  iii.        Zachariah  L.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1807;  m.  Elizabeth  C.  Havden. 

3559.  iv.        Mary  A.,  b. ;  m. Buckley.    Ch.:  Maggie  W.,  b. ; 

m. Coombes;  res.  Moore's  Station,  Cal. 

1641.  Stephen  Whitney  (Stephen,  Isaac,  Nath'l  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Me., 
May  5,  1799;  m. Mayberry;  res.  Mechanic's  Falls,  Me. 

3560.  i.  Wm.  Mayberry,  b. — ;  res.  So.  Meriden,  Conn. 

1643.  John  Whitney  (Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Pawlet, 
Me.     He  was  in  the  war  of  1812;  res.  in  Me. 

3561.  i.  John  H.,  b. ;  was  in  war  of  1861. 

1644.  Sewell  Pitt  Whitney  (Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Pawlet,  Me.,  Mar.  19,  1798;  m.  1816,  Annie  Tuttle.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
d.  Aug.,  1866;  res.  Freeman,  Me. 

3562.  i.  Constant  Hopkins,  b.  Apr.  17,  1824;  m.  Elizabeth  Potter. 

3563.  ii.         John  Converse,  b.  May  7,  1822;  m.  Lucy  Soule. 

3564.  iii.       James  C,  b. ;  m. ;  res.  No.  111. 

3565.  iv.        Wesley,  b. —\  m. ;  res.  Freeman;  4  daus. 

1646.  Hon.  Marshall  H.  Whitney  (Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Pawlet,  Me.,  Jan.  15,  1800;  m.  at  Milton,  Jan.  1,  1819,  Lavina  Luce. 

He  was  a  senator  from  Maine  in  1837.  Was  appointed  postmaster  in  1838,  and 
excepting  eight  years  served  till  he  resigned  the  office  in  1863.  His  son  Summer 
lived  in  Rockland,  Me.,  in  Oct.,  1874,  of  the  firm  of  S.  Whitney  &  Son,  manufacturers 
of  lime,  and  dealers  in  corn  flour.  West  India  goods  and  groceries.  He  printed  a 
partial  record  of  the  family.     He  d.  June  20,  1865;  res.  Freeman,  Me. 

3566.  i.  Sum.mer,  b. . 

1652.  Henry  Whitney  (Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Chester- 
ville.  Me.,  Feb.  7,  1804;  m.  there  Nov.  24,  1825,  Rebecca  Fellows.  He  d.  Oct.  16,  1871; 
res.  Chesterville,  Me. 

3567.  i.  Isaac  T.,  b.  So.  Meriden,  Conn. 

3568.  ii.        Henry,  b. . 

16 


234  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3577. 

3578. 

3579a. 

111. 

3580a. 

IV. 

1654.  George  Washington  Whitney  (Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Chesterville,  Me.,  Oct.  8,  1^09;  m.  in  E.  Livermore,  in  ls,32,  Violette  Haines, 
b.  Jan.,  18H;  d.  Jan.,  1888.     He  d.  Aug.,  1866;  res.  Farmmgton,  Me. 

3569.  i.  Geo.  Edwin,  b.  Sept.  19,  1836;  m.  Mary  L.  Swearingen. 

3570.  ii.         Franklin  W.,  b.  Oct.,  1839;  d.  in  army,  1861. 

3571.  lii.        Henry  A.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1841;  m.  Virginia  Tiernan. 

3572.  iv.        Columbia  F.,  b.  Jan.,  1848;  m.  1873,  J.  Currier  Tarbox;  res.  Farm- 

ington,  Me. 

3573.  V.         Fred'k  Eugene,  b.  Nov.  26,  1850;  m.  Edith  Adams. 

1655.  Hiram  Whitney  (Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Chester- 
ville, Me.,  1815;  m.  in  Boston,  Mar.  22,  1842,  Susan  P.  Lunt;  b.  July  10,  lbl4.  He  was  a 
merchant.     He  d.  Julv  6,  1870;  res.  Boston  and  Melrose,  Mass. 

3574.  i.         'Charles  Sumner,  b.  May  31,  1856;  res.  Miles  City,  Mont. 

3575.  ii.         Edward  H.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1845;  m.  Emma  L.  Williams. 

3576.  iii.       Ella,  b. ;  m. Chadbourne;  res.  35  W.Vernon  street, 

Lowell,  Mass. 

1661.  Major  Hachaliah  Whitney  (Jesse,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Apr.  5,  1762;  m.  June  29,  1786,  .Abigail  Nelson;  b.  July  30,  1765;  m. 
2d,  Oct.  9,  1842,  Mrs.  Olive  (Madden)  Cobb;  b.  June  1,  1777;  d.  1849. 

He  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  the  Mendon  and  Milford  companies,  and 
later  was  captain,  and  in  1809  major,  of  the  local  military  regiment.  He  inherited  part 
of  the  old  homestead  on  which  he  always  resided.  He  d.  Nov.  14,  1848;  res.  Milford, 
Mass. 

Ethan,  b.  Apr.  22,  1878;  m.  Betsey  Miller  Green. 

Iesse,  b.  Oct.  12,  1790;  m.  Rebecca  Fisk. 

"Nelson,  b.  Mar.  24,  1790;  d.  July  19,  1790. 

Abigail,  b.  Jan.  6,  1(^03;  res.  Milford. 

1670.  N.A.THAN  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Conwav,  Mass.,  Oct.  18,  1761;  m.  there  Nov.  1,  1780,  Olive  Whitney,  dau.  of  Lieut. 
Jesse,  b.  Feb.  19,  1758;  d.  Nov.  17,  lb29;  m.  2d,  Thankful  Caldwell. 

He  was  born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until  1792,  when  he  emigrated 
to  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first  pioneers.  Nearly  all  of  his 
children  were  noted  for  their  longevity.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Apr.  19,  1838; 
res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

3577.  I.  Luther,  b.  Aug.  20,  1782;  m.  Hannah  Witter  and  Hannah   L. 

Smalley. 

3578.  ii.         Otis,  b.  Oct.  19, 1786;  m.  Betsey  Hawley. 

3579.  iii.       Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  3,  1798;  m.  Betsey -^ . 

35?^0.     iv.        Nathan,  b.  Jan.  22,  1791;  m.  Sarah  Gray. 

3581.  V.         Cheeney,  b.  Apr.  21,  1795;  m.  Olive  Colwell. 

3582.  vi.       Theodore,  b.  Mar.  4,  1785;  d.  June  29,  1792;  killed  by  a  falling 

tree. 

3583.  vii.      Polly,  b.  Sept.  19,  1788;  m.  Aug.  31,  1806,  Seth  Whitmore.     She 

d.  Mar.  7,  1?^23.  He  was  born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Mar.  17,  1783; 
d.  Aug.  27,  1869.  Ch.:  Electa  Ann,  b.  Aug.  15, 1807;  d.  Aug.  16, 
1816;  Mary  Adaline,  b.  Aug.  31,  18u9;  d.  Oct.  18,  1835;  Wm. 
Wallace,  b.  Oct.  13,  1811;  m.  Sarah  A.  Mead,  Harriett  E.  Bush- 
nell,  and  Mary  A.  Gardner;  Seth  Havden,  b.  Dec.  25,  1813;  d. 
May  5,  1873;  Lois  Augusta,  b.  July  28,  1816;  d.  Feb.  26,  1823; 
Nathan  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  10,  1819;  d.  Sept.  15,  1843;  Oilman 
Hurlbert,  b.  Apr.  4,  1821 ;  d.  July  18,  1830. 

3584.  viii.     Olive,  b.  Sept.  28,  1797;  m.  Simeon  A'an  Aukin.     She  d.  Jan.  15, 

1821. 

3585.  ix.       Julia  Ann,  b.  Dec.  17,  1799;  m.  Dr.  Sartwell;  d.  Apr.  28, 1824. 


Conn.,  June  21,  1768;  d.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  May  11,  1851.  He  was  a  well-to-do  and 
respectable  farmer  and  highly  esteemed  for  his  sterling  integrity.  He  d.  Jan.  31, 1825; 
res.  Conway,  Mass.,  and  Seneca  Castle  N.  Y. 

3586.     iii.        Joel,  b.  Mar.  1,  1796;  m.  Esther  Belding. 

3587a.  i.  Ezra,  b.  Oct.  14,  1791;  m.  but  no  ch.  living. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  235 

Sb'i^si.  li.  Phila,  b.  Feb.  23.  1794:  m.  Mar,  ^,  ISIO.  Selah  Han,  b.  Jii'.y  7, 
17";^:  d.  Tune  4, 1»'7'J.  He  was  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Caroline,  b.  Apr. 
24.  1-11;' Calista.  b.  Aug,  20,  1^13:  Matilda,  b.  Tulv  20.  1615: 
Luther,  b.  Mar.  24,  1616:  Electa,  b.  Dec.  6,  16-21;  MaW  Ann,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1626:  Henry  L.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1626:  res.  40  Park  Place, 
Geneva,  X.  Y.:  Sher'on.b.  Apr.  14,1^31. 

3569a.  iv.  Esther  Parkhirst,  b.  Jan.  16,  1796:  m.  Feb.  5,  1616,  Benjamin 
Howes,  b.  Apr.  6,  17'?7:  d.  Apr.  27,  1663.  Ch.:  Helen,  b.  Tar..  11, 
1617:  Toel  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  5, 1619:  Clarissa  Hayden,  b.  ^Iay2'), 
l'^21:'Tane  Howes  Bailev,  b.  Mav  5,  1626:  Henrv,  b.  Apr.  25, 
16::J1;  Almus,  b.  Jan.  23,  iSi^:  Guernsey,  b.  Apr.  23, 16:39:  Helen 
Howes  Morehouse,  Port  Byron,  X.  Y.;  Whitney  Howes,  Eagle 
Harbor.  X.  Y. 

.3590a.  V.        Clarissa,  b.  Feb.  26. 1600. 

^591a.  vi.        Sibyl,  b.  Dec.  24,  1^01;  d.  unm. 

1675.    Jox.^s  Whitney 'Tonathan.  Jonathan,  Tonathan.  Beniamin,  John   b.  May 

12,  177.^:  m.  Xov.  29,  1795.  Catherine  Parker.     He  d.  Sept.  27,  1«23:  res.' . 

:3567.     i.  Walter,  b.    Tan.  21.  3590.    iv.       Minerva,  b.   Tan.  27, 

1797.  '  1604. 

3586'.    ii.        Wealthy,  b.  Mar.  12,  3591.    v.         HARRiETT,b.  Mar.  16, 

1799.  16<'j6. 

3569.    iii.       Wm.  .Morris,  b.  Jan.  3592.    vi.       Henry. 

5,  1>K)2.  3593.    vii,      Jefferson. 

3594.    viii.     George. 

1677.  Ami  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin.  John .,  b;  C<jn- 
wav.  Mass.,  Jan.  16.  17^1:  m.  at  Hopewell,  X.  Y..  t)ec.  7.  18Ckj.  Anna  Amsden;  b.  Dec. 
7,  1764:  d.  Apr.  30,  1658.  He  d.  Dec  14,  1667:  res.  Conwav,  Mass.,  and  Flint  Creek, 
X.  Y. 

Theodore,  b.  Jan.  2,  1602;  m.  Experience  Warner  and  Xabby  E. 

Smith. 
Jasper,  b.  Xov.  8,  16<»3;  ni.  Elizabeth  Ganwer. 
is.\AC  .\msden,  b.  Sept.  17,  16<J5;  m.  Jane  Miore. 
Wm.  G.,  b.  Mav  17.  1607,  m.  and  res.  Litchfield.  Mich. 
Anna,  b.  Aug. '24.  1609:  d.  16<J9. 
Charles,  b.  Sept.  11,  1610:  d.  Oct.  11,  1625. 
Ezra,  b.  Oct.  6,  1612:  d.  July  ;3'J,  1616. 

Ami.  b.  Tune  22,  1614;  m.  Ann  Shearman  and  Rebecca  C.  Rippey. 
Jonathan,  b.  Xov.  3,  1616:  m.  and  d.  July  12, 1692,  at  Allen,  Mich, 
and  xi.    Tavin  dais.,  b.  Feb.  5.  1''19:  d.'l^i9. 
Esther  .-Xnn,  b.  May  2-,  1^20:  d.  Sept.  29, 1621. 
Elizabeth  A.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1822;  m.  Jan.  29,  1^45.  John  Lewis:  res. 

Hopewell.  X.  Y. 
3606.    xiv.      Esther  Gates,  b.  Dec.  5.  1^23:  m.  Sept.  5.  1644,  Franklin  M. 

Hooper:  res.  Fon  Tones,  Cal.     He  was  b.  Xov.  12.  1617;  d.  Feb. 

11.  1>7.5.    Ch.:  Elia  Elizabeth,  b.  June  3.  1>47:  m.  Mar.  3.  1^65, 

loseph  Short:  res.  Fort  Tones;  Cora  Esther,  b.  Sept.  12.  164;^:  d. 

Xov.  12,  1^50;  Frank  Whitnev,  b.  Aue.  7,  l*^';  m.  bept.  27, 1^9<;•; 

res.  Fort  Jones;  Esther  Ruthi  b.  May  29. 1^>2:  m.  Dec.  31.  1>67, 

Eller:  res.  Etna  Mills.  Cal.:  Roben  Culver,  b.  May  12. 

1665;  res.  Fort  Tones. 
36«j9.     XV.       .Anna  H.,  b  Mar^  10,  1626:  m.  Oct.  25.  1649.  James  Wilson:  res. 

Geneva,   X.   Y.     A   son   is   Captain   Wm.  \Vilson,  M.  A.,  at 

Geneva,  X.  Y. 

1678.  Gen.  Parkhurst  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan.  Jonathan,  Benjaniin, 
John',  b.  Sept.  25,  1764;  m.  Oct.  10,  1605,  Celinda  Cowing;  b.  Mar.  17,  1763:  d.  June 
12,  1'!^,  at  Xiagara  Falls. 

Gen.  Parkhurst  Whitney  lived  around  with  his  brothers  and  sisters  till  he  was 
nineteen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  his  own  land,  his  father  having  left  him  some. 
In  1610  he  went  from  Phelps  to  Xiagara  Falls  and  lived  on  a  farm  on  the  Niagara 
river,  about  five  miles  above  the  present  village  of  Xiagara  Falls.  In  1?12  he  moved 
to  the  village  of  the  Falls  and  rented  Poner's  saw  mill.  In  1614  he  rented  the  Eagle 
tavern,  a  log  one  on  the  site  of  the  International  hotel,  and  began  tavern  keeping  on 


:5595. 

i. 

:5596. 

ii 

3597. 

iii. 

:-JM. 

iv. 

3599. 

v. 

W>f* 

vi. 

360i. 

vii. 

36«>2. 

vri. 

3603. 

ix. 

36':»4-5.  X. 

:-»:t6. 

Xll. 

3607. 

Xlll 

236  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


a  small  scale.  Twice  during  the  war  of  1812-15,  he  was  driven  away  by  the  British. 
At  one  time  the  alarm  was  given  that  the  British  and  Indians  were  coming  from 
Lewiston  and  they  left  the  breakfast  on  the  table  and  fled.  The  British  set  fire  to 
the  village.  The  Eagle  tavern  was  of  logs,  24  feet  square,  and  had  one  room.  In 
1819  he  bo'uo-ht  the  property  and  built  a  frame  addition  to  it,  and  celebrated  the  fin- 
ishing- of  it  h\  a  dinner  July  4,  1820.  At  that  time  most  of  the  pleasure  seekers  went 
to  the  Canada  side.  In  1831  Gen.  Whitney  bought  the  Cataract  House,  which  had 
been  built  in  1825,  and  kept  it  as  a  sort  of  'lodging  house  for  the  surplus  business  of 
the  Eagle.  In  1835  he  built  a  stone  addition  to  the  Cateract.  In  1836  he  disposed  of 
the  Eagle  property  to  Benjamin  Rathburn,  of  Buffalo.  In  Sept.,  1836,  he  rented  the 
Cataract  to  Milton  Hawley,  who  was  unsuccessful,  and  in  August,  1838,  he  took  the 
house  again,  with  his  son,  S.  M.  N.  Whitney,  and  his  son-in-law,  D.  R.  Jerauld, 
and  kept  the  hotel  under  the  firm  of  P.  Whitney  &  Sons.  The  addition  to  the 
Cataract,  in  1835,  was  a  four-story  stone  building,  40x56  feet.  In  1842^3  he  made 
another  addition  of  stone,  40x54  feet.  In  1845  he  added  another  stone  addition,  five 
stories  high,  42x133  feet,  containing  the  dining  room.  In  1845  he  built  a  stone  kitchen 
addition  two  stories  high,  25x30  feet.  In  the  spring  of  1846  he  disposed  of  all  the 
property  to  S.  M.  N.Whitney,  D.  R.  Jerauld,  and  1.  F.  Trott,  who  carried  on  the  hotel 
under  the  name  of  Whitney,  Jerauld  &  Co.  In  1841-43  he  purchased  some  river  lots 
and  connected  the  buildings  with  the  hotel. 

An  Interesting  Occasion. — An  event  which  few  men  see  was  celebrated  at 
the  Cataract  House,  Niagara  Falls,  on  Wednesday  evening  last.  It  was  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  marriage  of  Gen.  Parkhurst  Whitney  and  wife. 
For  fift\  years  had  this  couple  stemmed  life's  vicissitudes,  and  on  this  occasion  the 
numerous  friends  and  kindred  of  this  remarkable  couple  gathered  in  social  commun- 
ion to  bestow  congratulations  and  renew  the  recollections  of  early  days.  The  cere- 
monies of  the  "  golden  wedding  "  were  touching  and  imposing  and  were  conducted 
bv  Rev.  E.  W.  Revnolds,  of  this  city.  Gen.  Whitney  emigrated  to  this  country  with 
his  wife  forty-five  years  ago,  and  they  have  well  earned  their  health  and  happiness 
which  is  with  them  in  their  old  age.  That  it  may  remain  with  them  for  many  years 
to  come  is  the  wish  of  all. — Buffalo  (N.  Y.)  Covnncrcial,  Oct.  17,  1855. 
He  d.  Apr.  26,  1862;  res.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
8610.     i.  AsENATH  B.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1809.     Asenath  Beecher  Whitney  was  the 

eldest  child  of  Gen.  Parkhurst  Whitney,  of  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
She  was  born  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22,  1809.  When  she  was  a 
vear  old  her  parents  moved  to  Niagara  Falls.  Her  father  was 
employed  as  a  surveyor  for  the  Holland  Land  Purchase  Com- 
pany. Parkhurst  Whitne\'  was  a  very  intelligent  man  and 
gave  his  children  every  advantage  possible  in  those  days.  Asen- 
ath Whitney  was  in  many  ways  a  remarkably  brilliant  woman. 
She  was  a  very  fine  scholar  and  linguist,  sj^eaking  French,  Ital- 
ian and  German  fluently,  and  she  also  was  a  great  reader  and 
possessed  of  brilliant  con\ersational  powers  and  was  an  excep- 
tionally good  musician.  In  1837  there  came  to  Niagara  Falls  a 
Polish  gentleman  who  was  a  teacher  of  languages.  This  gentle- 
man, Pierre  de  Kowalewski,  wasan  exile,  having  been  an  officer 
in  the  10th  Lithuanian  Lancers,  and  after  the  downfall  of  Poland, 
his  estates  being  confiscated  by  the  Russian  government,  he  came 
to  America  in  company  with  several  other  noblemen — all  offi- 
cers and  men  of  fine  presence  and  courtly  manners.  He  was  a 
fine  linguist,  speaking  ten  languages,  and  thus  became  a  pro- 
fessor of  languages.  At  Niagara  Falls  he  met  Asenath  Whit- 
ney in  1836  and  in  1837  they  were  married  at  Niagara  Falls. 
He  died  at  Havana,  Cuba,  in  May,  1854.  The  result  of  this 
union  was  four  children,  only  one  of  whom,  Linda  Alice,  b.  Mar. 
27,  1849,  is  now  living.  All  these  children  showed  a  special 
aptitude  for  studv,  music  and  the  acquirement  of  languages. 
Olympia  M.,  the  eldest,  b.  Mar.  20,  1><39,  d.  May,  1865,"  was  a 
most  brilliant  musician;  Helena,  b.  ]\Iar.  9,  1842,  d.  Sejit.,  1864,  a 
fine  German  scholar  and  organist;  and  Frederic  Whitney,  b. 
Dec.  22,  1843,  d.  Mar.  1,  1861,  an  unusual  student,  a  lad  of  the 
brightest  promise.  Linda,  the  youngest,  has  also  kept  up  the 
family  record.  She  has  studied  the  Polish  language  and  in  1890 
translated  "The  Jew,"  which  was  published  by  Dodd,  Mead  & 
Co.,  of  New  York.     It  is  an  historical  novel  bv  one  of  Poland's 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  237 

greatest  authors,  Joseph  Krasyewski.  In  1891  she  translated 
"Corine,"  from  the  French  of  Louis  Enault,  which  was  pub- 
lished by  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  of  Boston.  She  has  also  written 
poems  and  short  stories  for  the  magazines  and  is  an  artist,  being 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Society  of  Artists,  and  exhibiting  each 
year  original  sketches  from  nature.  Sept.  30,  1868,  Linda  de 
Kowalewski  married  Robert  Fulton  at  Niagara  Falls.  Robert 
Fulton  was  born  in  Lew,ston,  N.  Y.,  July  17,  1847,  and  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent,  as  his  ancestors  came  over  to  the  north  of 
Ireland  from  Scotland  in  Cromwell's  time.  He  is  a  great-grand- 
son of  Lieut. -Col.  James  Forrest  Fulton,  of  the  Gordon  High- 
,  landers  of  the   English  army,  who  was  first  cousin  to  Robert 

Fulton  of  steamboat  fame.  ]\Ir.  Fulton  was  for  some  years  asso- 
ciated with  his  brother,  the  late  James  T.  Fulton,  proprietor  of 
the  International  Hotel,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y,,  and  their  com- 
bined efforts  have  done  much  for  the  prosperity  of  Niagara 
Falls.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fulton  reside  at  826  Franklin  street,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. 

3611.  ii.  MvRON  Holly,  b.  Sept.  10,  1810;  d.  Aug.  12, 1815. 

3612.  iii.  Angeline  Parkhurst,  b. ;  m. D.  R.  Jerauld. 

3613.  iv.  Sally  Eliza,  b.  Mar.  19.  1814;  d.  July  31,  1815. 

3614.  V.  Solon  M.  N.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1815;  m.  Frances  E.  Drake. 

3615.  vi.  Celinda  Eliza,  b.  lulv  12,  1817;  m.  at  N.  F.  Sept.  9,  1844,  James 

F.  Trott,  b.  Mar.  25,  '1815;  res.  N.  F.,  1139  Main  street.  She  d. 
Jan.  4,  1892.  Ch.:  John  Winslow,  b.  Feb.  21,  1^47;  m.  Caroline 
Alice  Babcock  Nov.  9,  1870;  ch.,  Alice  Babcock,  b.  Nov.  7,  1871; 
John  Winslow,  Nov.  9,  1881;  res.  N.  F.;  James  Parkhurst,  b. 
Apr.  4,  1849;  Elizabeth  Celinda.  b.  Feb.  8,  1851;  Solon  Whitney, 
b.  Apr.  10,  1854;  d.  Jan.  17,  1856;  Mary  Chilton,  b.  Sept.  28,  1859; 
d.  Jan.  20,  1865.  James  FuUerton  Trott  was  born  in  Purchase 
street,  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar.  25,  1815.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Boylston  grammar  public  school,  where  he  received  a  Franklin 
medal.  He  was  also  three  years  in  the  English  high  school. 
His  mother  was  a  Winslf)w,  a  hneal  descendant  of  John  Wins- 
low, who  married  Mary  Chilton.  His  mother  was  the  seventh  in 
direct  descent.  Her  father.  Gen.  John  Winslow,  was  a  member 
of  the  Order  of  Cincinnatus,  the  sixth  signer  and  first  treasurer  of 
the  society,  of  which  he  was  an  honored  member.  James  Ful- 
lerton  Trott  married  Celinda  Eliza  Whitney,  at  the  Cataract 
bouse,  Sept.  9,  1844.  In  1846  he  became  one  of  the  proprietors, 
the  firm  being  under  the  name  of  Whitney,  Jerauld  &  Co.  He 
was  proprietor  for  forty  years,  and  carried  on  all  the  financial 
business.  He  not  only  kept  up  the  reputation  which  Gen.  Whit- 
ney had  established,  but  added  to  it,  so  the  hotel  became  famous. 
In  1886  he  retired  from  the  firm,  after  forty  years  of  honorable 
work.  He  was  supervisor  for  six  years,  being  elected  by  the 
Democratic  party.  He  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  schools  for 
forty-five  continuous  years,  and  also  had  charge  of  the  district 
library.  He  has  proved  himself  to  be  one  of  the  most  public- 
spirited  and  upright  men  in  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  The  "Three 
Sisters  Islands"  at  Niagara  Falls  were  named  after  Mrs.  Trott 
and  her  two  sisters,  in  1830.  They  were  the  first  white  women 
ever  on  them. 

1679.    Jonathan  Whitney  (David,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,    Benjamin,  John),  b. 

Conway,  Mass..  Mar.  13,  1770;  m.  there  Jan.  13,  1791,  Lucy  Washburn.    He  d. ; 

res.  Conway,  Mass. 

3616.  i.  David,  b.  Jan.  29.  1803;  m.  Elizabeth  S.  Granger. 

3617.  ii.         Orlando,  b.  Mar.  27,  1792;  m.  and  went  to  Texas.     I  suppose 

died  there.  It  is  supposed  that  a  school  teacher  by  the  name  of 
Whitney,  who,  with  her  school,  was  attacked  by  Indians  in 
western  Texas  a  number  of  years  ago,  and  who  lost  her  life  in 
successfully  defending  her  pupils,  was  a  daughter  of  Orlando, 
but  could  get  no  positive  proof. 


238  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3618.  iii.        Prudence,  b.  Aug.  6,  1796, 

3619.  iv.        Harriett,  b.  Jan.  20,  1794. 

1691.  Mellen  Whitnev  (Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  IMilford, 
Mass.,  Dec  9,  1774;  m.  Jane  Richardson.  He  first  moved  to  Barton,  Vt.,  from  Mass., 
and  was  in  that  town  in  1816,  afterward  resided  in  Barre,  Yt.,  previous  to  and  after 
the  time  Lafayette  visited  this  country.  This  fact  is  fixed  by  an  incident  connected 
with  the  French  General's  stay  in  Barre,  in  which  Mellen  played  a  part.  His  children 
were  all  born  in  Barre.     In  1826  he  moved  to  Peru,  N.Y.,  where  he  and  his  wife  died. 

3620.  i.  Nora.  3621.    ii.        John. 

3622.  iii.        Nancy,  b. ;  m. Howland;  res.  Barre. 

3623.  iv.        Eliza,  b. ;  m.  and  rev.  to  Virginia. 

3624.  v.         Fidelia.  3625.    vi.    Anstrus.  3626.    vii.    Vinal.   • 

1694.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Ja'ffrey, 
N.  H.,  May,  9,  1781;  m.  Milford,  Mass.,  Sept,  29,  1806,  Lavina  Coombs;  b.  1785;  d, 
June  1,  1843.  They  resided  near  the  old  homestead.  He  d.  in  Milford  in  1863;  res. 
Milford,  Mass. 

3627.  i.  Tamsin,  b.  Julv  8,  1807;  m.  May  12,  1833,  Orlando  F.  Sparrow;  b. 

Aug.  4,  1803;  d.  Apr.  1877.  Ch.:  Deborah  Maria,  b.  Apr.  23, 
1834;  m.  Charles  J.  Randall;  res.  Wrentham,  Mass.;  Philena 
Lavina,  b.  Aug.  22,  1836;  d.  Aug.  20,  1839;  Philip  Orlando,  b. 
Apr.  6,  1838;  unm.;  res.  Easton,  Pa.;  LydiaAnn.b.  Feb.  9, 1846; 
m.  Daniel  Higgins;  res.  So.  Framingham,  Mass. 

3628.  ii.        Elmira,  b.  Sept.  24,  1809;  m.  Benjamin  F.  Reynolds.     She  d.  s.  p. 

3629.  iii.       Elias,  b.  Feb.  7,  1811;    m.  Zelona  S.  Carpenter  and  Fannie  P. 

Leland. 
36.^0.     iv.'       Charles  B.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1814;  m.  Mary  A.  Cary. 

3631.  v.        Llxy  Ann, b.  Mar.  12, 1816;  m.  Aug.  3, 1837,  Benjamin  F.  Reynolds; 

res.  Sharon,  Mass.;  b.  Nov.  19,  1804;  d.  Sept.  17,  1854.  He  was 
a  farmer.  Ch.:  Frances  Adelaide,  b.  Oct.  12,  1838,  Sharon,  Mass.; 
Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  11, 1842;  m.  Dec.  28, 1871;  res.  Sharon,  Mass.; 
Alfonso,  b.  Dec.  10,  1845;  d.  Apr.  9,  1880;  Clara  Jane,  b.  June  6, 
1847;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  Isabella,  b.  Apr.  4,  1849;  res.  Sharon, 
Alass 

3632.  vi.       Lydia,  "b.  Sept.  28,  1818;   m.  Sept.  28,  1840,  Joseph   H.  Welch,  of 

Boston;  b.  Oct.  13,  1813;  d.  Sept.  1,  1890;  res.  Prov.,  R.  I.,  633 
No.  Main  St.;  s.  p. 

3633.  vii.      George,  b.  Mar.  15,  1821;  m.  Louisa  P.  C.  Lincoln. 

3634.  viii.     Mary,  b. ;   m,  Feb.  13,  1844,  Shepherd  Carpenter.     She  d. 

June  11,  1881.     Ch.:  A.  Alden  and  Eugene;  res.  Sharon,  Mass. 

3635.  ix,       Jonathan  H„  b.  Apr.  16, 1830;  d.  Jan.  15,  1832. 

1695.  Laban  Whitney  I  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Jaffery, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  24,  1783;  m.  June  27,  1805,  Olive  Green,  b.  1784;  d.  Dec.  7,  1867.  He  d. 
June  20,  1818;  res.  Bellingham,  ]\Iass.,  and  Milford,  Mass. 

Betsey,  b.  Oct.  18,  1808;  d.  1840. 
Lemuel,  b.  Jan.  4,  1817;  m.  Fannie  Darling. 
Laban,  b.  Jan.  6,  1815;  m.  Marv  Sickles. 
Hannah,  b.  1805;  d.  Jan.  2,  1838. 
Ruel,  b.  1811;  d.  1841. 

1697.  Isaac  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Sept.  26,  1768;  m.  in  Suffield,  Conn.,  Caroline  Harman;  b.  Mar.  21,  1764;  d.  Mar.  9, 
1813.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  1797;  res.  Suffield,  Conn.,  and  West  Rupert,  Vt. 

3641.  i.  Erastus,  b.  July  16,  1790;  m.  Thurza  Harmon. 

3642.  ii.         Clarissa,  b.  June  4,  1788;  m.  Isaac  Hays.     She  d.  in  Rupert,  \'t.,, 

July  25, 1861,  leaving  Whitney,  Caroline,  Maria,  and  Betsey  E., 
who  m.  Perkins,  and  res.  W.  Rupert. 

3643.  iii.        Eunice,  b.  Feb.  10,  1793;  d.  s.  p. 

3644.  iv.        Chartsey,  b.   Sept.  18,  1795;   m.  Martin  Frazer.      She  died    in 

Plymouth,  Mich.,  leaving  Cordelia,  Eunice,  James,  Oscar, 
Caroline,  Maria,  Helen,  and  Mary;'  Oscar  res.  Plymouth. 

1703.  Asaph  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Dalton,  Mass.,  June  21,  1780;  m.  in  Preston,  Conn.,  Bethiah  Hopkins,  b.  there  June  2, 


3636. 

v. 

3637. 

ii. 

3638. 

iii. 

3639. 

i. 

3640. 

iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  239 

1777;  d.  Cato,  N.  Y.,  1830.    He  was  a  turner;  manufactured  brush  handles,  bedsteads, 
etc.     He  d.  Amboy,  N.  Y.,  1858;  res.  Rupert,  Vt.,  Greenwich  and  Ambov,  N.  Y. 

3645.  i.  Olive,  b.  Apr.  14,  1798;  m.   May,  1820,  Ezra  Woodruff;  b.  Feb. 

22,1797;  d.  Nov.  29,  1873;  res.' Amboy.  She  d.  Mar.  22,  1882. 
Ch.:  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  14,  1821;  unm.,  res.  A.;  Emily,  b.  June  20, 
1823;  m.  \Vm.  Felter;  res.  A.;  Horace,  b.  Sept.  '25,  1825;  res. 
Chicago;  Edwin,  b.  Jan.  13,  1828;  res.  Chicago;  Pvrena,  b.  Oct. 
12,  1829;  m.  July  8,  1848,  James  Cox;  res.  A^;  Morris  Willis,  b. 
Sept.  25,  1831;  res.  Chicago. 

3646.  ii.         Zebina,  b.  Feb.  4,   1800;  res.  Jordon,  Onondaga  Co.,  K.  Y.;  was  a 

wheelwright  and  distiller. 

3647.  iii.        Pyrena,  b.  Mar.  8,  1802;  m.  Aaron  Hopkins;  b.  July  14,  1800;  d. 

Mar.  24,  1891.     He   was   a   farmer.     She  d.  Oct.  24,1829.     Ch.: 

Caroline,  b.   Sept.   16,   1825;  m.   Apr.  18.1850, Codding; 

res.  Blaine,  Kan.;  Benjamin  B.,  b.  June  19,  1828.  He  d.  in  Deep 
Bottom,  \'a.,  in  union  army,  Aug.  13,  1^64. 

3648.  iv.        Jerisha,  b.   Apr.   26,   1804;' m.  Anson    Hopkins;  b. ;  d.  in 

Amboy.     Ch.:  Anson,  b.  ;  res.  Amboy;  Helen,  b. 

m. Geer;  res.  A.,  N.  Y. 

3649.  v.         Eunice,  b.  Sept.  16,  1806;  m.  Apr.  29,  1834,  John   Russell;  res 

Freeborn,  Minn.;  b.  Sept.  4,  1806.  Heisa  farmer.  Ch.:  Lucin 
da,  b.  Mav  18,  1837;  m.  May  6,  1873,  W.  N.  Fav;  res.  Hermosa 
S.  D.;  Jos'ephine  Eliza,  b.  Apr.  29, 1839;  m.  Ma'r.  26,  1868,  Ira  O 
Russell;  res.  Granite  Falls,  Minn.;  Henrv,  b.  Sept.  16,  1841;  d 
Oct.  28,  1842;  James  H.  b.  Sept.  24,  184'4;  m.  Nov.  186^,  Cor- 
nelia ^Iitchell;  res.  Russell,  Kan.;  William  L.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1847 
res.  Willis,  Mont. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Feb.  4,  1809;  m. Root. 

Anna,  b.  July  30,  1811;  m. Chaffee. 

Sarah,  b.  Dec.  24,  1813. 

Ja:\ies,  M.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1819;  m.  Marv  E.  Huntlev. 

Asaph  K.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1822;  m. '- . 

Geo.  \V.   b.    Dec.  14,  1816;   m.   Mary  Hutchins  and  Dorothea  F. 
'J'hompson. 

1706.    Jason  Whitney   (Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Middlesex, 
N.  Y.     He  d.  in  Texas;  res.  Ala.  and  Texas. 

3656.  i.  ,b. . 

3657.  ii.         Napoleon,  b ,     He  served  in  the  Mexican  war  and  was 

killed. 

1709.  Sa.muel  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Middlesex, 
N.  Y..  July  9,  1811;  m.  at  Macomb,  Mich.,  Apr.  21,  1836,  Ann  Stroup;  b.  Mar.  5,  1819. 
He  was  born  in  Middlesex,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  now  Potter,  Yates  Co.  He 
migrated  to  Michigan  in  1834,  settling  in  Detroit,  where  he  resided  for  two  years, 
going  then  to  a  farm  at  Macomb,  which  he  purchased  of  the  government,  where  he 
ever  after  resided.     He  d.  Apr.  26,  1889;  res.  Macomb,  Mich. 

Jason  C,  b.  Feb.  9, 1839;  m.  Elida  Berney  and  Lettie  E.  Heyman. 
SOPHRONIA,  b.  Mav  16,  1837;  unm.;  res.  'Mt.  Clemens,  Mich'. 
Wm.  H.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1840;  m.  Mary  Euretta  Kellogg. 
Esther  A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1842;  m.  Aug.  27,  1873,  Warren  Crawford; 

res.  Kings  Mill,  Mich.;  5  ch. 
George  Clay,  b.  July  13,  1844;  m.  Martha  A.  Fries. 
Milton  I.,  b.  June  4,  1846;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Fuller. 
Samuel  Emory,  b.  Mar.  28,  1848;  res.  23  Adams  Ave..  Detroit, 
Mich.     S.  Emory  Whitney  was  born  at   Mt.  Clemens,   Mich. 
His  father,  a  native  of  New  York,  was  raised  on  a  farm,  occa- 
sionally as  a  diversion   teaching  district  school  for  a  term,  or 
commanding  a  boat  for  a  season  on  the  Erie  canal.     In  1834, 
when  23  years  of  age,  he  emigrated  to  Michigan,  purchased  200 
acres  of  land  near  Mt.  Clemens  from  the  government,  upon 
which  he  lived  till  the  time  of  his  death.     S.  Emory  lived  on  his 
father's   farm   till   well    along  \\\  his   teens,   attending  district 
school  three  or  four  months  of  the  year.     Abandoning  the  farm, 
he  chose  teaching  as  his  profession,  attended  the  Normal  school 


3650. 

vi. 

3651. 

vii. 

3652. 

viii 

3653. 

ix. 

3654. 

X. 

3655. 

XI. 

3658. 

3659. 

ii. 

3660. 

HI. 

3661. 

IV. 

3662. 

V. 

3663. 

vi. 

3664. 

vii 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


of  his  state,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1872,  since  which  time 
he  has  been  employed  in  his  profession.  Since  graduation  he 
has  occupied  the  position  of  supt.  of  schools  at  Armada,  Marine 
City,  and  Hancock,  Mich.,  coming  to  Detroit  in  1885  as  princi- 
pal of  the  Cass  school — one  of  the  most  prominent  public  schools 
in  the  state.     Of  a  social  as  well  as  professional  nature,  he  is  a 


S.  E.  WHITNEY. 


member  of  several  fraternal  societies,  ranking  high  in  masonic 
circles,  and  has  also  held  several  elective  offices.  A  recent 
publication  entitled,  "  Prominent  Educators  of  Michigan  "  con- 
tains a  very  complimentary  notice  of  him  and  his  work.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  is  unmarried. 

Laton  Dennis,  b.  Mar.  8,  1850;  res.  Mt.  Clemens.  Farmer  at 
Macomb. 

MiLO  Herbert,  b.  Mar.  5,  1852;  res.  Mt.  Clemens.  Farmer  at 
Macomb. 

LORA  A.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1854;  m.  Sept.  20,  1876,  Ira  H.  Briggs;  res. 
Mt.  C. 

Allen  Sisson,  b.  June  16,  1857;  res.  Saginaw.  For  several  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  public  schools  there. 

Clarence  Eugene,  b.  June  2,  1860;  res.  23  Adams  St.  Detroit, 
Mich.     He  is  a  teacher  in  the  Detroit  public  schools. 

Florence  Hattie,  b.  July  17,  1865;  res.  Mt.  C. 

1710.  John  Fisher  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Middle- 
sex, Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 25,  1809;  m.  Chesterfield,  Mich.,  Phebe  Nelson;  b.  Dec.  24, 
1819;  d.  Apr.  8,  1890. 

He  was  born  in  Middlesex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1809,  and  by  the  death  of  his  father 
was  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age.  In  1834  he  migrated  to  Michigan,  and  two  years 
later  purchased  a  farm,  then  in  the  wilderness  at  Mt.  Clemens,  on  which  he  has  ever 
since  resided.     Res.  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich. 

3671.     i.  Sarah  Ann,  b.  May  20,  1839;  m.  Feb.  23,  1867,  Chris  Geo.  Hart- 

way  bhe  d.  Sept.  21,  1876.  Ch.:  Edwin,  b.  Mar.  3,  1869;  John, 
b.  Apr.  28,  1875. 


3665. 
3666. 
3667. 
3668. 
3669. 
3670. 


vni. 


IX. 


X. 


XL 


xn. 


xui. 


S672. 

ii. 

3673. 

iii. 

3674. 

iv. 

3675. 

V. 

3676. 

VI. 

3677. 

vu, 

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Mary  Rebecca,  b.  Aug.  8,  1842;  d.  Sept.  13,  1865. 

Electa  Mahala,  b.  Dec.  26,  1845;  m.  Mar.  15,  1864,  Dr.  Julian 

H.  Axtell;  res.  Omaha,  Neb.     Ch.:  Charles  W.,  b.  Aug.,  1^65. 
Stephen,  b.  May  12,  1850;  m.  Emma  S.  Immers. 
Florence  Gertrude,  b.  Sept.  7,  1853;  d.  Oct.  15, 1865. 
Charles,  b.  Sept.  13,  1856;  d.  Oct.  4,  1865. 
Courtland,  b.  Aug.  23,  1862;  m.  Mary  Augusta  Cluby. 

1711.  IsaacWhitney  (Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),b.  Middlesex,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  12,  1817;  m.  Mar.  5,  1839,  Sarah  Stroup;  b.  Nov.  27,  1808;  d.  June  18,  1874;  m. 
2d,  Aug.  17,  1875,  Mahala  Stroup;  b.  Aug.  3,  1825.     Res.  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.;  s.  p. 

1712.  Jesse  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  Johnj,  b.  Middlesex, 
N.  Y.,  Mav'3,  1808;  m.  1835,  Eliza  C."Shepherd,  b.  1819.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d. 
Nov.  11,  1853;  res.  Macomb,  Mich. 

3678.  i.  James  \'oak,  b.  Jan.  4,  1839;  m.  Mary  E.  Taylor. 

3679.  ii.         Horace   Isaac,  b.  July  10,  1836;  m.  Minnie  Preston  and  Mary 

Elizabeth. 

3680.  iii.        Lewis  Dodge,  b.  1845;  d.  unm.  Jan.,  1865,  in  Libby  prison;  was 

in  the  8th  Mich.  Cavalrv. 

3681.  iv.        Hannah  H.  O.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1847;  m.  May  23,  1867,  Luther  Parker. 

1713.  James  Watkins  Whitney  (Fisher,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Italy,  N.  Y.,  June  21,  1803;  m.  June  10,  1828,  in  \'ermillion,  Ohio,  Betsey  Harper,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1806.     She  res.  Kingston,  111.,  with  dau.  Mary. 

Yates  county,  town  of  Italy,  New  York,  on  the  2ist  of  June,  1803,  witnessed  the 
birth  of  James  Watkins  Whitney,  the  son  of  Fisher  Whitney  and  Patty  Watkins,  his 
wife.  The  boy  James  was  early  doomed  to  orphanage,  for  in  March,  1805,  the  father, 
after  an  illness  of  three  days,  died,  leaving  James  not  yet  two  years,  and  Patty,  his 
sister,  not  yet  five  years  old.  Yates  county  is  mountainous,  rocky  and  sterile,  and 
just  how  its  people,  in  those  early  days,  wrought  a  livelihood  is  something  of  a 
mystery.  •  But  to  him  who  hath  patience  and  industry  nothing  is  denied.  There  was, 
however,  another  requisite  to  insure  success,  in  that  forbidding  land,  viz.,  much  hard 
labor.  And  in  after  years  James  W.  Whitney  often  told  his  sons  that  he  never 
remembered  a  time  when  he  did  not  have  to  work.  Those  Yates  county  hill- 
sides must  be  cleared  of  the  forests,  and  the  valleys  must  be  made  fruitful.  James 
therefore  found,  as  he  grew  up,  more  than  enough  to  do;  and  many  days  that  ought 
to  have  been  passed  in  the  school  house  saw  him,  ax  in  hand,  on  the  hill  side.  By 
and  by  his  mother  married  a  Mr.  Wm.  Lee;  but  still  the  opportunities  for  school 
were  limited.  We  find  him  therefore  at  twenty-one  accomplished  about  as  farmers' 
boys  of  that  period,  viz.,  reading,  writing,  spelling  and  arithmetic.  With  his  majority 
he  struck  for  newer  and  more  prosperous  fields  and  settled  in  Berlin,  Erie  county, 
Ohio.  Here,  after  some  further  years  of  hard  toil,  he  saved  enough  to  purchase  a 
farm,  and  then  began  in  real  earnest  the  battle  of  life.  But  a  piece  of  good  fortune 
was  just  here  awaiting  him,  for  by  accident.  Miss  Betsey  Harper,  a  young  and 
sprightly  school  teacher,  a  relative  of  the  celebrated  Harper  Brothers,  publishers,  of 
New  York,  crossed  his  path,  and  forthwith  young  Whitney  found  that  he  had  met  his 
fate.  In  June,  1828,  he  married  Miss  Harper  and  took  her  to  his  farm,  about  one 
mile  north  of  Berlin  Heights.  Here  was  his  home  for  six  years,  when  he  sold  out 
and  bought  again  some  four  miles  farther  south,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1848, 
when  he  removed  to  Kingston,  DeKalb  county,  Illinois.  His  farm  in  Kingston  was 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  the  state;  but  in  those  early  days  times  were  hard,  and 
the  farmers  often  hauled  their  wheat  60  miles  to  Chicago  and  sold  it  at  50  cents  per 
bushel.  There  is  not  much  to  be  said  usually  about  the  daily  round  of  a  farmer's 
life.  The  crops  are  planted  in  the  spring  and  garnered  in  the  fall.  The  seasons 
come  and  go,  the  children  grow  up  and  marry  and  make  homes  of  their  own.  In 
this  family  there  were  eight  children — three  sons  and  five  daughters.  But  when  the 
war  of  1861  broke  upon  the  country,  these  three  boys  all  went  into  the  army,  and  the 
father  would  have  gone,  too,  but  the  government  refused  to  accept  him.  Meanwhile 
one  of  his  daughters  (Elizaj  had  married  and  settled  at  Quasqueton,  Buchanan 
county,  Iowa,  and  on  a  visit  to  her  in  1870  he  was  so  favorably  impressed  with  the 
place  that  he  sold  his  Kingston  farm  to  his  son  Samuel,  and  settled  in  Quasqueton. 
His  life  here  was  quiet  and  uneventful,  and  on  July  24,  1081,  after  an  illness  of 
three  days  he  died  and  is  there  buried.  He  was  not  a  rich  man,  neither  was  he  a 
poor  man.  He  died  leaving  a  competency  to  his  widow,  and  a  name  respected  by 
all  who  knew  him.     He  d.  July  24,  1882,  in  Iowa;  res.  Berlin,  Ohio,  and  Kingston,  111. 


242  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3682.  i.  Esther  A.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1830;  m.  John  Read;  m.  2d  James  B.  Bell; 

res.  Kingston. 

3683.  ii.         Martha  J.,  b.  July  6,  1832;  m.  Jan.  1,  1851,  George  W.  Bishop,  b. 

Jan.  8,  1824;  res.  Chicago,  111.  He  was  b.  Jan.  8,  1824;  d.  Feb. 
14,  1888.  Ch.:  Wm.  \\\,  b.  Oct.  20,  1851;  d.  Aug.  28,  1852;  Ida  J., 
b.  Apr.  27,  1853;  m.  Herbert  C.  Dexter;  res.  442  37th  St.,  Chicago; 
Chas.  \V.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1854:  m.  Minnie  Moak;  res.  Tinlev  Park, 
111.;  Frank  H.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1856;  m.  Paulina  Rauscher;  res.  4240 
Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago;  b.  Geo.  E.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1858;  d.  Feb.  17, 
1887. 

3684.  iii.        Loren  H.,  b.  Sept.  12, 1834;  m.  Rebecca  Foster  and  Marv  Munson. 

3685.  iv.        Samuel  D.,  b-.  Oct.  26,  1836;  m.  Harriett  Vail. 

3686.  V.         Eliza   S.,  b.  Jan.  5,    1838;    m.  Sardis   L.  Adams;    res.   Frank- 

lin, Neb. 

3687.  vi.        Wm.  H.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1840;  m.  Marcy  Hamer. 

3688.  vii.      Nancy  C,  b.  Jan.  19,  1843;   m.  ]'.  Lampson;   res.  911    Rock  St., 

Rockford. 

3689.  viii.      Mary.  b.  Apr.  21,  1846;  m.   Dr.    Henry  W.   Dockham;  res.  s.  p. 

Kingston. 

1716.  David  Morse  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Natick,  Mass.,  Nov.  1, 1807;  m.  Apr.  3,1828,  ^lary  Ann  Gilmore,  of  Wrentham,  b.  Oct. 
8,  1805;  d.  Dec.  7,  1843;  m.  2d,  Jan.  28,  1844,  Mrs.  Nancy  (Whitney)  Wheeler,  b.  Nov. 
26,  1810;  dau.  of  Jason,  Jr. 

He  was  born  and  always  resided  in  Natick,  Mass.;  was  a  well  known  citizen. 
For  several  years  he  was  assessor  of  taxes.  He  was  the  best  musician  and  most 
noted  singing  master  in  that  section.  In  1836  he  began  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  in 
which  business  he  was  engaged  for  many  years.  He  d.  Dec.  2,  1867;  res.  Natick, 
^lass 

3690.  i.  Esj-her  Louisa,  b.  Mar.  8,  1829;  m.  Nov.  23,  1847,  Theodore  Par- 

ker; res.  115  So.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Shed.  Mar., 
1894;  buried  at  Fort  Wayne.  He  was  b.  Jan.  11,  1825;  d.  Feb. 
18,  1888.  He  was  a  locomotive  engineer.  Ch.:  Lizzie  Blanche, 
b.  Oct.  22,  1849;  Edmund  Jonas,  b.  Mav,  1850;  d.  June  6,  1850; 
David  Whitney,  b.  Feb.,  1853;  d.  June  5,' 1855. 

3691.  ii.         Geo.  Henry,  b.  Sept.  18,  1830;  m.  Mary  Jane  Hubbard. 

3692.  iii.        Samuel  B.  Homer,  b.  Oct.  11,  18.32;  m.'Mrs.  Hiram  Thurston. 

3693.  iv.        Charlotte   Travis,  b.  Mar.  21,  1836;  m.  Jan.  23,  1854,  Geo.  H. 

Andrews,  78  Douglass  Ave.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

3694.  v.         Harlan  H.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1838;  m.  Marian  S.  Stowell. 

3695.  vi.        Harriett  Wilson,  b.  July  9,  1811;  d.  July  3, 1842. 

3696.  vii.       Frank  H.,  b.  July  28,  1845;  m.  Adelaide  Green. 

1718.  George  Collander  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamm,  John), 
b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1809;  m.  Dec.  2,  1829,  Persis  Robbins  Broad,  b.  Dec.  20, 
1806.  He  was  a  farmer  and  shoe  manufacturer.  He  d.  in  Chicago;  res.  Natick, 
Mass.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

3697.  i.  Charles  Henry,  b. ;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

3698.  ii.         Sarah,  b. ;  m.  — Oliphant;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

1719.  Freeman  Sears  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Natick,  Mass.,  Feb.  6,  1812;  m.  there,  Apr.  4,  1833,  Eveline  Perry,  of  Natick;  b.  Aug. 
19,1811;  d.  May  26,  1884. 

Freeman  Sears  Whitney  was  named  for  Freeman  Sears,  the  first  Congregation- 
alist  minister;  settled  in  Natick,  Mass.,  in  180G.  In  1830  he  learned  the  currier's 
trade,  working  at  this  until  1845,  when  he  began  the  manufacture  of  shoes.  In  1858 
he  gave  up  manufacturing  for  himself,  but  continued  in  this  business  quite  a  number 
of  years,  working  for  other  firms.  The  last  years  of  his  life  he  worked  as  a  gardener 
and  pruning  trees  and  shrubs.  He  and  his  family  always  resided  in  Natick.  He 
was  much  interested  in  music.  In  his  younger  days  he  played  the  violin  for  years  in 
the  Congregational  church.  A  few  years  ago  he  instituted  the  Veteran  Musical 
Association  there  in  the  place.  The  association  was  composed  of  those  that  played 
and  sang  in  1830,  1845  and  1850.  These,  after  they  were  banded  together,  played 
and  sang  with  just  as  much  vim  as  was  displayed  by  them  in  their  vounger  days.  He 
d.  Sept.  30,  1888;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 


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3699.  i.  Joseph  L.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1835;  m.  Martha  Jane  Richards. 

3700.  ii.         Lucie  Maria,  b.  [an.  8, 1838;  m.  in  So.  Framingham,  May  18, 1854, 

Selah  Bennett  Alden,  b.  Lyme,  N.  H.,  May  18,  1833;  d.  May  25, 
1864,  in  Natick,  from  wounds  received  in  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  May  8,  1864,  after  serving  three  years  in  company 
D,  18th  Mass.  regiment.  She  m.  2d,  Aug.  22,  1866,  Charles 
Henry  Child,  b.  Boston,  Mar.  18,  1837.  He  is  a  foreman  in  a 
shoe  factory;  res.  Natick.  Ch.:  Eugene  Llewellvn,  b.  Dec.  25, 
1859;  d.  Sept.  4,  1860. 

1720.  Dr.  Samuel  Stillman  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Jan.  6,  1815;  m.  Sept.  27,  1838,  Sarah  W.  Spalding,  dau.  of  Dr.  S.  H. 
Spalding,  of  So.  Natick,  Mass.,  who  died  July  15,  1866.  A  native  of  Chelmsford,  he 
was  educated  as  a  physician  and  practiced  a  few  years  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  with  good 
success.  At  length  he  was  mvited  to  establish  himself  in  South  Natick,  Alass., 
where  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent,  and  where  he  succeeded  in  securing  an 
extensive  and  successful  practice.  His  services  were  widely  sought  and  were  highly 
valued.  For  several  years  disease  and  the  infirmities  of  advancing  age  led  him  to 
withdraw  from  the  active  duties  of  his  profession.  In  his  last  days  he  suffered  much, 
but  he  bore  his  sufferings  with  Christian  patience  and  fortitude.  The  funeral  service 
was  held  in  the  Unitarian  church,  of  which  church  and  parish  he  was  a  member.  It 
was  attended  by  a  large  number  of  friends  who  thus  testified  their  regret  at  his  loss, 
and  their  respect  to  his  memory. 

Samuel  Stillman  Whitney  was  born  at  Natick,  Mass.  He  fitted  for  college  at 
Leicester,  and  entered  Harvard  University  at  the  age  of  14.  After  remaining  a  year 
at  Cambridge,  he  removed  to  Amherst  to  finish  his  collegiate  course  there.  Toward 
the  close  of  it,  however,  a  long  sickness  having  interrupted  his  studies,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent his  graduating  with  his  class,  he  concluded  not  to  take  a  degree.  His  parents 
had  intended  to  eaucate  him  for  the  ministry;  but  being  strongly  inclined  toward 
medicine,  with  their  consent  he  immediately  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  S.  H.  Spalding, 
then  practicing  at  Natick,  and  applied  himself  with  great  diligence  to  his  medical 
studies.  The  following  year  he  entered  the  office  of  the  late  lamented  and  eminent 
Dr.  John  D.  Fisher,  of  Boston,  whose  friendship  and  confidence  he  always  possessed. 
The  last  six  months  of  his  studentship  were  passed  at  the  City  Institutions  at  South 
Boston.  He  received  his  diploma  at  Boston,  in  February,  1838.  While  at  Snuth 
Boston,  a  vacancy  occurred  at  Newton  Upper  Falls,  by  the  death  of  Dr.  Alfred  Hos- 
mer,  and  by  the  advice  of  friends  he  at  once  opened  an  office  there.  He  succeeded 
rapidly  in  gaining  the  confidence  of  the  community  and  consequent  practice,  and  m 
the  course  of  the  year  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Spalding,  only  child  of  his  first 
preceptor.  During  the  six  years  which  Dr.  Whitney  spent  at  Newton  he  secured  a 
practice  extending  far  beyond  his  immediate  neighborhood,  requiring  very  long  and 
tedious  rides,  but  he  still  found  time,  stolen  from  the  night,  to  prosecute  his  studies 
and  keep  himself  well  informed  of  all  the  additional  contributions  to  medical  science. 
Having  disposed  of  his  practice  at  Newton,  Dr.  Whitney  re-removed  to  Dedham  in 
1844,  carrying  with  him  a  well-established  reputation.  Before,  however,  perma- 
nently settling  in  Dedham,  he  passed  a  year  in  Europe,  making  careful  use  of  its 
advantages.  Dr.  Whitney  was  thoroughly  educated  in  auscultation  and  percussion 
under  the  tuition  of  Dr.  Fisher,  and  it  may  be  safely  said  that  few  ever  surpassed 
him  in  delicacy  and  quickness  of  ear.  In  addition  to  his  large  general  practice  at 
Dedham  and  vicinity.  Dr.  Whitney  paid  |jarticular  attention  to  surgery.  He  was 
successful  in  all  the  greater  operations,  and  more  especially  in  the  arts  of  modern 
surgery  for  the  cure  of  congenital  or  accidental  deformities.  The  operation  for  cleft 
pjalate  he  (lerformed  many  times,  and  treated  with  success  a  gentleman  from  Canada, 
who  had  been  unsuccessfully  operated  upon  by  the  celebrated  Dieffenbach.  For  this 
operation,  in  addition  to  his  fee,  his  grateful  patient  presented  him  with  a  silver  tea 
service.  His  surgical  cases  came  from  distant  parts  of  the  country.  In  the  fall  of 
1848,  in  the  midst  of  these  active  pursuits.  Dr.  Whitney  was  attacked  with  diarrluLa 
and  sub-acute  enteritis.  He  died  in  his  residence  at  Dedham,  peaceful  and 
resigned,  in  the  bosom  of  his  young  and  beloved  family,  June  30,  1855,  aged 
40.  Few  men  have  accomplished  more  at  so  early  an  age.  Cast  in  a  tall  and 
manly  mould,  his  i)er5onal  appearance  was  calculated  to  make  an  impression 
upon  those  with  whom  he  came  in  professional  contact.  An  anchylosis  of  one 
knee,  the  result  of  an  accident  received  in  his  academic  days,  instead  of  detract- 
ing from,  rather  added  to  the  dignity  of  his  carriage.  He  was  remarkably 
generous    in   disposition,    and    this,   with   a    peculiar  suavity   in   his  manner,   and 


244  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


unbounded  confidence  in  his  skill,  strongly  attached  to  him  a  large  circle  of 
students,  patients  and  friends.  So  great  was  the  confidence  of  the  public  in  Dr. 
VVhitney's  ski  1,  that  his  frequent  absence  and  sickness  did  not  seriously  interfere 
with  hi?  business.  Even  up  to  the  last  moment  patients  continued  to  solicit  his 
advice,  and  when  he  could  no  longer  see  them,  desired  to  have  their  symptoms 
reported  to  him  in  order  to  receive  the  benefit  of  his  counsel.  He  d.  June  30, 1855; 
res.  Dedham,  Mass. 

3701.    i.  Sarah  Wilder,  b.  May  10.  1854;  d.  Sept.  23,  1855. 

8702.     ii.         Stillman  S.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1849;  m. . 

1721.  John  Aniger  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John)  b.  Natick, 
Mass.,  Dec"  20,  1817;  m.  Oct.  26,  1852,  Emily  Walker,  of  Natick;  m.  2d,  Lizzie  Thom- 
son, of  St.  Johns,  N.  B.;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 

He  was  born  in  Natick  and  has  always  resided  there;  has  been  a  prominent  citi- 
zen. For  some  years  he  was  assessor  of  taxes,  later  was  enumerator  for  the  United 
States  census.     Also  conducted  a  farm  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes. 

3703.  iii.        John  C,  b.  Aug.  8,  1856;  m.  Nov.  8,1880,  Flora  Mabhousa;  res. 

Natick,  Mass. 

3704.  i.  George  Burgess,  b.  in  Dedham  in  1853.     He  was  a  soldier  in 

Co.  H,  18th  Mass.  Regt.;  was  a  book-keeper  and  shoe  manufac- 
turer and  was  killed  in  a  railroad  accident  in  Natick,  Julv  23, 
1878. 

Herbert  Thompson,  b. ;  d. . 

Louis  Mitchell,  b.  June  14,1858;  m.Sept.  6, 1881,  Emma  Hortnn; 
res.  Natick,  Mass. 

Wm.  Oscar,  b.  Nov.  12,  1859;  res.  N. 

Emily  Blanche,  b.  Oct.  15,  1862;  d. . 

James  C,  b.  Sept.  5,  1863;  m.  Louise  M.  Horton. 

Waldo,  O.,  b.  June  2,  1865;  res.  Natick. 

Lizzie  Maude,  b. ;  res.  N. 

1722.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Natick, 
Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1820;  m.  Mar.  21,  1842,  Sarah  F.  Leighton,  of  Westford,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1824.  He  was  a  shoe  manufacturer  and  merchant.  He  d.  May  2,  1892;  res.  Dan- 
vers  and  Natick,  Mass. 

8712.    i.  Emilie  A.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1846;  m.  May  19,  1869,  James  M.  Forbush. 

He  was  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1846;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 
He  was  educated  at  the  common  schools,  and  in  1861  moved  to 
Washington  with  his  father's  family.  While  there,  was  a  clerk 
in  the  Treasury  Department  until  1867.  After  1874  was  in  the 
Internal  Revenue  service  in  Mass.,  and  at  present  is  in  the 
insurance  business  in  Natick.  Is  general  agent  for  the  New 
England  States  for  the  German  American  Ins.  Co.  of  New  York. 
Is  director  in  an  insurance  company,  trustee  of  a  savings  bank, 
and  superintendent  of  the  Baptist  Sunday  School.  (See  For- 
bush Genealogy  bv  Fred  C.  Pierce,  p.  15.)  Ch.:  Gavle  1  i'ton, 
b.  Mar.  31,  1870;  Emilie  Bessie,  b.  June  15,  1872. 

Samuel  S.  3714.     iii.        Mary    E.,   b.    ;    m. 

Eben  F.  Turner;  res.  N. 

Geo.  F.,  b. ;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 

Harvey  H.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1854;  m.  Lizzie  M.  Sanders. 

Samuel  S.,  b.  ;     3719.     viii.      Emily   Ann,  b.  ;  d. 

d. .  . 

1723.  Alvin  Fisher  Whitney  (George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Natick,  Mass.,  1824;  m.  Elviria  Clemence.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  was  a 
noted  musician,  and  for  many  years  followed  farming.  He  d.  in  Maine  in  1860,  s.  p.; 
res.  Natick,  Mass. 

176".  John  Whitney  (John,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John),b.  Warwick,  Mass., 
Apr.  8,  1783;  m. ;  d.  Sept.  27,  1831;  res.  Warwick,  Mass. 


3705. 

ii. 

3706. 

IV. 

3707. 

V. 

8708. 

VI. 

3709. 

vn. 

8710. 

vni 

3711. 

IX. 

3713. 

ii. 

8715. 

IV. 

3716. 

v. 

3717. 

vi. 

3718. 

vii. 

3720. 

3721. 

ii. 

3722. 

ni. 

b. 
-,b. 
-,  b. 


d.  Nov.  5,  1828. 
d.Aug.  13,  1831. 
d.  Aug.  19,  1831. 

1769.  Elisha  Whitney  (Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John.  John),  b.  Feb.  4, 
1780;  m.  Feb.  26,  1804,  Sarah  Heath,  b.  Mar.  1, 1784;  d.  Feb.  8,  1865.  He  d.  Feb.  12, 
1823;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 


3723. 

i. 

3724. 

11. 

3725. 

111. 

3726. 

IV. 

3727. 

V. 

3728. 

VI. 

3729. 

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Abigail  H.,  b.  in  1804;  m. Gay.     She  d.  Fel).  9,  1880. 

John  H.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1808;  m.  Sarah  Skinner. 

Sarah,  b.  Dec.  25,  1811;  unm.,  res.  W.  Roxbury. 

William  H.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1810;  unm.,  d.  Jan.  27,  1842. 

Caroline,  b.  Jan.  16,  1814;  unm. 

Nathaniel  Davis,  b.  Dec.  11,  1816;  m.  Laura  A.  Langton. 

Elisha,  b.  in  1806;  d.  in  1810. 

1770.  Asa  Whitney  (Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John),  b.  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  May  18,  1782;  m.  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  Dec.  31,  1805,  Mary  Hammond;  b.  Dec. 
7,  1787;  d. '1845.  He  d.  Mar.  4,  1826;  res.  Pomfret,  Conn.,  Roxbury,  Cambridge,  and 
Boston,  Mass. 

3730.  i.         Benj.  Duick,  b.  Nov.  6,  1807;  m.  Elizabeth  Williams  and  Char- 

lotte Genella. 

3731.  ii.        Daniel  H.,  b.  Oct.  7, 1809;  d.  Oct.  6,  1817. 

3732.  iii.       Sarah  Hammond,  b.  May  23,  1812;  d.  June  2-3,  1817. 

37.33.  iv.  Mary,  b.  May  5,  1815;  m.  Prof.  Cornelius  C.  Felton,  of  Har.  Univ. 
Felton,  Cornelius  Conwav,  scholar,  b.  in  West  Newbury,  Mass., 
Nov.  6,  1807;  d.  in  Chester,  Pa.,  Feb.  26,  1862.  He  was  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  in  1827,  having  partially  supported  himself 
through  his  course  by  teaching  in  Concord  and  Boston,  and  at 
the  Round  Hill  school  in  Northampton,  Mass.  In  his  senior 
year  he  was  one  of  the  conductors  of  the  "  Harvard  Register," 
a  students'  periodical.  After  teaching  for  two  years  in  Geneseo, 
N.  v.,  he  was  appointed  Latin  tutor  at  Harvard  in  1829,  became 
Greek  tutor  in  1830,  college  professor  of  Greek  in  1832,  and  in 
1834  was  given  the  Eliot  professorship  of  Greek  literature.  He 
was  also  for  many  years  regent  of  the  college.  In  18.53-54  he 
revisited  Europe,  studying  the  various  collections  of  art  and 
antiquities,  and  spent  five  months  in  Greece,  where  he  devoted 
himself  not  only  to  the  topography  of  the  country  and  the 
remains  of  ancient  art,  there,  but  to  its  present  language  and 
literature,  to  which  he  attached  great  importance.  He  was  an 
enthusiastic  defender  of  the  modern  Greeks,  by  whom  he  was 
known,  during  his  stay  among  them,  as  the  "American  pro- 
fessor." He  visited  Europe  a  second  time  in  1858,  and  in  1860 
was  elected  president  of  Harvard  college,  which  office  he  held 
until  his  death.  President  Felton  was  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts board  of  education,  and  one  of  the  regents  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institute.  His  literary  labors  were  extended  and 
he  was  one  of  the  most  profound  and  enthusiastic  classical 
scholars  in  the  country.  Besides  making  large  contributions  to 
current  literature,  he  published  a  translationof  Menzel's  "Ger- 
man Literature"  (3  vols.,  1840,  in  George  Ripley's  "  Specimens 
of  Foreign  Literature");  "  ClassicaL  Studies,"  original  and 
translated  selections,  in  connection  with  Prof.  Sears  and 
Edwards  (1843);  a  translation  of  Prof.  Arnold  Guyot's  lectures 
on  "The  Earth  and  Man  "  (1849);  a  selection  from  the  writings 
of  Prof.  Popkin,  with  a  memoir  (1852);  "  Life  of  William  Eaton," 
in  Sparks'  "American  Biographies  "  (New  York,  1853);  a  revised 
edition  of  Smith's  "  History  of  Greece,"  with  a  continuation  from 
the  Roman  conquestto  the  present  time  (1855);  and"  Selections 
from  Modern  Greek  Writers  "  (1856).  After  his  death  appeared 
"Familiar  Letters  from  Europe,"  giving  an  account  of  his  last 
trip  (Boston,  1864),  and  "Greece,  Ancient  and  Modern,"  his 
most  important  work,  composed  chiefiv  of  his  lectures  before 
the  Lowell  Institute  (2  vols.,  Boston,  1867).  He  was  also  the 
author  of  several  Greek  text  books,  including  an  edition  of 
Homer,  with  Flaxman's  ill   strations  (1833|. 

3734.  v.  Emily,  b.  Sept.  27,  1817;  m.  Sept.  27,  1841,  Dr.  Joseph  Sargent,  of 
Worcester.  He  was  born  in  Leicester,  Dec.  31,  1815,  the  son  of 
Col.  Henry.  He  entered  Harvard  Universitv  in  1830,  and  grad- 
uated in  1834.  Studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Edward  Flint,  of 
Leicester,  and  Dr.  James  Jackson,  in  Boston,  and  attended  med- 
ical lectures  in  the  latter  city  and   Philadelphia.     He  took  his 


246  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


degree  of  M.  D.  at  Harvard  in  1837,  and  at  once  entered  upon 
the  office  of  house  physician  at  the  Mass.  General  Hospital.  In 
1888  he  went  to  Paris,  where  he  remained  until  184U,  when  he 
settled  in  Worcester.  In  1850  he  again  visited  Europe  for  pro- 
fessional improvement.  He  ranks  high  in  the  medical  profes- 
sion in  Massachusetts  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow- 
citizens.  He  d.  Oct.  13,  18-'8.  Ch.:  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  17,  1842;  d. 
Feb.  26,  1845;  Emily  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  26, 1843;  d.  July  28, 1892; 
Mary  Felton,  b.  Dec,  16,  1845;  Joseph,  b.  May  15,  1849;  m.Dec. 
5,  1872,  Nellie  Louise  McClure;  Henry  L.,  b.  July  29,  1853;  d. 
Apr.  26,  1854;  Henry  Leight,  b.  July  14,  1856;  m.  Oct.  24,  1877. 
Lydia  Hughes,  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 
3785.     vi.       Asa  H.,b.  June  17,  1819;  m.  Laura  L.  Henshaw. 

3736.  vii.      Sarah,  b.  July  13,  1822;  m.  Frederic  W.  Gale,  of  Worcester.  Both 

lost  on  the  steamer  Arctic  Sept.  27,  1854. 

3737.  viii.    Catherine  Dean,  b.  Dec.  17,  1824;  m.  Mav,  1849,  Dr.  Henry  Sar- 

gent. He  d.  Apr.,  1858.  She  d.  Sept.  9,  1849.  He  was  born  in 
Leicester  (the  brother  of  Dr.  Joseph),  Nov.  7,  1821.  Entered 
Yale  College  in  1837,  and  graduated  in  1841.  Studied  medicine 
with  his  brother  also,  in  Boston  and  Philadelphia,  and  in  the 
hospitals  in  Paris.  In  1847  he  took  the  degree  in  medicine  at 
Harvard,  and  began  practice  in  Worcester.  His  health  failed 
and  he  made  frequent  trips  to  Europe.  His  remains  are 
interred  in  Mt.  Auburn  in  Cambridge. 

1775.    Amariah  Whitney  (Caleb,  Caleb,  Timothy,   John,  John,  John),  b.  Nov. 
18,  1767;  m.  Sarah  Trull;  res.  Danvers,  Mass. 

3788.    ix.        Daniel  S.,b.  Feb.  4,  1810;  m.  Hannah  S.  P.  Cotton. 

1784.     Stephen  Whitney  (Timothy,   Moses,   Timothy,   John,  John,   John),  b. 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  in  1774;  m.  there  Ruth  Whittemore;  res.  West  Roxbury,  Mass. 


3739. 
3740. 
3742. 


William,  b. ;  m.  Harriett  Faxon. 

i.         John,  b. .  3741.     iii.        Mary,  b. 


V.        NIartha,  b. ;  m. Knowles;  res.  Boston,  s.  p. 

3743.     V.         Maria,  b.  — — ;  m. Burley;  d.;   m.  2d, Richards; 

res.  Lowell,  Mass.;  3  ch. 

1792.  William  Bartholomew  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1778;  m.  in  Prince  Edwards  Co.,  Canada, 
June  6,  1805,  Lydia  Ann  Lawrence;  b.  in  1780;  d.  Apr.  1869. 

He  was  born  in  Wt)rcester,  Mass.,  in  1778;  from   1782   to   1798  he  resided  in  Gil- 
sum,  N.  H.     During  the  latter  year  he  went  to   Littleton,  Mass.,  to  learn  the  trade 
of  ]\Iorocco  leather  dressing.     After  his  marriage  they  resided  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade  until  the  spring  of  1812  when  they  moved  to  Lower  Canada 
and  kept  a  tavern  nine  miles  from  St.  Johns  for   three  years.     They  then  moved  to 
Burlington,  \'t.,  and  kept  a  tavern  three  years  and  then  moved  to  Kingston's  Mills, 
Upper  Canada,  and  farmed  it  for  two  years.     Later   he  moved  to  Hallowell,  U.  C, 
and  then  after  five  years  to  Sophiasburg,  U.  C,  where   he  died,  and   was  buried  in 
Sand  Point  cemetery.     He  d.  in  Apr.  1849;  res.  Belleville,  Ont. 
Clark,  b.  June  7,  1806;  m.  Elizabeth  — - — -. 
William  B.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1803;  ni.  Charity  Weese. 
Samuel,  b.  Dec.  1,  1809;  m.  Mary  Cole. 

Lydia,  b.  Dec.  18,  1811;  m.  June  23,  1831,  John  Cole,  a  farmer,  b. 
Mar.  8,  1813;  res.  Nosier,  Ont. 
3748.     V.         Joshua,  b.  June  21,  1829;  m.  Mar.  14,  1857,  Mary  Eliza  Williston; 
res.  Demorestville,  Ont.  Ch.:  Ichabod  Franklin,  b.  Jan.  21,1858, 
Mary  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  9,  1862. 

1793.  Capt.  Samuel  W^hitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothv,  John,  John,  John)  b. 
Gilsum,  N.  H..  Julv  14,  1781;  m.  Nov.  26,  1801,  Hope  Blish;'m.  2d,  in  1822,  Elsey 
Evarts,  b.  in  1796;  d.  Aug.  28,  1876. 

Capt.  Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Gilsum.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  moved 
to  Chesterfield,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  He  was  captain  of 
the  local  militia,  and  in  the  war  of  1812  participated  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  at  one  time  engaged  in  lumbering.  W^as  a  deacon  and  one  of  the 
original  members  and  organizers  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Keesville,  N.  Y. 


3744. 

3745. 

3746. 

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3747. 

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Elsey  Evarts  went  to  Keesville,  X.  Y.,  from  New  England  at  an  early  day,  and 
joined  the  Congregational  church  before  there  was  any  church  edifice.  She  was 
untiring  in  her  efforts  to  help  build  the  church  and  sustain  it  in  its  work.  Her  hus- 
band died  in  1840,  and  upon  her  devolved  the  arduous  work  of  rearing  the  large 
family  of  children.  She  performed  her  work  nobly  and  well.  He.  d.  Oct.  11,  1840; 
res.  Chesterfield,  N.  Y. 

8749.  i.  Norman,  b.  May  16,  1802;  m.  Mary  Wilcox  Forsyth. 

8750.  ii.         David,  b.  Jan.  3',  1804;  m.  Maria  Wright. 

3751.     lii.         DiMis  Elmika,  b.  June  11,  1807;  m.  Hiram  Perry;  res.  Ft.  Cov- 
ington, N.  Y.     Had  one  son,  Samuel.     She  d.  July  3,  1833. 
.37.52.    iv.        Samuel,  b.  Jan.  25,  1811;  d.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  unm! 

3753.  V.         Harriett  Zephia,  b.  Sept.  29,  1819;  m.  Henry  D.  Andrews,  and 

Heber  S.  Hurlbut.  She  d.  Dec.  1,  1854,  leaving  one  dau., 
Mvra  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  3,  1850;  m.  John  Ogleby  Dav;  res.  Mil- 
waukee. He  was  b.  Oct.  22, 1849.  Ch.;  Daniel,  R.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1878; 
Charlotte  E.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1^84;  Elsey  Whitney,  b.  July  2.5,  1885. 

3754.  vi.        Daniel  Milo,  b.  July  23,  1815;  m.  Emily  Reynolds. 

3755.  vii.       John  C,  b.  May  19,  1821;  m.  Harriett  Y.  Dickinson. 

3756.  viii,     Luther,  b.  Feb.  19,  1825;  m.  Jane  E.  Bigelow  and  Mary  Emily 

Watson. 

3757.  ix.        Lyman  B.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1828;  m.  Roxanna  K.  Hurlbut. 

3758.  X.         Clarence  ].,  b.  Nov.  1,  1834;  m.  Sarah  E.  Colvin. 

1794.  Joshua  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  June  10, 
1784;  m.  Harriett .     He  d.  in  1860;  res.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 

3759.  i.  Harriett,  b. ;  m. Farlin.  Ch.:  Dudley,  m.;  res.  s.  p. 

Albany,  N.  Y.;  Joshua  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  16,  1836;  m.  Mar.  5, 
1861,  Amanda  F.  King,  b.  June  3,  l8o9.  He  d.  June  6,  1893.  She 
res.  64  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago,  111.  Mr.  Farlin  resided  in 
Chicago  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  had  long  stood  high  among 
respected  citizens.  He  was  b.  in  Warrensburg,  N.  Y.,  in  1836, 
ami  was  57  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  came  to 
Chicago  as  a  boy  of  19,  and  his  entire  life  was  that  of  a  Christian 
gentleman.  For  the  last  twenty  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business,  and  was  a  large  buyer  of  suburban  and 
city  property.  He  laid  out  and  subdivided  the  town  of  Maple- 
wood,  and  conducted  other  large  transactions  which  gave  him  a 
high  standing  in  the  business  world.  He  was  an  acti\e  mem- 
ber of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board,  and  for  years  ably  man- 
aged the  Tuttle  King  estate.  His  wife  was  the  second  daughter 
ot  Mr.  King,  and  survives  him.  The  philanthropic  side  of  Mr. 
Farlin's  nature  was  well  developed.  He  omitted  no  oppor- 
tunity to  do  good,  and  a  large  portion  of  his  time  in  late  years 
was  taken  up  with  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  poor  widows, 
who  looked  upon  him  as  their  trusty  friend.  He  was  one  of 
Mr.  Moody's  principal  supporters  in  his  Chicago  Avenue 
Church,  and  his  religious  work  was  marked  by  deep  earnest- 
ness, liberality  and  untiring  devotion.  For  years  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  the  Young  Men's  Christian  AsscKiation,  and  he  took 
a  deep  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Chicago  Bible  Society.  He 
was  active  in  Railway  Chapel  matters,  and  has  been  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Free  Dispensary  from  the  date  of  its  organization. 
Ch.:  Myron  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  3,  1876;  Susie  F.,m.  Geo.  H.  High, 
son  of  George  M.  High;  res.  63  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago,  111.; 

Harriett,  b. ;  m.  Lewis  H.  Davis,  attorney;  res.  s.  p.  146^ 

Mich.  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

1797.  Luther  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  lohn,  John,  |ohn),  b.  Apr. 
15,  1791;  m.  Sept.  20,  L-<14,  Betsey  Dart,  b.  June  3,  1791;  d.Nov.  15,  I88i. 

Luther  Whitney,  in  1813,  while  residing  in  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  had  a  tailoring  estab- 
lishment on  the  brook  south  of  his  father's  house.  It  was  burned  by  fire  in  1817;  a 
new  shop  was  erected  on  the  spot  occupied  by  the  old  one.  Later  he  conducted  a 
woolen  factory  which  he  erected,  and  which  he  afterward  sold  in  1829  to  David 
Brigham.  It  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1830.  He  was  often  chosen  on  important 
committees  of  the  town,  was  selectman  1817-21-22-23-25-26,  representative  1825  and 


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1827,  justice  of  the  peace  from  1827  to  1832,  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  1815.  In  1830  he  moved  to  New  York  state  and  died  at  Law- 
renceville.     He  d.  July  30,  1869;  res.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 

3760.  i.  Luther,  b.  July  26,  1815;  m.  Rebecca  J.  Irwin. 

3761.  ii.         Edgar,  b.   June  25,   1818;    m.  Maria    R.   Shepard    and    Sarah 

Church. 

3762.  iii.       Joshua,  b.  Jan.  25,  1820;  d.  unm.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

•     3763.    iv.        Pascal,  b.  Nov.  4,  1823;  m.  Pema  Shepard  and  Amanda  Rock- 
well.    He  d.  Dec.  3,  1883;  res.  Osage,  la. 

1799.  Daniel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Gil- 
sum,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1795;  m.  at  Middlebury,  Vt.,  Sept.  1,  1826,  Emeline  S.  Henshaw, 
b.  Middlebury,  Vt.,  July  21,  1803;  d.  Oct.  25,  1890.  The  deceased  will  be  long  remem- 
bered for  her  true  Christian  character  and  her  charitable  deeds.  Her  benefactions 
were  performed  without  ostentation,  bringing  life  and  joy  where  sickness  and  poverty 
had  laid  their  withering  hand.     Her  influence,  like  that  of  the  rain  upon  the  thirsty 

land,  was  always  for  good.  The  writer  of  this  item  desires 
to  lay  a  wreath  of  immortelles  upon  her  resting  place  in 
the  memory  of  her  deeds  during  dire  sickness  many  long 
years  ago— ministrations  that  were  as  pure  and  hallowed 
as  the  manna  that  fell  from  Heaven— and  it  was  a  sample 
act  of  her  daily  life.    [Green  Bay  paper.] 

Mr.  Whitney  was  born  in  the  town  of  Gilsum,  N.  H., 
Sept.  3,  1795,  and  went  to  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  in  the  summer 
of  1819,  being  then  24  years  of  age.  He  established  him- 
self in  mercantile  business  near  Camp  Smith,  two  and 
a  half  miles  above  the  present  site  of  Green  Bay,  where 
the  village  then  was,  and  this  was  the  starting  point  of 
all  his  numerous  enterprises.  He  was  the  first  American 
who  opened  a  store  and  it  was  the  most  extensive  west  of 
the  lakes.  Wisconsin  and  all  the  west  and  north,  was 
DANIEL  WHITNEY.  thcn  au  entire  wilderness,  inhabited   only    by   the    wild 

Indians,  comprising  within  the  limits  of  the  present  state 
at  least  six  different  nations,  and  other  nations  still  more  fierce  and  warlike  held  all  the 
country  west  of  the  Mississippi.  This  did  not  prevent  him  from  making  many  long 
journeys  to  the  interior,  and  pushing  his  investigations  wherever  he  thought  good  loca- 
tions for  trade  could  be  found.  He  explored  the  Fox  river  to  its  source,  and  the  Wis- 
consin from  the  rapids  to  the  Mississippi.  In  1821-22  he  was  sutler  for  U.  S.  troops  at 
Fort  Snelling  on  the  St.  Peter's  river,  Minnesota.  He  established  several  trading  posts 
on  the  Mississippi,  where  he  supplied  traders  with  goods;  and  had  also  a  trading  post 
at  Sault  St.  Marie.  During  the  winter  of  1822  he  traveled  on  foot  from  Fort  Snelling 
to  Detroit,  with  only  an  Indian  for  a  companion  to  assist  him  with  his  provisions  and 
bedding,  which  they  drew  on  a  hand  sled.  During  this  whole  journey  (about  1,000 
miles)  he  met  but  one  white  man  and  saw  but  two  cabins.  An  incident  occurred  on 
this  trip,  which  showed  the  perseverance  and  daring  of  the  man.  In  crossing  one  of 
the  numerous  rivers  on  the  route,  he  found  the  ice  bad.  The  Indian  guide  was  afraid. 
Mr.  Whitney  crossed  over  and  drew  the  sled  and  loading  with  him.  The  Indian 
would  not  follow.  Mr.  W.  recrossed;  Indian  would  not  be  persuaded  to  try  it;  Mr. 
W.  had  broken  through  with  one  foot,  ice  was  thin,  the  water  was  deep  and  the  cur- 
rent strong.  Mr.  Whitney  provided  himself  with  a  rope  from  the  sled  and  a  cudgel, 
and  compelling  the  Indian  to  lie  down  upon  the  ice,  with  the  rope  drew  him  over  in 
safety.  In  the  fall  of  1824  he  had  a  vessel,  loaded  with  goods  and  provisions  for 
Green  Bay,  frozen  in  near  Mackinac.  As  such  an  accident  in  those  times  threatened 
serious  consequences  to  the  settlements,  and,  although  starvation  was  impossible 
when  fish  and  venison  were  plenty,  yet  many  must  suffer  inconvenience,  and  Mr. 
W.  great  loss,  unless  the  supplies  could  be  reached.  As  soon,  therefore,  as  cold 
weather  had  insured  a  bridge  of  ice  along  shore,  and  across  the  rivers  and  bays,  he 
fitted  out  an  expedition  consisting  of  himself  and  several  Canadian  Frenchmen 
with  horse-trains,  and  made  the  trip  to  Mackinac  on  the  ice,  where  the  vessel  was, 
and  returned  with  all  he  could  put  on,  of  the  most  necessary  goods. 

In  order  to  carry  on  his  extensive  operations  he  went  several  times  to  Canada 
and  procured  large  numbers  of  men  used  to  voyaging  and  the  trader's  life.  With 
these  as  companions  and  assistants  he  traversed  the  country  on  foot,  in  the  bark 
canoe  and  the  Mackinac  boat,  exploring  new  sections  of  country,  and  transporting 
goods  to  his  trading  houses.  Many  of  these  men  are  still  in  the  county  and  have 
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250  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

become  most  substantial  farmers.  From  these  early  times  until  the  light  of  civiliza- 
tion shone  across  the  country,  and  settlements  were  formed,  and  roads  opened  from 
the  lake  shore  to  the  interior,  and  until  the  improvements  of  the  Fox  river  had  so  far 
progressed  as  to  admit  of  partial  steamboat  navigation,  Mr.  Whitney  was  1  .rgely 
engaged  in  the  transportation  business.  For  many  years  all  the  supplies  for  Forts 
Winnebago  and  Crawford  and  the  upper  Mississippi,  for  troops,  Indian  treaties,  etc., 
were  conveyed  in  boats  from  Green  Bay  by  the  Fox  and  Wisconsin  rivers,  and  few 
persons,  not  familiar  with  those  times  can  form  any  idea  of  the  immense  labor  and 
cost  involved  in  carrying  it  out.  Between  the  years  1825  and  1830  Mr.  Whitney 
explored  the  upper  Wisconsin,  and  built  mills  at  Plover  Portage,  and  for  more  than 
fifteen  years  was  engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  lumber  and  running  it 
down  the  Wisconsin  and  Mississippi  rivers  to  the  St.  Louis  market.  This  was  the 
first  lumbering  establishment  erected  on  the  Wisconsin  river,  and  probably  the  first 
on  any  tributary  of  the  Mississippi.  During  the  same  period  he  also  built  a  shot 
tower  at  Helena,  on  the  Wisconsin  river,  and  inaugurated  an  extensive  business  at 
that  point.  From  the  time  the  Stockbridge  Indians  came  into  the  state  to  commence 
their  new  homes,  in  1827  or  '28,  until  their  removal  to  their  present  location  in 
Shawano  county,  he  kept  a  supply  store  among  them  and  transacted  their  business 
for  them,  and  during  the  whole  time,  about  thirteen  years,  possessed  their  entire 
confidence  as  a  strictly  honest  man,  and  a  fair  and  liberal  dealer,  and  down  to  the 
time  of  his  death  these  Indians  looked  up  to  him  as  their  father  and  friend.  In  the 
year  1831  he  abandoned  his  residence  near  Camp  Smith  and  moved  his  family  and 
store  to  Navarino,  now  Green  Bay,  near  the  mouth  of  the  river,  where  he  continued 
to  reside.  From  his  earliest  acquaintance  with  the  locality  and  surroundings  of 
Green  Bay,  he  entertained  the  most  unbounded  confidence  in  its  capabilities  and 
fitness  to  become  the  most  important  commercial  town  in  the  state,  and,  acting  upon 
this  faith,  he  as  early  as  possible  secured  the  land  where  the  city  now  stands,  and  in 
1828  or  '29  laid  out  the  town  of  Navarino,  since  incorporated  as  Green  Bay,  and 
commenced  building  a  city.  In  1830  he  had  completed  a  wharf  and  spacious  ware- 
house, ?  nortion  of  the  Washington  house,  a  school  house,  and  some  dwelling  houses 
for  his  mechanics  and  laborers.  From  1830  to  1840  he  continued  to  build,  and  as 
fast  as  materials  could  be  obtained,  erected  eight  or  ten  stores  and  a  large  number 
of  dwelling  houses  to  rent,  and  in  the  meantime  gave  away  a  considerable  number  of 
lots  to  mechanics  and  others  who  were  desirous  of  building  homes  for  themselves.. 
He  also  contributed  very  largely  towards  the  completion  of  the  Episcopal  church 
edifice,  the  first  protestant  house  of  worship  built  in  that  city,  and  the  first  in  the 
state.  This  church  edifice  was  always  a  special  object  of  interest  to  him,  and  from 
its  completion  in  1838  until  all  cares  ended  with  him  on  earth,  he  never  ceased  to 
watch  about  it,  and  many  a  dollar  has  he  expended  in  repairs  from  time  to  time 
which  no  one  but  himself  ever  noted  or  recorded;  for  which  the  congregation  can 
never  cease  to  owe  him  a  grateful  remembrance.  During  the  last  fifteen  years  of 
his  life  he  pursued  no  regular  business,  but  devoted  his  whole  time  to  the  care  of  an 
immense  landed  estate.  His  early  life  in  the  wilderness,  upon  the  rivers,  and  upon 
the  bay,  was  full  of  incidents,  interesting,  as  showing  the  intrepidity  of  his  character,, 
and  his  indomitable  perseverance  under  the  most  discouraging  difficulties.  On  one 
occasion,  while  returning  home  from  Grand  Kaukauna  with  horse  and  train  on  the 
ice,  in  the  night,  his  horse  broke  through.  Being  alone,  and  finding  himself  unable 
to  extricate  the  horse  without  aid,  in  order  to  keep  the  horse's  head  above  water  tied 
it  to  the  train,  and  then  went  three  miles  for  assistance,  rather  than  let  his  horse  be 
drowned,  as  most  men  would  have  done.  He  returned  with  help  and  saved  the 
horse.  Whenever  there  was  danger  in  his  path  he  was  always  at  the  head  of  his 
party  and  never  required  a  man  in  his  employ  to  go  where  he  was  afraid  to  lead. 
He  was  never  a  candidate,  and  never  held  an  office.  Honest  and  upright  in  all  his 
dealings,  he  always  possessed  the  confidence  of  his  employes  and  dependants  and 
all  who  had  any  business  transactions  with  him.  His  heart  was  ever  kind;  and  the 
poor,  the  unfortunate  and  the  afflicted,  in  his  death,  have  lost  a  friend  who  never 
forgot  them.  Many  is  the  time  that  such  in  their  greatest  want  have  found  the 
needed  supply  in  the  doorway,  or  at  the  kitchen  corner  at  nightfall,  or  at  the  day- 
dawn,  without  ever  knowing  the  hand  that  relieved  them;  and  oft  has  the  Christmas 
tide  brought  with  it  happiness  when  else  no  merry  Christmas  jubilee  would  have 
found  its  way  around  the  fires  where  no  Yule  log  was  wont  to  burn,  but  for  his  ever 
benevolent  and  open  hand.  Such  will  remember  him  with  affection,  and  it  is  feared,, 
look  in  vain  for  one  to  take  his  place.  He  died  in  the  house  where  he  had  resided 
almost  thirty  years,  on  the  4th  day  of  November,  1862.  at  the  age  of  68  years,  and  by 
his  will  left  his  large  and  valuable  estate  entirely  under  the  control  of  his  widow,  as. 
sole  executor.     He  d.  Nov.  4,  1862;  res.  Green  Bay,  Wis. 


3764. 

i. 

3765. 

VI. 

3766. 

11. 

3767. 

111. 

3768. 

iv. 

3769. 

V. 

3770. 

Vll 

3773. 

iii. 

3774. 

IV. 

3775. 

V. 

3776. 

vi. 

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vii 

3778. 

ix. 

377^. 

X. 

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Daniel  H.,  b.  June  7,  1827;  m.  Eva  Rosina  Baeder. 

Harriett  H.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1842;  res.  G.  B.,  unm. 

Joshua,  b.  Aug.  30,  182f<;  m.  Elizabeth  F.  Irwin. 

Wm.  B.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1832;  m.   Laura  M.  Clewell   and   Emma   G. 

Varian. 
Chas.  R.,  b.  Sept,  27,  1837;  d.  Nov.  27, 1841. 
John  P.  K.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1840;  d.  Oct.  3'>,  1841. 
Kenry  Clay,  b.  Apr.  12,  1847;  d.  Sept.  28,  1847. 

1802.  Joseph  Whitney  (Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothv,  John,  John,  John),  b.  in 
Orange,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1798;  m.  Nov.  20,  1823,  Sophronia  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  10,  1805;  d. 
Jan.  10, 1882. 

Joseph  Whitney  who  married  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Taylor,  resided  in  Gilsum 
from  1823  to  1826;  he  then  moved  to  Java,  N.  Y.,  and  finally  settled  in  Thomson,  111., 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Nov.  24,  1872;  res.  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  Java,  N. 
Y.,  and  Thomson,  111. 

3771.  i.  Joseph  H.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1824;  d.  unm.  in  G. 

3772.  ii.         Nancy,  b.    Oct.    5,  1825;  m.  Feb.  19,  1862,  French;  res. 

Thomson,  111.;  b.  Apr.  20, 1828.     He  is  a  farmer.     Ch.:  Louie  C, 

b.  Mav25,  1864;  m.  Apr.  8,  1885,  Rupple;  Melvin  E.,  b. 

Apr.  26,  1865;  d.  Aug.  24,  1869;  William  N.,  b.  July  20,  1866;  d. 

Sept.  20, 1869. 
Alonzo,  b.  Mar.  6,  1827;  m.  and  res.  Thomson,  111. 
Edward,  b.  Aug.  7,  1829;  m.  Catherine  Plough. 
Jasper,  b.  Aug.  23,  1831;  m.  Sarah  E.  Alden. 
Susannah  B.,  b.  July  28,  1834;  d.  Sept.  30,  1837. 

Elvira,  b.  Aug.  8,  1839;  m. Taylor;  res.  N.  Y. 

Luther,  b.  Dec.  7,  1841;  m.  Ellen  A.  Willey. 
Susanna,  b.  July  28,  1834;  d.  unm. 

1803.  John  Whitney  (Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothv,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Orange' 
Mass.,  Aug.  18,  1804;  m.  at  Wyoming,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1826,  Rachel  Ward;  d.  1837;  m. 
2d,  Feb.  7,  1839,  Mariah  Blood;  b.  June  28.  1812,  in  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  was  a 
farmer.     He  d.  Nov.  21, 1854;  res.  Wyoming,  N.  Y.,  Campton,  Kane  Co.,  111. 

Daniel,  b.  Jan.  3,  1840;  m.  Altha  Maria  Babbitt. 

Seymour,  b.  Sept.  10, 1827;  m.  Sarepta  Warren  and  Addie  Ward. 

Alden,  b.  July  14,  1829;  m.  Charlotte  Maria  Cowles. 

Rachel,  b.  July  3,  1842;  m.  Dec.  17,  1877,  Charles  L.  Probert;  b. 
Dec.  1,  1825;  s.  p.;  res.  Wasco,  111. 
3784.  V.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  9,  1844;  m.  Dec.  24,  1865,  George  A.  Downey; 
res.  Appleton,  Wis.  He  was  b.  Feb.  7,  1842.  Ch.:  Charles  W., 
b.  Aug.  15,  1867;  m.  May.  18,  1892;  address  Box  112,  North 
Kaukauna,  Wis.;  Hattie  A.,  b.  Nov.  1.  1869;  m.  July  22,  1890; 
address  Wasco,  III.;  present  name  Hattie  A.  Marten;  Mariah  C, 
b.  Nov.  19,  1871;  m.  July  31,  1892;  address  Appleton,  Wis.; 
present  name  Mariah  C.  Haaman;  Lucy,  b.  April  22,  1874;  m. 
July  1,  1893;  present  name  Lucy  Eastman;  address  St.  Charles, 
111.;  George,  b.  April  11,  1876;  d.  Sept.,  1876;  Sarah  Grace,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1877;  Maggie  May,  b.  May  10,  1880. 

John,  b.  Feb.  23,  1846;  m.  Etta  Shipman. 

Maria,  b.  June  23,  1848;  d.  Mar.  28,  1870. 

Melvin,  b.  Feb.  20,  1851;  m.  Adella  Millen. 

Charlotte,  b.  Dec.  4, 1852;  d.  Aug.  16,  1870. 

1804.  Mark  Whitney  (Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. : 

m.  Caroline  Ward.     He  d. ;  res. . 

3789.  i.         David  M.,  res.  Lamont,  Iowa. 

1805.  Benjamin  Franklin  Whitney  (Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  19,  1818;  m.  there  Nov.  20,  1840,  Lucinda  Potter,  b.  Nov. 
21,1821. 

He  was  born  in  Java  Village,  N.  Y.,  and  has  always  lived  upon  a  farm.  Fol- 
lowed agricultural  pursuits  in  Illinois  until  he  moved  to  Coin.  Res.  Coin,  Page  Co., la. 

3790.  i.  Ann  E.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1841 ;  m.  Nov.  20,  1867,  F.  R.  Sebolt;  res.  Coin. 

Ch.:  Bessie  E,,  Frank  R,,  and  Linda  A. 


3780. 

3781. 

3782. 

ii. 

3783. 

v. 

3785. 

vi. 

3786. 

Vll. 

3787. 

viii 

3788. 

IX. 

252  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3791.  ii.         Emma  E.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1842;  d.  Oct.  12,  1844. 

3792.  iii.       Mary  A.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1845;  d.  Nov.  24,  1856. 

3793.  iv.       Harry  F.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1847;  m.  Maggie  Shields  Hanna. 

3794.  v.        Clara  C,  b.  Apr.  9,  1850;  m.  Nov. 28, 1873, King;  res.  Coin. 

Ch.:     Elton,  Roy,  Flory,  Valentine,  Theron  and  Herman. 

3795.  vi.      Eva  I.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1852;  m.  Nov.  10,  1874, McLeod;  res.  Coin. 

Ch.:    Jessie,  Hollie,  Nina,  Frank,  Grace  and  Merle. 

3796.  vii.      Henry  Foster,  b.  May  2,  1856;  d.  Jan.  8,  1879. 

V   3797.    viii.     Freddie  Warren,  b.  July  17,  1861;  d.  Mar.,  1862. 

3798.  ix.        Zine  A.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1866;  m.  Apr.  11,  1886, Anderson;  res. 

Coin,  s.  p. 

1806.  Lemuel  Palmer  Whitney*( Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  22,  1821;  m.  there  Jan.  8,  1844,  Lydia  M.  Van  Slyke;  b.  July  10, 
1823;  d.  Nov.  27, 1885.    He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Belleville,  Kan. 

3799.  i.  Louisa  M.,b.  July  24, 1845;  m.  in  1868,  A.  C.  Nelson;  res.  Bradford, 

Pa. 

3800.  ii.        Newton  P.,  b.  Dec.  9, 1847. 

3801.  iii.       Edwin  James,  b.  Jan.  16,  1850;  m.  1873;  res.  Genoa,  111. 

3802.  iv.       Emma  E.,  b.  July  22,  1852;  m.  in  1873, 1.  O.  Coarson;  res.  Marengo, 

111. 

3803.  V.         Ida  G.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1854;  m.  in  1876,  D.  C.  Ide;  res.  Belleville. 

1807.  Jarvis  Whitney  (Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  War- 
wick, Mass.,  Mar.  25,  1811;  m.  about  1833  Nancy  Potter;  m.  2d,  at  Java,  N.  Y.,  July  10, 
1842,  Mary  Catherine  Rimmer;  b.  in  Liverpool,  England,  Aug.  6,  1821;  d.  Aug.  5, 
1886;  he  was  a  carpenter.  He  d.  Oct.  5,  1855;  res.  Java  and  Pekin,  N.  Y,,  and 
Campton,  111. 

3804.  i.  Mark  J.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1843;  m.  Matilda  Ann  Freeland. 

3805.  ii.         William,  b.  June  2, 1845;  m.  Millie  Freeland. 

3806.  iii.       Franklin,  b.  Feb.  24,  1847;  m.  at  Minneapolis,  Sophia  Hanson; 

is  a  grocer;  res.  s.  p.  500  Lake  street,  Minn. 

3807.  iv.         Mary  Jane,  b.  June  23,  1852;  m.  Dec.  25,  1869,  Isaac  P.  Michael; 

res.  Davenport,  Wash.  He  was  b.  June  2,  1843;  is  a  farmer. 
Ch.:  Jessie,  b.  May  14,  1876;  John  F.,b.  Nov.  30,  1878;  Pearl  K.,b. 
Nov.  4,  1880;  Rosa  Ellen,  b.  May  1,  1871;  d.  Oct.  2,  1873. 

3808.  v.         John  D.,  b.  June  12,  1849;  m.  Angie  Woodin. 

3809.  vi.        Nancy  M.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1856;  m.  Feb.  21,  1874,  Andrew  C.  Pingree; 

res.  Minneapolis,  Minn.  He  was.  b.  Oct.  3,  1849;  was  formerly  a 
farmer  at  Pingree  Station,  Kane  Co.,  111.;  now  in  the  fuel  busi- 
ness. Ch.:  Hattie  May,  b.  Feb.  19,  1879;  Pingree  street;  Elmer 
F.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1883;  Burlington,  111.;  Daisy  E.,  b.  1885;  Elgin,  111. 

3810.  vii.       Alsera,  b.  Nov.  28,  1834;  d.  abt.  1860. 

3811.  viii.      Anna,  b.  Aug.  22,  1836;  d.  abt.  1857.    She  was  married  and  left 

one  child,  a  daughter  now  residing  in  Iowa,  at  Manchester. 

1813.  James  Foster  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. 
Warwick,  Mass.,  Sept.  12,  1808;  m.  at  Charleston,  111.,  Elizabeth  S.  Morton. 

He  was  born  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  the  only  son  of  Lemuel  and  Sally  (Pratt) 
Whitney,  and  in  his  youth  resided  in  Ohio.  With  his  parents  he  moved  to  Charles- 
ton, Coles  Co.,  111.,  where  he  was  married.  He  was  a  merchant  engaged  in  general 
business,  and  died  when  42  years  of  age.     He  d.  Aug.  14,  1850;  res.  Charleston,  111. 

3812.  i.  George  L.,  b.  May  20,  1837;  m.  Tillitha  C.  Stoner. 

3813.  ii.        Charles  T.,  b. ;  d.  1842. 

3814.  iii.       Susan  S.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1842;  m.  May  4,  1864,  Oliver  H.  Ames.     She 

d.  Aug.  12,  1886;  res.  Mattoon,   111.     He  was  b.  Nov.  16,  1840; 

is  a  farmer.     Ch.:  William  H.,  b.  July  11,  1865;  Charles  F.,  b. 

Jan.  1,  1867;  Mary  O.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1870;  Harry  D.,  b.  February  20, 

1877;  Gertrude,  b.  Sept.  14,  1883;  William  H.,  d.  June  15,  1890; 

Charles  F.,  m.  April  10,  1889. 
James  F.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1843;  m.  Alice  Hambler. 

Henry  M.,  b. ;  d.  in  July,  1865,  in  the  army. 

Charles  T.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1849;  m.  Minnie  Jane  Peaks. 

Sallie,  b.  Feb.  7,  1851;  m.  Jan.  5,  1870,  W.  Scott  Pinnell;  res. 

Kansas,  111.     He  was  b.  Nov.  28,  1848;  is  a  dealer  in  hardware 


3815. 

iv. 

3816. 

V. 

3817. 

vu 

3818. 

Vll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  253 

and  agricultural  implements.     Ch.:  Flavia  V.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1870; 

'       Orrin  Frederic,  b.  Feb.  23,  1873;  Bessie  Fern,  b.  Sept.  12.  1880; 

Arthur  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  80,  1888;  Florence  Louise,  b.  November 

20, 1891 ;  d.  Apr.  9, 1893;  all  single.     Present  address,  Kansas,  111. 

1821.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  May  13,  1756;  m.  in  Grafton,  Oct.  1,  1778,  Jemima  Whipple; 
b.  in  Grafton,  1753;  d.  in  Upton,  1795;  m.  2d,  June  4,  1795,  Joanna  Sadler;  d.  May  2. 
1839. 

He  was  born  in  Upton,  worked  on  his  father's  farm,  and  at  his  death  came  into 
possession  of  one-half  of  it.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Upton  Company,  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Woods,  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Was  an  honorable  and  genial 
man.  He  was  much  given  to  story  telling,  especially  of  the  war,  of  which  he  had  a 
great  memory.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  1827;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

3819.  i.  Joel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1779;  d.  June  27,  1803;  unm. 

3820.  ii.        Daniel,  b.  Sept.  11,  1781;  d.  Mar.  2,  1796. 

3821.  iii.       LYDiA,b.  Dec.  10,  1783;  m  John  Rockwood.     She  d.  Oct.  16,1862. 

Ch.:  Emily,  b.  May  17,  18U5;  m.  Dec.  25,  1826,  Elijah  Forbush. 
She  d.  Nov.  3,  1840,  and  he  m,  2d,  Olive  Adams;  res.  Upton, 
Mass.;  Deborah,  b.  1807;  m.  John  Pickett;  Gregory  S.,  b.  1811; 
m.  Silence  Brown. 

3822.  iv.       Moses,  b.  Aug.  31,  1786;  m.  Susannah  Hall. 

3823.  v.         Sophia,  b.  Aug.  25,  1789;  m.  Elias  Warfield.     She  d.  Jan.  27,  1859. 

Ch.:  Addison,  b.  1816;  m.  H.  A.  Rockwood;  Sophia,  b.  1820;  m. 
Elijah  Ballard;  Elias,  b.  1823;  Ruby,b.  1826;  Whipple,  b.  1828; 

3824.  vi.       Chole,  b.  Oct.  14,  1791;  d.  unm.  Nov.  2, 1867,  in  Upton. 

3825.  vii.      Jemima,  b.  Jan.  6,   1795;  m.   Francis  Hapgood.     She  d.  Aug.  14, 

1848.  She  was  his  second  wife  and  d.  s.  p.;  by  his  first  wife, 
Dorcas  Willis,  he  had  Gilbert,  Salome,  Hannah,  Jonathan,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Martha,  Robert,  Olive  Mason  and  Francis. 

1822.  Amos  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Upton,  Mass.,  June  29,  1759;  m.  Eunice  Taft. 

He  was  born  in  Upton  where  he  always  resided.  At  his  father's  death  he  inher- 
ited part  of  his  farm,  on  which  he  lived.     He  d.  Sept.  22,  1841;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

3826.  i.  Esther,  b. ;  m.  Dea.  Morse.    Ch.:  Henry,  Lewis  and  Eu- 

nice. 

3827.  ii.         Elijah,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Reed. 

3829.  iii.  Amos,  b.  Aug.,  1793;  m.  Nancy  Warren. 

3830.  iv.  Hannah,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

3831.  v.  Polly,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

3832.  vi.  Sally,  b.  Sept.,  1801;  m.  Apr.,  1827.  Eron  Fiske.     He  was  b.  May 

12,1800;  d.  Apr.  26,  1885;  was  a  carpenter.  Ch.:  Philo  W.,  b. 
Apr.  5,  1832;  m.  Nov.,  1856;  d.  June,  1879;  Dennis  T.,  b.  Apr.  7, 
1837;  m.  Aug.  8,  i860;  Ellen  L.,  b.  May  18,  1839;  m.  Feb.,  1864; 
Leona  W.,  b.  Feb.  30,  1842;  m.  Apr.,  1865;  Dennis  T.,  Upton, 
Mass.;  Ellen  L.,  Mrs.  Z.  B.  Grandy;  Leona  W.,  Mrs.  A.  J.  God- 
dard,  Grafton,  Mass. 

3833.  vii.    Joel,  b.  Apr.  19,  1804;  m.  Mary  J.  Whitney. 

1823.  Major   Ezra  Whitney  (Oliver,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 

John),  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.;  m. ;  d.  before  her  husband.    His  will  was  presented 

for  probate  Sept.  9,  1846,  and  allowed  May,  1847.  Jono.  Bradish  was  executor.  He 
was  second  major  in  a  Worcester  regiment  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  d.  1846; 
res.  Upton,  Mass. 

3834.  i.  Hepsibeth,  b. ;  m. Stearns;  res.  Upton.     Shed.  bef. 

her  father,  leaving  ch.,  Luther,  and  Harriett,   who  m. 

Brown. 

3835.  ii.         Polly,  b. ;  d.  unm. 

3836.  iii.        Dorcas,  b.  ;  d.  unm.  in  1861.     She  made  her  will  Jan.  10, 

1861.  It  was  probated  Sept.  3,  1861.  Polly,  her  sister,  was  men- 
tioned.   Aaron  Partridge  was  executor. 

1825.  Jacob  Whitney  (Oliver,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Upton,  Mass.,  in  1770;  m.  in  Grafton,  Sept.  27,1795,  Patty  Whipple,  b.  1770;  d.  July  21, 
1851.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Jan.  3,  1855;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 


254  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3837.  i.  Jacob,  b. ;d.  young. 

3838.  ii.        Annie,  b. ;   m.  Hiram   Fowler,  of  W.    Ch.:  Samuel,  Eliza 

and  John. 

3839.  iii.       Betsey,  b.  in  1804;  m.  in  Worcester  in  1882,  Luther  Legg,  b.  Jan., 

1794;  res.  W.  Ch.:  Lucy,  d.  unm.;  Perley,  b.  Nov.  14, 1882;  res. 
unm.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  and  Mira,  d.  unm.  Betsey  d.  1892.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  d.  1872. 

3840.  iv.        Sebra,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  King;  res.  W.    Ch.:  Emory,  Davis, 

Lawson  and  Curtis. 

1832.  Joseph  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  NathanielNathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Nov.  27,  1767;  m.  Polly  Stockwell;  d.  Oct.  29,  1844.  He  d.  Aug.  4,  1843;  res. 
Grafton,  Mass. 

3841.  i.  Joseph  H.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1803;    m.  Damaris  H.  Rice  and  Sarah 

Ingraham. 

3842.  ii.         Daniel  S.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1804;    d.  Dec.  19,  1832.     He  made  his  will 

Oct.  20,  1832.  It  was  probated  Feb.  5,  1833.  Mentions  father 
Joseph,  brother  Nath'l  G.,  sister  Hannah  R.,  sister  Harriett  \V. 
Nath'l  Whitney,  exec. 

3843.  iii.       Polly  J.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1806;  m.  Jan.  1, 1829,  Solomon  L.  Prentice,  b. 

1802.     She  d. ;  res.  Grafton,  Mass.     Ch.:  Ann  M.,  b.  Mar. 

18,  18.80;  Sarah  R.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1833;  Mary  E.  b.  July  10, 1885;  d. 
Aug.  9,  1837. 

3844.  iv.        Nathaniel  G.,  b.  July  4  1810;  m.  Charlotte  Thompson. 
384.3.    V.         Hannah  R.,b.  Aug.  25,  1812;  m.  Nov.  6,  1834,  John  C.  Cody. 
3846.    vi.       Harriett  R.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1817. 

1886.  Eli  Whitney  (Eli,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
boro,  Dec.  8,  1765;  m.  Jan.,  1817,  Henrietta  Frances  Edwards,  June,  1768;  d.  Apr.  16, 
1870.  She  was  dau.  of  Hon.  Pierpont  Edwards,  gr.  at  Princeton  Coll.  in  1768;  was  a  law- 
yer in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress,  and  judge  of  the  U.  S.  court  for  Conn,  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
frequent  member  of  the  Conn.  Legislature,  was  the  first  grand  master  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  in  Conn.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  president 
of  New  Jersey  college. 

Eli  Whitney,  inventor,  born  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Dec.  8,  1765;  died  in  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  Jan.  8, 1825.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  engaged  in  making 
nails  by  hand.  Subsequently,  by  his  industry  as  an  artisan  and  by  teaching,  he  was 
able  to  defray  his  expenses  at  Yale,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1792.  In  the  same 
year  he  went  to  Georgia  under  an  engagement  as  a  private  tutor,  but  on  arriving 
there  found  that  the  place  had  been  filled.  He  then  accepted  the  invitation  of  the 
widow  of  Gen.  Nath.  Greene  to  make  her  place  at  Mulberry  Grove,  on  Savannah 
river,  his  home  while  he  studied  law.  Several  articles  that  he  had  devised  for  Mrs. 
Greene's  convenience  gave  her  great  faith  in  his  inventive  powers,  and  when  some 
of  her  visitors  regretted  that  there  could  be  no  profit  in  the  cultivation  of  the  green 
seed-cotton,  which  was  considered  the  best  variety,  owing  to  the  great  difficulty  of 
separating  it  from  the  seed,  she  advised  them  to  apply  to  Whitney,  "  who,"  she  said, 
"could  make  anything."  A  pound  of  green-seed  cotton  was  all  that  a  negro  woman 
could,  at  that  period,  clean  in  a  day.  Mr.  Whitney  up  to  that  time  had  seen  neither 
the  raw  cotton  nor  the  cotton  seed,  but  he  at  once  procured  some  cotton,  from  which 
the  seeds  had  been  removed,  although  with  trouble,  as  it  was  not  the  season  of  the 
year  for  the  cultivation  of  the  plant,  and  began  to  work  out  his  idea  of  the  cotton- 
gin.  He  was  occupied  for  some  months  in  constructing  his  machine,  during  which 
he  met  with  great  difficulty,  being  compelled  to  draw  the  necessary  iron  wire  him- 
self, as  he  could  obtain  none  in  Savannah,  and  to  manufacture  his  own  iron  tools. 
Near  the  end  of  1792  he  succeeded  in  making  a  gin,  of  which  the  principle  and 
mechanism  are  exceedingly  simple.  Its  main  features  are  a  cylinder  four  feet  long, 
and  five  inches  in  diameter,  upon  which  is  set  a  series  of  circular  saws  half  an  inch 
apart  and  projecting  two  inches  above  the  surface  of  the  revolving  cylinder.  A 
mass  of  cotton  in  the  seed,  separated  from  the  cylinder  by  a  steel  grating,  is  brought 
in  contact  with  the  numerous  teeth  in  the  cylinder.  These  teeth  catch  the  cotton 
while  playing  between  the  bars,  which  allow  the  lint,  but  not  the  seed,  to  pass. 
Beneath  the  saws  is  a  set  of  stiff  brushes  on  another  cylinder,  revolving  in  an  opposite 
direction,  which  brush  off  from  the  saw  teeth  the  lint  that  these  have  just  pulled 
from  the  seed.  There  is  also  a  revolving  fan  for  producing  a  current  of  air  to  throw 
the  light  and  downy  lint  that  is  thus  liberated  to  a  convenient  distance  from  the 


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revolving  saws  and  brushes.  Such  are  the  essential  principles  of  the  cotton-gin  as 
invented  by  Whitney,  and  as  it  is  still  used,  but  in  various  details  and  workmanship 
it  has  been  the  subject  of  many  improvements,  the  object  of  which  has  been  to  pick 
the  cotton  more  perfectly  from  the  seed,  to  prevent  the  teeth  from  cutting  the  staple, 
and  to  give  greater  regularity  to  the  operation  of  the  machine.  By  its  use  the  planter 
was  able  to  clean  for  market,  by  the  labor  of  one  man,  one  thousand  pounds  oi  cotton 
in  place  of  five  or  six  by  hand.  Mrs.  Greene  and  Phinehas  Miller  were  the  only  ones 
permitted  to  see  the  machine,  but  rumors  of  it  had  gone  through  the  state,  and  before 
It  was  quite  finished  the  buildmg  in  which  it  was  placed  was  broken  into  at  night  and 
the  machine  was  carried  off.  Before  he  could  complete  his  model  and  obtain  a 
patent,  a  number  of  machines,  based  on  his  invention,  had  been  made  surreptitiously, 
and  were  in  operation.  In  May,  1793,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Miller,  who 
had  some  property,,  and  went  to  Connecticut  to  manufacture  the  machines,  but  he 
became  involved  in  continual  trouble  by  the  infringement  of  his  patent.  In  Georgia 
it  was  boldly  asserted  that  he  was  not  the  inventer,  but  that  something  like  it  had 
been  produced  in  Switzerland,  and  it  was  claimed  that  the  substitution  of  teeth  cut 
in  an  iron  plate  for  wire  prevented  an  infringement  on  his  invention.  He  had  sixty 
lawsuits  pending  before  he  secured  a  verdict  in  his  favor.  In  South  Carolina  the 
legislature  granted  him  850,000,  which  was  finally  paid  after  vexatious  delays  and 
lawsuits.  North  Carolina  allowed  him  a  percentage  for  the  use  of  each  saw  for  five 
years,  and  collected  and  paid  it  over  to  the  patentees  in  good  faith,  and  Tennessee 
promised  to  do  the  same  thing,  but  afterwards  rescinded  her  contract.  For  years, 
amid  accumulated  misfortunes,  lawsuits  wrongfully  decided  against  him,  the  destruc- 
tion of  his  manufactory  by  fire,  the  industrious  circulation  of  the  report  that  his  ma- 
chine injured  the  fiber  of  the  cotton,  the  refusal  of  congress,  on  account  of  the  south- 
ern opposition,  to  allow  the  patent  to  be  renewed,  and  the  death  of  his  partner,  Mr. 
Whitney  struggled  on  until  he  was  convinced  that  he  should  never  receive  a  just 
compensation  for  his  invention.  In  1791  the  amount  of  cotton  that  was  exported 
amounted  to  only  189,500  pounds,  while  in  1803,  owing  to  the  use  of  his  gin,  it  had  risen 
to  more  than  41,000,000  pounds.  Despairing  of  ever  gaining  a  competence,  he  turned 
his  attention  in  1798  to  the  manufacture  of  fire-arms  near  New  Haven,  from  which  he 
eventually  gained  a  fortune.  He  was  the  first  manufacturer  of  fire-arms  to  effect 
the  division  of  labor  to  the  extent  of  making  it  the  duty  of  each  workman  to  perform 
by  machinery  but  one  or  two  operations  on  a  single  part  of  the  gun,  and  thus  made 
interchangeable  the  parts  of  the  thousands  of  arms  in  process  of  manufacture  at  the 
same  time.  His  first  contract  was  with  the  U.  S.  government  for  10,000  stand  of 
muskets,  to  be  finished  in  about  two  years.  For  the  execution  of  this  order  he 
took  two  years  for  preparation  and  eight  more  for  completion.  He  gave  bonds  for 
$30,000,  and  was  to  receive  813.40  for  each  musket,  or  8134,000  in  all.  Immediately 
he  began  to  build  an  armory  at  the  foot  of  East  Rock,  ten  miles  from  New  Haven,  in 
the  village  of  Whitneyville,  where,  through  the  successive  administrations,  from  that 
of  John  Adams,  repeated  contracts  for  the  supply  of  arms  were  made  and  fulfilled  to 
the  entire  approbation  of  the  government.  The  construction  of  his  armory,  and 
even  of  the  commonest  tools  which  were  devised  by  him' for  the  prosecution  of  the 
business  in  a  manner  peculiar  to  himself,  evinced  the  fertility  of  his  genius  and  the 
precision  of  his  mind.  The  buildings  became  the  model  by  which  the  national 
armories  were  afterwards  arranged,  and  many  of  his  improvements  were  taken  to 
other  establishments  and  have  become  common  property.  His  advance  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  arms  laid  this  country  under  permanent  obligations  by  augmenting  the 
means  of  national  defense.  Several  of  his  inventions  have  been  applied  to  other 
manufactures  of  iron  and  steel  and  added  to  his  reputation.  He  established  a  fund 
-of  8500  at  Yale,  the  interest  of  which  is  expended  in  the  purchase  of  books  on  me- 
chanical and  physical  science.  In  1817  he  married  a  daughter  of  Judge  Pierpont 
Edwards.  Robert  Fulton  said  that  "Arkwright,  Watt  and  Whitney  were  the  three 
men  that  did  the  most  for  mankind  of  any  of  their  contemporaries,"  and  Macaulay 
said:  "What  Peter  the  Great  did  to  make  Russia  dominant,  Eli  Whitney's  invention 
of  the  cotton-gin  has  more  than  equaled  in  its  relation  to  the  power  and  progress  of 
the  U.  S."  See  "  Memoir  of  Eli  Whitney,"  by  Denison  Olmsted  (New  Haven,  1846). 
He  d.  Jan.  8,  1825;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn. 

3847.    i.  Francis  Edwards,  b.  Nov.  2.3,  1817;  m.  Dec.  1,  1842,  Charles  L. 

Chaplain.  She  d.  May  7,  1849.  He  was  b.  Oct.  17,  1816;  d.  Mar. 
7,  1892.  Ch.:  Henrietta  E..  b.  Feb.  10,  1843;  res.  259  Church 
St..  cor.  Grove,  N.  H.,  Ct.;  Wm.  R.  J.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1844;  Francis 
Edwards,  b.  May'28,  1847;  res.  with  Henrietta;  Elizabeth  S.,  b. 
Dec.  19,  1848;  res.  with  Henrietta;  Charles  F.,  b.  May  4, 1859. 


256  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


3848.  ii.        Elizabeth  Fay,  b. ;  d. . 

3849.  iii.        Eli,  b.  Nov.  24,  1820;  m.  Sarah  P.  Dallibie. 

3850.  iv.       Susan  Edwards,  b.  Jan.,  1821;  d.  Sept.,  1823. 

1838.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Eli,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Sept.  13,  1768;  m.  Sibbel  Blake;  d.  Sept.  29,  1827.  He  d.  Dec.  28, 1842;  res.  West- 
boro,  Mass. 

3851.  i.         George  Harlow,  b.  Mar.  11, 1805;  d.  s.  p. 

3852.  ii.        Caroline  Susanna,  b.  Dec.  17,  1806;  d.  Oct.  27,  1837. 

3853.  iii.        Sibbel  Blake,  b.  Jan.  7,  1809;  d.  s.  p. 

3854.  iv.       Eli,  b.  July  10,  1812;  m.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.     He  d.  there  and  his 

widow  and  daughter  Louise,  reside  there  now. 

3855.  V.         Benj.  Foster,  b.  Sept.  .30,  1816;  d.  s.  p. 

1842.  Moses  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  26,  1767;  m.  May  4,  1789,  Bernice  Locke,  b.  Apr.  11,  1768,  in 
Pelham,  Mass;  d.  Nov.  28, 1855. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  Marlboro,  Vt.  In  going  from  Bennington,  Vt., 
to  Hoosick,  N.  Y.,  with  a  span  of  horses  and  a  loaded  wagon,  when  on  the  bank  of 
the  river  the  wagon  slid  upon  some  ice  off  the  road  down  a  steep  bank,  when  he  was 
thrown  from  his  seat  and  so  badly  injured  that  he  only  survived  thirty-six  hours  and 
died  in  Hoosick.  His  son  Zenas  was  with  him  at  the  time  and  rendered  every  possi- 
ble assistance  for  his  relief.  The  remains  were  taken  to  Marlboro  for  burial.  He 
d.  Jan.  19,  1834;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and  Hoosick,  N.  Y. 

William  Ayres,  b.  Jan.  20,  1790;  m.  Cynthia  Merrill. 

Russell,  b.  May  17,  1792;  m.  Polly  Lamb. 

ToRRY,  b.  July  1,  1794;  m.  Betsey  Lamb. 

Stephen,  b.  July  26,  1796;  m.  Annice  Winchester. 

Barnard,  b.  Feb.  5,  1799;  m.  Lydia  Buell. 

Moses  Allis,  b.  June  11,  1802;  m.  Amanda  Morgan  and  Louisa 
L.  Fletcher. 

Brittania,  b.  Oct.  18,  1805;  m.  June  28,  1832,  Waters  Gillet,  of 
Wilmington,  Vt.;  had  8  ch.;  they  settled  in  Whitingham. 

Bernice,  b.  May  11,  1808;  d.  June  10,  1824. 

Zenas  H.,  Jan.  12,  1812;  m.  Polly  Ingraham. 

1844.  Guilford  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  2,  1769;  m.  Feb.  6.  1793,  Anna  Locke,  b.  May  18,  1771;  d.  Apr. 
8,  1843;  she  m.  Mr.  Finney,  of  Oberlin,  O. 

Guilford  Whitney  was  born  in  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  2,  1769;  was  married  there  and 
continued  to  reside  there  until  1816,  when  the  family  removed  to  Strongsville,  O. 
He  was  at  once  admitted  to  the  church  and  elected  deacon,  which  office  he  held  until 
his  death  in  1831.  His  widow  married  Mr.  Finney,  of  Oberlin,  O.  He  d.  Jan.  29, 
1831;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and  Strongsville,  O. 

3865.  L  HOLLIS,  b.  Dec.  30,  1793;  m.  Charlotte  Wallis  and  Sarah  Burnett. 

3866.  ii.         Bernice,  b.  Aug.  24,  1795;   m.  1815,  John  Willard.     She  d.  May 

26,  1833.  Ch.:  Eliza,  b.  1815;  m.  Thos.  Scott,  res.  111.;  Franklin, 
b.  Aug.  3, 1817;  m.  Cynthia  Briggs, res.  Minn.;  Philander,  b.  July 
26,1819;  d.  July  6, 1849;  Martin,  b.  Sept.,  1822;  m.  Lucy  Sawtell, 
res.  Wis.;  Matilda,  b.  Aug.  16,  1825;  m.  Franklin  Briggs;  Caro- 
line, b.  Feb.  25,  1829;  d.  1830;  Sarah,  b.  July  20,  1830;  d.  1834; 
John,  b.  May  18,  1833;  d.  1836. 

3867.  iii.       Vina,  b.  Julv  27,  1797;  d,  Apr.  1,  1802. 

3868.  iv.       Betsey,  b.  Dec.  3,  1799;  d.  Apr.  15,  1802. 

3869.  v.         Vina,  b.  June  19,  1802;    m.  June  24,  1819,  G.  Strong,  b.  June  25, 

1797.  She  d.  June  2,  1842.  Ch.:  Annie,  b.  Apr.  30,1823;  m. 
Robt.  Ashley;  Mary  D.,  b,  July  3, 1825;  m.  Wm.  Ashley;  Samuel 
S.,  b.  May  12,  1827;  David  M.,  b.  Aug.  22, 1829;  Clarinda,b.  Apr. 
13,  1831;  d.  1831;  Harriett  E.,  b.  May  23,  1832;  Vina,  b.  July  L 
1834;  Lavinia,  b.  Apr.  7,  1837;  d.  1841;  Newton  G.,  b.  Dec.  31, 
1838;  Jubel,  b.  July  30,1840;  d.  1840;  Betsey  L.,  b.  May  31,  1842; 
d.  Aug.  20, 1842. 

3870.  vi.        Flavel,  b.  Sept.  30,  1804;    m.  Clarinda  Tuttle,  Electa  Hervey» 

Amelia  Allen,  and  Mrs.  Catherine  Amanda  Barnes. 

3871.  vii.      Jubel,  b.  Aug.  6,  1806;  m.  Abigail  Gilbert. 


3856. 

3857. 

ii. 

3858. 

HI. 

3859. 

IV. 

3860. 

v. 

3861. 

VI. 

3862. 

vii. 

3863. 

viii. 

3864. 

IX. 

3876. 

i. 

3877. 

in. 

3878. 

iv. 

387i^. 

V. 

3880. 

VI. 

3881. 

vii. 

3882. 

via. 

3883. 

ix. 

3884. 

X. 

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3872.  viii.     Lucy,  b.  Aug.  4,  1808;  d.  Mar.  30,  1816. 

3873.  ix.        Samuel  Franklin,  b.  July  28,  1811;  d.  Dec.  14, 1813. 

3874.  X.         Betsey,  b.  Sept.  25,  1814;  m.  Dec.  31,  1832,  Willard  Wilkinson,  b. 

Aug.   12,   1813.     Ch.:  Bela  B.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1833;   Abigail  Jane.  b. 
Aug.  25,  1840;  Emily,  b.  May,  12.  1836. 

1846.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel.  Samuel.  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Apr.  18,  1772;  m.  Apr.  7,  1792,  Susanna  Kimball,  b.  Mendon,  Mass., 

July  24,  1769:  d .     They  joined  the  Mormons  and  died  in  that  colony  and  were 

buried  in  Kirkland.     He  d.  Feb.,  1846;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and  Kirkland,  O. 

3875.  ii.         Newel   Kimball,    b.  Feb.    5,  1795;    m.  Elizabeth  Ann  Smith, 

Emmeline  B.  Woodward,  and  Anna  Houston. 
Caty,  b.  July  3.  1793. 
Rebecca  A.,  b.  Julv  4,  1797, 
BuRDiCK,  b.  July  18,  1799. 
Priscilla,  b.  Nov.  7. 1801. 
Samuel   Franklin,  b.   Mar.  17,  1804.     He  d.  in  Kirkland,  O, 

leaving  a  son,  Samuel  F.,  Jr.,  who  resides   at   Mentor    Plains. 

Lake  Co.,  O.,  and  the  latter's  dau.,  Mrs.  A.  G.  Reynolds,  res. 

at  Painesville,  O. 
Susanna  K..  b.  Nov.  30. 1806. 
Clark  Lyman,  b.  May  6,  1809. 
Phebe  K.,  b.  June  26,  1812. 
Caroline,  b.  Mar.  10,  1816. 

1849.  SiMCi  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b, 
Marlboro,  \'t.,  Apr.  10,  1781 ;  m.  Silence  Tucker,  of  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  dau.  of  Daniel, 
b.  Apr.  9,  1785;  d.  Dec.  2,  1846.     He  d.  Sept.  10,  1847;  res.  Marlboro.  Vt. 

3885.  i.  Annis.  b. ;  m.  Sept.  15,  1825,  Apollos  Halliday. 

3886.  ii.         Barilla,  b. ;  m.  July  8,  1823,  Nathan  Jacobs,  Jr. 

3887.  iii.        Samuel  Noyes,  b. . 

3888.  iv.        Miranda,  b. —;  m.  Guilford  Seaver. 

3889.  V.         Martin,  b.  Aug.  16,  1810;  m.  Electa  Buell. 

3890.  vi.        Henry,  b. ;  m.  Maria  Buel. 

3891.  vii.      SiLENA,  b.  1815;  d.  Jan.  3,  1829. 

3892.  viii.     Mary  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Myrtle  Rice,  of  Cavindish,  Vt. 

3893.  ix.       Cynthia  Bernice,  b. ;    m.  Henry  Allen,  of  Shrewsbury. 

Mass. 

1852.  Solomon  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Samuel,  N'athaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  7,  1781;  m.  Dec.  9,  1805,  Lucy  Lyman,  b.  June  6,  1786;  d.  at 
Springfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  1,  1829,  dau.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Gershon  C.  Lyman;  m.  2d,  June  17. 
1829,  Mrs.  Sybil  (Armes)  Goodenow,  d.  July  12,  1873. 

Solomon  Whitney  was  born  in  Marlboro,  Vt.,  March  7, 1781;  received  the  general 
education  of  those  early  times,  working  on  the  farm  most  of  the  time,  yet  developing 
quite  a  mechanical  skill  in  painting,  glazing,  and  working  in  wood.  Dec.  9,  1805,  he 
married  Miss  Lucy  Lyman,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Gershon  C.  Lyman,  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Marlboro,  of  which  he  was  early  an  influential  and  con- 
sistent member.  Here  he  lived,  worked,  reared,  and  educated  his  family  until 
about  the  year  1831,  when  he  moved  to  Whitingham,  Vt.,  and  purchased  a  farm  one 
mile  west  of  the  middle  of  the  town,  near  Sadawga  Pond.  Later  he  purchased  a 
carding  mill  and  cloth  dressing  establishment,  where  he  made  a  success  in  carding 
the  wool  and  dressing  the  homespun  goods  for  the  people  of  that  vicinity.  Here  he 
met  with  an  accident  that  made  him  a  cripple  for  life.  In  going  into  the  wheel-pit 
for  some  purpose  while  the  big  wheel  was  in  motion,  he  slipped  and  one  foot  was 
caught  in  the  great  wooden  cogs  which  cut  and  mangled  foot  and  leg  clear  to  the 
body.  He  was  taken  out  and  cared  for  by  the  best  physician  to  be  had,  but  for  long 
and  weary  days  his  life  was  despaired  of.  But  wonderful  as  it  seems,  his  strong 
physical  constitution,  combined  with  as  strong  a  will,  brought  him  out  with  compara- 
tively a  good  leg,  a  trifle  short,  and  stiff  in  the  ankle.  A  few  years  later  he  sold  his 
cloth  dressing  and  wool  carding  establishment  and  built  a  chair  factory  on  his  own 
farm,  getting  a  ready  sale  for  all  the  goods  he  could  make.  And  here  he  spent  the 
last  years  of  his  life,  a  thoroughly  good  man  and  consistent  Christian,  loved  and 
respected  by  all.  He  was  a  thorough  musician  for  those  days,  both  vocal  and  instru- 
mental, for  years  the  leader  of  the  choir  in  his  church,  and  a  member  of  a  musical 

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258  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


band.  In  politics  a  Whig,  a  Freesoiler,  an  Anti-slavery  man,  and  had  he  lived  would 
have  been  a  Republican,  for  he  was  always  open  to  conviction  and  ever  heralded  all 
measures  of  reform  with  enthusiasm.  He  d.  Feb.  18,  1856;  res.  Marlboro  and  Whit- 
ingham,  Vt. 

3894.  i.  Emily,  b.  Oct.  6,  1806;  m.  June  1,  1830,  Henry  Closson,  b.  Feb.  1, 

1799.  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  d.  Apr.  24,  1880.  Hon.  Henry  Closson 
was  born  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  1,  1799,  and  was  the  youngest 
son  of  a  family  of  9  children.  His  father,  Ichabod  Closson,  was 
a  farmer,  his  land  lying  on  what  is  now  known  as  "  Parker's 
Hill."  He  died  May  9, 1808,  of  quick  consumption,  brought  on  by 
exposure  in  clearing  land.  At  his  father's  death  Henry  Closson 
was  taken  in  charge  by  his  maternal  uncle,  Noah  Safford,  likewise 
of  Springfield,  tinder  him,  much  against  his  own  will,  he 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  In  the  summer  of  1817  Mr. 
Safford  went  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  to  fulfill  a  contract  he  had 
obtained,  taking  his  'prentice  with  him.  At  the  end  of  the  sum- 
mer, however,  he  finally  yielded  to  the  prayers  of  his  nephew, 
and  bestowed  on  him  his  freedom  and  SIO  besides.  With  this 
amount  Henry  Closson  set  out  on  foot  from  Rochester  for 
Springfield.  The  last  day's  journey  brought  him  from  Man- 
chester, Vt.,  to  Springfield,  with  his  capital  €tock  reduced  to 
S1.50.  He  studied  during  the  rest  of  the  fall  in  Isaac  Holton's 
law  office;  the  same  now  occupied  by  J.  W.  Pierce.  In  the  win- 
ter he  taught  school,  as  he  did  for  several  years  after.  The 
ordinary  pay  for  a  12  weeks'  term  was  S86;  once  he  received  840. 
In  1818  he  attended  Chester  academy  for  three  terms.  In  his 
twentieth  year  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Asa  Keys,  then  of  Putney,  Vt.,  and  continued  with  him 
until  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Newfane,  Vt.,  March  term,  1824. 
The  same  year  he  began  practice  at  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.  There 
he  remained  till  1826,  when  he  moved  to  Lodi,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
practiced  for  the  next  two  years.  He  then  removed  to  Whit- 
ingham,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  five  years.  During  this  time  he 
married,  June  1,  1830,  Miss  Emily  Whitney,  of  Marlboro,  \'t. 
In  1835  he  returned  to  Springfield,  and  there  remained  through 
life  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  town  clerk  from 
1836  to  1844,  and  state's  attorney  for  the  county  in  1830-32.  In 
July,  1856,  at  the  death  of  Judge  Dutton,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov. 
Fletcher  probate  judge  for  the  district  of  Windsor.  At  the  next 
election  he  was  elected  to  the  office,  and  annually  thereafter  for 
twelve  years,  till  1868.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  in 
1839  and  '40,  and  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1870,  and  a  delegate  to  different  nominating  conventions  of  his 
party.  For  many  years  previous  to  his  death  he  had  been  clerk 
of  the  Congregational  society  of  Springfield.  He  died  April  26, 
1880,  aged' 81  vears  2  months  26  davs.  Ch.:  Henry  Whitney, 
b.  June  6,  1832;  m.  Olivia  Burk;  d.  June,  21,  1866;  m.  2d,  Julia 
Wardsworth  Terry;  res.  Fort  McPherson,  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Colonel 
U.  S.  A.;  Emily  Safford,  b.  Sept.  26,  1833;  m.  Albert  Melvin 
Fellows,  res.  Parsons,  Kan.;  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Nov.  26,  1844;  m. 
Henrv  Martyn  Arms,  res.  Springfield,  ^'t.;  Gershon  Lvman,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1838;  m.  May  21,  1862,  Lina  Wells  Loveland;'  cashier 
First  National  Bank,  Springfield,  Vt. 

3895.  ii.         Diana,  b.  Feb.  20,  1808;  d.  s.  p.  Dec.  20,  1812. 

3896.  iii.        Electa,  b.  Mav  31,  1812;  m.  June  21,  1831,  Enoch  Jacobs,  b.  June 

30,  1809.  She'd.  Nov.  27.  1887.  There  are  four  children  living, 
viz.:  Electa,  b.  Feb.  19,  1833,  single;  Enoch  George,  b.  Nov.  24, 
1839,  widower;  Chas.  Edward,  b.  Aug.  20,  1845,  carpenter,  wife 
and  six  children;  Emily,  b.  July  6,  1851;  m.  to  Prof.  Falkinburg, 
in  1872,  teacher;  3  boys  and  1  girl;  res.  Mount  Airy,  O.  Mr. 
Jacobs,  was  born  in  Marlboro,  and  went  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in 
1827;  moved  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  1843.  He  engaged  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  iron  mostly  for  southern  trade  and  when  the  war 
broke  out  lost  heavily.  He  went  into  the  army  as  correspondent 
for    the  Cincinnati   Cojnmercial  and  gave  the  first  published 


3897. 

iv. 

3898. 

V. 

3899. 

VI. 

3900. 

Vll. 

3901. 

Vlll. 

3902. 

IX. 

3905. 

i. 

3906. 

11. 

3907. 

111. 

3908. 

IV. 

3909. 

V. 

3910. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  259 

account  of  the  battle  of  Mill  Spring,  was  also  in  the  battle  at 
Fort  Donalson,  soon  after  lost  the  use  of  his  right  arm;  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  Cincinnati,  served  three  years, 
went  to  San  Domingo  with  the  Govt,  commission  in  '71  and  was 
appointed  U.  S.  consul  to  Montevideo  in  '72. 

LvMAN  Hubbard,  b.  July  2,  1814;  m.  Emeline  Goodnow. 

Kenrv,  b.  July  12,  1817;  d.  Springfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1828. 

Frank  H.,  b.  June  25,  1822;  d.  Apr.  22,  1831. 

Jane  M.\tilda,  b.  Dec.  15,  1823;  d.  Sept.  14,  1847. 

Julia  Ann,  b.  Jan.  17,  1827;  d.  Feb.  9,  1827. 

Ann  Ross,  b.  Mar.  18,  1830;  m.  Stephen  French;  res.  Orange, 
Mass. 

3903.  X.         Solomon,  b.  Mar.  10,  1832;  m.  Sarah  Chase  and  Lucy  J.  (Crosby) 

Cozard. 

3904.  xi.        Lucy  Lyman,  b.  Nov.  18,  1809;  m.  May,  1831,  Milo  R.  Crosby,  of 

Wilmington,  and  shed,  there  May  21, 1848. 

1856.  Luther  Whitney'  (Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Marlboro,  Yt.,  Oct.  2,  1777;  m.  Jerusha ;  res.  Whitney's  Grove,  Han- 
cock Co.,  111. 

Pamela,  d.  Nov.  20,  1803. 

Chloe. 

CooLEY',  d.  unm. 

Edson,  b. ;  murdered  by  a  Spaniard  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Delia. 

Horace. 

1862.  Nathaniel  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Marlboro,  \'t.,  May  24,  1779;  m.  in  Brattleboro,  \t.,  1802,  Sallv  Stewart,  dau. 
of  Gen.  John  of  Brattleboro,  b.  Sept.  19,  1778;  d.  Apr.  18,  1848;  m.  2d,'Nov.  30,  1848; 
Mrs.  Lucy  (Houghton)  Hatch,  dau.  of  Philemon  and  widow  of  Ezra  Hatch.  He  d. 
July  27,  1852;  res.  Marlboro,  Yi. 

Charles,  b.  July  2,  1803;  d.  Aug.  5,  1805. 
Emory  Siewart,  b.  Feb.  28,  1805;  m.  Sarepta  Hale. 
Harriett  Maria,  b.  Feb.  27,  1807;  d.  Nov.  5,  1812. 
Lurissa  Newton,  b.  Jan,  17,  1809;  m.  May  9,  1837,  Henry  Good- 
now; b.  Oct.  1,  1809;  res.  Whitingham.     He  was  a  prominent 
merchant  and  citizen.     They  had  eleven  children  and  only  two 
are   now   living,  Charles   S.  and   Henry  S.     They  both  res.  in 
Whitingham;  the  former  has  been  chairman   of  the   board  of 
selectmen  for  years;  is  an  extensive  farmer.     Henry  has  been 
postmaster  for  several  years  and    is  a  retail  dealer   in   musical 
instruments. 

3915.  V.        Charles  Stewart,  b.  Apr.  5,  1811;  m.  Mar.  25,  1837,  Cynthia 

Crouch;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

3916.  vi.        Harriet  Maria,  b.  Mar.  28,  1813;  res.  Marlboro. 

3917.  vii.      Geo.  Washington,  b.  May  2,  1815;  m.  Mar.  17,  1840,  Mehitable 

Cronk.     He  d.  Feb.  18,  1843;  res.  Whitingham,  \'t. 

3918.  viii.      Infant  Son,  b. ;  d.  July  16,  1817. 

3919.  ix.        John  Stewart,  b.  Oct.  12,  1818;  m.  Ann  White   and    Hannah 

Barney. 

3920.  X.         Nathaniel  Packard,  b.  Mar.  18,  1821;  m. . 

1882.  Phinehas  Whitney,  (Phinehas,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Mar.  10,  1788,  m.  Martha  Mattison;  m.  2d,  Deborah  Palmer.  He  d.  Sept.  2. 
1847;  res.  German  Flats,  N.  Y. 

3921.  i.  Martha,  b. . 

3922.  ii.         Cole  Mattison,  b.  Feb.  23,  1814;  m.  Catherine  Gettman. 

3923.  iii.        MoNDANA,  b. ;  m.  Jacob  Seckner;  res.  Cedarville,  N.  Y. 

3924.  iv.        Polly,  Marietta,  b. ;  m.  Rudolph  Gettman;  a  son  b.  res. 

Ilion,  N.  Y. 

3925.  V.         Phinehas  Gorton;  a  son  res.  Frankfort,  N.  Y. 

3926.  VI.        Emergency,  b. . 

3927.  vii.       Esther,  b. ;  m.  Jeremiah  Folts;  res.  West  Winfield,  N.  Y. 


3911. 

1, 

3912. 

11. 

3913. 

111. 

3914. 

iv. 

260  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

1883.  John  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Oct.  20,  1774  at  Spencer,  Mass.;  m.  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  Nov.  16,  1797,  Elizabeth  Saf- 
ford  Rowley,  b.  Jan.  29,  1775;  d.  Westport  N.  Y.,  July  15,  1852. 

John  Whitney  married  Elizabeth  Safford,  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  and  about  1810 
moved  to  Westport,  N.  Y.,  bought  a  farm  adjoining  his  brother  Benjamin's  on  the 
Bouquet  river,  one  mile  above  Wadham's  Mills.  The  town  line  between  Westport 
and  Essex  ran  between  the  houses  of  John  and  Benjamin.  They  were  both  farmers. 
John  spent  much  time  in  trying  to  perfect  a  reaping  machine,  which  he  invented 
probably  about  1815.  His  life  was  uneventful,  was  highly  esteemed  by  his  neigh- 
bors; was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  his  homestead  is  now  occu- 
pied bv  his  grandchildren,  Lemuel  Whitney  and  Elminer  Eliza.  He  d.  April  30, 
1834.     Res.  Springfield,  Vt.;  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 

3928.  i.  Abigail  S.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1799;  m.  Feb.  19,  1823,  Oliver  H.  Barrett, 

She  d.  Jan.  2,  1834.  He  was  b.  Oct.  26,  1794;  d.  Apr.  3,  1842. 
She   d.  at  Westport,  N.  Y.    Ch.:    John  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  21, 

1823.     1st  m. :   2d  m. ;  res.  232  Monticello  Ave. 

Chicago,  111.;  Benjamin  Albert,  b.  Dec.  6,  1825;  bachelor;  res. 
1000  Kansas  Ave.  N.  Topeka,  Kan.;  Oliver  Dana,  b.  Sep.  28, 
1828;  m.  Feb.  14,  1861;  res.  Washington  Loan  &  Trust  Build- 
ing, Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  born  in  Westport,  Sept.  28, 
1828,  on  his  father's  farm  one  mile  west  of  Wadham's  Mill.  At 
the  age  of  five  his  mother  died  and  then  he  went  to  live  with 
Daniel  Safford,  the  husband  of  his  grandaunt,  Sallie  Whitney. 
She  was  the  "  Little  Sallie"  that  figured  so  prominently  in  an 
interesting  work  published  by  Luthera  Whitney,  entitled,  "  Days 
and  Ways  of  a  Hundred  Years  Ago."  Daniel  Safford  was  a 
brother  of  his  grandmother,  Elizabeth  Whitney,  nee  Safford. 
He  lived  with  his  granduncle  and  aunt  until  Oct.,  1842.  The 
next  year  he  lived  with  his  uncle,  Joel  F.  Whitney  on  the  home- 
stead of  his  grandfather,  John  Whitney,  and  the  year  following, 
he  resided  in  Cambridge,  Vt.  He  finally  entered  the  University 
of  Vermont,  and  graduated  in  1854.     He   then  accepted    the 

professorship  of  Greek  and  mathemat- 
ics in  the  Valley  Seminary,  Fulton,  N. 
Y.  Subsequently  he  accepted  the  prin- 
cipalship  of  the  West  Randolph  Class- 
ical Academy  of  Vermont.  On  the  14th 
of  Feb.,  1861,  he  married  Mrs.  Sallie 
Sutton,  nee  Currie;  went  to  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  the  next  day,  and  has  resided 
there  ever  since.  There  he  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  and  for  several  years  was 
associated  in  the  practice  of  law  with 
the  Hon.  Caleb  Cushing,  and  that  asso- 
ciation continued  until  he  accepted  the 
position  of  counsel  in  the  Geneva  Ar- 
bitration cases.  About  1878  he  became 
associated  in  the  practice  of  law  with 
OLIVER  D.  B.A.EEETT.  General  Benj.  F.  Butler,  and  that  asso- 

ciation continued  to  the  day  of  But- 
ler's death,  January  11,  1892,  and  he  is  now  practicing  law  in 
Washington,  D.  C;  Henry  Safford,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831;  res.  Thom- 
son, 111. 

3929.  ii.         Lemuel,  b.  Nov.  24,  1802;  m.  Roxannia ,  and  d.  s.  p.  Nov. 

24, 1838. 

3930.  iii.        Daniel,  b.  Feb.  21, 1812;  d.  Mar.,  1812. 

3931.  iv.        Thankful  G.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1804;  m.  Thomas  Hadley.     She  d.  s.  p. 
June  2.  1868. 

3932.  v.         Sally,  b.  Sept.  27,  1806;  d.  unm.  at  Westport,  Sept.  17, 1854. 

3933.  vii.      Caroline,  b.  Jan.  3,  1815;  m.  Laertius  Tuttle;  res.  Westport,  N. 
Y.     She  d.  1862. 

3934.  viii.     Joel  F.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1817;  m.  Eunice  Boutwell  and  Emily  J.  Dan- 
iels. 

3935.  ix.       John  R.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1813;  m.  Elmira  E.  Fisk. 


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261 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  FAIECHILD. 


3936.  vi.       Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  17, 1809;  m.  at  Wadham's  Mills  Benjamin  Fair- 

child;  res.  Burden,  N.  Y.     He  was  b.  June  8,  1787;  d.  Jan.  15, 
1855;    a    farmer.     Ch.:  Elizabeth   Smith,  b.  June  16,   1847;  m. 
Nov.  7,  1872,  J.  N.  Stower;  res.  Burden; 
Benj.  Smith,  b.  Sept.  22,  1849;  m.  Nov. 
15, 1871;  d.  Jan.  15,  1876. 

3937.  xi.       Lemuel,  b.  Dec.  21,  1801;  d.  Dec.  29, 

1801. 

1884.  Cyrus  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Sept.  20,  1770;  m.  Apr.  12,  1796, 
Ruth  Mayo,  b.  Sept.  2,  1770;  d.  July  10,  1818;  m.  2d  Jerusha 
Stebbins. 

Cyrus,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Thankful  Griffith  Whitney, 
was  born  Sept.  20,  1770,  in  Spencer,  Mass.  He  moved  with 
his  father's  family  to  Tolland,  Conn.,  in  1778,  and  to  Spring- 
field, Vt.,  in  1780.  The  family  moved  in  the  primitive 
fashion,  which  was  then  the  only  possible  one,  carrying  their 
own  food  and  driving  their  live  stock  before  them.  It  was 
Cyrus'  task,  on  the  way  to  Vermont,  to  lead  two  wild  colts. 

At  Bellows  Falls  he  separated  from  his  family,  who  kept  to  the  east  side  of  the  Connec- 
ticut river,  and  took  his  way  alone,  save  for  the  company  of  his  colts,  along  the  rough 
pathway  and  through  unbridged  streams  m  the  bleak  December  weather  to  Eureka, 
a  little  settlement  in  Springfield,  15  miles  away,  where  he  arrived  in  safety  though  he 
was  at  that  time  barely  ten  years  old.  The  colts,  let  us  here  say,  were  of  the  stock  of 
the  captured  horses  of  Burgoyne's  officers,  and  become  noted  horses  in  the  new  state. 
Cyrus  was  sent  to  school  six  months  there,  in  Connecticut,  to  be  taught  to  read,  and 
three  in  Vermont  to  learn  to  write.  He  was  an  msatiate  reader,  particularly  of  his- 
tory. The  Bible  he  regularly  read  through  every  year  after  his  conversion,  and 
toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  read  it  through  three  or  four  times  a  year.  He  was 
well  acquainted  with  the  Apocryphal  books  and  had  read  the  entire  works  of 
Josephus  twice.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  was  able  to  do  many  kinds  of  handicraft 
which  the  farmer  now  seldom  undertakes.  He  was  a  Baptist,  and  a  Whig  with 
strong  anti-slavery  principles.  He  d.  May  20,  1860;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 
3988.    i.  Arathusa.  b.  Jan.  30,  1797;  d.  Feb.  10,  1797. 

3939.  ii.        William  Wilson,  b.  Mar.  7, 1798;  m.  Matilda  Wolkes. 

3940.  iii.       Abiah.  b.  Nov.  11,  1799;  d.  unm.  Jan.  13,  1862. 

3941.  iv.        Lemuel,  b. ;  d.  young. 

3942.  vi.        Ruth,  b. ;  m.  Ephraim  Walker.     Ch.:  Jane  U.,  m.  J.  W. 

Knegot;  Cyrus,  Cornelia,  Agnes.     She  d.  1845;  dau.  Mrs.  A.  R. 
W.  Brigham,  Rogers  Park,  111. 

3943.  vii.      Sally,  b.  July  11,  1808;  d.  unm.  Jan.  5,  1825. 

3944.  viii.      Norman  K.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1800;  m.  Mary  Pratt. 

3945.  ix.       Emeline,  b.  July  23,  1823;  res.  unm.  Rogers  Park,  111. 

1885.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Springfield,  \t.,  1774;  m.  in  Essex,  N.  Y.,  Betsey  Bragg,  b.  1772;  d.  May  22,  1857. 
Benjamin  Whitney  moved  from  Springfield  to  the  town  of  Essex,  N.  Y.,  about  1810 
and  engaged  in  farming.  He  d.  Mar.  20,  1827;  res.  Springfield,  \'t.,  and  Wadhams 
Mills,  N.  Y. 

8946.     i.  Alexander,  b.  June  21,  1798;  m.  Sophronia  Streeter. 

3947.  ii.         Lucius,  b.   Feb.  29,   1804;    m.    Thankful    French  and  Minerva 

Smith. 

3948.  iii.       Phinehas,  b.  Dec.  25,  1800;  he  d.  Nov.  28,  1866. 

3949.  iv.        Philena,  b. ;  d.  unm.  April  12,  1870. 

3950.  V.         Benjamin  F.,b. ;  m.  Lovina  Hodgkin  and  Mrs.  Mary  \"iall, 

Sayre.    He  d.  Mar.  2,  1879. 
8950K.vi.       Betsey,  b. ;  d. . 

1106K  Lemuel  Whitn£y  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Jan.  3,  1779;  m.  Ellen  Kimball.     Left  2  ch.  in  Warrenton,  O. 

Lemuel  Whitney  moved  to  Springfield,  Vt.,  1780,  with  his  father.  About  1800 
he  became  a  traveler,  and  during  the  next  ten  years  he  traveled  through  nearly 
every  state  in  the  Union.  In  1811  he  went  to  Ohio  and  married  Ellen  Kimball, 
of  Warrenton,  O.     In  1813  he  served  on  the  frontier.     After  his  return  he  started 


3952. 

ii. 

3953. 

Ill 

3954. 

iv 

3955. 

V. 

3956. 

vi. 

262  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

with  merchandise  for  New  Orleans,  going  down  the  river  with  the  intention  of  return- 
ing by  Springfield,  Vt.     Nothing  has  since  been  heard  from  him. 

1888.  Dea.  Elijah  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John^ 
John),  b.  Springfield,Vt.,  July  3,  1788;  m.  Jan.  1,  1812,  there,  Susannah  Oaks;  b.  Cohas- 
set,  Mass.,  Jan.  14,  1793;  d.  July  29,  1854;  m.  2d,  Jan.,  1855,  Susan  James. 

Elijah  Whitney,  youngest  son  of  Dea.  Lemuel  and  Thankful  Griffith  Whitney, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  Vt.  He  was  a  man  of  large  frame  and  powerful  muscular 
development.  In  his  youth  and  early  manhood  he  was  very  fond  of  athletic  sports, 
in  which  he  excelled.  He  was  also  very  fond  of  gunning  and  trapping,  and  in  early 
life  added  not  a  little  to  his  income  by  sales  of  peltry.  He  was  a  farmer  most  of  his 
life,  but  at  one  time  owned  a  saw  mill,  in  which  he  was  very  seriously  hurt,  after 
which  he  returned  to  farming.  He  inherited  his  father's  aptitude  in  the  use  of  tools, 
which  in  turn  was  inherited  by  his  son  James.  He  studied  the  veterinary  science  so  far 
as  it  was  then  understood,  and  successfully  practiced  the  art  for  many  years.  In  1822 
he  joined  the  Congregationalist  church  in  Springfield  and  in  1832  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  deacon.  He  was  a  man  of  earnest  raith,  and  one  of  his  wealthiest  townsmen 
said,  while  looking  into  his  open  grave,  "I  would  give  all  I  am  worth  if  I  could  die  with 
Dea.  Whitney's  trust."  Dea.  Whitney  died  from  the  effects  of  a  fall  on  the  staircase 
of  his  own  home.     He  d.  Apr.  24,  1855;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 

3951.     i.  LucRETiA  O.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1815;  m.  Mar.  6,  1840,  James  Lovell;  one 

dau.,  Mary  O.,  b.  1841,  res.  Rogers  Park,  111.  The  mother  d.  July 
29,  1853. 

Thedotia  H.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1819;  d.  Feb.  12,  1826. 

JAMES,  b.  July  1,  1823;  m.  Martha  Damon. 

Thedotia  M.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1826;  d.  June  7,  1879. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  June  13, 1830;  d.  Oct.  18,  1832. 

Julia  Ann.,  b.  June  8, 1833;  d.  June  22,  1835. 

1889.  Joseph  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  21,  1786;  m.  in  1810,  Orinda  Stafford;  b.  in  1789;  d.  May  28,. 
1870. 

He  resided  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  where  he  was  reared,  until  1829,  when  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Uniontown,  Lower  Canada,  and  engaged  in  farming,  lumbering 
and  general  merchandise,  where  he  remained  until  his  removal  to  Moores,  N.  Y., 
where  he  died.     He  d.  Sept.  9,  1855;  res.  Springfield,  Vt.,  and  Moores,  N.  Y. 

3957.  iv.       Joseph  C,  b.  Apr.  14,  1818;  m.  Eliza  Baird. 

3958.  V.         Louisa  A.,  b.  1821;  m.  Mar.  14,  1850,  Jonathan  Mather;  res.  Whal- 

lonsburg,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  1821;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Roswell  H., 
b.  May  7,  1851;  m.  Frankie  Brown;  res.  W.;  Elisha  N.,  b.  Oct. 
18,  1S52;  m.  Ella  Reynolds;  res.  W.;  Sarah  C,  b.  Aug.  17,  1854; 
m.  Chas.  W.  Tucker;  res.  Essex;  Mary  L.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1856;  m. 
Erwin  W.Avery;  res.  Willsborough;  John,  b.  Dec.  7,  1859;  all 
res.  W. 

3959.  i.  Lemuel  G.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1812;  m.  Catherine  E.  Conrow. 

3960.  ii.         Kingsbury,  b. ;  d.  unm.,  killed  by  horses  running  away. 

3961.  iii.        Elijah,  b. ;  d.  unm.,  killed  by  horses  running  away. 

1891.  Warham  Whitney  (John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.. 
Mass.,  Apr.  27,  1786;  m.  June  30,  1811,  Nancy  Mordoff;  b.  Feb.  2,  1792;  d. 
Oct.  21,  1843.  Died,  at  Rochester,  on  the  21st  day  of  October,  in  the  51st  year  of 
her  age,  Mrs.  Nancy  Whitney,  relict  of  the  late  Warham  Whitney,  Esq.  "Did  not 
her  holiness  of  life  proclaim  (as  man  can  know)  her  interest  in  those  promises  of 
endless  happiness  which  are  conditionally  made  to  us  in  the  gospel  covenant  of 
grace?  Did  we  not  know  her  will?  Did  we  not  prize  her  worth?  And  it  is  for  us 
now  to  praise  that  Christian  character,  one  of  whose  eminent  and  peculiar  features 
it  was  to  retire  as  far  as  possible  from  human  gaze  and  be  content  with  spreading  the 
light  of  holy  example,  as  the  best  of  sisters,  daughters,  and  mothers,  around  an 
extensive  circle  of  most  devoted  relatives,  and  conveying  into  the  chamber  of  distress 
and  hut  of  poverty  not  only  the  comforts  of  time,  but  also  the  hopes  of  eternity! 
Blessed  with  abundant  means  for  such  relief,  how  did  she,  as  one  of  that  band  of 
sisters  who  are  seeking  out  in  the  abodes  of  our  city  the  suffering  and  the  lost,  indus- 
triously pervade  street  after  street,  and  in  secret  minister  those  sympathies  and 
avails  which  her  sex  only  can  confer  upon  the  human  family!  What  thanksgivings 
has  he  who  is  addressing  you  heard  uttered  for  her  kindness  by  the  poor  sufferer,. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  263 

whom  she  has  raised  from  the  lowest  depth  of  destitution,  and  to  whom,  without  hope 
of  Christ  and  on  the  verge  of  the  eternal  world,  she  introduced  him,  that  he  might 
administer  the  holy  consolations  of  the  gospel!  And  how  unobtrusive,  and  how 
modest,  and  how  retiring  in  all  her  goodness!  Few  knew  of  the  abodes  of  woe 
which  she  had  visited  till  the  blessing  which  she  left  behind  her  told  them  of  her  pres- 
ence. There  was  no  noisy  public  display  when  she  did  good.  She  stepped  a  hair- 
breadth out  of  her  own  path  to  assume  duties  which  properly  belonged  to  those  of  a 
different  sphere  and  another  sex.  Hers  was  the  ornament  of  that  meek  and  quiet 
spirit  which  in  the  sight  of  God  is  of  the  greatest  prize,  though  by  mortals  often  over- 
looked, amidst  the  glare  o^  those  who  will  make  themselves  conspicuous  by  touching 
functions  which  they  have  no  business  whatever  to  assume.  And  to  the  regular 
services  of  our  sanctuary  and  our  week-day  assemblies  of  liturgy,  praise  and  prayer 
how  punctually  did  she  (when  possible)  resort  thereby  to  strengthen  more  and  more 
the  spiritual  vigor  of  her  soul!  In  these  devotions  hers,  doubtless,  was  the  rich  fore- 
taste of  that  sublime  enjoyment  which  pertains  to  the  adorning  of  heaven.  'We 
need  not  wonder  that  the  last  end  of  such  a  one  was  peace!'"  [Extract  from  a 
funeral  sermon.] 

He  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  with  his  parents  moved  to  New  York  state. 
After  a  short  residence  in  Plymouth  and  Verona,  early  in  the  twenties  he  moved  to 
Rochester,  X.  Y.,  and  erected  at  the  Second  Falls,  in  1826,  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Whitney  mills.  He  built  a  wooden  residence  on  State  street,  between  Brown  and 
Waterloo  Sts.,  which  is  still  standing;  some  years  later  built  a  large  brick  house  on 
Jay  street,  on  his  farm,  which  is  now  known  as  the  Whitney  tract  and  all  built  up.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  a  large  farm  on  the  Lake  road  half  way  between 
Rochester  and  Charlotte  and  which  was  divided  between  his  sons,  George  and  James, 
and  the  lower  or  James  M.  Whitney  farm  is  now  the  Holy  Sepulcher  cemetery  and 
the  other  is  also  owned  by  the  Catholics,  and  the  new  St.  Bernard's  Seminary  has  just 
been  completed  on  part  of  it.  Of  the  late  Mr.  Warham  Whitney,  of  whom  the  usual 
brief  obituary  notice  has  been  promulgated,  permit  one  who  was  long  and  intimately 
acquainted  with  him  to  sacrifice  to  his  memory,  by  a  brief  recital  of  his  many  virtues 
and  sterling  qualities  as  a  man  and  fellow-citizen.  Possessed  of  a  mind  strong  in  its 
own  resources,  of  an  indomitable  and  untiring  industry,  an  endearing  observance  of 
all  the  charities  of  life,  and  due  appreciation  of  duties  he  owed  to  his  fellow-man  his 
course  through  life  has  been  blessed  by  many  benefits  he  has  conferred  on  the  public 
as  well  as  individually;  with  competence  and  respectability  to  his  family,  and  that 
well-earned  trophy  which  is  his  best  mausoleum,  an  honest  man  and  fellow-citizen 
An  early  settler  in  this  city,  he  was  one  among  the  first  to  give  an  impetus  to  the  ball 
of  permanant  public  improvement,  which  conducted  it  to  its  present  proud  station 
among  the  wonders  of  our  happy  country,  and  its  citizens  cannot  but  lament  that  a 
fatal  disease  has  thus  cut  him  off  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  and  consigned  him 
thus  early  to  "  that  bourne  fiom  whence  no  traveler  returns."  Let  friendship  be  tol- 
erated to  say  that  his  manly  virtues,  integrity  and  upright  conduct,  while  a  sojourner 
in  this  vale  of  tears,  must  remain  a  rich  legacy  to  his  bereaved  family,  and  endear 
his  memory  to  all  classes  of  community,  over  which  detraction  shall  have  no  influence, 
nor  time  any  power,  till  our  sensibilities  shall  become  blasted  and  our  memories  pass 
away  with  the  frail  tenements  they  now  inhabit.  The  universal  commiseration  of 
the  whole  community  with  his  highly  respected  family  and  connections  speak  more 
feelingly  to  the  heart  than  high-wrought  eulogiums,  heraldic  honors  or  the  feeble 
tribute  of  one  who  loved  him  in  life,  and  deplored  his  loss  in  death.  Requiscat  in 
pace.  [Obituary  in  Rochester  paper].  He  d.  Mar.  14,  1840;  res.  Plymouth,  Verona 
and  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

3962.  i.  Caroline,  b.  Plvmouth,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1812;  m.  June  19,  1833, 

Gen.  John  Williams.     She  d.  Dec.  23,  1836. 

3963.  ii.         Olive,  b.  Verona,  June  19,  1814;  m.  Jan.  2,  1840,  Gen.  John  Wil- 

liams. She  d.  Aug.  24,  1867.  He  married  for  his  second  wife 
the  sister  of  his  first  wife.  He  was  b.  Jan.  7,  1807;  d.  Mar.  26, 
1875;  was  a  merchant  miller.  The  following  obituary  of  Mrs. 
Williams  is  from  the  Rochester  Daily  Union  : 

Death  of  Mrs.  John  Williams. — The  sorrow  that  per- 
vades this  community  to-day— that  it  is  known  that  Mrs.  Gen. 
John  Williams  is  no  more— is  sincere,  and  the  sympathy  for  her 
immediate  relatives  in  their  afHiction  is  measured  best  by  the 
esteem  in  which  she  was  held.  Mrs.  Williams  was  taken'ill  a 
few  days  since  while  in  Orleans  county,  and  returned  home  in  a 
condition  quite  critical.    Since  that  time  the  hopes  and  fears  of 


264  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


her  friends  have  alternated  until  this  morning,  when  she  expired 

f)eacefully  and  happily.  Mrs.  Williams  was  a  daughter  of  the 
ate  Warham  Whitney,  one  of  the  early  citizens  of  Rochester, 
remembered  only  by  those  who  have  resided  here  thirty  years  or 
more.  She  was  the  sister  of  Mrs.  S.  G.  Andrews,  Geo.  J.  Whit- 
ney and  James  M.  Whitney,  of  this  city.  She  spent  a  long  and 
useful  life  in  our  midst,  raising  a  family  of  children  who  proved 
a  source  of  comfort  to  her  m  the  decline  of  life,  and  died 
regretted  and  lamented  not  only  by  those  who  had  been  the 
object  of  her  tender  care  and  solicituc^e,  but  by  all  who  had  her 
acquaintance.  Her  bereaved  husband,  children  and  other 
relatives  are  thus  borne  down  by  a  weight  of  affliction  that 
human  sympathy  can  do  but  little  to  lighten.  Ch.:  Edward 
Warham,  b.  Oct.  20,  1840;  m.  June  18,  1863;  d.  Mar.  25,  1893; 
Geo.  Daniel,  b.  Feb.  22, 1843;  m,  Sept.  28,  1864;  d.  June  28,  1880; 
Whitney,  b.  Aug.  6,  1846;  m.  Feb.  2,  1876;  res.  709  E.  Main  St., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

3964.  iii.        Lois  Ann,  b.  Oct.  8,  1816;  m.  May  19,  1842,  Hon.  Samuel  Geo. 

Andrews;  b.  Derby,  Conn.,  Oct.  16,  1796.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  milling  business  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.;  dealt  largely  in  real 
estate;  was  a  Republican,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  anti-Ma- 
sonic party  and  in  1857  was  elected  to  Congress.  Later  served 
as  mayor  of  Rochester.  He  d.  June  11,  1863.  Ch.:  James  Sher- 
lock, b.  Oct.  6,  1846;  unm.;  res.  Rochester,  111  No.  St.  Paul 
street. 

3965.  iv.       George  Jay,  b.  Jan.  26,  1819;  m.  Julia  Bullard. 

3966.  V.         James  M.,  b.  Rochester,  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  Martha  Louise  Pond. 

3967.  vi.       Laura  Jane,  b.  ,  1824;  m.  June  18,   1852,  Col.   DeLancy 

Floyd  Jones.    She  d. ,  1852. 

3968.  vii.      Wilson,  b.  1826;  d.  1834. 

1892.  John  Whitney  (John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  5,  1795;  m.  Nancy  Van  Tuyl;  b.  1801;  d.  Feb.,  1883. 

John  Whitney  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  went  to  western  New  York  in  1815; 
he  was  an  extensive  contractor.  In  1826  he  was  implicated  in  the  abduction  of  the 
celebrated  Wm.  Morgan,  at  the  time  of  the  anti-Masonic  agitation  in  central  New 
York.  Morgan  was  a  Mason  who  had  written  a  book  exposing  Masonry  and  soon 
after  mysteriously  disappeared.  Whitney  admitted  he  was  with  Morgan  in  a 
carriage  on  the  night  he  was  abducted  and  also  afterwards  at  Niagara.  The  Crafts- 
man of  June,  1829,  says:  "Of  the  character  of  John  Whitney  through  his  career  in 
life  thus  far,  it  is  almost  irrelevant  to  speak,  for  the  voice  of  the  community,  the  un- 
willing testimony  even  of  those  who  for  purposes  best  known  to  themselves  have 
seen  fit  to  persecute  him,  is  lifted  up  in  his  praise.  He  was  the  useful  citizen,  the 
kind  neighbor,  the  generous  friend,  the  industrious  mechanic,  the  faithful  husband 
and  the  fond  father."  Nancy  Van  Tuyl  was  the  daughter  of  John  Van  Tuyl;  b.  Jan. 
12,  1767;  d.  Oct.  9,  1836;  and  Isabel  McVickar;  b.  Apr.  1,  1762.  He  d.  May  2,  1869; 
res.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

3969.  i.         John  B.,  b.  June  13,  1832;  m.;  res.  Kendall,  111. 

3970.  ii.        Henry,  b.  July  26,  1829;  m.;  res.  Kendall,  111. 

3971.  iii.       Uriah,  b.  Aug.  4,  1838;  accidentally  shot  at  Calumet  by  Vincent 

Bell,  while  hunting,  Apr.  1,  1856. 

3972.  iv.       Adaline,  b.  Dec.  26,  1820;  m.  Frank  Parmelee.    She  d.  Jan.  10, 

1864.  For  more  than  40  years  the  transfer  and  baggage  ex- 
press business  of  Chicago  has  been  controlled  by  one  man, 
Franklin  Parmelee.  He  started  the  first  regular  omnibus  in  that 
city  May  9,  1853.  The  original  outfit  was  six  omnibuses  and 
thirty  horses,  and  required  the  work  of  a  dozen  men.  At  pres- 
ent he  employs  80  omnibuses,  70  baggage-wagons,  250  horses, 
and  over  200  men.  His  eldest  son  is  in  charge  of  the  city  office. 
He  married  a  second  wife,  and  resides  at  the  Palmer  House, 
Chicago,  111.  Ch.:  John  Whitney,  Frank  Jr.,  Charles  K.,  all 
unm.;  res.  Chicago;  and  Adaline  W.,  m.  Charles  Wheeler;  res. 
Auditorium  hotel,  Chicago,  111. 

3973.  V.        Harriett  Jane,  b.  Apr.  14,  1822;  m.  June  9,  1841,  Charles  A. 

Harrington;  res.  Albion,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.     He  was  b.  Aug. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  265 

19,  1815;  d.  Oct.  11,  1878.  Charles  A.  Harrington  was  an 
ardent  anti-slavery  Whig  and  Republican,  a  warm  sup- 
porter of  Seward  in  the  months  preceding  the  war,  and 
one  of  the  strongest  supporters  of  government  throughout 
wartimes;  was  largely  engaged  in  contracts  on  canals  and  rail- 
roads in  this  country  and  Canada  from  1850  to  1870;  went  to 
New  York  in  1875  and  took  contracts  on  Southern  boulevard, 
and  was  engaged  in  these  and  other  contracts  and  in  furnishing 
supplies  for  such  contracts  until  his  death  in  1878;  was  one  of 
the  organizers  and  strongest  supporters  of  Episcopal  church  in 
Albion,  of  which  he  was  always  vestryman  or  warden,  and  one 
of  most  active  and  energetic  promoters  of  all  public  enter- 
prises for  benefit  of  town  or  country.  She  d.  Dec.  22, 1878.  Ch.: 
Clara,  m.  Henry  Harrington;  res.  Denver,  Col.;  Belle  W.;  m. 
G.  H.  Lockley,  Jr.;  res.  buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Rollin  Whitney,  d.  in- 
fancy; Emma,  Adeline  and  Harriett  W.;  res.  Albion,  Orleans 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

3974.  vi.        Charles,  b.  May  4,  1835;  drowned  in  the  Erie  canal,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 

30,  1839. 

1895.  Alanson  Whitney  (John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Mar.  31,  1797;  m.  Sept.  14,  182-:{,  Catherine  \'oorhies,  b.  1802.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
res.  Chenango  and  Kendall.  N.  Y.     He  d.  July  27,  1855;  res.  Kendall,  N.  Y. 

3975.  i.  Sarah  Electa,  b.  May  14, 1826;  m.  June  6, 1850,  Rufus  King;  res. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct.  18,  1829;  res.  Kendall,  N.  Y. 

Eliza  R.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1836;  m.  Feb.  26,  1867,  De  Loss  Butler. 

She  d.  Kendall,  July  5.  1867. 
Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1840;  m.  Feb.  5,  1863,  William  Merrick; 

res.  Albion,  N.  Y. 
Alanson,  b.  Sept.  11,  1838;  d.  Jan.  23,  1861. 

Henry,  b.  Sept.  5,  1824;  m.  Rowena  Crane  and  Susan  Douglass. 
James  Riley,  b.  Jan.  3,  1828;  m.  Annie  C.  Jones. 
Rosamond,  b.  Dec.  31,  1831;  d.  Sept.  3,  1833. 
Charles,  b.  Jan.  6,  1833;  d.  Sept.  3,  1833. 
Ira  I.,  b.  July  4,  1834;  m.  Isabella  G.  Whitney. 
Catherine,  b.  Apr.  1,  1844;  m.  Aug.  9,  1865,  Charles  Moore. 

1909.  John  Whitney  (Oliver,  David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Nel- 
son, X.  H.,  Jan.  21,  1784;  m.  at  Ludlow,  Vt.,  May  9, 1813,  Mary  Spaulding,  b.  May  22, 
1796;  d.  Oct.  19,  1880.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Sept.  27,  1852;  res.  Ludlow,  Vt. 

3986.  i.  Mary,  b.  Mar.  26,  1814;  m.  Apr.  2,  1835,  Joseph  Smith.     She  d. 

Aug.  26,  1893.  He  was  b.  Sept.  8,  1809;  d.  Sept.  21,  1881.  Was 
a  farmer.  Ch.:  Solon  J.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1845;  m.  Nov.  7,  1868;  res. 
Clinton,  la.;  Granville, b.  Oct.  3,  1848;  res.  Lincoln,  Col.;  Henry, 
b.  Mar.  12,  1839;  d.  Mar.  28,  1839;  Asahel,  b.  July  22,  1843;  d. 
Aug.  28,  1851. 

3987.  ii.         Granville  M.,  b.   Apr.  22,   1816;    m.  Feb.  22,   1842,    Emeline 

Wilder,  and  d.  s.  p.  July  5,  1848. 

3988.  iii.        Jo^n  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1819;  m.  Sarah  Jane  Manning. 

3989.  iv.       Adaline  E.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1824;  m.  Feb.  22,  1842,  Oliver  Farmer. 

3990.  V.         James  S.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1827;  m.  Nov.  28, 1848;  res.  101  Chapel  street, 

Lowell,  Mass. 

3991.  vi.       Jephtha  D.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1830;  d.  July  10,  1852. 

3992.  vii.      Amanda  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1834;  m.  Apr.  18,1855,  Wm.  Henry  Field; 

res.  13  Chestnut  avenue,  Rutland,  Vt.  He  was  b.  Oct.  12,  1822; 
is  a  contractor  and  builder.  Ch.:  Rolin  Denison,  b.  Mar.  3, 
1857;  m.  Dec.  24,  1877;  res.  Brandon.  Vt. 

1914.  George  Whitney  (Ephraim,  David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Feb.  22,  1772;  m.  Jan.  21,  1795,  Miriam  Hunt.  He  d.  Feb.  8,  1845. 
Res.  Ellington,  Conn.,  and  Scottsville,  N.  Y. 


3976. 

ii. 

3977. 

iii. 

3978. 

iv. 

3979. 

v. 

3980. 

vi. 

3981. 

vu. 

3982. 

viii 

3983. 

IX. 

3984. 

X. 

3985. 

XI. 

3993. 
3994. 
3995. 
18 


David,  b.  Feb,  18,  1799;  m.  Eliza  Edgeworth. 

Almera,  b. ;  m. Titus. 

Miriam,  b. ;  m. Titus. 


4001. 

11. 

4002. 

111. 

4003. 

IV. 

4(J04. 

V". 

4005. 

VI. 

4006. 

VII. 

4007. 

Vlll 

266  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3996.  iv.  George  L.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1804;  m.  Louisa  Struce. 

3997.  V.  Wm.  WoOD.b. ;  res.  Mazo  Manie,  Wis. 

3998.  vi.  Sakah  V.,  b. ;  m. Ball. 

3999.  vii.  Gilbert  T.,  b. ;  res.  Mazo  Manie,  Wis. 

1919.  Hon.  William  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  in  1766;  m.  Jan.  13,  1791,  Anna  Heywood;  b.  Jan.  28,  1770;  d.  Jan.  21,  1846. 

Hon.  William  Whitney,  was  born  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  in  1765;  he  early  moved 
to  Gardner,  where  he  was  a  leading  and  influential  citizen.  He  owned  a  large  farm. 
For  eleven  years  he  was  one  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  for  twenty-five  years  assessor, 
and  for  three  terms  representative  in  the  legislature.  For  many  years  he  was  justice 
of  the  peace.  He  d.  Jan.  18, 1846;  res.  Winchendon  and  Gardner,  Mass.  Both  buried 
at  the  same  time. 

4000.  i.  William,  b.  Sept.  17,  1791;  m.  Sybil  C.  Greenwood  andDulsenah 

Turner. 

Seth,  b.  Dec.  8,  1792;  m.  Sally  Wood  and  Chloe  Lincoln. 

Joseph,  t).  Feb.  28,  1794;  m.  Nancy  Putnam. 

Althima,  b.  Apr.  2,  1796;  m.  Richard  Baker;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 
Ch.:  William,  b.  Jan.  22,  1817;  Lucv,  b.  Mar.  3,  1818;  d.  Dec. 26, 
1884;  Marv.  b.  Apr.  22,  1819;  Walter,  b.  Nov.  5  1821;  d.  Oct.  14, 
1843;  Betse),b.  Oct.l4, 1823;  Francis  L.,  b.  Jan.  3i>,  1827;  Richard 
B.,  b.  July  25,  1830;  res.  So.  Gardner,  Mass.;  Calvin,  H.,  b.  Apr. 
10,  1832;  res.  West  Gardner,  Mass.;  Lucv  Ann,  b.  Nov.  12,  1834; 
Angeline,  b.  Nov.  22,  1838. 

Anna,  b.  Oct.  23,  1797;  m.  Charles  Bruce  of  Phillipston,  and  d.  s.  p. 

HoLLis,  b.  Aug.  11,  1801;  d.  s.  p. 

Amasa,  b.  June  19,  18u5;  m.  Dolly  Scholly  and  Lucy  Coolidge. 

Lucy,  b.  June  19,  1805;  m.  Oliver  Esty.  Mrs.  Lucy  Giles  and 
Emma  A.  Esty,  Westminster,  Mass.,  daughters  of  Lucy. 

1920.  Capt.  Phinehas  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John);  b.  Apr.  1,  1766;  m.  Jan.  17,  1793,  Phebe  Stearns;  b.  1774;  d.  Apr.  7,  1794;  m. 
2d,  Feb.  15,  1796,  Bethiah  Barrett,  of  Barre;  d.  Aug.  2,  1849. 

Capt.  Phinehas  Whitney  was  the  most  prominent  business  man  in  Winchendon 
from  1800  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1831.  Besides  a  large  farm  he  kept  tavern,  owned 
an  oil  mill  and  woolen  factory  and  raised  horses  and  cattle.  Though  esteemed  by 
his  townsmen  he  was  rarely  in  office  because  of  his  business.  He  was  the  first  to 
enlist  to  put  down  the  Shays  rebellion,  being  then  but  twenty  years  of  age;  after- 
wards he  was  captain  of  a  cavalry  company.  He  was  always  active  in  religious  and 
temperance  matters.  Beihiah  Barrett  was  a  model  countrywoman.  She  was  small  in 
stature,  comely,  with  blue  eyes  and  brown  hair,  very  intelligent,  dignified  and  grave. 
She  was  much  loved  and  highly  esteemed  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances.  She 
was  easily  the  first  woman  in  Winchendon  in  her  time.  She  died  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Rev.  Giles  Lyman,  in  Marlboro,  N.  H.  He  d.  May  10,  1831,  at  New- 
ton; res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

4008.  i.  Phinehas,  b.  1794;  d.  July  12,  1804. 

4009.  ii.         Phebe,  b.  Apr.  5,  1797;  m.  1>:17,  Asa  Washburn,  b.   Mar.  5,  1790; 

d.  Oct.  2,  1824;  she  m.  2d  at  Winchendon,  Apr.,  1827,  John 
Woodbury,  b.  Aug.,  1784;  d.  Dec.  6,  1870.  She  d.  Mar.  7,  1876. 
Ch.:  Nelson  P.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1818;  m.  Elizabeth  A.  Hills;  res. 
Claremont,  N.  H.;  2ch.  He  is  a  large  boot  and  shoe  manufac- 
turer; William  Barrett,  b.  Jan.  31,  1820;  m,  Sept.  6,  1847,  Hannah 
A.  Sweetser;  6  ch. ;  res.  Greenfield,  Mass.,  one  son  Wm.  N.,  res. 
Greenfield.  Gov.  William  Barrett  Washburn,  was  born  in 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  Jan.  31,  1820,  and  died  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
Oct.  5,  1887.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1844  and  became  a 
manufacturer  at  Greenfield,  where  he  was  for  many  years  pres- 
ident of  the  National  bank  and  which  he  represented  in  both 
branches  of  the  legislature  in  1850-54.  He  was  identified  with 
the  republican  party  from  its  organization  in  1856  and  at  the 
beginning  of  the  civil  war  contributed  liberally  to  the  national 
cause.  In  1862  he  was  sent  to  Congress  as  a  Republican  and  he 
was  returned  biennially  till  on  Jan.  1, 1872,  he  resigned  his  seat 
to  become  governor  of  Massachusetts.  This  office  he  resigned 
also  during  his  third  term  to  fill  the  vacancy  that  was  made  in 


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the  U.  S.  Senate  by  the  death  of  Charles  Sumner,  serving  from 
May  1,1874,  till  Mar  8,  1x75,  when   he  withdrew  from   pul^lic 
affairs.     Besides  holdmg  many  offices  of  trust   under  corpora- 
tions, he  was  a  trustee  of  Yale,  of  the  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural college,  and  of  Smith  college,  of  which  he  was  also  a  bene- 
factor and  a  member  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  Amherst  from 
1864  to  lb77.     Harvard  conferred  the  degree  of  LL.  D. upon  him 
in    1872.     By   his  will  he   made  the   American  board  and  the 
American  Home  .Missionary  association  residuary  legatees,  leav- 
ing to  each  society  about  S50,0(JO.  He  was  also  a  great  benefactor 
of  the  Greenfield  public  library.  He  died  suddenly  while  attend- 
ing a  session  of  the  American  boardof  commissioners  for  foreign 
missions  of  which  he  was  a  member;     Mary  Jane,  b.  Mar.  11, 
1828;  d.  Oct.  IJ,  1840. 
4010.     iii.        Lucv,  b.  June  4,  1799;   m.  in  Winchendon  in  1825;  Rev.  Benjamin 
Rice,  of  So.  Deerheld.     He  was  b.  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  May  9, 
1784,  graduated  at  Brown   college  in   1808,  studied   theology  at 
Andover,  and  settled  in  the  gospel  ministry  first  at  Skeneateles, 
N.  v.,  next  at  Deerheld,  Mass.,  and  afterwards  at  New  Glouces- 
ter and  Buxton,  Me.;  he  returned  to  Mass.,  and  settled  in  Win- 
chendon, where  he  died  July  11,  ls47,  in  his  64th  year.     He  was 
married    three    tmies  — first    to    Elizabeth    Bennett,  who  died  in 
Sharon,   Conn.,   in    Feb.,  1818.     His   second    wife   was   Almira 
Whipple,  of  Charlton,  and  his  third   Lucy   Whitney,  bv  whom 
he  had  William  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  7, 1826;  m.  at  Stamford',  Conn., 
Nov.  21,1855;  Cornelia  A.  Moen,  b.  1833,  d.  June  16,1862;  m. 
2d,  at  Worcester,  Sept.  28,  1875,  .Alice  M.  Miller,  b.  julv  22,  ls40. 
Ch.:     William  Whitney,  Jr.,  b.  May  31,  1858;  d.  Feb'.  10,  1864; 
Charles  Moen,  b.  Nov.  6,  1860,  res.  Worcester.   He  was  prepared 
for  college  at  Phillips,  Exeter  (N.  H.),  academy,  entered   Har- 
vard college  in  1878,  and  was  graduated  in  1882';  studied  law  at 
the  Harvard  law  school,  also   in  his  father's  office,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1886;   is  now  practicing  his   profession  and 
member  of  the  firm  -of  Rice,  King  &  Rice. '   Hon.  Wm.  Whitney 
Rice  was  pre[)ared  for  college  at   Ciorham  academy,  Gorham, 
Me.     He  entered  Bowdoin   college  at    Brunswick   in   1842,  and 
was  graduated  in  1846.     He  was  preceptor  at   Leicester  (Mass.) 
academy  for  four  years,  studied  law  in   Worcester  with  Hon. 
Emory  Washburn,  and  with  Hon.  George  F.  Hoar,  U.  S.  senator 
from  Mass.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1854,  where  he  has 
ever  since  resided  and  practiced  his  profession.     He  has  been 
eminently  successful  in  his  profession,  and  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  ablest  lawyers  m  that  section  of  the  state.     In  1858  he 
was  appointed  judge  of  insolvency  for  the  county  of  Worcester. 
In   18^0  he  was   elected   mayor  of  Worcester,  and  served  one 
term  in  that  office.     He  was  district  attorney  for  the  middle  dis- 
trict of  Massachusetts  from  1869  to  1874,  and  member  of  .Massa- 
chusetts general   court   in    1875.     He  was  elected   to  the  4oth, 
46th,  47th,  48th,  and  49th  congresses  as  a  member  of  the  house 
of  representatives  from  the  Xinih  or   Worcester  district.     He 
was   an    able,   efficient   and    influential    member    of    congress 
during  his  long  term  of  service,  and  took  an  active  part  both  on 
the  floor  and  in  the  committees.     He  is  a  republican  in  politics, 
conservative  upon   the  tariff  and   monetary  questions,  andhas 
always  kept  well  in  advance  with  the  progressive  element  of  his 
party.     In  the  councils  of   his  party  his  opinions  are   always 
sought  for,  and  have  been  and  are  influential  in  formulating 
party    policy  and    molding  public  opinion.      He  was  a  model 
public  man,  who  during  his  long  public  life  served  his  constitu- 
ents and  the  public  with  disinterested  patriotism  and  unselfish 
devotion  to  the  jiublic  welfare.     He  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  overseers  of  Bowdoin  college,  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  Worcester  County  Institute  of  Industrial  Science, 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Clarke  university,  also  trus- 
tee of  Leicester  academy;   Lucy  A.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1827;  m.  Sept. 


HON.  WILLIAM  WHITNEY  RICE. 


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4012. 


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V. 


4013.  vi. 

4014.  vii. 

4015.  viii. 


24,1857,  Rev.  Milan  H.Hitchcock;  res.  Hubbardston,  Mass.; 
Charles  Jenkins,  b.  July  2,  18)8;  m.  Sarah  M.  Cummings,  s.  p.; 
d.  May  8,  .1892;  Mrs.  Lucy  (Whitney)  Rice,  now  in  her  94th 
year,  resides  in  Winchendon. 

VVm.  Barrett,  b.  June  14,  1801;  m.  Lois  Stone. 
Mary,  b.  Mar.  17,  1803;  m.  Jan.  22,  1828,  Dr.  Alvah  Godding;  b. 
Nov.  5,  1796;  d.  Jan.  11,  1875.  She  d.  Nov.  15,  1870;  res.  Win- 
chendon, Mass.  Dr.  Alvah  Godding  was  b.  in  Troy,  N.  H., 
Nov.  5,  1796.  He  d.  at  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  1875,  aged 
78  years,  2  months  and  6  days.  Dr.  Alvah  Godding  studied 
medicine  with  Dr  Amos  Twitchell,  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  was 
graduated  in  medicine  from  Bowdoin  Medical  college,  Maine, 
in  1825.  He  practiced  his  profession  for  a  short  time  at  Royal- 
ston,  Mass.,  as  a  partner  of  Dr.  Stephen  Batcheldor,  and  subse- 
quently removed  to  Winchendon,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  to 
successfully  practice  his  profession  until  his  death  in  Jan., 
1875,  a  period  of  nearly  half  a  century,  and  was  greatly  beloved 
by  all  who  knew  him.  For  several  years  he  was  member  of  the 
general  court.  Ch.:  William  Whitney,  b.  May  5,  1831 ;  m.  Dec. 
4,  1860,  Ellen  R.  Murdock,  Supt.  National  Insane  Asylum, 
Washington.  D.  C.  Dr.  William  Whitney  Godding  was  pre- 
pared for  Cvjllege  at  Winchendon  academy,  Winchendon,  Mass., 

and  at  Phillips  academy,  Andover, 
Mass  He  entered  Dartmouth  college, 
Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1854.  He  studied  medi- 
cine with  his  father,  attended  lectures 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, New  York  City,  and  at  the 
Castleton  Medical  College,  Vermont, 
and  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
institution  in  the  class  ol  1857.  After 
his  graduation  he  practiced  his  pro- 
fession with  his  father  until  1859,  when 
he  was  ajjpointed  assistant  physician 
at  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for 
the  Insane,  Concord,  N.  H.  In  1862 
he  resigned  his  position  in  the  New 
Hampshire  Insane  Asvlum  and  went 
into  private  practice  at  Fitchburg, 
Mass.  In  the  autumn  of  1863  he  was 
appointed  assistant  physician  of  the 
Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  at  Washington,  D.  C.  In 
1870  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  State  Lunatic 
Asylum  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  until  the  sum- 
mer of  1877,  when  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Gov- 
ernment Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Washington,  which  position 
he  now  holds.  He  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  professional 
life  among  the  insane,  and  has  made  the  study  and  treatment 
of  the  diseases  of  the  unfortunate  class  a  specialty,  and  he  is 
to-day  recognized  and  admitted  to  be  one  of  the  highe?t  authori 
ties  in  the  country  on  the  subject  of  insanity  and  the  treatment 
of  the  insane.  In  1882  Dr.  Godding  published  a  small  volume 
entitled  "The  Hard  Cases;  Sketches  from  a  Ph%sician's  Port- 
folio." 

Phixehas,  b.  May,  1K06.     He  d.  Mar.  5, 1809. 

Nelson,  b.  May,  1808;  d.  Mar.  5,  1809. 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1809;  m.  Aug.  28, 1832,  Jcsiah  Brown,  b.  1801 ; 
d.  Sept.  29.  1836;  m.  2d.  April  23,  1839,  Charles  Wm.  Bigelow. 
Ch.:  Cieorge  R.  Brown,  b.  May  5,  1835;  d.  Nov.  5,  1838.  Chas. 
Wm.  Bigelow,  b.  Jan.  15,  1810;  d.  Jan.  6,  1880.  She  d.  Ian.  24, 
1884;  ch.,  Charles  E.,  b.  Winchendon.  Mass,  Mar.  18,  1^43;  m. 
Jennie  M.  Robbins.  He  grad.  Williams  Coll.,  and  has  charge 
of  the  N.  Y.  house  of  the  Knowles  Steam  Pump  Works. 


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4017. 

i. 

4018. 

11. 

4019. 

111. 

4020. 

iv. 

4021. 

V. 

4022. 

vi. 

402H. 

Vll. 

4024. 

VllI 

4025. 

IX. 

270  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4016.  ix.  Louisa,  b.  May  30,  1812;  m.  Dec.  14,  1835,  Rev.  Giles  Lyman,  b. 
Mar.  16,  1802.  He  d.  1837,  s.  p.  He  was  grad.  at  Amherst  in 
1827,  and  at  And.  Theo.  Sem.  in  1831.  Was  pastor  of  the  Cong. 
church  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  1832-7;  from  1840-69  he  was  settled  in 
Marlboro,  N.  H.,  and  preached  frequently  at  Fowlerville,  N.  Y., 
Ashburnham  and  Gardner,  Mass.     She  d.  Dec,  1892. 

1922.  Joseph  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
May  20,  1775;  m.  in  Winchendon  179i^,  Hannah  Perley,  b.  Dec.  8,  1777;  d.  Dec,  1854. 
He  d.  in  1853;  res.  Winchendon.  Mass. 

Joseph,  b.  Oct.  10,  1800,  m.  Abigail  Flint. 

Dudley,  b.  July  12,  1802;  m.  Mary  S.  Shore. 

Seba,  b.  Feb.  21,  1805;  m.  George  Cummings. 

Thomas,  b.  Mar.  1807. 

Hannah,  b.  Aus^.  6,  1809;  m.  Joseph  Adams,  b.  Oct.  20,  1805;  m. 

2d  Horace  Whitcomb. 
Cynthia,  b.  Jan.  25,  1812.. 
William,  b.  July  29,  1814;  m.  Mary  Glines. 
Grover  S.,  b.  July  10,  1816;  m.  Laura  A.  B.  Roby, 
Betsey  E.,  b.  May  21,  1825;  m.  Almon  H.  Poland. 

1923.  Amasa  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Xathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  June  16,  1777;  m.  Dec.  9,  1802,  Mary  Goodndge,  b.  Mar.  20.  1779;  d.june  11,  1855. 

Amasa  Whitney  was  born  in  Winchendon,  where  he  always  resided.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen,  and  was  one  of  three  persons  to  lay  the  founda- 
tions for  the  growth  and  pros])erity  of  the  town.  By  his  industry,  frugality,  foresight 
and  enterprise  the  business  of  the  town  was  largely  increased.  He  was  in  public 
emjiloyment  somewhat  and  had  much  influence  in  town  and  parish  affairs.  He  was 
engaged  in  manufacturing  and  was  often  on  important  town  committees.  He  d. 
Feb.  2,  1852;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

4026.  i.  Webster,  b.  Oct.  6,  1803;  m.  Eliza  P.  Whitman. 

4027.  ii.         Amasa,  b.  Apr.  24,  1806;  m.  Mary  Murdock. 

4028.  iii.        Harriett,  b.  Jan.  27,  1811;  m.  Nov.  18,  1833,  C.  C.   Pierce;  she  d. 

s.  p.  Nov.  18,  1867. 

4029.  iv.       Wm.  Lowe,  b.  Mar.  24,  1815;  d.  July  13,  1832. 

4030.  V.         Baxter,  D.,  b.  June  28,  1817;  m.  Sarah  Jane  Whitney. 

4031.  vi.       Mary  Goodridge,  b.  Aug.  2,  1819;  m.  July  8, 1841,  William  Mur- 

dock, s.  p.;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

4032.  vii.      John  Milton,  b.  Dec.  18,  1823;  d.  Sept.  20,  1825. 

1925.  Luke  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
in  Winchendon,  May  21,  17s3;  m.  Cynthia  Partridge;  b.  Dec.  1,  1785;  d.  July  1,  1860; 
he  d.  Sept.  1,  1838;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

4033.  i.  Oreson,  b.  Jan.  12,  1806;  m.  Amanda  Chase. 

4034.  ii.         Thuseba,  b.  Mar.  19,  1808;  d.  Dec.  5,  1813. 

4035.  iii.        Luke,  b.  Feb.   14,  1810;  m.    Sarah   A.    Pierce,    Mary   Pierce  and 

Amanda  Wood. 

4036.  iv.       Cynthia,  b.  Jan.  26,  1813;  m. Watkins;  she  d.  June  25,  1885. 

4037.  V.         Thursba,  b.  May  6,  1815;  m.  Jan.  22,  1833,  Elisha  Peirce,  b.  Dec. 

11,  1806;  d.   Mar.  2,  1868.     She  d.  Jan.  24,  1864;  res.  Fitchburg, 

Mass.    Ch.:  Mary  F.,  b.  Dec.  16, 1834;  m.  Sept.  19,  1852,  Geo.  K. 

Ray,  of  West;  res.  So.  Gardner,   Mass.;   Nelson  J.,  b.  Mar.  3, 

1839;  m.  Marv  A.  Putney;  res.  Reading,  Mich.;  Franklin  W.,  b. 

Aug.  29,  1845;'  d.  Oct.  16,'  1846;  Leonard  W.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1836;  m. 

Laura   L.  Stoddard  and  Lydia  A.  Matterson;  Franklin  W.,  b. 

May  9,  1849;  res.  Reading,  Mich. 
William,  b.  Aug.  30,  1817. 
Anna,  b.  Apr  1,  1819;  d.  Aug.  10,  1838. 
Jerome,  b.  May  6,  1^21;  d.  Aug.  6,  1838.  ' 
Mary,  b.  Aug.  12,  1823;  d.  Aug.  1,  1838. 
Eliza,  b.  Nov.  23,  1825;  m.  Nov.  9, 1851,  Dr.  Gilbert  Clark,  b.  Dec. 

30,  1822;  d.  s.  p.  Mar.  24,  1874;  res.  Franklin,  Mass.  • 

4043.     xi.      •  Asa  P.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1828;  m.;  res.  So.  Gardner,  Mass. 

1926.  Thomas  Whitney  (Phinehas,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Mar.  19,  1771,  in  Shirley;  m.  July  7,  1799,  Henrietta  Parker,  b.  July  3,  1775.  He  d. 
Jan.  14,1844;  res.  Shirley,  Mass. 


4038. 

vi. 

4039. 

Vll. 

4040. 

Vlll 

4041. 

IX. 

4042. 

X. 

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4044.    i.  Thomas,  b.  Apr.  17.  1800;  m.  Sally  Barrett. 

4U45.     ii.         James   P.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1802;  m.  Lydia  B.  P.  Treadwell   and   Sarah 
Ann  Treadwell. 

4046.  iii.        George  A.,  b.  Aug.  80,  1809;  m.  Mary  D.  Hayward. 

1927.  Rev.  Nicholas  Bowes  Whitney  (Phinehas,  William,  William,  Nathan- 
iel, John);  b.  Mar.  21,  1772;  m.  Nov.  13,  1800,  Ann  Adams;  b.  Jan.  18.1776;  d.  Oct.  22, 
1864. 

He  was  born  at  Shirley,  Mass.,  received  an  excellent  preparatory  education  and 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  the  class  of  1793.  Was  ordained  a  colleage 
with  Rev.  Daniel  Shute  of  the  second  parish  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1800.  Re- 
signed his  pastorate  Apr.  15,  1833.  He  was  married  at  Acton  to  a  daughter  of  Rev. 
Closes  Adams.  She  was  born  in  Framingham  and  died  in  Hingham.  He  represented 
Hingham  in  the  State  legislature  in  1831  and  1832.  Resided  on  Main  street  in  South 
Hingham  and  died  in  his  6dth  year,  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  d.  Nov.  26, 
1835;  res.  Hingham,  Mass. 

4047.  i.         Ann  Catherine,  b.  Jan.  7,  1802;  m.  Dec.  25,  1821,  Caleb  Hersey. 

Shed.  May  23,  1842. 

4048.  ii.        LvDiA  Bowes,  b.  Aug.  27, 1807;  d.  unm.  July  5,  1838. 

4049.  iii.       Benjamin  Lincoln,  b. ,  1810.     He  was  a  member  of  the 

firm  of  Fearing  &   Whitney  and  died  at  Cambridge   May  30, 
1855. 

1930.  William  Whitney  (Phinehas,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Oct.  3,  1778;  m.  Mar.  29,  1802.  Elizabeth  Fiske;  b.  Apr.  7,  1783;  d.  Feb.  24,  1810;  m. 
2d,  Mar.  29,1819,  Martha  Symonds.  He  d.  Jan.  29,  18i7;  res.  Shirley,  Winchen- 
don  and  Boston,  Mass. 

4050.  i.  William  F.,  b.  May  19.  1803;  m.  Frances  Ann  Rice. 

4051.  ii.         Geo.  H..  b.  Mar.  24,  1809;  m.  Elizabeth  B.  White. 

1935.  Charles  Whitney  (Phinehas,  William.  William,  Nathaniel,  John),  b. 
Jan.  2,  1794;  m.  Sept.  12,  1815,  Dolly  Davenport.  He  d.  Oct.  6.  1832;  res.  Peterboro. 
N.  H. 

4052.  i.         Charles  W.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1817;  d.  Dec.  13,  1820. 

4053.  ii.         Elizabeth,  D.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1819;  d.  Dec.  18,  1820. 

4054.  iii.        Charles  A.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1821;  m.  Mav  11,  1853,  Mary  F.  Parker, 

2d,  May  11,  1871,  Mrs.  E.  V.  Holman.     He  d.  May  23,  187s. 

4055.  iv.        Henry  A.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1823;  m.  Lucretia  Fall. 

4056.  V.        Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1825;  m.  Apr.  13,  1852,  David  S. 

Cutting;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  264  Boylston  St. 

1936.  Moses  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Mav  19,  1789;  m.  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Dec.  2,  1817,  Mary  Paige; 
b.  Oct.  2,  1799;  d.  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  June  29,  1885. 

The  following  obituary  of  Mr.  Whitney  is  taken  fron  the  Oswego  Palladium: 
Mr.  Whitney  was  one  of  the  landmarks  of  Oswego,  and  has  long  occupied  a  promi- 
nent position  as  a  citizen  of  this  community.  He  was  born  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  in 
1789,  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  college.  He  early  moved  into  New  Hampshire 
and  in  1826  settled  in  Oswego,  where  he  embarked  in  the  produce  and  vessel  trade 
and  pursued  it  with  enterprise  and  success  until  1837,  when  he  was  prostrated  by  the 
financial  revulsion  of  that  time.  He  saved  something  from  the  wreck  of  his  fortune, 
and  did  not  afterwards  embark  in  permanent  active  business  pursuits.  He  was  ever 
among  the  most  active  citizens  in  advancing  the  prosperity  of  the  city,  and  at  an 
early  day  gave  encouragement  to  the  cause  of  education.  He  was  among  the  origi- 
nators in  1831  of  the  Oswego  Academy  of  whom  but  two  or  three  remain.  During 
his  protracted  career,  he  occupied  several  official  positions  and  evinced  strong  judg- 
ment and  varied  intellectual  and  literary  acquirements  in  every  station.  He  enjoyed 
a  remarkable  memory  and  his  extended  reading  rendered  him  an  interesting  con- 
versational companion.  Few  men  were  more  familiar  with  ecclesiastical  or  church 
history  than  Mr.  Whitney.  He  was  kind  and  frank  in  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow 
citizens  and  decided  in  his  opinions,  and  his  domestic  relations  were  cheerful,  indulg- 
ent and  affectionate.  He  was  identified  with  the  history  and  vicissitudes  of  Oswego 
and  did  much  for  her.  Of  late  years  owing  to  his  failing  health  he  had  little  inter- 
course with  the  public.  His  last  sickness  was  long  and  full  of  suffering,  which  he 
bore  with  philosophic  fortitude  and  calmness  and   the  hope  of  the  Christian.     The 


272  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

closing  hours  of  his  mortal  life  were  eminently  peaceful  and  calm,  and,  surrounded 
by  his  family  and  kind  friends,  gently  and  without  a  perceptible  struggle  breathed 
his  last.  Moses  Whitney  has  departed  to  the  better  and  immortal  life  leaving  an- 
other vacancy  in  the  ranks  of  the  pioneers  of  our  city.  He  d.  Feb.  23,  1860;  res. 
Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

4057.    i.  Reid  Paige,  b.  Dec.  17,  1818;  d.  unm.  in  Chicago,  111.,  Mar.  20, 

1884. 
4068.     ii.         Samuel,  b.  Jan.  23,  1821;  d.  from  disease  in  the  civil  war  Feb.  2, 
1863. 

4059.  iii.       Charles,  b.  Feb.  2,  1831;  unm.;  res.  Chicago,  address  700  Rialto 

Bldg. 

4060.  iv.        Henry  H.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1838;  unm.;    res.  Chicago,  address  700 

Rialto  Bldg. 

4061.  V.         Katherine  A.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1834;  unm.;  res.  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

1987.  Pliny  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass  ,  Nov.  13,  1787;  m.  at  Mount  Vernon,  N.  H.,  Oct.  23, 1823,  Caroline 
Dean,  b.  Apr.  23,  1801;  d.  May  8.  1886.     He  d.  Sept.  28,  1873;  res.  Milford,  N.  H. 

4062.  iii.       Charles  P.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1838;  m.  Lydia  A.  Farnsworth. 

4063.  i.         Caroline  Dean,  b.  Oct.  14,  18.^5;  m.  Nov.  27,  1845,  William  C. 

Kidder;  res.  M. 

4064.  ii.         Harriett  Lucinda,  b.  May  17,1831;  m.  July  21,  1865,  John  M. 

Hale  (her  cousin);  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

1938.  Smyrna  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Mar.  6,  1786;  m.  Nov.  26,  1812,  Ruth  Whitney,  dau.  of  Nathan 
and  Eunice  (Puffer),  b.  Nov.  12,  1790;  d.  Nov.  26,  1867. 

He  was  born  on  a  farm,  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  at  New  Ipswich, 
N.  H.,  but  was  prevented  from  continuing  his  studies  by  sickness  and  death  of  his 
father.  He  settled  on  the  old  homestead  farm,  where  he  lived  till  upward  of  sixty  years 
of  age,  when  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  the  village  where  he  died.  He  taught  school 
several  terms;  was  first  selectman  a  long  time.  He  married  Ruth  W^hitney  and 
raised  a  family  of  six  children.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  a  substantial,  hon- 
ored citizen,  active  in  public  affairs,  serving  some  years  as  selectman  and  as  one  of 
the  school  committee,  and  in  other  less  conspicuous  places.  He  d.  May  16,  1857;  res. 
Westminster,  Mass. 

4066.    iii.        Samuel,  b.  Mar.  9,  1821;  m.  Caroline  A.  Puffer. 

4066.  vii.      George  E.,  b.  June  5,  1831;  m.  Sarah  J.  Tolman  and  Lura  Lind 

Nims. 

4067.  vi.        Nathan,  b.  July  20,  1828;  m.  Mary  S.  Tolman  and  Charlotte  M. 

Belcher. 

4068.  V.         Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1824;  m.  Abbie  A.  Tolman  and  Isabel 

H.  Haves. 

4069.  i.  Lucinda,  b.  Sept.  14,  1814;  m.  June  18,  1835,  Josiah  Page,  b.  May 

27,  1811.  Ch.:  Porter  F..  b.  July  19,  1837;  res.  Westminster, 
Mass.;  Charles  \\\,  b.  Sept.  7,  1845;  supt.  Danvers,  Mass., 
Insane  Asylum;  Francis  H.,  b.  July  24,  1847;  d.  Apr.  16,  1865. 

4070.  ii.         Eunice,  b.  Aug.  29,  1818;  m.  Aug.  13.  1840,  Franklin  Lombard. 

She  d.  Apr.  11,  1891.  Ch.:  Charles  F.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1842;  m.,  and 
d.  Jan.  29,  1886;  Julia  W.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1844;  m.  Samuel  L.  Noyes; 
res.  Ashburnham,  Mass.;  George  W.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1848;  res.  Ash- 
burnham;  Francelia  M.,  b.  May  12,  1860;  m.  James  Cogs- 
well; res.  Leominster;  Eunice  W.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1852;  d.  Aug. 
7,  1863;  Edward  Payson,  b.  Feb.  27,  1862;  m.  Adelaide  Fair- 
banks; res.  Ashburnham;  Mary  Stella,  b.  Aug.  23,  1862;  m. 
Fred  W.  Mossman;  res.  Westminster. 

4071.  iv.       Caroline,  b.  Jan.  21, 1823;  d.  Feb.  16,  1823. 

1943.  Jonas  W^ard  Whitney  (Abner,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Apr.  22,  1780;  m.  May  27,  1800,  Phebe  Rand,  b.  1780;  d.  Dec.  4,  1836. 

He  resided  on  the  estate  occupied  by  his  father.  He  was  a  trusted  and  honored 
townsman,  serving  five  years  as  selectman,  and  in  other  useful  positions.  He  d. 
June  8,  1826;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

4072.  i.  Phebe,  b.  Sept.  8,  1800;  m.  Gideon  Beaman.     She  d.  W.,  Feb. 

16, 1864. 


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273 


4073.  ii. 

4074.  iii. 

4075.  iv. 

4076.  V. 

4077.  vi. 

4078.  vii. 

4079.  viii 

4080.  ix. 


Flint,  b.  Feb.  8,  1804;  d..Sept.  15,  1805. 

Franklin,  b.  Sept.  15,  1806;  d.  Jan.  15,  1840. 

Louisa,  b.  Sept.  4,  1808;  m.   Philena  C.  Brown.      She  d.  W.,  Apr. 

8,  1888. 
Geo.  W.,  b.  Mar.  7.  1813;  m.  Dolly  Jackson. 
Jonas  N.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1816;  m.  Nancy  Lynde. 
John  M.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1819;  m.  Susan  Winchester, 

Aaron  F.,  b.  ;  res.  Fitchburg. 

Lucy  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Milton  Wetherbee;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 


1944.  Joseph  Glazier  Whitney  (Abner,  Samuel,  W.illiam,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  June  22,  1783;  m.  Sept.  14,  1805,  Levina  Dunn,  b.  1789; 
d.  June  24,  1875. 

He  was  a  farmer;  resided  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.  He  made  his  will  in  1864,  and 
it  was  probated  July  31,  1868.  Perley  Howe  was  executor.  He  made  bequests  to  his 
wife  Levina  and  children  John,  Abner,  Levina  G.  Gushing,  Mary  Puffer  Howe, 
Lucy  Whitney  Chase,  Stephen  Puffer,  Belinda  Gushing.  He  d.  July  31,  1868;  res. 
Westminster  and  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

4081.  i.  John,  b.  Sept.  12,  1806;  m.  Eliza  Gushing. 

4082.  ii.         Abner,  b.  Apr.  1,  1808;  m.  Levina  G.  Whittemore. 

4083.  iii.        Levina  G.,  b.  July  29,  1809;  m.  Apr.  13,  1834,  Rev.  Stephen  Gush- 

ing; res.  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar. 
13,  1813.  In  the  spring  of  1830  he  moved  with  his  family  to 
Ashburnham  and  resided  there  until  active  labor  in  the  minis- 
try influenced  a  residence  in  other  places.  He  was  a  student  at 
the  Wesleyan  academy  at  WiJbraham  nearly  three  years,  and 
subsequently  he  pursued  a  partial  course  of  study  at  the  Wes- 
leyan university  at  Middletown,  Conn.  He  was  received  in  the 
New  England  conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in 
June,  1833,  and  for  the  ensuing  twenty-four  years  he  completed 
with  ability  and  faithfulness  various  pastoral  charges.  Answer- 
ing the  demands  of  impaired  health  he  rested  a  year,  and  from 
1858  to  1880  he  supplied  the  pulpit  in  many  churches.  He  made 
several  valuable  contributions  to  the  general  and  local  history 
of  Methodism  in  Worcester  county.  He  preached  the  semi- 
centennial discourse  in  Ashburnham,  and  in  1883  at  the  annual 
session  of  the  conference  in  Boston  he  delivered  an  address 
reviewing  the  progress  of  the  church  during  the  half  century 
since  his  admission  to  the  ministry.  For  many  years  he  effi- 
ciently served  the  conference  as  secretary  and  trustee,  and  since 
1881  he  has  been  treasurer.  In  these  varied  and  responsible 
employments  he  enjoyed  the  merited  approbation  of  his  asso- 
ciates. Ch.:  Joseph  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  26,  1837,  a  physician  in 
Boston;  Stephen,  b.  May  29,  1841,  a  phvsician  in  Boston. 

4084.  iv.        Mary  Puffer,  b.  July  19,  1812;  m.  Nov.  28,  1833,  Perley  Howe. 

He  was  b.  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Sept.  17,  1811.  He  was  a  farmer; 
res.  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  since  1884.  Has  been  assessor  and 
selectman  several  years  and  acceptably  filled  other  positions  of 
trust.  He  d.  June  2,  1882.  Ch.:  Orange  Eli,  b.  Dec.  23,  1835; 
m.  Maria  A.  Platts  and  Olive  C.  Shorev;  res.  So.  .A.shburnham, 
Mass.;  Alvah  S.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1837;  m.  L.Annie  Glazier.  He  d. 
Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  Sept.  4,  1877;  George  P.,b.  Mar.  12,  1^47;  m. 
Eliza  J.  Kelton  and  Mrs.  Mary  (Hamilton)  Pierscn;  res.  Chelsea, 
Mass. 

4085.  V.         Belinda,  b.  May  20,  1815;  m.  May  30, 1838,  Benjamin  Gushing,  b- 

Feb.  19,  1817.  She  d.  Jan.  5,  1841;  he  m.  2d,  May  18,  1841,  Lois 
S.  Holbrook.  He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Ashburnham.  Ch.:  Sarah  Page,  b.  Aug.  24,  1840.  He 
had  ten  children  by  his  second  wife. 

4086.  vi.        Lucy,  b.  July  21,  1826;  m.  Feb.  19, 1847,  Edward  Chase;  res.  Chel- 

sea, Mass.  He  was  b.  Mar.  6,  1815;  d.  May  6,  1882.  Was  a  civil 
engineer  and  later  in  the  life  insurance  business.  Ch.:  Mary 
Howard,  b.  Apr.  27,  1849;  m.  Hendricks  A.  Hallett,  Sept.  17, 
1872;  address,  123  Chestnut  street,  Chelsea,  Mass.;  Rev.  Edward 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Abbot,  b.  July  13,  1858;  m.  Caroline  B.  Hatch,  Meriden,  Conn., 
Dec.  17,  1884;  address,  37  Farnam  street,  South  Lawrence,  Mass. 
4087.     vii.      Stephen  P.,  b.  Jan.  10,  18'^1;  m.  Abigail  Stone. 

1949.     Capt.  Silas  Whitney  (Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Oct.  1,  1779;  m.  Dec.  31,  1801,  Hannah  Cashing;  b.  June  9,  1783;  d.  Mar.  5, 1864. 

He  was  a  farmer  on  a  part  of  the  homestead  for  several  years,  and  was  an  officer 
in  the  militia  at  an  early  age.     He  was  lieutenant  in  1803  and  styled  captain  after 
1805.  He  res.  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  from  1810  to  1815;  he  then  returned  to  Ashburnham, 
where  he  died.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1846;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 
Silas,  b.  Apr.  28,  1803;  m.  Olive  Knight. 

Hannah  C,  b.  Sept.  15,  1805;  d.  Baltimore,  Md.,  Nov.  26, 1826. 
David  C,  b.  Feb.  24,  1808;  d.  Aug.  6,  1809. 
David  C,  b.  Apr.  14,  1810;  m.  Tyla  Buffum  Bowdish  and  Harriett 

A.  Shepstone. 
Susan,  b.  Aug.  21,  1812;  d.  young. 
Charles,  b.  June  18,  1815;  m.  Susan  Davis. 
Joseph   C,  b.  Jan.  23,  1818;  m.  Feb.  3, 1842,  Florence  E.  Weston; 

res.  Baltimore,  Md. 
Sarah,  b.  June  22,  1820;  m.  Oct.  31,  1844,  James  W.  Gardner.    She 

d.  s.  p.  at  Springfield,  May  30,  1865. 
Milton,  b.  Oct.  9,  1823;  m.  Annie  M.  Weston. 


4088. 
4089. 
4090. 
4091. 

4092. 
4093. 
4094. 

4095. 


u. 

V. 
V. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 


4096. 


IX. 


1951.  Samu 
20,  1783;  m.  Aug 
9,  1837.     He  was 


el  Whitney  (Silas,  Samuel, William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May 
12,  180-_',  Abigail  Wilder;  b.  Jan.  3,  1783;  d.  Oct.  23,  1861.  He  d.  May 
an  enterprising  and  active  man;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 
Samuel,  b.  Oct.  28, 1802;  d.  Sept.  3, 1805. 
Merrick,  b.  Dec.  31,  1804;  m.  Harriett  Adams. 
Jane  V.  W.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1807;  d.  Sept.  10,  1810. 
Samuel,  b.  Feb.  25,  1810;  d.  Dec.  17,  1810. 
Austin,  b.  Dec.  21,  1811 ;  d.  Sept.  4,  1814. 
Chas.  W.,b.  Jan.  10,  1814;  m.  Elmira  M.  Wilder. 
Austin,  b.  Apr.  16,  1816;  m.  E.  Augusta  Holmes. 
Jane  E.,  b.  July  7.  1818;  d.  Nov.  12,  1847. 
Samuel  W,  b.  May  25,  1820;  m.  Sarah  A.  Russell. 
QuiNCY,  b.  Oct.  7,  1822;  m.  Mandana  M.  Whittemore; 
Horatio  N.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1824;  m.  1853,  Mary  Eliza  Carlton.     He  d. 
Feb.  18,  1858,  s.  p.;  farmer. 

1952.  W^illiam  Whitney  (Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Aug  5,  1785;  m.  May  22,  1808,  Lucy  Brooks;  d.  Dec.  4,  1829;  m.  2d  May  7,  18?0,  Mrs. 
Mercy  (Burgess)  Bemis.     He  d.  July  22,  1852;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 


4097. 

4098. 

ii. 

4099. 

HI. 

4100. 

iv. 

4102. 

V. 

4103. 

vi. 

4104. 

vn. 

4105. 

Vlll 

4106. 

IX. 

4107. 

X. 

4108;^ 

.VI. 

4108. 
4109.  ii. 


4110. 
4111. 


in. 


IV. 


4112. 
4113. 


V. 


VI. 


William,  b.  July  22,  1809;  m.  Julia  Emerson,  and  Mrs.  Catherine 

H.  Courtney. 
Silas,  b.  May  26,  1811;  m.  1844,  Susan  Eddy;  and  Mary  E.  Whit- 

nev;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 
George,  b.  Apr.  6,  1814;  m.  1849,  Marv  Wedge,  of  Boston.    He  d. 

May,  1858,  s.  p. 
Lucy,  b.  Dec.  27,  1818;  m.  Mav  7,  1837,  Alonzo  L.  Willard,  b.  June 

1,  1812;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass.  Ch.:  Albert  T.,  b  Feb.  22, 
1838;  m.  Wealthy  Kendall;  res.  Bethel,  Vt.;  Wm.  H.,  b  Mar.  4. 
1842;  m.  Mary  C.  Barrell;  Herbert  A.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1844;  m.  Julia 
Brown;  res.  Ansonia,  Conn.;  Lucy  C,  b.  Sept.  9,  1850;  m.  Geo. 
E.  Newton;  res.  Waltham. 

Catherine,  b.  Feb.  3,  1820;   m.  William  Brown;    m.  2d,  Charles 

Davis. 
Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1831;   m.  Apr.  5,  1849,  Newton  Hayden,  b. 

Dec.  5,  1827;  res.  Fitchburg.     Ch.:  Ella  M.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1849;  m. 

Charles  A.  Smith;   Wm.  P.,  b.  July  14,  1852;    Minnie  B.,  b.  Nov. 

2,  1868. 


1953.  Ohio  Whitney  (Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John,)  b.  Mar. 
22,  1789;  m.  Jan.  3,  1809.  Mary  Bolton,  b.  May  21, 1791;  d.  Aug.  30,  1843.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Capt.  Aaron  Bolton,  of  Westminster,  who  was  a  minute  man  in  the 
Revolutionary  army,  and  was  afterward  a  captain  in  the  state  militia.     He  was  active 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  275 

in  local  affairs,  and  repeatedly  received  expressions  of  respect  and  honor  from  his 
fellow  townsmen;  m.  2d,  June  9, 1844,  Mrs.  Dorothy  (Mavnard)  Brown;  d.  Aug.  8, 
1885. 

Ohio  Whitney  was  a  man  of  ability  and  unusual  force  of  character.  The  record 
of  his  life  and  good  works  are  engraven  in  the  annals  of  Ashburnham.  He  was  a 
selectman  for  several  years,  and  honorably  discharged  every  trust.  At  all  times  and 
under  all  circumstances  he  commanded  the  respect  and  affectionate  regard  of  his 
townsmen.  Hon.  Ohio  Whitney  was  treasurer  of  Gushing  Academy  for  many  years, 
and  also  a  member  of  its  executive  committee.  He  also  had  the  singular  honor  of 
presiding  as  moderator  at  the  town  meetings  for  twenty-nine  years  in  succession.  He 
d.  Mar.  23,  1870;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

4114.  i.  Mary  B.,  b.  July  28,  1809;  m.  Sept.  20, 1827,  James  Adams,  b.  Nov. 

24,  1804.  She  d.  Oct  29, 1847;  rev.  to  Brooklyn,  Pa.,  and  m.  a  sec- 
ond wife.  He.  d.  Dec.  25,  1880.  Ch.:  Luther  B.,  b.  Feb.  16, 
1829;  m.  Mary  B.Samson;  Dolly,  b.  Nov.  9,  1880;  d.  Aug.  81, 
1883;  Ohio  W.,  b.  Jan.  9.  1833;  m.  L.  Angle  Harding;  Francis 
A.,  b.  June  2,  1835;  m.  Catherine  Rinehart;  Jas.  W.,  b.  Oct.  21, 
1889;  m.  Sarah  J.  Perrv;  Jos.  H.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1^41;  drowned, 
Aug.  4,  1845. 

4115.  ii.         Jason,  b.  Feb.  10,  1811;  m.  Elizabeth  L.  Sampson,  Susan  E.  Bar- 

rett and  Esther  Ball. 

4116.  iii.        Ohio,  b.  June  9,  i818;  m.  Mary  R.  Brooks. 

4117.  iv.        Sarah,  b.  Apr.  5,  1815;  m.  Jan.  1,  1884,  Walter  Adams,  b.  Nov.  4, 

1807;  d.  Jan.  7,  1876.  Ch.:  Ivers  W.,  b.  May  20,  1838;  m.  Sarah 
E.  Shepard;  res.  Dorchester,  Mass.;  Walton  R.,  b.  Feb.  7,  lf<40; 
m.  Mary  E.  Pillsburv;  Sarah  A.,  b.  Feb  26,  1843;  m.  Chas.  A. 
Robbms;  Abbie  A.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1846;  d.  Aug.  27,  1848;  Chas.  F., 
b.  Oct.  21,  1849;  d.  Dec.  19,  1876;  Willis  H.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1852;  d. 
Aug.  27,  1853. 

4118.  v.         Amos,  b.  June  7,  1817;  m.  Harriett  J.  Bemis. 

4119.  vi.        Dully  W..  b.  Jan.   19,  1819;  m.  Julv  22,  1841,  Joseph  Adams,  b. 

Aug.  2,  1818;  res.  Ash.  Ch.:  Melvin  O.,  b.  Nov.  7;  1S47;  m. 
Mary  Colony;  attorney;  res.  Boston.  Melvin  O.  Adams,  Esq., 
son  of  Joseph  and  Dolly  fWinshij))  Whitney  Adams,  was  b.  m 
Ashburnham,  Nov.  7,  1847.  He  passed  his  preparatory  studies 
in  this  town,  and  at  New  Ipswich,  Appleton  Academy,  and  grad- 
uated with  honors  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  able  class  of 
1871.  He  was  sub-mater  of  the  Fitchburg  High  School  in  1871- 
72,  and  read  law  with  the  Hon.  Edward  Avery,  of  Boston,  and 
Hon.  Amasa  Norcross,  of  Fitchburg,  He  recieved  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws  from  Boston  University,  1874,  and  the  same 
year  he  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  County  bar.  Until  the  year 
1876  he  continued  a  legal  residence  in  this  town,  and  was  mod- 
erator of  the  annual  March  meeting  1874,  '75,  and  '76.  Mindful 
o  the  partiality  and  appieciative  regard  of  his  townsmen,  he  has 
responded  to  many  invitations  for  addresses  on  miscellaneous 
subjects.  In  his  professional  labors  in  Boston  since  1874,  he  has 
be.^n  successful,  and  has  won  a  merited  reputation  for  charac- 
ter r  d  ability.  Since  1876  he  has  been  assistant  district  attor- 
ney r  the  district  of  Suffolk,  and  has  probably  been  engaged 
in  t"  •■ial  of  a  greater  number  of  the  cases  than  has  fallen  to 
thi .  of  any  lawyer  of  his  age  in  the  state.  In  habit  of  thought, 
he  ,uick  and  vigorous.  In  attack  or  defense  his  resources  are 
at  int  command,  and  all  his  work  is  sustained  by  the  weight 
oi  gi'ity  and  character.     Mr.  Adams  is  yet  a  young  man, 

pr  -ng  ability  and  opportunity  to  complete  a  career  which 

h.  1  ably  and  firmly  outlined;  Walter  H.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1851; 

d  ,  1852. 

4120.  vii.       H  -  J.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1820;  m.  Mar.  10, 1840,  Salmon  W.  Put- 

-)pkinton,  Dec.  10,  1815;  d.  Feb.  23.  1872.     He  went  to 

m  early  in   1837,  and  for  a  short  time  in  connection 

Ider  brother,   John,  was  engaged   in   business  there. 

amily  moved  to  Fitchburg.     In  the  establishment  of 

T  Machine  Co.,  in  the  conduct  of  an  extensive  busi- 

and  labors  fill  an  eventful  and  an  interesting  page 


4122. 

ix. 

4123. 

X. 

4124. 

XI. 

4125. 

Xll. 

4126. 

xni. 

276  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

in  the  annals  of  a  prosperous  city.     He  occupied  with  credit 
many  positions  of  trust,  was   a  director  in   several  monetary 
'  institutions,  and  thoroughly  identified  with  the  growth  and  pros- 

perity of  the  town  and  city  of  Fitchburg.  The  sons  have  suc- 
ceeded to  the  general  management  of  the  corporation,  and  have 
frequently  been  elected  to  positions  in  municipal  affairs.  Ch.: 
Henry  O.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1841;  m.  Sarah  A.  Smith;  Salmon  W.,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1848;  m.  Emma  J.  Park;  Chas.  F.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1845;  m. 
Coralie  J.  Lawrence;  Harriett  E.,  b.  May  5,  1848;  m.  Loring 
Sears;  Wm.  D.,  b.  Stpt.  20,  1851;  d.  Aug.  19.  1852;  Geo.  E.,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1854;  an  attorney;  Laura  J  ,  b.  Sept.  4,  1856;  m.  Rev. 
S.  J.  Stewart;  Mary  A.  I.,  b.  Oct.  8,1858;  m. Edward  S.  Crocker; 
Marion  M.,  b.  Nov.  15.  1861. 
4121.  viii.  Franxis  A.,  b.  Aug.  2j  1828;  m.  Lucy  M.  Lane  and  Sarah  L 
Watkins. 

Walter,  b.  Jan.  1.  1825;  m.  Elvira  Dunn. 

IvERS  B.,  b.  Aug.  1, 1827;  d.  Sept.  8,  1829. 

Aaron,  b.  Mar.  20,  1829;  d.  Sept.  5,  18P0. 

Nan-cy,  b.  Feb.  28,  1881;  d.  Oct.  20,  1847. 

Abbie  E.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1836;  m.  Dec.  5,  1857,  Charles  W.  Barrell, 

b. ;    d.   Mar.  23,  1865;  m.  2d.  ]an.  1,  1877.  Simeon  Merritt, 

b.  Mar.  21,  1823;  d.  Dec  IS,  1882.  He  was  selectman  eight 
years,  road  commissioner  and  repeatedly  elected  to  office;  was 
a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  in  )  853,  and  repre- 
sentative in  the  legislature  in  1877. 

1967.  Moses  Whitney  (Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
in  Winchendon,  Nov.  28,1789;  m.  Oct.  27,  1816,  Sophia  Cutter,  b.  Cambridge,  Jan.  25, 
1794;  d.  May  16,  1831.     Res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

4127.  i.  Sophia,  b.  Apr.  17,  1818;  d.  Apr.  17,  1818. 

4128.  ii.  Hf.nry,  b.  Nov.  4,  1819. 

4129.  iii.  Martha  C,  b.  Sept.  8,  1821;  d.  Julv  12,  1853. 

4130.  iv.  Moses,  b.  Oct.  18,  1828;  d.  same  day. 

4132.  V.         George    K.,  b.  July   14,   1826;    m.   Frances  Maria   Green    and 

Susanna  Clendenin. 

4133.  vi.       Samuel  C,  b.  Aug.  14,  1828;  m.  Sept.  18,  1850,  Abbie  L.  Bryant, 

b.  Mar.  11,  188;:!;  res.  s.  p.  Stoneham,  Mass. 

4134.  vii.      AzuBAH  K.,  b.  May  6,1881;  d.  same  day. 

1968.  Cavt.  Hananiah  Whitney  (Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  May  29,  1792;  m.  Mary  Leavitt  Beals;  m.  2d,  Oct. 
19,  1820,  Sarah  Beaman,  b.  Sept.  29,  1802;  d.  May  18.  1891,  in  Lowell. 

He  was  born  in  Winchendon,  where  he  resided  until  1830,  when  he  moved  to 
Lowell,  Mass.  Bought  a  theater,  turned  it  into  a  Free  Chi.rch;  of  course  it  was  a 
failure,  and  from  a  fairly  well  to  do  man,  his  ch.  became  workers  and  self  support- 
ers. He  never  would  compromise,  always  paying  100  cents  on  the  dollar,  and  unfor- 
tunately so  good  a  credit  and  so  obliging,  he  had  many  note-,  to  pay  for  which  there 
was  no  value  received.  Was  very  popular  as  a  young  man,  securing  his  com.  as 
Capt.  from  Gov.  Hancock.  It  is  said  on  one  occasion,  w  f  i  drilling  his  command, 
they  were  surrounded  by  the  lookers  on  with  the  pu'  se  of  creating  contusion. 
Instantly  the  order  was  given  to  "form  a  hollow  square,"  ilowed  by,  "  charge  bayo- 
nets, marchi"  A  scattering  rather  lively  of  good  natu  1  friends,  and  never  any 
more  attempts  to  disturb  the  drill  or  parade.  He  d.  ^  1867,  in  Lowell,  Mass.; 
res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 


4135. 
4136 
4137 


Geo.  Leavitt,  b. ;  d. 


John  Milton,  b.  Sept. 21,  1824;  m.  '  u  Beals. 

Mary  B.,  b.  July,  1825;  m.  Sept.,  185  -don  Reed;  res.  Lowell. 

He  d.  Sept.  16,  1872;  was  a  ma  Ch.:  Frank  Sumner, 

b.  July  30,  1853;  Lizzie  Jane,  b.  .  1851;  d.  Oct.  5,  1851; 

Josephine  Frances  Reed  Cona-  26,  1860;  m.  Dec.  19, 

1883;  address,  Lowell,  Mass. 

4188.  iv.       William  M.,  b.  May  15,  1826;  m  .le. 

4189.  V.         Henry  Martyn,  b  Aug.  21,  1?  veil,  April  25,  1854, 

Harriett  Bagley,  b.  Aug.  24, 18  '6;  m.  2d  at  Salem, 

Jan.  30, 1879,  Mary  W.  Bemis  ice,  Mass.    With 


HENRY  M.  WHITNEY 


278  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

only  a  common  school  education,  he  entered  the  counting  room 
of  fiomer  Bartlett,  in  Lowell,  remaining  24  mos.,  then  entered 
the  drug  store  of  Carleton  &  Hovey  for  a  service  of  five  years. 
During  these  nearly  seven  years,  devoted  as  much  time  as  pos- 
sible to  general  culture,  private  evening  school,  etc.,  and  con- 
tinued after  leaving  Lowell  in  1849,  for  Lawrence,  Mass.  After 
two  years  as  jr.  partner,  became  sole  proprietor.  Has  gradu- 
ates in  many  of  the  states  from  Maine  to  Colorado.  Graduated 
one  who  became  a  lawyer  and  member  of  congress;  two  now  in 
the  ministry.  Somewhat  active  in  the  Epispl.  Church  as 
treas.,  vestryman  and  warden.  Trustee  of  our  largest  savings 
bank.  Pres.  of  Mass.  State  Pharm.  Asso,,  local  sec.  of  the 
Amer.  Pharm.  Asso.,  and  member  of  the  council.  Pres.  of 
Mass.  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy.  Mr.  Whitney 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  since  its  creation  in  1895,  and 
chairman  continuously  since.  He  inaugurated  and  carried 
through  many  needed  reforms,  his  aim  being  to  elevate  the 
pharmacists'  profession  and  have  the  druggist  business  di- 
vorced from  several  disagreeable  features  which  were  caused 
by  unprincipled  men  unfortunately  engaged  in  it.  He  gave 
time  and  made  personal  sacrifices  to  accomplish  these  radical 
changes  for  the  good.  Therefore,  it  is  not  at  all  singular  that  a 
strong  opposition  should  be  exerted  against  his  re-appointment, 
and  powerful  influence  did  all  it  could  to  prevent  a  retention. 
J  In  the  face  of  all  this  the  appointee  did  not  make  any  move  in 
his  own  behalf,  nor  would  he  sanction  his  friends'  intervention. 
But  it  is  understood  that  numerous  unsolicited  letters  were  for- 
warded to  Gov.  Greenhalge  by  prominent  gentleinen,  many 
engaged  in  the  profession,  urging  his  re-selection,  for  the 
reason  of  his  emment  capability,  faithful  service,  absolute 
honesty  and  progressive  record.  The  Massachusetts  board,  it 
may  truthfully  be  said,  ranks  in  the  van  of  any  in  the  United 
States,  and  in  a  great  measure  this  is  due  to  Mr.  Whitney's 
efforts.  At  present  he  is  living  in  comfortable  home  of  17  acres 
in  North  Andover,  two  and  three  quarters  miles  from  place  of 
business. 

4140.  vi.        Sarah  A.,  b. ;  m. Plagg;  res.  Wellesley,  Mass. 

4141.  vii.       Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  16,  1836;  m    at  Lowell,  July  11,  1860,  Joseph 

A.  Bailey,  b.  Dec.  1,  1836;  d.  Mar.  18,  1873.  He'  was  a  merchant; 
res.  S.  Dartmouth,  Mass.  Ch.:  Joseph  A.,  res.  Methuen; 
Thomas  Francis;  Wm.  Henry,  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  P.  O.  box 
5188;  Sarah  E  ,  res.  S.  D.;  m.  2d,  Apr.  18,  1874,  Capt.  Spooner, 
b.  Sept  11,  1819;  is  a  retired  sea  captain. 

4142.  viii.      Abigail  A.,  b.  • ;  unm;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

4143.  ix.        Harriett  A.,  b.  ;  unm.;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

4144.  X.         Charles  N.,  b. ;  d. . 

4145.  xi.        Martha  B.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1822;  m.  May  21,  1851.  Joseph  White;  res. 

West  Newton.  He  was  b.  Oct.  1,  1823;  d.  July  27,  1884;  was  in 
the  woolen  business.  Ch.:  Joseph  Frederick,  b.  June  18,  1854; 
d.  May  12,  1857;  Luther,  b.  Dec.  30,  1856;  m.  Feb.,  1886,  Mamie 
S.  Files;  place  of  business,  Boston,  Mass.;  Anna  Bertha,  b.  Jan. 
28,  1859;  m.  June  1,  1882,  F.  A.  Libbey,  Putnam,  Conn.;  children 
were  born  in  Lawrence,  Mass. 

4146.  xii.      Charles  E.,  b. ;  d. . 

1975.  Silas  Stacy  Whitney  (Hananiah,  Samuel,  William  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  June  21,  1805;  m.  in  Chichester,  N.  H.,  June  18, 1829, 
Mary  Bryant  Gate,  b.  Feb.  9,  1811;  d.  June  13,  1892.  He  was  born  in  Winchendon, 
Mass.,  on  a  farm,  and  on  leaving  home  worked  in  a  mill  carding  wool.  Later  he 
was  engaged  in  the  general  merchandising  business  at  Centre  Harbor,  N.  H.  About 
1852  he  removed  to  Pittsfield.  N.  H.,  in  same  trade.  In  1855  or  early  in  1856  he  sold 
out  and  went  to  Dubuque,  Iowa,  for  a  short  time,  thence  to  Chicago  and  engaged  in 
the  produce  and  grain  commission  business,  which  he  continued, up  to  a  short  time 
before  his  death.  The  family  went  to  Chicago  in  Nov.,  1856,  from  N.  H.  He  d.  Aug. 
5,  1873;  res.  Chicago,  111. 


4147. 

i. 

4148. 

11. 

4149. 

111. 

4150. 

IV. 

4151. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  279 

James  D.  C,  b.  Mar.  28,  1838;  m.  Alice  J.  Jennings. 
Charles  W.,  b.  May  18,  1843;  d.  Aug.  4,  1863. 

William  W.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1845;  m. . 

Franklin,  b.  Mar.  22,  1850;  m.  Jennie  M.  Stevenson. 
Mary  Ella.  b.  Feb.  3,  1853;  d.  Aug.  26,  1859. 

1977,     Samuel    Austin   Whitney    (Hananiah,    Samuel,   William,    Nathaniel, 

John,  Johni,   b.  Winchendon,   Mass..   Nov.   10,  1809;   m.   ;   b.   Feb,  11,   1811; 

d.  Jan.,  1879.     He  d.  June,  1886;  res.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

4152.  i.  Henry  S..  b.  Sept.  28,  1849;  m.  Clymena  P.  Farrow. 

4153.  ii.         Abbie  S.,  b. ;  m. Foster;  res.  Westford,  Mass, 

4154.  iii.        Iennie  N.,  b. ;  m. Bridge;  res.  Winchendon. 

4155.  iv.        Sybil  E.,  b. ;  m. Rice;  res.  Winch. 

4156.  V.         Mary  E.,  b.  — ;  m. Holbrook;  res.  Phil. 

4157.  vi.        Azubah,  b. ;  m. Mayson;  res.  Marlboro,  N.  H. 

1979.  Abraham  Johnson  Whitney  (James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Newtown,  Conn.,  Mar.  28,  1778;  m.  Nov.  22. 1799,  Philena  Adams,  b.  Goshen, 
Conn..  Sept.  6, 1783;  d.  Nov.  26. 1863.  He  was  a  clothier  and  wool  carder;  res.  several 
places  in  N.  Y..  and  finally  located  at  Stamford;  was  in  war  of  1812.  He  d.  Jan.  30, 
1862;  res.  Stamford,  N.  Y. 

4158.  i,  Alonzo  a.,  b.  Mav  6.  1801;  m.  Fannv  Pitts. 

4159.  ii.         Chloe  Hatch,  b.  Feb.  27,  1803;   m.  Jan.  1.  1826.  Christopher 

Devo,  b.  June  21,  1801;  res.  Caxton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  July 
29, '1862. 

4160.  iii.        Elozia  Gray,  b.  Oct.  28,  1805;  m.  Nov.  18.  1827.  Oliver  Wilkin- 

son, b.  Townsend,  Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1795.     She  d.  Sept.  23,  1857. 

4161.  iv.        James  L.,b.  Mar.  12.  1808;  m.  Lucy  Maria  Hall  and  Maria  Eldred. 

4162.  V.         Eunice  Johnson,  b.  July  22.  1816;  m.  Isaac  Creamer.    She  d. 

Varna,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  21,  1839;  buried  at  Newfield. 

4163.  vi.        Emeline   Amanda,  b.  Nov.  4,  1818;   m.  July  17,  1838.  Nelson 

Cowan,  b.  July  2,  1816,  at  Cayuga;  res.  Gibson,  N.  Y. 

1981.  Zerah  Wh;TNEV  (James.  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Newtown,  Conn.,  June  10,  1784;  m.  Feb.  19,  1808,  Jane  Demond;  b.  Dec.  22.  1788; 
d.  June  25.  1843. 

He  was  born  in  Newtown,  Conn.,  and  was  a  tanner  and  currier  by  trade.  Mov- 
ing to  New  York  state,  he  later  located  in  Michigan,  at  Cascade.  The  village  where 
he  resided  was  called  Whitneyville.  in  his  honor.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1812  and 
received  a  pension.  \\"r-  '.istice  of  the  peace  for  many  years.  Seventeen  of  his 
sons  and  grandsons  serve  =  .,i  ''iti  civil  war  and  not  one  was  wounded.  He  d.  Jan.  15, 
1873;  res.  Bradley.  Mich. 

4164.  i.  Martin  V.  B.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1832;  m.  Harriett  White. 

4165.  ii.         Ruth  Ann,  b.  Oct.  28,  1808;  m.  Apr.  5.  1828.  Jonathan  Mizener. 

He  was  b.  Apr.  7,   1803;  d.  Apr.  13,  1875.     She  d.  Sept.  3,  1869. 
Ch.:  John;  res.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

4166.  iii.       Peter"!.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1810;  m.  Betsev  Porter. 

4167.  iv.        Oscar  F.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1812;  m.  Electa  A.  Bryant. 

4168.  v.         Ezra,  b.  July  29.  1815;  m.  Hannah  De  Puy. 

4169.  vi.        Abraham   J.,   b.   Jan.   13,   1820;  m.   Julia  A.  Morse,  \'irginia  A. 

Chatterdon  and  Frances  Bennett. 

4170.  vii.      Chester  C.b.  Sept.  li^,  1822;  m.  Amanda  De  Puy. 

1984.  James  Lewis  Whitney  (James.  Samuel.  Samuel.  Nathaniel.  John,  John), 
b.  Newtown,  Conn..  May  29. 1789;  m.  Maria  Cass;  res.  Watkins.  N.  Y. 

4172.  i.  Mary  Ann.  b. ;  m. Starkey;  res.  W. 

4173.  ii. .  b. ;  m. Sweesey,  attornev  at  law.  Orange  Co., 

N.  Y. 

1986.  Philo  Whitney  (James,  Samuel.  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John.  John),  b. 
Newtown.  Conn..  Aug.  27,  1792;  m.  Oct.  1,  1815,  Jerusha  Wheeler,  b.  Oct.  16,  1796;  d. 
Sept.  21, 1829;  m.  2d.  Dec.  14.  1829.  Aurelia  Wheeler,  b.  July  23,  1792.  Was  a  black- 
smith and  was  killed  by  a  fracture  of  the  skull.  He  d..  accidently  killed,  April  6, 
1830;  res.  Newtown,  Conn. 

4174.  i.  Harriett,  b.  July  14.  1816;  m.  Dec.  9, 1835.  Edward  Fairchild,  b. 

Jan.  3,  1814.     She  d.  May  14,  1849;  res.  Newtown.  Conn. 


4182. 

i. 

4183. 

ii. 

4184. 

111. 

4186. 

iv. 

4186. 

V. 

4187. 

vi. 

4188. 

vii. 

4189. 

viii 

4190. 

ix. 

280  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4175.  ii.         Joseph  Botsford,  b.  Mar.  4,  1818;  drowned  in  Croton  river  June 

8,  1834. 

4176.  iii.        James  Wheeler,  b.  Nov.  27,  1819;  m.  Ann  Maria  Lewis, 

4177.  iv.        Emily,  b.  Oct.  11,  1821;  m.  Dec.  26,  1841,  Le  Grand  Fairchild,  b. 

Roxbury,  Conn.,  Feb.  1,  1820;  res.  N. 

4178.  V.         AuRELiA,  b.  Oct.  26,  1823;  m.  Oct.  24, 1849,  Oliver  Warner  Moore; 

b.  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1820;  res.  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.  He  was  for 
some  time  a  resident  of  Wash.,  D.  C,  and  head  of  the  Indian 
bureau. 

4179.  vi.        Ruth  Ann,  b.  May  27,  1826;  m.  Oct.  28,  1847,  Truman  Hubbell, 

d.  Newtown,  1849;  m.  2d,  June  10,1850,  Mark  Leavenworth  Hub- 
bell;  b.  Apr.  18,  1830;  res.  Bethel,  Conn.  During  the  war  he 
was  in  the  24th  N.  Y.  state  cavalry. 

4180.  vii.       Abraha.m  Johnson,  b.  Oct.  3,  1828;  m.  Marietta  Parmelee. 

1987.  Ezra  Whitney  (James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Sept. 
18,  1793;  m. ;  res.  Newfield,  N.  Y. 

4181.  i.  Sarah,  b. ;  m. Eaton;  res.  Charlestown,  Pa. 

1988.  Eli  Whitney  (James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  New- 
town, Conn.,  Feb.  25,  1795;  m.  Dorcas  Austin;  res.  Horseheads,  N.  Y. 

Sarah  Bronson,  b.  . 

Charles  Lewis,  b. ;  d.  unm.  Sept.  8,  1843. 

Jerusha,  b. ;  d.  Newfield,  N.  Y. 

Lucretia  Frances,  b.  June  8,1825;  m.  Sept.  28, 1843,  Wm.  Henry 

Brace;  b.  Nov. 30, 1820;  res.  Caton,  N.  Y. 

Theresa  Pamelia,  b. . 

Samuel  Austin,  b. ;  m.  Lucinda  Devoe;  res.  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Philo  Lorenzo,  b.  May  30,  1833;  m.  Ann  Elizabeth  Zeak. 

Henry  Eli,  b. ;  res.  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Alozia,  b. — ;  m.   Albert   McKinney;  res.  Southport,  N.   Y. 

He  was  in  the  war,  in  141st  Regt.  N.  Y.  S.  vols. 

1989.  Ethiel  Whitney  (James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Newtown,  Conn.,  May  6,  1796;  m.  Mar.  29,  1823,  Elizabeth  Leonard,  b.  Dec.  23,  1803. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  blacksmith;  in  his  later  years  became  blind;  was  a  toldier  in 
the  war  of  1812;  res.  Covert,  N.  Y.  and  Plainfield,  Mich. 

MiNDRUS  He.mkod,  b.  Jan.  1, 1824;  m.  Harriett  Adelaide  Watson. 

Zerah,  b.  Mar.  12.  1825;  m.  Feb.  5,  1851,  Ellen  Janet  Moffatt; 
res.  Plainfield,  Mich. 

Chauncev  Lambert,  b.  Oct.  8,  1826;  d.  May  8,  1832. 

Elizabeth  Jane,  b.  July  26,  1829;  d.  Aug.  1,  1832. 

Hermon  Eastman,  b.  Dec.  7,  1830;  m.  Lydia  Ann  Moffatt. 

Emeline,  b.  Jan.  12, 1838;  m.  Nov.  14, 1855,  Chas.  Roswell  Hine. b. 
Nov.  12,  1832;  res.  Lowell,  Mich.  He  is  a  supervisor  and  direc- 
tor of  the  local  bank. 

1990.  Abel  Whitney  (James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Sept. 
23,  1797;  m,  Oct.  1,  1821,  Elvira  Triphosa  Beecher,  b.  Bidgewater,  Conn.,  Mar.  28, 
1802.  He  is  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  has  held  a  number  of  public  offices  in  Ohio; 
res.  Newton,  Conn,  and  W^akeman,  O. 

4197.  i.  Elvira,  b.  1825;  d.  Apr.  12,  1831. 

4198.  ii.         Annie  Orena,  b.  Mar.  7,  1824;  m.  Apr.  6,  1851.  Charles  R.  Shel- 

ton;  b.  Oxford,  Conn.,  Jan.  3,  1820,  s.  p.;  res.  W. 

4199.  iii.        RuGGLES  N.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1826;  m.  Jane  Sherman. 

4200.  iv.        Lewis  Becar,  b.  Feb.  9,  1828;  d.  Aug.  1846. 

4201.  V.         Hannah  Maria,  b.  July  31,  1832;    m.  Mar.  30,  1856,  Leaverett 

Benedict  Hill,  b.  June  11,  1831 ;  res.  Larkspur,  Cal. 

4202.  vi.        Chas.  Philo,  b.  May  23,  1834;  m.Celinda  E.Ennes. 

4203.  vii.       Fred'k  Augustus,  b.  Jan.  23,  1837;  m.  Fanny  Maria  Shoff. 

4204.  viii.     Theo.  Beecher, b.  Apr.  21,  1840;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Parker. 
4206.    ix.       Jane  Amelia,  b.  May  2,  1842;  m.  Aug.  24,  1863,  William  Augus- 
tine Canfield,b.  May  27,  1841;  res.  W\ 

1998.  Isaac  John  Whitney  (Isaac,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Watertown,  Conn.,  Dec.  20,  1803;   m.  at  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1845,  Martha  Ann 


4191. 

i. 

4192. 

ii. 

4193. 

iii, 

4194. 

iv 

4195. 

V. 

4196. 

vi, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  281 

Rowell;  b.  May  18,  1818;  d.  Mar.  3,  1891.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1885;  res,  Brockport,  N.  Y., 
Main  and  Union  Sts. 

4206.  i.         Charles,  b.  Apr.  12,  1846;  m. . 

4207.  ii.        Mary  Louise,  b.  Nov.  7.  1864;  d.  Sept.  5,  1856. 

4208.  iii.       John  Rowell,  b.  Dec.  12,  1868;  m.  Josephine  Gibson. 

1999.  Zachariah  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.;  m. .     He  d.  in  1814;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

4209.  i.         Joseph  H.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1808;  m.  Eliza  Derby. 

4210.  ii.        JosiAH  B.,  b.  Apr.  30.  1811;  m.  Mary  A.  Patch. 

4211.  iii.       Levina,  b.  Apr.  15,  1810;  m.  John  Eaton,  of  Ashby,  Mass.   She  m. 

2d Jackson.  She  res.  with  her  son,  Henry  Jackson,  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass. 

2004.  Zachariah  Whitney  (John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b. 
Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Feb.  10,  1777;  m.  Feb.,  1801,  Abigail  Snow;  res.  Cavendish,  \'t. 
Abigail  Whitnev's  will  of  Lunenburg,  son,  Ebenezer  Robinson,  exec.  Made  Oct.  10, 
1822.     Prob.  Nov.  21,  1827. 

4212.  i.         Lucy,  b. ;  m.  Daniel  Grout;  res.  Cav. 

2005.  ZiMRi  Whitney  (John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lunen- 
burg, Mass.,  May  14,  1776;  m.  May  28,  1801,  Susanna  Sanderson;  b.  May  16,  1782;  d. 
1866.  He  d.  Aug.  24,  1862;  res.  Rindge,  1812,  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  1814,  and  Peru,  \t.,  1826, 
where  he  died. 

4213.  i.  Isaac  S.,  b.  Apr.  7, 1802;  m.  Maria  Orrington,  and  Hannah  Crandall. 

4214.  ii.        Abraham,  b.  Jan.  19,  1804;  m.  Adaline  Sawyer. 

4215.  iii.       Charles,  b.  Mar.  2,  1806;  m.  Adaline  Strong.    He  d.  Feb.  26, 1861 

Had  10  ch.;  res.  Charlestown,  Mass. 

4216.  iv.       Alvah,  b.  June  27,  1808;  m.  Caroline  Geyer. 

4217.  V.        Susannah  P.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1810;   m.  Apr.  16,  1883,  Benjamin   Pen- 

field;  res.  Gibsonburg,  O.  He  was  b.  Apr.  6,  1811;  d.  Sept.  27, 
1865;  was  a  farmer.     She  res.  at  414  Parker  St.,  East  Toledo,  O. 

Ch.:   Annie  M.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1836;   m.  1866, Williams;  res. 

Peru,  Vt.;    Mary  E.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1837;   m.  Dec.  2,1859, 

Phillips;  res.  Peru,  Vt.;  Benjamin  F.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1839;  d.  Nov. 
18,  1851 ;  Nathan  C,  b.  Feb.  l^,  1842;  m.  Aug.  12, 1871 ;  res.  Man- 
chester, Vt.;  William  A.,  b.  June  3,  1844;  m.  Jan.  1,  1871;  res. 
East  Toledo,  O.;  John  W.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1846;  m.  May,  1871;  res. 
Belleville,  Kas.;  Charles  F.,  b.  June  11,  1862;  res.  Cleveland,  O., 
71  Lawrence  St. 

Hosea,  b.  Mar.  17,  1813;  m.  Charlotte  Sawyer. 

Thomas  P.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1816;  m.  Harriett  A.  Benjamin. 

George  S.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1819;  m.  Eveline  Barnard. 

John  S.,  b.  May  21,  1822;  m.  Valissa  P.  Johnson.  He  d.  Oct.  24, 
1881;  res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H.;  had  6  ch. 

4222.  X.        Richard  Baxter,  b.  June,  18,  1826;  d.  unm. 

2006.  John  Whitney  (John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),b.  Lunenburg, 
Mass.,  July  2,  1788;  m.  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Dec.  8,  1812,  Sophia  Faulkner;  b.  Feb.  28, 
1794;  d.  Apr.  16,  1868;  m.  2d,  Apr.  12,  1860,  Mrs.  Fanny  Howe  Blodgett.  He  was  a 
farmer.     He  d.  Oct.  15,  1873;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  Rindge,  N.  H. 

4223.  i.  Sophia,  b.  Dec.  30,  1813;  m.  Mar.  21,  1832,  Brooks  Wheeler,  of 

Lincoln,  Mass.    She  d.  Oct.  23,  1841. 

4224.  ii.         Zachariah  F.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1816;  m.  Hepsibeth  Smith. 

4226.     iii.       Eunice,  b.  May  6,  1818;  m.  Sept.  14,  1841,  George  E.  Smith,  of 
Rindge. 

4226.  iv.       John  0.,b.  June  12,  1821;  m.Abbie  L.  Lvon. 

4227.  V.         Ann,  b.  Aug.  21,  1823;  m.  1840,  Edmund 'Wheeler;  res.  Quincy,  111. 

She  d.  Apr.  6,  1844. 

4228.  vi.        Sarah,  d.  aged  three  years. 

4229.  vii.      Sarah  P.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1827;  m.  William  L.  Whitney,  son  of  Lovell 

(sec)'  res.  W.  Rindcrc 

4230.  viii.     Charles  A.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1830;  m.  Lydia  M.  Lyon. 

4231.  ix.       Susan  E.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1833;  m.  Apr.  29,  1856,  Albert  S.  Marshall;  b, 

Mav  31,  1828;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Lunenburg,  Mass.    Ch.: 
Minnie  A.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1867;  Albert  A.,  b.  Aug.  6, 1860;  Charles  E., 
19 


4218. 

vi. 

4219. 

vii. 

4220. 

vni 

4221. 

IX. 

282  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


b.  Apr.  8,  1863;  Fred  W.,  b.  May  24,  1865;  Susan  A.,  b.  Apr.  2, 
1867;  Annetta  S.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1871. 

4232.  X.         George  A.,  b.  1837;  m.  Mattie  A.  Colburn  and  Susie  R.  Con- 

verse. 

2014.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.inWatertown,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1769;  m.  Apr.  9,  1793,  Lucy*  Parks,  b.  1772;  d.  winter 
1851,  in  Woburn,  Mass.;  res.  Watertown  and  Marshfield,  Mass.  He  had  18  ch.,  3 
dying  in  infancy. 

4233.  i.  Samuel. 

4234.  ii.         Jonathan. 

4235.  iii.        Asa. 

4236.  iv.       Abram. 

4237.  V.         John. 

4238.  vi.       Nathaniel. 

4239.  vii.      David,  b.  Nov.  24,  1805;  m.  Catherine  Horn. 

4240.  viii.     Adams,  b.  Sept.  14,  1817;  m. . 

4241.  ix.       Francis. 

4242.  X.         Susan. 

4243.  xi.       Rebecca. 

4244.  xii.      Lucy. 

4245.  xiii.     Harriett. 

4246.  xiv.     Mary  Ann,  b. ;  m. Hadley,  son  Jonas;  res.  Maiden, 

Mass. 

4247.  XV.      Abbie. 

2018.  Abijah  Whitney  (Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  in 
Weston,  Mass.,  in  1784;  m.  there  Jan.  7, 1808,  Anne  Lawrence,  b.  Aug.  17, 1785;  d.  June 
8,  1831.     He  d.  Apr.  20,  1862;  res.  Weston  and  Waltham,  Mass. 


4248. 
4249. 
4250. 
4251. 


Gardner,  b.  Sept.  17,  1811;  d.  Oct.  24,  1844. 

Thomas  Lawrence,  b.  Oct.  7,  1808;  d.  Oct.  3,  1810. 
i.        Henry,  b.  Aug.  18,  1822;  m.  Catherine  Harvey. 
V.        Samuel  Buttrick,  b.  Oct.  17,  1714;  m.  Mary  Watson  Crehore. 


4252.  V.         Sarah  Ann,  b.  Sept.  30,  1816;  m.  Joshua  Lawrence;  res.  Concord. 

2019.  Nathan  Whitney  (Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b. 
Weston,  Mass.,  in  1786;  m.  Martha  Stearns;  b.  Aug.  24,  1791;  d.  Aug.  30,  1855.  He 
was  a  cordwainer;  he  d.  June  12,  1823;  res.  Waltham,  Lincoln,  and  Concord,  Mass. 

4253.  i.  Nathan,  b. ;  m. ;  has  a  son  Frank  res.  in  Waltham, 

Mass. 

4254.  ii.        Martha,  b.  Nov.  27, 1809;  m.  May  10,  1832,  Benjamin  F.  Cheney. 

He  was  b.  Jan.  17, 1810;  d.  Jan.  19,  1892;  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  but  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  Ch.:  Martha  S.,  b. 
April  9,  1833;  m.  John  F.  Downing,  Dec.  11,  1860;  Somerville, 
Mass.;  Susan  A.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1834;  d.  July  8,  1857;  Franklin  E., 
b.  May  8,  1837;  d.  Oct.  3, 1845;  Rev.  Nathan  G.,  b.  Sept.  29, 1840; 
m.  Elizabeth  McLaughlin;  present  address.  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.;  Joseph  A.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1842;  d.  Feb.  20,  1844;  Henry  E., 
b.  July  1,  1845;  d.  Jan.  17,  1865;  William  A.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1848; 
m.  Annie  Skinner;  present  address,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

4255.  iii.       Joseph,  b. ;  m. ;  res.  in  Waltham. 

4256.  iv.       Maria  M.,  b. ;  m. Whitman;  res.  Newton. 

4257.  v.        Louisa  Ann,  b.  July,  1816;  m.  1833,  Austin  Gove.    Ch.:    Wesley 

A.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1834;  m.  Mary  J.  Kelley;  res.  East  Boston,  Mass.; 
Martha  J. ,  b.  1836;  m.  1853,  Alden  L.  Kincaid;  William  S.,  b. 
1843;   d.  1865;  Maria  L.,  b.  1854;  m.  1868,  Geo.  L.  Warren. 

4258.  vi.       William  S.,b.  Oct.  19,  1815;  m.  Sarah  Wheeler. 

4259.  vii.      Charles    Henry,  b.  Oct.  9,  1821;  m.  Eliza  Brigham. 

4260.  viii.     Mary  Jane,  b.  May  28,  1818;   m.  Oct.  4,  1840,   Aaron   Richards 

Gay;  b.  Oct.  9,  1815,  in  Roxbury,  Mass.;  d.  Apr.  7,  1859,  in  New- 
ton, Mass.  She  d.  Aug.  4,  1850.  Ch.:  Aaron  Francis,  b.  in  Bos- 
ton, Oct.  15,  1841;  m.  Mary  L.  Loud,  dau.  Rev.  Henry  M.Loud, 
of  Medford,  Mass.,  Oct.  2, 1866;  d.  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Feb.  2, 
1884;  Edwin  Whitney,  b.  in  Boston,  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.  1st,  Henri- 

•Another  account  says  Reighney  Parks. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  283 

etta  D.  Ricker,  Jan.  19,  1871 ;  2d,  Maria  M.  Ricker,  June  14. 1884; 
both  daus.  of  James  Ricker,  of  Newton,  Mass.;  res.  Newton, 
Mass.;  Melvin  Richards,  b.  in  Boston.  Sept.  21,  1847;  m.  Mary 
L.  Pellette,  dau.  of  Wm.  Pellette,  of  Oscoda,  Mich.,  June  10, 
1876,  at  Newburyport,  Mass.;  treas.  Knoxville  C.  G.  &  L.  R.  R., 
Knoxville,  Tenn.;  res.  Ypsilanti,  Mich.;  Albert  Newton,  b.  at 
Newton,  Mass.,  June  1,  1850;  d.  Mar.  26, 1861. 

2020.     Amos  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,   Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b. 
m.  at  Worcester,  Nov.  20,  1793,  Polly  Kingsbury;  b.  1772;  d.  Apr.  28,  1795,  the 


eldest  dau.  of  Moses  Kmgsbury;  m.  2d,  Oct.  1,  1800,  Betsey  Parker,  of  Shrewsbury, 
b.  1769;  d.  Aug.  12,  1841. 

Amos  Whitney  reed,  of  the  town  for  nursing  and  boarding  Jesse  Wesson's  wife 
and  child  $34.78.  At  the  March  town  meeting  in  1795  and  1806  he  was  elected  a 
surveyor  of  the  highways  and  collector  of  highway  taxes.  In  1802  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  school  committee.  In  1806  he  was  on  the  venire  for  the  Supreme 
Court;  1809  candidate  for  the  legislature;  1811  elected  assessor.  He  d.  bef.  his  wife; 
res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

4261.  i.  Ezra,  b. ;  d.  June,  1795. 

2021.  Moses  Whitney  (Samuel,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b. 
;  m.  Martha ;  b.  — ;  d. .  Moses  Whitney's  will,  late  of  Temple- 
ton,  wife  Martha;  daughter  Priscilla;  sons,  William  and  Moses.  Exec.  Thomas 
Fisher,  of  Templeton,  Jan.  1,  1810.     He  d.  1810;  res.  Templeton,  Mass. 

4262.  i.  Pkiscilla. 

4263.  ii.         William. 

4264.  iii.       Moses. 

2029.  George  Washington  Whitney  (Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  Aug.  26,  1812;  m.  Nov.  28,  1833,  Elizabeth  Cook,  b.  Nov. 
10,  1815;  d.  Nov.  1,  1860.  He  was  section  master  on  Boston  iS;  Albany  R.  R.  He  d. 
Mar.  17,  1863;  res.  Boston  and  Allston,  Mass. 

George  B.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1835;  res.  New  York  Citv;  sup.  9th  av. 
Elevated  R.  R. 

Lizzie,  b. ;  d. ;  her  dau.  Gertrude  Griggs  res.  Mer- 
rick, Fla. 

Delphina,  b. ;  res.  Merrick,  Fla. 

Anna  Amelia,  b.  — ;  res.  Merrick,  Fla. 

Arabella,  b. ;  res.  Merrick,  Fla. 

Wm.  Ezekiel,  b.  Dec.  1,  1840;  m.  Margaret  Kinder. 

Frank,  b.  Mar.  28,  1844;  res.  Roxbury. 

Alonzo  D.,  b.  in  1847;  m.  Zeaphine  J.  Gilliheon. 

Edward,  b. ;  d. . 

2036.  Walter  H.  Whitney  (Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Watertown,  Mass.,  1819;  m.  at  E.  Boston,  1840,  Lydia  E.  Doyle,  b.  1822;  d.  Aug.  10, 
1888.     He  is  a  baker;  res.  Newton  and  So.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Walter  Henry,  b.  Oct.  1,  1839;  d.  at  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  in  1862. 

Lorenzo  L.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1842;  m.  Sarah  Robertson. 

Emma  Isadora,  b.  Dec.  20,  1846;  d.  Nov.  17,  1862. 

Adelaide  Adela,  b.  Dec.  7,  ll-!48;  m.  Mar.  25,  1866,  Hartley  \. 

Wilson;  res.  160  Shawnut  St.,  Chelsea.     Ch.:  Alfred  Sylvester,  b. 

Apr.  26,  1867;  d.   May  5,  1867;  Lillian   May,  b.  Feb.  6,  1869;  d. 

Apr.  12.  1869;  Hartley  Nichols,  b.  and  d.  Sept.  16,  1873;  Ruby 

Nichols,  b.  Aug.  30,  1885. 
4279.    V.         Benjamin  F.,  b.  in  1856;  m.  Aug.  5,  1877. 

2037.  William  Dexter  Whitney  (Stephen,  Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  in  Lunenburg,  July  20,  1803;  m.  Oct.  1(5, 1824,  in  Lancaster,  Harriett  Hawkes, 
b.  Nov.  20,  1803;  d.  Feb.  18,'  1882. 

William  D.  Whitney  was  a  remarkably  reserved  and  quiet  man.  He  served  an 
apprenticeship  of  seven  years  at  cabinet-making  at  Lancaster,  Mass.  He  married 
and  began  business  on  his  own  account  at  Southbridge,  where  four  children  were 
born.  Later  he  moved  to  Boston  and  worked  at  his  trade.  At  Boston  he  was 
employed  by  Chickering  &  Sons  on  work  in  ivory.  Did  not  hold  public  office,  and 
never  sought  preferment  of  that  sort.     Had  a  wonderfully  fine  musical  taste  and  tal- 


4265. 

i. 

4266. 

ii. 

4267. 

iii. 

4268. 

iv. 

4269. 

V. 

4270. 

vi. 

4271. 

VH. 

4273. 

Vlll 

4274. 

IX. 

4275. 

4276. 

ii. 

4277. 

ni 

4278. 

IV, 

284  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


ent,  and  was  a  leader  of  musical  bodies.    This  talent  all  his  children  inherited.     He 
died  of  dropsy  at  Lancaster.     He  d.  Oct.  26,  1865;  res.  Lancaster  and  Boston,  Mass. 

4280.  i.  William  Stephen,  b.  Nov.  28,  1825;  d.  July  16,  1827. 

4281.  ii.         Maria  Antoinette,  b.  Oct.  18,  1827;  m.  Dec.  9,  1846,  Francis 

Pratt;  res.  Southbridge.  She  d.  Oct.  3,  1859.  Ch.:  Wm.  Fran- 
cis; res.  Herman  St.,  Winthrop,  Mass. 

4282.  iii.       Stephen  William,  b.  Feb.  15,  1829;  d.  Sept.  30,  1831. 

4283.  iv.       Sarah  Ellen,  b.  Mar.  9,  1831;  d.  Sept.  18,  1854. 

4284.  V.         John  Dexter,  b.  Nov.  29,  1833;  d.,  it  is  thought,  in  1862  in  Rebel 

army.     Went  from  Memphis,  Tenn. 
4285     vi.       Edmund  C,  b.  Dec.  28,  1835;  m.  Cornelia  F.  Shepherd. 

4286.  vii.      Wm.  Sidney,  b.  Mar.  21,  1838;  d.  Sept.  15,  1840. 

4287.  viii.     Harriet  Francis,  b.  Nov.  19,  1840;  d.  Dec.  6,  1841. 

4288.  ix.       Georgiana  Freeman,  b.  Feb.  6  ,  1843;  m.  July  9,  1862,  Joseph  S. 

French;  res.  86  Union  Ave.  So.  Framingham,  Mass.  He  was  b. 
June  12,  1840;  d.  s.  p.  May  30,  1881. 

4289.  X.         Marietta  Isabell,  b.  Aug.  31,  1845;  m.  May  22,  1878,  Mr.  Cun- 

ningham; b.  Oct.  21,  1838;  res.  24  Main  St.,  Marlboro,  Mass. 
She  was  previously  married  to  a  Mr.  Adams,  and  had  one  child. 
Grace  Francis,  b.  Mar.  27,  1866;  who  m.  L.  A.  Mabee,  and  res. 
East  Carlton,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.  Ch.  by  second  m.;  Geo.  Wm., 
b.  Aug.  23,  1880;  Myrtie  Winnifred,  b.  Jan.  8,  1879;  d.  Mar.  30, 
1884;  M.  Maude,  b.  Aug.  16,  1885. 

4290.  xi.       Francis  Herbert,  b.  June  23,  1849;   res.  Howes  Court,  Marl- 
^  boro,  Mass. 

2042.  Benjamin  Hvrd  Whitney  (Abijah,  Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Oct.  15,  1813;  m.  May  1836,  Mary  Butters,  b.  in  1815;  d.  Oct.  3,  1840;  m.  2d,  Nov. 
1844,  Sarah  Phelps. 

Benjamin  H.  Whitney,  son  of  Abijah,  and  Betsey  Whitney  of  Lunenburg,  went 
to  Westminster  ab.  1836,  and  established  the  wheelwright  business  in  the  shop  which 
stood  near  the  site  of  the  Baptist  meetinghouse,  his  place  of  residence  being  on 
Bacon  Street,  where  Israel  Dickmson  now  lives.  He  m.  2d,  Sarah  Phelps  of  Lunen- 
burg.    Res.  Westminster  and  Lunenburg,  Mass. 

4291.  i.  Emma,  b. .    (Adopted.) 

2046.  Francis  Wolfe  Whitney  (Abijah,  Stephen,  John,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  July  15,  1825;  m.  in  Phillipston,  Huldah  B.  Frost,  b. 
1830.  He  was  born  in  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  remained  with  his  parents  until  nine- 
teen years  of  age,  assisting  his  father  on  his  farm  and  working  in  his  slaughter 
house;  but  not  liking  the  latter  work  left  home  to  learn  the  carriage  and  wheelwright 
trade  with  his  brother.  He  was  paid  $40  a  year  and  worked  twelve  hours  a  day;  at 
the  end  of  the  year  he  had  managed  to  save  $18  of  this  sum  to  which  he  added  $7 
which  his  father  had  paid  him,  and  this  amount  he  placed  at  interest.  After  being 
away  from  home  for  two  years  his  father  was  disabled  so  that  it  was  necessary  for 
him  to  return  and  carry  on  the  farm,  which  was  finally  sold.  He  then  left  to  find  a 
place  at  Worcester  to  work  at  his  trade.  He  stopped  on  his  way  at  Leominster  to 
visit  his  sister  and  while  there  waiting  for  the  stage  he  went  into  a  piano  shop,  the 
first  he  had  ever  seen.  The  proprietor  wanted  to  hire  him,  as  he  very  much  needed 
a  man  on  one  kind  of  work,  and  after  showing  him  what  it  was  he  agreed  to  go  to 
work  for  him  the  next  week.  He  worked  for  him  ten  years,  till  his  employer  gave 
up  the  business  on  account  of  ill-health  and  losses,  etc.  Being  out  of  business  he 
thought  he  would  try  his  hand  at  making  children's  carriages,  and  after  decidmg  the 
matter  he  proposed  to  his  cousin,  F.  A.  Whitney,  who  had  worked  for  him  one  year 
at  piano  work,  to  go  in  company  with  him,  he  accepted  the  offer.  They  had  but 
little  capital,  but  began  in  a  small  way  and  were  making  some  headway  when  the 
shop  was  burned  and  they  lost  all  their  machinery,  stock,  etc.,  as  there  was  no  insur- 
ance. After  they  had  secured  money  from  friends  they  erected  a  small  shop  on 
leased  land  and  began  business  again,  which  after  thirty-five  years  has  become  one 
of  the  most  important  in  Leominster,  employing  from  160  to  200  hands  and  turning 
out  nearly  40,000  carriages  a  year.  For  the  past  few  years  Mr.  Whitney  has  not 
taken  any  active  part  in  the  business,  owing  to  poor  health.  When  able  to  work  he 
spends  his  time  in  his  garden,  which  is  well  stocked  with  all  kinds  of  fruits  and  ber- 
ries. He  also  has  an  extensive  vegetable  garden  and  one  of  the  most  pleasantly 
located  homes  in  that  beautiful  New  England  town.     Indirectly  there  has  grown  out 


4292. 

i. 

4293. 

ii. 

4294. 

iii 

4295. 

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of  his  going  to  Leominster  several  other  large  manufactories  which  have  resulted 
in  greatly  increasing  the  number  of  the  inhabitants  and  improving  the  town  so  that 
now  it  is  one  of  the  most  desirable  for  business  and  for  a  home  in  the  state.  He  has 
never  held  any  public  office  in  town  affairs.  He  has  had  some  influence  in  sustain- 
ing the  Methodist  church,  to  which  he  belongs,  at  least  in  a  financial  way.  He  has 
had  some  influence,  directly  and  indirectly,  in  the  prosperity  of  the  town,  and  has 
owned  some  real  estate  on  which  he  built  a  number  of  dwelling  houses,  opening  a 
number  of  new  streets  on  which  there  has  been  and  is  considerable  building. 

His  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Leonard  Frost,  and,  being  a  Methodist  min- 
ister, had  no  permanent  home.     She  was  born  in  Lemj>ster,  N.  H.,  and  taught  school 
before  she  was  married.     She  has  been  interested  m  the  Woman's  Christian  Tem- 
perance Union  and  held  various  offices.     Res.  Leominster,  Mass. 
■""^      •  Ida,  b.  Apr.  8,  1855;  d.  June  11,  1867. 

Katie,  b.  Oct.  28,  1858;  d.  Jan.  28,  1875. 
Arthur,  b.  Dec.  6,  1860;  d.  Aug.  1,  1870. 

Nellie  S.,  b.  June  21,  1862;  m.  m  Leominster,  Fred  H.  Wells; 
res.  Leominster.  Ch.:  Ada  Francis,  b.  Feb.  22,  1888;  Katherine 
Whitney,  b.  May  1,  1891. 

4296.  V.         Fred  A.,  b.  June  11,1866;  res.  Leominster;  unm.     Fred  A.,  with 

his  brother,  Walter  F.,  are  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  paper 
boxes.  Tiieir  present  shop  being  too  small  for  their  increasing 
business,  they  are  now  about  building  quite  a  large  four-story 
building.  They  find  a  sale  for  a  large  number  of  boxes  in 
Leominster,  as  many  of  the  maimfacturers  use  them. 

4297.  vi.        Walter  F.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1871;  res.  Leo.;  unm. 

4298.  vii.      Annie  D.,  b.  July  24,  1867;  d.  Jan.  28,  1868. 

2052.  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Mar.  28,  1793;  m.  Jan.  8,  1822,  Anne  Miles  Whitney  (see), 
of  Princeton,  dau.  Capt.  Andrew  and  Lucy  (Miles),  b.  Feb.  21,  1801;  d.  June  3,  1885. 
He  d.  Dec.  10,  1831;  res.  Westminster,  Mass.     He  was  a  farmer  and  cooper. 

4299.  i.         William,  b.  Julv  23,  1823;  d.  Apr.  27,  1847. 

4300.  ii.         Augustine,  b.  Apr.  9,  1825;  m.  Mary  A.  Titus. 

2065.  Aaron  Whitney  (David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  May 
1,  1800;  m.  Jan.  2,  1822,  Martha  Raymond,  b.  1798;  d.  Sept.  11,  1850. 

Aaron  Whitney,  son  of  Deacon  David  and  Elizabeth  (Barron)  Whitney,  married 
Polly  (Martha),  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Patty  (Downs)  Raymond,  Jan.  2,  1822, 
and  settled  with  his  family  on  the  ancestral  estate,  coming  into  possession  of  the 
northwest  part  of  the  farm,  with  the  corresponding  section  of  the  ancient  dwelling 
house  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a  quiet,  unpretending  man,  of  excellent  habits 
and  character,  and  an  estimable  neighbor  and  citizen.  His  death  occurred  by 
drowning,  at  Pettaconsett,  R.  I.,  whither  he  had  gone  not  long  before  to  visit  his 
son  Frederic.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1886;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

4301.  i.  Frederic,  b.  Oct.  17,  1823;  m.  Sarah  Ann  Randell,  Janette  C. 

Vanderburg,  and  Jane  McLean. 

4302.  ii.         M.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  5,  1825;  d.  unm.  Oct.  26,  1883. 

4303.  iii.        Martha,  b.  Feb.  26,  1828;  d.  Sept.  19,  1847. 

4304.  iv.        Stillman,  b.  Apr.  11,  1833;  m.  Julia   Moulton,   Mary  Moulton, 

and . 

4305.  v.         Emily,  b.  in  1836;  m.  Dr.  Isaac  Tabor;  res.  Cal.;  7  ch. 

4306.  vi.        S.  Adelia,  b.  Dec.  3,  1840;  d.  Nov.  24,  1875. 

2067.  Reuben  Perkins  W'hitney  (David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  July  24,  1804;  m.  Mar.  8,  1827,  Clarissa  C.  Woodward, 
b.  Princeton,  Sept.  29,  1804;  d.  Sept.  28,  1862;  m.  2d,  Apr.  27,  1865,  Mrs.  Fidelia 
(Beaman)  Pierce,  b.  Apr.  12.  1807;  d.  Mar.  10.  1866;  m.  3d,  Dec.  1867,  Mrs.  Nancy  R. 
Thomas,  b.  1815;  d.  Feb.  13,  1869. 

He  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Deacon  David.  He  resided  in 
Princeton  and  W^est  Boylston;  carried  on  an  extensive  farm  and  conducted  a  large 
saw  mill.  Was  respected  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  died  in  South  Lancaster  nearly 
90  years  of  age.  E.  H.  Hinds,  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Fidelia  B.  Whitney,  W. 
Boylston,  d.  Mar.  10, 1876.  Husband,  Reuben  Whitney.  Ch.  of  Fidelia:  Chas.  I.  Pierce, 
West  Boylston;  Delia  M.  Hardy.  W^orcester;  Sarah  J.  Moore,  Worcester;  John  M. 
Pierce,  W.  Boylston;  Harlem  B.Pierce,  Worcester;  appointed  Apr.  3,  1876.  He  d. 
Sept.  24,  1892;  res.  Princeton,  West  Boylston,  and  So.  Lancaster,  Mass. 


286  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4307.  i.  Louisa  Howe,  b.  Mar.  4,  1828;  m.  Sept.  5,  1850,  Elias  W.  Thomp- 

son; res.  320  Marks  PI.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  was  born  in 
Mercer,  Me.,  Apr.  8,  1824;  is  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business.  Ch.:  Fanny  L.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1853;  d.  Mar.  23, 
1855;  Clara  W.,  b.  May  26,  1856;  m.  Aug.  2,  1880;  p.  o.,  Fargo, 
N.  Dakota;  m.  to  George  W.  Shotwell;  Everett,  b.  Apr.  15,  1858; 
d.  Aug.  10,  1861;  Lizzie  B.,  b.  Dec.  31.  1861;  m.  Harry  S.  Story, 
Apr.  27,  1887;  p.  o.  20  Berkley  PI.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Lewis  B.,  b. 
Apr.  22,  1873,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

4308.  ii.        Jason  W.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1829;  m.  Lydia  A.  Davis. 

4309.  iii.        Marv  E.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1831;  m.  Apr.  22,  1852,  John  A.  Rice,  b.  Aug. 

15,  1825;  res.  So.  Lancaster;  is  a  provision  dealer.  Ch.:  Agnes 
L.,  and  Alice  L.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1865;  address,  So.  Lancaster;  Ellen 
and  Ella,  b.  Feb.  26,  1859;  d.  Aug.,  1859;  Mary  W.  and  Mabel 
W.,  b.  Alar.  3,  1867;  d.  Apr.,  1867;  George  A.,  b.  July  10,  1868; 
address,  So.  Lancaster. 
4S10.     iv.        Orville  p.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1833;  m.  Dora  E.  Odell. 

4311.  V.         Clara  E.,  b.   Sept.  26,  1836;  m.  Nov.  8,   1877;  Dea.  Joseph   C. 

Lovell,  b.  July  13,  1819;  d.  Sept.  19.  1887;  res.  So.  Lancaster, 
Mass.     Ch.:     Edith  L.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1878;  d.  Apr.  8,  1884. 

4312.  vi.        George  F.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1838;  m.  Sarah  M.  Davis. 

4313.  vii.       Lucia  M.,  b.  July  10,  1844;  d.  July  31,  1844. 

2068.  Isaac  Whitney  (David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Mar. 
14,  1806;  m.  Sept.  9,  1832,  Susan  Barrett;  b.  Sept.  25,  1808;  d.  Mar.  24,  1842;  m.  kd, 
Sept.  22,  1842,  Eliza  Perkins.     He  d.  Aug.  4,  1846;  res.  Newark,  111. 

4314.  i.  Lvcius,  b.  Feb.  24,  1836;  m.  Harriett  J.  Longhead. 

4315.  ii.         John  Howard,  b.  July  5,  1840;  unm.;  was  corporal  in  Co.  F,  36 

111.  \'ol.  Infantry,  and  was  killed  by  gun  shot  at  Resaca,  Ga., 
May  14,  1864. 

4316.  iii.        Susan  Barrett,  b.  Nov.  4,  1842;  m.  May  21,  1868,  in  Morris,  III., 

James  Webster  Olson;  res.  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.  He  was  b.  Aug. 
18.  1839.  Ch.:  Adda  L.,  b.  in  Linn  Co.,  Kan.,  Apr.  18,  1869;  d. 
May  28,  1884,  at  Ottawa,  Kan.;  Edyth  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  6,  1872, 
in  Quenemo,  Osage  Co.,  Kan.;  Bertha  Pauline  Chamberlain,  b. 
July  15,  1876,  in  Ottawa,  Franklm  Co.,  Kan.;  Mary  Webster 
Geraldine,  b.  Apr.  24,  1881,  in  Williamsburg,  Franklin  Co.,  Kan. 

2071.  Dea.  Calvin  W^hitney  (David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Dec.  1,  1813;  m.  Sept.  7,  1837,  Huldah  Brown;  b.  Sept.  8,  1818. 

Calvin  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead 
selected  by  his  grandfather,  Capt.  Nathan,  when  the  place  was  known  as  "Narragan- 
sett  No.  2."  In  the  kitchen  in  the  old  house  is  his  grandfather's  commission  as  cap- 
tain in  the  King's  Guards.  He  has  numerous  other  relics  of  Revolutionary  times, 
including  portraits  of  Capt.  Nathan  and  his  wife  painted  by  a  Capt.  Dommos,  a  Hes- 
sian prisoner  whom  they  were  keeping  with  others  taken  by  our  soldiers  from  the 
British.  In  early  life  he  was  engaged  in  getting  out  chair  stock,  but  afterward 
devoted  himself  wholly  to  the  management  of  his  farm.  Himself  and  wife  have 
been  deeply  interested  in  questions  of  moral  and  social  reform,  and  through  them  in 
the  more  liberal  interpretations  of  Christianity,  becoming  at  length  members  of  the 
Universalist  Church,  of  which  he  was  for  some  years  dea.  Two  of  their  daus.  have 
displayed  much  talent  in  certain  lines  of  art,  and  made  a  creditable  reputation 
for  themselves  in  putting  the  same  to  practical  use.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitney  are  still 
living  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  peaceful  old  age,  having  celebrated  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  their  marriage  several  years  since,  amid  the  congratulations  and  kind  wishes 
of  a  large  circle  of  relatives  and  friends.     Res.  So.  Westminster,  Mass. 

Lucy  Brown,  b.  Sept.  23,  1838;  d.  Mar.  19,  1869. 

Sarah  Booth,  b.  Jan.  15,  1843;  res.  So.  W. 

Nathan  B..  b.  Jan.  2,  1846;  d.  Mar.  1,  1872. 

Cecil  C,  b.  Jan.  5,  1848;  m.  Eldora  J.  Gates. 

Luella  H.,  b.  Apr.  23, 1853;  m.  June  11,  1881,  Chester  Canham; 
res.  So.  Westminster.  He  was  b.  Nov,  14,1845;  d.  May  9,  1888, 
s.  p. 

2073.  Dea.  John  Whitney  (John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Feb.  20, 1797;  m.  prob.  Sept.  20,  1821,  Lydia  Allen,  b.  Sept.  4,  1802;  d.  Dec.  19,  1843. 


4317. 

4318. 

4319. 

iii, 

4320. 

IV, 

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John  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.  He  was  a  farmer  and  did 
not  figure  in  political  or  professional  circles.  He  was  a  stanch  Christian,  foremost 
in  all  movements  tending  to  the  public  good. 

He  succeeded  to  his  father's  estate  and  spent  his  life  upon  it.  He  m.  Lydia,  dau. 
of  Dea.  Ephraim  Allen,  of  Hubbardston,  and  had  a  family  of  eight  children,  all  of 
excellent  character  and  reputation.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  were  much  interested  in  the 
education  of  their  children,  and  had  a  room  in  their  house  fitted  up  for  school  pur- 
poses, where  in  conjunction  with  a  few  of  their  neighbors  of  a  like  spirit  they  main- 
tained a  private  school  for  some  time,  the  advantages  of  which  were  shared  by  the 
writer  of  this  notice.  Having  been  converted  to  the  views  of  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion in  mid-life,  they  united  with  the  church  of  that  faith  in  town,  and  became  active 
and  devoted  members,  he  being  appointed  dea.  A  fearful  visitation  of  typhoid 
fever  in  the  early  winter  of  1843-44  struck  down  nearly  all  the  members  of  this  house- 
hold—the father,  mother,  and  one  child  falling  victims  to  it.  He  d.  Mar.  15,  1844; 
res  Westminster,  Mass. 

4322.  i.  John  Emerson,  b.  Sept.  13, 1822;  m.  Cleora  Allen  and  Mrs.  Mary 

B.  Ballou. 

4323.  ii.         Su.MNER  Allen,  b.  June  27,  1824;  m.  Lura  Clark. 

4324.  iii.        Ephraim,  b.  July  6,  1826;  d.  June  28,  1850. 

4325.  iv.        Mary  Alona,  b.  Oct.  22,  1829;  m.  Mar.  3,  1853,  Charles  M.  Pen- 

ley,  b.  Oct.  11,  1831.  She  d.  Sept.  25,  1859.  Ch.:  Margaret  A., 
b.  Jan.  12,  1854;  m. Nichodemus;  res.  184  Front  St.,  Wor- 
cester, Mass.;  Harriett  V.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1856;  m.  and  res.  Auburn, 
Mass.;  Charles  E.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1859;  d.  July  1,  1859. 

4326.  v.         Harriett,  b.  May  29,  1832;  m.  June  2,  1865,  Appleton  Dadmun, 

b.  Julv  21,  1828;  d.  Nov.  2,  1869;  m.  2d,  June  lU,  1875,  Dr.  Calvin 
G.  Goodrich,  b.  May  11,  1820;  d.  Nov.  20,  1880;  res.  74  Elm  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.  Ch.:  Mary  Louise,  b.  Apr.  2^,  1866;  res.  with 
mother;  Fred'k  Appleton,  b.  May  31,  1868;  d.  Mar.  8,  1869. 

4327.  vi.        Edward,  b.   Aug.   12,  1834;  m.  Susan  L.  Cutting  and  Emma  L. 

Rice. 

4328.  vii.      Francis  Stearns,  b.  Mar.,  1840;  d.  Jan.  16,  1844. 

4329.  viii.     Geo.  Clarkson,  b.  Sept.  19,  1842;  m.  Amy  E.  Whidden. 

2076.  JosiAH  Whitney,  Jr.  (Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Mar.  20,  1791,  Watertown,  Mass.;  m.  Jan.  1,  1816,  Rebecca  Rice,  dau.  of  John,  of 
Ashbv,  Mass.;  b.  in  1793;  d.  in  Dec,  1859.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1818;  res.  Ashbv,  Mass. 

4330.  i.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  Sept.,  1816;  d.  ]une  13,  1844. 

4331.  ii.        John  M.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1818;  m.  Emma  A.  Willard. 

2078.  Jonas  Prescott  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  in  Waltham,  Sept.  22,  1793;  bap.  same  day;  moved  to  Ashby,  1799,  and  m.  Rebecca 
Piper;  b.  May  15,  1797;  d.  June  18,  1838;  m.  2d,  Louisa  Wheeler;  b.  Apr.  14,  1804;  d. 
June  1,  1864. 

Jonas  P.  Whitney,  Fitchburg,  will.  Ch.:  Rebecca  Gushing,  Ashby;  Josiah  D., 
Brattleboro,  Vt.;  Julius,  Brattleboro,  \'t.;  Mary  Ann  Mansfield,  Ashby;  Milo,  Boston; 
Jonas,  Fitchburg;  Andrew,  Fitchburg;  Clara  Hubbard,  Fitchburg;  Josiah  Whitney, 
exec;  Aug.  1,  1869;  Sept.  23,  1879.  He  d.  Aug.  18, 1879;  res.  Ashby,  Springfield  and 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 

4332.  i.  Rebecca,  b.  June  26,  1815;  m.  Sept.  16,  1841,  Isaac  Gushing;  res. 

Ashby,  Mass.;  b.  June  30, 1813;  d.  Oct.  9,  1891. 

4333.  ii.         Josiah  D.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1818;  m.  Lucy  D.  Chapin. 

4334.  iii.        Mary  Ann.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1820;  m.  May,  1843,  James  A.  Mansfield. 

She  d.  Nov.,  1885. 

4335.  iv.        Jonas,   b.  Mar.  20,   1824;   m.   Elizabeth   Corey    Rice  and    Lucy 

Damon. 

4336.  V.         Andrew,  b.  Feb.  28,  1826;  m.  July  3,  1872,  Dida  Hudson.     He  d 

Apr.,  1886;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

4337.  vi.        Clara,  b.  May  6,  1828;  m.  May  8, 1861,  William  W.  Hubbard;  res. 

Fitchburg.     He  was  b.  Sept.  12,  1827;  s.  p. 

4338.  vii.        Sarah,  b.  Oct.  14,  1830;  m.  Jan.  11,  1865,  Benjamin  F.  Dewing; 

res.  11  Milford  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Jan.  24,  1836.  He 
is  a  contractor;  s.  p. 

4339.  viii.      Ellen,  b.  June  11,  1832;  d.  June  19,  1832. 


288  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


4340.  ix.        MiLO,  b.  May  16,  1834;  m.  Malintha  Hook;  res.  73  Warren  ave., 

Boston,  Mass. 

4341.  X.         Julius,  b.  May  28,  1836;  m.  Harriett  A.  Downe  and  Mary  J.  Whit- 

ney. 

2080.  John  Beadon  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Apr.  7,  1801;  m.  May  1,  1829,  Harriett  Gushing;  b.  Nov.  15,  1803;  d.  July  11,  1875.  He 
d.  Aug.  26,  1882;  res.  Ashby  and  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

4342.  i.  JohnC,  b.  Feb.  9,  1832;m.  Mary  W.  Pillsbury. 

4343.  ii.         Mary  Jane,  b.  Oct.  23,  1833;  m.  May  14,  1856,  Augustus  Welling- 

ton; res.  195  Blossom  St.,  Fitchburg. 
4;^4.    iii.       Franklin  Isaac,  b.  May  23,  1839;  d.  Dec.  10, 1855. 

4345.  iv.       Theodore  A.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1830;  m.  Laura  W.  Miller. 

4346.  V.        Marcus  Morton,  b.  Feb.  1,  1843;  d.  Apr.  18, 1843. 

4347.  vi.       Charles  E.,b.  Mar.  16,  1837;  m.  Lydia  A.  Dix. 

2083.  William  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  luly, 
20,  1798,  in  Lincoln,  Mass.;  m.  Dec.  23,  1823,  Fanny  Lmcoln;  b.  Sept.  26,  1803;  d. 
Aug.  5,  1888. 

William  Whitney,  Ashby's  oldest  townsman  and  the  most  aged  man  who  ever 
resided  there,  passed  away  Sept.  4,  1894,  quietly  and  painlessly,  after  a  short  illness, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  96  years,  his  birthday  having  been  celebrated  within  a  few 
weeks,  when  he  was  able  to  be  about  and  join  heartily  with  story  and  anecdote  in  the 
jollity  of  the  occasion.  He  was  always  exceedingly  fond  of  hunting,  trapping  and 
fishing,  and  his  anecdotes  of  experiences  while  enjoying  the  sport  have  been  a 
source  of  pleasure  to  younger  hearers  many  a  time.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  man  of 
sterling  integrity,  upright,  straightforward  and  sincere.  As  a  neighbor,  friend  and 
townsman,  a  landmark  almost  (for  like  the  old  mountain  near  which  he  lived  so  long 
he  had  come  to  be  a  part  of  Ashby,  known  to  and  esteemed  by  every  citizen),  he  will 
be  missed.  His  race  has  been  noted  for  its  longevity,  one  of  his  sisters,  Mrs.  Oliver 
Kendall,  having  lived  to  be  97,  and  another  Mrs.  Oliver  Wheeler,  reached  the  age 
of  93.  He  was  born  in  Lincoln  and  when  he  was  about  seven  years  old,  his  parents 
moved  to  Ashby  and  located  on  a  farm  in  the  extreme  western  part  of  the  town, 
under  the  shades  of  Watatic  mountain.  Some  of  his  land  extended  to  the  summit  of 
the  mountain.  William  was  the  fifth  of  a  family  of  seven  children,  there  being  three 
boys  and  four  girls.  He  is  the  last  of  that  family.  In  his  boyhood  days  his  father 
used  to  drive  into  Boston  once  a  year,  in  the  fall.  It  would  take  a  day  to  make  the 
journey,  then  one  day  would  be  spent  in  Boston  marketing,  etc.,  and  the  third  day 
the  return  trip  would  be  made.  Alost  of  Mr.  Whitney's  life  has  been  spent  in  Ashby. 
He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  21.  Then  he  learned  the  trade  of  shoe- 
making  in  New  Ipswich,  and  worked  for  several  years  in  the  South  Village.  He 
afterward  bought  a  farm,  but  has  long  resided  in  a  neat,  cosy-looking  white  cottage 
in  the  South  Village,  a  short  distance  from  the  residence  of  the  town  clerk,  Alonzo 
A.  Carr,  a  son-in-law.  His  son,  Myron  W.  Whitney,  has  long  been  regarded  as  the 
best  bass  singer  in  the  world,  and  it  is  natural  for  Myron  to  have  taste  for  music. 
He  must  have  inherited  it  from  his  father,  who  led  the  singing  in  the  Ashby  Congre- 
gational church  for  a  number  of  years.  Long  before  the  society  bought  an  organ, 
Mr.  Whitney  played  a  bass  viol  in  the  church.  Lntil  recently  he  has  often  played 
on  the  harmonica  at  church  sociables.  His  musical  education  was  obtained  at  the 
village  singing  school,  which  held  sessions  during  the  winter.  Mr.  Whitney  had  to 
walk  four  miles  to  the  school — eight  miles  in  all — every  time  he  attended.  His 
memory  was  remarkable  and  he  remembered  seeing  the  troops  march  through  the 
east  end  of  the  town  on  the  way  from  Boston  to  Canada,  during  the  war  of  1812. 
Myron  followed  somewhat  in  his  father's  footsteps  as  regards  his  early  musical  train- 
ing, the  foundation  being  obtained  at  the  village  singing  school.  He  d.  Sept.  4, 1894; 
res.  Ashby,  Mass. 

Myron,  b.  Jan.  11,  1826;  d.  Oct.  28,  1826. 
Harriett  Frances,  b.  Sept.  5,  1827;  d.  Nov.  26,  1841. 
John  P.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1831;  m.  Jan.  1,  1857;  res.  Ashby.  , 

Myron  W.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1836;  m.  Eleanor  Breasha. 
Harriett  Maria,  b.  Oct.  27,  1845;  m.  Jan.  12,  1870,  Alonzo  A. 
Carr;  res.  Ashbv,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  Hudson,  Mass.,  June  7, 
1836.  Is  town  clerk.  Ch.:  Blanche  L.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1870;  Bertha 
G.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1872;  Helen  F.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1874;  Lawrence  W., 
b.  Aug.  26,  1876;  Arthur  W.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1879;  Myron  A.,  b.  Julv 
20,  1886;  d.  Oct.  11,  1891. 


4348. 

i. 

4349. 

11. 

4350. 

iii. 

4351. 

IV. 

4352. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  289 

2086.  Capt.  Joseph  Holden  Whitney  (Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Dec.  27,  1799;  m.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  May  18,  1822,  Betsey 
Pratt,  b.  Gardner,  Nov.  16,  1799;  d.  Phillipston,  Mar.  17,  1880. 

He  was  active  and  influential  in  public  life,  held  nearly  every  town  office,  pre- 
sided frequently  at  town  meetings,  and  was  for  four  consecutive  years  a  member  of 
the  lower  branch  of  the  state  legislature.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  military 
affairs,  and  did  much  to  keep  the  military  spirit  alive  in  the  community.  He  rose  to 
the  distinction  of  captain  in  the  Westminster  Rifle  Co.,  and  was  elected  to  the  same 
office  in  a  Co.  of  volunteers  formed  after  the  riflemen  disbanded.  After  passing 
middle  life  he  rev.  with  his  family  to  Phillipston,  where  he  became  also  an  active 
citizen  and  where  he  d.  Jan.  9,  1872;  res.  Westminster  and  Phillipston,  Mass. 
4358.     i.  George,  b.  Oct.  14,  1822;  m.  Aldice  Adams. 

4H64.     ii.         Lucy,  b.  Sept.  14, 1827;  m.  Aug.  10, 1858.  Hiram  Policy;  res.  Phill.; 
b.  June  2,  1820,  s.  p. 

4355.  iii.        Eliza,  b.  Aug.  19,  1829;  m.  May  8,  1851,  Francis  A.  Merriam;  res. 

West.,  Bx  113.  He  was  b.  Sept.  4,  1828;  d.  Feb.  16,  1891 ;  a  law- 
yer, in  West.  Ch.:  Sarah  Ellen,  b.  Feb.  26, 1861 ;  m.  Jan.  9, 1878, 
Frank  H.  Battles;  res.  West.;  Clara  Laura,  b.  July  27,  1864;  d. 
Aug.  30,  1865. 

4356.  iv.        Sarah  Ann,  b.  June  7,  1836;  m.  Nov.  25, 1858,  Aaron  W.  Merriam. 

She  d.  Apr,  18,  1877.  Ch.:  Katie  E.;  res.  Westminster;  Mrs. 
Jennie  L.  Hillman;  res.  Furnace,  Mass;  Mrs.  Lizzie  E.  Denton; 
res.  Templelon,  Mass. 

2088.  Dea.  Horace  Whitney  (Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Apr.  26,  1802;  m.  at  Gardner,  Apr.  8,  1829,  Mary  Sawin;  b.  Dec.  22.  1807;  d.  Jan.  7, 
1891. 

Horace  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  and  lived  there  until  1823, 
when  he  removed  to  Boston  for  two  (to  1825)  years;  then  spent  four  (to  1829)  years  in 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  having  charge  of  the  finishing  department  in  the  woolen  mill. 
Then  returned  to  Westminster  and  engaged  in  farming  and  cooperage  business  for 
four  (to  1833)  years.  Then  went  to  Hubbardston,  Mass.,  and  engaged  in  farming, 
lumbering  and  box  manufacturing.  In  1845  returned  to  Westminster  and  engaged 
in  farming  and  chair  manufacturing.  A  portion  of  this  time  acted  as  selectman  for 
the  town.  In  1856  took  up  his  residence  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  and  engaged  in  the  chair 
business  (building  a  house  there).  In  1865  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  engaged 
in  the  chair  business.  In  1827  (June)  joined  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  at  the  present 
time  is  one  of  the  oldest  Masons  in  the  state.  He  is  a  man  of  stern  integrity  and 
honor,  of  fixed  political  and  religious  convictions,  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  Tem- 
perance and  Anti-Slavery  reforms,  and  a  conscientious  member  of  the  Orthodox  Con- 
gregational church,  in  which  he  served  as  deacon  at  Gardner.  His  life  has  been 
exemplary,  useful  and  happy,  his  devoted  wife,  an  invalid  for  many  years,  dis- 
playing through  all  her  feebleness  and  suffering  a  wonderful  calmness  of  spirit  and 
serenity  of  Christian  patience,  resignation  and  trust.  Res.  75  Kendall  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

4357.  i.  Justin,   b.  July   9,  1831;  m.  Betsey  Jane  Winchester  Taylor,  and 

Emma  Jane  N'ash. 

4358.  ii.         Walter,  b.   Nov.  30,  1832;  m.  Nov.,  1854,  Mary    L.  Stoddard. 

Hed.  s.  p.July  17,1858. 

4359.  iii.        Mary,  b.  Dec.  20,  1834;  m.  Aug.  14,  1856,  John  Tyler  Emerson; 

res.  Claremont,  N.  H.  He  was  b.  Mar.  9,1834,  is  a  paper  man- 
ufacturer.    Ch.:  Mary  Lizzie,  b.  Jan.  16,  1862;  m.  June  9,  1887, 

Stiles,  and  d.  May  18, 1888,  leaving  John  Emerson,  b.  Apr. 

26,  1888;  Sarah  Tyler,  b.  Apr.  1.  1872. 

4360.  iv.         Horace  W.,  b.  Apr.  7, 1836;  m.  Ellen  Maria  Blodgett. 

4361.  v.         Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  11, 1838;  m.  Feb.  24, 1864,  William  S.  Folger; 

res.  258  Green  St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Aug.  30, 
1836;  d.  Sept.  8,  1878.  Ch.:  Susan  Swain,  b.  Dec.  24,  1869; 
Horace  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  26,  1874. 

4362.  vi.        Alfred,  b.  Aug.  8,  1840;  m.  Cordelia  Knowles. 

4363.  vii.       Catherine  Damon,  b.  Feb.  27,  1845;  m,  Oct.  8.  1863,  George  E. 

Woodman;  res.  87  Walnut  St.,  Chelsea.  He  was  b.  July  19,  1836. 
Ch.:  William  Walter,  b.  Aug.  11,  1864;  m.  Henrietta  P.Walker. 
Apr.  4,  1888;  address,  8  Gleason  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass.;  no  ch.; 


4367. 

4368. 

ii. 

4369. 

111. 

290  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Andrew  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  10,  1866;  Mary  Emily,  b.  July  5,  1871; 
George  Edwin,  b.  Nov.  22,  1873. 

4364.  viii.      Alvin,  b.  Nov.  24,  1847;  m.  Marrie  A.  Rich. 

4365.  ix.        Cynthia  Jones,  b.  Aug.  12,  1860;  m.  Dec.  13,  1880,  Winthrop 

Magee;  res.  Winthrop,  Mass. 

4366.  X.         Ellen  Heywood,  b.  Nov,  7,. 1853;  m.  Aug.  3,  1876,  George  E.  B. 

Putnam;  res.  958  Lafayette  Av.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  • 

2089.  Theodore  Whitney  (Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Apr. 
2,  1807;  m.  Nov.  4,  1835,  Betsey  Wheeler;  b.  Jan.  4,  1814;  d.  Mar.  31,  1884. 

Theodore  Whitney,  m.  Betsey,  dau.  of  Josiah  and  Betsey  (Puffer)  Wheeler,  and 
set.  on  a  small  place  near  his  childhood  home,  but  later  in  life,  purchased  the  Luke 
Bigelow  estate  half  a  mile  north  of  the  village,  where  he  res.  till  after  the  decease  of 
his  wife.  A  misfortune  in  his  early  manhood  made  him  more  or  less  a  cripple  for 
life.  He  has  been  a  worthy,  respected  citizen  of  the  town,  having  held  the  office 
of  assessor  some  fifteen  years.  For  some  time  past  he  has  res.  with  his  surviving 
dau.  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  49  Green  st. 

Theodore,  b.  Apr.  2,  1838;  d.  same  day. 
Ellen  Maria,  b.  June  10,  1841;  d.  Nov.  26,  1842. 
Mary  Jones,  b.  June  2,  1843;  m.  Oct.  18,  1866,  Julius  Whitney, 
of  Fitchburg,  Mass.     Ch.;  Louis  Albert;  b.  Feb.  1874;  res.  Brat- 
tleboro. 

2093.  Harrison  G.  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Jan.  2,  1812;  m.  May  18,  1837,  in  Westminster,  Laura  Louisa  Carpenter, 
b.  1816;  d.  Nov.  12,  18.54;  m.  2d,  Dec.  25,  1855,  in  Brimfield,  Eliza  Ann  Solander,  b. 
1820;  d.  June  25,  1889. 

Harrison  G.  Whitney,  youngest  son  of  Jonas  and  Betsey,  m.  1st,  Laura  L.  Carpenter, 
daughter  of  Alanson  and  Avis,  of  Keene,  N.  H.  He  m.  2d,  Eliza  Ann,  daughter  of 
Cheney  and  Mary  Solander,  of  Brimfield.  For  many  years  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  merchant 
in  the  Central  village,  but  later  in  life  he  purchased  the  bakery  and  carried  on  awhile 
the  manufacture  of  the  celebrated  "Westminster  Bread."  Was  also  engaged  some- 
what at  last  in  probate  and  insurance  business.  Po.=?sessing  many  of  the  qualities 
which  distinguished  his  father,  he  also  shared  to  a  large  degree  the  regard  and  con- 
fidence of  the  public.  He  held  all  the  important  offices  in  the  gift  of  his  fellow- 
citizens,  including  that  of  representative  to  the  general  court  for  two  successive 
terms.  He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen,  lending  his  sympathy  and  co-operation  to 
whatever  was  deemed  by  him  conducive  to  the  general  welfare.  A  thorough-going 
temperance  man,  his  influence  was  on  the  right  side  of  that  beneficent  reform. 
Hostile  to  the  system  of  American  slavery,  he  joined  the  so-called  Free  Soil  party 
of  1848,  and  its  lineal  successor,  the  Republican  party  of  1850,  remaining  its  devoted 
adherent  to  the  last.  Having  considerable  natural  musical  ability,  improved  by 
training  and  practice,  he  was  for  many  years  the  efficient  leader  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  choir.  His  useful  and  honorable  life  came  to  its  close  at  the  ripe  age 
of  78.  His  second  wife,  an  estimable  woman,  passed  away  a  few  months  before. 
He  d.  Jan.  17,  1890;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

4370.  i.  Harrison  B.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1841;  m.  Francilla  Spaulding. 

4371.  ii.         Ellen  L.,  b.  May  30,  1844;  m.  Aug.  9,  1864,  John  B.  Day;  res.  54 

Appleton  St.,  Boston,  Mass.     He  d.  in  Jan.,  1890.     Ch.:  Hattie, 

b.  May  7,  1867;  address,  Leominster;  Jennie,  b. ;  address, 

54  Appleton   St.,  Boston;    Avis,  b.  1873;  address,  54  Appleton 
St.,  Boston ;  Ellen,  b.  Apr.,  1875;  address,  54  Appleton  St.,  Boston. 

4372.  iii.       Jennie  A.,  b.  Oct.  15, 1847;  m.  June,  1867,  Loring  Burgess;  divorced; 

m.  2d,  Oct.  1887,  Hon.  John  H.  Lockey.    He  d.  1890.    Ch.:  Marv 
E.,  b.  1881,  Smith  college,   Northampton,  Mass.     She  d.  July  23, 
1889. 
4373K.iv.        Charles  S.,  b.  July  24, 1861 ;  m.  in  Fitchburg,  June  20,  1883,  Flora 
A.  Davis;  b.  Jan.  6,  1858.     He  res.  s.  p.  Westminster,  Mass. 

2098.  Charles  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  in 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Mar.  21,  1797;  m.  May  8,  1823,  Sarah  Howard;  b.  Aug.  21,  1798; 
d.  Feb.  29,  1888. 

Charles  Whitney,  m.  Sally,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Pollard)  Howard,  and 
lived  on  the  ancestral  farm  in  Westminster,  till  after  the  decease  of  his  f.,  when  he 
disposed  of  the  property  and  spent  a  few  years  elsewhere  in  town.     He  finally  rem. 


4373. 
4374. 
4375. 
4376. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  291 

to  Monticello,  Minn.,  where  himself  and  w.  d.     He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.     He  d. 
Mar.  12,  1879;  res.  Westminster,  Mass.,  and  Monticello,  Minn. 

Charles  O.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1830;  m.  Mary  C.  Gordon, 
i.         Merrill,  b.  Dec.  24,  1831;  d.  Jan.  20,  1863. 
ii.        Henry  J.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1834;  res.  Silver  Creek,  Minn. 

.V.        Sarah  Howard,  b.  June  23,  1836;  d.  Mar.  18, 1858. 

4377.     V.         Wm.  H.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1840;  m.  Mary  J.  McCurday. 

2099.  Joseph  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  West- 
minster, Mass.,  Dec.  18,  1794;  m.  there  Nov.  20,  1823,  Sally  Harrington;  b.  Sept.  15, 
1804;  d.  Jan.  26,  1859. 

JoseJDh  Whitney,  s.  of  Jonas  and  Betsey  (Raymond)  Whitney,  m.  Sally,  dau.  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Woodward)  Harrington.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  for 
many  years  a  leading  contractor  and  builder  in  West,  and  neighboring  towns.  Sev- 
eral meetinghouses  in  that  general  vicinity  were  erected  under  his  supervision,  his 
thorough  acquaintance  with  his  business,  and  his  well-earned  reputation  for  integrity 
and  honor  creating  a  demand  for  his  services  wherever  he  was  known.  He  was  a 
strong  temperance  man,  having  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  first  board  of  selectmen  elected  on  that  issue,  in  1843.  As  the  infirmities  of  age 
came  upon  him,  he  disposed  of  his  property  in  W.  and  rem.  to  Leominster,  where  his 
chn.  were  living,  spending  his  last  days  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  his  entire 
familv.  He  d.  Apr.  6,  1873,  in  L.  Res.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  and  Leominster. 
'4378.     i.  William  Blake,  b.  Aug.  23, 1841 ;  m.  Julia  P.  Tilton. 

4379.  ii.         Sl'SAN  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  25,  18j!6;  m.  Jan.  1, 1850,  Philip  Lathrop; 

res.  Leo.;  3  ch. 

4380.  iii.       Francis  Austin,  b.  Feb.  5,  1830;  m.  Marv  L,  Baker  and  Orocy 

A.  Taylor. 

2100.  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Westmin- 
ster, Mass.,  July  20,  1807;  m.  Lucinda  Damon,  b.  1810;  d.  Apr.  10,  1868. 

Jonas  Whitney,  s.  of  Jonas  and  Betsey,  m.  Lucinda,  dau.  of  Timothy  and  Phebe 
(Miller)  Damon,  and  settled  on  Bacon  St.,  Westminster,  where  he  res.  through  life. 
He  was  also  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  an  exemplary  citizen.  He  d.  Dec.  15,  1884; 
res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

4381.  i.  George,  b.  Oct  15,  1834;  m.  Julia  Crocker. 

4382.  ii.         Mary,  b.  Feb.  6,  1841;  m.  Jan.  11,1881,  George  W.  Eaton;  res. 

W.,  s.  p. 

2103.  Hon.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  May  25,  1802;  m.  Oct.  10,  1826,  Elmira  Stimpson,  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  b. 
Dec.  4,  1802;  d.  May  12,  1865.  He  was  a  school  teacher  in  his  younger  days,  was 
representative  six  years  and  selectman  for  eight  years,  and  was  justice  of  the  peace 
for  many  vears.  He  d.  July  19,  1887;  res.  Marlboro  and  Littleton,  N.  H. 
4383.'    i.  JARED  I.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1883;  m.  Sarah  J.  Kidder. 

4384.  ii.        Elmira  Frances,  b.  Jan.  18,  1836;  m.  Nov.  18,  1856,  Charles  D. 

Tarbell;  res.  Southern  Pines,  N.  C.  He  was  b.  July  20,  183"-^. 
Ch.:  Frank  Leslie,  b.  Mar.  20,  1859;  d.  Feb.  7,  1867,  at  So. 
Keene,  N.  H.  Mary  Edith,  b.  Mar.  17,  1861;  m.  Fred  E.  Good- 
all,  May  24,  1883,  Spokane,  Washington;  Anne  Mabel,  b.  Sept. 
14.  1869,  in  Bellows  Falls,  \'t.;  m.  H.  Ashley  Jackman,  Aug.  8, 
1888,  at  Weirs,  N.  H.;  address,  Willowdale,  N.H.  Flora  Elmira, 
b.  Mar.  6, 1871.  in  Littleton,  N.  H.;  res.  Southern  Pines,  N.  C. 

4385.  iii.        George  Edward,  b.  Aug.  2, 1843;  d.  Mar.  12,  1861. 

2109.  Jonas  W^hitney  (Benjamin,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Marlboro,  N.  H.,  July  4,  1805;  m.  Dec,  1835,  Charlotte  Farman,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  He 
was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college  in  1833,  after  which  he  spent  some  time  in  vari- 
ous places  in  New  York  state,  then  settled  in  Missouri.  He  d.  Mar.  21,  1869;  res. 
Hematite,  Mo. 

4386.  i.  Emilie  Charlotte,  b. ;  m.  V.  T.  Crosby;  res.  St.  Louis, 

Mo. 

Charles  Benj.,  b. . 

Mary  Ellen,  b. ;  m.  S.  W.  Clark;  res.  Festus,  Mo. 

Ida  Isabel,  b. . 

Hattie,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  2813  Arsenal   St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 

with  her  mother. 


4387. 

ii. 

4388. 

iii. 

4389. 

iv. 

4390. 

V. 

292  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4391.  vi.        Mary,  b. ;  d. . 

4392.  vii.      Wm.  Jonas,  b. ;  d.  — . 

4398.    viii.     Wm.  Henry  Bell,  b. ;  d. , 

4394.  ix.        Franklin,  b. ;  d. . 

2114.     Nathaniel  Ruggles  Whitney   (Nathaniel  R.,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  May  27,  1782;  m.  Dec.  1,  1806,  Sally  Stone,  b.  Oct.  15,  1784;  d. 
May  29,  1886,  aged  nearly  102  years.     He  was  clerk  of  the   Middlesex  Courts.     He 
-d.  May  17,  1873;  res.  E.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

4395.  i.  Nathaniel  Ruggles,  b.  Apr.  21, 1808;  d.  Jan.  27, 1836. 
4.396.    ii.         Jonathan  Stone,  b.  Apr.  20,  1811;  d.  Mar.  29,  1861. 

4397.  iii.       Alexander,  b.  Mar.  12,  1810.     He  was  graduated  at   Harvard 

college  in  1831,  and  d.,  unm.,  of  consumption  in  E.  C,  May  13, 
1842.    Was  a  school  teacher. 

4398.  iv.       James  F.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1813;  d.  Dec.  17, 1886,  leaving  a  son,  Charles 

S.,  who  res.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

4399.  V.         Edward,  b.  June  6,  1815;  m.  Caroline  A.  Rogers. 

4400.  vi.       Sarah  Watson,  b.  July  18,  1817;  res.  Belmont. 

4401.  vii.      Anne,  b.  Sept.  2,  1821.     Anne  Whitney,  sculptor,  born  in  Water- 

town,  Mass.,  Sept.  2,  1821.  She  was  educated  by  private  tutors, 
and  early  manifested  a  love  for  poetry  and  sculpture,  the  latter 
becoming  gradually  an  absorbing  pursuit.  Her  poetical  writ- 
ings were  collected  in  a  volume  entitled  "  Poems  "  (New  York, 
1859).  In  the  same  year  she  opened  a  studio  in  her  native  place, 
and  subsequently  making  several  visits  to  Europe,  studied 
there  four  years,  producing  two  of  her  best  works  during  that 
time.  On  her  return  in  1873  she  established  a  studio  in  Boston, 
where  she  has  since  remained.  She  has  executed  portraits  and 
ideal  works  in  groups,  busts,  medallions,  and  statues,  including 
a  statue  of  Samuel  Adams,  of  which  two  copies,  one  in  bronze 
and  one  in  marble,  are  respectively  in  the  capitol  at  Washing- 
ton and  in  Boston  (1863),  "Roma"  (1865),  "Africa,"  a  colossal 
recumbent  figure  illustrating  the  Civil  war  in  the  United  States 
(1873),  a  statue  of  Harriet  Martineau,  belonging  to  W'ellesley 
college  (1883),  and  the  fountain  of  "  Leif  Erikson  "  (1886).  The 
last  was  unveiled  in  Boston  Oct.  27,  1887,  and  the  statue  above 
the  fountain  represents  the  Norse-Icelandic  discover  of  America 
as  a  man  of  physical  beauty  and  vigor,  in  the  costume  of  the 
ancient  Scandinavian  warrior. 

2121.  Dr.  Simon  Whitney  (Nathaniel  R.,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Oct.  30,  1797;  m.  May  6,  1824,  Mary  Walker. 

Dr.  Simon  Whitney  was  born  in  Watertown.  In  early  life  he  was  a  teacher, 
having  recieved  his  preparatory  education  in  Newton  and  Brighton.  He  entered 
Harvard  College,  and  graduated  in  1818.  Later  he  taught  school  in  Charlestown, 
and,  having  studied  medicine,  he  settled  in  Framingham,  where  he  ever  after 
resided.  He  was  representative  in  the  state  legislature  in  1853.  He  d.  Sept.  2, 1861; 
res.  Framingham,  Mass. 

4402.  i.  Elizabeth  W.,  b.  Apr.  8, 1825;  m.  Aug. 30, 1845,  John  W.  Osgood, 

M.  D.,  of  Saxsonville,  Mass.,  and  had  three  children.     She  d.  in 

1894,  and  was  buried  in  Framingham. 
Mary,  b.  Aug.  16,  1826;  d.  same  day. 

Allston  Waldo,  b.  June  15,  1828;  m.  Sarah  Ellen-Bishop. 
Abby  Walker,  b.  July  20,  1829. 

Henry  Augustus,  b.  Jan.  11, 1831;  drowned  July  22,  1840. 
Harriett  Lincoln,  b.  Oct.  3,  1833. 
Clarence,  b.  Jan.  1,  J838. 
Jonas  Bradish,  b.  Aug.  22,  1843;  res.  Reading,  Pa. 

2123.  Simon  Woodbridge  \\'hitney  (Richard,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Amherst,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1817;  m.  Sept.  11,  1839,  Emeline  L.  Belding; 
b.  May  16,  1816;  d.  Dec.  28,  1854;  m.  2d,  June  7,  1855,  Sarah  Ingram,  b.  July  29,  1830; 
d.  Jan.  7,  1884;  m. 3d,  Sept.  28, 1884,  Samantha  Atherton,  b.  Jan  30,1834;  res.  Amherst, 

4410.  i.  Sarah  Lillie,  b.  Apr.  30,  1848;  d.  Aug.  20,  1849. 

4411.  ii.         Lillie  Sarah,  b.  July  1, 1857;  d.  June  29,  1863. 


4403. 

ii. 

4404. 

HI. 

4405. 

iv. 

4406. 

V. 

4407. 

VI. 

4408. 

Vll. 

4409, 

vni 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  293 

2124.  Richard  Seaver  Whitney  (Richard,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Amherst,  Mass.,  Feb.  13,  1819;  m.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Apr.  4,  1854,  Amelia 
Arrington;  b.  Mar.  10,  1825.  He  was  a  carriage  trimmer  and  harness  maker.  He  d. 
Nov.  30,  1880;  res.  Salem,  Mass. 

4412.  ii.        Alice  Amelia,  b.  Apr.  26,  1860;  res.,  unm.,  147  Lafayette  Street, 

Salem,  Mass. 

4413.  i.  Ella  Augusta,  b.  Nov.  17,  1855;  d.  May  9,  1857. 

2127.     Elisha  Parker  Whitney  (Richard,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John, 

John),  b.  Amherst,  Mass.,  June  19,   1824;  m. .     He  d.   Apr.  22,   1892; 

res. . 

4414.  i.  Hattie,  b. ;  m. Eaton;  res.  Amherst,  Mass. 

2130.  Bradshaw  Stearnes  Whitney  (Charles,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  June  4,  1817;  m.  there,  Nancy  Ruggles;  b.  July  4, 
1818;  d.  Apr.  2,  1884.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  res.  on  the  homestead  of  John  Whit- 
ney, Jr.,  and  it  has  been  in  possession  of  the  family  since  1643;  res.  Watertown, 
Mass. 

4115.     i.  Emma  F.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1849;  unm.;  res.  Wat. 

4416.  li.        Bertha  Marion,  b.  Apr,  11,  1852;  m.  April  27,  1881,  Fred  A. 

Hubbard;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

2139.  George  Peirce  Whitney  (William  C,  Toshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Hebron,  Me.,  Aug.  13,  1819;  m.  Dec.  7,  1843,  Ermina  P.  Packard  at  Blan- 
chard.  Me.,  b.  Jan.  31, 1822;  d.  Sept.  29,  1879.  Res.  Oxford,  Me.,  address.  So.  Paris,  Me. 

4417.  i.  Elizabeth   Ermina,  b.  Nov.  30,  1844;  m.  Oct.  31,  1872,  William 

H.  Motley.  She  d.  May  12,  1878.  He  is  a  lawyer;  was  b.  in 
1840;  res.  Deering,  Me.  Ch.:  Ada  W.  H.,  b.  Jan  14,  1874;  Wm. 
H.  J.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1877. 

4418.  ii.        George  Edwin,  b.  Apr.  23,  1848;  d.  Apr.  10,  1850. 

4419.  iii.        John  Henry,  b.  Oct.  16,  1861;  m.  Lulu  F.  Colder. 

4420.  iv.        Lillian  May,  b.  Aug.  28,  1860;  m.  Sept.  19,  1881,  Dr.  Eugene  B. 

Holden;  res.  249  D.  St.,  So.  Boston. 

4421.  V.        Geo.  Peirce,  b.  Dec.  28,  1863;  m.  Stella  E.  Millett. 

2145.  John  Whitney  (Israel,  Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  Apr.  9,  1820;  m.  Nov.  20,  1847,  Martha  Parks,  b.  Nov.  18,  1826. 

John  Whitney  was  born  in  Worcester,  where  he  always  resided.  He  was  a  well- 
to-do  farmer.  He  died  intestate  and  the  widow  was  appointed  guardian  to  the 
children.  The  only  data  on  the  Worcester  probate  records  is  Mar.  3,  1860,  when  the 
widow  made  a  report  of  guardian's  sale  of  real  estate  for  the  two  minor  children.  He 
d.  Mar.  21,  1854;  res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

4422.  i.  George   H.,   b.   Nov.   5,   1849;   unm.;  is  a  watchmaker;  res.  at 

31  Clinton  St.,  Worcester. 

4423.  ii.         Ida  A.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1852;  m.  E.  E.  Livermore;  res.  W. 

2172.  Israel  Goodwin  Whitney  (Israel,  Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Jan.  30,  1831;  m.  July  17,  1861,  Christiana  K-  S.  Sargent  ;b.  Feb.  8,  1837. 

Israel  Goodwin  Whitney  was  born  in  Beverly,  and  received  his  preparatory  edu- 
cation at  the  Boston  Latin  School  in  1847.  All  his  class  entered  Harvard,  but  his 
father  could  not  afford  to  send  him  there  unless  he  could  earn  his  own  living  in  one 
of  the  professions  after  graduating.  He  knew  enough  at  16  to  be  aware  that  he  was 
no  student,  but  he  wanted  to  go  on  a  sea  voyage  and  loved  the  idea  of  becoming  an 
East  India  merchant.  So  he  was  placed  in  the  commercial  counting-room  of  Mr. 
William  Perkins,  and  in  four  years  was  sent  to  Calcutta  in  the  ship  "Walpole  "  as 
supercargo.  From  that  time,  1851,  he  made  three  voyages  to  India,  and  in  1853 
established  the  house  of  "Whitneys"in  Calcutta,  then  styled  Whitnev  &  Young,  and 
in  1860  Whitney  Bros.  &  Co.,  under  which  title  it  still  exists  with  his  two  brothers  in 
control,  and  of  which  his  cousin,  W.  M.,  and  himself  are  the  home  partners.  The 
business  has  almost  vanished,  however,  but  it  has  proved  a  good  workshop  for  his 
father's  seven  sons,  all  of  them  having  shared  in  the  work  over  a  period  of  more  than 
40  years.  He  has  often  thought  that  had  the  plan  been  carried  out  of  giving  him  a 
collegiate  education  in  1846-7  it  would  have  seriously  altered  the  fate  of  this  Whitney 
family  of  seven  sons,  as  they  all  followed  in  his  footsteps  and  all  made  moderate 
fortunes.    To  the  conservative  element  planted  in  his  father's  male  issue  their  India 


4425. 

ii. 

4426. 

111. 

4427. 

IV. 

4428. 

V. 

4429. 

VI. 

4430. 

Vll 

294  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

house  is  the  only  American  foreign  firm  eastward  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  which 
has  not  at  some  time  in  the  past  forty  years  failed.  This  is  a  fact,  and  includes  China, 
Manilla  and  Singapore,  as  well  as  India,  and  is  considerable  to  say,  and  Mr.  Whit- 
ney can  take  pride  in  the  thought  that  he  was  the  pioneer  of  the  house.  In  1864 
he  returned  to  Boston  and  established  an  agency  in  that  city.  His  domestic  life 
has  been  particularly  happy.     Res.  Boston,  Mass.;  ad.  44  Kilbey  St. 

4424.     i.  Mary  B.,  b.May  3,  1862;  m.  May  10, 1886,  Henry  S.  Hunnewell; 

res.  Boston,  Mass.      Ch.:  Christine,  b.  IMay  3,  1887;  Henry,  b. 
Mar.  5,  1890;  d.  Mar.,  1890;  Gertrude,  b.  Apr.  24,  1891. 

Henry  S.,b.  June20,  1864;  d.  Sept.,  1867. 

Christeaze  S.,  b.  Mav  6, 1866. 

Margaret  S.,  b.  Aug.'  11, 1868. 

Israel  G.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1871;  d.  Aug.,  1877. 

John  Farley,  b.  Apr.  3,  1875. 

Nelson,  b.  July  30,  1878. 

2173.  George  Whitney  (Israel,  Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Lowell,  Nov.  1,  1832;  m.  June  18,  1862,  Marv  Elizabeth  Rea;  b.  Sept.  27,  1840;  d. 
May  23, 1864;  m.  2d,  Dec.  29,  1880,  Elizabeth  Whitney. 

He  was  born  in  Lowell  and  his  early  life  was  as  clerk  in  an  E.  India  merchant's 
office  in  Boston,  and  later  he  went  to  Calcutta,  where  he  was  six  or  seven  years  a  part- 
ner of  Whitney  Bros.  &  Co.,  a  firm  still  doing  business  there,  transacted  by  his 
brothers.  Of  late  years  he  has  been  president  of  the  National  Union  Bank,  Boston, 
and  before  that,  president  of  the  North  National  Bank,  and  before  he  went  to  Cal- 
cutta he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Lombard,  Whitney  &  Co.,  East  India  mer- 
chants.    Res.  Boston,  Mass.,  Nat'l  Union  Bk.,40  State  St. 

4431.  i.         Elinor,  b.  Feb.  20,1882. 

4432.  ii.        George,  b.  Oct.  9, 1885. 

4433.  iii.       Richard,  b.  Aug.  1,  1888. 

2175.  Stanton  W^hitney  (Israel,  Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Sept.  21,  1836;  m.  1876,  Alice  R.  Sutton.     He  d.  June  12,  lb80;  res. . 

4434.  i.         Stanton,  b. . 

2177.  Charles  Whitney  (Israel,  Elisha,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Dec.  20,  1840;  m.  Jan.  27, 1877,  Jessie  G.  Perkins;  b.  Mar.  3,  1855.  Res.  Boston,  Mass., 
ad.  44  Kilby  St. 

4435.  i.         Charles  Handasyde,  b.  Nov.  3,  1877. 

4436.  ii.        Geoffrey  Gordon,  b.  July  21,  1882. 

2186.  Rev.  Peter  Whitney  (Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Northboro,  Mass.,  Jan.  19,  1770;  m.  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  Apr.  30,  1830,  Jane  Lam- 
bert Lincoln;  b.  Dec.  24,  1775;  d.  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  Nov.  11,  1832. 

Rev.  Peter  W^hitney  was  born  in  Northboro.  He  entered  Harvard  College  in 
1787,  taught  school  winters  and  graduated  in  1791.  Soon  after  he  went  to  Hingham., 
where  he  was  appointed  assistant  preceptor  in  Derby  Academy,  July  25,  1791.  He 
was  elected,  Apr.  21,  1813,  one  of  the  trustees,  and  was  president  of  the  board  for 
twenty-four  years,  resigning  in  1837.  He  began  preaching  as  early  as  1793.  In  1796 
he  preached  in  Hull.  He  was  ordained  pastor  at  Quincy,  Feb.  8,  1800.  His  death 
occurred  in  1843,  when  he  fell  from  a  chair  and  expired.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
legislature  m  1825.  Many  of  his  discourses  were  published.  He  d.  Apr.  3,  1843;  res. 
Quincy,  Mass. 

George,  b.  Apr.  2,  1804;  m.  Anne  G.  Gray. 

Caroline  Lambert,  b. ;  m.  Capt.  Charles  Hill,  of  Salem, 

Mass. 

Mary  Parsons,    b.  ;   m.  Richard    Cranch  Greenleaf,    of 

Quincy. 

Fred'k  Augustus,  b.  Sept.  13,  1812;  m.  Elizabeth  P.  Matchell. 

Edmund  Burke,,  b.  Mar.  26,  1815;  m.  Lydia  A.  Boune. 

2187.  Dea.  Abel  Whitney  (Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Northboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  3,1781;  m.  in  Brookline,  Mass..  Dec.  21,1809,  Susanna  White, 
of  Brookline;  b.  July  7,  1786;  d.  Dec.  14,  1867. 

He  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade,  which  he  followed  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  W^as 
highly  honored  and  respected.    Was  chairman  of  the  selectmen  in  1838  and  1839. 


4437. 
4438. 

1. 
ii. 

4439. 

iii. 

4440. 
4441. 

iv. 

V. 

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Was  deacon  of  the  First  Church,  Unitarian,  of  Cambridge  from   18  until  his  death 
in  1853.     He  d,  Feb.  22,  1853;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

4442.  i.  William  L.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1811;  m.  Lucy  Ann  Jones  and  Rebecca 

Richardson  Brackett. 

4443.  ii.         Augustus  A.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1812;  m.  and  died  s.  p.  July  29,  1891. 

He  was  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in  Cambridge  from  1853  to 
his  death. 

4444.  iii.        Benjamin  W.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1815;  m.  and  died  Dec.  19,  1879.     He 

was  a  lawyer  and  gr.  H.  C,  1838. 

4445.  iv.        Susan  E.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1817;  m.  Jan.  31,  1856,  James  Brackett;  res. 

s.  p.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

4446.  V.  Abigail  W.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1827;  m.  Moses  G.  Hcwe;  res.  Cam- 

bridge, Mass.,  s.  p. 

2189.  John  Whitney  (Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  North- 
boro,  Mass.,  Sept.  29,  1785;  m.  Sophia  Vinal,  of  Scituate,  Mass.  He  was  a  teacher 
and  merchant.     He  d.  Jan.  2,  1850;  res.  Quincy,  Mass.,  s.  p. 

2191.  Col.  William  Whitney  (Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Northboro,  Mass.,  Dec.  14,  1776;  m.  in  Northboro,  Zilpah  Eager,  of  Northboro. 

Col.  William  Whitney  was  born  in  Northboro,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided. 
He  was  a  prominent  and  well  to  do  citizen;  was  often  in  town  office,  and  for  a  while 
was  colonel  in  the  Massachusetts  militia.     He  d.  July  24, 1834;  res.  Northboro,  Mass. 

4447.  i.  Adams,  b.  Jan.  4,  1826;  m.  Susanna  Channel  Burrell. 

4448.  ii.        Peter  Lambert,  b.  Nov.  23,  1818;  m.  Marv  H.  Smith. 

4449.  iii.       Harrison  Otis,  b.  Apr.  7,  1822;  m.  Ann  E.'  Marsh. 

4450.  iv.       John  Martvn,  b.  Oct.  14,  1816;    m.  Susan  Maria  Campbell;  and 

Elizabeth  Nancy  Chipman. 

2197.  Henry  Whitney  (Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Apr. 
18,  1786,  in  Westfield,  Mass.;  m.  Oct.  28,  1816,  Nabby  Fullar;  b.  Aug.  16,  1788. 

Henry  Whitney  was  born  April  18,  1786,  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  where  he  passed 
the  years  of  his  early  childhood  and  youth.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Paul  Whitney 
who  was  a  practicing  physician,  and  also  for  many  years  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of 
Westfield.  When  quite  a  young  man,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  removed  to  Wiscas- 
sett.  Me.,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  and  shipbuilding.  He  was  also 
for  many  years  captain  of  the  "  Washington  Light  Infantry  company,"  and  conse- 
quently known,  during  his  residence  there,  as  Capt.  Whitney.  On  October  28,  1816, 
he  was  married  to  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Martin  Fullar,  of  Royalton,  Vt.  To  them, 
eight  children  were  born — five  sons  and  three  daughters;  four  of  whom  are  still  liv- 
ing. In  the  year  1824  he  was  solicited  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Glass  Manufactory  of  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  to  become  their  general  manager, 
a  position  which  he  accepted  and  filled  for  nineteen  years  with  very  satisfactory 
results.  In  the  summer  of  1843,  realizing  that  advancing  years  would  soon  make  it 
necessary  for  him  to  engage  in  some  less  confining  employment,  he  resigned  his 
position  with  this  company,  receiving  from  them  the  most  flattering  testimonials  of 
their  esteem  and  appreciation  of  his  services.  For  many  months  his  attention  had 
been  turned  toward  the  great  and  growing  west,  and,  becoming  finally  convinced 
that  this  new  section  of  country  presented  unusual  advantages  to  a  man  with  a  large 
family  of  sons  and  daughters,  he  decided  upon  Racine,  Wis.,  as  the  place  for  his 
future  home,  where  he  arrived  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  He  remained  in  Racine 
and  vicinity  for  many  years  engaged  in  mercantile  and  manufacturing  business, 
until  in  1852  he  removed  to  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  where  a  married  daughter  had  already 
preceded  him,  and  where  he  died,  suddenly,  of  apoplexy,  June  27, 1859,  in  the  seventy- 
fourth  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Whitney  was  an  ardent  patriot,  ever  maintaining  the 
deepest  interest  in  everything  relating  to  the  welfare  of  his  country.  In  politics  he 
was  formerly  one  of  the  "  old  line  Whigs,"  and  in  after  years,  a  very  loyal  Republican. 
Regarding  his  religious  beliefs,  he  held  views  peculiar  to  himself.  He  had  never 
united  with  any  Christian  sect,  but  was  a  life-long  and  constant  attendant  at  the  Con- 
gregational church  until  the  day  before  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity  of 
character,  combined  with  marked  refinement  and  cultivation,  constantly  revealing 
itself  in  a  most  intense  "  love  of  the  beautiful  "  in  nature  and  in  art.  He  was  also  a 
man  of  fine  personal  presence,  and  in  the  record  of  La  Crosse  Co.,  we  find  mention 
of  him  as  "one  who  is  to-day  remembered  as  the  finest  representative  and  type  of 
the  gentlemen  of  the  olden  school,"  who  had  ever  resided  in  the  city.  He  d.  June  27, 
1859;  ris.  Wiscassett,  Me.,  East  Cambridge,  Mass. 


296  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4451.  i.  Henry,  b.  Apr.  5,  1821;  m.  Martha  R.  Hastings  and  Francina  A. 

Hastings. 

4452.  ii.         Joseph,  b.  Apr.  10, 1823;  m.  Louisa  Nudd. 

4453.  iii.       James,  b.  Jan.  27,  1828;  unm.;  res.  San  P>ancisco,  Cal.     He  has 

resided  in  California  for  nearly  forty-three  years,  having  gone 
there  in  July,  1851,  and  has  been  one  of  the  most  generous  of 
sons.  He  has  been  closely  identified  with  one  of  the  largest 
wholesale  establishments  in  San  Francisco  for  nearly  forty 
years,  that  of  Holbrook,  Merrill  &  Stetson,  at  Market  and  Beale 
streets,  which  is  of  itself  a  sufficient  endorsement  of  his  ability 
and  faithfulness.  He  is  a  most  indefatigable  worker,  few  men 
having  applied  themselves  so  unremittingly  to  business  for  a 
term  of  fifty  years. 

4454.  iv.        Abbv,  b.  Aug.  2,  1830;  m.  Sept.  17,  1854,  Walter  Brown;  res.  La 

Crosse,  Wis.  He  is  a  merchant  and  was  b.  Jan.  9, 1829.     Had  two 

children,  both  died  in    infancy.      Mrs. 

Brown   is  an  authoress  of  considerable 

merit  and  ability,  and  her  work  "  Can 

She  Atone?  "  is  an  honor  to  the  author. 

Mr.  Brown's  book  on  "  Mitylene,"  a  tale 

of  New  England  and  the  tropics,  is  a 

highly   meritorious   work.     Mr.  Brown 

was  assisted  in  the  latter  literary  effort 

bv  his  wife. 

4455.  v.         Thomas,   b.    Oct.  1,   1825;    m.    Mary   L. 

Clark. 

4456.  vi.        Charles  Fred'k,  b.  Nov.  13,  1819;    d. 

unm.  Jan.  28,  1880. 

4457.  vii.       Sarah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1817;  m.  Jan.  21,  1845,       mes.  abby  w.  bbown. 

Francis  M.  Rublee  of  Racine.     She  d, 

Oct.  24,  1859,  leaving  one  son,  F.  M.;  res.  No.  Loup,  Neb. 

4458.  viii.     Susan,  b.  Nov.  24, 1817;  m.  Dec.  3, 1846,  Sidney  A.  Sage  of  Racine, 

and  d.  Sept.  4,  1857,  leaving  four  children. 

2199.  Paul  Whitney  (Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),b.  in  West- 
field,  Mass.,  Apr.  16,  1789;  m.  in  Boston,  Oct.  1,  1820,  Lucy  Cushing  Stone,  b.  Feb.  15, 
1785;  d.  Shrewsbury.  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  1853. 

Paul  Whitney,  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  a  well  known  Boston  merchant, 
and  head  of  the  mercantile  firm  of  Whitney,  Haskell  &  Co.,  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Paul 
Whitney,  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  a  physician  and  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  He 
died  when  his  son  was  six  years  of  age,  and  left  his  wife  in  moderately  comfort- 
able circumstances.  She  was  not  enabled  to  give  her  son  the  advantages  of  a  colle- 
giate education,  which  he  greatly  desired,  and  which  his  father  and  grandfather 
had  enjoyed  before  him.  He  fitted  for  college,  however,  at  the  academy  in  West- 
field,  and  when  still  a  youth  went  to  Boston,  and  in  a  short  time  embarked  upon  his 
mercantile  career.  There  seems  to  be  a  little  discrepancy  about  his  age  when  he 
died;  but  from  data  furnished  by  himself,  in  one  of  his  letters,  and  from  the  gene- 
alogy before  me,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  he  was  born  in  1789,  died  in 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  14,  1854,  and  was  65  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Paul  Whitney  was  tall  of  stature,  erect  and  manly  looking;  and  his  whole  appear- 
ance gentlemanlike  and  imposing.  He  was  scrupulously  neat  and  orderly  in  his 
dress  and  personal  habits,  and  wore  the  white  neckerchief  and  ruffles  not  unfre- 
quently  seen  upon  the  elderly  merchants  of  his  day.  He  was  a  man  of  noble  and 
stately  presence;  with  the  dignified  bearing,  and  graceful  urbanity  of  manners,  so 
eminently  characteristic  of  the  "  gentleman  of  the  old  school."  About  the  beginning 
of  his  business  career  he  contracted  a  severe  cold  which  settled  in  his  head  and 
terminated  in  an  incurable  deafness.  His  children  never  spoke  to  their  father  without 
approaching  his  person  and  speaking  in  his  ear.  His  deafness  altogether  precluded  his 
hearing  conversation  in  the  social  circle  and  even  preaching  of  the  gospel,  which  latter 
deprivation,  in  particular,  was  a  severe  trial.  But  he  had  learned  in  early  life  to 
look  upon  all  the  troubles  and  trials  of  life  as  so  many  blessings  in  disguise,  brought 
upon  mankind  for  the  purpose  of  weaning  them  from  the  world  and  fixing  their 
thoughts  and  attention  upon  a  better  world  above;  and  to  this  afflicting  dispensa- 
tion of  Divine  Providence  he  bowed  with  Christian  patience  and  resignation.  His 
genial  hospitality  was  proverbial  among  his  friends;  few  things  yielded  him  more 


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pleasure  than  to  see  assembled  under  his  roof,  and  gathered  around  his  bounteous 
board,  the  old  and  younp  of  the  large  circle  of  his  relatives  and  friends;  and  during 
the  week  of  the  "  Alay  Anniversary,"  when  the  clergy  of  New  England  assembled  in 
Boston,  he  invariably  gave  all  that  he  could  a  cordial  invitation  to  make  his  house 
their  home  during  their  stay  in  the  city;  at  that  time  it  was  generally  filled,  and  the 
respect  and  attention  he-paid  them,  showed  the  reverence  he  felt  for  their  sacred 
calling,  and  in  what  high  estimation  he  held  the  self-chosen  servants  of  his  Master 
and  his  God.  His  benevolence  and  charity  were  strong  and  shining  virtues.  He 
contributed  largely  to  the  support  of  foreign  missions,  and  to  this  day  his  name,  in 
conjunction  with  his  wife's,  may  be  seen  in  the  list  of  "  Honorary  Members  "pub- 
lished annually  by  the  "A.  B.  C.  F.  M."  He  gave  freely  of  his  substance  to  relieve 
the  wants  of  the  poor  and  needy.  He  was  always  ready  to  extend  a  helping  hand  to 
worthy  young  men  as  he  had  opportunity,  especially  to  those  in  his  employ,  who 
always  found  in  him  a  wise  counselor  and  a  firm  friend.  His  infirmity  isolated  him 
in  no  small  measure  from  the  society  of  his  fellow-men,  and  at  the  same  time,  no 
doubt,  operated  in  a  considerable  degree,  to  draw  nearer  to  his  God,  to  cause  him  to 
feel  that  utter  dependence  upon  him  for  his  life,  his  health,  and  for  all  things 
together  with  that  reverence,  that  deathless  devotion  and  loving  gratitude  toward 
Him,  which  was  the  crowning  beauty  of  his  life.  And  He,  who  "tempers  the  winds 
to  the  shorn  lamb,"  and  "suffers  not  a  sparrow  to  fall  to  the  ground  without  His 
notice,"  forgot  not  His  servant,  but  everywhere,  at  all  times,  at  home  or  abroad,  in 
the  busy  mart  or  crowded  thoroughfare,  in  open  day  or  in  the  silent  watches  of  the 
night,  constantly  and  continually  threw  around  him  the  powerful  shield  of  His 
divine  love  and  protection.  His  Bible  he  took,  indeed,  "  as  a  lamp  to  his  feet,  and  a 
light  to  his  path;"  from  it  he  drew  abundant  sources  of  comfort  and  consolation; 
upon  that  sacred  volume  he  rested  his  hope  of  salvation,  through  the  atoning  blood 
and  merits  of  our  blessed  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  He  assembled  his  house- 
hold morning  and  evening  for  reading  of  the  Scriptures  and  the  worship  of  God, 
and  solemnly  impressed  ujjon  all  the  great  importance  of  true  religion,  to  insure 
peace  of  mind  and  happiness  here  upon  earth,  and  eternal  happiness  in  the  world  to 
come.  He  bore  the  honored  name  of  one  of  the  most  distinguished  and  devoted  of 
Christ's  apostles;  like  that  "  man  of  God,"  and  faithful  preacher  of  the  "  Word,"  he 
loved  his  Master's  cause.  Like  that  famed  soldier  of  the  Cross  he  fought  well  the 
good  fight  till  he  had  finished  his  course;  that  he  kept  the  faith,  his  dying  words  bear 
ample  testimony.  He  was  a  kind  husband;  a  fond,  indulgent  father;  in  discipline 
mild  and  gentle,  yet  singularly  firm;  beneath  his  stately  and  somewhat  stern  exterior 
there  beat  a  strong,  manly  and  noble  heart,  that  ever  throbbed  with  tender  love  for 
his  wife  and  children.  He  was  a  beautiful  and  rapid  penman,  a  chaste  and  elegant 
writer;  his  mind  seemed  to  be  teeming  with  beautiful  thoughts  which  he  was  wont  to 
express  in  the  choicest  flowers  of  language,  called  from  the  sublime  and  exquisite 
poetry  of  the  Bible.  His  letters  to  me  while  at  Hardwick,  Andover  and  other  places, 
and  when  on  the  eve  of  sailing  for  the  East  Indies,  all  of  which  were  kindly  sent  to 
me  by  my  sister,  are  models  of  epistolary  correspondence;  they  are  replete  with  the 
kindest  expressions  of  parental  love  and  pious  solicitude  for  my  temporal  and  eternal 
welfare.  They  are  of  priceless  value  to  me,  and  1  wish  to  have  them  transmitted  as 
a  valuable  souvenir  to  my  children  and  their  descendants  in  homiiiis  Diemorium. 
That  he  was  a  worthy  descendant  of  a  race  of  godly  men,  a  good  man,  a  devout 
Christian,  his  life  and  death  eloquently  attest.  How  straight  the  paths  his  feet  have 
trod.  His  record  is  above.  He  has  passed  away  from  earth,  and  the  places  that 
have  once  known  him  will  know  him  no  more.  "  The  dust  has  returned  to  the  earth 
as  it  was,  and  the  spirit  unto  God  who  gave  it,"  but  his  memory  will  be  kept  green 
and  sacred  in  the  hearts  of  his  children.  No  more  shall  we  hear  that  loved  familiar 
voice  in  sonorous  solemn  tones,  invoking  upon  our  heads  the  choicest  blessings  of 
"  Israel's  God."  "  No  more  the  watchman's  voice  shall  bid  us  fear,  repent,  rejoice." 
He  has  gone  where  the  deep  song  of  his  rejoicing  is  attuned  to  Celestial  music; 
where  the  heavenly  spheres  roll  in  their  eternal  rounds  on  their  majestic  course  har- 
monious strains  of  sweetest  melody  in  their  great  Creator's  praise;  where  the 
angelic  hosts  in  glorious  measure,  in  everlasting,  sing  loud  their  glad  Hosannas  to 
the  Great  Redeemer's  praise. 

"  Gone  to  thy  Heavenly  Father's  rest. 

The  Flowers  of  Eden  round  thee  blowing, 
And  on  thy  ear,  the  murmurs  blest 
Of  Siloam  waters  softly  flowing. 

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298  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

"  Finished  thy  course,  and  kept  thy  faith 
With  Christian  firmness  unto  death; 

And  beautiful  as  sky  and  earth 
When  Autumn's  sun  is  downward  going, 

The  blessed  memory  of  thy  worth 
Around  thy  place  of  slumber  glowing." 

Henry  M.  Whitney. 
San  Francisco,  September,  1864. 

He  d.  Mar.  14,  1864;  res.  Boston  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

4464.  i.  Wm.  Phillips,  b.  Nov.  28,  1821;  d.  unm.  Boston,  Feb.  1,  1887. 

4465.  ii.         Lucy,  b.  Dec.  14,  18^2;  d.  same  day 

4466.  iii.        Maria  Louisa,  b.  Apr.  12,  1824;  m.  Lowell  Mason.     Mrs.  Maria 

Mason,  the  wife  of  Lowell  Mason,  died  at  her  home  at  Mont- 
rose, X.  J.,  on  Thursday  morning,  November  10,  a  little  after 
midnight.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  Apr.  12,  1824,  and  was  a 
daughter  of  Paul  Whitney,  a  prominent  merchant  of  that  city, 
and  a  leading  member  of  the  Old  South  Church  She  was  mar- 
ried in  1844  to  Lowell  Mason,  and  after  residing  for  a  time  in 
Cincinnati  and  New  York,  came  to  Orange  in  1854,  where  her 
home  has  been  ever  since.  For  many  years  she  had  been  troub- 
led with  deafness  and  she  had  long  been  an  invalid,  her  suffer- 
ings increasing  greatly  during  the  closing  years  of  her  life.  She 
was  excluded  thus  from  general  society,  and  lived  her  life  almost 
wholly  in  the  circle  of  her  own  home.  Her  outward  activity 
was  chiefly  with  her  pen,  but  through  this  she  was  enabled 
widely  to  extend  her  influence,  and  by  her  words  of  tenderness 
and  sympathy  to  hold  her  friends  very  near  to  her.  For  many 
years  she  had  written  occasionally  for  the  magazines,  of  late 
almost  exclusively  for  Scribner's.  She  had  an  imagination  of 
extraordinary  vividness  and  delicacy,  and  the  exquisite  gift  of 
expression  which  often  makes  every  word  a  picture.  Through 
her  contributions  to  Scribner's  she  formed  a  pleasant  intimacy 
with  the  late  Dr.  Holland.  "Afterglow"  has  a  special  tender- 
ness from  the  experience  which  it  enshrines,  and  from  its  asso- 
ciation, now,  with  her  own  death.  Though  she  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton her  early  home  was  at  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  a  few  miles  from 
Worcester,  and  in  the  old  burying  ground  there  on  the  top  of 
Shrewsbury  Hill  are  the  four  graves  of  her  father  and  mother, 
and  a  brother  and  sister,  who  died  within  a  short  time  of  one 
another.  These  are  the 'four  mounds,"  ever  kept  green  in  her 
memory,  and  so  touchingfy  commemorated  in  this  her  last  com- 
position; 

AFTERGLOW. 

Four  mounds  of  earth  lie  side  by  side 

Wliere  summer  sunshine  far  and  wide 

Its  largess  throwp.     No  dismal  shade 

From  cjpres>  or  from  yew  is  made  ; 

The  sweet-briar  trails  across  tlie  sward 

Wiiere  bappy-Learted  daisies  guard 

From  rude  approach  the  precious  sod 

That  lies  upon  that  hill  of  God. 

An  hundred  throats  their  carols  pour 

rrom  out  a  full,  exhaustless  store, 

As  if  their  rapture  bore  a  long 

Refrain  from  one  undying  song. 

Tlie  light,  the  song,  the  roses'  breath. 

Preclude  the  gloom  and  ciiill  of  death, 

As  calm,  and  still,  the  holy  dust 

Awaits  the  rescued  spirit's  trust ; 

And  joyous  life  upspringeth  fair 

Where  they  have  climbed  the  heavenly  stair. 

Can  love  from  out  our  lives  be  lost. 
Whose  fibres  witli  our  owu  have  crossed? 
Are  yon  bright  angels'  brows  more  fair, 
'Neath  glory  of  the  haloed  hair. 
Than  when  they  bent  to  me  below- 
All  glistening  with  the  Paschal-snow? 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  299 

Do  Hiey,  in  Jiappy  life  above, 
Forieret  their  miuistry  of  love? 
Tliough  years  on  years  of  silence  fall 
Since  they  have  answered  to  my  call, 
Their  coming  footsteps  still  I  hear 
(And  stretch  my  arms  to  draw  tliem  near). 
Their  garments  rustle  on  tlie  stair. 
Their  tender  accents  thrill  the  air. 
So  cK>sc  they  seem,  so  calm,  so  bright. 
The  lonely  way  is  touched  with  light. 
Like  afterglow  in  Eastern  lands. 
That  flushes  all  the  desert  sands  I 

She  d.  Nov.  10,  1881;  res.  "Silver  Spring,"  Orange,  N.  J.: 

4467.  iv.        Henry  iMARTYN,  b.  June  25,  1826;  m.  Emma  Jane  Merrill. 

4468.  V.        Emery  Stone,  b.  Feb.  25,  1828;  d.  Oct.  10,  1846. 

4469.  vi.       Charlotte  Clapp,  b.  Nov.  1,  1831 ;  d.  Mar.  7,  1854. 

2203.  JosiAH  DwiGHT  Whitney  (Abel,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Westfield,  Mass.,  July  9,  1786;  m.  Dec.  4,  1818,  Sarah  Williston;  m.  2d,  Oct.  13, 
1834,  Clarissa  James,  b.  May  16,1801;  d.  Aug.  15,  1876. 

Josiah  Dwight  Whitney  was  born  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  July  9,  1786.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1799,  with  his  possessions  in  a  handkerchief  hung  over  his  shoulder,  he  walked 
to  Springfield  and  went  into  the  store  of  Jona.  Dwight  &  Son.  In  1807  (October)  he 
began  business  in  Northampton  as  a  general  merchant,  with  the  firm  name  of  J.  D. 
Whitney  &  Co.  In  1830  he  became  a  broker  and  private  banker,  adding  to  this  a 
trade  in  flour,  etc.  In  1833  he  helped  to  organize  the  Edwards  church.  In  the  same 
year  he  became  cashier  of  the  Northampton  Bank,  serving  till  1850,  then  president 
one  year,  and  director  for  three  years  longer.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  and 
notary  public  for  many  years.  In  1813,  soon  after  the  war  of  1812  broke  out,  he  was 
sent  to  England  by  the  Dwights  to  buy  goods;  he  sailed  in  July  on  a  neutral  vessel, 
and  landed  at  Cork.  He  spent  two  years  in  England,  mostlv  in  Manchester.  The 
vessel  on  which  he  returned  brought  the  first  news  of  the  battle  of  Waterloo;  it  was 
published  in  Hale's  paper  in  Boston  as  brought  by  him.  Samuel  Bowles  wrote  of 
him:  "Wise,  prudent,  faithful,  pious,  he  was  a  representative  specimen  of  the  New 
England  village  business  gentleman  of  a  generation  ago."  His  neighbor,  Hon. 
Erastus  Hopkins,  wrote  of  him:  "As  a  friend  and  neighbor  he  will  be  ever  remem- 
bered for  all  the  qualities  which  make  such  relations  endearing  and  perfect.  His 
benevolence  and  charities  were  unostentatious,  but  extensive  and  constant.  His  dis- 
bursements in  these  directions,  when  considered  in  proportion  to  his  means,  give  him 
a  place  among  the  foremost  of  benefactors.  "But  the  more  permanent  excellence  of 
his  character  is  witnessed  in  his  devotion  and  unwavering  fidelity  to  the  church  of 
Christ.  Many  children  of  other  than  his  own  household  rise  up  and  call  him 
blessed."     He  d.  Jan.  29,  1869;  res.  Northampton,  Mass. 

4470.  i.         JosiAH  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  23,  1819;  m.  Louisa  Goddard. 

4471.  ii.        Elizabeth  Noble,  b.  Mar.  30,  1822;   m.  June  13,  1848,  Samuel 

Osgood  Putnam;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  res.  1012  Washing- 
ton St.;  is  cashier  of  the  California  Steamboat  Co.,  of  San  F.; 
b.  Aug.  17,  1818.  She  d.  June  3,  1863,  at  San  Francisco.  Ch.: 
Katharine  Muzzy,  b.  May  2,  1849;  m.  Aug.  26,  1868,  John  D. 
Hooker;  res.  325  W.  Adams  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  ch.,  Lau- 
rence Whitney,  b.  June  14, 1873;  Marian  Osgood,  b.  July  15, 1875; 
Mary  Elliot,  b.  July  14,  1854;  res.  1223  Piue  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal;  Caroline  Rankin,  b.  Dec.  12,  1855;  res.  1223  Pine  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.;  Elizabeth  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  25,  18.58;  res.  1223 
Pine  St.,  San  P'rancisco,  Cal.;  Osgood,  b.  July  24, 1860;  attorney- 
at-law;  res.  1012  Washington  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  Edward 
Williston,  b.  Apr.  18,  1863;  res.  1012  Washington  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

4472.  iii.       Sarah  Birdseye,  b.  Feb.  11,  1824;  m.  Jan.  19,  1848,  Rev.  Robert 

Coit  Learned.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Coll.  in  18.37  and  at  N.  H. 
Theo.  Sem.  in  1841;  settled  at  Twinsburgh.O.,  and  later  at  Can- 
terbury, Berlin,  and  Plymouth,  Conn.;  b.  Aug.  31,  1817;  d.  Apr. 
19,  1867.  She  d.  July  9,  1864,  at  Plvmouth,  Conn.;  res.  North- 
ampton, Mass.  Ch.:  Dwight  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  12,  1848;  m. 
Florence  H.  Rehard  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  July  7,  1875;  gr.  Yale  in 
1870,  and  Ph.D.  in  1873;  res.  Kyoto,  Japan;  Edward,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1851;  res.   211    Tremont   St.,   Boston,  Mass.;  Grace   Hallam,  b. 


4473. 

iv. 

4474. 

V. 

4475. 

V'l. 

4476. 

Vll 

300  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Mar.  14,  1854;  res.  New  London,  Conn.;  Margaret  Williston,  b. 

Sept.  25,  1857;  d.  Dec.  4,  1857;  Anna  Coit,  b.  July  8,   1859;  res. 

New  London,  Conn.;  Sarah  Whitney,  b.  June  25,  1864;  res.  New 

London,  Conn. 
William  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  11,  1826;  d.  Apr.  3,  1826. 
Wm.  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  9,  1827;  m.  Elizabeth  W.  Baldwin. 
Margaret,  b.  Mar.  12, 1829;  d.  June  23,  1836. 
Maria,  b.  Nov.  12,  1830;  unm.;  res.  Northampton.     Has  devoted 

her  time  to  "The  Children's  Aid  Society." 

4477.  viii.     Edward  Payson,  b.  May  22,  1833;  gr.  at  Yale  in  1854;  d. , 

1858. 

4478.  xii.      Henry  Mitchell,  b.  Jan.  16,  1843,  m.  Frances  Wurts. 

4479.  ix.        James  Lyman,  b.  Nov.  28,  1835.     He  was  born   in   Northampton, 

Mass.,  and  is  unm.  He  graduated  at  Yale  college  in  1856, 
where  he  remained  from  1866  to  1857  as  Berkeley  scholar  of  the 
house.  While  in  college  he  was  librarian  of  the  Brothers  in 
Unity  library.  From  1858  to  1868  he  was  a  bookseller  in 
Springfield,  Mass.,  in  which  business  he  retained  an  interest 
until  1887.  In  1868  he  was  an  assistant  librarian  of  the  Cincin- 
nati public  library.  In  1869  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Bos- 
ton public  library,  where  he  still  remains.  He  is  in  charge  of 
the  catalogue  department  of  the  library,  and  is  the  editor  of 
many  of  the  catalogues  and  other  publications  of  the  library. 
Mr.  Whitney  was  chairman  of  the  school  committee  of  Concord, 
Mass.,  from  1879  to  1887;  has  been  secretary  of  the  library  com- 
mittee of  the  free  public  library  of  Concord;  chairman  of  the 
book  committee  of  the  Bostonian  society,  and  treasurer  of  the 
American  library  association  and  chairman  of  its  finance  com- 
mittee. He  is  appreciatively  known  for  his  valuable  work  in 
the  library  circles  of  the  country. 

4480.  xi.       Alice  Lincoln,  b.  Dec.  17,  1840;  unm. 

4481.  X.        Alice  Clarissa,  b.  Sept.  26,  1839;  d.  Mar.  25,  1840. 

4482.  xiii.     Ellen  Douglass,  b.  Feb.  9,  1845;  d.  July  27,  1846. 

2208.  Robert  Whitney  (Abel,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug. 
18,  1794;  m.  Sept.  11,  1820,  Margaret  Ashley  Dwight;  b.  Sept.  2,  1795;  d.  May  16, 
1891.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Westfield,  Mass.,  for  some  years.  In  1834  he  moved  to 
Ohio,  and  was  cashier  of  a  bank  at  Sandusky.  In  1838  he  returned  east  and  passed 
most  of  his  time  in  Springfield,  Mass.     He  died  in  Peterboro.  Res.  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

4483.  i.  James  D.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1821;  m.  Sophia  A.  Steele. 

4484.  ii.        Jonathan  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  24,  1823;  d.  unm.  May  16, 1873.    Was  a 

merchant  in  Sandusky,  Ohio.  During  the  late  war  he  was  in  the 
commissary  department  in  the  4th  Iowa  Regiment.  For  some 
years  he  was  a  farmer  at  Afton,  Iowa,  but  later  was  engaged  in 
grape  growing  in  Missouri.     He  died  in  St.  Louis. 

4485.  iii.        Robert  Sanford,  b.  June  9,  1825;  d.  unm.  Apr.  25,  1864.     He 

was  cashier  of  a  Savings  Bank  at  St.  Louis,  and  member  of  the 
First  Cong,  church.  In  the  records  of  the  latter  is  the  following: 
"The  name  of  Robert  S.  Whitney  will  long  be  dear  to  all  among 
us  who  loved  modest,  unassuming,  genuine  Christian  worth,  and 
gentle,  but  firm  Christian  principle.  His  character,  was  one 
pervaded,  lighted  up  and  established  by  a  godly  sincerity;  one 
of  delicate  and  shrinking  diffidence,  but  of  thorough,  genuine, 
manly  truth.  His  fidelity  was  like  the  sun;  his  honor  and  in- 
tegrity among  business  men  would  have  secured  him  any  trust. 
His  aim  was  to  be  useful  in  any  sphere.  He  was  singularly  free 
from  ambition  of  precedence  or  display." 

4486.  iv.        Henry  Gasset  r,  b,  July  3, 1827;  res.  unm.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where 

he  has  been  variously  employed  in  banks,  government  and  rail- 
road business. 

4487.  V.         Frank,  b.  Nov.  22,  1829;  unm.  res.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

4488.  vi.        Margaret  Dwight,  b.  Aug.  9,  1832;  res.  unm.  in  Springfield, 

Mass, 
4469.    vii.      George,  b.  Oct.  12,  1834;  d.  Mar.  9,  1837. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  301 

4490.  viii.      William,  b.  Mar.  12,  1838.     He  was  b.  in  Sandusky  City,  O.,  was 

a  private  in  the  late  war  in  Co.  G.,  37th  Mass.  Regt.,  and  "disap- 
peared" in  one  of  the  battles  of  the  wilderness,  May  6,  ls64. 
Gen.  Edwards,  his  commanding  officer  said  of  him,  "he  per- 
formed his  duties  faithfully,  and  was  about  to  be  promoted  at 
the  time  of  his  death." 

2211.  Abel  Whitney  (Abel,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  W'estfield, 
Mass.,  Mar.  15,  1800;  m.  Harpersfield,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  20,  1838,  Pamelia  Babcock,  b.  Dec. 
13.  1809;  d.  June  21,  1849;  m.  2d  Sept.  26,  1850,  Belinda  Baxter  Bliss,  b.  Dec.  5,  1814. 
He  was  a  bookseller  with  his  son  John,  and  was  formerly  in  the  wholesale  flour  busi- 
ness.    He  d.  Mar.  5,  1883;  res.  Lowell,  .Mass. 

4491.  i.  John  Abel,  b.  Dec.  6, 1839.     Is  a  bookseller  in  Lowell,  Mass.;  unm. 

4492.  iii.        Edward  Augustus,  b.  Mar.  24,  1843.     Edward  A.  spent  three 

years  in  Europe  in  the  study  of  geological  engineering.  Since 
1872  he  has  been  cashier  of  a  national  bank  at  West  Union,  la.; 
is  now  located  at  Sheridan,  W^y. 

4493.  ii.        Clarissa  Dwight,  b.  Aor.  24,  1841;  d.  Apr.  13, 1849. 

4494.  iv.        Marv  Louisa,  b.  June  10,  1845;  d.  Aug.  20.  1846. 

4495.  V.         Henry  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  21,  1252;  d.  Sept.  20,  18G0. 

4496.  VI.        Mary  Ella,  b.  Jan.  10,  1857;  d.  Nov.  27,  1867. 

2213.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Jan.  22,  1779;  m.  at  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  Clarissa  W^olcott,  b.  .Mar.  ix, 
1783,  d.  Mar.  2,  1849. 

William  Henry  Whitney  was  born  Jan.  22,  1779,  and  died  March  9,  1849.  His 
parents  were  Aaron  Whitney  (born  Sept.  5,  1746),  and  Hannah  Steanies.  He  mar- 
ried Clarissa  W^olcott,  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Wolcott  (born  July  9,  1748,  died  July 
27,  1810),  and  Dolly  Evans,  whose  home  was  in  Wethersfield,  a  short  distance  from 
Hartford,  Conn.  He  was  a  man  of  a  muscular  frame,  about  5  feet  10  inches  in 
height,  of  massive,  square,  regular  features,  with  a  high  forehead,  and  had  large, 
grey  eyes,  and  very  dark  brown  hair.  His  skin  was  light.  L']Jon  the  occasion  of  his 
mother's  death,  when  he  was  in  his  teens,  he  left  his  father's  house  and  shifted  for 
himself  thereafter.  He  worked  in  an  uncle's  store  at  first,  and  later  became  a  partner 
of  Si  Bellows,  a  son  of  old  Gen.  Bellows,  at  Bellows  Falls,  \'t.,  in  a  general  merchan- 
dise business.  Not  far  from  1810  he  made  his  way  by  wagon  to  the  vicinity  of 
Champion.  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  now 
lies  buried  with  his  wife  in  the  village  cemetery.  He  was  a  man  of  a  good  mind, 
a  great  reader,  and  conversed  freely  and  well  on  most  topics.  His  language  was 
well  chosen  and  fluent.  When  in  the  mood  he  detailed  anecdotes,  and  was  given 
to  fun.  In  his  family  he  was  very  kind,  and  was  especially  thoughtful  of  his  wife. 
Upon  her  death  March  2,  1849,  he  was  overcome  with  grief,  took  to  his  bed  imme- 
diately, and  died  one  week  later.  While  personally  not  being  religious,  he  desired 
his  family  to  freely  follow  their  inclinations  in  church  matters.  However,  his  chil- 
dren mostly  were  non-church-going  people.  They  were  all  intelligent,  good  looking, 
temperate,  and  industrious,  and  of  muscular  type.  He  died  March  9,  1849;  res. 
Champion,  N.  Y. 

Erastus  H.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1818;  m.  Lucy  Cordelia  Pierce. 

Aaron  Stearns,  b.  Julv  29,  1803;  m.  Hannah  Bradish. 

Wm.  Henrv,  b.  July  4,  1805;  d.  Oct.  16,  1820. 

Marietta  Maria,  b.  Nov.  4,  1809;  m.  Edward  Hubbard.  She 
d.  1884;  only  one  child,  Mrs.  Chester  Colburn,  who  had  2  cli., 
Jay  and  Eddie;  res.  Champion,  N.  Y. 

Geo.  Sparrack,  b.  Feb.  28,  1809;  m.  Emaline  (Wright)  W'hitney. 

Nathaniel  W.,  b.  Feb.  22,1811;  m.  Emaline  Wright.  He  d.  .Mar. 
18,  1828,  s.  p. 

David  Josiah,  b.  Jan.  22,  1814;  m.  Smith. 

Elizabeth,  b.  June  26.  1816;  d.  unm. 

,  b. 1823;  d.  in  infancv. 

,  b.  1823;  d.  Oct.  16,  1824. 

Wm.  Henry,  b.  June  16,  1821;     m.  Patience  R.  Johnson. 

2220.  David  Stearns  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Northampton,  Aug.  22,  1788;  m.  Aug.  4, 1834,  Hannah  H.  Partridge,  b.  Mar.  8,  1802; 
gr.  dau.  of  Rev.  D.  Lyman,  of  Hatfield.     She  m.  2d,  May  26,  1837,  Hon.  Joseph  H. 


4497. 

viii 

4498. 

i. 

4499. 

ii. 

4500. 

iii. 

4501. 

iv. 

450.^ 

V. 

4503. 

vi. 

4504. 

Vll. 

4505. 

IX. 

4506. 

X. 

4507. 

XI. 

302  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Brainerd.     She  d.  St.  Albans,  \t.,  Nov.  18,  1837.     He  then  married  her  sister  Fanny, 
May  8,  1839.     He  d.  Gainesville,  Ala.,  Apr.  1,  1836;  res.  Northampton,  Mass. 

45U8.    i.  David  S.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1836,  in  Pensacola  and  d.  in  1864;  ae.  18. 

2222.  Jacob  Whitney  (Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Oct.  8,  178-;;  m.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  May  12,  1811,  Maria  Goldsmith;  b.  May  15,  1792;  d. 
Feb.  1,  1885,  in  Louisville,  Ky. 

Jacob  Whitney  was  a  native  of  Stow,  Mass.  Shortly  after  marriage  he  left 
Massachusetts  for  western  Pennsylvania,  remaining  only  a  short  time,  before  descend- 
ing the  Ohio  River.  Was  one  of  the  original  settlers  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ind.,  and  died 
young,  leaving  a  large  family.  His  wife  was  a  remarkable  woman,  and  trained  her 
children  so  that  every  one  was  strong  and  useful  in  their  lives,  the  older  boys  becom- 
ing quite  wealthv.     He  d.  Aug.  10,  1823;  res.  Madison,  Ind. 

4509.  i.      '    Edwin  G.,b.  Nov.  30,  1812;  m.  Maria  Carver. 

4510.  ii.        SoPHRONiA  J.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1814;    m.   Mar.  12,  1835,  Benjamin  F. 

Baker;  res.  Madison,  Ind.  He  was  b.  Mar.  6,  1811;  d.  Jan.  6, 
1892.  He  was  a  merchant.  Ch.:  Ruth  Maria,  b.  Feb.  14,  1837; 
m.  William  Shippen,  Oct.  14,  1857;  d.  Feb.  16,  1868;  Henry 
Franklin,  b.  Oct.  14,  1838;  Florence  Tucker,  b.  Sept.  21, 1841 ;  m. 
Geo.  F.  Baker,  b.  Nov.  18,  1869,  New  York  City,  Pres.  1st  Nafl 
Bank;  Sada  E.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1844;  Madison,  Ind. 

4511.  iii.       Roland  A.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1817;    m.  Eliza    Hicks,   and   Annie   E. 

Lemon. 

4512.  iv.       Alexander  N.,  b.  June  24,  1819;  m.  Elvira  A.  Smith. 

4513.  v.        Makia  Houghton,  b.  July  27,  1822;   m.  Jan.  30,  1845,  Nestor  W. 

Conant;  res.  Long  Hranch,  N.J.  He  was  b.  Jan. 4, 1811 ;  merchant. 
Ch.:  Carrie  E.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1845;  m.  Pincknev  F.  Green;  b.  Oct. 
15,1867;  res.  Louisville,  Kv.;  Whitney,  b.' Feb.  11,  1848;  res. 
Long  Branch,  N.  J.;  Roleria  E.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1856;  d.  May,  1857; 
Nestor  F.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1863;  d.  Feb.,  1864;  Ruth  M.,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1865;  m.  Chas.  C.  Doe,  b.  Jan.  15,  1889;  res.  South  Newbury,  Vt. 

2226.  Jesse  Whitney  (Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Stow,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  17S0;  m.  at  Medfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1818,  Rebecca  Newell, 
b.  Sherborn,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1795;  d.  at  Nashua,  June  16,  1856. 

He  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until  eighteen  years  of  age,  work- 
ing on  his  father's  farm  and  attending  school  as  opportunity  presented  itself.  When 
nineteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Boston  to  learn  the  trade  of  boot  and  shoemaker. 
After  serving  his  apprenticeship  for  four  years  he  went  to  Framingham  to  work  for 
a  Mr.  Buckminster,  a  boot  and  shoe  manufacturer.  A  short  time  afterward  he 
became  proprietor  of  the  business,  and  continued  it  until  the  fall  of  1825,  when  he 
moved  to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Nashua  Mfg.  Co.  in  their 
cotton  mills  as  belt  maker  (leather),  and  continued  with  them  for  ten  years.  Later 
he  was  a  trader  in  boots  and  shoes.  Mr.  Whitney  was  an  upright  and  conscientious 
man.  Whig  in  politics,  and  had  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  townsmen.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  died  in  Nashua,  his  wife 
having  preceded  him  some  two  years.  He  d.  Jan.  18,  1858;  res.  Framingham,  Mass., 
and  Nashua,  N.  H. 

4514a.  i.  Hflfn  Loiisa,  b.  Oct.  4,  1819;  m.  Orlando  Lund.     She  d.  Jan.  8, 

1893. 

4514.  ii.         Geo.  Henry,  b.  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  Susan  Glover  Stickney. 

4515.  iii.        Elizabeth  \VHEELOCK,b.  Oct.  19, 1822;  m.  Jan. 29, 1846, George  F. 

Adams;  res.  Derry,  N.  H.  He  was  b.  June  29,  1824.  Ch.:  Helen 
Louise,  b.  Dec.  10,  1847;  m.  Feb.  10,  1874,  Quincy  Jeffers;  res. 
Dedham,  Mass.;  Lucy  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  9,  1860;  m.  Jan.  1, 
1870,  Geo.  Proctor;  res.  518  Broadway,  So.  Boston,  Mass.;  Sarah 
Fitz,  b.  June  22,  1852;  res.  Derry.  N.  H.;  Geo.  Newell,  b.  Dec. 
.27,  1853;  m.  June  22,  1891,  Carrie  Combs;  res.  901  McGee  St., 
Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Frankie  Wellman,  b.  Aug.  18,  1859;  d.  Feb.  1, 
1867;  Charles  Eugene,  b.  June  23,  1861;  m.  Nov.  27,  1888,  Ida 
Swain;  res.  No.  6  Roslyn  St.,  Salem,  Mass.;  Mary  Whitney,  b. 
Sept.  4,  1863;  d.  Sept.  4,  1863;  Marion  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  7,  1867; 
d.  Feb.  3,  1877. 
4616.  iv.  Mary  Antoinette,  b.  Aug.  2,  1824;  m.  Apr.  25,  1844,  Alfred 
Lund,  d.  1855;  ni,  2d,  Josiah  Stone;  res.  Cortland,  N.  Y. 


4517. 

V. 

4518. 

vi. 

4519. 

Vll. 

4520. 

via 

4521. 

IX. 

4522. 

X. 

4528. 

i. 

4524. 

11. 

4525. 

111. 

4526. 

IV. 

4527. 

V. 

4528. 

vi. 

4529. 

Vll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  303 

Eunice  Newell,  b.  June  9,  1826;  d.  Dec.  4,  1833. 
Edward  Payson,  b.  May  2,  1828;  m.  Josephine  Stickney. 
Chas.  Fred'k,  b.  Dec.  26,  1829;  m.  Helen  L.  Blaisdell. 
Wm.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  20,  1831;  d.  Nov.  14,  1861. 
Eugene  Francis,  b.  Feb.  7,  1834;  m.  Carrie  H.  Clark. 
Richard  Dexter,  b.  Oct.  26,  1836;  m.  Laura  A.  Ingraham. 

2229.  Isaac  Whitney  (Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Bolton,  Mass.,  Dec.  4.  1798;  m.  Danby,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29,  1839,  Marcia  J.  Barclay,  b. 
July  11,1820;  d.  May  2,  1891. 

He  was  born  in  Bolton,  and  after  his  marriage  moved  to  Stow,  where  he  ever 
after  resided.     He  was  an  extensive  farmer.     He  d.  Dec.  21,  1866;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 
William  H.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1840;  m.  Josephine  S.  Osgood. 
Isaac  N.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1844;  m.  Lourana  C.  Maston. 
Roland  Alonzo,  b.  Sept.  25,  1848;  d.  Sept.  10,  1849. 
Francis  Eugene,  b.  Sept.  27,  1849;  d.  Nov.  24,  1873. 
Mary  Jane,  b.  Feb.  19,  1855;  m.  June  3,  1879,  Francis  A.  Gillette; 

res.  New  Boston,  Mass. 
Helen  Josephine,  b.  June  11,  1856;  d.  Sept.  21,  1875. 
Clara  Maria,  b.  Oct.  8,  1865;    m.  Apr.   18,  1882,  Seymour  S. 
Colby;  res.  Melrose,  Mass. 

2232.  Capt.  Moses  Whitney  (Isaac,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard- 
John),  b.  Feb.  14,  1782;  m.  Apr.  17,  1806,  Lucy  Gates,  b.  Mar.  28,  1787;  d.  in  Stow. 
Nov.  5,  1875. 

Moses  Whitney  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  at  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
when  twenty-four  years  of  age,  removed  to  Stow.  He  was  a  farmer,  but  took  an 
active  interest  in  all  town  matters.  He  was  captain  of  a  company  of  troopers,  or 
home  guards,  for  several  years;  tor  two  years  was  representative  in  the  legislature, 
and  for  several  years  was  justice  of  the  peace.     He  d.  Oct.  1,  1856;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

4530.  i.  Mary  Gates,  b.  Aug.  31,  1807;  m.  James  Fordyce  Whitnev;  d. 

June  30, 1886. 

4531.  ii.         Lucia  Mead,  b.  Oct.  6,  1810;  m.  Oct.  26,  1841,  Hon.  Edwin  Whit- 

ney, of  Stow,  s.  p.  He  d.  Stow,  Mar.  6,  1883;  (See)  res.  No.  789 
Cass  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

2234.  Asa  Wii.lard  Whitney  (Isaac,  Abraham,  .Abraham,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Apr.  24,  1787,  in  Harvard,  Mass.;  m.  in  Bolton,  Dec.  29,  1809,  Abigail  Whit- 
comb;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

4532.  i.  Abba  Eliza,  b.  Dec.  13,  1817. 

4533.  ii.         Lucia,  b.  ;  m.  Blake. 

2236,  Squire  Isaac  Whitney  (Isaac,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  April,  1775;  m.  Mary  Hill;  m.  2d,  Apr.  15,  1829,  Hannah  Haskell.  His  will 
is  dated  Apr.  19,  1854,  and  was  probated  May  6,  1856.  Ebenezer  Willard,  of  Har- 
vard was  exec.  He  was  selectman,  1817-19-20;  assessor,  1818-19-22;  and  town  clerk, 
1820-3.     He  d.  Mar.  10,  1856;  res.  Harvard,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

2246.  Abraha.m  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Sept.  18,  1806,  in  Waterford,  Me.;  m.  1833,  Mary  A.  Hopkins;  b.  Milford, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  l^,  1808;  d.  in  Chicago,  Apr.  19,  1881. 

He  was  born  in  Waterford,  Me.,  to  which  place  his  parents  had  moved  from 
Stow,  Mass.,  He  was  united  in  marriage  to  his  wife  at  St.  Ann's  church,  Lowell, 
.Mass.,  by  the  rector.  After  residing  in  Lowell,  he  moved  to  Waltham,  Mass.  He 
d.  Nov.  25,  1887;  res.  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  and  Waltham,  Mass. 

4534.  i.  Mary  Ann.  b.  1834;  d.  1838. 

4535.  ii.         Helen  E.,  b.  ;  m.  Thomas  J.  Marsh,  Jr.,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

He  was  b. ;  d.  at  Roberts,  Wis.,  Sept.  25,  1891.     She  res. 

455  Elm  street,  Chicago,  111.  Ch.:  Henry  Wheelwright,  b.  at 
Waltham,  Mass.,  educated  at  Phillips,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  Har- 
vard College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1885.  Res.  in  Chicago; 
of  the  firm  of  R.  A.  Waller  &  Co.,  LaSalle  St. 

4536.  iii.        Mary  A.,  b.  ;  res.  3  Mt.  \'ernon  St..  Boston. 

4537.  iv.        Adaline  Peabody,  b. ;  m.  1877,  Thomas   S.  Chard;  res. 

s.  p.  534  North  State  St.,  Chicago,  111. 


304  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


4541. 

11. 

4542. 

111. 

4543. 

iv. 

4544. 

V. 

4545. 

VI. 

4546. 

Vll. 

4547. 

VUl 

4548. 

i. 

4549. 

11. 

4550. 

Ill 

4561. 

IV 

4538.  V.         John  Howard,  b.  1845;  d.  Sept.  21,  1869. 

4539.  vi.        Caroline  Burns,  b. ;  res.  3  Mt.  Vernon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

2247.  Christopher  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Waterford,  Me.,  Nov.  5,  1807;  m.  Oct.  1831,  Dolly  Brooks  of  Stow,  Mass. 
He  d.  1860;  res..  Stow  and  Lynn,  Mass. 

4540.  i.  Catherine  Sophia,  b.  Feb.  4,  1844;  m.  Dec.  1869,  Joseph  M. 

Thompson,  of  Portland,  Me.  She  d.  in  1889  in  New  Glouces- 
ter, Me. 

ALBERT)  b.  Mar.  4, 1834. 

Eben  S.  B.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1886.. 

Abraha.m,  b.  Sept.  28,  1837;  m.  Mary  E.  Swan  and  Eliza  Whit- 
comb. 

Silas  B.,  b.  Nov.  9, 1839. 

Mary  B.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1842:  m. Johnson;  res.  Lynn,  Mass. 

George  F.,  b.  Oct.  1, 1852. 

Elizabeth,  b. 

2257.  Salmon  Whitney  (Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Jan.  31,  1788;  m.  Eliza  Sumner;  m.  2d,  Dec.  29,  1829,  Alsa  P. 
Pond;  b.  Feb.  19,  1803;  d.  June,  1871.  He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  worked  on 
the  farm,  and  attended  school  winters  as  opportunity  presented.  He  moved  to  Bos- 
ton when  but  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  for  half  a  century  kept  a  salt  fish  store  on 
Long  Wharf.     He  d.  May  17,  1882;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

^  "  Davis  S.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1824;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  T.  Belcher. 

Elizabeth  Augusta,  b.  Oct.  22,  1882. 

Henry  Lyman,  b.  Nov.  13,  1834;  d.  Sept.  6,  1856. 

Edward,  b.  Jan.  3,  1842;  d.  Apr.  2,  1846. 

2259.  Rev.  John  Whitney  (Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1803;  m.  Oct.  15,  1835,  Mary  A.  Jewett,  dau.  of  Rev.  David, 
of  Rockport,  b.  Nov.  28,  1808. 

He  was  the  fifth  minister  of  the  first  church  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  and  was  ordained 
Oct.  15,  1834,  and  dismissed  in  1837.  He  graduated  at  Amherst  in  1831  and  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  in  1834,  and  at  once  settled  in  Boxford.  He  went  to 
Waltham  at  the  conclusion  of  his  first  pastorate  and  was  settled  there  for  twenty 
years.  Then  for  ten  years  he  was  located  at  Canaan,  N.  Y.  Later  he  moved  to 
Newton  Centre,  Mass.,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  scholarly  man  and  kept  up  his 
studies  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  d.  May  31,  1879;  res.  Boxford  and  Waltham,  Mass., 
Canaan,  N.  Y.,  and  Newton  Centre,  Mass. 

4552.     i.  David  Jewett,  b.  Sept.  30,  1836,  in  Marblehead;  m.  Dec.  5,  1861, 

Martha  Jane  Hinkel;  b.  Aug.  15,  1836.     He  was  for  five  years  in 
Boston  in  the  dry  goods  business,  and  went  to  New  York  city 
in  1857;  he  resided  at  309  East  21st   street;  was   educated   at 
Phillips  Academy;  is  now  a  commission  merchant;  s.  p. 
John  Raymond,  b.  Jan.  18,  1838;  d.  Sept.  27,  1838. 
Mary  Reed,  b.  Mar.  1,  1839;   m.  Nov.  20,  1862,  F.  W.  Felton,  a 

lawyer;  res.  181  W.  Brookline  St.,  Boston. 
Elizabeth  Jewett,  b.  Feb.  23,  1841;  unm.;  res.  at  home. 
Martha  Raps,  b.  July  24,  1843;  d.  Sept.  2,  1843. 
Martha  Raymond,  b.  June  6,  1844;  d.  Sept.  24,  1844. 
Hannah  Ann  Jewett,  b.  Nov.  27,  1846;  res.  at  home. 
Maria  Delano,  b.  Nov.  30,  1851. 

2260.  Justin  Whitney  (Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  July  24, 
1801  in  Harvard;  m.  in  1827  Mary  Gushing  Cotton,  in  Boxboro;  b.  Sept.  15,  1805;  d. 
May  25,  1891. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  where  he  resided  nearly  all  his  life,  was  a  farmer  and 
lived  on  the  farm,  which,  tradition  says,  was  originally  purchased  of  the  Indians.  He 
d.  Aug.  7,  1862.     Rcb.  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  Leominster,  Mass. 

4-560.    i.  Justin  Otis,  b.  June  10,  1829;  d.  unm.,  Oct.  13,  1853. 

4561.  ii.         Maria  Bird,  b.  May  14,  1831;  m.   1852,   Henry  Richards;   res. 

Worcester. 

4562.  iii.       Salmon,  b.  Mar.  24,  1833;  d.  unm.,  July  26,  1864.     He  studied  law 

in  Lowell  and  at  Harvard  Law  School;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1860  and  opened  an  office  at  Groton  Junction,  now  Ayer.     He 


4553. 

ii. 

4554. 

111. 

4555. 

iv. 

4556. 

V. 

4i)57. 

VI. 

4568. 

vii. 

4559. 

Vlll 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


305 


served  in  the  Sixth  and  Fifty-third  Massachusetts  Infantry, 
and  died  in  Leominster.  He  enlisted  Apr.  22,  186L  and  was  dis- 
charged for  disability  June  6,  1863. 
4663.  iv.  Harriet  L,  b.  Jan.  6,  1837;  m.  Feb.  18,  1866,  Marshall  P.  Frost, 
res.  183  Lincoln  St.,  Worcester.  Ch.;  Daughler,  b.  Dec.  12, 
1867;  d.  Nov.  29,  1874. 

4564.  V.         Geo.  Henry,  b.  July  18,  1839;  m.  Sarah  C.  Gould. 

4565.  vi.        Ellen  Frances,  b,  June  7,  1847;  m.  June  10, 1868. 

4566.  vii.      Sarah  Maria,  b.  Jan.  6.  1841;  m.  Oct.  17,  1860,  Thomas  Bennett 

res.  14  Elliott  St.,  Wore.     He  was  b.  Aug.  14,  1836:  d.  June  20, 
1890.     He  was  boatswain  in  the  U.  S.  Navy.    Ch.:  Hattie  Maria 
b.  Sept.  1,  1861;  m.  Oct.  19,  1886;    present  address  (Mrs.  Henry 
L.  Adams,  Wilmington,  Vt.);  Minnie  P>ances,  b.  Dec.  28,  1862 
m.  Oct.,  17,   1882;  address,  Mrs.   Minnie  F.  Bagley,  widow,  14 
Elliot  St.,  Worcester,  Mass  ;  George  S.  Bennett,  b.  July  30, 1866 
present  address,  Deputy  Clerk  of  United  States  Court,  Boston 
Mass.;  one  grandchild,  Donald  Bennett  Adams,  b.  June  13,1890 
at  Wilmington,  Vt. 


2261. 
Harvard, 
d.  in  1871; 
4567, 

4568, 
4569, 

4570, 
4571. 
4572. 
4573, 


4574 
4575 


Nathan  Whitney  (Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Mass.,  Aug.  1,  1793;  m.  May  23,  1816,  Nancy  Farwell;  b.  1793;  d.  l855.  He 
res.  Harvard  and  Chicopee,  Mass. 

Nathan,  b.  Nov.  3,  1816;  m.  Nancy  A.  Hay.  , 

Nancy  Lavina,  b.  Aug.  23,  1818;  dead. 

Newton,  b.  July  26,  1820;  m.  Mary  P.  White  and  Mary  L.  Hay- 
ward. 

Angelina,  b.  Apr.  15,  1822;  res.  C. 

JULIANNA.  b.  Nov.  13,  1824;  res.  C. 

Edwin,  b.  Aug.  22,  1826;  m.  and  res.  Holyoke,  Mass. 

Melissa  A.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1829:  m.;  a  dau.  is  Mrs.  Mary  Melissa 
McCann;  res.  Fall  River,  Mass. 

Mary  Farwell,  b.  Jan.  4,  1832;  m.  and  left  one  son,  James 
Haskell. 

Serena  A.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1834. 


IV. 

v. 

vi. 
vii. 

viii. 


IX. 


2265.  Joel  Whitney  (Joel,  lonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  29,  1792;  m.  in  Ohio. 

He  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  captured  by  the  British  and  taken  to  England; 
be  finally  returned  and  settled  in  Ohio,  where  he  married  and  afterwards  resided. 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  in  Ohio. 

2266.  Jesse  Whitney  (Joel,  Jonas,  lonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  8,  1794;  m . 

With  his  brother  Joel  he  went  to  Ohio,  where  he  married  and  followed  agri- 
cultural pursuits.     He  amassed  quite  a  fortune.     Res.  in  Ohio. 

2273.     Peter  Whitney  (Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug.  16, 
1799;  m.  Mar.  3, 1825,Lucinda  Fisk,  b.  Mar.  18,  1810;  d.  Apr.  20,  1839;  m.  2d,  Sept.  24, 
1839,  Laura  Farr,  b.  Sept.  17,  1812;  d.  Jan.  12,  1888.     He  d.  Aug.  13,  1867;  res.  Dick- 
inson, N.  Y. 
4576. 

4577.  n. 

4578.  iii. 

4579.  iv. 

4580.  V. 

4581.  vi. 

4582.  vii. 

4583.  viii. 


Helen,  b.  June  25,  1829. 

Barney,  b.  June  9,  1832;  res.  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 

Allen  C,  b.  Dec.  20,  1837;  d.  Sept.  30,  i860. 

Fayette,  b.  July  30,  1840;  d.  May  5,  1867. 

Cyrus  P.,  b.  Feb.  12.  1843;  m.  Cynthia  L.  Davenport. 

Byron  A.,  b.  June  14,  1845;  m.  Sally  R.  Hazen. 

LuciNA,  b.  Oct.  22,  1848. 

Justin  A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1852;  res.  Alburgh,  N.  Y. 


2274.     Gary  Whitney  (Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  A'ermont; 
m.  Pattv  Hazen.     He  d. ;  res. . 


4.584.  i. 

4585.  ii. 

4586.  iii. 

4587.  iv. 

4588.  v. 

4589.  vi.        Emogene,  b 


Warren,  b.  July  17,  18:38;  m.  Delia  Martin  and  Mary  E.  Bisbee. 

Am  ASA  H.,  b.' ;  res.  Potsdam,  N.  Y. 

Viola,  b. ;  d. . 

Lord  Grenvile,  b.  Dec.  25,  1847;  m.  Ida  H.  Lincoln. 

Inez,  b. ;  d.  — — . 

;  d. . 


306  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2278.  Sealand  Whitney  (Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Sal- 
isbury, Vt.,  Nov.  2,  1799;  m.  Sept.  2,  1827,  Sybil  Landon,  b.  So.  Hero,  Vt.,  June  27, 
1806;  d.  Apr.  30,  1873.  He  d.  in  Malone,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  30,  1874;  res.  North  Hero,  Vt., 
and  Malone,  N.  Y. 

4590.  i.  Elisha  Gerry,  b.   May  19,  1828;  m.  Eliza  A.  Hitchcock,  Mrs. 

May  Clark  McMann,  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Morgan. 

4591.  ii.         Seymour  Bangs,  b.  June  5,  1837;  m.  Calista  M.  Coburn. 

4592.  iii.       Buel  Landon,  b.  Dec.  10,  1845;  m.  Esther  E.  Harris. 

4593.  IV.        Mykon  Tho.mpson,  b.  Feb.  18,  1840;  res.,  unm.,  Marshalltown,  la. 

He  was  born  in  North  Hero,  Vt.,  educated  at  the  public  schools, 
and  fitted  for  college  at  the  Franklin  academy  in  Malone,  N.  Y. 
Entered  Middlebury  college  in  1863,  and  was  graduated  in  1865; 
later  entered  Amherst;  was  graduated  in  1867.  He  studied  elo- 
cution in  Boston  in  1868.  Went  west,  studied  law  at  Marshall- 
town,  la.,  in  1869  and  1870,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  lat- 
ter year.  Since  then  has  practiced  his  profession  there  with 
success.     Is  much  respected.     Unm. 

4594.  V.         Edward  Wilbur,  b.  Oct.  1,  1850;  m.  Lizzie  E.  Taylor. 

4595.  vi.       Ann  Augusta,  b.  Apr.  10,  1834;  d.  Oct.  1,  1836. 

2285.  Amos  Whitney  (Levi,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Rindge, 
N.  H.,  1786;  m.  Sophia  Harris,  b.  1786;  d.  1877. 

•  Amos  Whitney  was  born  in  Rindge,  N.  H.  He  moved  to  Leominster,  and  mar- 
ried his  wife  in  Fitchburg.  In  1812  he  moved  to  Royalston,  and  purchasing  of  Abel 
Downe  the  John  Osborne  place  lived  there  ever  afterward.  He  d.  1874;  res.  Leo- 
minster and  Royalston,  Mass. 

4596.  i.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  30,  1812;  m.  at  Royalston,  Mass.,  Benjamin 

Wheeler,  b.  Jan.  17,  1810;  d.  Feb.  24, 1884;  res.  So.  Royalston.  Ch.: 
Levi  W.;  res.  So.  R.;  b,  June  10,  1848;  Mary  A.,  d.  Oct.  20,  1860. 

4597.  ii.         Sophia,  b.  Feb.  19,1815;  ra.  Oct.,  1836,  Reuben  Browning.  He  was 

b.  Mar.  17,  1814;  d.  Nov.  5,  1845.  She  d.  at  Royalston,  July  1, 
1865.  Ch.:  Martha  A.,  b.  in  Holden,  Aug.  2,  1838;  m.  David 
W.  Hodgkins,  M.  D.,  of  Jefferson,  Me.,  May  17, 1866;  address. 
East  Brookfield,  Mass.;  ch.,  Robert  B.,  b.  in  Waldoboro,  Me.,  Oct. 
17,  1867;  d.  same  day;  Isabelle  Marion,  b.  E.  Brookfield,  Mass., 
June  21,  1869;  George  Whitney,  b.  E.  Brookfield,  Dec.  30,  1870; 
d.  Jan.  9,  1876,  aged  5  years  10  days;  David  Harwood,  b.  E. 
Brookfield,  June  11,  1873;  and  Chester  Hussev,  b.  E.  Brookfield, 
Jan.  9,  1875;  Marion  F.,  b.  Nov.  8,  1840;  m.'to  Rev.  Henry  M. 
Rogers,  of  Ware,  Dec,  1862;  address,  Holden,  Mass.;  ch.,  Nellie 
Marion,  b.  in  Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  Dec,  1863;  Herbert  Allen,  b.  Well- 
fleet,  Mass.,  Apr.,  1866;  Rupert  Browning,  b.  Dalton,  Mass., 
Aug.,  1868;  and  Harry,  b.  W.  Springfield,  1870;  d.  at  4  months. 
Nellie  Marion  Rogers  m.  Charles  A.  Dawson,  of  Holden,  Sept., 
'  1883;  address,  Holden,  Mass.;  ch.,  Rachel  Dawson,  b.  in  Holden, 

July,  1894.  Mary  S.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1842;  m.  to  Henry  W.  Cotton,  of 
Monson,  Mar.,  1868;  ch  ,  Susan  Browning,  b.  Milford,  Conn,. 
Sept.  21,  1869;  m  Henry  S.  Tufts«of  Boston,  Oct.,  1890;  address, 
1859  Oakdale  Ave.,  Lake  View,  Chicago.  Henry  W.  Cotton,  d. 
in  South  Framingham,  Dec,  1892;  aged  57. 

4598.  iii.        George,  b.  Sept.  21,  1817;  m.  Eliza  J.  Simpson  and  Mary  E. 

Carter. 

4599.  iv.        Levi  Harris,  b.  Nov.  2.5,  1821;  m.  Susan  S.  Whitcomb,  b.  1829; 

res.  s.  p.  Athol,  Mass. 

4600.  V.         Abigail  A.,  b.  182^  ;  m.  Chas.  W.  Forristoll;  res.  West  Fitchburg. 

2286.  Samuel  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Brattleboro,  \'t..  May  23, 1791;  m.  Guilford,  Jan.  1,  1821.  Amelia  Hvde;  b.  G.,  Mar. 
13,  1800;  d.  in  W.,  May  18,  1851. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.  He  attended  the  district  school, 
assisting  his  father  on  his  farm  when  not  acquiring  his  education.  In  1820  he  pur- 
chased a  small  place  between  the  two  villages  in  Brattleboro,  where  he  resided  for 
ten  years,  and  where  five  of  his  children  were  born.  He  was  often  employed  as  clerk 
at  the  hotel  in  the  east  village.  This  was  in  the  davs  of  stages,  and  twelve  or  more 
lines  went  and  came  from  the  house  night  and  day.     So  he  often  was  employed  in 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  307 

the  winter,  when  he  had  less  to  do  than  in  summer.  His  health  became  poor,  and  he 
thought  he  must  find  employment  more  in  doors,  and  took  a  hotel  m  Proctors- 
ville,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  two  years,  moved  to  Hartford,  Vt.,  for  one  year,  then 
to  Hartland  for  three  years.  In  the  fall  of  1835  he  bought  the  hotel  known  as  the 
"Barber  House,"  of  Woodstock,  where  he  lived  till  the  death  of  his  father  in  the 
spring  of  1847.  He  gave  up  the  house  to  his  son  and  went  to  Brattleboro  to  care  for 
his  father's  estate  and  a  sister  who  was  blind.  He  sold  his  father's  place  after  a  little 
tmie  and  returned  to  Woodstock  in  the  winter  of  1849,  buying  a  private  house,  where 
he  lived  till  the  time  of  his  death  in  1872.  For  a  few  years  after  his  return  to  Wood- 
stock he  employed  his  time  in  farming  and  looking  after  his  property.  For  many 
years  he  was  proprietor  of  the  Woodstock  stages.  He  was  much  respected  in  the 
community  where  he  resided.  He  d.  Dec.  81,  187J;  res.  Brattleboro,  Cavendish  and 
Woodstock,  \'l. 

4601.  i.  Geo.  Fred'k,  b.  Dec.  24,  1821;  m.  Augusta  P.  Eaton. 

4602.  ii.         Emily  Hyde,  b.  Oct.  28,  1828;  m.  Oct.  24,  1849,  Charles  Cha])- 

man;  res.  Woodstock,  \'t.  He  was  b.  Apr.  1,  1818;  d.  Sept.  26, 
1882;  was  a  druggist.  Ch.:  Frank  H.,  born  March  8,  1861, 
Woodstock;  Carrie  A.,  born  Oct.  8,  1852,  Woodstock;  Lucy  J., 
born  Aug.  5,  1856,  Woodstock;  Henry  B.,  born  June  10,  1858, 
Woodstock;  Mary  F.,  born  March  2,  1860,  Woodstock. 

4608.  iii.        Susan  Jane,  b.  Sept.  26,  1H25:  d.  unm. 

4604.  iv.        Dana  Hyde,. b.  Mar. 6,  1828;  d.  unm.  July  28,  1861.     Shot  in  battle 

at  Newport  News,  \'a. 

4605.  v.         Lucy  Fitch,  b.  Feb.  28,  18.38;  m.  Oct.  10.  1859,  James  B.  Jones;  b. 

Mar.  81,  1826.  He  is  a  merchant  in  Woodstock,  \'t.  Ch.:  Wm. 
Field,  b.  Apr.  23,  1862;  Mary  Wells,  b.  July  28,  1864;  Ellen  Hvde, 
b.  Sept.  10,  1866;  Alice  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  7,  1878. 

4606.  vi.        Charles  L.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1832;  m.  Frances  J.  Gore. 

4607.  vii.       Samuel  Benton,  b.  June  4,  1842;  address  125  Tremont  St.,  Boston, 

Mass.  He  is  a  composer  and  organist  and  was  born  in  Wood- 
stock, \'t.  Was  organist  of  Christ  Church,  Montpelier,  \"t.;  St. 
Peter's  in  Albany,  N.  Y.;  St.  Paul's  in  Burlington,  A't.;  Old 
Church,  now  New  Church  of  the  Advent  m  Boston.  Is  professor 
in  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  and  in  the  Boston 
University.  Among  his  compositions  are  two  full  communion 
services,  five  te  deums  and  numerous  other  pieces  for  church 
service,  organ  music.  Trio  of  Pf.  and  strings;  Pf.  music  and 
songs. 

2292.  Edward  Winslow  Whitney  (Samuel  W.,Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  at  Brattleboro,  \'t.,  1801;  m.  at  Brattleboro,  \'t.,  Jan.  28,  1821,  Lavinia 
Bruce  Bemis;  b.  1798;  d.  Aug.  25,  18.54,  at  Fort  Covington,  N.  V". 

Edward  Winslow  Whitney  was  a  tanner  and  currier  bv  trade;  worked  at  his  trade 
in  Keene,  N.  H.  Afterward  proprietor  of  the  Emerald  House,  Keene;  was  interested 
in  a  line  of  stages  from  Keene  to  Boston,  of  which  line  Benj.  Cheney,  of  Cheney, 
Fiske  &■  Co  ,  was  driver  From  Keene  he  moved  to  .A.lbany,  N.Y.,  where  he  took 
charge  of  the  Franklin  House,  near  the  head  of  State  St.,  directly  opposite  the  then 
railroad  depot.  He  died  m  Albany.  He  d  June  1,  1848;  res.  Dummerston,  \"t.,  and 
Fort  Covington  and  Albanv,  N.  Y. 

4608.^  i.  Charles  Marsh,  b.  Feb.  10,  1828;  m.  Delia  Minerva  Safford. 

4609.  ii.         Elias  Bemis,  b.  Dec.  2,  1821;  m.  Kate  Craft  and  Rhoda  S.Bur- 

leigh. 

4610.  iii.        Elizabeth   Parmilla,  b. ;  m.  G.  B.  I.  Sav.'ver,  s.  p.   Shed. 

May,  ls'93,  at  Waukegan,  111. 

4611.  iv.        Lemuel  Bannister,  b. ;  d.  unm.,  was  killed  by  explosion 

in  Hague  St.,  N.  Y. 

4612.  V.         Edward  Sidney,  b. ;  d.  Mav,  1861,  at  Malone,  N.  Y. 

4618.     vi.        Mary    Jane.    b.    Mar    11,  1835;    m.  Dec.  24,  1856,    Edward  W. 

Upham;  b.  May  30,  1834.  He  was  born  in  Chateaugay,  N.  Y.; 
went  to  Chicago  in  the  early  fifties,  about  1854;  moved  thence  in 
a  year  or  so  to  Waukegan,  where  he  was  married  and  where, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year— about  1858-9 — he  has  since  lived. 
During  that  year  he  was  in  Keokuk,  la.  He  has  always  been 
in  the  dry  goods  or  general  merchandise  business,  beginning 
operations  for  himself  in  1869  or  70  in  the  firm    of   Huson    tlsc 


308  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Upham,  in  1872  or  73  alone  and  in  1888  becoming  a  member  of 
his  present  firm,  G.  R.  Lyon  &  Co.  About  1880  and  for  a  few 
years  thereafter,  he  was  active  in  local  politics  and  held  the 
office  of  supervisor  for  Waukegan  in  Lake  county.  Ch.:  Edward 
Darwin,  b.  Mar.  13,  1858;  unm.;  307  People's  Bank  Bldg., 
Denver,  Col.  During  the  years  1875  to  1880  he  was  a  teacher  in 
Lake  county  schools,  the  last  three  years  being  in  the  Wauke- 
gan city  schools.  He  graduated  from  Amherst  College,  degree 
B.  A.,  in  1884,  and  the  following  year  was  principal  of  the  Wil- 
liams Academy  and  Stockbridge  High  School  at  Stockbridge, 
Mass.  He  continued  his  law  studies,  theretofore  begun  under 
Judge  Francis  E.  Clarke,  of  Waukegan,  in  the  office  of  Stiles  & 
Lewis,  of  Chicago,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  Sept., 
1886.  He  lived  in  Lincoln,  Neb.,  from  Nov.,  1886,  till  June,  1887, 
when  he  went  to  Colorado.     Is  a  lawyer  in  general  practice. 

4614.  vii.      HarrieIt  Mercy,  b. ;  m.  J.W.  Robinson  and  W.  E.  Peake; 

s.  p.     She  d.  June,  1894,  at  Mason  City,  la. 

2293.  RuFUS  Whitney  (John,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,- John),  b.  Dover, 
Vt.,  Aug.  28,  1793;  m.  Dec.  25,"1826,  at  Brandon,  N.  Y.,  Lois  Miller,  b.  Mar.  19,  1790; 
d.  Mar.  9,  1865.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  May  9,  1863;  res.  Bangor  and  Brandon, 
N.  Y. 

4615.  i.  Hortentia,  b.  Sept.  9,1827;  m.  Apr.  19,  1861,  Samuel  Wright; 

res.  East  Dickinson,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Feb.  28, 1822,  is  a  farmer. 
Ch.:  Mary  Lois,  b.  Dec.  20,  1864;  m.  May,  1883,  Geo.  Doolittle, 
and  d.  Jan.  10,  18^!9;  Emma  Louise,  b.  Dec.  13,  1866;  m.  Julv  2, 
1885,  Wells  S.  Bentlev;  res.  West  Bangor,  N.  Y. 

4616.  ii.         Mary  Franxes,  b.  Mar,  28,  1830;  m.  Jan.  1,  1852,  James  Spooner; 

res.  W.  Bangor,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Fred  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  11,  1855;  d. 
Dec.  7,  1872;  Geo.  Miller,  b.  Dec.  13,  1859;  d.  May  24,  1875; 
Betsey  Frances,  b.  Jan.  8,  1865;  m.  May  2,  1894,  Charles  S.  Bar- 
num;  res.  Danburv,  Conn.;  Rufus,  b.  Jan.  18,  1869;  d.  Jan.  19, 
1873;  Spooner  was  b.  Sept.  9,  1S19;  d.  July  28,  1892;  was  a 
farmer. 

2294.  Daniel  Bigelow  Whitney  (John,  Ephraim,  ]onas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Newfane,  Vt.,  Mar.,  1802;  m.  at  Putney,  \'t.,  Lucretia  Fletcher;  b.  Aug.  3,  1802;  d. 
Feb.  26,  1867. 

He  was  born  in  Newfane,  \'t.,  and  settled  in  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y.,  and  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  cabinet  maker.  He  increased  his  business  until  he  became  an 
extensive  manufacturer  of  cabinet  work  and  chairs.  He  had  quite  a  trade  in  Canada, 
even  extending  across  the  St.  Lawrence  river.  Fort  Covington  being  located  on  the 
line  with  Canada.  He  always  remained  in  the  same  house  which  he  built.  All  the 
family  resided  in  the  house  until  his  death.  The  place  is  now  owned  by  his  son  John 
F.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  living  a  consistent  Chrisiian  life,  a 
strong  opponent  to  the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  form,  and  of  temperate  habits.  He  was 
a  stanch  Whig  and  later  on  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  neversought  or  held  a  pub- 
lic office,  but  adhered  industriously  to  hi:-  business  of  furniture  manufacturing.  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Culver,  Baptist  preacher,  remarked  to  him,  "you  are  always  in  a  hurry  in 
this  life,  I  do  not  know  how  it  will  be  in  the  next  "  He  died  in  the  faith  of  inheriting 
eternal  salvation.     He  d.  Ian.  22,  1876;  res.  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y. 

4617.  i.         Sarah"  Lucretia,  b.  July  21,  1832;  d.  Mar.  6,  1868. 
John  Fletcher,  b.  June  13,  1834;  unm.;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  has 

been  in  Boston  Directory  office,  155  Franklin  St.,  for  23  years. 
Hannah    Valeria,  b.  Aug.  27,   1836;    m.   James  Shearer;   res. 

Cornwall,  Ont. 
Harriett  Sophronia,  b.  Aug.  23,  1838;  received  a  certificate  of 

academic  scholarship  Dec.  1,  1868,  and  d.  May  4,  1869. 
Achsah  Ann,  b.  1842;  d.  Mar.  2,  1860. 
Charlotte  Elizabeth,  b.  1847;  d.  1848. 

2298.  Dr.  Ephraim  Whitney  (John,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  in  Dummerston,  Vt.,  Feb.  26, 1805;  m.  Dec.  21,  1834,  Mary  Ann  Dennison,  b.  julv  10, 
1808;  d.  Feb.  20,  1880. 

He  graduated  at  Hanover  College  with  high  honors,  attended  lectures  at  Pitts- 


4618. 

ii. 

4619. 

iii 

4620. 

iv. 

4621. 

4622. 

v. 

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field,  Mass.  With  the  exception  of  a  short  time  at  Canton,  N.  Y.,and  Detroit,  Mich., 
he  practiced  for  over  50  years  in  Massena.  A  local  paper  says:  "One  of  our  oldest 
physicians,  Dr.  E.  Whitney,  died  last  week;  he  had  been  spending  the  winter  with  a 
daughter  in  St.  Albans,  Vt.  He  was  known  and  trusted  at  the  bedside  of  many  of 
the  families  in  this  locality.  To  him  was  given  the  confidence  such  as  an  honest, 
faithful  physician  will  always  command.  Plain,  unostentatious,  seeking  how  much 
good  he  could  do  for  others,  not  how  much  he  could  make.  He  had  a  great  memory 
and  to  him  was  referred  every  debatable  question  as  to  date.  Faithful  in  discharge 
of  all  duties."     He  d.  May  20,  1884;  res.  Canton,  N.  Y.,  and  Massena,  N.  Y. 

4622a.  i.  Ephraim,  b.  Oct.  31,  1885;  m. . 

4623a.  ii.  Josephine  Augusta,  b.  Mar.  14,  1838;  d.  Apr.  21.  1881. 
4624a.  iii.  Mary  Louise,  b.  Oct.  14,  1839;  m.  Aug.  29,  1871,  Jerome  Ira 
Nightingale,  b.  July  12,  1838;  he  is  a  farmer,  res.  Massena,  N.Y. 
Ch.:  Marguerite  Dennison,  b.  Aug.  24,  1872;  Irene  Louise,  b. 
Apr.  9,  1874;  Charles  Whitney,  b.  June  17, 1875;  Cora  Elizabeth, 
b.  Nov.  24,  1876. 
4625a.  iv.  Jane  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  13,  1844;  m.  Aug.  29,  1871;  d.  Mar.  26, 
1889.     Her  dau.  is  Jessie  W.  Kinney;  res.  Canton,  N.  Y. 

2304.    Abel  Whitney  (Abel,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  in , 

1786;  m.  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Feb.  8, 1817,  Abigail  Holman  Townsend,  dau.  of  Robert, 
b.  in  L.  Apr.  1,  1795;  d.  Sept.  24,  1823,  at  her  father's  in  L.  Robert  Townsend  was  a 
shrewd  man.  He  had  a  brick  yard  and  built  the  Lancaster  House.  He  was  deputy 
sheriff  at  one  time  and  held  other  employments.  One  of  his  interesting  daughters 
was  married  to  the  schoolmaster,  Abel  Whitney. 

Abel  Whitney,  of  Boston,  was  one  of  the  teachers  of  the  Lancaster  academy, 
which  was  founded  in  1815.  He  taught  for  some  years  prior  to  this.  His  school  was 
of  larger  pretensions  in  its  size  and  fitted  up  more  elaborately,  besides  it  had  a 
greater  number  of  scholars  and  was  more  advanced  in  studies,  than  any  other  in  the 
town.  It  embraced  pupils  from  all  parts  of  Lancaster.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  stout 
man  with  dignified  step,  and  self-possessed,  resolute  aspect.  He  always  spoke 
pleasantly.  He  was  by  no  means  a  hard  master,  though  severe.  He  maintained 
good  order  in  the  school  and  his  examinations  were  always  highly  spoken  of  by  the 
committee  men  in  attendance.  Jared  Sparks,  the  historian,  and  at  one  time  presi- 
dent of  Harvard  college,  was  for  a  short  time  a  teacher  in  the  academy.  He  d.  May 
30,  1853;  res.  Boston,  Lancaster  and  Harvard,  Mass. 

4623.  i.  Giles  H.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1818;  m.  Lydia  Ann  Davis. 

4624.  ii.         Alfred,  b. ;  m.  and  res.  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

2308.  Timothy  Whitney  (Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
in  Petersham,  Apr.  2,  1789;  m.  there  Oct.  28,  1817,  Lucv  Bryant,  b.  July  1,  1799;  d. 
Sept.  23,  1843.     He  d.  June  20,  1871;  res.  Essex,  Vt.,  and  Petersham,  Mass. 

4625.  i.  George  T.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1819;  m.  Charlotte  M.  Brigham. 

4626.  ii.         Helen  L.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1832;  m.  June  19,  1851,  Dr.  James  C.  How 

b.  Mar.  12,  1829;  d.  Oct.  6,  1888;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass.  Ch.:  Cal 
vin  W.,  b.  Grafton;  d.  June  15,  1852;  James  C;  res.  Bath,  Me. 
Charlotte  A.,  b.  New  York  City;  d.  Oct.  3,  1854;  Helen  O.,  d 
Mar.,  1854;  Wm.  E.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1857;  res.  Haverhill;  Emma  J. 
b.  1866;  d.  1888. 

2310.  Simon  Whitney  (Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas.  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Petersham,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,  1795;  m.  Sarah  Holmes.  He  d.  Jan.  24,  1846;  res.  Scitu- 
ate,  Mass. 

4627.  i.  George  R.,  b.  May  27,  1829;  m.  Pauline  B.  Hilliard. 

4628.  ii.  John  H.,  b. . 

4629.  iii.  Lucy  H.,  b. . 

4630.  iv.  Julia,  b. . 

2311.  George  Whitney  (Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Petersham,  Mass.,  Feb.  12,  1800;  m.  Mar.  24,  1823,  Lucy  Kellogg,  b.  Oct.,  1798;  d. 
Sept.  10,  1851;  m.  2d,  Mar.  12,  1852,  Mrs.  Emeline  Tyler,  b.  Essex,  Vt.,  1800;  m.  3d, 
Mrs.  Caroline  Walton      He  d.  Nov.  24,  1882;  res.  Shelburne,  Vt. 

4631.  i.         Julia  A.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1824;  d.  Nov.,  1843. 

4632.  ii.         Charles  K.,  b.  June  4,  1»28;  m.  Hannah  P.  Haselton  and  Chas- 

tina  Hodge. 


310  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2312.  Lewis  Whitney  (Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  June 

12,  1803;  m.  Oct.  17,  1848.  Pamelia  V.  Day,  of  Essex,  Vt.,  b. ;  d.  Rockford,  111. 

He  d.  Feb.  14,  1873;  res.  Petersham,  Mass. 

4638.     i.  Lewis  Herbert,  b.  Oct.  23,  1849;  d.  Aug.  1.  1853. 

46.34.     ii.         Lewis  Edgar,  b.  Oct.  22,  1854;  m.  Nov.  18,  1875,  Florence  P. 

Clough,  of  Bethel,   Me.     He  d.  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  Mar.  10, 

1879. 

2313.  John  Whitney  (Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Peters- 
ham, Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1805;  m.  Jan.  1,  1838,  Harriet  F.  Bruce,  b.  Aug.  3,  1819. 

John  Whitney,  Esq.,  generally  known  as  "Honest  John  Whitney,"  died  Monday 
after  a  long  and  painful  illness.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  native  of  Petersham,  in  this 
county,  where  he  was  born  Dec.  11,  1805,  and  was  consequently  in  his  76th  year.  He 
had,  however,  been  a  resident  of  this  town  for  many  years,  having  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  leather  business  from  1836  to  1870.  His  business  career  was 
marked  by  the  strictest  integrity,  his  course  in  all  his  dealings  with  others  having 
always  been  dictated  by  a  nice  sense  of  honor  and  a  sincerity  of  purpose.  An  obli- 
gation made  by  him  was  considered  sacred,  and  its  conditions,  whether  the  obliga- 
tion was  pecuniary  or  otherwise,  were  always  sure  to  be  fulfilled;  his  honesty 
faithfulness,  and  unswerving  integrity  winnmg  for  him  the  name  of  "  Honest  John 
Whitney."  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  in  1849,  and  had  repeatedly  filled 
local  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility.  He  married  a  daughter  of  the  Hon. 
Joseph  Bruce,  of  Grafton,  and  his  wife  and  one  daughter  survive  him.  He  d.  Apr. 
25,  1881;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

463.5.     i.  Helen  B.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1838;  m.  June  8,  1859,  Cyrus  D.  Aldrich;  res. 

Grafton.     She  d.  Mav  4,  1873.     Ch.:  May. 

4636.  ii.         Lucy  H.,  b.  May  27,  1841;  unm.;  res.  Grafton. 

2317.  George  Whitney  (Peter,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Chester,  Mass.,  May  20,  1806;  m.  Dec.  17,  1835,  Amanda  M.  Henry,  b.  Apr.  9,  1809. 
He  was  a  manufacturer  in  Chester,  Mass.,  until  1846,  when  he  moved  to  Hartford. 
Res.  Hartford,  Conn. 

4637.  i.  Helen  E.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1836;  d.  Nov.  18,  1837. 

2318.  Sergt.  Solomon  Blair  Whitney  (Peter,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Chester,  Mass.,  1785;  m.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  1806,  Mary  Wear.  She  d. 
Canon,  Mich.,  Mar.  6,  1865. 

He  was  b.  m  Chester,  Mass.,  and  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  Emigrating  west 
he  married  at  Detroit,  Mich.  Before  his  marriage  he  enlisted  in  Boston  in  the  army 
and  was  stationed  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  from  1805  to  1812.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
war  of  1812  he  was  appointed  Sergeant  in  Capt.  Dyson's  Company  of  Artillery  and 
participated  in  the  battle  at  Brownstown.  He  was  one  of  the  men  surrendered  by 
Gen.  Hull,  was  taken  prisoner  and  transferred  to  Halifax,  N.  S.  When  released  he 
went  to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  thence  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  to  the  northern  frontier  and 
served  to  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  returned  to  Albany  and  re-enlisted  in  the 
Second  Regt.  U.  S.  Infantry,  and  was  sent  to  Sackett's  Harbor.  He  was  appointed 
Q.  M.  Sergt.  and  remained  there  until  his  death  in  1825.  He  is  buried  there.  He  d. 
June  20,  1825;  res.  Sackett's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

Solomon  B.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1809;  m.  Amanda  Martin,  Sarah  M.  Kyle, 

and  Sophia  A.  Ray. 
Cynthia,  b.  Jan.,  1808;  m.  in  Hamtramck,  Mich.,  in  1833,  Elias 

Jewell;  res.  Wheaton,  111. 
Jonathan  D.,  b.   Detroit,  Mich.,  1811;    d.  Saginaw,  Mich.,  Jan.  7, 

1850. 
Charles,  b.  Sackett's  Harbor,  N.  Y.,  1820;  d.  Geneva,  III.,  1839. 
William  E.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1821;  m.  Hannah  L.  Pratt. 

2320.  Theodore  Whitney  (Peter,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Chester,  Mass.;  m.  at  Montgomery,  Mass.,  Marilla  Ann  Avery,  b.  May  3,  1799. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  a  manufacturer  of  window  blinds  and  shades.  He  resided 
at  Chester,  Mass.,  but  soon  moved  to  Norwich,  Mass.,  finally  locating  in  Charlotte, 
Canada,  where  he  kept  hotel  until  after  the  war  of  1837.  He  then  returned  to  West 
Suffield,  Conn.,  and  thence  to  Agawam,  Mass.  During  the  rebellion  of  1837  the  mili- 
tary occupied  his  house,  and  it  was  used  for  the  officers'  headquarters,  the  dancing 
hall  being  used  to  store  the  soldiers'  rations.     No  person  was  allowed  to  leave  or 


4638. 

ii. 

4639. 

4640. 

iii. 

4641. 
4642. 

iv. 
v. 

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enter  the  house  without  giving  the  countersign.  The  children  saw  three  men  killed 
in  front  of  the  house  at  different  times,  they  not  being  able  to  give  the  password. 
It  was  there  that  he  lost  most  of  his  property.  He  also  had  to  be  christened  by  dif- 
ferent tribes  of  Indians.  The  ceremony  consisted  of  dancing,  whoops,  and  hand- 
shaking.    He  d.  Aug.  7,  1861;  res.  Chester,  Mass.,  and  Agawam,  Mass. 

4643.  i.  Charlotte  Adelia,  b.  Nov.  27, 1820;  m.  at  Danbury,  Conn.,  Apr., 

1864,  Aaron  Frink;  res.  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

4644.  ii.        Frances  Amelia,  b.  Oct.  6,  1822;  m.  May  1,  1844,  James  Hezron 

Harmon,  a  grocer  and  hardware  dealer,  b.  June  14,  1821;  res. 
W.  Suffield,  Conn.,  and  moved  to  Wallingford,  Conn.  He  was 
son  of  Deacon  Ozias  Harmon,  who  was  noted  for  his  great 
piety,  being  considered  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  church.  The 
house  was  the  oldest  in  the  village,  being  formerly  owned  and 
occupied  by  Rev.  Daniel  Waldo,  who  lived  at  the  great  age  of 
102  years.  Her  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  were  all 
born  at  the  old  homestead. 

4645.  iii.       Martha  Sheldon,  b.  July  3,  1824;  m.  Nov.  1, 1842,  Hezekiah  King 

Nooney.     He  was  a  blacksmith;  res.  Hartford,  Mich. 

4646.  iv.        Elizabeth  Allen,  b.  July  12,  1828;  m.  May  18,  1854,  Goodrich 

Barnes;  m.  2d,  May  12,  1862,  Elisha  Vinner  Pomeroy.  She  d. 
June  21, 1872;  res.  Brandford,  Conn. 

4647.  V.         Catherine    Fowler,  b.  June   18,   1830;    m.   Francis    Ashbury 

Grover,  who  d.  Dec.  20,  1869;  res.  Wallingford,  Conn. 

4648.  vi.       Alice  Pelton,  b.  Sept.  19, 1832;  m.  at  Agawam,  Roland  Harmon; 

res.  W.  Suffield,  Conn. 

4649.  vii.       Marilla  Ann,  b.  Nov. 27, 1835;  m.  Mar.  24,  1862,  at  W.  Meriden, 

Conn.,  Henry  Graves  Smith.     She  d.  at  W.  M.  June  13,  1871. 

2327.  George  Whitney  (Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), b.Stock- 
'bridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  6,  1795;  m.  at  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  July,  1817,  Parmela  Fellowes  Fenn; 
b.  Feb.  28,  1794;  d.  July  26,  1872. 

George  Whitney  was  born  in  Stockbridge,  where  he  always  resided.  After  fin- 
ishing his  education  he  studied  law  wilh  Judge  Byington,  and  afterward  practiced 
with  him  at  Stockbridge.  He  was  one  of  the  registers  o;  probate,  in  Lenox,  from 
1823  to  1824,  and  later  was  elected  a  representative  in  the  Massachusetts  Legislature. 
He  d.  Dec.  18,  1825;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

46.50a.  i.  Wm.  Hopkins,  b.  May  14,  1818;  m.  Matilda  Irwin. 
4651a.  ii.  George  Fenn,  b.  Feb.  29.  1820;  m.  Mary  E.  Lynch. 
4652a.  iii.  Cornelia,  b.  June  14,  1822;  m.  July  12,  1847,  Major  Joseph  Caun- 
cey  Canning:  res.  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  Stockbridge.  He  was  b. 
May  30,  1821;  d.  Sept.  25,  1868.  Major  Canning  started  in  life 
as  auditor  in  the  hall  of  records  of  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
left  for  a  pursership  on  board  the  S.  S.  Baltic  of  the  Collins  line 
of  steamers,  the  first  to  run  between  New  York  and  Liverpool. 
Wfien  given  up  he  returned  to  New  York  in  business,  and 
enlisted,  when  the  war  broke  out,  as  paymaster  on  board  the 
U.  S.  S.  "  Cambridge,"  afterward  in  same  position  on  the  "  Mohi- 
can," and  one  of  the  Monitors.  He  was  in  the  naval  engage- 
ment at  Hampton  Roads  between  the  "Merrimac"  and 
"  Monitor,"  as  well  as  both  battles  of  Fort  Fisher;  was  honorably 
discharged  at  the  end  of  the  war,  and  entered  government  ser- 
vice on  land  in  Washington,  afterward  in  New  York  internal 
revenue  office  as  deputy  collector,  where  he  was  at  the  time  of 
his  death  in  1887.  Ch.:  Reginald,  b.  July  21,  18.50;  m.  Oct.  29, 
1873;  d.  in  W^ilmington,  Del,  Jan.  18,  1895;  Josephine,  b.  Mar. 
31,  1852,  unm.;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass.;  Isabel,  b.  Aug.  25,  1855; 
m.  Nov.  7,   1878,  D.  C    Knickerbocker;    res.  145  W.  128th  St., 

New  York  City;    Ada,  b.  Sept.  1,  1857;  m.  June  17,  1885, 

Thomas;  res.  71  Halsted  St.,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

2328.  Dea.  William  Whitney  (Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.;  m.  Sept.  2,  1822,  Anna  Jones;  b.  Dec.  5,  1801. 

The  death  of  no  citizen  of  Stockbridge  would  have  been  felt  as  a  more  severe 
blow  or  a  greater  loss  than  that  of  Wm.  Whitney,  Esq.,  who  died  on  the  26th  inst., 
aged  69.     A  native  of  the  town  in  which  he  died,  his  long  life  was  one  of  respecta- 


312  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

bility  and  influence.  No  one  was  more  honored  by  his  fellow-citizens;  his  opinion 
was  looked  for  with  interest  on  all  occasions.  A  man  of  ardent  feelings,  positive 
opinions  and  marked  idiosyncrasies,  he  was  one  to  be  felt  and  to  be  influential  in  any 
society.  A  person  of  inquiring  mind,  proving  all  things  and  holding  fast  that  which 
seemed  good;  never  believing  simply  because  others  did,  nor  yet  desirous  of  dif- 
fering from  others  for  the  sake  of  peculiarity.  No  opposition  or  dissent  of  others 
prevented  his  thinking  and  acting  out  his  own  convictions.  He  was  ever  ready  to 
aid  others  by  advice  or  otherwise;  the  poor  remember  him  with  the  warmest 
regard.  He  was  long  known  as  an  advocate  of  the  rights  of  the  slave;  when  even 
in  Massachusetts  to  be  an  abolitionist  was  odious  and  unpopular  he  had  no  hesita- 
tion in  standing  up  in  behalf  of  the  poor  bondman.  In  the  church  of  which  he 
was  a  consistent  member  and  with  which  he  had  been  connected  longer  than  any 
now  livmg  member,  he  had  been  a  deacon  for  almost  twenty  years.  He  was  truly  a 
pillar  in  the  church  and  in  the  state.  May  his  mantle  rest  on  one  worthy  to  wear  it. 
He  d.  in  S.;  s.  p.;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

2332.  Richard  Whitney  (Timothy,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Lanesborough,  Mass.,  Aug.  2,  1800;  m.  at  Waterville,  N.  Y.,  Oct.,  1826,  Clarissa 
Tower,  b.  Pans,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  2,  1802;  d.  Sept.  8,  1887. 

He  was  born  in  Lanesborough,  Mass.,  where  his  father  was  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent citizens,  and  where  he  always  resided.  He  was  a  nverchant,  postmaster,  and 
register  of  deeds  for  Berkshire  County  all  his  life.  He  was  a  small  man,  bald,  with 
black  eyes,  very  amiable  and  never  had  an  enemy,  and  was  much  respected  and 
beloved.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  sung  in  the  choir  all 
his  life.     He  d.  Mar.  24,  1869;  res.  Lanesborough  and  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

4650.  i.  Charles  B.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1827;  m.  Laura   L.  Sherman  and  Abbie  G. 

Pope. 

4651.  ii.         Silas  F.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1830;  d.  Nov.  23,  1853. 

4652.  iii.        Eliza  A.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1835;  m.  May  28,  1862,  Almon  H.  Harrison; 

res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Dec.  4,  1834.  Is  a  merchant. 
Ch.:  Mary  W.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1865;  Frank  W.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1869. 

4653.  iv.        Henry  F.,  b.  July  24,  1841 ;  d.  Dec.  31,  1853. 

2337.  Paul  Whitney  (Hezekiah,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Otis,  Mass.,  Jan.  18,  1793;  m.  Tolland,  Mass.,  Mar.  26,  1812,  Rebecca  Desire  )■  reeman, 
b.  Cape  Cod,  Nov.  8,  1795;  d.  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1847;  m.  2d,  Oct.  5,  1848, 
Mrs.  Harriett  (Wheeler)  Roberts. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  conducted  an  iron  foundry  and  blast  furnace.  From  1814 
to  1844  he  resided  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  after  which  he  moved  to  SandisfiehJ,  Mass., 
where  his  wife  died  and  where  he  married  again.  In  1861  he  went  to  live  with  his 
son  Isaac,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Groveland,  III. 

Paul  Whitney  was  drafted  during  the  war  of  1812,  and  went  as  far  as  Lenox  with 
others  who  were  drafted  from  his  native  town.  He,  with  a  few  others,  was  lodged  at 
the  house  of  a  widow,  poor  but  energetic.  Next  morning,  seeing  her  cutting  wood  to 
cook  breakfast  for  the  prospective  soldiers,  he  took  the  ax  from  her  and  in  splitting 
the  fuel  was  so  lamed  by  the  ax  glancing  one  side  and  cutting  off  two  toes  from  his 
left  foot,  that  he  was  obliged  to  return  home.  Before  the  wound  was  healed  ihe  war 
ended.     He  d.  Feb.  5,  I8b8;  res.  Otis,  Mass.,  Salisbury,  Conn.,  and  Sandisfield,  Mass. 

4654.  iii.        Isaac  Sparrow,  b.  Dec.  17,  1816;  m.  Belle  Allen;  res.  Groveland, 

111. 

4655.  i  Thankful  Freeman,  b.  Oct.  31,  1813;  m.  Nov.,  1842,  Benajah 

Camp.  She  d.  near  Hartford,  Conn.,  July  15, 1870.  Ch.:  Harriett 
Eliza;  m.  Geo.  T.  Chipman;  res.  CoUinsville,  Conn.;  Ann 
Amelia,  m.  Deloss  W.  Teed;  res.  Somers,  N.  Y,  Herman 
Lorenzo  Camp,  son  of  Thankful  Freeman  Whitney,  was,  during 
the  late  war,  drummer  in  the  162d  Reg.  N.  Y.  S.  volunteers  for 
one  year.  Only  13  years  old,  a  prey  to  long  illness  in  winter  and 
constitutionally  a  coward,  he  lett  his  home,  which  had  been  with 
his  aunt,  Mrs.  Hallock,  for  six  years,  and  unknown  to  any  one 
he  went  alone  in  a  dark  night  and  on  foot  to  Peekskill,  N.  Y., 
thirteen  miles  distant.  There  worked  his  passage  on  a  freight 
boat  to  N.  Y.  city;  induced  a  policeman  to  enlist  him,  giving 
him  for  the  service  part  of  his  bounty  money.  The  most  careful 
search  failed  to  give  any  clue  to  him.  His  frequently  expressed 
wish  to  drum  in  the  army  and  tottooing  the  milk  pails  pointed 
to  his   probable   position.     When  his   regiment  had  left   New 


4656. 

11. 

4657. 

IV. 

4658. 

V. 

4659. 

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York  and  was  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  waiting  to  join  Banks'  expedi- 
tion, Herman  wrote,  begging  pardon  and  asking  to  obtain  his 
release  from  the  army.  Mrs.  Hallock  went  at  once  to  Alexandria, 
and  found  that  the  last  remnant  of  Herman's  regiment  had  left 
four  hours  before  her  arrival.  A  personal  interview  with  Gen. 
Hallock,  her  husband's  relative,  and  with  Mr.  Stanton,  then  Secre- 
tary of  War,  failed  to  free  the  child.  At  last  a  letter  to  Gen.  N.  P. 
Banks  giving  the  prominent  facts  in  Herman's  case,  reached  the 
general's  hands,  and  m  one  day  less  than  a  year  the  drummer 
boy  came  home,  having  been  in  two  battles,  one  at  Port  Hudson, 
the  other  on  Red  River.  Herman's  restless  spirit  took  him  m 
a  few  years  on  a  whaling  voyage.  He  sailed  in  the  barque 
'•  Roman,"  from  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  in  the  last  of  Aug.,  1868. 
In  Sept.  of  that  year  he  went  in  a  small  boat  with  the  captain  to 
one  of  the  Canary  Isles.  The  captain,  one  man  and  Herman 
all  died  within  three  days  after  of  African  fever.  Herman  was 
buried  at  sea  off  the  coast  of  Africa. 

\Vm.  Frederick,  b.  May  16,  1815;  d.  Feb.  20,  1820. 

Joseph  Lorenzo,  b.  Jan.  16,  1819;  m.  Elizabeth  Moulton  Swift. 

Mary  Selina,  b.  Nov.  11.  1820;  d.  Oct.  27,  1827. 

Eliza  Ann,  b.  Oct.  8,  1822;  m.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  5,  1854, 
Ednmnd  Hallock,  b.  Apr.  21,  1815;  res.,  s.  p.,  Somers,  N.  Y. 
Before  her  marriage  she  studied  at  America  seminary  two  years, 
taught  in  Wesleyan  seminary,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  two  years, 
and  at  Louisa,  Va.,  and  Somers,  N.  Y. 

Sally  Desire,  b.  Dec.  23,  1824;  unm.;  res.  Somers. 

Amelia  Selina,  b.  Oct.  3,  1828;  m.  Hosea  More.  She  d.  at  Sandis- 
field,  Mass.,  July  21,  1861. 

SrsAN  Carolina,  b.  Aug.  6,  1830;  m.  at  N.  Y.  city,  Rodney  Sid- 
nev  Garrett;  res.  Collinsville. 

Wm.' Edwin,  b.  Aug.  22,  1833;  d.  at  Somers,  Aug.  28,  1868. 

Edward  Walcott,  b.  Oct.  23,  1835;  d.  Otis,  Aug.  6,  1856. 

Franklin  Edward,  b.  Apr.  22,  1850;  unm.;  res.  New  Haven, 
Conn.;  a  steam  and  gas  fitter. 

2347.  Dr.  William  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Cayuga,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1815;  m.  at  Troy,  Oct.  7,  1841,  Elizabeth  J.  Turner, 
dau.  of  John  B.  Turner;  b.  Malta,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1810.  She  res.  on 
Schiller  St.,  Chicago,  with  her  brother,  Henry  A.  Turner.  Capt.  Turner  was  one  of 
the  originators  of  the  Chicago  &  Galena  Railway,  and  later  its  president.  This  road 
is  now  known  as  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern.  He  was  also  president  of  the 
North  Chicago  Street  Railway  Co. 

Dr.  William  Whitney  died  at  his  residence  in  Chicago  Friday  morning,  Nov.  13, 
1863,  of  pneumonia.  He  was  born  at  Cayuga,  N,  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1815,  and  graduated 
at  Geneva  College  in  1839,  and  afterward  studied  medicine,  the  practice  of  which  he 
followed  in  western  New  York  for  ten  or  twelve  years,  but  was  then  compelled  to 
give  it  up  on  account  of  his  health.  In  1847  he  emigrated  to  Chicago,  where  he 
since  continued  to  reside.  He  was  son-in-law  of  Capt.  John  B.  Turner  and  was  con- 
nected with  several  of  the  most  respectable  families  in  that  city.  He  was  a  man  of 
fine  talent,  generous  impulses  and  sterling  integrity.  He  has  been  especially  noted 
for  his  kindness  to  the  poor,  and  spent  a  large  portion  of  his  time  in  ministering  to 
their  needs.     He  d.  Nov.  13,  1863;  res.  Mt.  Morris,  N.  Y.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

4666.  i.         Charles  Turner,  b.  Nov.  13,  1842;  d.  unm.  Nov.  7,  1866. 

4667.  ii.        Elizabeth  Watkins,  b.  Oct.  4,  1852;  d.  unm.  Dec.  8,  1891. 

4668.  iii.       Mary  Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  2, 1853;  m.  Sept.  25, 1879,  Edward  Fisher 

Chapin;  res.  Lake  Forest,  111.  Ch.:  Louisa,  b.  June  30,  1882; 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  5,  1884;  Edward  F.,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  13, 1886;  Mary 
Whitney,  b.  Sept.  18,  1888.  Mr.  Chapin  was  born  in  Brookline, 
Mass.,  June  21,  1846.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  Mar.,  1876,  and 
is  at  present  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Chapin  &  Edwards, 
commission   merchants,  6  and  8  Sherman  St ,  Chicago,  111. 

2348.  Charles  Henry  W^hitney  (Jonathan,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Cayuga,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  25,  1824;  m.  in  Chicago,  June,  1852,  Elizabeth  Lowe, 
dau.  of  Capt.  Samuel  J.,  sheriff  of  Cook  County,  111.,  in  1839. 

21 


4660. 
4661. 

vii. 
viii 

4662. 

ix. 

4663. 
4664. 
4665. 

X. 

xi. 
xii; 

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He  was  High  Constable  of  Cook  Co.,  111.,  in  1839,  for  three  years;  tirst  asst.  eng. 
of  the  Chicago  Fire  Department.  In  1840  he  was  captain  of  the  local  military  com- 
pany. In  1842,  as  sheriff,  he  sold  the  first  and,  I  think,  only  black  man,  Edwin 
Heathcock,  at  public  sale  for  the  munificent  sum  of  26  cents  to  M.  D.  Ogden. 

He  is  a  well  known  resident  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  and  has  followed  agricultural 
pursuits  all  his  life.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town  of  Fairbanks,  Florida, 
where  at  one  time  he  owned  an  extensive  orange  grove;  res.  Dansville,  N.  Y. 

4669.  i.  Fannie  L.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1855;  m.  June  9,  1879,   Edward  F.  Gorton; 

res.  s.  p.  Lake  Forrest,  111.  Attorney  at  law,  107  Dearborn 
Street,  Chicago,  111.  He  was  b.  Ashtabula,  O.,  May  6,  1854.  He 
was  brought  up  in  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  where  he  ajtended  the 
public  schools,  and  graduated  at  Wilson's  private  school.  In 
1871  he  went  to  Columbus,  where  he  remained  until  1883,  when 
he  went  to  Chicago.  He  studied  law  at  the  Union  College  of 
Law,  and  was  graduated  with  honors  in  June,  1876,  and  was  at 
once  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  practice.  He  is  an  able 
and  successful  advocate  and  counselor. 

4670.  ii.         George  William,  b.  Nov.  19,  1865;  unm.;  res.  Dansville,  N'.  Y. 

He  is  a  native  of  Dansville,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the 
most  extensive  nurseries  in  the  state. 

2349.  Squire  Edwin  Herbert  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Timothy,  Jonas,  ]\Ioses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Cavuga,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  7,  1806;  m.  May  29,  1850,  Jane  Horion,  b.  Jan. 
20,  lt26;  d.  Feb.  11,  1858;  m.  2d,  May  18,  1859,  Eliza  J.  Kyle,  b.  Oct.  15.  1818;  d.  Feb. 
5,  1890. 

He  was  the  eldest  son-  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Whitney,  of  Cayuga.  Possessed  of  a 
most  genial  temperament,  which  attached  to  him  all  who  were  brought  within  his 
influence,  active  in  business,  and  with  a  capacity  to  take  a  prominent  place  in  any  of 
the  growing  cities  of  New  York,  he  was  nevertheless  content  to  pass  a  long  life  of 
humble  usefulness  in  the  village  of  his  birth,  enjoying  the  independence  of  such  posi- 
tion and  happy  in  the  opportunities  which  it  afforded.  Through  most  of  his  mature 
life  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  of  his  town,  the  counselor  and  advisor  of  the  com- 
munity in  matters  of  business,  and  the  kind  friend  to  whom  all  looked  for  sympathy 
and  assistance  in  time  of  affliction  or  pecuniary  disaster.  In  his  temperance,  cheer- 
fulness, industry  and  benevolence  he  blessed  his  own  life  and  the  lives  of  all  about 
him.  Few  men  in  Cayuga  Co.  were  so  well  known  as  he.  A  Rochester  paper  in  a 
lengthy  obituary  says:  "It  is  doubtful  if  there  survives  him  any  one  born  within  the 
county  who  has  attained  a  more  advanced  age  and  certainly  no  one  more  respected 
through  a  long  life  in  the  community  in  which  he  lived."  He  d.  Mar.,  1891;  res. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

4671.  i.  Mary  H.,  b.  July  23.  1851;  d.  Jan.  19,  1870 

4672.  ii.         Clara  L.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1854;  m.  May  2,  1878,  James  R.  Mercereau; 

res.  18  Boardman  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Eliza  Mav,  b. 
Sept.  20,  1881;  d.  Sept.  30,  1881;  Edwin  H.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1883;  d. 
June  21,  1884;  Ruth  Clara,  b.  Feb.  20,  1892. 

4673.  iii.        Lilly  Pomroy,  b.  Nov.  5,  1857;  d.  Sept.  15,  18.58. 

2353.    George  Shaler  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Timothy,  lonas,  Moses,  Richard, 

John),  b.  Cayuga,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25,  1810;  m.  Elcie  Kellogg;  b.' -^ ;  d. — ;  m.  2d, 

Feb.  24,  1870,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Bond;  b.  Mar.  24,  1829.     She  res.  Norwich,  Conn.     He  d. 
Oct.  31,  1884;  res.  Corning,  la.;  s.  p. 

2358.  Erastus  Marvin  Whitney  (Jonas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Otis,  Mass.,  July  28,1797;  m.  there  Mrs.  Mary  E.  (Jackson)  Davidson;  b.Apr. 
5,  1797;  d.  Oct.  17,  1876.     He  was  ablacksmith.     He  d.  May  17,  1869;  res.  Otis,  Mass. 

4674.  i.  Leveret,  b.  Sept.  28, 1824;  d.  July  26,  1826. 

4675.  ii.         Mary   Elmira,  b.  Apr.  28,  1828;'m.  Sept.  2,  1853,  ElishaBrown; 

b.  Oct.  27,  1816;  res.  Blandford,  Mass. 

4676.  iii.        Harriett  Amelia,  b.  June  26,  1831;  m.  May  8,  1851,  Lorenzo  D. 

Loveland;  b.  Sept.  9,  1818.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Otis,  Mass.  Ch.: 
Mary  A.,b.  Mar.  16,  1862;  John  Lewis,  b.  Mar.  18,  1873. 

4677.  iv.        Charlotte  Jackson,  b.  Oct.  22,1833;  m.  May  8,  1851,  William 

H.  Hawley;b.  June  24,1828;  res.  Sandisfield,  Mass.  He  is  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Flora  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  13, 1858;  m.  June  25,188'j, 
Martin  Luther  Butler;  he  d.  Sept.  20,  1885;  she  m.  again,  A]ir. 


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20,  1891,  Amos  Spring;  she  d.  Mar.  24,  1898;  Frank  Edward,  b. 
May  7,  1868;  m.  Rosie  Langdon,  Jan.  27,  1887;  p.  o.  West  Otis, 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.;  Fannie  Hattie,  b.  Mar.  25,  1865;  m.  June 

20,  1889,  Charles  H.  Leonard;  p.  o.  Montville,  Berk.  Co.,  Mass. 
467^.     V.         Miles  F.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1888;  m.  Sarah  Jane  Blunt. 

2361.  SiL.AS  N.  Whitney  (Jonas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Otis,  Mass.,  Apr.  4,  1805;  m.  there  in  1826,  Ann  Fay.  He  was  a  shoemaker.  Res. 
East  Otis  and  West  Sprint^field,  Mass. 

4679.  i.         William  H.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1828;  m.  Mary  M.  Keys. 

4680.  ii.        Eliza  Ann,  b.  Dec.  7,  1880;   m.  Oct.  25.  1848,  Charles  H.  Babb; 

res.  No.  Blandford,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  1825;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.: 
Frances  A.  Reed,  b.  Aug.  23,  1860;  Henry  C,  b.  Oct.  11,  1858; 
James  L.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1856;  Jenny  L.  Higin,  b.  Dec.  16,  1854; 
William  H.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1852;  Lucius  M.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1850. 

4681.  iii.       Mary,  b.  Mar.  4,  1881;  m.  Nov.  13,  1851,  Alonzo  W.  Clark;  res.  W. 

Springfield,  ^lass.,  Merrick  p.  o.  He  was  b.  Jan.  31,  1824;  d. 
June  11,  1885.  Ch.:  Harriet  A.,  b.  June  21,  1853;  m.  Nov.,  1872, 
James  M.Walker;  res.  Webster,  Mass.;  Maria  E.,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1855;  m.  Mar.  12,  1874,  Cornelius  A.  Barnes;  res.  Winsted,  Conn.; 
Fred  A.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1858;  Jennie  M.,  b.  Nov.  23,1860;  Frank  H., 
b.  Mar.  17,  1862;  Eva  M.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1866;  m.  July  29,  18!^; 
Carrie  E.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1869;  d.  Sept.  17,  1887;  Edward  O.,  b.  July 

21,  1872;  m.  Jan.  17,  1891;  d.  Apr.  20,  1892. 

4682.  iv.       Henry,  b. ;  d.  1864. 

4683.  V.        Orrin.  b. ;  d.  1880. 

4684.  vi.       Jane,  b. ;  d.  1862. 

2364.  Caius  Cassrs  Whitney  (Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Dunham,  P.  Q.,  Dec.  2,  1810;  m.  1837,  at  Bolton,  P.  Q.,  Marv  Ann  Austin,  b.  1815; 
d.  June  9,  1850;  m.  2d,  1851,  Abigail  H.  Leach;  d.  Aug.  20,  1888.  He  d.  June  12, 1878; 
res.  Bolton,  P.  Q. 

4685.  i.  Edwin  R.,b.  May  28,  1838;  m.  Arretta  F.  Hoyt. 

4686.  ii.         Enos  B.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1846;  m.  Alwilda  A.  Hoyt. 

4687.  iii.        Francina,  b.  Apr.  14,  1841;  m.  Aug.,  1866,  Eugene  Baldwin;  res. 

West  Fitchburg,  Mass.  Ch.:  Nattie,  b.  Oct.  10,  1864;  Ora  R.,  b. 
Apr.  8, 1862;  Florence,  b.  Mav  16,  1873. 

4688.  iv.        Alfaretta  M.,  b.  Apr.  28,  l;-'52;  m.  Sept.,  1872,  C.  D.  Gidding; 

res.  Worcester,  Mass. 

4689.  V.  Ira  J.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1855;  m.  Jennie  Maria  Rexford. 

4690.  vi.        Caivs  C,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  28, 1859;  m.  at  Newport,  \'t.,  in  Jan.,  1892,  Mary 

G.  Currie;  b.  Jan.  30,  1876.  Is  a  farmer;  res.,  s.  p.,  Bolton  Cen- 
tre, P.  Q. 

4691.  vii.       Giles  L.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1861;  res.  Bolton  Centre,  P.  Q. 

4692.  viii.     James  E.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1864;  m.  June  29,  1893,  May  Belle  Wheeler; 

b.  Nov.  14,  18^5;  res.,  s.  p.,  Penacook,  N.  H. 

4693.  ix.        Adelbert  H.,  b.  June  29,  1869;  m.  Oct.  21, 1893,  at  Lowell,  Mass., 

Nellie  Edith  Biown;  b.  Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  July  28,  1872;  res.,  s.  p., 
Penacook,  N.  H. 

4694.  X.         Abbie  J.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1856;  m.  Sept.,  1875,  A.  C.  Gidding;  res.  174 

St.  Antoine  St.,  Montreal,  P.  Q. 

2365.  Marcus  J.  C.  Whitney  (Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
New  Haven,  \t.,  Oct.  25,  1812;  m.  Dec,  1836,  at  Middlesex,  Vt.,  Hannah  Maria 
Lewis,  b.  Aug.  8,  1815;  d.  Apr.  8,  1841;  m.  2d  at  No.  Trov,  Vt.,  Aug.  20,  1843,  Betsey 
W.  Hall,  b.  July  23,  1824. 

Sketch  of'  the  Life  of  Marcus  T.  C.  Whitney.— When  the  war  of  1812  was  de- 
clared his  father,  Paul  Whitney,  was  teaching  school  at  Missisquoi  bay,  now  Philips- 
burg,  P.  Q.  Being  an  American  citizen,  he  took  his  family  and  went  to  NewHaven,  \'t. 
There  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  Oct.  25,  1812.  At  the  close  of  the  war  his 
parents  moved  to  Dunham,  P.  Q.,  and  there  and  in  Sutton,  an  adjoining  town,  his 
childhood  and  youth  were  passed,  his  father  being  engaged  as  principal  teacher  in 
the  free  school  at  Dunham  Flat,  P.  O.  In  1831  his  father  moved  to  a  farm  at  Bolton 
Center,  P.  Q.  The  eastern  townships  of  Lower  Canada  at  that  time  were  but  little 
better  than  a  wilderness.     The  clearings  were  small  and  scattered,  and  the  habita- 


316  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

tions  were  the  log  cabins  of  the  pioneers.  Game  was  plentiful,  and  the  savage 
beasts  of  the  forest  were  not  scarce.  Encounters  with  bears  and  wolves  were  fre- 
quent. I  will  mention  two  in  which  Mr.  Whitney  had  a  part  while  in  his  teens.  He 
and  an  older  brother  had  a  two-year-old  colt  that  they  wished  to  turn  out  in  the 
spring  to  pasture.  As  their  grass  land  was  all  needed  for  hay  for  winter  use,  they 
thought  they  would  fence  in  a  beaver  meadow  that  lay  about  a  mile  from  their  clear- 
ing back  in  the  woods.  Early  one  morning  the  first  of  June,  they  took  their  axes  and 
went  to  the  meadow  to  fell  a  "  slash  fence  "  around  it.  The  day  was  warm,  and  the 
work  of  felling  trees  was  quite  hard,  and  becoming  thirsty,  he  went  to  the  brook  for  a 
drink.  He  quenched  his  thirst,  walked  down  the  brook  a  short  distance,  and  there, 
lying  in  the  brook,  was  a  large  gray  wolf.  As  soon  as  the  beast  saw  the  boy  he 
snarled  at  him,  trotted  off  a  short  distance,  and  howled.  His  call  was  answered  from 
a  half  dozen  different  directions.  The  boys  knew  what  that  meant,  and  picked  up 
their  axes  and  ran  for  home  with  all  the  speed  they  were  capable  of.  1'he  wolves 
followed  them  to  the  edge  of  the  clearing,  but  were  too  cowardly  to  approach  any 
nearer  the  house  in  daylight.  It  was  owing  to  the  above  fact  that  the  boys  escaped., 
for  they  had  only  a  few  rods  the  lead  when  they  came  out  of  the  woods.  The  fence 
was  never  finished,  and  the  colt  had  a  corner  of  the  clearing  near  the  house  to  graze 
in.  At  another  time  he  was  sent  to  the  nearest  store  for  tea  and  a  bottle  of  alcohol. 
The  "  store  "  was  at  the  "  head  of  the  bay,"  an  arm  of  Memphremagog  lake,  four  miles 
from  his  father's,  and  thick  woods  all  the  way.  He  was  in  no  hurry  to  start  for 
home,  and  did  not  leave  the  store  till  dark.  Ihe  first  two  miles  were  quickly  trav- 
eled, but  not  so  quickly  as  the  last  two.  For  just  at  the  half-way  point  is  a  long 
hill,  and  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  he  was  stopped  by  a  low  growl  in  the  path  just  in  front 
of  him.  Stooping  so  as  to  bring  the  animal  between  him  and  the  sky  overhead,  he 
saw  a  large  bear,  standing  on  his  hind  feet,  ready  to  "hug"  him.  He  had  nothing 
to  defend  himself  with  but  a  pocket-knife  and  his  quart  bottle  of  alcohol.  Taking 
the  knife  open  in  his  left  hand  and  the  bottle  by  the  neck  in  his  right,  he  hurled  the 
bottle  with  all  his  strength  in  the  direction  of  the  bear,  at  the  same  time  shouting  at 
the  top  of  his  voice.  The  bottle  hit  the  bear  squarely  in  the  chest,  and  the  surprise 
was  so  sudden  and  complete  that  he  left  the  path  and  ran  a  half  dozen  rods  off  into 
the  woods  and  then  stopped.  When  the  bear  stopped  he  started,  and  he  said  that 
he  did  not  believe  a  man  ever  ran  two  miles  in  the  dark  through  woods  so  quickly  as 
he  made  that  two  miles.  The  settlers  followed  the  bear  all  the  next  day,  but  he 
made  good  his  escape. 

In  April,  1835,  he  and  his  brother  William  left  Bolton  and  went  to  Middlesex, 
Vt.,  and  hired  out  as  farm-hands  to  William  Lewis.  In  Nov.,  1836,  he  married  the 
daughter  of  his  employer,  Hannah  Maria  Lewis.  His  wife  died  Apr.  8, 1841,  leaving 
him  one  child,  a  daughter,  Elmina  M.  From  1838  to  1842  he  drove  stage  from  Mont- 
pelier  to  St.  Albans,  by  way  of  Morrisville  and  Hyde  Park,  making  the  trip  of  fifty 
miles  twice  a  week.  In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  North  Troy,  Vt.,  and  went  into 
business  there,  opening  a  general  store  and  buying  and  fitting  horses  for  the  Boston 
market.  He  used  to  drive  all  the  way  from  Troy  to  Boston,  a  distance  of  nearly  300 
miles,  his  drove  of  20  or  30  horses  following  his  team  after  the  first  day,  without  a 
•driver.  It  used  to  take  from  30  to  40  days  to  make  the  trip  and  dispose  of  the  horses, 
which  can  be  made  by  rail  now  in  as  many  hours.  On  August  20,  1843,  he  married 
for  his  second  wife  Miss  Betsey  W.,  daughter  of  James  Hall,  Jr.,  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  that  section  of  the  Missisquoi  valley.  He  followed  the  business  of  buying  horses 
for  a  number  of  years,  but  in  the  spring  of  1850  moved  on  to  a  farm  in  the  township 
of  Bolton,  P.  Q.  In  June,  1853,  he  went  to  California,  but  the  climate  did  not  agree 
with  him,  and  he  returned  in  November  of  the  same  year.  He  followed  the  life  of  a 
farmer  till  1871,  when  he  disposed  of  his  farm  and  moved  to  West  Derby,  Vt.  There 
he  followed  the  profession  of  farrier  and  veterinary  surgeon  until  about  two  years 
before  his  death,  which  occurred  Apr.  21,  1887.  At  present  he  is  survived  by  eight 
children  and  fifteen  grandchildren.  Of  his  father's  five  sons  he  was  the  shortest, 
and  he  was  six  feet  in  his  stockings  and  weighed  215  pounds.  He  was  an  athlete 
and  quite  a  noted  wrestler  in  his  younger  days.  He  d.  Apr.  21,  1887;  res.  North 
Troy  and  West  Derby,  \'t. 

4695,    i.  Marcus  Caryl,  b.  Sept.   14,   1844;  unm.;    is  a  contractor  and 

builder;  res.  327  Pearl  St ,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Marcus  C.  Whitney. —  Marcus  C. 
Whitney  was  born  Sept.  14,  1844,  his  parents  being  Mar- 
cus T.  C.  Whitney  and  Betsey  W.  (Hall)  Whitney.  His 
birthplace  was  the  little  village  of  North  Troy,  Vt.,  situ- 
ated    on    the     Missisquoi    river,    about    one    mile     south     of 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  317 

Canada  line.  His  childhood  and  youth  were  passed  on  his 
father's  farm.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  "district" 
school  of  his  neighborhood,  Missisquoi  Valley  academy  at  North 
Troy,  and  Derby  academy  at  Derby  Center,  Vt.  He  taught 
school  nine  years  after  leaving  the  academy.  At  this  time  his 
health  was  somewhat  impaired,  and  also  on  account  of  failing 
eyesight  he  quit  teaching  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  car- 
penter's trade  and  building.  In  187.5  he  went  to  Montpelier, 
\'t.,  and  worked  at  his  trade  till  1882,  when  he  moved  to  Man- 
chester, X.  H.  At  present  he  is  engaged  in  the  business  of  con- 
tractor and  builder. 

4696.  ii.        Francise  Amelia,  b.  Feb.  11,  1846;    m.  Jan.  1.  1868,  Thos.  C. 

Gale;  res.  Newport,  \'t.  Ch.:  Oscar  M.,  b.  Jan. 20, 1869;  res.  Belle- 
view,  Fla.;  Harry  L.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1871;  Lena  R.,  b.  June  13, 
1876;  d.  Aug.  14,  1877;  Anna  M.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1878;  d.  Jan.  12, 
1887;  Ivah  W.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1880;  Fannie  R.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1882;  d. 
Jan.  6,  1887;  Pearl  A.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1885;  Alfred  E.,  b.  Mar.  2, 
1889.     All  but  Oscar  res.  Newport,  \'t. 

4697.  iii.       James  Paul,  b.  Mar.  26,  1847;  m.  Tinnie  M.  Drew. 

4698.  iv.       Betsey  Adaline.  b.  Dec.  18,  1850;  m.  Aug.  20,  1872,  Hiram  S. 

Nott.  Ch.:  Amos  L.,  b.  June  14,  1873;  Roy  H.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1875; 
Archie  S.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1877;  Hany  W.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1884;  Win- 
fred  E.,  b.  May  5,  1885;  res.  West  Derby,  \t. 

4699.  v.         Martin  Augi'Stine,  b.  Nov.  28,  1852;  unm. 

4700.  vi.        Sarah  Porter,  b.  Aug.  27,  1856;  m.  Sept.,  1881,  Leon  G.  Field. 

Ch.:    Maud  S.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1883;  res.  Newport,  Vt. 

4701.  vii.      Edith  Mason,   b.  Oct.  7,  1862;    m.  Dec.  31,  1889,    Frank    Fair- 

child;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

4702.  viii.     Marion  Idilla,  b.  July  2,  1868;    m.    June,   1888,   Archibald    N. 

McLean;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

4703.  ix.        Elmina  M.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1838;  m.  Apr.  8,  1855,  Stephen  Bascom. 

He  was  b.  at  Worcester,  Vt.,  Apr.  20,  1828.  Ch.:  Willie  S.,  b. 
June  13,  1881;  res.  327  Pearl  St.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

2367.  Dr.  William  Wallace  Whitney  (Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard 
John),  b.  Cowansville,  P.  Q.,  Apr.  29,  1817;  m.  Betsey  Winter,  of  Montpelier,  Vt.;  rn. 
2d,  Mrs.  Perry,  of  Biddeford,  Me.;  m.  3d,  in  Boston,  Sarah  Maria  Eaton;  b.  Apr.  2. 
1821;  res.  Sprmgfield,  Mass. 

He  learned  the  shoemaking  trade  when  a  boy,  but  not  liking  it,  studied  medicine 
and  veterinary  surgery,  and  was  considered  one  of  the  best  veterinary  surgeons  in  that 
section.  He  also  farmed  several  years,  and  at  his  death,  in  1884,  was  running  a  drug 
store  m  Springfield,  Mass.  He  died  from  erysipelas.  I  believe  he  was  an  Episco- 
palian in  belief.     He  d.  Apr.,  1884;  res.  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  and  Springfield,  Mass. 

4704.  i.  Marcella,  b. ;  m.  Wm.  Parmalee,  of  Waterloo,  P.  Q.;  res. 

Ottawa;  7  ch. 

4705.  ii.         Angeline  R.,  b. ;  d.  ae.  12. 

4706.  iii.        Harriett  Augusta,  b.  May  20,  1847;  m.  Aug.  31, 1869,  Dr.  Albert 

R.  Whitney;  b.  1837;  d.  Sept.  11,  1872;  m.  2d,  Feb.  16,  1874, 
Gen'l  Dennis  T.  Kirby,  of  New  Orleans,  La.  He  was  b.  Sept. 
15,  1838;  res.  Washington,  D.  C,  132  11th  St.,  S.  E.  Albert 
Reed  Whitney  was  born  in  Williston,  Vt.,  in  1835,  on  the  11th 
day  of  April,  and  was  raised  at  said  place.  When  he  finished 
his  school  education  he  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  entered  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Medicine.  He  enlisted  while  attending  the 
medical  college  on  a  hospital  steamer  on  the  Mississippi  river 
and  was  in  charge  of  a  hospital  at  Natchez,  Miss.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  returned  to  medical  college  and  graduated  with 
honor  on  March  1,1865.  He  then  went  to  Waterproof,  Tensas 
Parish,  La.,  where  he  became  a  merchant,  and  practiced  his 
profession  as  a  physician  until  he  was  elected  to  state  (La.) 
Senate  in  1869  for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  served  in  this  posi- 
tion but  three  years,  dying  at  Mallett  Bay,  \'t.,  Sept.  9,  1872. 
Brevet  Biigadier-General  Dennis  T.  Kirby  was  born  in  Niagara 
County,    N.    Y.,    Sept.    15,    1837,    moved  with  his   parents  to 


318  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  in  1847,  and  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  1854.  He  en- 
tered the  service  as  captain,  Company  E,  Eighth  Missouri 
Volunteer  Infantry,  June  25, 1861.  Served  in  Missouri  and  Ken- 
tucky to  Feb.,  1862.  He  was  promoted  lieutenant-colonel  Aug.  3, 
1863.  He  was  mustered  out  with  regiment  July  7,  1864;  com- 
missioned colonel  and  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  W.  P. 
Hall,  of  Missouri,  and  colonel  of  Fifth  Regiment  St.  Louis  City 
Guard,  Oct.  1, 1864;  lieutenant-colonel  Twenty-Seventh  Missouri 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Oct.  6,  1864,  and  at  once  detailed  as  chief 
picket  officer  of  the  Seventeenth  Army  Corps,  on  the  staff  of 
Major  General  Frank  P.  Blair,  commanding.  He  was  on  the 
march  to  the  sea  Nov.  16  to  Dec.  13.  He  was  brevetted  colonel 
and  brigadier-general  f(]r  gallant  and  meritorious  services  during 
the  war,  to  date  from  Nov.  13,  1863;  was  present  at  the  surren- 
der of  General  Joseph  Johnston,  and  in  the  grand  review  at 
Washington,  May  24.  Mustered  out  June  13,  1863.  He  was 
appointed  captain  of  Company  E,  Thirty-Ninth  U.  S.  A.  In- 
fantry, July  28,  1866,  brevetted  major  for  gallant  conduct  at 
Chickasaw  Bayou,  lieutenant-colonel  for  gallant  conduct  in  the 
assaults  on  \'icksburg,  and  colonel  U.  S.  A.  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  conduct  at  Chickamauga  (Creek),  Ga.,  Mission 
Ridge,  Tenn.,  and  Bivers  Bridge,  S.  C.  He  served  in  the  reg- 
ular army  until  the  fall  of  1868,  when  his  services  ended.  He 
now  resides  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Ch.:  Wm.  Tommas,  b.  Apr. 
10,  1875;  Martha  Wynona,  b.  June  19,  1880;  Wallace  Whitney, 
b.  Sept.  17,  1881. 

4707.  iv.        LuciKDA  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  21,  1848;  m.  Aug.  14,  1875,  Charles  R. 

Baldwin;  b.  Feb.  11,  1830.  He  is  a  retired  farmer;  res.  1307  R 
St.  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  Ch.:  Marian  Ernestene,  b.  May 
12,  1876. 

4708.  V.        Carlos  Franklin,  b.  Apr.,  1850. 

4709.  vi.        Wm.  Clarence,  b.  Oct.  21,  1858;  m.  Mary  Lyde  Marks. 

4710.  vii.       Chas.  Alfred,  b.  Apr.,  1860. 

4711.  viii.      Geo.  Albert,  b.  Apr.,  1862;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

23?8.  Major  Samuel  Darvin  Whitney  (Paul,  Timothv,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Hinesburgh,  Vt.,  Oct.  18,  1804;  m.  at  Shelburne, 'Vt..  in  1828,  Clarissa 
Read,  b.  1804;  d.  1874.  She  was  a  very  ambitious  woman  in  the  education  of  her 
children,  and  all  attended  academies,  seminaries  or  colleges.  She  emulated  her 
father  who  was  a  liberal  patron  of  both  churches  and  schools;  he  was  a  farmer. 

Samuel  Darwin  (b.  Oct.  18, 1804;  d.  May  8, 1852),  the  eldest  son  of  Paul  and  only 
child  of  his  first  wife  who  was  married  at  an  early  age  and  died  while  he  was  still  a 
little  boy.  Her  father  h-.iving  died  also,  the  boy  Samuel  was  left  in  the  care  of  a 
younger  brother,  Lyman  Darwin,  of  Hinesburgh,  Vt.,  where  he  was  educated  and  with 
Avhom  he  made  his  home  until  his  marriage  in  1828  with  Clarissa  Read,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Read,  of  Shelburne,  \'t.  They  then  went  to  Williston  to  begin  life  on  the  old 
Murray  farm,  three  miles  south  of  the  village.  To  them  were  born  eight  children, 
four  sons  and  four  daughters,  three  of  whom  survive,  one  son  and  two  daughters,  the 
eldest  and  youngest.  I'nlike  his  father  he  had  large  black  eyes,  the  finest  of  glossy 
black  hair  combined  with  a  soft  white  skin.  He  was  of  medium  height,  with  a  tend- 
ency to  corpulence,  and  though  rather  heavy  in  form,  quick  and  light  in  movement; 
consequently  he  excelled  in  the  light  fantastic  step  and  was  very  fond  of  the  terpsi- 
chorean  art.  He  was  very  efficient  in  military  tactics,  for  which  he  had  a  natural  fit- 
ness, his  ardor  and  enlhusiam  evident  to  all,  whether  on  drill  or  dress  parade.  He 
was  major  in  the  Eighth  regiment  of  V^ermont  militia.  He  had  imbibed  the  martial 
spirit  of  the  time  of  his  childhood,  and  now  that  the  wars  were  over  and  the  country 
at  peace  he  still  longed  for  the  active  engagement  of  a  soldier.  As  his  tastes  were 
not  suited  to  the  quiet  life  of  the  tarm  he  never  extended  his  possessions,  like  his 
grandson  who  recovered  new  lands  after  the  confiscation  act.  He  was  very  fond  of 
his  children,  especially  of  his  two  little  girls,  Martha  and  Franc,  and  enjoyed  taking 
them  with  him  when  going  to  town  or  city. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  About  four  years  before  his  decease  he  was  taken 
■with  hemorrhage  from  the  nostrils,  which  occurred  occasionally  until  his  last  sick- 
ness which  baffied  all  physicians,  but  by  post  mortem  proved  lobe  dropsy  of  the  chest. 
He  was  buried  in  the  village  cemetery,  at  Williston,  more  than  forty  years  ago,  but 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  319 


his  beautiful  face,  like  a  marble  statue  in  the  sleep  of  death,  is  before  the  writer  still, 
a  vivid  picture  in  the  gallerv  of  memory.     He  d   May  8,  lii52;  res.  Williston,  Vt. 

4712.     i.  Ellen  Okphena,  b.  Apr.  24,  1880;  m.  Nov.  3,  1851,  at  St.  Louis, 

William  C.  Liggett;  res.  Oswego,  Kan.  He  was  b.  Dec.  81, 
1828;  is  a  merchant.  She  was  educated  at  Hinesburgh  and  Cas- 
tleton  seminaries,  Vt.  Ch.:  Dr.  Geo.  S.,  b.  Oct.  27,1858;  res. 
Oswego;  Kate  C,  b.  May  29,  1858;  res.  Oswego;  Martha  E.,  b. 

Dec.  7,  1860;  m. Carter;  res.  Fort  Smith,  Ark.;  Marion 

I.,  b.  May  27,  1868;  m. James;  res.  Carthage,  Mo. 

4718.     ii.         Geo.  \V.,  b.  Feb.  5,  188;3;  m.  Marion  Murray. 

4714.  iii.       Albert  Read,  b.  Apr.  11,  1885;  d.  s.  p.  Sept.  9,  1872.     He  was 

the  fourth  child.  Was  just  eighteen  when  his  father  died,  arid 
though  tall,  was  like  him  in  complexion,  disposition,  and  quick 
in  motion,  and  born  to  command.  He  soon  started  out  into  the 
world  to  earn  a  livelihood  and  educate  himself,  and  developed 
a  remarkable  business  capacity.  He  studied  the  ph>sician's 
course  at  Pope's  medical  college,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he 
received  a  diploma.  Just  before  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  on  board  a  hospital  steamer 
on  the  Mississippi  river,  and  at  the  close  of  the  campaign  was 
in  charge  of  the  army  hospital  at  Natchez,  Miss.  Afterward  he 
was  physician  and  merchant  in  Waterproof  Parish,  La.,  whence 
he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  for  4  years,  residing 
meanwhile  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  enjoying  his  own  home 
in  the  suburbs,  the  beautiful  grounds  with  orange  grove  occupy- 
ing one  square.  He  gathered  the  luxuries  of  life  about  him,  but 
near  the  close  of  his  term  died,  at  the  age  of  SS  years,  of  hemor- 
rhage from  overwork,  at  Mallett  Bay,  Lake  Champlain,  \'t., 
where  he  had  gone  for  his  health  in  the  summer  of  1872.  He 
was  buried  in  Williston,  beside  his  father.  He  had  been  mar- 
ried about  three  years;  had  no  children.  He  had  a  handsome 
face  and  form,  and  made  a  fine  appearance  in  military  costume. 

4715.  iv.        Marion  Emeline,  b.  Sept.  27,  1887.     She  was  graduated  at  Fort 

Edward  institute,  N.  Y.,  and  Burlington  seminary;  m.;  a  dau. 
Ella  F.  Padou  res.  Oswego,  Kan. 

4716.  v.         Martha  Clarissa,  b.  July  29,  1842;  d. . 

4717.  vi.        Frances  Julia,  b.  Jan.  14, 1845;  res.  Lebanon,  III.;  unm.     She  was 

firsc  sent  to  a  select  school  in  Burlington,  \'t.,  then  to  public  and 
academy,  entering  at  18  where  the  pupils  ranged  from  15  to  20 
years  oi  age.  Went  to  Lebanon,  111.,  with  her  mother,  in  the 
year  1860,  having  then  two  married  sisters  settled  there,  and  one 
recently  laid  away  in  the  cemetery — the  flower  of  the  family. 
Afterward  she  attended  for  one  year  Monticello  seminary,  God- 
frey, 111.;  Mrs.  Blair's  seminary,  Lebanon,  and  graduated  at  Rip- 
ley  female  college,  Poultney,  \'t. 

2378.  Barnabas  Whitney  (Paul,  Timothv,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Aug.  27,  1828;  m.  Emily  Bracev.     He  d.  Mar.  20,  1865;  res. Mass. 

4718.  i.  Effie,  b.  — . 

4719.  ii.         Laforrest,  b. . 

4720.  iii.        Lmogene,  b. . 

4721.  iv.       CvRi's,  b. . 

2375.  Frederick  H.  Whitney  (Barnabas,  Timothy,  fonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Sept  25,  18U7;  m.  in  Boston,  Abigail  B.  Bumstead,  b.  Oct.  18,  1812;  d.  Mar. 
b,  1891.     He  d.  Aug.  24.  1864,  in  Trenton,  N.  J.;  res.  Boston.  Mass. 

4722.  i.         Yred'k  H.,  b.  Apr.,  1833;  d.  1856. 

4728.  ii.  Jane,  b.  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  Apr.  14,  1882;  m.  in  Boston,  May  1,1854, 
Wm.  Francis  George;  res.  82  Myrtle  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  He  was 
b.  Oct.  9,  1838;  d.  June  30,  1865;  was  a  commission  merchant. 
Ch.:  Katherine  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  1,  1855;  Isabel  Percy,  b.  July  7, 
1858. 

4724.  iii.  Catherine  Lillie,  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  1838;  m.  in  New  York  City, 
in  1859.  Walter  Scott  Tower.  Ch.:  Paul,  d.  1861.  She  d.  May 
18,  1861. 


320  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4725.  iv,       JosiAH  BuMSTEAD,  b.  Dedham,  Mass.,  July  15,  1846;  unni. 

4726.  V.         Calista  Stuart,  b.  Dedham,  Mass.,  June  18,  1848;    unm.;  res. 

Boston. 

2387.  George  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Dec. 
29,  1809,  inHarvard;  m.  Oct.  10,  1836,  Abbie  Bemis,  b.  Dec.  18,  1813;  d.  July  14,  1894. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until  after  his  marriage,  when 
he  migrated  to  Michigan,  where  he  remained  only  a  short  time.  Returning  east,  he 
settled  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  engaged  in  business  and  resided  there  until  his  death. 
He  lived  a  quiet,  uneventful  life,  never  held  office,  and  was  respected  by  the  entire 
community.     He  d.  Dec.  27,  1877;  res.  Harvard  and  Springfield,  Mass. 

4727.  vi.       Georgianna,  b.  Mar.  27,  1865;  d.  Feb.  15,  1858. 

4728.  iii.       Ellen   Maria,  b.    Feb.  10,  1840;   m.  Jan.  20,  1868,  William  E. 

Dickmson;  res.  261  Weathersfield  Ave.,  Hartford,  Conn.  Ch.: 
Ethel  L.,b.  Dec,  1882. 

4729.  iv.       Albert,  b.  Feb.  16,  1841;   m.  Sept.  1,  1868,  Ellen  C.  Jones;  is  a 

sea  captain;   s.  p. 

4730.  i.  Geo.  Henry,  b.  July  15,  1837;  d.  Oct.  18,  1837. 

4731.  ii.        Geo.  Augustus,  b.  Aug.  9,  1838;  d.  Apr.  1,  1840. 

4732.  v.        Abbie  E.,  b.  June  4,  1847;  m.  June  9,  1869,  Charles  P.  Chapin;  res. 

62  Evergreen  Ave.,  Somerville,  Mass.  Ch.:  Mabel  W.,  b.  Aug. 
8,  1877;  Charles  Ralph,  b.  June  12,  1879;  d.  Mar.  6,  1882;  Carl 
Warren,  b.  Mar.  7,  1883. 

2392.  Samuel  F.  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Oct.  20,  1821;  m.  Harvard,  Oct.26, 1848,  Sarah  Tarbell  Gardner,  b.  Harvard, 
Dec.  17,  1824. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  and  always  resided  there.  The  land  on  which  he 
resided  was  purchased  by  his  great-grandfather  in  1726.  It  is  situated  in  the  fertile 
valley  east  of  Oak  Hill.  His  farm  buildings  were  the  largest  and  most  compiete  in 
the  town  and  that  section.  He  was  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  in  the  town.  Was 
for  years  justice  of  the  peace,  served  as  assessor,  and  held  other  town  offices.  His 
orchard  produced  1,000  barrels  of  apples  each  year.  In  1878  his  barn  and  its  con- 
tents were  destroyed  by  fire;  the  loss  was  S10,000.  In  referring  to  his  death,  the 
Worcester  .S/j'says:  "  He  was  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  and  farmers  in  Worces- 
ter county.  The  estate  upon  which  he  lived  and  died  had  been  in  his  family  since 
1699,  coming  to  him  in  direct  descent,  and  there  for  many  years  he  extended  open- 
handed  hospitality.  His  deeds  of  charity  were  unostentatious,  but  many.  When 
he  was  16  years  of  age  he  began  life  for  himself  as  a  commission  merchant  and 
dealer  in  country  produce,  driving  a  four-horse  team  over  the  road  to  Boston;  and 
upon  his  father's  death  he  assumed  the  latter's  business.  He  was  a  life-long  Dem- 
ocrat, although  never  a  politician,  and  was  the  only  surviving  charter  member  of 
Harvard  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  which  he  assisted  to  organize  50  years  ago."  The 
farm  of  Mr.  Samuel  F.  Whitney,  in  the  eastern  section  of  Harvard,  is  another 
(referring  to  fine  farms)  which  delights  the  visitor,  as  well  as  the  owner,  and  is 
fitted  to  inspire  the  young  agriculturist  with  confidence  and  hope.  His  barn, 
which  is  an  indication  of  his  style  of  farming,  is  said  to  be  the  largest  and  in  every 
way  the  best  appointed  in  the  county  of  Worcester.  [Hist,  of  Mid.  Co.,  pp.  567-8.] 
He  d.  Dec. 20,  1894;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

4733.  i.  Estelle  G.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1851;  m.  May  12,  1875,  Albert  H.  Scatter- 

good,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  10  Bleeker  PI.     She  d.  Nov.  9,  1890. 

4734.  ii.         Harry  Fletcher,  b.  May  3,  1863;  m.  Harriett  T.  Goddard. 

4735.  iii.       Jerome  Gardner,  b.  Jan.  13, 1855;  m.June5, 1892,  Susie  E.  Moore; 

res.  Harvard. 

4736.  iv.       Clara  Sophia,  b.  June  7,  1856;  res.  Harvard,  Ma^s. 

4737.  V.         Samuel  W..  b.  Feb.  23,  1859;  m.  Alice  L.  Hames. 

4738.  vi.        Evelyn   May,  b.   Sept.  23,   1867;    m.   June  4,   1887,  J.  Dunlop 

Smith,  Jr.,  of  Albanv,  N.  Y.;  res.  Barre,  Vt. 

4739.  vii.      Ruth,  b.  Jan.  1,  1864; 'd.  Dec.  18,  1864. 

4740.  viii.     Sarah   Gertrude,  b.  June  7,   1861;   m.   Oct.  21,  1881,  Fred'k 

Getchel],  of  Boston;  res.  378  Pearl  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2404.  James  W.  Whitney  (Amos,  Elias,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Stow,  Mass.,  Mar.  13,  1818;  m.  Aug.  27,  1854,  Sultma  V.  Bartlett,  b.  Oct.  "24.  1837. 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  July  9,  1892;  res.  Sterling,  Mass. 


4742. 

ii. 

4743. 

111. 

4744. 

IV. 

4746. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  321 

4741.     i.  Amanda  M.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1855;  res.  21  Colton  street,  Leominster, 

Mass. 

Mary  R.,  b.  May  8,  1861;  res.  21  Colton  street,  Leominster,  Mass. 

Chas.  W.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1865;  res.  299  Lake  street,  Cleveland,  O. 

James  E.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1869;  res.  299  Lake  street,  Cleveland,  O. 

Alice  M.,  b.  May  16,1869;  m.  Jan.  1,1879,  Jacob  G.  Lakin,  b. 
Apr.  24,  1854.  He  is  a  caterer;  res.  13  Mansfield  avenue, 
Willimantic,  Conn.  Ch.:  Lora  W.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1882;  Clara  E., 
b.  Mar.  14,  1886;  d.  Sept.  27,  1892;  Inez  E.,  b.  July  30,  1891; 
Bertha  B.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1893. 

2408.  Leonard  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  in  Grafton,  Vt.,  Feb.  22,  1816;  m.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sarah  Aver,  b.  there;  d. 
Nov.,  1862;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Betsey  Parker;  res.  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Hillsboro,  Upper 
Village,  N.  H. 

4746.  i.  Martin,  b.  July  18,  1838;  m.  Nancy  E.  Rand. 

2432.  Urial  Whitney  (Urial,  Abner,  |ohn,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  No. 
Yarmouth,  Me.,  July  4,  1804;  m.  Jan.  25.  1827,  Mary  Hoit;  b.  Feb.  22,  1806;  d.  Mar.  31, 
1882.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  July  17,  1881 ;  res.'  No.  Yarmouth,  Me. 

4747.  i.  Sarah  H.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1836;  m.  Oct.  24,  1866,  Revel  N.  Field;  res. 

107  North  street,   Portland.     He  was   b.  June  24.  1837.     Ch.: 
Hattie  L.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1870;  Forrest  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  27,  1873. 

4748.  ii.         Louise,  b.  Nov.  6,  1840;  m.  Nov.,  1865,  Louis  Gatcomb.     He  was 

b.  Aug.  5,  1840;  res.  368  Centre    street,  Chicago,  111.     He  is  a 
bookkeeper  in  the  Custom  House,  s.  p. 

4749.  iii.        Joel,  b.  Mav  4,  1829;  m    Ophelia  J.  Tukey. 

4750.  iv.        Emeline,  b;  Oct.  19,  1827;  m.  Oct.,  1850,  Geo.  G.  Mitchell;  had  3 

ch.,  all  dead.     She  d.  Oct.  18,  1865. 

4751.  v.         Mary  D..  b.  Sept.  16,  1831;  d.  Julv  31,  1859. 

4752.  vi.        Louisa,  b.  Dec.  21,  1833;  d.  Aug.  14,  1837. 

4753.  vii.      Olive  Merrill,  b.  Oct.  14, 1838;  m.  Jan.  1, 1862,  George  Pearson. 

She  d.  Oct.  18,  1865. 

4754.  viii.     William  Jordan,  b.  June  24,  1843;   killed  in  the  Battle  of  the 

Wilderness. 
4756.    ix.       Annie  Hilton,  b.  Dec.  16.  1845;  d.  Feb.  8,  1883. 
4756.    X.        Hattie  Louise,  b.  Sept.  18,  1850;  d.  Dec.  24,  1869. 

4767.  xi.       Frank  Merrill,  b.  Mar.  18,  1848;  d.  Apr.  19,  1849. 

2433.  Dr.  Lewis  Whitney  (Urial,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Me., 
Sept.  21,  1806;  m.  Mary  A.  Small.  He  was  a  well  known  practicing  physician.  He 
d.  May  18,  1867;  res.  No.  Yarmouth.  Me. 

4768.  ii.         Charlotte  R.,  b.  Mar.  8.  1842:  m. Pratt;  res.  Norway,  Me. 

4769.  ii.         Louis  K..  b.  Dec.  26,  1851;  res.  Medford.  Me. 

4760.  i.  Helen  F.,  b.  Apr.  1, 1838;  d.  Apr.  3,  1847. 

4761.  iii.        Ellen  H.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1847;  d.  June  19,  1848. 

2437.  Abner  Whitney  (Amaziah,  Abner.  John.  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1801;  m.  Sept.  27,1843,  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Matilda  P.  Sherwood;  b. 
May  17,  1816;  d.  Dec.  18,  1893.  He  was  an  architect  and  builder.  He  d.  Aug.  15, 
1884;  res.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  Wilber,  Neb. 

Mary  J.,  b.  in  1844;  m.  A.  Hardy;  res.  Beatrice,  Neb. 

Amaziah,  b.  Sept.  7,  1848;  m.  Martha  Eckerson. 

Martha,  b.  Sept.  6,  1846;  d.  Sept.  22,  1847. 

Margaret,  b.  Nov.  4,  1861;  d.  Aug.  18,  1861. 

Matilda,  b.  Mar.  31,  1866;  d.  Sept.  26,  1866. 

Electa,  b.  July  1,  1867;  d.  May  27,  1878. 

2440.  Caleb  B.  Whitney  (Amaziah,  Abner,  John.  Moses.  Richard,  John),  b. 
Maryland,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  16,  1809;  m.  Aug.  25,  1&36,  Adocia  Stevens,  b.  Feb.  23,  1810;  d. 
Aug.  25,  1880.  He  was  a  stonemason  and  farrier  by  trade.  He  d.  Aug.  26,  1891 ; 
res.  Spencer,  N,  Y.,  and  Cawker  City,  Kan. 

4768.     i.  Mary   Genette,  b.  July  25,1837;  m.  July  4,  1869,  at  Meriden, 

111.,  John  H.  Ferris.     He  was  b.  June  28,  1841.     Is  a  merchant 
and  res.  at  Smith  Centie,  Kan.     Ch.:  John   R.,  b.  Apr.  15.  1870; 


4762. 

i. 

4763. 

ii. 

4764. 

111. 

4765. 

IV. 

4766. 

V. 

4767. 

vi. 

4769. 

11. 

4770. 

111. 

4771. 

IV. 

4772. 

V. 

4773. 

VI. 

322  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

res.  Topeka,  Kan.;  Nettie  G.,  b.  July  16,  1871;  res.  Smith  Cen- 
tre, Smith  Co.,  Kan  ;  Minnie  M.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1873;  m.  June  20, 
1894, Fleming;  res.  Athol,  Smith  Co.,  Kan. 

Ira  B..  b.  June  29,  1839;  d.  Aug.  2,  1864. 

John  C,  b.  July  9,  1842;  d.  Feb.  22,  1862. 

Geo.  R..  b.  May  13,  1845;  d.  Apr.  5,  1850. 

Byron  L.,  b.  July  5,  1848;  ni.  1873;  res.  Bloomington,  111. 

Frances  H.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1861;  d.  1865. 

2444.  Nathaniel  R.  Whitn-y  (An.aziah,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Mayland,  N.  Y.,  June  15,  1818,  m.  in  Milltown,  Pa.,  Jan.  7,  1841,  Charlotte  S.  Rice, 
b.  Feb.  23,  1820.     He  was  a  farmer;  he  d.  Mar.  31,  1884;  res.  Missouri  \'alley,  Iowa. 

4774.  i.  Ruth  Ann,  b.  Nov.  20,  1841;  m.  July  17,  1859,  Nathan  J.  Robbins; 

res.  Northtield,  Minn.  Ch.:  Lesher,  b.  Aug.  2,  1850;  David  Fitch, 
b.  Nov.  20,  1861;  Nathan  Oiis,  b.  Oct.  11,  1864;  Charlottie 
Hulda,  b.  Mar.  21,  1867;  Etta  Esther,  b.  July  10,  1869;  Mattie 
May,  b.  Nov.  10,  1876;  Henrv  Randol,  b.  Jan.  15,  1879;  Ruth 
Ann,  d.  Sept.  2,  1880;  Charlottie  Hulda,  d.  April  19,  1867. 

4775.  ii.         Sarah  Etta,  b.  Jan.  29,  1843;  m.  Aug.  1,  1869,  Albert  G.  Brown 

res  Clear  Lake,  Iowa.  Ch.:  Walter  Rufus,  b.  June  15,  1872 
Willard  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  14,  1876;  Albert  Ward,  b.  Aug.  19, 1881 
d.  July  28,  1882;  Mabel  Alberta,  b.  May  28, 1883. 

4776.  iii.       Charlotte  Sanford,  b.  Jan.  13,  1845;  m.  Feb.  20,  1871,  Chester 

T.  Maxwell;  res.  Spencer,  Iowa.  Ch.:  Edward  Randol,  b.  May 
7,  1873;  Ethelyn  Charlotte,  b.  Oct.  24,  1874;  Estelle  Etta,  b.  Apr. 
24,  1877;  Earl  Chester,  b.  Apr.  9,  1879;  Edna  Beulah,  b.  Feb.  1, 
1883. 

Anson  Randol,  b.  Sept.  23,  1847;  d  Oct.  3, 1867. 

Albert  Enoch,  b.  Dec.  25,  1849;  d.  Oct.  9.  1873. 

Geo.  Riley,  b.  Oct.  16,  1851;  m.  Ursula  Warren. 

Elizabeth  Arzelia,  b.  July  4,  1853;  res.  Missouri  \'allev. 

Alma  E.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1855;  m.  Aug.  23, 1874.  Oliver  P.  Hendrixson; 
res.  E.  Duncan  St.,  Columbus,  Ohio.  Ch.:  Horatio  Perry,  b. 
Mav  27,  1875;  d.  Jan.  27,  1881. 

Oliver  Amaziah,  b.  Apr.  27,  1858;  d.  Mar.  19,  1860. 

Abner  Nathaniel,  b.  July  17,  1860;  murdered  Apr.  28,  1894.  He 
was  born  in  Charles  City,  Iowa,  and  resided  there  with  his  par- 
ents until  the  death  of  his  father  in  1884.  In  1886  he  moved  to 
Missouri  \'alley,  Iowa,  and  followed  his  trade,  that  of  carpenter. 
until  1890,  when  he  moved  to  Washington  Territory  and  resided 
for  two  years.  He  then  returned  to  Missouri  Valley  and  in  1894 
he  was  elected  city  marshal  of  that  place.  Early  in  April  of  1894, 
many  residences  and  stores  were  burglarized.  Marshal  Whitney 
with  other  officers  succeeded  in  locating  the  thieves,  and  on  the 
28th  raided  the  house  where  they  were  stopping.  In  arresting 
the  men  Marshal  Whitney  was  shot  through  the  heart  and 
instantly  killed.  One  of  the  thieves  was  captured  and  the  other 
escaped,  the  former  was  subsequently  lynched  by  the  people 
for  the  murder.  Whitney  was  verv  popular  and  well  liked 
by  all. 

4784.  xi.       Ira  Rice, b.  Mar.  13,  1863;  res.  Windom.  Wash. 

2446.  Capt.  Ephrai.m  Whitney  (Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  in  Falmouth,  Me.,  Sept.  22,  1799;  m.  in  Corinth,  Mav  28,  1826,  Nancy  Fisher  Skin- 
ner; b.  May  25,  1806;  d.  in  Cal.,  Mar  10,  1886.  About  the  year  1822  he  bought  land 
in  East  Corinth,  Me.,  where  he  lived  until  the  fall  of  1875,  when  he  moved  to  Santa 
Cruz,  Cal.,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  farmer;  he  d.  Apr.  6,  1879;  res.  Corinth,  Me., 
and  Santa  Cruz.  Cal. 

4785.  i.  Charles  G..  b.  Apr.  15,  1829;  d.  June  9,  1853. 

4786.  ii.         Sarah  M.,  b.  June  28,  1831;  m.  Nov.  20,  1859,  John  N.  F.  Marsh; 

res.  Santa  Cruz. 

4787.  iii.       Alvin  W.,  b.  May  27,  1838;  m.  Louise  McDonald. 

4788.  iv.        Mary  Jane,  b.  May  13,  1840;  m.  May  12,  1875,  Geo.  P.  Lake;  res. 

Santa  Cruz, 

4789.  v.         Eudora  Melissa,  b.  Oct.  13,  1847;  m.  Mar.  19,  1874,  Henry  W. 

Silsby;  res.  San  Francisco,  621  >^  Post  street. 


4777. 

IV. 

4778. 

V. 

4779. 

VI. 

4780. 

Vll. 

4781. 

vin 

4782. 

ix. 

4783. 

X. 

4793. 

ii. 

4794. 

Vlll 

4795. 

V. 

4796. 

4797. 

111. 

4798. 

iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  323 

4790.  vi.        Elijah  Skinner,  b.  Oct.  4,  1834;  m.  Dec.  8,  1858,  Allaseba  T. 

French,  at  East  Corinth;  b.  Dec.  18  1834,  s.  p.  He  is  a  mer- 
chant, and  res.  Los  Gatos,  Cal.  He  was  born  in  Corinth,  Me.; 
commenced  a  mercantile  business  in  Corinth,  Me.,  in  the  fall  of 
18G0,  and  continued  in  said  business  until  the  fall  of  1875,  when 
he  moved  to  Santa  Cruz.,  Cal.,  where  he  lived  ten  years,  after 
which  he  moved  to  Los  Gatos  Cal.,  where  he  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile, real  estate,  and  railway  business.  In  the  year  of  1887  he 
was  made  excursion  agent  of  the  Union  Pacific  R'y.  He  has 
made  forty-five  trips  across  the  continent  from  one  ocean  to  the 
other,  besides  other  partial  trips.  Is  now  passenger  agent  of 
the  Northern  Pacific  R'y  at  Los  Gatos. 

4791.  vii.      Daniel  Elmon,  b.  Nov.  13,  1835;  d.  May  3,  1837. 

4792.  viii.     Nancy,  b.  June  1,  1843;  d.  June  3,  1843. 

2447.  William  Whitney  (Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John)  b.  Fal- 
mouth, Me.,  Julv  25,  1786;  m.  Feb,  1813,  Olive  Parlin,  b.  Lexington,  Mass.,  Sept.  5, 
1791;  d.  Jan.  10,1874.     He  was  a  shoemaker.     He  d.  May  24, 1852;  res.  Limestone,  Me. 

Orrin,  b.  Aug.  18,  1815;  m.  Hannah  Farbanks  and  Rebecca  Carill. 

Benjamin  P.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1834;  m.  Sarah  M.  McMurray. 

Albion  P.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1825;  m.  Susan  D.  Eastman. 

Ephkaim  H.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1813;    m.  Jane  H.  Hunt. 

Eleazer  p.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1817;  d.  Oct.,  1883. 

Dorcas  B.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1822;  m.  Hiram  Stevens.  She  d.  July  29, 
1869;  res.  "  Letter  D,"  Me. 

4799.  vi.        Nancy,  b.  July  30,   1828;    m. Eastman;   res.  No.  Conway, 

N.  H. 

4800.  vii.      Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1830;  d.  Mar.  4,  1870. 

4801.  ix.        William  C,  b.  July  5,  1837;  d.  infancy. 

4802.  X.         Stillman  P.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1820;  d.  in  infancy. 

2455.     Asa  Whitney  (Daniel,    Daniel,    Richard,   Richard,   Richard,  John),   b. 

June  22,   1779;  m.  in   Stow,  May  27,  1806,  Sally  Brooks.     He  d.  Feb.  21,  1857;  res. 
Stow. 

4803.  iv.  Sally  D.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1812;   m.  Dec.  1,  1836,  Christopher  Wilder, 

b.  Aug.  17,  1810;  d.  Mar.  12,  1887.  She  d.  in  S.,  Aug.  8,  1885. 
Ch  :.Marv  Frances,  b.  July  17,  1840;  m.  Nov.  24,  186H,  to  Lewis 
H.  Miles;  d.  Aug.  17,  1888;  John  Whitne),  b.  Feb.  13,  1842;  m. 
Aug.,  1867,  129  State  St.,  Springfield,  Ala^s.;  Elizabeth,  b. 
Aug.  2,  1844;  m.  Apr.  8,  1867,  to  Herbert  C.  Puffie,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  45  Dartmouth  Terrace;  Sarah  Cordelia,  b.  July  19,  1846; 
m.  Oct.  8,  1889,  to  Chester  D.  Hastings,  Appleton,'Minn.,  Swift 
Co.;  Geo.  Tucker,  b.  Sept.  29,  1849;'  m.  Nov.  8,  1881,  30  Caren 
St.,  Springfield,  Mass.;  Albert  Henry,  b.  Oct.  27,  1855;  m.  Oct. 
27,  1880;  d.  Mar  19,  1892. 
4j<04.     i.  Elmira,  b.  Sept.  20,  1808;   m.  Nathan  S.  Turner,  b.  Jan.  16,  1808; 

d.  May  5,  1886.  She  d.  in  S.,  Sept.  11,  1880.  They  "had  two  ch.; 
Caroline  Brooks,  b.  June  15, 1835;  m.  May  22, 1862, to  Rev.  Samuel 
Collins  Beane;  d.  Jan.  25,  1867;  Sarah  Abbie,  b.  May  25,  1838; 
was  m.  to  David  Patterson  Muzzey,  Feb.  17,  1876;  res.  2  Clinton 
St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

4805.  iii.        George,  b.  Oct.  28,  1823;  m.  Sarah  P.  Barnard. 

4806.  ii.         John,  b. ;   m. .    Ch.:  Mrs.  Geo.  Wilder,  Springfield, 

Mass. 

4807.  v.         Nathan  B.,  b. ;  res.  Vienna,  111. 

2458.  Daniel  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Stow,  Mass.,  Apr.  19,  1785;  m.  there  Nov.  10,  1812,  Sarah  Marble;  b.  Mav  17,  1791;  d. 
Feb.  19,  1863.     He  d.  Ocr.  14,  1870;  res.  Ashby,  Stow,  now  Mavnard,  Mass. 

4808.  i.         Sarah   Marble,  b.  Nov.  3,  1820;    m.  Feb.  29,  1843,  Rufus  R. 

Fletcher;  b.  July  14,  1824.  She  d.  Sept.,  1892.  He  is  a  nurserv- 
man.  Ch.:  Harriet  J.,  b.  1849,  Ayer,  Mass.;  Elizabeth  S.,b.  1850, 
Felch,  Ayer,  Mass.;  Daniel  W.,  b.  1852,  Ayer,  Mass.;  Edward 
F.,  b.  1854,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Samuel  W.,  b.  1857,  Ayer,  Mass. 

4809.  ii.        Artemas,  b.  Aug.  9,  1815;  m.  Lucy  Pease. 


4814J. 

viii. 

4815. 

IX. 

4816. 

X. 

4817. 

XI. 

324  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4810.  iii.       Thomas,  b.  Aug.  9,  1815;  m. — ;  d.  May  8,  1860. 

4811.  iv.       Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  18,  1821;  d.  Jan.  21.  1822. 

4812.  V.         John  M.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1822;  m.  Elizabeth  G.  Walcott,  and  Hannah 

E.  Whitmarsh. 

4813.  vi.       Mark,  b.  Jan.  18,  1825;  d.  Mar.  12,  1825. 

4814.  vii.      Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  14,  1826;   m.  Feb.  29,  1848,  Calvin  Fletcher, 

Jr.;    res.  Nelson,  N.  H.      He  was  b.  Oct.  25,  1821;  is  a  farmer; 

res.  in  Nelson,  N.  H.,  p.  o.  Harrisville.      Ch.:  Emma  C,  b.  Jan. 

18,  1349;  m.  Gilman  A.  Marshall,  of  Stow,  Mass.,  Sept.  21,  1871; 

res.  Hudson,   Mass.;    Mary  F.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1851;  m.  James  A. 

Hersey,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1873;    res.  Mattapan,  Mass.; 

Helen  B.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1861;  res.  Nelson,  N.  H. 
Ephraim,  b.  Sept.  19,  1817;  m.  Mary  Haskell. 
Harriett,  b.  Jan.  2,  1828;  res.  Maynard. 
Caroline,  b.  Jan.  1,  1831;  res.  M. 
Mary  L.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1837;  m.  Apr.  16, 1856,  Joel  F.  Parmenter;  res. 

Maynard,  Mass. 

4818.  xii.      Daniel  D.,  b.  July  22,  1835;  d.  Mar.  19,  1852. 

2460.  John  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  May 
28, 1789,  in  Stow,  Mass.;  m.  there  June  13,  1819,  Harriett  Tower,  b.  Sept.  28,  1799:  she 
m.  2d  June  18, 1857,  Peter  Fletcher,  b.  Stow  Feb.  22,  1799.  She  d.  Stow  Mar.  16, 1873, 
ae.  73."    He  d.  Feb.  2,  1854;  res.  Stow,  Mass.,  s.  p. 

2462.  Joseph  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Stow,  Mass.,  June  30,  1793;  m.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Susan  Whitney,  dau.  of  Silas,  b.  July 
1,  1792;  d.  Sept.  30,  18"i5.     He  d.  Sept.,  1828;  res.  Boston  and  Cambridge,  Mass. 

4819.  i.  Ann  O.,  b.   Feb.  26,  1815;   m.   May  20,  1847,  James  Staples,  b. 

Mar.  26,  1823,  in  Wells,  Me.;  res.  38  Marcelta  street,  Roxbury, 

Mass.,  s.  p. 
Emeline.  b.  Sept.,  1817;  d.  young. 

Joseph  Henry,  b.  Sept.,  1822;  m.  Milton,  Mass.;  m.  4  times. 
James  Enoch,  b.  Jan.,  1824;  res.  Boston. 
John,  b.  Jan.,  1826;  d.  unm.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  Jan.,  1852. 
Richard  Dana,  b.  Feb.,  1829;  m.  Abbie .     He  d.  s.  p.  North 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  16,  1872.     She  d.  in  Boston  in  1874;  res. 

Stow,  Mass. 

4825.  vii.       Samuel,  b.  Oct.  16,  1819;  m.  Mary  Jane  Carpenter  and  Zebuda 

Foster. 

2463.  Manning  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Sept.  8,  1795;  m. Brooks. 

4826.  Daniel,  b. ;  res.  Franconia,  N.  H. 

2464.  Richard  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 
b.  in  Stow,  Apr.  18,  1798;  m.  Eunice  Cogswell,  b.  Feb.  2,  1803;  d.  Winchendon,  July 

20,  1890.     He  d.  Dec.  2,  1849,  m  Surrey,  N.  H.;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

4827.  i.  Emerson   Cogswell,  b.  1822;  gr.  Yale,  1851;  d.  unm.  Dec.  2, 

1851. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.,  1825;  res.  with  Franklin  O.,  in  Boston. 

Sarah  Jake  b.  July,  1827;  m.  Mar.  1,  1846,  Baxter  D.  Whitney 
(see). 

Elizabeth  Parks,  b.  Nov.,  1829;  d.  Sept.  2,  1847. 

Daniel  E.,  b.  Mar.,  1832;  m.  May,  1857,  Clarinda  Ballou;  d.  Oct., 
1870.     He  d.  Oct.  3,  1870;  res.  Minn. 

Franklin  O.,  b.  June,  1835;  res.  Boston,  1  Ashburton  PI. 

Eunice  M.,  b.  Oct.,  1837;  m.  Dec,  1857,  John  G.  Folsom;  res.  Win- 
chendon, Mass. 

Laura  M.,  b.  Mar.,  1840;  d.  Feb.  16,  1842. 

Joseph  S.,  b.  Apr.,  1843;  d.  Sept.  29,  1887. 

Richard  M.,  b.  July,  1844;  d.  Nov.  8,  1892,  in  Tamatave,  Madi- 
gascar. 

2472.  John  Whitney  (Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stow. 
Nov.  22,  1782;  m.  at  Waltham,  July  1,  1804,  Susannah  Viles:  b.  Dec.  9,  1784;  d.  Nov, 
30,  1844,  in  Boston.     He  was  steward  at  Harvard  college  for  20  years.     He  d.  June 

21,  1826;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 


4820. 

ii. 

4821. 

HI. 

4822. 

iv. 

4823. 

V. 

4824. 

vi. 

4828. 
4829. 

ii. 
iii. 

4830. 
4831. 

iv. 

V. 

4832. 
4833. 

vi. 
vii. 

4834. 
4835. 
4s36. 

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ix. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  325 

4(537.     i.  George  Henry,  b.  Aug.  25,  1812;  m.  Priscilla  Gallup. 

4838.  ii.         John,  b.  Oct.  16,  1807;  m.  Mary  B.Holt. 

4839.  iii.        Sophia,  b.  Aug.  10,  1809;  m.  May  17,  1831,  Edmund    Mellen   of 

Wayland,  Mass. 

4S40.    iv.        Susan,  b.  July  20,  1811;  m.  Mar.  29,  1835,  Philip  A.  Smith.     She  d. 
Mobile,  Ala.,  Sept.  10,  1839. 

4841.  V.  Mary  Jane,  b.  July  25,  1815;  res.  Wavland. 

4842.  vi.  Sophia,  b.  Aug.  13,  1805;  d.  bef.  1809. 

4843.  vii.  Dolly,  b.  May  31,  1814;  d.  July  10,  1814. 

4844.  viii.  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  22,  1819;  d.  Camb.,  Aug.  8,  1822. 

2473.  Capt.  Silas  Whitney  (Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1781;  m.  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  in  1800,  Abigail  M.  Shedd,  b. 
Sept.  15,  1778;  d.  Sept.  21,  1854. 

Capt.  Silas  Whitney  was  born  in  Stow,  Mass.  In  1795  he  built  the  first  tem- 
porary railroad  used  in  this  country.  It  was  constructed  of  two  tracks  on  the  western 
slope  of  Beacon  Hill,  Boston,  Mass.,  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  removal  of 
gravel  from  the  top  of  the  hill  down  to  Charles  street,  which  he  was  filling  up  and 
grading.  There  were  two  trains  of  cars  on  the  railroad  and  they  were  so  arranged 
that  one  train  being  loaded  with  gravel  at  the  upper  end,  would,  in  its  descent,  haul 
up  the  empty  train,  then  while  the  full  cars  were  being  emptied,  the  empty  ones  were 
being  hlled,and  in  their  descent  would  haul  up  the  first  train,  and  thus  it  was  man- 
aged to  do  the  work  without  horses.  Mr.  Whitney  was  assisted  in  the  work  by 
his  brothers,  John  and  Ephraim.  The  brothers  were  great  contractors  for  filling  up 
wharves,  etc.  They  filled  in  Central  wharf.  From  the  above  it  will  be  seen  that 
Capt.  Whitney  was  the  real  pioneer  of  railroads  in  this  country.  Capt.  Whitney, 
during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  kept  the  Middlesex  hotel,  which  was  situated  be- 
tween Warren  Ave.  and  the  old  bridge  road  in  Charlestown.  It  was  burned  in  the 
year  1886.     He  d.  in  C.  Jan.  20,  1824;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Charlestown,  Mass. 

4845.  i.  John  Francis,  b.  Feb.  27,  1819;  ni.  Julia  A.  Andrews  and  Maria 

Hook. 

4846.  ii.  Ephrai.m  A.,  b.  Aug.,  1816;  m.  Joanna  A.  Hook. 

4847.  iii.        Charles,  b.  Sept.  15,  1805;  m  Lydia  M.  Emery. 

4848.  iv.        Eliza  A.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1809;  m. Hinckley;  res.  Thomaston, 

Me.;  m.  2d, O'Brion;  d.  June  6,  1894. 

4849.  v.         Abigail  S.,  b.  May  21,  1808;  m.  Thomas  R.  Spear;  res.  Boston. 

She  d.  Jan.  4, 1870. 

4850.  vii.       Silas  Gore,  b.  Aug.  9,  1800;  m.  Sarah  S., . 

4851.  viii.     W.m.  Henry,  b.  June  2,  1819;  drowned  at  sea,  1830. 

4852.  vi.        Mary,  b.  Sept.  28,  1803;  d.  July  7,  1837. 

4853.  ix.        Mary,  b.  Oct.  8,  1801;  d.  Apr.  3,  1803. 

2477.     Ephraim   Whitney  (Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 

b.  Boston;  m.  Eunice .     He  was  a  large  contractor  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he 

resided.     He  d.  in  West  Indies. 

2487.  Emory  Whitney  (Jacob,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1791;  m.  Mav  27,  1817,  Lydia  Locke,  b.  Dec.  7,  1791;  d. 
May,  1835;  m.  2d,  Feb.,  1836,  Thankful  G.  Morey,  b.  May  2,  1806;  d.  Mar.  26,  1883. 
He  was  a  cordwainer.     He  d.  Feb.  3,  1876;  res.  Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 

4854     i.  Daniel  W.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1820;  m.  Sarah  Ann  Manning  and  Mrs. 

Mary  Ann  (Henry)  Ball. 

4855.  ii.         Lydia  Lorache,  b.  Feb.  8,  1823;  m.  Oct.  21,  1844,  Fred'k  Fitch 

Bishop;  res.  Turtle  Point,  Pa.  He  was  b.  Sept.  6,  1820;  is  a 
farmer.  She  has  the  old  family  Bible  of  Mary  Patch's.  Ch.: 
Infant  daughter,  b.  Aug.  15,  1845;  d.  Aug.  16,  1845;  Emery  Le- 
roy,  b.  Nov.  19,  1846;  m.  Oct.  10,  1877;  d.  May  2,  1894;  Wilder 
Whitney,  b.  Mav  30,  1850;  d.  Julv  2,  1853;  Mary  Maria,  b.  May 
31,  1854;  m.  Julv  17,  1877;  Emil^  Lorache,  b.  Nov.  15,  1856;  m. 
Apr.  30,  1878;  Fannie  Lydia,  b.  Aug.  23,  1861;  d.  Dec.  15,  1880; 
Emery  Leroy  Bishop,  Turtle  Point,  Pa.;  Mary  Maria  Simar, 
Port  Allegany,  Pa.;  Emily  Lorache  Simar,  Port  Allegany,  Pa. 

4856.  iii.        Maria  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  18,  1826;  m.  Feb.  23,  1852,  Loring  G. 

Blanchard.     He  was  b.  1819;  d.  Feb.  22,  1890;  was  a  farmer. 


4858. 

4859. 

ii. 

4860. 

111. 

4861. 

IV. 

4862. 

V. 

4863. 

VI. 

326  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Ch.:    Mary  J.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1854;  m. Troxell;  res.  Detroit, 

Mich.;  Geo.  W.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1856;   Mattie  M.,  b.  Jan.  1.  1864. 
4857.     iv.        Emory  M.,  b.  1846;   unm.;  res.  Klinger  Lake,  Mich. 

2489.  Elias  Whitney  (Jacob,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Johni,  b. 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  June  16,  1797;  m.  Feb.  18,  1822,  Fannie  Uemary,  b.  Oct.  28, 1796; 
d.  Sept.  5,  1075. 

He  was  born  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  inherited  his  father's  estate.  He 
resided  on  the  old  homestead  until  about  1855,  when  he  moved  to  Stoddard,  N  H., 
where  he  followed  his  profession,  that  of  surveying  and  farming.  He  d.  June  1, 1875; 
res.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  Stoddard,  N.  H. 

Reuben  Fairbanks,  b.  Feb.  3,  1823;  m.  Jane  L.  Tubbs. 
Mary  P.,b.  Dec.  31,  1824;  d.  Aug.  25,  1826. 
Marcus  M.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1832;  d.,  s.  p.,  Aug.  27, 1854. 
Mary  P.,  b  Nov.  28,  1827;  d.  May  31, 1890. 
Fannie  D.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1829;  d.  Apr.  2,  1837. 

Emily  Frances,  b.  Aug.  4,  1838;  m.  Dec,  1859,  Sumner  Knight; 
b.  Apr.  6,  1818.  She  d.  Julv  10,  1887.  He  is  a  farmer.  Ch.: 
Marcus  Whitney,  b.  July  7,  1861;  m.  June  20,  1888,  Susie  E. 
Marble,  physician;  res.  Milford,  Mass.;  Florence  Sherman,  b. 
Jan.  27,  1864;  d.  Mar.  1,  1890;  Charles  Sumner,  b.  Sept.  16, 1869; 
d.  Feb.  19,  1890. 

4864.  vii.       Felicia,  b.  Mar.  11,  1836;  m.  at  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Apr.  4,1860, 

Wm.  L.  Sherman;  b.  Mar.  20,  1819;  d.  June  30,  186.5.  He  was 
an  attorney-at-law;  m.  2d,  at  Bay  City,  Mich.,  July  24,  1866, 
Fred  Bancroft;  b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  1837;  res  510  No.  Madi- 
son St.,  Bav  City,  Mich.  Ch.:  Wm.  Demary,  b.  July  24,  1861: 
m.  Dec.  25,'  1886;  res.  B.  C;  Nettie  B.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1865;  m.  June 
1,  1887,  John  J.  Sherman;  res.  343  Oakwood   Boul.,  Chicago,  111. 

4865.  viii.      Serena  P.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1841 ;  m.  in  Stoddard,  Oct.  30,  1877,  Edward 

E.  Upton;  res.  Keene,  N.  H.,  s.  p.  He  was  b.  Nov.  30,  1826. 
She  was  a  school  teacher  for  20  years. 

2494.  Levi  Whitney  (Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Apr.  26, 1781,  in  Harvard;  m.  Sarah ;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

4866.  i.  Eveline,  b.  Dec.  26,  1812;  d.  unm.  Sept.  9,  1838. 

4867.  ii.         Drusilla.  b.  Nov.  24,1815;  m.  Edward  Brigham.of  Northboro. 

4868.  iii.        Levi,  b.  Apr.  25,  1818;  m.  Susan . 

2497.  Reuben  W^hitney  (Reuben,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Aug.  11,  1783;  m.  in  Harvard,  May  11,  1808,  Milley  Pollard.  He  d.  June  1,  1868; 
res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

4869.  i.  Marshal,  b.  Apr.  9,  1807. 

4870.  ii.        Sumner,  b.  Jan.  3,  1811. 

2500.  Richard  Whitney  (James,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Johni, 
b.  Mar.  30,  1784;  m.  Apr.  2,  1807,  Sally  Turner.  He  d.  Oct.  1,  1865;  res.  Harvard, 
Mass. 

Susan,  b.  Dec.  29,  1808;  d.  Jan.  7,  1810. 

Sally  Turner,  b.  Oct.  2,  1810. 

Alfred,  b.  May  19,  1813. 

James  Lawton,  b.  Feb.  2,  1817;  m.  Ann  Doherty. 

Luther  Farwell,  b.  Nov.  8,  1819. 

MiLLY  Rt)LAND,  b.  Oct.  16,  1822. 

2506.  Hiram  Whitney  (James,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John)  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Mar.  19,  1815;  m.  Sept.  10,  1861,  Martha  Ann  Whitney. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  always  resided,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
and  respected  by  his  fellow  citizens.  From  186H  to  his  death  he  held  the  office  of 
town  clerk;  from  1874  to  79  was  selectman  and  from  1877  to  79  was  a  member  of  the 
library  committee.  Edward  W.  Houghton  was  executor  of  his  will,  and  in  it  he 
mentioned  the  following  nephews  and  nieces:  Sally  W.  Taylor,  Brighton;  Mrs. 
Luther  Whitney,  Concord;  Mrs.  Alfred  Whitney,  Charlestown;  Geo.  Whitney,  Phila.; 
Samuel  Whitney,  New  York;  James  Whitney,  New  York;  Willie  Whitney,  Fitch- 
burg;  Love  Batchelor,  Boxboro;  Harriet   Parker,  Coleraine;  Geo.  Livermore, , 

Vt.     He  d.  July  6,  1879;  res.  Harvard,  Mass.,  s.  p. 


4871. 

i. 

4872. 

ii. 

4873. 

111. 

4874. 

IV. 

4875. 

V. 

4876. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  327 

2510.  Hon.  Stephen  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
lohn),  b.  July  1.  1784,  in  Harvard,  Mass.;  m.  Jan.  13,  1810,  Mary  A.  Burgess;  b.  July 
12,  1786;  "d.  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  1868. 

Stephen  Whitney  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.  He  resided  in  Nelson,  X.H.,  but 
subsequently,  in  1806,  removed  to  Bloody  Brook,  Ueerfield,  Mass.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent merchant  and  a  man  highly  respected  and  esteemed  in  the  community  where 
he  lived.  He  was  representative  from  Deerfield  in  the  Massachusetts  General  Court 
in  the  years  1834  and  1835.  In  1834  he  was  monitor  of  the  first  division  of  the  House 
and  a  member  of  the  committee  on  accounts.  He  was  also  monitor  in  1835,  and  in 
the  same  year  one  of  the  commissioners  who  had  charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
enlargement  of  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Worcester.  His  wife  was  the  daughter 
of  Dr.  Benjamin  Burgess,  who  was  for  a  long  series  of  years  the  country  doctor  in 
Goshen,  Mass.,  and  of  whom  it  was  truly  said,  "And  a  man  he  was  to  all  the  county 
dear."  Mrs.  Whitney's  sister  married  Sir.  Mitchell  Dawes,  of  Cummington,  and  was 
the  mother  of  Hon.  Henry  L.  Dawes,  whose  long  and  distinguished  career  as  a  leader 
in  his  profession  and  as  representative  and  senator  in  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States  is  well  known  to  the  people  of  Massachusetts.  He  d.  July  12,  1852;  res.  Con- 
way, Mass. 

4877.  i.  James  S.,  b.  May  19,  1811;  m.  Laurinda  Collins. 

4878.  ii.         Mary  Ann,  b.  . 

4879.  iii.        Susan  C,  b. ;  m.  James  I.  Wakefield;  res.  Saratoga  Springs, 

N.  Y. 

4880.  iv.        Fanny  J.,  b. ;  m. Pickering,  s.  p. 

2512.  Josiah  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  in 
Nelson,  N.  H.,  Feb.  24,  1782;  m.  Nov.  22,  1808,  Sarah  Ernes;  b.  Jan.  4,  1784;  d.  Feb. 
23,  1858,  in  Sullivan.     He  d.  June  17,  1857;  res.  Nelson,  N.  H. 

4881.  ii.         Joseph,  b.  Mar.  25,  1811;  m.  Mary  A.  Newcomb. 

4882.  i.         George,  b.  Oct.  6,  1809;  m.  Nancy  Nims. 

4883.  iii.       Mary  Ann,  b.  Mar.  6,  1813;  m.  Oct.  25, 1838,  David  W.  Buckmin- 

ster;  res.  Keene,  N.  H.  She  d.  Dec.  28,  1884.  He  d.  May  9, 
lt74;  was  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Sarah  Eliza,  m.  Almon  Davis;  P.  O. 
address,  Roxbury,  N.  H.;  Joseph  A.,  P.  O.  address,  Winchen- 
don,  Mass.;  Martha,  m. Whitman;  d.  leaving  two  chil- 
dren; one  since  d.;  Josiah  Whitney,  P.  O.  address,  Keene,  N.  H.; 
m.  Ella  Ainger;  is  not  living  now;  left  no  children;  Maria,  m. 

larvis  Adams;  d.  leaving  no  children;  Milton  E.,  b.  July  4, ; 

"P.  O.  address,  N.  86,  Roxbury,  and    Millard   F.,  b.  July  4, ; 

P.  O.  address,  N.86,  Gilsum. 

4884.  iv.       Charles  H.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1819;  m.  Lucy  C.  Nims. 

2513.  Iames  Whitney  (losiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Dec.  26,  1789;  m.  Anna  Goss;  res.  Peterboro,  N.  H. 

4885.  i.  James  H.;  res.  Peterboro. 

2515.  ScoLi.AY  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Oct.  6,  1798;  m. ;  res.  Lynn,  Mass. 

4886.  i.  Sarah   Ann,  b. ;   m. , Downing;  res.  Lynn, 

Mass. 

2525.  Henry  Hall  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  June  11,  1805;  m.  Sept.  26,  1830,  Caroline  F.  Bailey;  d.  Dec.  3,  1810.  He  d. 
Dec.  25,  1888;  res.  East  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

4887.  i.  Elnora  Caroline,  b.  Nov.  16,  1831;  d.  Mav  2,  1851. 

.  4888.  ii.  Permelia,  b.  June  20,  1833;  m.  May  5,  18.52,  Samuel  Wheeler. 
He  d.  June  7,  1882;  m.  2d,  Jan.  1.  1883,  Hiram  Williams.  She  d. 
Feb.  18,  1884,  at  Pepperell  Ch.:  Eugene,  b.  Apr.  9,1853;  d. 
Jan.  30,  1878;  Adaline  Amanda,  b.  Nov.  7,  1859;  res.  Pepperell, 
Mass.;  Ernest  Milo,  b.  Jan.  21,  1866;  res.  Pepperell,  Mass. 
4889.  iii.  Amanda,  b.  Aug.  27,  1836;  m.  May  21,  1854,  Alaric  A.  Boyce;  res. 
Orange,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.  Ch.:  Olive  A., 
b.  Apr.  10,  1860;  d.  Apr.  25,  1860;  Nettie  G.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1866;  m. 
,  July  18,  1888,  Edward  M.  Dexter;  res.  Black  River,  N.  Y.; 
Bertha  S.,  b.  June  11,  1S70;  m.  July  20,  1887,  Edward  Reece;  res. 
Orange,  Mass.;  Fred  A.,b.  JuneH,  1875;  d.  Nov.  4,  1877. 


4894. 
4895. 

ii. 
iii. 

4896. 

iv. 

4897. 
4898. 
4899. 

V. 

vi. 
vii. 

4900. 
4901. 

viii. 
ix. 

328  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4890.  iv.        John  HKNRV.b.  Nov.  21,  1838;  m.  Jane  M.  Nutting. 

4891.  V.         Sophia,  b.  Nov.  29,  1842;  m.  Aug.  12,  1868,  Geo.  W.  Bascom;  res. 

Clinton,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Oct.  1. 1843;  d.  Oct.  8, 1884;  supt.  Bige- 
low  Carpet  Works.  Ch.:  Frank  Preston,  b.  Apr.  28,  1876;  res. 
Clinton,  Mass. 

4892.  vi.         LuCETA.b.  Nov.  17,  1845;  d.  Sept.  8,  1848. 

2526.  Dwell  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Sept.  10,  1807;  m.  June  5,  1829,  Emily  Derby;  m.  2d,  1874,  Mrs.  Rebecca 
(Gilson)  Crouch.     He  d.  Mar.  29,  1879;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

4893.  i.         Mary    A.,  b.  July   13,  1831;  m.  Dec.  11,  1850,  John  R.  Hill;  res. 

Hancock,  N.  H.  He  was  b.  June  6,  1827.  Ch.:  James  L.,  b. 
Feb.  13,  1852,  Baldwinsville,  Mass.;  m.  Sept.  7, 1872;  res.  Green- 
field, N.  H.;  Edward  A.,  b.  May  6,1854,  Hancock,  N.  H.;  m. 
Apr.  20,  1879;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H.;  Almon,  b.  June  8, 1858,  Han- 
cock, N.  H.;  m.  Nov.  27,  1878;  she  d.  Oct.  5,  1882;  m.  2d,  Nov. 
17,  1883;  res.  Hancock,  N.  H. 

George  L.,  b.  Mar.  10, 1833;  m.  Caroline  E.  Willard. 

Sarah  D.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1834;  m.  Apr.  20,  185x,  Thos.  W.  Whitcomb; 
res.  Ashby,  Mass. 

Edwin,  b.  June  6,  1836;  m.  Eliza  J.  Cross  and  Elizabeth  E. 
Wheeler. 

Lewis,  b.  July  9,  1838;  m.  M.  Jane  Lawrence. 

Lemuel,  b.  Oct.  30,  1840;  m.  Sarah  I.  Ward. 

Emeline  a.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1843;  m.  Nov.  17,  1868,  Walter  Lawrence; 
b.  Aug.  23,  1840;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass.  Ch.:  Etta  Belle,  b. 
Jan.  9,  1879. 

Augustus  G.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1845;  m.  Maitha  S.  Robbins. 

F.  Etta,  b.  Sept.  30,  1849;   res.  66  Fountain  St.,  Providience,  R.  L 

2527.  Otis  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Nov.  14,  1809;  m.  May  3,  1840,  Hannah  Parker;  b.  1819;  d.  Oct.  7,  1882.  He  d.  1884; 
res.  Ashburnham  and  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

4902.  i.  Newton  O.,  b.  June  8,  1844;  m.  Jennie  A.  Henshaw. 

4903.  ii.        Julia  A.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1841;  m.  Nov.  26,  1862,  George  Cushing.     He 

was  b.  Jan.  13,  1838;  d.  Apr.  12,  1870;  res.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 
Ch.:  Arthur  W.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1864;  m.  Dec.  15. 1887;  Frederick  A., 
b.  Nov.  23,  1868;  Frances  A.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1868.  Arthur  W.  Cush- 
ing's  address  is  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  25  Goodwin  street.  The 
others  are  in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

4904.  iii.       Charles  P.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1848;  m.  Mary  O.  Thomas. 

4905.  iv.       Herbert  W.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1846;  m.  Emma  Marble. 

2529.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard  Richard,  John), 
b.  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1818;  m.  Mar.  22,  1842,  Almira  G.  Pollard;  b.  July 
17,  1820.  He  was  a  farmer  and  d.  in  Athol.  He  d.  Jan.  17,  1892;  res.  Ashburnham, 
Athol  and  Rmdge. 

4906.  i.  Adeline  E.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1843;  m.  Jan.  7,  1867,  Pliney  F.  Wood- 

bury; res.  Natick,  Mass.  He  was  b.  May  15,  1827.  Furniture 
and  carpet  merchant.  Ch.:  Harlan  Tenny,b.  Nov.  15, 1869;  res. 
Millis,  Mass.;  Homer  Clarence,  b.  Oct.  3,  1875;  res.  141  Wash. 
Street,  Brookline,  Mass.;  Alma  Augusta,  b.  Aug.  28,  1881. 

4907.  ii.        Laura  M.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1845;  m.  June  14,  1871,  Henry  H.  Howard; 

res.  Natick,  Mass.     He  was  b.  Nov.  15,  1844;  policeman.     Ch.: 

Lena  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  18,  1872;  m.  Apr.  27,  1892;  res.  Natick; 

Rodney  Wendell,  b.  Jan.  14,  1876:  d.  Aug.,  1878. 
Abbie  M.,  b.  Aug.  30, 1847;  d.  Nov.  29,  1861. 
Aurilla  M.,  b.  June  6,  1849;  m.  July  17, 1888,  Henry  B.  Houghton; 

b.  Nov.,  1848:  res.  s.  p.  Eureka  Mills,  Cal. 
Albert  L.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1851;  m.  Lucy  M.  Wyatt. 
Frank.  W.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1852;  m.  Mary  Emma  Bass. 
Susan  E.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1854;  d.  Mar.  16,  1889. 
Myron  H.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1857;  d.  Apr.  22,  1886. 
Nelson  C,  b.  Aug.  30,  1859;  m.  Dec.  25,  1887,  Annie  Moore;  res. 

s.  p.  Riverside,  Cal. 
4915.    X.         IvERS  E.,  b.  Jan.  16, 1863;  m.  Nov.  23,  1884,  Martha  E.  Gardner. 


4908. 

iii. 

4909. 

iv. 

4910. 

V. 

4911. 

VI. 

4912. 

vii. 

4913. 

Via. 

4914. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


329 


2534  JosiAH  Marshall  Whitney  (Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  in  Boston,  Jan.  19,  1814;  m.  at  Astoria,  L.  I.,  May  16,  1839,  Mary  Jane 
Ayers;  b.  Sept.  8,  1820. 

Josiah  M.  Whitney  located  at  Astoria  in  the  year  1839,  the  place  at  that  time 
being  quite  a  wilderness  and  reached  by  fiat  boat  horse  power  from  where  86 
East  River  now  is  located.  A  mason  and  builder  by  occupation,  he  built  most  of 
the  best  houses  in  the  place,  and  for  upward  of  40  years  maintained  a  retail  build- 
ing material  and  coal  yard  business,  but  gave  it  up  m  1880.  He  was  village 
trustee  and  school  trustee  several  times,  and  president  of  the  board  of  village 
trustees  at  the  time  of  the  village  being  taken  into  the  city  in  1871.  Has  held  the 
offices  of  school  commissioner  and  assessor  under  city  government;  has  retired 
from  business;  res.  Astoria,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

4916.     i.         Mary  Louisa,  b.  Feb.  14,  1840;  m.  Nov.  25,1863,  Alanson  Palmer; 
res.  591  Madison  Av.,  Brooklvn,  N.  Y.     Ch.:  Whitney,  b.Oct.  10, 
1865;  Alice,  b.  Dec.  28,  1868;' Clarence,  b.  Sept.  19,  1871;    Rol- 
lins, b.  Sept.  19,  1881. 
Josiah  Hamilton,  b.  Mar.  9,  1842;  d.  Nov.  25,  184.5. 
Edward  M.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1846;  m.  Florence  C.  Long. 
Julia  Matilda,  b.  June  27,  1844;  d.  Nov.  28,  1845. 
Halsev,  b.  Jan.  6,  1849;  m.  Anne  Stowe. 
William  Theodore,  b.  Mar.  27,  1851;  d.  July  4,  1851. 
Lucy  Jane,  b.  Apr.  9,  1853;  d.  Apr.  20,  1853. 
losiAH  Hamilton,  b.  July  4,  1854;  m.  Maria  Long. 
Fannie  Amelia,  b.  Feb.  24,  1857;  d.  Aug.  18,  1858. 
Annie,  b.  Aug.  18,  1859;  m.  1881,  Frank    B.  Stevens;    res.  Quincv 
St  ,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Ch.:  Edith,  b.  May  9,  1882;  d.  Nov. 8, 1892; 
Ethel,  b.  Mav,  1884;  Elaine,  b.  Dec.  6,  1886. 
xi.       Frank  Austen,  b.  Jan.  23, 1862;  d.  Aug.  6,  1890. 


4917. 

ii. 

4918. 

HI. 

4919. 

IV. 

4920. 

v. 

4921. 

vi. 

4922. 

Vll. 

4923. 

viii 

4924. 

ix. 

4925. 

X. 

4926. 


2540.  William  Minott  Whitney  (Daniel,  Josiah.  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  in  Boston,  Tan.  2,  1827;  m.  June  16,  1856,  Amelia  Cook,  b.  N.  Y.  Citv,  Jan. 
31,  1831. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  W.  M.  Whitney  has  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  the  commercial  circles  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
the  extent  and  character  of  the  business  of  which  he  is  the  ,  ,, 

recognized  head.  He  has  done  more  towards  attracting 
that  large  trade  which  is  the  pride  of  the  city  and  the  addi- 
tion of  much  of  its  substantial  prosperity.  He  was  born  in 
Boston,  where  he  resided  with  his  parents  until  they  moved 
to  New  York  City  in  1828.  At  first  he  worked  in  a  dry 
goods  store  then  later  in  a  wholesale  house.  He  soon  be- 
came recognized  as  an  expert  in  buying  dry  goods,  and 
from  1852-9  was  chiefly  buyer  for  large  houses.  In  1860  he 
went  to  Albany  as  manager  for  Ubsdell,  Pierson  &  Co.,  and 
later  became  senior  partner  in  the  business  in  that  city. 
His  store  is  the  most  extensive  of  its  kind  between  New 
York  City  and  Chicago.  He  is  honored  and  respected  by 
all  who  know  him.     Res.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  156  Washington 

Lelia,  b.  May  17,  1857;  m.  Nov.  25,  1879, 

William    H^   Stott.     He  d.   in   Albanv, 

Aug.   22,    1888.     Ch.:  Leila  Vanderbil't, 

b.  Nov.  25,  1880;  Boy  (not  named),  born 

and  died  July  3,  1882;  Helen  Monro,  b.  June  18,  1883;  Jonathan 

Whitney,  b.  May  5,  1885;  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  20,  1887. 
William  M.,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1858;  d.  Dec.  21,  1858. 
William  M.,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1861;  m.  Jennie  Douglass  Stott. 
^'IRGINIA  Belle,  b.  Jan.  8.  1865;  d.  Dec.  8,  1865. 
Charles  Lee  Anthony,  b.  Sept.  19,  1870. 
Mabel,  b.  Dec.  4, 1874. 

2541.  Warren  Webster  Whitney  (Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Mar.  12,  1829;  m.  at  N.  Y.,  Feb.  4,  1856,  Jennv  A.  Bord;  b.  at  Troy,  N. 
Y.,  Feb.  10,  1836. 

Warren  Webster  Whitney  was  born  in  Sullivan  street.  New  York  City,  being  the 
22 


4927. 


WILLIAM    M.   WHITNEY. 


4928. 

ii. 

4929. 

111. 

4930. 

IV. 

4931. 

V. 

4932. 

vi. 

■SSO  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

only  one  of  the  family  living  born  in  the  Empire  State.  He  has  been  extensively 
engagea  in  the  bakery  business,  been  clerk  in  the  comptroller's  office,  notary  public, 
and  has  operated  extensively  in  real  estate.     Res.  New  York,  X.  Y.,  23,  7th  Av. 

4933.  i,  Hannah  Shedd,  b.  1856;  m.  Charles  Blauvelt;  res.  745  W.  End 

Av.,  cor.  101st  St.,  N.Y.  C. 

4934.  ii.        Adeline  Bord,  b.  1858;  d. -. 

4935.  iii.       Warren  W.,b.  1860. 

4936.  iv.       Jennie  Bord,  b.  1864. 

2543.    JosiAH  Whitney  (Moses  G.,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
-;  m.  Sarah  Dickinson.     He  d.  East  Bennington,  \'t.;  res.  E.  B.  and  Greenfield, 


4938. 

i. 

4939. 

11. 

4940. 

111. 

4941. 

IV. 

4942. 

v. 

4943. 

VI. 

4944. 

VI 1. 

4945. 

VUI. 

Mass. 

4937.    i.  George,  b. ;  m.  and  d.  in  Bennington,  Vt.,  leaving  one  son. 

2548.  Oliver  Whitney  (Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Gardner,  Mass.,  Apr.  28,  1784;  m.  there  in  1809,  Rebecca  Nichols;  b.  1781;  d.  in 
Rochester  in  1853. 

He  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  \'ashti  (Knight)  Whitney. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Hancock,  \'t.,  of  which  he  was  an  original 
grantee  of  the  township.  He  subsequently  resided  in  Rochester,  where  he  died. 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Dec.  9,  1857;  res.  Rochester.  Vt. 

Benjamin  N.,  b.  1815;  m.  Lovina  Lowell. 

Asa,  b.  Jan.  1818;  res.  Rochester,  \'t.,  s.  p. 

Joshua,  b.  Feb.  25,  1813;  m. . 

William  P.,b.  Feb.  12,  1825;  m.  Roxa  A.  Kinsman. 

Joanna,  b.  Oct.  1810;  d.  Feb.  3,  1863. 

Fidelia,  b.  Sept.,  1822;  m. Young;  res.  Westminster. 

Sarah  J.,  b.  Mar.,  1820;  m.  — - — •  Kinsman.     She  d.  1877. 

Norman  P.,b.  Nov.  21,  1827;  m. . 

2552.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Gardner,  Mar.  24,  1792;  m.  July,  1813,  in  Westmnister,  Nancy  Sawin;  b.  May  24, 
1792;  d.  Aug.  21,  1864.     He  d,  Feb.  6,  1861;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

4946.  i.  Joshua  Avery,  b.  Feb.  28,  1814;  m.  Mehitable  C.  Gibbs  and  Mrs. 

Elvira  Hildreth  Ross. 

4947.  ii.         Fidelia,  b.  Oct.  11,  1815;  m.  May  11,  1841.  Samuel  N.  Laws. 

Ch.:  Fred  A.,  b. ;  res.  80  Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

4948.  iii.        Asaph   Blakely,  b.  Aug.  21,   1817;  m.  June,  1853,  Anna    Mary 

Wallace.     He  d.  Mar.  1,  1892. 

4949.  iv.        Mary  Jane,  b.  Sept.  27.  1819;  d.  Nov.  3,  1820. 

495C.  v.  Marietta,  b.  Julv  27,  1821;  m.  Aug.  6, 1845,  William  H.  Learned; 
b.  Mav  30,  1820;  res.  So.  Gardner,  Mass.  He  d.  Oct.  1,  1891. 
Ch.:  Florence  J.,  d.  Dec.  10,  1847;  Frank  L..  d.  Feb.  6,  1849; 
William  F.,  m.  Feb.  17,  1874;  P.  O.  So.  Gardner,  Mass.;  Theo- 
dore W.,  m.  Dec.  31,  1873;  P.  O.  Gardner,  Mass.;  Arthur  K.,  b. 
Oct.  29,  1854;  m.  May  25,  1881;  Marietta  N.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1855;  d. 
Aug.  27.  1888;  James  T.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1860;  m.  Dec.  4,  1885;  P.  O. 
Northborough;"  Chester  H.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1863;  m.  Dec.  24,  1887. 

4951.  vi.        Nancy  Jane.  b.  Aug.  12,  1823;  m.  Oct.  26,  1843,  Caleb  Young;  m. 

2d,  Jan.  1,  1851,  Ezra  Hyde;  res.  Cal. 

4952.  vii.      Abigail  Marie,  b.  Jan.  20,  1825;  m.  Nov.  11,  1845,  Thorley  Col- 

lester;  res.  So.  Gardner,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Jan.  21,  1814;  d.  Apr. 
9,  1864;  was  a  chair  manufacturer.  Ch.:  Eugene  Belknap. 
Gardner,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1847;  m.  Apr.  5,  1875;  res.  Waseca, 
Minn.;  Laura  Maria,  b.  Dec.  17,  1849;  m.  Jan.  5,  1875;  d.  Jan. 
28,  1S85;  Frank  Melvin,  b.  Sept.  21,  1855;  m.  Aug.  4,  1885;  res. 
Winchendon,  Mass. 

4953.  viii.     Joseph  Lincoln,  b.  Dec.  17,  1826;  m.  June,  1852,  Angelia  Moore. 

He  d.  July  21,  1852. 

4954.  ix.        Harriett  Newell,  b.  Apr.  15.  1829;  m.  Jan.  20,  1853,  Edwin  J. 

Wheeler;  b.  Mar.  24,  1829.     She  d.  Sept.  1882. 

4955.  X.         Mary  Sawyer,  b.  Feb.  20,  1831;  m.  Dec.  31,  1851,  John  M.  Hvde; 

b.  May  15,  1825;  d.  Oct.  19,  1890.  She  res.  in  Maiden,  Mass. 
Ch.:  Clarence  W.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1854;  d.  Mav  16,  1859;  Louis  L., 
b.  Dec.  30,  1856;  d.  Feb.  17,  1858;  Alice  M.,'b.  July  28,  1858;  m. 
Sept.  3,  1884,  Eugene  C.  Upton;  res.  Maiden,  Mass.;  Josiah  W., 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  831 

b.  Feb.  11,  1862;  d.  Apr.  S,\SUl;  Grace  E.,  b.  Oct.  3,  18W;  C. 
Collester,  b.  June  27,  1871. 

4956.  XI.        Frederic  Parker,  b.  Feb.  17,  1833;  ni.  Mary  W.  Merriam. 

4957.  xii.       Harvey  Brooks,  b.  Sept.  29,  1836;  m.  Ellen  R.  Bennett. 

2555.  John  \\'hiTiNEY  (Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Gardner,  Apr.  21,  1796;  m.  Rachel  Osgood. 

4958.  i.  Elvira,  b. ;  m. Sperry;  res.  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

2564.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Sterling,  Mass.,  July,  1802;  m.,  Gardner,  Lucy  Spaulding;  b.  Ashby,  1799;  d.  ls;35; 
m.  2d  Lorena  French;  d.  1883. 

The  death  of  Jonathan  Whitney,  which  occurred  at  his  home  in  East  Tem])le- 
ton,  Mass.,  on  the  22d  ult.,  removed  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  chair  manufacturing 
mdustry  in  Worcester  county.  During  nearly  the  whole  of  his  long  life  of  eighty- 
one  years,  he  has  been  engaged  in  manufacturing  chairs  in  whole  or  in  part.  When 
a  young  man  he  manufactured,  in  a  small  way,  wood  seat  chairs,  and  has  witnessed 
and  participated  in  the  growth  of  the  business  till  it  has  reached  its  present  colossal 
proportions.  Now  nearly  all  parts  of  a  chair  are  made  by  machinery,  but  in  Mr. 
Whitney's  young  days  it  was  done  almost  entirely  by  hand.  For  a  number  of  years 
past  Mr.  Whitney  has  been  working  on  contracts,  with  Messrs.  Heywood  Bros.  & 
Co.,  of  Gardner,  for  seating  chairs.  He  was  a  strictly  honest  man,  and  intended  to 
deal  justly  by  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  \'ery  benevolent,  no  good  or 
worthy  enterprise  ever  suffered  at  his  hands,  and  he  was  always  willing  to  help  those 
who  needed  assistance.  He  was  greatly  esteemed.  He  d.  July  22,  18S3;  res.  Ster- 
ling, Mass.,  and  East  Templeton,  Mass. 

4959.  i.  JoSEi'H  S.,  b.  Sterling,  Mass.;  m.  Hannah  Chase. 

4960.  ii.         Eleazer  S.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1825;  m.  Lucy  Peckham. 

4961.  iii.        Chartes,  b. .     His  dau.,  Ida  Cummings,  res.  Cambridge, 

Mass. 

4962.  iv.        Hezekiah,  b.  Sept.  16,  1832;  m.  Caroline  Spurling. 

4963.  V.         Jonathan  Mason,  b. ;  res.  Everett,  Mass. 

4964.  vi.        A.MANDA,  b. . 

4965.  vii.       Lucv  H.,  b. ;  m. . 

2565.  Joel  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 
;  m.  Seraph  W.  Sawyer;  b.  Dec.  1,  1815;  res.  Sterling,  Mass. 

4966.  i.  Lrcv  Jane,  b. ;  m.  Henry  F.  Smith,  Central  St.,  Fitchburg, 

Mass.;  2  ch. 

4967.  ii.        Joel.  4968.     iii.        Laura  A. 
4969.     iv.       James  S.,d  ae.  21.  4970.     v.         Christina  A. 

4971.  vi.  AvcrsTUS  S.,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Moulton. 

4972.  vii.  Mary  W..  b. ;  m.  Charles  Xoyes;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

4973.  viii.  Ella   S.,  b. ;   m.   James  Warner;   res.   Fitchburg,    Mass.; 

4974.  ix.  Fanny  S.,  d.  unm. 

4975.  X.  Charles  R.,  m.  Augusta  Warner;  8  ch. 

4976.  xi.  Edwin  K.  4977.     xii,      Eden  S. 
4978.  xiii.  Emm^    M.,    m.    James 

Harrington;  1  son.  4979.     xiv.      Hattie  A. 

2567.    Joseph  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b. 

Sterling,   Mass..  Nov.  22,  1810;  m.  there  May   14,   1835, ;  b.  Aug.  25, 

1S14;  d.  Sept.  28,  1881.     He  d.  July  2,  1883;  res.  Sterling,  Mass. 

4980.  i.  Clara  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  5,  1846;  d.  June  28,  1848. 

4981.  ii.         Josephine   Eva,  b.  Aug.  22,  1855;   m.  Oct.  7,  1874,  at  Sterling, 

Joseph  Henry  Osgood;  b.  July  30,  1850;  a  farmer;  res.  Sterling. 
Ch.:  Herbert'  Leslie,  b.  Sept.  13,  1875;  Harrv  Whitnev,  b.  May 
24,1883. 

2571.  Isaac  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1788;  m.  at  Hadlev.  Mass.,  July  16,  1818,  Laura 
Montague,  b.  June  3,  1789;  d.  Nov.  18,  1863.  He  d.  at  Walworth,  Wis.,  May  12,  1850; 
res,  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

4982.  i.  Wm.  M.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1818;'  m.  Augusta  H.  Marsh. 

4983.  ii.         Laurette,  b.  Nov.  23,  1821;  m.  May  27,  1865,  Leander  Crosbv;  d. 

s.  p.  Dec.  9,  1879. 


332  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4984.  iii.  Russell  R.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1823;  m.  Emily  Steele. 

4985.  iv.  Henry  M.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1825;  m.  Louisa  Mason. 

4986.  V.  Luther,  b.  Mar.  17,  182S;  d.  Sept.  5, 1840. 

4987.  vi.  Harriett,  b.  May  26,  1830;  m.  Jan.  4,  1849,  Geo.  W.  Lower;  res. 

Sioux  City,  la.  He  was  b.  May  3,  1826.  Ch.:  William  Byron,  b. 
Aug.  23,  1852;  m.  Sept.  6,  1883,  to  Frances  A.  Rice,  Sioux  City, 
la.;  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  15, 1856;  m.  June  24, 1880,  to  Eugene 
W.  Rice;  d.  Aug.  29.  1888;  Hattie  Belle,  b.  Feb.  14,  1862;  d. 
Apr.  28,  1864;  Minnie  B.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1868;  present  address,  Sioux 
City,  la. 

4988.  vii.       Lucinda,  b.  Nov.  23,  1837;    m.  Nov.  22,  1856,  Oscar  D.  Peck;  res. 

Oshkosh,  Wis.  He  was  b.  Jan.  3,1827;  is  a  lumberman.  Ch.: 
.  Helen  Lucinda,  b.  Dec.  1,  1858;  d.  Nov.  18, 1864;  Harry  Lincoln, 
b.  Aug.  28,  1860;  res.  1108  Armitage  Av.,  care  Elsmere  Lumber 
Co.,  Chicago,  111.;  Charles  Bradshaw  Whitney,  b.  1867;  res. 
Denver,  Col.,  1310  Larimer  St.;  Laura  Montague,  b.  May  21, 
1869;  Helen  Gordon,  b.  Aug.  17,  1872;  m.  June  20,  1893,  Arthur 
Bliss  Snell;  res.  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

2572.  Emory  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b. Montague,  Mass.,  Aug.,  1794;  m.  Rosanna  Selleck,  of  Canada,  b.  in  1804;  d. 
in  1875. 

He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was  a  far- 
mer at  South  Gower,  Ontario.     He  d.  Jan.  6,  1863;  res.  Johnstown  and  South  Gower, 

Ont. 

4989.  i.  Ebenezer,  b.  Dec.  5,  1823;  m.  Almira  Abels  and .    They 

resided  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  had  two  daughters. 

4990.  ii.         Hiram,  b.  May  21,  1826;  m.  Almira  Bixby. 

4991.  iii.        Emory,  b.  Dec.  13,  1827;  unm.;  res.  Otis  Block,  La  Salle  St.,  Chi- 

cago, 111. 

4992.  iv.        John,  b.  Aug.,  1834;  m.  Mary  McMillen. 

4993.  v.         Alfred,  b.  1841;  d.  S.  Gore,  unm.,  1874. 

4994.  vi.        Caroline,  b.  Mar.  6, 1829;  m.  in  South  Gower,  in  1849,  Alexander 

Buchanan.  He  was  born  Apr.  1,  1820;  d.  July  31,  1889;  was  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Isabella,  b.  June  20,1851;  m.  June,  1871;  Eliza 
Ann,  b.  Aug.  24,  1853,  m.  May  19,  1887;  Sophia,  b.  Aug.,  1855;  d. 
March  9,  1879;  Angus,  b.  Dec.  20,  1857;  m.  Aug.  10,  1883;  Mar- 
garet, b.  Feb.  4,  1859;  m.  Jan.  28,  1889;  Alexander,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1861;  d.  Dec.  2,  1881;  William,  b.  July  4,  1863;  m.  Feb.  28,  1889; 
Hiram  Malcolm,  b.  June  20,1865;  Annie  C,  b.  Sept.  20,1867; 
Charlie,  b.  Mar.  17,  1868;  Elgin,  b.  Jan.  9.  1872;  P.  O.,  of  all 
Kemptville,  Ont. 

4995.  vii.       Mary,  b.  Mar.  13,  1832;  m.  in  South  Gower,  in  1854,  George  Dan- 

gerfield;  res.  Oxford  Mills,  Ont.  Ch.:  Frederick  Samuel,  b. 
March  4,  1859;  m.  1883;  George,  b.  Sept.,  1861;  m.  1889;  Sophia, 
b.  June  20,  1863;  m.  1884;  Alfred  Henry,  b.  1865;  Hiram,  b.  1867; 
Howard,  b.  1869;  Mary,  b.  1871;  James,  b.  1873;  P.  O.,  Oxford 
Mills,  Ont. 

4996.  viii.      Catherine,  b.  Dec.  19,  1844;  m.  Sept.  24,  1874,  James  Dulmage; 

res.  Heckston,  Ont.  He  was  b.  1845;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  James 
Wilson,  b.  June  19,1875;  John  Emerv,  b.  June,  1877;  William 
Alexander,  b.  Sept.  20,  1879;  Rosa  Bella,  b.  Oct.,  1881;  George, 
b.  Oct.,  1883;  Martha,  b.  1885;  Mary  Irene,  b.  July  24,  1887;  P.  O. 
address,  Heckston,  Ont. 

4997.  ix.      Hester  Ann,  b.  1836;  m.  Mar.  15,  1858,  Ebenezer  Condell;  res. 

Spencerville,  Ont.;  P.  O.,  Ventnor,  Ont.  He  was  b.  in  1826;  is  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  William  Emery,  b.  Jan.,  1859;  Josiah,  b.  June  17, 
1861;  Hester  Ann,  b.  1863;  d.  Nov.,  1867. 

4998.  X.         Rosanna,  b.  1838,  d.  unm.  in  Chicago,  in  Jan.,  1873. 

2573.  Otis  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Feb.  1,  1790,  in  Montague,  Mass.;  m.  Dec.  11,  1817,  Thirza  Glazier;  b.  July  25, 
1796,  in  Leverett;  d.  Sept.  1,  1863.     He  d.  Aug.  6,  1863;  res.  Montague,  Mass. 

4999.  i.  Marilla  Ann,  b.  Sept.  13,  1818;  m.  Jan.  1,  1845,  Alpheus  Moore. 

He  was  b.  in  Leverett,  Mass.,  Mar.  6,  1819.    Was  a  builder. 


5002. 

ii. 

5003. 

111. 

5004. 

iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  3.33 

She  d.  Feb.  13.  1885.  Ch.:  Gilman  Alplieus,  b.  Dec.  19,  1845; 
res.  Montague,  Mass.,  and  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;  Wesley  Fisk, 
b.  Sept.  28,  1854;  m.  Oct.  24,  1886,  Elsie  PLlizabeth  Greenwood, 
b.  Hubbardston,  Mass.,  June  2,  1858. 

5000.  ii.         JiLiA  Maria,  b.  Sept.  14,  1824;  d.  Apr.  5,  1840. 

2574.  Appollis  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  Dec.  2,  1791;  m.  Charlotte  Hamilton,  of  Leverett.  He 
d.  Jan.  6,  1864;  res.  Leverett,  Mass. 

5001.  i.  Mary  M..b.  Oct.  22,  1824;  m.  Nov.  26,  1845,  James  R.  Waters; 

res.  N.  Leverett,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Oct.  15,  1824.  Ch.:  Maria; 
b.  Nov.  9,  1846;  m.  April,  1863;  d.  May,  1866;  Emma,  b.  Jan. 
25,  1849;  m.  Sept.,  1863;  d.  Oct.  4,  1873;  Alice,  b.  Oct.  13,  1861. 
m.  May  11,  1884,  Erwin  L.  Glazier;  res.  N.  Leverett,  Mass. 

Apolus  H.,  b.  June  22,  1826;  m.  Julia  Elvira  Smith. 

Collins  R.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1828;  m.  Esther  Darling. 

Lucy  C,  b.  June  30,  1830;  m.  Oct.  24,  1850,  Lyman  A.  Boutwell; 
res.  Townsend,  Vt.  Ch.:  C.  Belle,  b.  Jan.  29,  1852;  m.  May  1, 
1883,  M.  Eugene  Robbins;  res.  Putney,  \'t.;  Susan  Louise,  b. 
Jan.  23,  1858;  m.  Oct.  27,  1888,  Edgar  C.  Belden;  res.  Athens, 
Vt.;  Cortez  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  21,  1860;  res.  Grafton,  Vt.;  Curtis 
Monroe,  b.  Aug.  21.  1860;  d.  Sept.  13,  1860;  Gilbert  William,  b. 
July  26,  1864;  res.  Grafton,  \'t.;  Hester  Beulah,  b.  May  25,  1866; 
m.  June  22,  1893,  Ulic  Wentworth;  res.  14  Edward  St.,  Worces- 
ter, Mass.;  Stella  Emeline,  b.  Mar.  21.  1870;  res.  Grafton,  Yt. 

5005.  V.         Emeline.  b.  Apr.  21,  1833;  m.  June  2,  1853,  Enos  D.  Graves;  b. 

Mar.  6,  1831.  She  d.  in  L.,July  21,  1887.  He  is  a  merchant  and 
res.  at  Wendell  Depot,  Mass.  Ch.:  Hattie  E.,  b.  May  10,  1854; 
m.  Mav  1,  1884,  George  A.  Drake;  res.  Gardner,  Mass.;  Lottie 
A.,  b. 'Feb.  17,  1866;  m.  Mav  10.  1874,  Henry  .\L  Crafts;  res. 
Gardner;  Frank  D.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1858;  d.  Dec.  10,  1858;  Charles 
L.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1859;  res.  Orange,  Mass.;  Lena  M.,  b.  Oct.  11, 1S68; 
m.  July  22,  1886,  Leon  E.  Henrv;  res.  Gardner.  Enos  m.  2d, 
July  26,  1888,  Jane  R.  Cummings.  ' 

5006.  vi.        Emery  J.,  b.  July  5,  1835;  m, Gilbert. 

2575.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah.  Ebenezer,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  June  29,  1799;  m.  at  Vernon,  \'t..  in  1836.  Dianna 
HildVeth;  b.  Oct..  1800;  d.  May  4,  1882.     He  d.  Nov.  27.  1869;  res.  Montague,  Mass. 

5007.  i.  Otis  R.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1889;  m.  Angelme  M.  Hall. 

5(.;08.    ii.         Ebenezer  E.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1841;  m.  Amanda  J.  Remington. 

2577.  Dea.  Joseph  ^L  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  1824;  m.  June  17,  1845,  Marv  A.  Hunt  of 
New  Salem;  b.  Jan.  10,  1828;  d.  Feb.  1,  1892. 

He  was  born  in  Montague  and  when  young  was  apprenticed  to  his  uncle  Nathan 
Burnham  of  Monson,  Mass.,  to  learn  the  tailor's  trade,  where  he  served  his  time  and 
continued  to  work  as  journeyman  for  a  time  and  afterward  engaging  in  business  on 
his  own  account  in  different  localities.  In  1874  he  disposed  of  his  business  and 
engaged  in  farming.  In  1880  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Erving,  Mass.,  near  the  manu- 
facturing village  of  Miller's  Falls,  where  he  afterward  resided  until  his  death  from 
pneumonia  in  1888.  He  early  in  life  connected  himself  with  the  Baptist  church,  but 
on  moving  to  Erving  he  joined  the  Congregational  church  at  Millers  Falls  of  which 
church  he  was  an  active  member  and  deacon  at  his  death.  He  was  a  man  much 
esteemed  in  the  community  in  which  he  resided.  He  d.  Jan  5,  1888;  res.  Montague 
and  Erving,  Mass. 

bOO^'AA.  Allen  M.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1846;  d.  in  South  Deerfield,  July  17,  1863. 

5009.  ii.         Alvin  E.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1851;  m.  Flora  E.  Bartlett. 

2578.  Ezekiel  Hoyt  Whitney (Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Waterford,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  16,  1788;  m.  Elizabeth  Ostrander.  He  d.  Aug,  29, 
1836;  res.  Waterford,  N.  Y. 

5010.  i.  Phebe  Ann.  5011.    ii.         Elizabeth. 

2581a.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Ebenezer, Ezekiel,  Ebenezer,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Worcester,  Mass.,  May  23,  1788;  m.  at  Millbury,  Mar.  4,  1813,  Annis  Kings- 
bury; b.  Aug.  22,  1791;  d.  Nov.,  1876.      He  was   for  many  years  employed  in  the 


5013a. 

ii. 

5014a. 

iii. 

6015a. 

IV. 

6016a. 

V. 

6017a. 

vi. 

6018a. 

vii. 

384  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Waters  Government  Armory.     He  d.  May  15,  1843,  at  Millbury,  Mass.;  res.  Millbury, 
Mass.,  and  Tolland,  Conn. 

6012a.    i.        Martha  Gates,  b.   May  22,  1814;    m.   Oct.   IT,  1832,  John  A. 
McDougald. 
Henry,  b.  May  23,  1816;  d.  at  sea. 
John  G.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1820;  res.  Independence,  Iowa. 
Ebenezer,  b.  May  16,  1818;  m.  Eliza  Ann  Robinson. 
Prudence  Ann,  b.  Jan.  28,  1822;  d.  July  26,  1839. 
Asa  Waters,  b.  Nov.  8, 1826;  d.  May.  1886. 

Edwin,  b.  Mar.  8, 1829;  m.  Minerva  Barrows,  of  Mansfield,  Conn.; 
d.  Aug.  26,  1867.  He  graduated  at  the  Conn.  Normal  School, 
Oct.  y,  1866.  Was  assistant  superintendent  and  principal 
teacher  of  the  reform  school.  Providence,  R.  I.  He  gave  his 
farm  in  Mansfield,  worth  815,000  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sol- 
diers' Orphan  Home.  Was  supt.  of  the  same  when  he  died, 
in  his  thirty-ninth  year,  greatly  lamented.  His  life  was 
insured  for  $10,000.  His  wife  was  also  a  graduate  of  the  same 
school. 
5019a.     viii,    Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  12, 1833;  d.  Sept.  5, 1835. 

2683.  William  Whitney  (Enoch,  David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Feb.  27,  1786;  m.  there  Dec.  6,  1804,  Betsev  Farnsworth,  of  Concord; 
b.  Mar.  20,  1784;  d.  in  Lowell,  Apr.  30.  1847.  He  d.  Dec' 21,  1866,  at  Windham,  N. 
H.;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

6012.     i.  Almira,  b.  July  20,  1806;  m.   May  17.  1827,  in  Lexington,  Mass., 

Leonard  Thorning.  He  was  b.  Aug.  8,  1799;  d.  Sept.  16,  1881. 
Ch.:  Cvrus  Henry,  b.  Feb.  23,  1828;  m.  three  times  and  d.  Mar. 
24,  1S87;  Wm.  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  31,  1830;  d.  Oct.  26,  1832;  John 
Francis,  b.  May  13,  1832;  res.  372  C.orham  St.,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
Augustus  Wyman,  b.  Feb.  3,  1836;  d.  May  16,  1889;  Sarah,  b. 
Julv  4,  1837;  d.  Dec.  6,  1838;  Geo.  Washington,  b.  Feb.  19,  1840; 
res.  Ashby,  Mass.;  Harriett,  b.  May  29,  1842;  d.  .A-ug.  17,  1846. 
Henry  S  ,  b.  June  1,  1808;  m.  Susan  Whitney. 
Joel,  b.  Aug.  31,  1811;  m.  and  res.  Ramona,  Cal. 

Nancy,  b.  Aug.  12,  1813;  m. . 

Betsey,  b.  Sept.  4,  1817;  m.  1847, Simonds.     She  d.  Jan. 

18,  1892. 

5017.  vi.        Harriett,  b.  Feb.  20,  1822;  m.  1847, Spencer.  She  d.  Nov. 

23,  1879. 

5018.  vii.       Mercy,  b.  Aug.  7,  1824;  m. Eastman;  res.  175  Hanover  St., 

Manchester,  N.  H.     She  d.  Sept.,  1894. 

2693.  David  Whitney  (Isaac,  David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Mar.  1,  1809;  m.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  Charlotte  Blanchard;  b.  Aug. 
16,  1812;  d.  Nov.  4,  1877.     He  d.  Oct.  6,  1863;  res.  Ashby,  Mass.,  and  New  Ipswich, 

Lewis  M.,  b.  Mar.  1.  1819;  m.  and  d.  Jan.  4.  1876. 
George  S.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1823;  d.  Nov.  10,  1849. 
Edward  C,  b.  Oct.  28, 182K;  m.  Mary  Jane  Winn. 
Newton  J.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1816;  m.  Mary  C.  Billings,  Sarah  Davoll, 
and  Mary  J.  Redding. 

Mary,  b. . 

Maria,  b. . 

2594.  Moses  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Thomas,  Thomas.  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Shelburne,  Mass.,  Sept.  24,  1772;  m.  Nov.  19,  1794,  Lydia  Allen,  b.  Feb.  3,  1777;  d. 
Dec.  17,  1860,  at  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.  Squire  Moses  Whitney  was  born  in  Shelburne, 
Mass.  Probably  soon  after  his  majority  he  moved  to  New  York  state  and  all  his 
children  were  born  in  the  town  of  Constantia,  Oswego  county.  He  was  a  school 
teacher,  and  also  a  dealer  in  live  stock,  in  which  latter  business  he  lost  a  large  sum. 
With  two  of  his  wife's  brothers,  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  town.  He  was 
an  enterprising  man,  and  of  acknowledged  integrity,  and  held  what  ofiices  of  trust 
there  were  in  the  small  town.  For  instance,  he  was  appointed  supervisor  when  the 
board  met  in  Rome,  forty  miles  distant,  and  when  on  his  visits  to  that  place  would 
do  the  merchandizing  necessary  for  the  inhabitants  in  the  town.     He  was  instru- 


6013. 

ii. 

6014. 

iii 

6015. 

iv 

6016. 

V. 

N.  H. 

5019. 

i. 

5020. 

11. 

5021. 

iii 

5022. 

iv 

50-23. 

V. 

5024. 

VI 

6026. 

ii. 

5027. 

Ill 

5028. 

IV 

5029. 

V. 

5030. 

vi 

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mental  in  "procuring  school  teachers,  and  conducted  church  services  himself  when 
the  people  were  not  able  to  employ  a  minister.  His  death  was  occasioned  by  a  fall 
from  a  tree  while  cutting  timber  preparatory  to  building  him-elf  a  new  house.  There 
were  many  regrets  at  the  untimely  death  of  Squire  Whitney.  He  was  held  in  high 
esteem  by  the  entire  community.  He  d.  Jan.  12, 1816;  res.  Shelburne,  Mass.,  and  Con- 
stantia,  X.  Y. 

5025.     i.  Philena,  b.  Nov.  19.  1796;  m.  1816,  William  Patterson.     He  died 

and  she  m.  2d  Thomas  Beebe,  who  d.  s.  p.  Ch.:  Christiana 
Em.ily  C,  W'hitney,  and  Jeannette.  She  d.  Mar.  25,  1866. 
Stebbins,  b.  Apr.  9,  1799;  d.  Apr.  20,  1810;  fell  from  a  tree. 
Joseph,  b.  Dec.  17,  1801;  d.  unm.  Mar.  31,  1831. 
Lucius  B.,  b.  July  13,  1804;  d.  May  7,  1823,  at  Lockport,  N.  Y. 
James  H.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1808;  m.  L.  Marie  Southworth. 
Martha  Stebbins,  b.  Sept.  20,  1811.  Lyman  Munger  and  Mar- 
tha Stebbins  Whitney  were  married  at  Clarendon,  \.  Y.,  June  23, 
1836,  in  the  log  house  of  the  Presbyterian  minister,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Cheeseman,  who  performed  the  ceremony.  Lyman  Munger 
was  the  son  of  Gains  and  Abigail  Button  Munger,  and  was  born 
in  Agawam,  West  Springfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1811.  He  in- 
herited a  love  of  liberty  and  hatred  of  oppression  from  his 
grandfather  and  great-grandfather,  both  of  whom  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war  and  fought  at  Bunker  Hill.  He  early  became 
an  abo  itionist,  assisting  in  the  escape  of  fugitive  slaves,  and 
rejoiced  greatly  when  the  emancipation  proclamation  was  is- 
sued. In  temperance  matters  he  also  had  a  lively  concern,  en- 
deavoring as  far  as  he  could  to  lessen  the  evils  of  the  drink 
traffic.  He  followed  intelligently  the  intellectual  movementsof 
his  time,  and  by  the  consistency  of  his  life  won  and  held  the 
esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen  in  the  communities  where  he 
lived.  Mrs.  Munger,  also,  was  of  New  England  parentage,  and 
her  ancestors,  certain  of  whom  settled  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  prior 
to  Philip's  war,  took  an  active  and  honorable  part  in  the  early 
history  of  Massachusetts,  and  suffered  much  at  the  hands  of  the 
Indians  in  the  hostilities  of  1675  and  1704.  Martha  Whitney's 
independence  of  character  and  domestic  virtues  make  her  a 
worthy  descendant  of  her  Puritan  ancestors,  among  whom  there 
could  not  have  been  a  more  notable  housewife  or  more  devoted 
mother.  A  son  and  daughter  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Munger 
in  Bergen,  N.  Y.,  and  with  these,  they  moved  in  1839,  to  Penn 
Yan,  Yates  County,  N.  Y.,  where  six  other  children  were  born. 
One  of  th^se,  a  daughter,  died  in  infancy.  Three  of  the  four 
daughters  attended  Oberlin  college.  The  two  older  sons  served 
in  the  civil  war,  the  other  brother,  eleven  years  of  age,  being 
too  young  to  serve.  In  1866  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Munger  moved  to 
Galva,  111.,  and  here,  in  1886,  was  celebrated  their  golden  wed- 
ding, seven  married  children  with  their  families  coming  to  honor 
the  occasion.  In  1891  they  moved  to  Denver,  Col.,  the  home  of 
their  oldest  daughter,  Mrs.  John  R.  Hanna,  with  whom  thevnow 
reside.  In  1893,  not  deterred  by  her  fourscore  years  and  over, 
Mrs.  Munger  went  to  the  polls  and  cast  her  first  ballot,  assisting 
to  elect  her  daughter  (Mrs.  Hanna)  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  the  first  woman  to  hold  this  office  in  Denver.  That  this 
aged  couple,  are  now  (1895)  in  excellent  health,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-three,  shows  a  physical  endowment  which  has  been  to 
them  and  to  their  children  a  valuable  possession.  Genial,  kind- 
hearted,  and  true,  their  lives  have  been  a  benediction  to  those 
who  have  come  under  their  influence,  and  with  Christian  faith 
they  calmlv  await  the  transition  to  a  higher  and  better  life; 
res.  500  14th  St.,  Denver.  He  wasb.  Sept.  22,  1811;  is  a  druggist. 
Ch.:  lone  Theresa,  b.  Aug.  21,  1837;  m.  June  13,  1861,  John  R. 
Hanna;  res.  Denver;  Geo.  Merrick,  b.  Jan.  17,  1839;  m.  May 
2,  1865,  Susan  B.Owens;  res.  Eureka,  Kan.;  3ch.;  Agnes  Almeda, 
b.  Aug.  9,  1841;  m.  Jan.  29,  1867,  Oliver  Perrv  Stoddard;  res. 
Galva;  Orett  Lyman,  b.  July  7,  1843;  m.  Jan.  28,  1868,  Maicia  J. 
Booth,  b.  Feb.  4,  1843;  d.  Oct.  26,  1882,  leaving  3  ch.,  one  having 


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5033. 

li. 

bO:M. 

111. 

5035. 

iv. 

5086. 

V. 

5037. 

vi. 

5038. 

VII. 

5039. 

viii 

5040. 

ix. 

5041. 

X. 

5042. 

XI. 

5043. 

xii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  337 

died,  and  2d,  Aug.  8,  1889,  Julia  S.  Latimer,  2ch.;  res.  Chicago, 
111.;  Florence  Ida,  b.  Aug.  28,  1847;  d.  Apr.  11,  1849;  Pliny  Fisk, 
b.  July  8,  1850;  m.  June  10,  1874,  Belle  A.  Torrance  s.  p.;  res. 
Chicago;  Florence  Elize,  b.  Sept.  17,  1852;  m.  Sept.  26,  1871, 
Wm.  F.  Wiley;  res.  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  3  ch.;  Harriett  Allen,  b. 
Nov.  6,  1856;  m.  Oct.  8,  1879,  Chas.  N.  Cox;  res.  Grand  Junction, 
Col.;  2ch. 

5031.  vii.       Thirza  A.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1814;  m.  Albert  Elmore.     She  d.  Feb.  17, 

1894.  Ch.:  Julia  D.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1839;  Merritt  \V.,  Nov.  23,  1841; 
m.  and  res.  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  and  one  other  child. 

2604.  David  Whitney  (Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Princeton,  Mass.,  Aug.  31,  1761;  m.  Oct.  9,  1783,  Sarah  Wilson;  b.  Mar.  28,  1761;  d. 
June  89,  1804;  m.  2d Mason.     He  d.  July  25,  1806;  res.  Clarendon,  Vt. 

5032.  i.  David,  b. ;  m. ;  his  wife  d.  and  his  only  child  d.  soon 

after.     During  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  lived  with  his  brother 

Xoah. 
Richard,  b.  1785;  ni.  Jannet  McCoy. 

Abijah,  b. . 

Sarah  Ann,  b.  — — — ;  m.  Jonathan  Parker;  son  Jonathan,  res.  E. 

Charleston.  Vt. 
Noah,  b.  May  1,  1791;  m.  Mercy  French. 
Nathan,  b,  in  1793;  m.  Abigail  Whitney. 
Solomon,  b.  Jan.  8,  1795;  m.  Besheba  Clow. 
Susanna,  b. ;   m. Barringer;  has  three  sons  living: 

Sylvester,  res.  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Nelson,  res.  Newark,  N.  J. 

Lvdia,  b. ;  m. Miller;  d.  s.  p. 

Polly,  b. . 

Maria,  b. . 

Henry  Mason,  b.  July,  19,  1806;  m.  Maria  A.  Wood. 

2606.  Oliver  Whitney  (Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Johni,  b. 
Princeton,  Mass.,  Sept.  16,  1764;  m.  Abigail  Crampton.  He  was  born  in  Princeton, 
Mass.,  later  resided  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Clarendon,  Vt.  He 
was  in  business  in  the  latter  place  and  lost  a  large  amount  of  property  by  endorsing 
paper  for  friends.  He  died  at  St.  Armand,  Canada.  He  d.  in  1826;  res.  Clarendon, 
\'t.,  and  St.  Armand,  Canada,  East. 

5044.  i.         Oliver,  b.  1787;  m.  Rebecca  Leonard. 

5045.  ii.        Bartholomew,  b.  Dec.  30,  1792;  m.  Sarah  Safford  and  Fidelia  F. 

Homes. 
6046.    iii.       John,  b.  Dec.  18.  1790;  m.  Lucy  Leonard. 

5047.  iv.       Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Nathan  Whitney. 

5048.  V.        Huldah,  b. ;  m.  Peabody  Babcock.     Ch.:    Sarah  Ann,  m. 

Richards;  res.  Richford,  Vt. 

2610.  Samuel  Whitney  (Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Princeton,  Mass.,  in  1771;  m.  Eunice  Whitney,  m.  2d  Martha  Parmenter.  He 
il.  in  1825;  res.  Jamaica,  Vt. 

Eunice,  b.  June  25,  1794;  d.  s.  p. 

Samuel,  b.  May  8,  1796;  d.  s.  p. 

Aaron,  b.  Julv  f6,  1800;  m.  Esther  Mavnard. 

Olive,  b.  Nov.  17,  1803;  d.  unm. 

Reuben  P.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1806;  m.  Rachel  Ann  Pierce,  Hannah 
Williams  Wilson,  and  Mary  Wallace. 

Hannah,  b.  May  24,  1810;  d.'unm. 

Joseph,  b.  Apr.  25,  1814;  d.  s.  p. 

2612.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Dec.  16,  1777;  m.  in  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Feb.  1,  1801,  Mary ,  b.  Nov.  17,  1780. 

He  was  born  in  Clarendon,  Vt.,  where  he  resided  for  many  years.  Was  a  farmer, 
and  was  noted  for  jollity  and  good  humor.  One  who  knew  him  writes,  "  He  was  one 
of  the  finest  gentlemen  I  ever  knew."     Res.  Clarendon,  Vt. 

5056.  i.         Abigail,  b.  Nov.  14.  1801. 

5057.  ii.         Mary,  b.  Dec.  18,  1802. 

5058.  iii.        Laura,  b.  Feb.  29,  1804. 
6059.     iv.        Sarah,  b.  Aug.  22,  1805. 


6049. 

i. 

6050. 

11. 

6061. 

ill. 

5052. 

IV. 

6058. 

V. 

5054. 

vi. 

6055. 

Vll 

5060. 

V. 

5061. 

vi. 

5U62. 

vu. 

5063. 

viii 

5064. 

IX. 

5065. 

X. 

5066. 

XI. 

5067. 

Xll. 

338  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Solomon  E.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1807. 
Samuel  P.,  b.  July  22.  1809. 
Julia  E.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1814. 
Harriett  C,  b.  Apr.  4,  1816. 
Benjamin  H..  b.  Dec.  17,  1817. 
Jbddediah  S.,  b.  Sept,  21,  1819. 
Sabra,  h.  J*ine  6,  1822. 
Geo.  F.,  b.  June  25,  1 825. 

2618.  Newall  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Solomon,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Petersham,  Mass..  May  1,  1791;  m.  in  1820,  Elizabeth  Whitehead,  dau.  of 
J.  F.,  an  officer  in  the  English  army,  b.  Apr.  10,  1805;  d.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Jan.  10, 
1892.  Soon  after  the  war  of  1812  he  moved  to  Three  Rivers,  Canada,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business.  He  d.  Nov.  14,  1864;  res.  Three  Rivers,  Canada,  and 
Wheelock,  Vt. 

5068.  i.  John  T.W.,b.  Aug.  31,  1822;  m.  Eliza  Morse;  res.  Grovtown,  N.  H. 

5069.  ii.         Benj.  F.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1824;  m.  Alma  Flanders.     He  was  in  the  civil 

war,  and  mortally  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor;  was  in  the  11th,  Vt. 

5070.  iii.        Susan,  b.  Aug.  20,  1833;  m.  June  2,  1856,  Charles  M.  Hawks;  res. 

New  Haven,  Conn.  He  was  b.  Oct.  20,  1831,  in  Windham,  Me. 
Is  a  real  estate  dealer.  Ch.:  Wm,  Whitney,  b.  June  7,  1857, 
doctor;  m.  June  4, 1889,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  his  home;  Charles 
B.,  b.  in  Portland,  Me.,  1859;  Sam  Newhall,  b.  in  Portland,  Me., 
1861,  lawyer;  Susan  Gertrude,  b.  in  Portland,  Me.,  1867,  student; 
Geo.  Pickard,  b.  in  Portland,  Me.,  1871,  student.  P.  O.  address 
of  C.  B.,  New  York,  51  Chambers  St.,  lawyer;  P.  O.  address  of  S. 
N.,  Stockton,  Kan.,  he  is  a  lawyer;  P.  O.  of  the  rest  of  the  family 
is  New  Haven,  Conn. 

5071.  iv.        Mary  Ann,  b. 1828;  m.  Hon.  J.  G.  Carpenter;  res.  Placer- 

ville,  Cal. 

5072.  v.         Matilda   D.,  b.  July  22,  1833;  m.  Mar.  14,  1861,  James  G,  Whit- 

taker;  res.  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.  He  was  b.  May  13,  1837,  at 
Franklin,  Mass.;  was  a  carpenter  and  builder.  Ch.:  Charles  F., 
b.  Franklin,  Mass.,  Jan.  16,  1862;  m.  1891,  Stockton,  Cal.;  May, 
b.  Dayton,  Ohio,  May  25,  1865;  m.  Edwin  N.  Reese,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cal.,  Aug.  7,  1886;  P.  O.  address,  Mrs.  E.  N.  Reese,  Santa 
Paula,  Cal.;  Chas.  F.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

William  N.,  b.  1832;  d.  Mar.  31,  1^51. 

Eliza  Jane,  b.  1834;  m.  Jeremiah  Gray  and  David  P.Jenkins;  res. 
St.  John.sbury  Center,  Vt. 

Isaac,  b.  Dec.  15,  1839;  m.  Helen  T.  Chapman. 

Artemas  C,  b.  Dec.  2.  1838;  m.  Sarah  Starks. 

Albert,  b.  )uly  20,  1841;  d.  Nov.  14,  1864. 

Frederic,  b.  June  3,  1843;  d.  Mar.  14, 1862. 

Lucy  Ann,  b.  Mar.  4,  1847;  m.  Feb.  9,  1869,  Geo.  H.  Barber; 
b.  Aug.  11,  1844;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Fred.  J.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1876; 
Susie  Agnes,  b.  Sept.  19,  1881;  Nellie  May,  b.  Jan.  10,  1883;  res. 
Wheelock,  Vt. 

2624.  Samuel  Whitney  (David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Dec.  7,  1788;  m.  Mar.  27,  1811,  Fanny  Hudson;  b.  1783;  d.  Oct.  10,  1826;  m.  2d,  Apr. 
1,  1828,  Mrs.  Lydia  (Sawyer)  Whitney,  wid.  of  Francis,  of  Harvard. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in .     He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  at  different 

times  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Acton,  Mass.,  Boylston,  and  finally  located  at  Shrewsbury, 
where  he  passed  the  largest  part  of  his  life  and  where  he  died.  He  d.  Sept.  20, 1851 ; 
res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

5080.    i.  Abigail  Cutter,  b.  Jan.  25, 1813;  m.  Elisha  Gale;  res.  Worcester, 

Mass.     Ch.:  Lavina  Ellen,  m.  Marcus  M.  Mills; res.  268  Pine  St., 
Springfield,  Mass.;  Alfred  D.;  Carrie,  m.  Stephen  P.  Young, res, 
Worcester. 
Adaline  Hudson,  b.  May  9,  1815;  unm.;  res.  Mineral  Point,  Wis. 
David  A.,  b.  Aug.  ],  1816;  m.  Jane  Kirby. 
WiLLiA.M,  b.  Sept.  6,  1818;  m.  Margaret  Beath. 
Fanny,  b.  Jan.  7.  1820;  m.  Apr.  14,  1846,  Wm.  R.  Fiske;  b.  Oct.  3, 
1819;  d.  Aug.  31,  1891,  s.  p.;  res.  Cleveland, O.;  Springfield,  Mass., 
and  394  Hermitage  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 


5073. 

vi. 

5074. 

vn. 

5075. 

viii 

5076. 

ix. 

5077. 

X. 

6078. 

XI. 

5079. 

Xll. 

5081. 

ii. 

5082. 

iii. 

5083. 

iv. 

5084. 

v. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  389 

50S5.     vi.        Robert  H.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1822;  m.  and  res.  Mineral  Point,  Wis. 

5086.  vii.       Mary  Ann.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1825;  m.  Francis  S.  Flagg.     She  d.  in  Mil- 

ford,    Mass.,    Oct.  2,  1890.      Ch.:  Waldo,  m.  Elizabeth ; 

Abbie  L.,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  Milford,  Mass. 

5087.  viii.     Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  8,  1832;  m.  1852,  George  Palmer;  res. 

Shrewsbury,  Mass.  -She  died  leaving  oire  child,  Carrie,  who 
died  when  two  years  of  age.  He  *n.  2d  Miss  Rice,  of  Westboro, 
a  sister  of  George  F.'s  wife.  She  died  and  he  m.  3d  Martha 
Garfic  Id.  They  resided  on  the  old  Whitney  farm  in  Shrews- 
bury. 
508X.     ix.        Geo.  Francis,  b.  June  18,  1834;  m.  Lucy  M.  Rice. 

2630.  Capt.  Joseph  Whitney  (David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Aug.  12,  1802;  m.  Apr.  14,  1830,  Eliza  Saunders,  of  Townsend,  Mass.  Capt. 
Josejih  Whitney  was  a  farmer  nearly  all  his  life  in  Bolton.  Later  he  moved  to  Lan- 
caster, where  he  died;  res.  Bolton  and  Lancaster,  Mass. 

5089.  i.  John   M.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1836;  m.  May  7,  1861,  Ella  A.  Nourse;  res., 

Ewings  Neck,  N.  J. 

5090.  ii.  Lydia  S.,  b.  June  17,  1838;  m.  Nov.  13,  1871,  Jason  M.  Lippitt,  of 

Fitchburg. 

5091.  iii.        David,  b.  Jan.  1,  1841;  d.  unm.  Aug.  18,  1872. 

5092.  iv.         Emeline,  b.  May  28,  1845;  res.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

5093.  V.         Ann  Eliza,  b.  July  23,  1843;  res.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

5094.  vi.        Martha  R.,b.  Sept.  5,  1848. 

2631.  Nathan  Whitney  (David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  July  30,  1804;  m.  Feb.  25,  1827,  Eliza  Stevens,  b.  Nov.  26,  1807;  d. 
Feb.  1,1852.  Nathan  Whitney  was  born  in  Bolton,  where  he  passed  nearly  his  whole 
life.  Before  his  father's  death  David  divided  his  estate  between  his  sons  Nathan  and 
Joseph,  and  they  resided  on  the  old  homestead.  He  d.  Nov.  6,  1856;  res.  Bolton  and 
Townsentl,  Mass. 

5095.  i.         Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  17,  1829;  m.  May  25,  1854,  Dr.  Edmund    I, 

Woodbury;  res.  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa.  He  is  a  dentist,  was  b. 
Mar.  7,  1830.  Ch.:  Edmund  Nathan,  b.  Jan.  31,1857;  d.  Nov. 
4,  1863;  Dr.  Herbert  Arthur,  b.  July  9,  1859;  still  living;  dentist. 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Lizzie  Olive,  b.  Aug.  9,  1863;  m.  Rev.  T. 
B.  Greenlee,  Jan.  12,  1888;  P.  O.  address,  Hillsborough,  III.;  Dr. 
Charles  Elmer,  b.  Jan.  11,  1866;  dentist;  m.  Nellie  Webster, 
Nov.  3,  1891;  P.  O.  address.  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Cora  Louise, 
b.  July  20,  1868;  P.  O.  address,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Dr.  Ernest 
Irving;  physician;  b.  Nov.  25,  1870;  P.  O.  address,  32  Center  St., 
Chicago,  ill. 

5096.  ii.         David,  b.  Feb.  10,  1833;  m.  Harriett  L.  Howland. 

5097.  iii.        Al.mira  Jane,  b.  Apr.  15,  1831;  d.  June  19,  1834. 

5098.  iv.        Sarah  Jane,  b.  Sept.  24,  1835;    m.  Oct.  28,  1886,  John  Masury 

Berry;  res.  Millbury,  Mass.  He  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Oct. 
30,  1842,  s.  p.     Is  in  the  provision  business. 

5099.  V.         ELLEN,b.  Dec.  11,1838;  m.  June  9,1859,  Edward  Brigham.   He  was 

b.  Jan.  24,  1826,  in  No.  Brideeton,  Me.;  d.  June  14, 1868,  in  West- 
boro, Mass.  She  d.  in  Worcester,  June  3,  1887.  Ch.:  Merrill 
Draper,  b.  at  Westboro,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1866;  m.  to  Alice  Gray 
Brown,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1889;  have  the  following 
children:  Lawrence  Whitnev,  b.  Oct.  17,  189U;  Ruth  Montague, 
b.  May  24, 1892;  Harold  Kingsbury,  b.  Feb.  1, 1894;  res.  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

Nathan  H.,  b.  June  27,  1842;  m.  Abbie  Mirette  Lovejov. 

Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Apr.  24,  1846;  died  Jan.  8,  1847. 

Frederick,  b.  Feb.  18,  1849;  m.  Susan  M.  Warren. 

2632.  Capt.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel  A..  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas. 
Thomas,  John),  b.  July  30,  1802;  m.  Nov.  21,  1844,  Rebecca  Witherle  Howe;  d.  Mar- 
31,  1846. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  merchant  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
for  his  worth  and  public  spirit.  He  d.  drowned  in  Penobscot  Bay  with  his  wife.  Mar. 
31,   1846.     The  boat    in  which   Capt.  Whitney   and    his  wife  were  riding   came  in 


5100. 

vi. 

5101. 

vn. 

5102. 

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340  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


collision  with  a  huge  cake  of  ice  which  made  a  hole  in  the  bow.  It  sank  and  both 
were  drowned.     Res.  Castine,  Me. 

2634.    John    Perkins    Whitney    (Samuel    A.,    Samuel,    Benjamin,  Thomas, 

Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  -iO,  1805;    m.  Oct.  27,  1829;  Tempe  Perkins  Johnston,  b. ; 

she  m.  2d  Charles  J.  Abbott,  Esq.,  of  Castine.  He-was  for  years  a  merchant  in 
New  Orleans  and  was  highly  esteemed  and  respected;  4  ch.  He  d.  Jan,  .30,  1848; 
res.  New  Orleans,  La. 

5103.  i.  Josephine  Allen,  b.  Mar.  12, 1835;  m.  Thomas  Heston  Whitney 

(see). 

2637.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Newburyport,  June  11,  1796;  m.  July  23,  1822,  Elizabeth  Pratt,  b.  Aug.  29,  1800;  d. 
Jan.  5,  1890.     He  d.  Sept.  11,  1869;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

5103 ;^.i.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  25,  1823;  m.  Nov.  28,  1847,  Hezron 

A.   Johnson,   of   N.  Y.;  res.  416  5th  Ave.     Ch.:     Josephine  W.; 
Fanny  L.,  and  Alice  W, 

5104.  ii.        Henry  Austin,  b.  Oct.  6,  1826;  m.  Fanny  Lawrence. 
5105>^.iii.        Sarah  Josephine,  b.  Jan.  18,  1837;  d.  Mar.  25,  1842. 

2652.  Tho.mas  Heston  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  4,  1813;  m.  Mar.  8,  1853,  Josephine  Allen  W^hitney,  dau.  of  his 
cousin,  John  Perkins  Whitney,  of  N.  O.;  b.  Mar.  12,  1835.  He  d.  May  4,  1882;  res. 
Glassboro,  N.  J. 

John  Perkins,  b.  Nov.  30,  1854;  m.  E.  T.  Stevenson. 

Thomas  H.,  b.  June  29,  1856;  m.  May  Owen. 

Eben,  b.  Aug.  11,  1858. 

Fanny  Owen,  b.  Sept.  9,  1860;  m.  June  17,  1885,  Frank  C.  Hatch. 
Ch.:  Frank  C,  b.  Sept.  13,  1886. 

Samuel  A.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1864;  m.  Louise  Thompson. 

Cutler,  b.  Mar.  7,  1869. 

Geo.  Dudley,  b.  Mar.  22,  1872. 

2654.  Eben  Wharton  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  28,  1817;  m.  Mar.  14,  1848,  Lucy  Warrick. 

5112.  i.         Austin,  b. . 

5113.  ii.         Orla,  b. . 


5105. 

i. 

5106. 

11. 

5107. 

111. 

5108. 

IV. 

5109. 

V. 

6110. 

VI. 

5111. 

Vll 

5114.  iii.       Annie  Ayers,  b.  . 

5115.  iv.       Henry  Clay,  b.  — — . 

2656.  Otis  Whitney  (Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Con- 
way, Mass.,  May  24,  1781;  m.  at  Waterbury,  ^'t.,  Mar.  4,  1805,  Sarah  Edmunds;  b. 
Apr.  7,  1782;  d.  Sept.  1,  1868. 

From  the  homes  of  New  England  have  gone  forth  a  multitude  of  men  and 
women  who  have  shaped  the  thought  and  activities  of  all  the  mighty  West.  In 
one  of  these  homes  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Otis  Whitney  was  born  in  1781.  In  1803  he 
moved  to  Waterbury,  Vt.,  and  there  in  March,  1805,  was  married  to  Sarah  Edmunds, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rosamund  (Barton)  Edmunds.  Joseph  Edmunds  had  been 
a  privateersman  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  his  many  stories  of  adventure 
had  a  strong  fascination  for  the  boys  and  young  men  of  his  acquaintance.  The 
father  of  Joseph  Edmunds  had  been  a  Quaker  preacher,  and  had  transmitted  to  his 
son  a  noble  strain  of  independence.  Rosamond  Barton,  wife  of  Joseph  Edmunds, 
was  one  of  the  Rhode  Island  Bartons,  and  was  related  to  the  Bartons  or  Revolution- 
ary fame,  hence  in  the  veins  of  Sarah  Edmunds,wife  of  Otis  Whitney,  there  pulsated 
a  pure  and  strong  love  of  justice  and  liberty  for  every  human  being,  and  of  that 
religion  of  the  spirit  that  rises  above  the  narrow  technicalities  of  creeds.  And,  per- 
sonally she  was  a  woman  of  strong  mental  and  moral  qualities. 

Otis  Whitney  was  a  descendant  of  a  sturdy  family  that  before  his  day,  and  since, 
has  produced  many  able  farmers,  mechanics  and  merchants;  many  brilliant  clergy- 
men, lawyers  and  statesmen.  Otis  was  a  man  of  clear  head  and  practical  turn.  His 
efficiency  provided  his  family  with  the  comforts  usually  found  in  a  well-to-do  New 
England  home.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  his  children  were  born  and  grew  up  amid 
the  freedom,  the  independence,  the  intelligence  and  industry  that  then  characterized 
the  rural  population  of  New  England.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Baptist  church,  in  which  faith  they  lived  honorable  lues  and  met  peaceful  deaths. 
He  d.  Nov.  14,  1857;  res.  Williston,  Vt. 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  341 

5116.  i.  Laura,  b.  Mar.  17,  1806;  m.  and  d.  Oct.  27,  1875.     One  of  Laura's 

children  is  Mrs.  Amelia  Fav,  of  Granville,  Ohio. 

5117.  ii.         Charles,  b.  Feb.  1,  1808;  d.  Aug.  2,  1824. 

5118.  iii.        Leonard,  b.  Oct.  23,  1812;  m.  Ann  J.  Harwood. 

5119.  iv.        Amelia,  b.   May  6,  1814;  m.  French;  res.  Williston.  Ch.: 

Lucian  Whitney;  res.  Williston. 

5120.  V.         Edmund,  b.  Nov.  5,  1818;  m.  Esther  Flagg  and  Mary  Elizabeth 

Seaton. 

5121.  vi.        Lucian,  b.  July  11,  1822;  d.  May  8,  182.3. 

2657.  Chester  Whitney  (Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Francis,  Francis,  John),  b. 
Conway,  Mass.,  Dec.  1788;  ni.  Polly  Waite  Green,  b.  Apr.  18,  1784;  d.  at  Waterbury, 
\'t.,  Apr.  24,  1864.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  July,  1852;  res.  Waterbury,  Vt. 

5122.  i.  Solon,  b.  1810;  m.  Lucy  B.  Noble  and  Emeline  Butler. 

5123.  ii.         Baxter,  b.  May  27,  1812;  m.  Mary  A.  Kneeland. 

2659.  Thomas  Whitney  (Timothy,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  June  5,  1777;  m.  June  23,  1798,  Abigail  Hapgood,  b.  Apr.  10,  1779;  res.  Marlboro, 
Mass. 

5124.  i.         Lucy,  b.  Sept.  8,  1798. 
512o.     ii.         Wm.  H.  b.  July  5,  1800. 

2668.  Naham  Whitney  (Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Jan.  7,  1788;  m.  Susanna  Adams;  d.  in  New  Haven,  Conn.  He  d.  Dec.  22,  1843;  res. 
Westboro,  Mass. 

5126.  i.  Adaline   Adams,  b.  Apr.  20,  1810;    m.  Jeremiah  Goodnow;  res. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

5127.  ii.         Eliza  Jane,  b.  Oct.  18,  1811;    m.  Horace  P.  Brown;  res.  Grafton, 

Mass. 

5128.  iii.        Sophia    Dorinda,  b.   May  28,   1813;    m.  Alvah  S.   Davis;    res. 

Springfield,  Mass. 

5129.  iv.        Susanna    Loiza,  b.  Oct.  13,  1815;   m.  May,  1840,  in  Springfield, 

Mass,  Wm.  M.  Brewer,  b.  Boylston,  Mass.;  d.  in  Nashua,  N.  H., 
Aug-.,  1888;  was  a  merchant.  She  d.  Mar.  6,  1867.  Ch.: 
Charles  Eugene,  d.  infancy;  Camilla  Louise,  b.  Jan.  15,  1844; 
she  is  unm.;  res.  Warner,  N.  H.  Her  name  was  changed  to 
Whitney. 

5130.  v.         Charles,  b.  Apr.  16,  .1817;  d.  Sept.  25,  1818. 

5131.  vi.       Charles,  b.  Dec.  13,  1820;  d.  unm.  1843. 

2669.  Elijah  Whitney,  A.  B.,  M.  D.  (Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Westboro,  Nov.  26,  1798;  m.  Sept.  80,  1888,  Cornelia  L.  Pratt,  of 
Spencertown,  N.  Y.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1804;  d.  Mar.  8,  1844;  m.  2d,  Jan.  9,  1849,  Wealthy 
Bryant,  of   Providence,  R.  I.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1812;  d.  Apr.  16,  1884;  res.  New  York  City. 

Dr.  Elijah  Whitney  was  early  trained  to  active  labor,  and  worked  for  a  while  at 
a  trade  and  on  the  paternal  farm,  but  his  precocious  mind  caused  him  to  leave  these 
occupations,  and  place  himself  under  the  care  of  Dr.  John  Gelding  in  the  study  of 
the  higher  mathematics,  and  soon  afterward  both  teacher  and  pupil  attended  Prof.  Silli- 
man's  lectures  at  Yale  college,  where  the  latter  obtained  his  knowledge  in  chemistry 
after  a  course  of  seventy-two  lectures.  His  conceptions  were  vivid,  and  the  range  of 
his  desires  so  widened  that  he  now  entered  upon  a  full  academic  course  at  Brown 
university,  completing  it  at  Union  college,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  with  a  course  in 
Hebrew  under  the  late  Dr.  Eliphalet  Nott.  He  graduated  in  the  class  of  1828,  and 
was  for  some  time  before  his  death  the  oldest  graduate  living. 

He  immediately  engaged  in  teaching,  first  in  1828,  at  the  academy  at  Spencer- 
town, N.  Y.,  and  the  next  year  at  StocklDridge,  Mass.,  where  among  many  bright 
scholars  he  had  as  one  of  the  brightest  the  late  Cyrus  W.  Field.  As  an  offset  to  this 
period  of  his  life  he  had  the  misfortune  to  be  prostrated  with  a  dangerous  malady, 
resulting  in  an  abdominal  abscess.  With  sound  judgment,  he  commanded  the 
needed  surgical  operation  to  be  performed,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  experiencing 
a  slow  but  permanent  recovery  as  a  consequence. 

To  consolidate  his  health,  he  now  determined  on  a  trip  to  the  West  and  pur- 
chased a  "shay"  and  horse,  hiring  a  man  to  accompany  him.  This  was  in  Apr.,  1830. 
He  traveled  by  short  stages  up  the  Mohawk  valley,  passing  through  the  "villages" 
of  Utica,  Rome,  Syracuse,  Auburn,  and  Rochester;  thence  proceeding  by  the  Ridge 
road  to  Niagara,  and   south  to  Buffalo  and  Cattaraugus  county.     The  region  was 


342  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

sparsely  populated  and  exhibited  on  all  sides  native  forests  with  the  poorest  roads. 
Northwestern  Pennsylvania  was  well  settled  and  thrifty,  while  Ashtabula  county,  O., 
through  which  his  journey  also  lay,  was  uninviting  and  pleased  him  less.  He  drove 
on  to  Cleveland  and  south  to  Medina,  Wooster,  Sunbury,  Columbus,  Springfield,  and 
thence  north  to  Urbana.  At  this  latter  place  he  found  an  academy  and  engaged  to 
teach.  He  was  zealous  and  enthusiastic  in  the  midst  of  an  illiterate  population,  and 
as  a  reward  received  the  appointment  of  county  commissioner.  Saving  the  profits 
of  his  office,  he  bought  a  handsome  site  in  the  town,  which  he  afterward  sold  at  a 
considerable  advance,  and  resigning  his  office  went  down  to  Cincinnati  to  study  the- 
ology. He  arrived  there  during  the  cholera  scourge,  when  the  inhabitants  were  flee- 
ing the  city,  and  put  up  at  the  hotel  corner  of  Main  and  Fifth  streets,  and  thence 
ivent  out  to  Lane  seminary  on  Walnut  Hill,  and  engaged  his  services  as  professor  in 
Latin,  at  the  same  time  undertaking  the  study  of  theology. 

The  institution  at  this  time  was  but  imperfectly  organized,  and  to  secure  his 
executive  abilities  the  directors  also  made  him  professor  at  large.  In  this  capacity 
he  kept  the  institution  in  order  until  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher,  the  appointed  principal, 
arrived  from  Boston.  Although  his  relations  with  this  eminent  divine  lasted  only  a 
few  months,  they  were  such  as  to  have  a  powerful  effect  over  his  future  life.  Relig- 
ious and  anti-slavery  discussion  became  rife  in  Cincinnati,  and  Dr.  Whitney  was 
often  asked  to  take  part  in  them,  and  as  a  member  of  the  seminary  faculty  creditably 
did  his  share.  He  was  soon,  however,  offered  the  professorship  of  mathematics  in  a 
college  in  Missouri,  which  he  accepted,  and  resigned  from  Lane.  His  new  appoint- 
ment proved  a  failure,  for  just  as  he  was  about  to  set  out  on  his  journey  news  reached 
him  that  the  college  faculty  had  become  embroiled  in  the  prevailing  anti-slavery  dis- 
cussion, and  had  sacrificed  their  social  support,  money,  and  probably  their  building. 

He  returned  to  the  East  to  enter  his  profession,  and  soon  married,  in  1833,  in 
Spencertown,  N.  Y.,  Miss  Cornelia  L.  Pratt,  the  daughter  of  a  retired  merchant,  and 
a  very  talented  lady.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  Apr.  21,  1835,  by  the  Columbia 
presbytery,  and  was  ordained  in  1837  by  the  presbytery  of  Chenango,  N.  Y.  The 
places  which  mainly  enjoyed  his  ministerial  services  as  pastor  were  Guilford  and 
Coventryville,  N.  Y.,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  Sherman,  Conn.,  and  Providence,  R.  I. 
He  also  lectured  to  large  audiences  on  moral  reforms,  the  proper  observance  of  the 
Sabbath,  and  temperance,  in  western  New  York,  central  Ohio,  New  York  City  and 
many  other  places.  He  was  a  close  student  of  Dwight's  theology,  and  his  orthodoxy 
was  according  to  the  teachings  of  that  work.  He  believed  that  the  doctrines  of  relig- 
ion were  reasonable  and  his  whole  theology  was  curative,  and  tended  to  raise  his 
fellow-men  from  the  abnormal  to  the  normal  and  healthful  condition,  full  of  satisfac- 
tion with  and  enjoyment  of  the  gifts  of  God.  He  had  confidence  in  himself  and 
inspired  confidence  in  others.  He  had  a  very  fine  presence,  well-proportioned  frame, 
large  oval  clear  cut  face,  backed  with  great  depth  of  head;  broad,  high  forehead  and 
fine  black  glossy  hair.  His  style  of  oratory  was  easy,  flowing,  graceful  and  thor- 
oughly classical,  and  his  arguments  excellent.  His  voice  was  remarkable  for  clear- 
ness in  enunciation  and  silvery  tone.  For  about  seventeen  years  he  served  the 
church,  preaching  and  expounding  the  moral  government  of  God  exerted  by  motive, 
and  not  by  force. 

Dr.  Whitnev  lost  his  admirable  first  wife  at  Sherman,  Conn.  All  his  children 
were  born  of  this  union,  and  the  loss  to  him  was  especially  severe  and  one  he 
never  fully  recovered  from.  Her  long  illness  revealed  to  him  the  incompetency  of 
the  medical  practice  of  those  days,  occasioned  a  study  of  theories  and  ushered  into 
his  observing  mind  reforms  in  medicine  of  which  humanity  stood  sadly  in  need. 

Quitting  the  scene  of  his  sorrow,  he  journeyed  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  after  a 
few  years  married  for  a  second  wife  Miss  Wealthy  Bryant,  a  lady  of  that  city.  There 
he  became  a  druggist,  and  studied  his  materia  medica  so  thoroughly  that  he  may  be 
said  to  have  learned  it  by  heart.  He  obtained  his  first  degree  as  Doctor  of  Medicine 
from  the  Syracuse  medical  college,  and  in  1852  removed  to  New  York  and  became  a 
regular  practitioner.  He  at  once  took  rank  among  the  reformers  as  one  of  their 
superior  men,  and  held  it  through  a  long  career.  His  classical  ability  made  him  the 
most  important  and  learned  member  of  the  eclectic  school  of  medicine  m  New  York 
City,  and  he  was  chosen  their  first  president.  He  was  also  twice  offered  a  professor- 
ship in  Penn  Medical  college,  Philadelphia,  but  declined  in  deference  to  private 
practice.  His  accomplishments  in  medicine  were  shown  chiefly  in  the  management 
of  chronic  diseases,  and  for  some  time  in  this  specialty  he  was  in  partnership  with 
the  late  Livingston  \'an  Doven,  M.  D.,  a  gentleman  and  educator  of  large  learning 
and  most  excellent  family.  They  lectured  frequently,  and  were  very  successful  in  the 
reform  practice. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  343 

He  was  one  of  the  first  users  of  electricity  as  a  remedial  agent  in  medical  prac- 
tice, adopting  the  electric  bath  as  the  best  means.  Dr.  Whitney  always  retained  the 
affection  of  his  patients,  and  in  several  instances  with  great  boldness  he  went  to  a 
dangerous  limit  beyond  ordinary  medicine  to  save  an  important  life  and  family  for 
future  good. 

He  was  the  author  of  an  essay  on  yellow  fever  and  a  treatise  on  Asiatic  cholera, 
besides  miscellaneous  papers  on  religious  and  medical  subjects,  given  from  tinxe  to 
time  to  the  press. 

In  1877  Dr.  Whitney  became  one  of  the  founders  and  senior  elder  of  the  Union 
Tabernacle  church  in  New  York  City.  He  was  faithful  to  all  his  obligations.  By 
his  unvarying  courtesy,  tenderness  and  love  he  endeared  himself  to  all  who  knew 
him.     Bv  his  kindly  counsel  and  wisdom  he  was  of  great  help  to  his  pastor. 

In  October,  1891,  he  paid  a  last  visit  to  his  native  town,  Westboro,  Mass.  It 
overtaxed  his  strength.  He  was  prostrated,  and  after  several  rallies  in  the  spring  of 
1892  he  commenced  slowly  to  sink,  until  the  last  pulsation  had  come,  the  scene  had 
ended,  and  he  closed  his  eyes  in  death  on  the  morning  of  Apr.  3,  1892,  ninety-three 
years  four  months  and  ten  days  old. 

5132.  iv.        Erastvs  P.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1842;  unm.;  res.  148  W.  77th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 

As  a  boy  he  was  educated  in  Spencertown,  N.  Y.,  Providence, 
R.  1.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  New  York,  N.  Y.,  passing  all  the  way 
up  through  a  collegiate  education  and  has  loved  his  mathemat- 
ics and  his  languages  and  a  large  historical  reading.  His  life 
,  has  been   checkered  with   accident  and   fatality.     His  longest 

occupation  was  as  chief  book-keeper  for  a  large  business  tirni. 
Of  several  small  public  positions  the  most  imjiortant  as  as  wa 
U.  S.  treasury  clerk  in  Washington  during  the  war. 

5133.  ii.         Albert  B.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1837;  m.  Cordelia  C.  Hurd. 

5134.  i.  Horace  P.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1834;  m.  Annie  R.  Tavlor. 

5135.  iii.       Cornelia  1.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1840. 

2672.  David  Whitney  (Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Westboro,  June  9,  1795;  m.  Samaria  Wheeler,  of  Grafton.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  in 
Westboro,  Mass.;  was  a  farmer  all  his  life.  Account  of  George  D.  Whitney,  admin- 
istrator of  the  estate  of  David  W^hitney,  Grafton,  died  Dec.  9,  1871:  Widow,  Samaria; 
son,  Rufus  H.,  Brookline;  son,  Geo.  D.,  Grafton;  Harriett  M.  Mann,  wife  of  Henry 
Mann,  Grafton;  Sarah  1.  Fay,  wife  of  Jasper  Fay,  Westboro;  Susan  C.  Whitney, 
Grafton,  all  daughters  of  David;  Geo.  D.  appointed  Feb.  4,  1872.  He  d.  Grafton, 
Dec.  9,  1871;  res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

Samuel  Curtis,  b.  Feb.  10, 1822;  m.  Harriett  S.  Prentice. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  June  19,  1823;  d.  May  17,  1827. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1824;  d.  Sept.  28,  1825. 

RuFUS  Hayden,  b.  Jan.  24,  1826;  m.  Emilv  B.  Stevens. 

Albert  Augustus,  b.  June  6,  1827;  d.  July  22,  1827. 

Geo.  David,  b.  Sept.  11,  1828;  m.  Sarah  J.  Garfield. 

Harriett  Maranda,  b.  Nov.  9,  1831;  m.  Henry  Mann;  res. 
Grafton. 

Sarah  J  ,  b.  Jan.  9,  1835;  m.  Jasper  Fay,  of  Westboro. 

Susan  Clarinda,  b.  July  25,  1839. 

2676.  Daniel  Whitney  (Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, .John),  b. 

Feb.  21,  1807;  m.  Nancy ;  d.  1845;  m.  2d  Sarah   F. .     Worcester  county 

probate  records:  Daniel  Whitney,  of  Grafton;  wife,  Sarah  S.  F.  Ch.:  Daniel 
A.,  Worcester;  Edw.  E.,  Grafton;  Nancv  J.  Batcheller,  Millbury;  Esther  M.  Howell, 
Westboro;  Julia  M.  Pratt,  Natick,  dead.'  Daniel  A.,  exec;  Mar.  20,  1881;  June  21, 
1881.  Caroline  Whitney,  Addie  Whitney,  both  of  Springfield,  children  of  Henrv  A. 
Whitney,  a  deceased  son,  minors,  Abby  Whitney  being  their  guardian.  He  d.  Graf- 
ton, Apr.  27,  1881;  res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

5145.  i.  Daniel  A.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1835;  res.  Worcester. 

5146.  ii.  Henry  A.,  b.  June  19,  1837. 

5147.  iii.  Nancy  Jane,  b.  Mav  15, 1842;  m.  Batcheller;   res.  Millbury. 

5148.  iv.  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  14,  1846. 

2677.  Dexter  O.  Whitney  (Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Sept.  17,  1809;  m.  Catherine ;  res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

5149.  i.  Catherine  A.  N.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1^35. 

5150.  ii.        Ann  E.  R.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1836. 


5136. 

5137. 

n. 

5138. 

iii. 

5139. 

iv. 

5140. 

v. 

5141. 

vi. 

5142. 

vn. 

5143. 

viii 

5144. 

IX. 

5161. 

vii. 

5162. 

VUl 

5163. 

IX. 

5164. 

X. 

5165. 

XI. 

5166. 

Xll. 

344  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5151.  iii.  Cornelia  A.  O.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1838. 

5152.  iv.  Mary  L.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1840. 

5153.  V.  Ellen  M.,  b.  June  12.  1842. 

5154.  vi.  Harriett  M.  B.,  b.  Aug.,  1837;  d.  Worcester,  Sept.,  1838. 

2678.  Wm.  Knowlton  Whitney  (John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  Apr.  5,  1795;  m.  in  Dana,  Mass.,  Deborah  Woodard;  b. 
Apr.  9,  1787;  d. ;  m.  2d  Mary  Ann  BilHngs;  res.  Dana,  Mass. 

5155.  i.  Elbridge,  b.  Feb.  27,  1814;  d.  July  5,  1818. 

5156.  ii.        Hannah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1815;  m.  Oct.  10, 1843;  Hiram  Lewis.     She  d. 

Oct  29,  1892.  Ch.:  Cordelia  A.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1844;  Hiram  J.,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1847;  Lorenzo,  b.  July  20,  1850. 

5157.  iii.        William  B.,  b.  May  17,  1817;  m.  Marilla  Clement.      He  d.  Aug. 

27,  1891. 

5158.  iv.        Elbridge  W.,  b.  May  26,  1819;  m.  Sophia  A.  Billings.    He  d. 

May  1,  1882;  3  daus.;  one  Jenella;  res.  Chestnut  Av.,  Athol, 
Mass. 

5159.  V.         Susanna  K.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1820;  m.  Silas  Frye  and  Ezra  Decamp; 

res.  Athol,  Mass. 

5160.  vi.        Barzilla  J.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1822;  m.  Eliza  M.  Frye;  d.  Jan.  6,  1858, 
and  left  1  son,  Francis;  b.  Oct.  14,  1850;  res.  Athol. 

Deborah  W.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1823;  m.  Lyman  Fox;  d.  July  7,  1852,  s.  p. 

Bartholomew  W.,  b.  July  19,  1825;  m.  Rhoda  Long. 

John  Flint,  b.  Mar.  29,  1828;  d.  Apr.  25, 1851. 

Mary,  b.  Mar.  16,  1830;  d.  Sept.  6,  1846. 

Eliza  M.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1844;  m.  Walter  Richards.     She  d.  1889. 

Hiram,  b.  Jan.  15,  1850;  d.  Apr.  30,  1868. 

2679.  Artemas  H.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  14,  1797;  m.  in  Dana,  Dec.  29,  1819,  Nabby  Skin- 
ner, b.  Aug.  12,  1797;  d.  April  22,  1859;  m.  2d,  Dec.  27,  1860,  Caroline  M.  Alden,  b. 
June  26,  1815.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Oct.  12,  1875;  res.  Dana,  Mass., and  Ludlow, 
Mass. 

Adin,  b.  Aug.  24,  1820;  m.  Julia  Moores  and  Mrs.  Abbie  Daniels. 
Alexander,  b.  Oct.  25,  1824;  m.  Maria  Hayden  and  Mis.  Lucy 

Plumlv  Keith. 
Zuri,  b.'jan.  29,  1823;  m.  Sarah  S.  Alden. 
Rosetta   M.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1830;  d.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  June  8, 

1830. 
Merrick,  b.  May  8,  1832;  m.  Hannah   Tourtellott   and    Maria 

Peters. 
Mary  l'.,  b.  Dec.  18, 1838;  m.  Dec.  23, 1857,  J.  Byron  Stewart.     He 

is  a  carpenter;  res.  Millbury,  Mass.;  has  one  son,  Frank. 

2680.  Joseph  H.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Feb.  25,  1790;  m.  Jan.  -5,  1817,  Lucy  Green,  b.  1796;  d.  Sept.  13,  1867.  He  was  a 
farmer.     He  d.  Oct.  27,  1881;  res.  Shrewsbury  and  Westboro,  Mass. 

5173.  i.  Lorenzo,  b.  May  4,  1817;  m.  Sarah  Ann  Hall. 

5174.  ii.         Martha  Maria,  b.  Apr.  13,  1824;    m.  William  D.  Pierce;  res. 

Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

5175.  iii.        Lucy  Ann,  b. ;  d.  Feb.  4,  1830. 

5176.  iv.        Henry  Alden,  b.  June  4,  1838;  d.  May  6,  1843. 

5177.  V.         Sarah  Adeline,  b.  May  3,  1843;  m.  Albert  Pickering,  of  West- 

boro, and  d.  July  20,  1889. 

2681.  John  Flint  Whitney  (John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Dana,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  May  12,  1808;  m.  at  Colchester,  Conn.,  in  1831, 
Sophia  Bulkley,b. there,  Jan.  24,  1808;  d.  Dec.  9,  1875.  He  d.  Nov.9,1877;  res.  Dana, 
Mass.,  and  Milton,  N.  Y. 

5178.  i.  Maria  Lois,  b.  Jan.  17,  1832;  m.  Sept.  23, 1850,  Ephraim  T.  Sabin; 

res.  Amherst,  Mass.  He  was  born  Jan.  23,  1829.  Ch.:  Herbert, 
b.  Jan.  28,  1855^  m.  Mar.  18,  1886,  Carrie  Carpenter;  res.  A.; 
Ruby  Sophia,  b.  Dec.  27,  1866;  d.  May  25,  1872. 

5179.  ii.        Joseph  Hastings,  b.  Apr.  2,  1833.    He  d.  in  Willimantic,  Conn., 

Aug.  2, 1852. 


5167. 
5168. 

i. 
ii. 

5169. 
5170. 

iii. 
iv. 

5171. 

V. 

5172. 

vi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  345 

5180.  iii.       Cynthia  Ann,  b.  Feb.  3,  1834;  m.  May  21,  1850,  James  Johnson, 

b.  Oct.  4,  1827;  d.  Dec.  6,  1853;  m.  2d,  Apr.  24,  1861,  Jacob  H. 
Jenkins;  res.  Milton,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Ida  S.  Johnson,  b.  Feb.  20, 
1858;  Alfred  C.  Jenkins,  b.  April  16,  1863;  Rispah  S.  Jenkins,  b. 
Aup.  10,  1865.  Ida  S.  Johnson  married  to  G.  H.  Taber,  July  18, 
18»0.     Milton,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  is  the  address  of  all. 

5181.  iv.        Wm.  Flint,  b.  Dec.  10,  1836;  m.  May  1878, .     He  d. 

s.  p.  Nov.  21,  1883,  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

5182.  V.         Rispah  Rogers,  b.  May  12,  1839;  m.  Apr.  80,  1861.  John  Young, 

b.  Apr.  16,  1829;  d.  Mar.  30,  1881;  m.  2d,  Mar.  1882,  Daniel  P. 
DuBois;  res.  Milton,  N.  Y. 

5183.  vi.        Lucy  Sophia,  b.  July  12,  1840;  m.  Mar.  31,  1858,  Charles  Hawley; 

res.  Osage,  Iowa.  He  was  born  Mar.  29,  1840.  Is  a  retired 
farmer.  Ch.:  Charles  W.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1859;  m.  Lucy  B.  Cope; 
res.  Osage,  la.;  A.  S.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1861;  m.  Selma  Lawrence;  res. 
O.;  M.  L.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1864;  m.  Geo.  E.  Marsh;  res.  O. 

5184.  vii.       Linda  Jane,  b.  Jan.  15,  1843;  m.  Dec.  31,  1863,  Charles  G.  G. 

Paine,  b.  Sept.  30,  1833;  d.  Sept.  12,  1892.  Teacher;  res.  50 
Charlotte  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Ch.:  Lillie  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  10, 
lf<65;  res.  Det.;  Walter  Nelson,  b.  Feb.  2,  1870;  d.  Aug.  28, 1870; 
Bessie  Conant,  b.  Mar.  23,  1871;  d.  Aug.  10,1889;  Charles  Theo- 
dore, b.  Jan.  14,  1883;  d.  Sept.  30,  1883. 

5185.  viii.     Oliver  Bulkley,  b.  Mar.  19,  1844;  res.  Marlboro,  N.  Y. 

5186.  ix.        LoRA  Ella,  b.  Sept.  14,  1848;  m.  Sept.  19,  1871,  Rev.  George  S. 

Bascom;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn.  She  d.  Oct.  17,  1886.  Ch.: 
Harry,  b. ;  res.  D wight,  No.  Dak. 

2686.  Orlando  Whitney  (Jonah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  July  23,  1804;  m.  May  7,  1829,  "Susan  M.  Wood;  b.  Dec.  22,  1808;  res.  Westboro, 
Mass.     He  d.  July  25,  1874;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

5187.  i.  Susan  C.,b.  Nov.  4,  1834;  d.  July  29,  1836. 

2690.  Asa  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
in  Heniiiker,  N.  H.,  Nov.  26,  1800;  m.  Dec.  18,  1824,  Patty  Rice;  b.  Apr.  21,  1803;  d. 
Jan. 6,  1850;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2,  1850,  Mary  L.  Childs;  b.  Apr.  17,  1810.  He  d.  Jan.  19,  18.58; 
res.  Henniker,  N.  H. 

Imri  S.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1824;  m.  Zeviah  C.  Webster. 
Jason  H.,  b.  June  19,  1826;  m.  Lenora  A.  Wood. 
Enoch  L.,  b.  Jan.  8,  1852;  d.  Jan.  13,  1852. 
Mary  E.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1829. 

Walter  C,  b.  Dec.  8,  1831;  m.  Jan.  25,  18-57,  Mary  Bacon;b.  June 
24,  1836;  d.  Aug.  6,  1857;  and  Emily  Bacon,  b.  Mar.  20,  1838; 
res.  Henniker,  N.  H. 
Lydia  B.,  b.  Apr.  16,  18-33;  m.  Oct.  28,  1851,  B.  L.  Quimby. 
Geo.  F.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1835. 

Jacob  S.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1841;  m.  Lottie  B.  Marsh  and  Susan  L.  Web- 
ster. 

5196.  ix.        Sarah,  b.  Sept.  15,  1855;  m.  Eugene  D.  Brooks,  of  Camb.,  Mass. 

2692.  Frederic  Whitney  (Eleazer,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Oct.  5,  1806;  m.  Jan.  12,  1835.  Fidelia  Woods;  b.  Dec.  11,  1811;  d.  June  2, 
1857;  m.  2d,  May  12,  1864,  Mrs.  Hannah  B.  Carter. 

Frederic  Whitney  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  was  a  great  lover  of  music  and 
occupied  a  seat  in  the  choir  nearly  all  his  days  after  reaching  his  majority,  when  not 
absent  from  the  town,  and  a  good  portion  of  the  time  as  leader.  He  was  one  of  the 
-delegates  to  the  Constitutional  convention  in  18-50;  chairman  of  the  selectmen  in  1849. 
A  warm-hearted,  genial  man.  He  died  very  suddenly.  He  d.  May  20,  1878;  res. 
Henniker,  N.  H. 

5197.  i.         Julia,  b.  Oct.  20,  1888;  m.  Feb.  11, 1869,  W.  O.  Folsom;  b.  Sept. 28, 

18.38;  very  prominent  citizen  of  H.  Ch.:  Carrie  F.,  b.  Feb.  13, 
1878. 

5198.  ii.        Fred.,  b.  July,  1846;  d.  Sept.  18, 1846. 

2698.    GiLMAN  H.  Whitney  (Alexander,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Nov.  80,  1819;  m.  at  Lowell,  Nov.  16,  1848,  Sarah  Jane 
Durgan,  b.  May  31,  1825.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  New  London,  N.  H. 
28 


51^8. 

i. 

5189. 

11. 

5190. 

Vlll 

5191. 

111. 

5192. 

IV. 

519-3. 

V. 

5194. 

vi. 

519-5. 

vu. 

346  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5199.  i.  Burke  M.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1849;  res.  N.  L.;  unm. 

5200.  ii.  Walter  G.,  b.  June  23,  1852;  d.  Aug.  6,  1854. 

5201.  iii.  Frank  Scott,  b.  Aug.  4,  1855;  d.  Aug.  10.  1856. 

5202.  iv.  Walter  Frank,  b.  May  9,  1859;  d.  Dec.  27,  1863. 

2699.  Rev.  William  Story  Whitney  (Alexander,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),b.  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1822;  m.  Dec.  15,  1849,  Mary  B.  Durgan, 
b.  Nov.  26,  1826.  He  was  a  licensed  Methodist  preacher  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  d.  Dec.  20,  1853;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

5203.  i.  Mary  Ellen,  b.  Aug.  3,  1851;  d.  Apr.  30,  1854. 

5204.  ii.         Emma  Mirriam,  b.  Apr.  26,  1853;  unm.;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H., 

at  282  Granite  street. 

2705.  Hon.  Charles  S.  Whitney  (Alexander,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  New  London,  N.  H.,  Mar.  1,  1837;  m.  Jan.  5,  1865,  at  Penacook, 
N.  H.,  Laura  A.  Pearson,  of  Wilmont,  b.  Sept.  16,  1841.  He  is  a  farmer,  was  elected 
to  the  office  of  selectman  for  two  consecutive  terms,  and  represented  his  town  in  the 
legislature  in  1887;  res.  New  London,  N.  H.;  P.  O.  Scytheville. 

5205.  i.  Carrie  E.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1866;  m.  July  6,  1889,  Frank  Reed;  res. 

Unity,  N.  H. 

5206.  ii.         Geo.  W.,  b.  May  25,  1878;  res.  N.  L. 

2710.  Stephen  Page  Whitney  (Stephen,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Apr.  9,  1830;  m.  Mary  Jane  Pollard.  He  was  a 
cabinet  maker.     He  d.  Sept.  27,  1875,  in  Boston,  Slass.;  res.  Newport,  N.  H. 

5207.  i.         Stephen  J.,  b.  July  14,  1863;  m.  Emma  E.  Holt. 

2711.  George  Frederick  Whitney  (Stephen,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Aug.  12,  1832;  m.  Apr.  25,  1854,  Anna  E.  Dur- 
gan, b.  Sept.  1828;  d.  Dec.  22,  1874;  m.  2d, ■ ;  b. ;  d. ;  m.  3d, 

1880,  Eva  H.  Burt;  b.  Sept.,  1842;  res.  Newport,  N.  H. 

5208.  i.         Clara  Maria,  b.   Feb.  4,  1855;    m.  Mar.  25,  1879,  Charles  W. 

Spencer;  res.  Harvard,  Mass.  Ch.:  Carl  Whitney,  b.  Feb.  8, 
1888;  d.  July  13,  1890. 

5209.  ii.        Mary  Lillie,  b.  Oct.  15,  1856;  unm.;  a  teacher  in  the  Cookeman 

Institute  at  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

2721.     Lorenzo  C.  Whitney  (John,  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  5,  1818;  m.  Sept,  28,  1841,  Clestia  A.  Fosdick;  d.  Nov.  7 
1890.     He  was  a  farmer.     He.  d.  Jan.  25,  1891;  res.  Sandisfield,  Mass. 

5210.  i.         Adaline,  b.  Feb.  24,  1846;  d.  Feb.  28,  1851. 

5211.  ii.        Marietta    Lucy,  b.   Oct.    24,   1848;     m.  Nov.  30,   1870,    Henry 

Claflin  Abbey;  res.  Waterbury,  Conn.,  at  Hospital  College;  he 
was  b.  May  12,  1844.  Ch.:  Robert  Milton,  b.  Feb.  21,  1877; 
Hattie  Belle,  b.  May  15,  1878;  d.  May  13,  1890. 

5212.  iii.       Ella  Adeline,  b.  May  24,  1853;  d.  Nov.  8,  1877. 

5213.  iv.       Austin   Lorenzo,  b.  Nov.  7,  1858;    m.   Martha  L.  Sheldon  and 

Martha  A.  Webb. 

5214.  V.        Emeline  Isabell,  b.  May  5,  1850;  m.  June  3,  1866,  Lewis  Glad- 

ding; b.  Nov.  25,  1846.  He  is  a  carpenter.  Ch.:  Wallace  L., 
b.  Feb.  1.3, 1869;  m.  Sept. 20,  1893,  Winsted,  Conn.;  Clayton  H., 
b.  Feb.  29,  1876. 

2728.  Edward  A.  Whitney  (John,  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1823;  m.  there  Nov.  28,  1846,  Harriett  E.  Couch;  b.  Feb. 
12,  1830.     He  is  a  manufacturer  of  hand  hay  rakes;  res.  Montville,  Mass. 

5215.  i.  Mary  Bell,  b.  May  24,  1853;  d.  Aug.  10,  1855. 

5216.  ii.         Jennie  E.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1847;  m.  Oct.  28, 1866,  Samuel  J.  Demming; 

b.  Mar.  22,  1845.  She  d.  Jan.  19, 1889;  res.  Pleasant  Valley,  Conn. 
Ch.:  Nellie  J.,  b.  1870;  m.  Dec.  30,  1892;  Edward  A.,  b.  Mar.  12, 
1872;  Willie,  b.  Aug.  11,  1874;  Clarence,  b.  Oct.  10,  1878. 

5217.  iii.        Hiram  E.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1849;  m.  Susan  A.  Lamson. 

5218.  iv,       Wilbur  L.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1851;  m.  Maria  Robinson. 

5219.  V.         Burton  L.,  b.  May  11,  1858;  res.  Lonsdale,  R.  I. 

5220.  vi.       Wallace  W.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1860;  res.  Montville,  Mass. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  347 

2729.     Sylvester  Whitney  (Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Ekazer,  Thomas, 

John),  b.  Feb.  29,  1816;  m.  Sept.  21,  1842,  Ann  M.  Palmer;  b. .     He  was  born  in 

Goffstcwn,  N.  H.,  and  resided  on  the  farm  until  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  his 
health  being  poor  he  traveled,  selling  goods.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  moved  to 
Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  was  painter.  He  later  moved  to  Boston,  and  finally  to 
Chelsea,  where  he  died.  He  d.  Jan.  15,  189U;  res.  Lowell,  Boston  and  Chelsea, 
Mass. 

5221.  i.  Claren'CE  S.,  b. ;  res.  18,  Wash.  Ave.,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

2734.  Elnathan  Whitney  (Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Eleazer,  Thomas 
John),  b.  Apr.  16,  1822;  m.  Nov.  20,  1851,  Sylena  F.  Henry;  b.  Oct.  29,  1827.  Elnathan 
Whitney  was  born  in  Goffstown,  on  the  farm.  When  young  he  went  to  school  like 
other  boys,  and  worked  for  and  with  his  father  on  the  farm.  In  1849  he  made  one 
among  the  many  who  went  to  the  Pacific  coast,  not  by  way  of  the  Isthmus,  or  across 
the  western  plains,  but  around  the  southern  cape,  experiencing  nearly  all  the  various 
scenes  attendmg  a  long  voyage;  spent  some  days  in  the  city  of  Rio  Janeiro,  and 
fifteen  days  in  a  blow  off  the  cape;  also  made  a  stop  at  Valparaiso,  and  after  sailing 
in  the  "sweet  Pacific  breeze"  he  arrived  in  San  Francisco,  after  a  voyage  of  one  hun- 
dred and  ninety  days.  Was  absent  from  home  about  two  years,  since  then  has 
remained  in  Goffstown;  was  married  soon  after  he  returned.  The  farm  has  been 
divided  up  somewhat  since  his  grandfather's  time;  res.  Goffstown  Center,  N.  H. 

5222.  i.  Mary  Francena,  b.  Dec.  19.  1855;  m.  Feb.    6,    1884,  Fred    K. 

Hazen;  res.  G.     He  was  b.  June  23,  1861. 

5223.  ii.         Geo.  Earnest,  b.  Jan.  23,  1861;  m.  Adonelle  Eaton. 

2736.  Moses  Whitney  (Moses,  Jacob,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Mil- 
ton, Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1802;  m.  Oct.  18,  1829,  Elizabeth  G.  Sanderson;  b.  Sept.  3,  1807;  d, 
Aug.  13,  1887.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  mental  powers,  and  had  he  given  himself  to 
literature  as  an  occupation  rather  than  an  amusement,  he  would  have  attained  a  dis- 
tinguished rank  among  the  authors  of  the  present  day.  He  has  written  much  but 
his  performances  have  always  been  causal  and  desultory.  His  writings  display  a 
masculine  and  vigorous  understanding,  much  acuteness  of  observation,  and  a  quick 
sense  of  humor.  The  salient  pomts  of  his  character  indicate  much  originality  of 
genius.  His  style  was  conspicuous  for  its  terseness  and  correct  finish,  free  from 
mannerism  and  affectation,  which  corrupt  the  language  of  so  much  of  what  is  now 
offered  to  us  in  the  name  of  literature.  Long  will  his  memory  be  cherished  by  his 
friends,  for  the  strong  features  of  his  character  leave  an  impression  upon  us  not  easily 
effaced.  He  was  sincere,  kind-hearted,  honorable  and  void  of  pretension,  with  much 
of  that  apparent  unconsciousness  of  his  powers,  which  is  the  characteristic  of  true 
genius.  He  was  of  an  uncommonly  nervous  temperament  which  at  times,  almost  ran 
into  eccentricity.  This  characteristic,  however,  far  from  being  offensive,  gave  a  charm 
and  an  interest  to  his  conduct  and  his  conversation,  which  made  his  presence  always 
desirable  and  agreeable.  He  was  sincere  and  open  and  ingenious,  m  his  whole  de- 
portment. He  was  sensitive  to  any  wrong,  whether  done  to  himself  or  others.  He  had 
a  cultivated  and  highly  intelligent  mind,  a  quick  and  acute  perception,  a  sharp  and 
ready  wit  and  a  personal  bearing  that  inspired  an  uncommon  attachment  to  him,  in 
those  who  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  his  society.  He  was  highly  and  sensitively  honor- 
able in  all  his  thoughts  and  dealings.     He  d.  Oct.  18, 1844;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

5224.  i.  Rebecca  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  2,  1830;  m.  Apr.  4,  1850,  George  K. 

Gannett;  b.  Dec.  27,  1829,  farmer;  res.  Milton.  Ch.:  George  S., 
b.  Jan.  25,  1857;  d.  Dec.  6,  1862;  Charles  E.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1861;  d. 
Aug.  30,  1866. 

5225.  ii.        Eugene  B.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1835;  d.  Feb.  25,  1858. 

2738.  Seth  Dunbar  Whitney  (Moses,  Jacob,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
in  Milton,  Mass.,  Sept.  13,  1807;  m.at  Dorchester,  Nov.  7, 1843,  Adeline  Dutton  Train; 
b.  Sept.  15,  1824.  Adeline  Dutton  Train  Whitney,  author, born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept. 
15,  1824.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Enoch  Tram,  founder  of  a  line  of  packet  ships  be- 
tween Boston  and  Liverpool,  and  a  sister  of  Geo.  Francis  Train.  She  was  educated 
chiefly  in  Boston,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  married  Seth  D.  Whitney,  of  Milton, 
Mass.  Mrs.  Whitney  has  patented  a  set  of  "Alphabet  Blocks"  which  are  now  in 
general  use.  Besides  contributing  to  magazines  tor  the  young,  she  is  the  author  of 
"  Footsteps  on  the  Seas,"  a  poem  (Boston  1857);  "  Mother  Goose  for  Grown  Folks  " 
(New  York,  1860,  revised  eds.  Boston,  1870  and  1882);  "Boys  at  Chequasset "  (Boston, 
1862);  "Faith  Gartney's  Girlhood  "  (1863);  "The  Gayworthys  "  (1865);  "A  Summer 


348 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's  Life"  (1866);  "  Patience  Strong's  Outings  (1868);  "Hitherto" 
(1869);  "  We  Girls  "  (1870);  "  Real  Folks  "  (1871);  "  Pansies,"  poems;  "  Insights"  (1876); 
"Just  How;  A  Key  to  the  Cook  Books"  (1878);  "Odd  or  Even"  (1880);"  Bonny- 
borough  "  (1885);  "Homespun  Yarns  "  and 
"  Holy  Tides  "  (1886);  and  "  Daffodils  "  and 
"Bird  Talk"  (1H87).  The  last  three  are 
volumes  of  verse  besides  many  others. 

Seth  Dunbar  Whitney,  son  of  Gen. 
Moses  Whitney,  was  born  in  Milton, 
Mass.,  where  he  resided  all  his  life  or  was 
a  householder.  He  was  educated  partly 
in  Milton  and  partly  at  the  academy  in 
Bridgewater,  Mass.  Early  in  life  he  be- 
came his  father's  assistant  in  business- 
wool  and  morocco  dressing.  Their  works 
being  near  their  home  and  upon  their 
estate  in  Milton,  at  Milton  Hill.  Later, 
in  1889,  with  a  partner  purchased  the  long 
lease  of  a  wharf  adjoming  the  Whitney 
property  and  carried  on  for  several  years 
the  lumber  business  of  which  his  father 
had  laid  the  foundation.  In  1843,  at  the 
time  of  his  marriage  he  entered  again  the 
wool  business  with  his  father,  and  con- 
tinued 111  it  for  some  ten  years,  when  he 
connected  himself  with  abide  and  leather 
firm  ill  Boston,  which  then  took  the  style 
of  Whitney,  Kendall  &  Co.,  from  which 
he  finally  withdrew  and  retired  from 
active  business  altogether  soon  after  Gen. 
At  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  erected  a  house  upon 
Russell  estate,  Milton  Hill,  on  the  opposite  corner  to 
the  "  Whitney  house,"  built  by  his  father  in  1819.  He  lived  there  until  1861,  when,  hav- 
ing bought  of  Charles  Barnard,  Esq.,  the  old  "  Vose  mansion"  at  Milton  Center,  and 
moved  it  across  to  a  piece  of  land  which  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and  removed 
to  this  place,  which  was  the  home,  although  he  left  it  at  intervals  for  travel  and  tem- 
porary residence  elsewhere,  until  Mr.  Whitney's  death,  Oct.  4,  1890.  Since  then,  his 
son  having  inherited  and  occupied  the  "Whitney  house,"  built  by  his  grandfather  on 
Milton  Hill;  Mrs.  Whitney  built  beside  him  on  the  old  estate,  a  small  house  for  her- 
self and  the  "  Elm  Corner  "  house  as  is  called  the  upper  Milton  place,  is  rented.  The 
children  were  all  born  in  the  first  home  on  Milton  Hill,  but  nearlyall  Mrs.  Whitney's 
literary  work  has  been  done  at  "Elm  Corner,"  as  they  grew  up.  Mr.  Whitney  was 
a  very  active  man,  but  reserved  and  quiet  in  social  life,  and  strong  in  his  domestic 
habits  and  attachments.  An  "old  time  Whig,"  he  had  much  to  do  with  local  pol- 
itics and  their  interests,  all  through  his  middle  life,  until  the  breaking  up  of  parties 
and  his  own  disabilities,  chiefly  from  a  deafness  that  came  upon  him,  and  retired  him 
more  and  more  as  he  grew  older — withdrew  him  gradually  from  outside  affairs.  "  We 
were  both  for  a  long  time  occupied  with  our  family — our  children's  marriages,  and 
our  frequent  adaptation  of  our  plans  to  theirs,  in  the  temporary  absense  I  have  men- 
tioned; and  the  last  years  were  spent  in  a  very  unbroken  quiet,  as  his  health  declined, 
at  his  Milton  home."     He  d.  Oct.  4,  1890;  res.  Milton,  Mass. 


ADELINE   DUTTON    THATN    WHITNEY. 


Whitney's  death  in  1859. 
lands  purchased  from  the 


5226. 


5227. 
5228. 
5229. 


Mary  Adeline,  b.  Sept.  27,  1844;  m.  Feb.  17,  1867,  Col.  Charles 
Russell  Suter,  U.  S.  corps  of  engineers.  She  d.  at  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  Dec.  16,  1867;  only  one  child,  a  son,  Chas.  R.,  Jr.,  d.  a  few 
weeks  old. 

ii.         Theodore  T.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1846;  m.  Annie  Caroline  Mann. 

iii.       Marie  Caroline,  b.  Aug.  25,  1848;  d.  Sept.  5,  1849. 

iv.  Caroline  Leslie,  b.  Nov.  10,  1853;  m.  Oct.  13, 1875,  James  A. 
Field,  of  Beloit,  Wis.  He  was  b.  Aug.  8,  1847;  d.  Jan.  17,  1884. 
She  res.  Guilford,  Conn.  Mr.  Field  was  born  in  Beloit.  He  was 
educated  first  at  an  academy  in  New  Jersey,  and  later  in  Boston 
in  the  institute  of  technology  and  afterwards  at  the  university  at 
Munich,  in  Bavaria.  By  profession  he  was  a  mechanical  engi- 
neer. After  his  marriage  he  went  with  his  wife  to  Beloit  for  a 
time,  where  he  had  an  interest  in  the  iron  wcn-ks.    Later  they 


5233. 

i. 

5234. 

11. 

5235. 

111. 

5236. 

iv. 

5237. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  349 

made  their  home  in  New  Jersey.  Ch.:  Wm.  Lusk  Webster,  b. 
July  17,  1X76;  Jas  Alfred,  b.  May  26,  18b0;  Douglas  Grahame,  b. 
Oct.  1,  1882. 

2740.  Jackson  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Hartford,  Vt.,  Sept.  7,  1806;  m.  at  Chester,  Oct.,  1827,  Caroline  Matilda  Baker,  b. 
Chester,  July  7,  1806;  d.  May  2, 1890.  He  was  a  millwright  and  owned  and  conducted 
mills  at  Braintree,  Northfield,  West  Randolph  and  Chester.  He  d.  Nov.  6, 1882;  res. 
Northfield,  Vt. 

5230.  i.  May,  b.  Nov.  10,  1829;    m.  Edwin  O.  Partridge;  res.  University 

Av.,  St.  Anthony  Park,  Minn;  has  2  ch. 

5231.  ii.         Fanny  E.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1831;  m.  Jan.  29, 1859,  Edward  F.  Stephens; 

res.  s.  p.  29  Davidson  St.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass.  He  was  in  the 
First  U.  S.  Sharpshooters  during  the  war  and  participated  in 
numerous  battles. 

5232.  iii.       John  B.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1835;  m.  Elizabeth  Caldwell. 

2742.  Benjamin  Hudson  Whitney  (Abraham,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),b.  Quechee,  Vt.,  June  20, 1810;  m.  at  Chester,  Dec.  16,  1833,  Rosella  Baker,  b 
Mar.  24,  1810;  d.  Feb.  24,  1885.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Feb.  22,  1888;  res.  Pitts- 
field,  Vt. 

Cyrus  O.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1838;  m.  Lydia  H.  Goldsmith. 

Geo.  p.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834;  m.  Apr.  17,  l^o7;  d.  s.  p.  May  5,  1864. 

Henry  H.  b.  Oct.  29,  1836;  d.  May  6,  1864. 

Stephen  B.,  b.  June  9,  1841;  d.  1845. 

Harriett  Ann,  b.  Apr.  20,  1844;  m.  Feb.,  1864,  Ephraim  Clough. 
She  d.  Feb.  2,  1889,  and  left  11  ch. 

2747.  John  Brooks  Whitney  (Jacob,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John\  b. 
New  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1820;  m.  May  14,  1844,  Lucinda  Bardwell;  d.  May  14, 
1857;  m.  in  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1857,  Katherine  A.Pratt,  b.  Mar.28, 1833. 
John  Brooks,  son  of  Jacob  and  Lucy  Adams  Whitney,  was  born  at  New  Salem, 
Mass.;  was  educated  at  Shelburne  Falls.  (Mass.)  academy,  and  was  married  at  Shel- 
burne Falls  to  Lucinda  Bardwell,  by  whom  he  had  four  children.  Resided  at  same 
place  until  1874.  Was  merchant,  manufacturer  and  builder,  and  held  important 
town  offices.  In  1852  served  as  representative  in  the  legislature.  Married  Kathe- 
rine A.  Pratt  in  1857,  by  whom  he  had  three  children.  Removed  with  his  family  to 
Chicago  in  1874,  and  died  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.  He  d.  Mar.  18,  1876;  res.  Shelburne 
Falls,  Mass.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  she  res.  1757  Oakdale  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mary  Eliza,  b.  Feb.  7,  1845;  m.  Aug.  9,  1864,  Henry  A.  Titus,  of 

Boston,  Mass. 
Lizzie,  b. ;    m.  Jan.  17,  1871,  Frank  A.  Snow;   res.  Green- 
field, Mass. 
Lydia  Anna,  b.  Feb.  6,  1852.     Teacher  of  piano  at  Vassar  col- 
lege, Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Lucy  E.,  b.  May  27,  1849;  d.  . 

William   Brooks,  b.  Apr.  28,  1859;    m.  Louise  Young,    manager 

Des  Moines  Beef  Co.,  Iowa;     4  ch. 
Julia  Maria,  b.  June  27,  1861;  d.  Jan.  8.  1866. 
Charles  P.,  b.  Jiily  14,  1866;  m.  Grace  E.  Lewis. 
William  Davis,  b.  Aug.  26,  1846;  d.  Jan.  12,  1848. 

2750.  Leonard  Whitney  (Jacob,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
South  Orange,  Mass  ,  Sept.  12,  1811;  m.  Dec.  2,  18"35,  Abby  E.  Day,  b.  Dec.  2, 1816,  in 
Paxton,  Mass.;  d.  July  12,  1877.  He  d.  June  4,  1883;  res.  Worcester,  Boston,  Paxton, 
Newton  and  Braintree,  Mass. 

5246.  i.         Jane  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  7,  1837;  d.  in  Paxton,  Sept.  7, 1840. 

5247.  ii.      '  Mary  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  25,  1839;  m.  May  23,  1864,  John  M.  Daniels, 

b.  Uxbridge,  Apr.  10,  1813;  res  Worcester,  Mass.,  125  Pied- 
mont St.  Ch.:  Ella  E.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1865;  m.  June  22,  1887;  Al- 
fred G.  Wesson;  res.  Worcester;  Geo.  M.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1869. 

5248.  iv.        Charles  Edward,  b.  Jan.  26,  1842;  d.  Toronto,  Canada,  Mar.  10, 

1870;  unm. 

5249.  v.         Susan  Abial,  b.  Jan.  25,  1844;  m.  Jan.  1,  1865,  David  B.  Cousens, 

b.  Cohassett,  Mass.,  Mar.  17,  1842;  d.  Worcester,  Dec.  3,  1867. 
She  d.  Dec.  21,  1878. 


5238. 

i- 

5239. 

ii. 

5240. 

iii. 

5241. 
5242. 

iv. 

V. 

5243. 
5244. 
5245. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

360  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

52.50.    iii.        George  Frederic,  b.  Nov.  5,  1848;  d.  Paxton,  Sept.  12,  1848. 

5251.  vi.        George  Frederic,  b.  Jan.  6,  1849,  piano  tuner;  unm.;  res.  with 

Mary  L.,  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

5252.  vii.       Ella  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  18,  1854;  d.  Braintree,  Sept.  20,  1856. 

2753.    Harrison  H.  Whitney  (Abner,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Orange,  Mass.,  Oct.  31,  1819;  m.  in   Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  19,  1841,  Onda  Kendall, 
'  b.  Oct.  19,  1818.     He  is  a  furniture  maker;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

5253.  i.  Watson  H.,  b.  Aug.  21,1841;  m.  Lucretia  A.  Davis. 

5254.  ii.         Harriett  M.,  b.  Jan..  1844;  m.  Frank  L.  Fuller;  res.  Maplewood, 

Mass. 
6255.    iii.       Josephine  A.,  b.  Nov.,  1847;  m.  George  F.  Adams. 

5256.  iv.        Emily,  b.  1853;  d.  Aug.  15,  1873. 

5257.  v.         Mary  L.,b.  1861;  d.  Oct.,  1881. 

2762.  Amos  Stone  Whitney  (Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Apr.  27,  1807;  m.  in  Daysville,  Ills.,  Feb.  8,  1847,  Mrs.  Emmeline 
Jakway  Holden,  b.  Sept.  14,  1817;  d.  Dixon,  111.,  Aug.  8,1884. 

He  was  born  in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  in  1807,  where  he  remained  until  a  young  man, 
when  he  spent  some  time  in  traveling  in  Canada.  In  1839  he  migrated  west,  set- 
tling in  Daysville,  Ogle  Co.,  111.  He  was  engaged  at  his  trade,  that  of  coopering, 
at  which  he  always  worked.  After  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Dixon,  Lee  Co., 
111.,  and  followed  his  trade.  In  1877  he  was  taken  ill,  and  since  then  has  been 
incapacitated  for  work.  Of  late  years  he  has  made  his  home  in  Minneapolis 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Henry.  He  acquired  a  handsome  property,  and  was  always 
an  industrious,  honorable  citizen;   res.  Daysville  and  Dixon,  111. 

5258.  i.  Amos  Monroe,  b.  Aug.  9,  1849;  d.  Mar.  9.  1852. 

5259.  ii.         Henry  M.,  b.  Aug.  24.  1850;  d.  Jan.  8,  1851. 

5260.  iii.        Mary  Jane,  b.  Dec.  30,  1851;  res.  Dixon,  111. 

5261.  iv.        Emma  Amanda,  b.  May  10. 1853;  m.  Mar.  14,  1889,  John  H.  Henry, 

s.  p.;  res.  306  Williams  St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

5262.  V.         Benjamin  McN.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1855;  m.  Clara  Sthare  and  Grerena 

Waldon. 

2763.  Cyrus  James  Whitney  (Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Henniker.  N.  H.,  Apr.  26,  1812;  m.  1836,  Mary  J.  Morrison,  b.  Mar.  6,  la22;  res. 
Ackworth  and  Antrim,  N.  H. 

Susan  C,  b.  Feb.  28,  1837;  d.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Oct.  4,  1856. 
Eliza  J.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1838;  m.  Charles  Young, of  Lyndeboro,  N.H. 
George  G.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1840;  m.  Elizabeth  Bowl. 
Mary  M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1842;  m.  Aug.  15,  1861,  Samuel  A.  Holt;  res. 

Antrim,  N.  H.;  has  three  ch.:    Emma  E.,  Cora  E.  and   Frank  A. 
Cyrus  J.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1844;  m.  Louisa  E.  Allds. 
Charles  F.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1847;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  Somers. 
Julia   E.,  b.    July  9,   1850;    m.     1873,    Almon    T.  Rogers;    res. 

Antrim.     Ch.:     George  G.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1874;  Arthur  A.,  b.  Mar. 

22,  1879;  Corance  V.,  b.  June,  1882. 
5270.    viii.     Clara  Ella,  b.  Jan.  25,  1853;  m.  Nov.  27,  1872,  Henry  A.  Rogers; 

res.  Antrim.     Ch.:    Gracie  E.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1874;  Mary  C,  b.  July 

21,  1877. 
6271.    ix.        Emma  C,  b.  Oct.  18,  1856;  d.  June  27.  1861. 

5272.  X.         Josephine  N.,  b.  May  31,  1860;  m.  Oct.  18,  1879,  George  H.  Rog- 

ers; res.  Antrim.     Ch.:     Helen  A.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1880;  Clara  E.,  b. 
Jan.  28,  1887;  Bertha  M.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1888. 

5273.  xi.       Fred'k  A.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1864;  m.  Mary  Shea. 

2764.  Dr.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Rindge,  N.  H.,  Jan.  25,  1799;  m.  in  Provincetown,  Mass.,  May  10,  1832,  Henrietta  A. 
Nickerson;  d.  Aug.  21,  1848;  m.  2d  Sarah  L.  Small;  d.  Feb.  10.  1851;  m.  3d,  Aug.  28, 

1851,  Mrs.  Hannah   E.  Crosby;  b. .     She  res.  Cleveland,  Ohio.     Dr.  Whitney 

studied  medicine  with  his  father  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Marl- 
boro, Mass.,  and  moved  to  Provincetown,  where  he  enjoyed  an  extensive  practice  until 
his  demise.     He  d.  Dec.  10,  1866;  res.  Provincetown,  Mass. 

5274.  i.  Electa  A.,  b.  July  12.  1833;  d.  Aug.  1,  1861. 
5276.    ii.        Lauretta,  b.  Apr.  1,  1835;  d.  Aug.  27,  1836. 


6263. 

6264. 

6265. 

111. 

5266. 

iv. 

5267. 

v. 

5268. 

vi. 

5269. 

vii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


351 


5276.  iii.  Henrietta,  b.  Oct.  9,  1838;  res.  Prov.,  Mass. 

5277.  iv.  Felicia,  b.  May  19,  1841;  d.  Aug.  26,  1842. 

5278.  V.  Isaiah,  b.  Aug.  30, 1843;  res.  Boston;  salesman. 

5279.  vi.  Charles  H.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1854;  res.  Boston. 

2766.     LovELL  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  June 

20,  1790;  m.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Feb.  7,  1819,  Rebecca  Witt;b. ;  d.  May  18,  1862. 

Res.  Rindge  Center,  N.  H. 


5280. 
5281. 

5282. 


5283. 


1.         Harriett  J.,  b.  June  1,  1820;  res.  R.  C. 

ii.         William  L.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1822;  m.  Sarah  P.  Whitney. 

iii.       Eliza  K.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1829;  m.  Jan.  9,  1851,  Addison  Rugg;  b.  Mar. 

23, 1823;  res.  Ware,  Mass.     Ch.:  Frank  A.,  Fred  O.,  Addie  E., 

and  Clara  E. 
iv.       Cornelia,  b.  Nov.  16,  1836;  d.  Apr.  21,  1862. 

2767.  Dr.  Charles  Whitman  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),b.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Nov.  15,  1791  ;m.  Nov.  10, 1818,  Mary  Griffin;  b.  Aug.  16,  1793; 
d.  Aug.  28,  1861. 

Dr.  Charles  W.  Whitney  located  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1815.  He  was  son  of  Dr. 
Isaiah  Whitney,  of  Rindge,  N.  H.  He  finished  his  edu- 
cation in  the  New  Ipswich  academy  and  afterward  went 
to  Boston  to  study  and  practice  with  J.  Randall,  M.  D.  In 
1814  he  built  his  house  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Dea.  Samuel  Griffin,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Western 
New  Hampshire  Association  and  of  the  State  Medical 
Society.  He  was  an  excellent  citizen  and  a  judicious, 
careful  practitioner,  and  was  held  in  unqualified  esteem 
by  his  townsmen  until  his  death.  He.  d.  Oct.  31, 1861 ;  res. 
Fitzwilliam  and  Troy,  N.  H. 

5284.     iv.       Charles  W..  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1827;  m. 
Sarah  F.  Taylor. 
Samvel  G.,  b.  Sept.  20, 1819;  m.  Abbie 

N.  Whitteniore. 
Charles,  b.  July  27,  1824;  d.  July  10, 

1827. 
Henry  N.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1825;  d.  Feb.  17, 

1827. 
Mary  J.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1830;  m.  Dec.  18, 
1856,  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Richardson,  of  Troy,  N.  H.  He  was  b. 
Dec.  23,  1830;  was  surgeon  of  the  13th  N.  H.  reg.  in  the  war;  res. 
Marlboro. 


5285. 

5286. 
5287. 

5288. 


11. 


111. 


v. 


DR.   CHARLES   W.    WHITNEY. 


2768.  Henry  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah.  Thomas,  John),  b.  Oct. 
26,  1794,  in  Rindge,  N.  H.;  m.  Aug.  30,  1821,  in  Vergennes,  Vt.,  Mary  Goldin;  b.  Nov. 
8,  1799;  d.  Mar.  28,  1875. 

Henry  Whitney,  at  his  death,  was  one  of  the  oldest  residents  in  Burlington.  He 
first  went  to  that  city  from  Rindge,  N.  H.  After  a  short  residence  there  he  returned 
to  Rindge,  and  in  1816  returned  to  Burlington,  where  he  ever  after  resided.  Mr. 
Whitney  was  a  man  of  many  excellent  traits  of  character.  Quiet,  unassuming  in  his 
ways,  he  was  yet  firm  in  his  notions  of  duty  and  right.  He  was  an  honest  and  up- 
right man,  of  kindly  temper,  and  probably  had  not  an  enemy  in  the  world.  He  left 
four  children:  Mrs.  Minor  S.  Martin,  of  Brooklyn,  Cal.,  Mrs.  Noah  Allen,  Burling- 
ton, Vt.,  George  Isaiah  Whitney,  now  in  New  York,  and  Charles  Howard  Whitney, 
of  Burlington,  \'t.  Mr.  Whitney  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  Washington 
Lodge,  F.  A.  M.,  and  his  funeral  took  place  with  Masonic  honors.  He  d.  Novt  22, 
1875;  res.  Burlington,  \'t. 


5289. 


5290. 


H. 


Mary  E.,  b.  June  18,  1828;  m.  Mar.  28,  1852,  Minor  S.  Martin. 
He  was  b.  in  Charlotte,  Vt.,  Nov.  27,  1823;  res.  627  East  14th  St., 
Oakland,  Cal.;  stock  broker.  Ch.:  Henry  Whitney,  b.  May  7, 
1853;  m.  Sept.  7,  1880;  P.  O.  301  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.;  Arthur  Henman,  b.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  June  11,1859;  d. 
Aug.  10,  1859;  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Oct.  11, 
1865;  m.  Nov.  11,  1884;  P.  O.  address.  Mrs.  R.  R.  Veale,  Brent- 
wood, Cal. 

Jane  D.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1830;  m.  1861,  Noah  Allen;  res.  Burlington, 
\'t. 


6295. 

i. 

6296. 

n. 

6297. 

in. 

6298. 

IV. 

6299. 

V. 

352  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6291.  iii.        Henry,  b.  July  21,  1831;  d. . 

6292.  iv.        George  I.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1838;  m.  Emily  E.  Sweet. 

6293.  V.         Edward  R.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1836;  d.  from  wounds  received  in  the 

second  battle  of  Bull  Run. 
5294.    vi.        Charles  H.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1839;  m.  Mary  Jane  Kelley. 

2770.    Stephen  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec. 
19,1800;  m.  Lovilla  Goldin.     He  d.  in  1868;  res.  Burlington,  Vt. 

Sarah,  b.  Sept.  30,  1834;  m.  T.  B.  Wilson;  res.  Jersey  City,  N.  Y. 
Edward  P.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1837;  d.  Sept.  10,  1873. 
Helen,  b.  May  14,  1840;  m.  William  Larryshore,  of  B. 

Isaiah  W.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1842;  d. . 

Harrison,  b.  Oct.  6,  1844;  d.  Sept.  9,  1866. 

2778.  Hon.  Edwin  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Oct.  12,  1812;  m.  Oct.  26,  1841,  Lucia  Mead  Whitney,  (see)  b.  Oct.  6,  1810;  res.  78» 
Cass  Av.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Hon.  Edwin  Whitney  was  born  at  Harvard,  Mass.  He  was  the  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Mary  (Whitney)  Whitney,  grandson  of  Isaiah  and  Persis  (Randall)  Whitney,  great- 
grandson  of  Isaiah  and  Elizabeth  (Whitney)  Whitney,  and  descended  from  John  and 
Elinor  Whitney,  who  settled  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1635.  He  was  born  on  the  old 
homestead  occupied  by  his  ancestors,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Harvard,  and  which  has  remained  in  possession  of  the  family  down  to  the 
present  time.  Having  grown  up  on  a  farm,  he  was  early  inured  to  manual  labor. 
While  residing  at  the  family  estate,  he  attended  the  common  school  of  his  native 
town  until  he  was  prepared  to  enter  those  of  higher  grade,  when  he  went  to  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt.,  and  became  a  student  of  that  academy  of  that  place.  Here  he  applied 
himself  with  great  diligence,  in  preparation  for  the  study  of  his  chosen  profession 
of  law.  About  the  year  1834  he  commenced  the  reading  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
Cheever,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  two  or  more  years.  From  thence  he 
went  to  New  York  City,  and  completed  his  course  of  professional  studies  with  Judge 
Morrell,  of  that  city.  Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  he  at  once  became  associated 
with  Judge  Morrell  in  professional  business.  For  some  years  he  was  constantly 
employed  as  public  administrator  of  the  city,  in  which  position  he  was  quite  suc- 
cessful. But  at  the  solicitation,  as  we  are  informed,  of  Col.  Elijah  Hale,  he  left  New 
York  in  1844,  and  removed  to  Stow,  where  he  continued  to  reside  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  soon  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  respected  citizens  of  the 
town,  always  desirous  and  ready  to  do  what  he  considered  for  the  best  interest  of  the 
community  —  though  a  man  of  unassuming  manners,  he  was  nevertheless  possessed 
of  those  sterling  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  that  prepared  him  to  take  a  leading 
position  where  he  resided.  He  was  gifted  with  a  good  degree  of  public  spirit,  so  that 
for  nearly  forty  years  he  was  a  constant  and  efficient  promoter  of  those  measures 
calculated  to  advance  the  prosperity  and  development  of  all  those  interests  condu- 
cive to  the  general  welfare  of  the  town,  and  the  intelligence  of  its  inhabitants.  For 
a  series  of  years  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  school  committee,  and  a  portion 
of  the  time  was  also  the  efficient  superintendent  of  the  schools,  in  whieh  he  was 
deeply  interested;  and  in  various  other  positions  he  proved  himself  a  faithful  servant 
of  the  people  among  whom  he  lived.  Not  only  in  secular  matters,  but  also  in  religious, 
his  interest  was  strong  and  unwearied.  He  was  an  active  and  most  devoted  member 
of  the  First  Parish  Religious  Society,  which  for  a  long  period  he  served  as  one  of  the 
standing  committee  and  a  prominent  supporter.  To  whatever  was  conducive  to  the 
welfare  of  the  church  of  which  he  was  a  communicant,  or  of  the  cause  of  temperance 
which  found  him  an  unfaltering  friend,  as  well  as  in  everything  calculated  to  pro- 
mote sound  morals  and  good  citizenship,  he  was  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand, 
and  bid  it  a  hearty  God-speed.  Not  only  was  he  desirous  of  furthering  every  project 
designed  to  advance  the  progress  of  universal  education,  general  morality,  and  prac- 
tical religion,  but  he  also  could  inspire  others  to  aid  in  the  promotion  of  those  noble 
objects.  He  was  largely  instrumental  not  only  in  inducing  his  friend.  Col.  Elijah 
Hale,  a  man  of  wealth  and  yet  childless,  to  present  to  the  First  Parish,  the  parsonage 
house  and  grounds  now  owned  by  them,  but  also  to  give  the  generous  fund  of  $5,000 
to  establish  and  help  support  the  high  school,  which  bears  the  honored  name  of  the 
donor.  All  this  most  unmistakably  shows  how  thoroughly  he  had  the  best  interests 
of  the  town  at  heart.  Few  towns  have  found  a  truer  or  more  loyal  adopted  son  than 
he.  For  some  years  previous  to  May  16,  1883,  when  occurred  the  two  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  he  was  active  in  collecting  material 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  353 

which  would  serve  to  illustrate  the  progress  of  the  town,  the  two  centuries  of  its 
existence.  In  previous  years  he  had  served  as  chairman  of  many  important  com- 
mittees, and  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee  of  fifteen,  chosen  by  the  town, 
April  3,  1882,  to  arrange  for  the  approaching  bi-centennial  celebration,  and  was  also 
selected  as  the  president  of  the  day,  and  for  nearly  a  year  was  untiring  in  his  efforts 
to  make  the  occasion  one  of  credit  to  the  town.  Though  overruled  by  a  majority 
of  the  committee  in  some  of  his  plans,  he  still  labored  with  unflagging  zeal  to  make 
the  celebration  a  success.  But  he  was  not  destined  to  see  the  long  looked  for  day, 
for  on  the  7th  of  March,  1883,  a  little  more  than  two  months  before  the  celebration 
was  to  take  place,  after  an  illness  of  a  few  days  of  pneumonia,  he  passed  from  the 
mortal  to  the  immortal  sphere.  The  committee  in  rendering  their  report  of  the 
celebration  to  the  town  in  1884,  speak  of  Mr.  Whitney  in  these  words:  "His  long 
and  minute  acquaintance  with  the  history  of  the  town,  together  with  the  large 
amount  of  statistical,  biographical,  and  other  valuable  information  which  he  had 
gathered,  made  his  death  a  great  loss  to  the  committee  and  town."  While  he  prac- 
ticed law  to  a  considerable  extent  after  his  removal  from  New  York,  the  duties 
of  his  profession  were  somewhat  subordinated  to  the  management  of  a  large  farm 
that  devolved  upon  him,  and  to  the  care  of  other  extensive  real  estate  of  which  he 
was  the  owner.  Though  originally  identified  with  the  Democratic  party,  he  earnestly 
espoused  the  anti-slavery  movement  that  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the  Republican 
party.  During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  he  was  among  the  foremost  of  his  townsmen 
in  the  support  of  those  measures  that  led  to  the  triumph  of  the  great  principles 
of  freedom  and  equality  embodied  in  the  Declaration  of  Independence  made  by  our 
Revolutionary  fathers.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  lower  branch  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts legislature  in  1846  and  1847;  and  again,  the  district  of  which  Stow  was 
a  part,  in  1879.  He  was  a  member  also  of  the  state  senate  for  the  year  1850.  He 
married  Miss  Lucia  Mead  Whitney,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Lucy  (Gates)  Whitney, 
of  Stow,  who  still  survives.  She  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Gates,  one  of  the 
original  twelve  settlers  of  the  town,  and  was  born  on  the  farm  that  he  occupied.  He 
died  s.  p.  March  7,  1883;  res.  New  York  City,  and  Stow,  Mass. 

2782.  Joseph  Addison  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Oct.  23, 1802;  m.  Oct.  11, 1841,  Hannah  Fletcher,  of  Boxboro,  Mass.; 
b.  Apr.  3,  1811,  in  Kennebunk,  Me.;  d.  Rockford,  111.,  Sept.  23,  1873. 

Joseph  Addison  Whitney  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass  For  a  few  years  prior  to 
his  death,  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Market  Square,  in  Boston,  Mass., 
and  was  so  engaged  at  the  time  of  his  demise.  He  d.  in  Boston,  Feb.  10,  1847;  res. 
Boston,  Mass. 

5300.     i.  Joseph  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1842;  d.  unm.,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  24, 

1876. 
5.301.     ii.        Albert,  b.  Feb.  7,  1844;  res.  Boston;  unm. 

6302.  iii.  Mary  F.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1846;  m.  Tan.  18,  1872,  Edwin  F.  Kenrick;  b. 
Maiden,  May  5,  1845;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  53  Hatch  St.  Ch.: 
Mabel  Florence,  b.  Arlington,  Mass.,  Dec.  28,  1872;  Edith 
Fletcher,  b.  Arlington,  Mass.,  Dec.  22,  1874;  George  Albert,  b. 
Arlington,  Mass.,  May  20,  1877;  Grace  Winifred,  b.  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  Sept.  7,188.3. 

2783.  Benjamin  Franklin  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Mar.  21,  1804;  m.  June  16,  1827,  at  Harvard,  Louisa  Lawrence;  b.  May  17, 
1808;  d.  Jan.  6,  1887.  Her  genealogy  given  in  Genealogy  of  John  Lawrence,  of  Wis- 
set,  Suffolk,  England,  whose  father,  Henry,  came  to  Charlestown,  in  1635,  and  who 
himself  settled  in  W^atertown,  Mass.,  soon  after.  Louisa  (L. )  Whitney  died  Jan.  1887. 
Her  mother  was  a  Bigelow,  genealogy  given  in  Bigelow  family.  It  would  be  easy  to 
write  of  the  grace  of  her  L.  (L.)  W's.  youth,  the  loving  and  able  care  of  a  model 
mother  for  her  large  family,  of  her  sore  trials,  of  her  cheerful,  social,  helpful  spirit. 
Her  firm  and  loving  hand  saved  the  family,  for  instance,  at  one  time  from  absorption 
in  the  Skeneateles  (N.  Y.)  Community,  where  her  husband,  infatuated  by  Fourier,  and 
eldest  son,  spent  some  months,  and  in  many  crises  of  changing  fortune. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  and  soon  moved  with  his  parents  to  the  old  ancestral 
home  of  his  grandfather  on  the  extreme  eastern  slope  of  Oak  Hill,  next  the  Boxboro 
line.  As  a  boy  he  experimented  on  the  problem  how  to  improve  the  poor  native 
apples.  He  was  always,  through  his  long  life,  tA'ing  experiments,  more  to  see  what 
could  be  done  than  to  reap  any  pecuniary  reward.  He  was  one  of  the  very  first  to 
raise  improved  grafted  apples  and  this  first  attempt  was  made  without  his  father's 


354  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

knowledge  or  consent,  but  when  the  results  were  tasted  and  looked  upon  were  fol- 
lowed by  his  lather's  practical  approval,  for  he  went  into  the  improvement  with  con- 
siderable zest.     This  farm,  according  to  tradition   under  Cyrus  Whitney's  manage- 
ment, took  a  prize  one  year  for  being  the  best  farm  in  all  Worcester  county.     It  has 
produced  large  quantities  of  all  kinds  of  fruit,  as  earlier  it  did  grains  and  grasses. 
B.  F.  W.  was  allowed  but  little  time  at  school,  but  the  short  time  spent  at  a  neigh- 
boring academy,  and  the  constant  habit  of  readmg  and  use  of  reference  books  made 
him  a  well-informed  man.      He  traveled  much  in  1828,  and  about  1832  or  1833  he 
engaged  in  trade  in  a  country  store  in  Harvard  village.    In  1836  moved  to  Seneca  Falls, 
N.  Y,,  where  with  varying  success  he  managed  a  variety  store,  put  up  buildings,  and 
one  year  carried  on  a  large  farm.   In  1845  returned  to  his  native  town,  where  he  spent 
the  last  forty  years  of  his  life  in  agricultural  pursuits,  the  last  two  giving  him  more 
and  more  pleasure.     He  greatly  enjoyed  the  face  of   nature  and  all  the  changing 
life  of  bird,  insect  and  plant.      He  knew  the  names,  mostly  common  names,  with  the 
medicinal  effect  upon  the  human  body  of  almost  every  leaf  and  root  and  herb.  With 
him  expired  a  considerable  knowledge  of  his  own  genealogy  and  that  of  many  about 
him.     He  esteemed  others  more  than  himself,  was  of  retiring  disposition,  but  when 
approached,  conversed   with   interest   and   remarkable   intelligence  for  one  of  his 
opportunities.   He  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church,  which  he  cherished.   Was 
in  early  days  a  Whig  in  politics,  in  favor  of  a  protective  tariff,  an  admirer  of  Horace 
Greeley,  in  later  life  a  stanch   Republican  and  always  for  the  union  of  the  whole 
country.     Among  the  happy  thoughts  of  later  life  was  that  of  having  had  a  son, 
Charles  Edward,  to  serve  through  the  entire  war  for  the  union,  and  that  he  was  one  of 
the  first  to  enter  Richmond  and  offer  protection   to  some  defenseless,  but  at  first 
defiant  female  cousins,  who  were  at  length  glad  to  accept  his  offices  in  the  confusion 
of  the  Federal  occupation.     He  d.  Dec.  15,  1885;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 
Mary  Louisa,  b.  Dec.  25,  1828;  d.  Oct.  6.  1829. 
Solon  F.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1831 ;  m.  Charlotte  C.  Wilder. 
Sarah  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  25,  1833;  d.  May  6,  1854. 
James  Harris,  b.  Aug.  16,  1835;  m.  Ad'die  Thomas. 
Frances  Alice,  b.  Mar.  20,  1838;  d.  Aug.  27,  1839. 
Charles  Edward,  b.  Nov.  19,  1840;  d.  unm.  Feb.  8,  1872.     He 
enlisted  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  and  served  to  the  end;  lay 
10  I  days  in  the  trenches  in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  where  from 
disease  and  bullets  he  was  left  the  highest  in  command  of  his 
regiment,   a  part  of  the  time  only  serg. -major,   then  captain. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  march  into  Richmond.     The  horse 
which  he  rode  came  back  to  Boston  with  him,  bore  him  to  his 
father's  in  Harvard,  was  honored  and  cared  for  and  finally  buried 
long   after   the  Captain  had  gone  to  his  last  muster.      In  the 
W^ilderness  hehad  seen  his  friends  cut  down,  had  suffered  much 
from  exposure,  but  lived  after  returninec  home  until  1872,  havmg 
gradually  succumbed  to  pulmonary  disease,  the  seeds  of  which 
were  planted  by  repeated  attacks  of  pneumonia  while  in  service. 
He  or  his  fiiends  never  asked  for  a  pension.     His  brother  Solon 
F.  was  app.  admr.  of  his  estate  Feb.  20,  1872. 

5309.  vii.      Harriett  Lucv.b.  Sept.  16.  1843;  d.  May  15,  1844. 

5310.  viii.     Fran-ces  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  18,  1848. 

5311.  ix.       W.M.  E.  C,  b.  Apr.  11,  1851;  m.  Alma  C.  Walker. 

2784.  James  Fordyce  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Apr.  14,  1806;  m.  Sept.  18,  1835,  Mary  Gates  Whitney  of  Stow, 
dau.  of  Moses,  b.  Aug.  31,  1807;  d.  there  June  30,  1886.  From  the  Albany  (N,  Y.) 
Journal:  "James  F.  W'hitney,  who  died  at  Stow,  Mass.,  was  well  known  to  many  of 
our  older  citizens.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  prominent  merchant  in  this  city 
and  an  active  member  of  the  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellow  orders.  His  death  was  from 
pneumonia  after  a  sickness  of  four  days;  he  was  in  the  68th  year  of  his  age."  He  d.  in 
Stow,  Mass.,  Apr.  28,  1874;  res.  Albany,  N.  Y. 

5312.  i.         Charles  Augustus,  b.  Oct.  16,  1836;  d.  unm.  Apr.  1,  1892. 

5313.  ii.        Lucia  Caroline,  b.  Aug.  24,  l!-38;  d.  Jan.  13,  1851. 

5314.  iii.       Cyrus  Henry,  b.  Aug.  29, 1840;  unm.  res.  Quincy,  111.,  117  Fourth 

Street,  north. 

5315.  iv.       James   Francis,  b.   Oct.  23,  1842;    m.  Oct.  24,  1874,  Emma  F. 

Chamberlin,  b.  Oct.  25,  1849;  res.  s.  p.  191   Park  St.,  Detroit, 
Mich.     He  is  connected  with  M.  C.  R.  R. 


5303. 

5304. 

5305. 

HI. 

5306. 

iv. 

5307. 

v. 

5308. 

VI. 

5320. 

li. 

5321. 

111. 

5822. 

IV. 

5323. 

V. 

5324. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  355 

5316.  V.         Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  30,  1844;  m.  June  19,  1869,  Charles  A, 

Warren,  s.  p.;  res.  789  Cass  Av.  Del. 

5317.  vi.        Adeline,  b.  Nov.  13,  1846;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

5318.  vii.       Martha  Gates,  b.  Dec.  19,  1848;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

2785.  Hon.  Richard  H.  Whitney,  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1808;  m.  Feb.  22,  1836,  Nancy  Flagg  Whitney;  d. 
Sept.  6,  1852;  m.  2d,  Mar.  22,  1854,  Dorcas  Fisk.  Richard  H.  Whitney  son  of  Cyrus 
Whitney  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  was  born  at  Harvard,  Mass.,  1808,  and  died  at  Adrian, 
Mich.,  July  11,  1867.  He  was  a  self  made  man  and  successful  in  life  as  to  accu- 
mulating property  and  making  and  holding  funds.  He  left  an  estate  of  8125,000 
which  was  divided  V^  to  his  second  wife  Dorcas  Fisk  Whitney  and  the  remaining  ^^ 
divided  among  each  of  his  six  children.  He  was  mayor  of  Adrian  in  1857  and  held 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  many  years,  and  died  at  the  age  of  57,  honored  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  d.  July  11, 1867;  res.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  Adrian, 
Mich. 

5319.  i.  Sarah  Flagg,  b.  Sept.  22,  1838;  m.  May  1,  1861,  Andrew  J.  Put- 

nam; res.  Milton,  N.  H.  Ch.:  Samuel  Harris,  b.  Oct.  26,  1862; 
d.  Nov.  10,  1863;  William  A.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1864;  res.  Leominster, 
Mass.;  Hattie  L.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1865;  res.  W. ;  Mable  L.,  b.  Apr.  23, 
1868;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  31  Granite  St.;  Augustus  W.,  b.  Mar. 
26,  1873. 

Edward  L.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1840;  m.  Eliza  J.  Curry. 

Channing,  b.  Dec  28,  1842;  m.  Nellie  M.  Cornell. 

Charles  C.,  b.  July  4,  1844;  m.  Emma  Lapham. 

Aaron  Augustus,  b.  Feb.  7,  1850;  m.  Clintina  S.  Curtis. 

Richard  Harris,  b.  Sept.  22,  1856,  unm.;  res.  Adrian,  Mich.  He 
has  since  10  years  of  age  been  afflicted  with  epilepsy  and  un- 
fitted for  active  business  life  although  at  times  bright  and  smart 
and  active. 

5325.  vii.      Henry  Hart,  b.  Jan.  18,  1858;  d.  Sept.  22,  1860. 

2787.  Isaiah  Whitney  (Cvrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Sept.  22,  1815;  m.  Jan.'l,  1841,  Mary  A.  Gove;  b.  July  9,  18^2;  d.  July  14, 
1889.  Isaiah  was  reared  on  the  old  homestead  in  Harvard.  Before  his  marriage  he 
went  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  as  clerk  for  his  older  brother,  James  Fordyce.  While  there, 
he  met  his  wiie.  After  a  residence  of  several  years  in  Albany  he  returned  to  Har- 
vard and  to  farming  on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his 
life.     He  d.  June  30,  1867;  res.  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  Redbank,  N.  J. 

5326.  1.  Ella  C.,b.  Nov.  19,  1849;  m.  Nov.  19,  1873,  Luke  W.  Farmer;  res. 

Boston,  Mass.,  Winter  Hill.     He  was  b.  Mar.  24,  1849;  s.  p. 

5327.  ii.        Edwin  H.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1851;  m.  Mary  E.  Albert. 

5328.  iii.        Harry  M.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1845;  m.  Jan.  1,  1887,  Carrie  W.  Wright;  b. 

Nov.  7,  1867;  s.  p.;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

5329.  iv.       Charles  G.,  b.  June  24,  1854;  m.  Jessie  C.  Keating. 

5330.  V.         Lucy  E.mily,  b.  Nov.  20,  1841;  m.  Nov.  26,  1^63,  Charles  A.  Hus- 

sey.  She  d  Dec.  5,  1874.  Ch.:  Alfred  R,  b.  Aug.  26,  1864;  ad. 
2]  I  Randolph  street,  Chicago,  111.;  Mary  Ella,  b.  Mar.  30,  1870; 
d.  1872;  Richard  Earle,  b.  Oct.,  1874;  d.  1875. 

2788.  Isaac  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Har- 
vard, Mass.,  July  24,  1818;  m.  June  10,  1846,  Dorcas  Whitney  Hoar;  b.  Littleton, 
Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1824;  she  m.  2d,  Sept.  26,  1 869,  Isaac  F.  Wright.  He  was  born  in  Har- 
vard and  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  in  that  town  and  at  Fayville,  Mass.  He 
taught  school  and  for  a  while  resided  in  Keokuk,  Iowa.  After  his  marriage  he  set- 
tled on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  followed  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death. 
He  d.  Mar.  19,  1859;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

5331.  i.  Walter  Harris,  b.  Nov.  1,  1849;  m.  Dec.  5.  1879,  Georgia  E. 

Tuttle;  b.  Dec.  9,  1854;  s.  p.;  res.  103  Sycamore  street,  .Somer- 
ville,  Mass.  He  lived  at  home  until  20  years  of  age,  attending 
the  regular  district  school.  For  two  terms  he  was  at  the  West- 
brook,  Me.,  academy.  After  this  he  began  mercantile  life  in 
Worcester,  Mass.;  later  he  was  at  Harvard  and  So.  Acton,  and 
afterwards  in  business  in  Charlestown  and  Boston.  Imme- 
diately following  he  engaged  as  book-keeper  for  a  wholesale 


356  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

produce  firm  in  Boston,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years.  In 
1884  he  again  began  business  for  himself  with  a  Mr.  York, 
under  the  firm  style  of  York  &  Whitney,  wholesale  produce 
commission  business,  No.  1  No.  Market  street,  at  the  present 
time  located  as  above.  Their  business  has  gradually  grown 
from  commencement,  and  at  present  time  they  rank  among  the 
larger  dealers  in  this  line  of  trade,  handling  shipments  from' 
20  to  25  different  states  at  different  seasons  of  the  year. 

5332.  ii.         Charles  Elery,  b.  Oct.  4, 1851;  book-keeper;  unm.;  res.  with  his 

brother. 

2797.  Henry  A.  Whitney  (Israel,  Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  Jan.  15,  1815;  m.  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  Hannah  Stickels,  of  Newark,  N.  J. 

He  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  at  an  early  age  became  a  resident  of  Newark, 
N.  T.,  where  he  was  married  and  where  he  ever  after  resided.  He  was  a  prominent 
and  well-known  resident  of  that  city.  He  was  the  first  person  to  hold  the  office  of 
chief  of  police  of  Newark,  and  for  many  years  was  president  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Newark.     He  d.  July  3,  1862;  res.  Newark,  N.  J. 

5333.  i.  Martha  A.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1853;  m.  Feb.  26,  1874,  Charles  Mills  Ward; 

b.  Cambridge,  England,  Dec.  20,  1850.  He  is  a  manufacturing 
jeweler  on  Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass.;  res.  12  Thornley  St., 
Dorchester,  Mass.  Ch.:  Charles  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  10,  1876. 
6334.  ii.  Harriett  J.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1849;  m.  Jan.  16,  1867,  Edmund  R.  Hal- 
sey;  res.  So.  Orange,  N.  J.  He  was  b.  June  18,  1836.  She  d. 
Sept.  27,  1893.  Ch.:  Cora  E.,  b.  July  4,  1868;  Edmund  R.,b.  May 
20,  1872;  Isaac  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  3,  1874 ;  Cornelia,  b.  Apr.  9,1878; 
Harriet,  b.  Feb.  20, 1890. 

George  E.,  b. ;  res.  10.  Coes  place,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Annie,  b. — ;  m. Schniber;  res.  Asbury  Park,  N.J. 

Henrietta,  b.  Nov.  12,  1857;  m.  Aug.  29,  1879,  Charles  L.  Chris- 
tenson;  res.  Vailsburg,  N.  J.  He  was  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Aug;. 
16,  1653.  Ch.,  Mattie  L.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1881;  Herbert  b.  Aug.  17, 
1884;  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  15,  1887;  Alfred  Walter,  b.  July  30,  1889. 
Henrietta,  b.  Jan.  6,  1891. 

2806.  Dea.  Luke  Whitney  (Luther,  Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  Sept.  9,  1815;  m.  there  Apr.  27,  1836,  Charlotte  M.  Turner;  b.  Feb. 
10,1816;  d.  June  13,  1840;  m.  2d,  Mar.  4,  1841,  Abigail  Knight;  b.  June  6.  1819;  d. 
Apr.  20,  1881;  m.  3d,  Apr.  10,  1883,  Mrs.  Lydia  H.  Hartwell,  b.  July  14,  1819;  res.  H. 
He  was  born  in  Harvard  on  the  farm  "of  his  great-grandfather,  purchased  before  the 
town  was  incorporated  He  inherited  it  from  his  father  and  conducted  it  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church  and  in  1882  was  chosen  deacon. 
In  1880  he  was  one  of  the  school  committee,  and  from  1870  to  1874  was  one  of  the  town 
assessors.  Among  the  many  pleasant  old  ancestral  abodes  in  Harvard,  perhaps 
none  exceeds  in  charming  characteristics  that  of  Mr.  Luke  Whitney  on  Bear  Hill. 
[Hist.  Midd  Co.,  p.  567.]     He  d.  July  11,  1884;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

6338.  i.  Horatio  Turner,  b.  Mar.  5,  1840;  d.  Nov.  7,  1872. 

5339.  ii.  Augustus  Luke,  b.  June  19,  1845;  m.  Addie  H.  Hussey. 

5340.  iii.  Ella  Amanda,  b.  July  6,  1849;  d.  Jan.  15,  1851. 

5341.  iv.  Ella    Louisa,  b.  Nov.  13,  1851;    m.  Apr.  9,  1874,  in    Harvard, 

Charles  M.  Hasner;  res.  18  Essex   St.,  Charlestown,   Mass.     He 
was  b.  May  3,  1848:    is  in  the  grocery  and  provision  business. 
Ch.:  Alice  Gertrude,  b.  July  21, 1876. 
6342.    v.        Clara   Amanda,  b.  Apr.  3,  1854;    res.  Leominster;  unm.;  with 
A.  L. 

5343.  vi.       Luther  Farwell,  b.  May  19,  1856;  res.  Clinton,  Mass.;  is  a  jew- 

eler and  unm. 

5344.  vii.     Martha  Frances,  b.  Feb.  18,  1861;  d.  Feb.  22,  1865. 
6346.    viii.    Charlotte  Abbv,  b.  Apr.  7,  1843;  d.  Jan.  3,  1862. 

2807.  William  Whitney  (Luther,  Israel,  Elijah,  Israel,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
m.  Jane ;  res.  Harard,  Mass. 


5335. 

iii. 

5336. 

iv. 

5337. 

V. 

5346.    i.  Caroline  P.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1844. 

2808.    Jonathan  W.  Whitney  (Luther,  Israel,  Elijah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Nov.  1819;  m.  at  Thompson,  Conn.,  Dec.  1840,  Mercy  R. ;  b. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  357 

Dartmouth,  Bristol  Co.,  R.  I.,  Jan.  3U,  1822.     He  d.  Aug.  15,  1878;  res.  Springfield,  O., 
74  Arcade  and  23  Humbolt  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

5347.    i.  Susan  C,  b.  July,  1842;  d.  Nov.  5,  1845. 

5;348.  ii.  Clara  H.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1844;  m.  Nov.  3,  1873,  Jerry  Redding.  Ch.: 
Amy,  b.  Oct.,  1874;  d.  1880;  Marv,  b.  1875;  d.  1882;  Charles  F., 
b.  Jan.,  1877;  Emory,  b.  Oct.,  1880;  d.  1882;  Nathan  C,  b.  1883; 
Herbert  E.,  b.  1886;  res.  296  S.  Alabama  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

5349.  iii.        Amy  C,  b.  Aug.  25,   1846;  m.  June   1,  1877,  Robert  H.  Brandon; 

res.  23  Humbolt  Ave.,  Boston. 

5350.  iv.        Emorv  C,  b.  Dec.  20,  1858;  m.  Aug.,  1894,  Jennie  Olmstead;  res. 

19  Capitol  Ave.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

2812.  Albert  Whitney  (John,  John,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John;,  b.  at 
Goffstown,  N.  H.,  July  21, 1811;  m.  at  Nahant,  Mass.,  Nov.  26,  1836,  Elizabeth  Rice; 
d.  Apr.  30,  1847;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2,  1849,  Susan  R.  Rice;  d.  July  11,  1884. 

He  kept  hotel  at  Nahant  and  bis  building  occupied  the  site  of  the  residence  of 
"Gov.  Breed,"  in  1717.     He  d.  Nov.  28,  1892;  res.  Nahant,  Mass. 

5351.  i.  William  R.,  b.  Feb.  9, 1853;  m.  Nov.  1, 1893,  Emma  L.  Ostrander; 

b.  Sept  10,  1868;  res.  Nahant. 

5352.  ii.        John  Edward,  b.  1841;  d.  Apr.  26,  1868. 

5353.  iii.        Harriett  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  b,  1845;  m.  Nov. 26, 1868,  William 

Teal;  res.  N.,  s.  p. 
5854.    iv.        Alice  Coleman,  b.  Sept.  10,  1857;  m.  July  14,  1875,  Charles  J. 
Heywood.     He  d.  1892.     She  res.  N.,  s.  p. 

5355.  V.         Benj.  Coleman,  b.  Apr.  17,  1862;  res.  N.,  unm.,  salesman. 

5356.  vi.        Susan  Rice,  b.  Apr.  12,  1847;  m.  1869,  F.  Coburn;  res.  Lowell, 

Mass. 

5357.  vii.       Charles  Albert,  b.  May  26,  1850;  d.  Dec.  31,  1852. 

2815.  John  Whitney  (John,  John,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Goffs- 
town, N.  H.,  Apr.  5,  1824;  m.  in  Manchester,  Julv  1,  1858,  Eliza  H.  Fisher,  b.  June  1, 
1832. 

He  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  where  he  passed  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  engaged  in  farming.  He  inherited  the  property  from  his 
parents  who  lived  with  him  until  their  death.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Whitney,  in 
1879,  the  property  passed  out  of  the  family,  but  is  still  known  as  "  the  Whitney 
Place."     He  d.  Sept.  22, 1879;  res.  Goffstown,  N.  H. 

Susie  Rice,  b.  Mar.  1,  1860;  res.  G. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  3,  1862;  d.  Jan.  7, 1865. 

Albert,  b.  Dec.  29,  1863;  m.  Georgia  F.  Severance. 

Lewis  W.,  b.  June  3,  1866;  res.  G. 

Willis  L.,b.  June  3,  1866;  d.  May  7,  1871. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1869;  m.  Dec.  26,  1888,  Edmund  W.  Kellogg; 
res.  Newtonville,  Mass.,  s.  p.     He  was  b.  Feb.  18,  1865. 

2829.  JosiAH  D.  Whitney  (Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Sept.  7,  1816;  m.  Oct.  9,  1838,  Catherine  Augusta  Harvey,  b.  Leom. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  he  left  home  very 
early  in  life  to  earn  his  own  living.  He  went  to  Shirley,  Mass.,  to  work  for  a  paper 
xnanufacturer,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  going  thence  to  Leominster  to  learn 
the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder.  At  the  end  of  his  apprenticeship  he  went  to 
Worcester  and  remained  two  years.  When  22  years  of  age,  in  1838,  he  engaged  in 
•business  on  his  own  account  in  Pepperell,  Mass.  He  soon  had  an  excellent  business 
and  rebuilt  his  carpenter  shop  much  larger,  had  furnished  it  with  all  the  appliances 
for  his  business,  and  it  lacked  but  one  thing  more,  a  grindstone;  that  he  bought  and 
carried  to  his  shop  in  his  team,  and  when  he  reached  his  shop  he  took  the  grindstone 
on  his  shoulder  to  carry  in,  when  his  foot  slipped  (it  was  in  December)  on  the  ice  and 
he  fell,  the  stone  falling  upon  his  neck.  He  was  taken  to  his  home  and  it  was  found 
that  his  neck  was  broken.  He  lived  only  a  few  hours.  He  died  at  the  age  of  30. 
Jie  d.  Dec.  17,  1846;  res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

5364.  i.         Ellen  Augusta,  b.  Nov.  27,  1839;   m.  Oct.  9,  1862,  Jennison  S. 

May;  res.  Leo.,  s.  p. 

5365.  ii.        Adelaide  Salina,  b.  Apr.  30,  1842;  m.  Nov.  19,  1863,  Walter  A. 

Boyden;    res.  Leo.    Ch.:    Harry  H.  b.  May  18,  1866;  m.  Ida  M. 
Stevens;  res.  Prov.  R.  I.;  Clarence  E.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1883. 


53.58. 

i. 

5359. 

n. 

5360. 

m. 

5361. 

IV. 

5362. 

v. 

5363. 

vi. 

358  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY, 

5366.     iii.       Anna   Frances,  b.  July  10,  1844;    m.  Nov.  19,  1868,  Frank  W. 
Slay  ton;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass.     He  d.  July  26, 1889,  s.  p. 

2830.  Elhanan  W.  Whitney  (Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Lancaster,  Oct.  21,  1819;  m.  Mar.  14,  1843,  Sarah  A.  Bogart,  b.  Dec.  30, 1824; 
d.  July  30,  1885;  m.  2d,  Nov.  2,  1891,  Hattie  F.  Hapgood;  res.  Harvard.  Mass. 

536T.     i.  Eldora  J.,  b.  July  22,  1844;  m.  Oct.  23,  1867,  Forestus  D.  K. 

Hoar;  b.  Feb.  6,  1831;  res.  W.  Acton.     Ch.:  Ida  Eldora,  b.  Aug. 

18,  1869;  d.  July  17,1870;  Idelle  Ora,  b.  Aug.  18,  1869;  d.  July 

19,  1870. 

5368.  ii.         Emma  M.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1845;  m.  Nov.  28, 1870,  Frank  M.  Sharpless. 

She  d.  Nov.  25,  1885.     He  was  b.  Dec.  2,  1845.    Ch.:  Bessie,  b. 

Nov.  24,  1871;  m.  Smith;   res.  Schoolcraft,  Mich.;  Erie 

W.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1876;  Wm.  P.,  b.  Jan.  11.  1879. 

5369.  iii.        Sarah  C,  b.  Feb.  19,  1848;  d.  Mar.  26,  1851. 

5370.  iv.        ESTELLA  B.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1850;  m.  Sept.  28,  1869,  Hiram  A.  Davis,  b. 

Nov.  23,  1848;  d.  Mar.  18,  1876.  She  d.  July  31,  1876.  Ch.;  Car- 
rie F.,  b.  Oct.  18, 1872;  d.  Dec.  19,  1874;  Ethel  F.,  b.  July  21,  1876. 
She  was  adopted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Montgomery;  res.  Leomin- 
ster, Mass. 

5371.  v.         Warren  E.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1852;  m.  Anna  C.  Rowe. 

5372.  vi.        Jerry  _H.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1854;  m.  Fannie  B.  Barnum. 

5373.  vii.       James  L.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1857;  m.  Lizzie  E.  Barnard. 

5374.  viii.      Eustace  B.,  b.  Dec.  3, 1862;  m.  Edda  A.  Whitehouse. 

2834.  Samuel  Ivory  Whitney  (Samuel,  Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  Mar.  13,  1809;  m.  May  26.  1854,  Eliza  Cannon;  b.  July  4,  1814; 
d.  Sept.  10,  1894.     He  was  a  cooper.     He  d.  May  26,  1854;  res.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

5376.  i.  Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1843;  m.  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  Oct.  29, 

1891,  Elmira  Roberts;  b.  Aug.  17,  1851.  He  is  an  accountant; 
res.  s.  p.  Providence,  R.  I.;  P.  O.  box  1516. 

5377.  ii.         Maria  Louise,  b.  Mar.  25,  1838;  res.  N.  B. 

5378.  iii.        Abbie  D.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1849;  res.  59  Hill  St.,  N.  B. 

5379.  iv.        Ivory  S.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1854;  res.  212  Friendship  St.,  Providence, 

R.  I. 

5380.  V.         Son  and  Daughter,  d.  in  infancy. 

2836.  Amasa  Whitney  (Samuel,  Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Bolton,  Mass.,  Jan.  13,  1813;  m.  Susan  Cannon;  res.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

5381.  i.  E.MMA  S.,  b. ;  res.  N.  B. 

2837.  Sidney  S.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  Feb.  25,  1815;  m.  in  New  Bedford,  Apr.  5, 1838,  Mary  C.  Getchell; 
b.  Jan.  3,  1820;  d.  Feb.  22, 1865. 

5382.  i.  Charles  D.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1844;  m.  Hannah  S.  Eaton. 

5883.    ii.         Frances  A.  P.,  b.  July  5,  1889;  m.  Charles  F.  Retchel;  res.  Clif- 
tondale,  Mass. 

5384.  iii.        Fred'k  A.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1841;  unm. 

2842.  Alonzo  Whitney  (Samuel,  Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b. 
Bolton,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1826;  m.  at  Clinton,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1851,  Sarah  H.  Cooledge, 
b.  June  29,  1831.    He  is  a  cooper;  res.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

5385.  i.  Edward  M.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1855;  m.  Sept.  16,  1885,  Mary  W.  Will- 

iams, b.  Feb.  28,  1861.  He  res.  Fairhaven,  Mass.  Is  an  oculist 
and  aurist,  s.  p. 

5386.  ii.         Susan  A.,  b.  Dec.  1.  1861. 

2850.  Asa  Whitney  (Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  in 
Townsend,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1791;  m.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  22,  1816,  Clarinda 
Williams,  dau.  of  Ralph  of  Groton,  Conn.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1788;  d.  July  6,  1879.  Asa 
Whitney,  manufacturer,  born  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  Dec.  1,  1791;  died  in  Phila.,  June 
4,  1874.  His  opportunities  for  education  were  meager,  and  after  spending  several 
years  in  his  father's  blacksmith  shop,  he  went,  in  1812,  to  New  Hampshire,  and 
soon  became  so  capable  as  a  machinist  that  his  employer  sent  him  to  Brownsville, 
N.  Y.,  to  superintend  the  erection  of  machinery  in  a  cotton  factory.     Here  he  re- 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  859 

mained  till  1830,  carrying  on  a  business  in  machine  and  forge-works,  when  he  was 
appointed  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Mohawk  &  Hudson  railroad,  and  be- 
came superintendent  the  following  year.  Resigning  this  post  in  1839,  he  was  elected 
canal  commissioner  of  N.  Y.  state,  and  for  two  years  superintended  the  enlarge- 
ment and  management  of  the  Erie  canal  and  its  branches.  In  1842  he  removed 
to  Philadelphia  and  entered  into  the  manufacture  of  locomotives  with  Matthew 
W.  Baldwin,  but  withdrew  from  the  partnership  in  two  years.  Soon  afterwards  he 
became  president  of  the  Morris  Canal  Company,  for  which  he  applied  special  ma- 
chinery to  a  series  of  inclined  planes  by  steam,  by  which  means  its  boats  could 
pass  elevations.  He  took  out  patents  on  May  22,  1847,  for  the  corrugated  plate- 
wheel  and  began  their  manufacture  with  his  son  Geo.  as  partner.  On  April  25, 
1848,  he  patented  his  process  for  annealing  car  wheels.  It  consisted  in  placing  the 
wheels  soon  after  they  were  cast  in  a  heated  furnace,  where  they  were  subjected  to 
a  further  gradual  increase  of  temperature,  and  were  then  cooled  slowly  for  three 
days.  The  discovery  of  this  process  of  annealiiig,  as  applied  to  chilled  cast-iron 
wheels  marked  an  era  in  the  history  of  railroads.  It  enabled  them  with  safety  to  in- 
crease both  loads  and  speed.  Previous  to  this  discovery  it  was  impossible  to  cast 
wheels  with  solid  hubs,  and  therefore  impossible  to  secure  them  rigidly  to  the  axle. 
Now  the  whole  wheel  was  easily  cast  in  one  piece,  and  capable  of  being  forced 
securely  upon  the  axle  at  a  pressure  of  forty  tons.  Over  ten  million  car  wheels  are 
now  in  use  in  this  country,  and  this  principle  of  annealing  is  applied  in  some  form 
to  every  wheel  that  is  made  of  chilled  cast  iron.  On  March  19,  1850,  he  patented  the 
tapered  and  ribbed  corrugated  wheel.  For  many  years  he  made  from  50,000  to  75,- 
000  car  wheels  per  annum.  The  business  is  still  carried  on  by  the  firm  of  A.  Whit- 
ney &  Sons.  In  1860  Mr.  Whitney  was  made  president  of  the  Reading  railroad, 
but  he  resigned  in  a  year  from  failing  health,  after  contributing  largely  to  the 
success  of  the  road.  He  gave  liberally  during  his  life  and  among  other  public 
bequests  he  gave  650,000  to  found  a  professorship  of  dynamical  engineering  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  §12,500  to  the  Franklin  Institute,  and  820,000  to  the  Old 
men's  Home  in  Philadelphia.  He  left  a  princely  fortune  to  his  family,  and  was 
probably  the  only  millionaire  among  the  sons  of  Townsend.  He  d.  June  4,  1874;  res. 
Brownville,  N.  Y.,  and  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

5387.  i.  William   Wallis,  b.  Sept  1,  1817;   d.  unm.  in  Cuba,  Nov.  17, 

1847,  civil  engineer. 

5388.  ii         George,  b.  Oct.  17,  1819;  m.  Mary  J.  Ely. 

5389.  iii.        Mary  Jane,  b.  Nov.  8,  1821;  m.  Aug.  16,  1843,  John   H.  Redfield, 

b.  Julv  10,  1815;  res.  216  W.  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Ch.:  William  Wallace,  b.  July  7,  1844;  m.  Oct.  31,  1872,  Emma 
Stoddard;  res.  Minneapolis,  M'inn.;  Clarinda  b.  Julv  30,  1846;  d. 
unm.  Aug.  4,  1891;  Robert  Stuart,  b.  May  2,  1849;  m.  Oct.  30, 
1877,  Mary  T.  Guillon;  res.  3766  Walnut  St.,  Phil.,  Pa.;  Eliza 
Whitnev,  b.  Dec.  13,  1851;  res.  216  W.  Logan  Squ.,  Phil.,  Pa. 

5890.     iv.        Daniel  Lyman,  b.  Feb.  1824;  d.  infancy  May  24,  1825. 

5391.  v.  ELiZA.b.  Jan. 25, 1826;  m.  June  9,1857,  Rev.  M.  A.  DeWolfe  Howe, 
D.  D.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1808;  res.  Reading  Pa.  Ch.:  Arthur  Whitney, 
2032  DeLancey  place,  Phila.,  Pa.;  m.  Mary  W.  Deucklan,  Apr. 
4,  1888;  b.  May  15,  1859;  Anna  Barnard,  dec'd;  b.  May  8,  1858; 
Mark  A.  DeWolfe,  b.  Aug.  28,1864;  address,  41  Temple  place, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Antoinette  DeWolfe,  dec'd;  b.  Jan.  13,  1861; 
Wallis  Eastburn,  b.  Sept.  12,  1868;  address,  91  Mt.  Vernon  St., 
Boston,  Mass.  Howe,  Mark  Antony  DeWolfe,  P.  E.  bishop, 
b.  in  Bristol  R.  I.,  Apr.  5,  1808.  He  was  graduated  at  Brown 
in  1828;  ordained  deacon  in  1832,  and  priest  in  1833.  In  Octo- 
ber of  the  latter  year  he  became  rector  of  St.  James'  church, 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  three  years,  and  then  re- 
moving to  Cambridge,  was  rector  of  Christ  church,  and  editor 
of  the  Christian  Witttess.  Returning  to  Roxbury  in  1836  he 
remained  there  ten  years,  and  then  became  rector  of  St.  Luke's 
church,  Philadelphia,  where  he  officiated  till  1865,  when  he  was 
consecrated  bishop  of  central  Pennsylvania.  From  1850  till 
1862  he  was  secretary  of  the  house  of  clerical  and  lay  deputies, 
and  he  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  convention  from  that  date 
till  1872.  In  1865  he  was  elected  missionary  bishop  of  Nevada, 
but  declined.     He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Brown   in 

1848,  and  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1876.     He  has 


360  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

published  besides  sermons,  essays  and  addresses,  "A  Review  of 
the  Report  of  the  Boston  Public  Schools"  (Boston,  1845);  "Ora- 
tion before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society"  (Hartford,  1852); 
"Domestic  Slavery,  a  Reply  to  Bishop  Hopkins"  (Philadelphia, 
1864);  "Life  of  Bishop  Alonzo  Potter"  (1871);  "Poem  read  at  the 
Bi-Centenary  of  Bristol,  R.  I."  (Providence,  R.  1.,  1882);  and 
"Charge  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Diocese  of  Central  Pennsylvania" 
(Reading,  18861. 
6392.  vi.  John  Randall,  b.  Oct.  21,  1828;  m.  Susan  Caldwell  Butler  and 
Mary  Graham  Young. 

5393.  vii.       James  Shields,  b.  Dec.  2,  1830;  m.  Elizabeth  Field  Knap. 

2851.  Samuel  Whitney  (Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Feb. 
27,  1794;  m.  Sept.  30,  1813,  Polly  Wallace;  d.  at  Nashau,  N.  H.,  Sept.,  1823;  m.  2d 
Kezia  Gage. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  the  inventor  of  what  is  known  as  the  Woodworth  planer. 
He  spent  considerable  time  and  money  on  this  machine.  He  had  a  model  made  by 
a  competent  machinist,  which  did  the  work  admirably,  and  he  intended  to  secure  a 
patent  on  the  same;  but  while  he  delayed  in  attending  to  that  business  and  dream- 
ing about  the  fortune  he  hoped  to  make  by  it,  a  dishonest  man  stealthily  invaded 
the  premises  in  which  the  model  was  stored,  took  drawings  and  admeasurements  of 
it,  from  which  another  model  was  made  and  sent  to  Washington,  and  a  patent  was 
taken  out  in  another  man's  name.  By  this  bold  and  villainous  theft  Mr.  Whitney 
was  defrauded  out  of  the  benefit  of  his  ingenious  and  useful  invention.  He  d.  Dec. 
16,  1870;  res.  Townsend  and  Waltham,  Mass.,  and  Hudson,  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich. 

5394.  i.  Mary  J.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1814;  m.  in  Dec,  1854,  \'arnum  Spalding;  m. 

2d,  June  4,  1867,  Joel  Shattuck,  b.  Aug.,  1784;  d.  June  21,  1871; 
res.  Brookline,  N.  H.,  s.  p. 

5395.  ii.        -Samuel,  b.  July  20,  1817;  m.  Lydia  Stowell. 

6396.  iii.       Jonathan  Wallace,  b.  May  13,  1819;  m.  Mary  A.  Brooks. 

6397.  iv.        Harriett   Newell,  b.  June  23,  1822;   m.  in  Concord  in   1846 

Simon  B.  Whicher.     She  d.  s.  p.  in  Xashau,  N.  H.,  in  June,  1858. 
5398.     v.         Helen  M.,  b.  in   So.   Boston,  Aug.,  1832;  d.  in  Nashau,  N.  H.,  in 

Aug.,  1851. 
6399.     vi.       Adelia  Gage,  b.  in  Townsend  Feb.  19,  1837;  d.  there  in  Nov., 

1841. 

2865.  Joel  Whitney  (Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  June  8, 
1807;  m.  Oct.  30,  1844,  Esther  Maria  Treadwell. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  born  in  Townsend  in  June,  1807,  and  his  earlier  days  were 
passed  in  that  town.  More  than  a  half  century  ago  Mr.  Whitney  began  business  as 
a  machinist  in  Wakefield,  and  in  1844  removed  to  Winchester,  where  he  established 
the  plant  which  now  bears  his  name  at  Main  and  Walnut  streets.  Mr.  Whitney  was 
a  close  friend  of  Goodyear  and  Heyward  when  those  famous  inventors  were  strug- 
gling with  the  uncertain  qualities  of  rubber.  He  was  consulted  by  and  assisted 
these  early  workers  in  the  development  of  the  rubber  business.  He  also  made  many 
improvements  in  processes  for  making  the  first  steel  saws. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  a  manufacturing  machinist  whose  reputation  was  not  confined 
to  the  New  England  states.  As  an  inventor  he  took  front  rank,  and  his  one  inven- 
tion of  the  present  universally  used  swivel  hangers  for  shafting  would  have  enriched 
him  had  he  patented  it.  He  was  satisfied,  however,  to  receive  his  compensation 
from  the  orders  he  received  for  them.  He  made  many  patterns  and  machines  for 
the  manufacture  of  rubber;  also  woodworking  machines,  and  he  was  also  sought  by 
the  sawmakers  of  years  ago.  Of  late  years  the  products  of  his  shops  have  been  con- 
fined to  making  of  machines  for  manufacture  of  leather,  and  his  machines  are  to  be 
found  in  all  parts  of  the  world  to-day.  To  enumerate  the  varied  inventions  which 
his  cunning  hand  and  active  brain  had  brought  forth  would  be  a  monument  to  his 
industry  and  ability.  "Whitney's  Mill"  has  become  a  landmark,  where  handicraft 
and  ingenuity  have  developed  models  of  workmanship  and  utility.  Since  1883  Mr. 
Whitney  was  not  actively  engaged  in  business,  being  confined  the  greater  part  of  his 
time  to  his  home.  In  one  sense  of  the  word,  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  man  who  lived 
within  himself,  and  his  love  of  nature  and  flowers  was  stronger  than  the  rewards 
won  through  the  struggles  and  turmoil  of  business.  He  never  cared  for  ofifice,  but 
attended  town  meetings  and  was  an  interested  and  close  observer  of  town  affairs. 

One  who  knew  him  as  a  friend  and  associate  for  fifty  years  writes:    "I  have  seen 


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him  in  prosperity  and  adversity — the  same  calm  and  genial  man,  sociable  and  com- 
panionable, with  a  mind  broad  and  comprehensive,  of  inventive  genius  and  rare  me- 
chanical skill.  To  know  him  well,  his  worth  and  true  character  stood  out  strong  and 
impressive.  He  lived  with  us  for  a  long  period,  never  seeking  applause  or  notoriety, 
modest  and  retiring  in  all  his  ways."  Joel  Whitney  was  a  man  of  fine  taste;  his  love 
for  the  beautiful  in  nature  and  art  was  inborn  and  fresh  as  the  flowers  he  loved  so 
well.  These  gems  on  nature's  cheek  he  loved  to  cultivate,  and  inhale  their  rich  per- 
fume. He  loved  fruit  in  its  fullest  development;  to  grow  fine  specimens  and  choice 
varieties  was  his  delight.  No  citizen  in  town  had  so  nice  a  taste  and  so  full  knowl- 
edge of  the  qualities  of  good  fruit.  "Age  did  not  wither,  or  infirmity  stale,"  his  deep 
love  for  the  crimson  rose,  the  violet  blue,  the  lucious  pear,  the  apple  sweet  and  fair. 
He  was  a  lifelong  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society,  in  which  he 
took  a  great  interest.  He  was  also  a  life  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable 
Mechanics'  Association.     He  d.  Dec.  2,  1893;  res.  Winchester,  Mass. 

5400.  i.         Evelyn  Frenx-h,  b.  Aug.  16,  1845;  d.  Dec.  3,  1883. 

5401.  ii.        Arthur  Eastman,  b.  July  5,  1847;  m.  Alice  Fletcher. 

5402.  iii.       George  Evans,  b.  Feb.  10, 1849;  m.  June  6,  1883,  Helen  Gertrude 

Lewis,  b.  Sept.  28,  1857;  res.  s.  p.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

5403.  iv.       Joel  Francis,  b.  Mar.  5,  1852;  d.  Dec.  16,  1853. 

5404.  V.        Addie  Maria,  b.  Jan.  20,  1854;  m.  Jan.  26,  1876.  Albert  Eugene 

Ayer;  res.  Winchester.  He  was  b.  Oct.  18,  1852.  Ch.:  Luther 
Symmes,  b.  Oct.  17.  1876;  Evelyn  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  14.  1879; 
Miriam  Baker,  b.  Aug.  30,  1883;  Rachel  Whittier,  b.  May  15, 
.  1887;  Helen  Gertrude,  b.  Nov.  23,  1888;  Dorothy  Mary,  b.  July 
22,  1890. 

5405.  vi.        Fred  Milton,  b.  Oct.  27,  1856;  m.  Elmira  T.  White. 

5406.  vii,       Delia,  b.  Sept.  17,  1862;  unm.;  res.  Winchester. 

2856.  Levi  Whitney  (Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  July  7,  1798;  m.  m  Watertown,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1824,  Jane  Whitney; 
b.  Watertown,  June  13,  1805,  dau.  of  Moses;  d.  June  14,  1843.  He  d.  June  28.  1863; 
res.  Calais,  Me. 

5407.  ix.        Harriett  Emeline,  b.  Jan.,  1840;  m.  Jan.  18.  1858.  Henry  A. 

Hiltz;  b.  Feb.  7,  1831;  d.'Dec.  18,  1877;  res.  21  Carlton  St..  Som- 
erville,  Mass.  Ch.:  Eugenie,  b.  June  15,  1859;  m.  July  14,  1881, 
in  Maiden,  Mass.,  to  Charles  H.  Cpllagan;  one  child,  b.  Aug.  28, 
1890,  Mabel  Eugenie;  post  office  address,  21  Carlton  St.,  Somer- 
ville,  Mass. 

Phebe  Jane.  b.  June  13,  1825;  d.  Oct..  1826. 

Levi  F.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1827;  d.  Jan.  3,  1833. 

Chas.  H.,  b.  Jan.  30.  1829;  m. . 

Horace,  b.  June  16, 1830;  d.  Oct.  30,  1831. 

Geo.  E.,  b.  Mar.  20, 1832;  d.  June  29,  1833. 

Julia  A.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1833;  d.  1849. 

Mary  Olive,  b.  May  15,  1835;  d.  Apr.  28,  1836. 

Edward  L.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1837;  d.  Aug.  30,  1838. 

Wm.  H.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1841 ;  d.  Mar.  8,  1843. 

Jane,  b.  May  26, 1843;  d.  June  6,  1843. 

Mary,  b.  May  26.  1843;  d.  Sept.  15,  1844. 

2857.  Luke  Whitney  (Aaron.  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan.  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Am- 
herst, N.  H.',  Jan.  2,  1800;  m.  Dec.  2,  1824,  Cynthia  Smith  King;  b.  May  1,  1806;  d. 
Dec.  17,  1833;  m.2d,  Aug.  7,  1834,  Mary  Thankful  Smith;  b.  Apr.  6,  1806;  d.  Mar.  28, 
1858.  Luke  Whitney  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity  and  had  noted  mechanical  and 
inventive  genius.  He  was  a  Masonic  Knight  Templar,  and  was  beloved  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  By  precept  and  example  he  brought  up  his  chil- 
dren in  the  fear  and  love  of  God.  He  d.  Dec.  9,  1865;  res.  Sacarrappa,  Me.,  and 
Waltham,  Mass. 

5419.  i.         Hannah  Adaline,  b.  May  15,  1826;  m.  Apr.  9,1867,  Isaac  Childs; 

res.  34  School  St.,  Waltham,  Mass. 

5420.  ii.        Cynthia  Maria,  b.  Mar.  2.3,  1828;  m.  Apr.  3,  1849,  Hon.  Matthew 

H.Cochrane;  res.  Hillhurst,  Canada.  Hon.  H.  W.Cochrane  was 
born  in  Compton,  Province  of  Quebec,  in  1823,  and  is  to-day  one 
of  the  most  extensive  breeders  of  fine  stock  in  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  and  the  United  States.     From  a  small  beginning  in  1865 


5408. 

i. 

5409. 

11. 

5410. 

111. 

541L 

IV. 

5412. 

V. 

5413. 

VI. 

5414. 

vn. 

5415. 

Vlll. 

5416. 

X. 

5417. 

XI. 

5418. 

xii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  363 


his  business  has  grown  to  mammoth  proportions.  Men  are  usu- 
ally molded  for  some  special  work,  though  millions  reach  the 
end  of  the  journey  without  ever  having  discovered  what  that 
work  is,  and  thousands  pave  their  path  with  sorrows  from  having 
mistaken  it.  A  few  make  the  discovery  about  the  noon  of  life, 
and  by  dmt  of  superhuman  energies  obliterate  the  huge  mis- 
take of  the  past,  but  the  majority,  never.  Many  whom  nature 
eminently  qualified  for  useful  servants  lose  themselves  in  the 
foolish  attempt  to  be  masters,  and  a  few  spend  all  their  days  in 
servitude  who  might  have  directed  labor.  Some  can  carry  on  a 
limited  business  only,  with  admirable  success,  while  others  are 
born,  so  to  speak,  with  a  natural  capacity  for  successful  whole- 
saling all  their  lives.  Of  this  latter  class,  rare  as  eclipses,  is  the 
subject  of  our  sketch,  at  least  so  says  his  career,  deny  it 
who  can.  All  the  rare  combination  of  qualities  belongmg 
to  this  class  of  men  form  the  stepping  stones  to  the  towers 
they  build.  Some  men  search  for  the  success  of  Mr.  Coch- 
rane in  his  ample  command  of  means,  but  this  does  not 
account  for  the  acquisition  of  the  means  that  enabled  him 
to  erect  this  stupendous  pillar  of  Shorthorn  fame  from  the 
ruins  of  a  sunken  paternal  estate.  Others  read  this  success  in 
the  Shorthorn  boom  of  the  era  of  his  grandest  successes.  It 
remained  for  the  Quebec  exhibition,  which  was  held  at  Mon- 
treal, to  bestow  the  great  honor  of  the  season,  if  not  indeed  of 
Mr.  Cochrane's  life,  unless  it  be  his  appointment  as  a  senator  of 
the  Dominion  in  1872  as  a  tribute  to  his  work.  We  refer  to  the 
gold  medal  tendered  him  by  the  council  of  this  board,  for  the 
best  show  of  stock  and  for  his  services  to  the  cause  of  agricul- 
ture. Ch.:  Alma  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  27, 1850;  m.  Dec.  30, 1875,  Edward 
Alfred  Baynes;  res.  Montreal,?.  Q.;  onedau.;  James  Arthur,  b. 
July  22,  1853;  m.  Jan.  12,  1886,  Mary  Louise  Grant,  dau.  Sir 
James,  of  Ottawa;  she  d.  Feb.  10,  1888;  m.  2d,  1891,  Eva  M. 
Morris,  dau.  of  the  late  Lieut. -Gov.  Morris,  of  Toronto;  he  has 
one  son;  Alice  Greeley,  b.  Mar.  22,  1855;  m.  June  12,  1878,  John 
E.  Abbott,  son  of  the  late  Hon.  John  Abbott,  of  Boston;  have 
four  ch.;  William  Francis,  b.  Mar.  27,  1857;  Ermina  Maria,  b. 
Sept.  23,  1858;  m.  Sept.  6,  1876,  Charles  Cassils,  of  Montreal; 
four  ch.;  Lilian  Maud,b.  July  1,  1863;  Ernest  Balch,  b.  Mar.  2, 
1865;  Mabel  Gertrude,  b.  May  5,  1868;  Bertha 'Louisa,  b.  Oct.  8, 
1870;  Amy  Grizel,  b.  Sept.  20,  1872. 

5421.  iii.       Phebe  Elizabeth,   b.  Jan.  21,  1830;  m.  Jan.  24,  1849.  Stephen 

Nudd  Pinkham.  She  d.  May  27, 1852.  Ch.:  Susan  Elizabeth,  b. 
Nov.  16,  1849;  res.  Waltham,  Mass.  Stephen  Nudd  Pinkham 
was  an  apothecary.  He  went  to  California  during  the  1849-50 
craze,  and  was  accidentally  killed  at  Battle  Mountain,  Nev., 
Sept.  25,  1870.     He  was  b.  in  1819. 

5422.  iv.       Marv  Jane,  b.  June  13,  1832;    m.  Nov.  4,  1857,  Dennison  Wallis 

Morrison;  b.  Mar.  8, 1830;  s.  p.;  res.  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.  Den- 
nison Wallis  Morrison  was  b.  in  South  Danvers,  Mass.  (now 
called  Peabody),  and  has  been  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits 
in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Cincinnati,  New  York,  and  Boston,  where  he 
is  now.  She  is  the  authoress  of  "Songs  and  Rhymes,"  published 
by  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  They  now  res.  at  the  Adams  House, 
Boston,  Mass. 

5423.  v.        Alma  ELLEN.b.  July  4, 1835;  d.  Dec.  12,  1835. 

5424.  vi.       Margaret,  b.  Aug.  1, 1836;  d.  Aug.  1,  1836. 

5425.  vii.     Theodore,  b.  Aug.  1,  1836;  d.  Aug.  1, 1836. 

5426.  viii.     Mark  Edwin,  b.  Nov.  21,  1837;  m.  Nov.  29,  1860,  Hattie  K.   Phil- 

lips.    He  d.  Dec.  16,  1866.     Ch.:   Cora  F.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1861. 

5427.  ix.       Luke  Henry,  b.  May  5,  1840;  m.  Mary  Ellen  Gammon. 

2859.  Aaron  Whitney  (Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  Dec.  15,  1801;  m.  at  Biddeford,  Me.,  Rebecca  Perkins,  b.  Mar.,  1809 
He  was  a  machinist.     He  d.  Jan.  1866;  res.  Biddeford,  Me.,  and  Hartford,  Conn, 

5428.  i.  Sarah  Jane,  b.  Mar.  19,  1831;  d.  Mar.  20, 1881. 


5429. 

ii. 

M30. 

111. 

5431. 

IV. 

5432. 

V. 

5433. 

VI. 

364  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Amos,  b.  Oct.  8,  1832;  m.  Laura  Johnson. 

John  W.  Perkins,  b.  July  12,  1835;  m.  Olive  E.  Springer. 

Ada,  b. ;  d.  ■ . 

Geo.  Q.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1843;  m.  Isabelle  Gaylord. 

Fanny  FoRRtsxER,  b. ;  unm;  res.  94  Waltham  St.,  Boston, 

ton,  Mass. 

5434.  vii.      Grace    Greenwood,   b.  ;  m.  Oct.   11,  1876,  George   H. 

Casey;  res.  39  W.  61st  St.,  New  York  City. 

2860.  James  Whitney  (Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  July  8,  1808;  m.  at  Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  Sept.  1, 1833,  Julia  A.  Dorr;  b. 
Acton,  Me.,  Apr.  lb!,  1813;  d.  Calais,  Me.,  Apr.  2,  1863.  He  was  a  machinist.  He  d. 
Mar.  22,  1868;  res.  Calais,  Me. 

5435a.  i.  James  B.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1834;  d.  Aug.  7,  1835. 

5436a.  ii.         Julia  A.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1836;  m.  Geo.  A.  Grant;  res.  Hudson,  Wis. 
5437a.  iii.       Emily  F.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1838;  m.  F.  H.  Dam;  res.  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 
5438a.  iv.        James  F.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1840;  res.  60  Walnut  St.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
5439a.  V.         Charlotte  N.,  b.  July  7,  1842;  m.  Arthur  Hussy;  res.  St.  Cloud, 

Minn. 
6440a.  vi.        Harriett  E.,  b.  Apr.  17, 1844;  m.  Geo.  A.  Blake;  res.  Calais,  Me. 
5441a.  vii.       Geo.  F.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1846;  m.  Sept.  2,  1874,  Emma  F.  Johnson,  b. 
June  16,  1846;    res.   Hartford,  Conn.;    is  a  machinist;  s.  p.;  is 
with  Pratt  &  Whitney. 
5442a.  viii.     Martha  A.,  b.  June  10,  1848;  m.  O.  D.  Lamb;  res.  Milltown,  Me. 
5443a.  ix.       Levi  F.,  b.  June  7,  1850;  d.  Calais. 
5444a.  X.         Ephraim  G.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1852;  res.  Danbury,  Conn. 
5445a.  XI.       Amelia,  b.  Apr.  8, 1854;  d.  Calais. 

2864.  John  Whitney  (John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1772;  m. 
in  Needham,  May  28,  1797,  Clarissa  Slack.  John  Whitney  was  born  in  Sherborn,  but 
removed  to  Boston  in  1795.  He  was  a  merchant,  and  continued  in  business  until  his 
death,  in  1817.  He  was  a  worthy  and  respectable  man.  He  was  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Whitney  &  Dorr.     He  d.  in  18l7;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

5435.  i.  Eliza  R.,  b.  1798;  m.  Lemuel  Clupbone;  res.  Roxbury.    She  d. 

1849.  Ch.:  John  W.,  b.  1817;  d.  1821;  Charles  A.,  b.  1820;  John 
W.,  b.  1822;  Joseph,  b.  1824;  Susan  E.,  b,  1827]  Frances  E.,  b. 
1830;  d.  1833;  Frances  W.,  b.  1833. 

William  P.,  b.  1799;  d.  in  Boston,  1830;  a  merchant. 

Susan,  b.  18()0;  a  teacher;  d.  unm. 

CLARissA.b.  1802;  m.  Joseph  Goddard.  Shed.  1823.  Ch.:  James 
W.,  b.  1823;  d.  in  Boston,  1823. 

James  H.,  b.  1804;  m.  Mary  R.  Rutgers. 

Sarah  S.,  b.  1804;  d.  1804. 

Sarah,  b.  1805;  d.  1805. 

Martha  W.,  b.  1807;  d. . 

Sarah,  b.  Mar.  25,  1809;  m.  in  Boston,  Mar.  25,  1834,  Charles 
Chandler;  res.  New  Bedford,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  Petersham, 
Sept.  7,  1»07;  d.  July  6,  1889,  in  New  Bedford.  Ch.:  Charles 
Frederick,  b.  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Dec.  6,  1836;  m.  Apr.  10,  1361, 
Anna  Craig.  He  studied  at  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School,  at 
Harvard, and  abroad  at  the  universities  of  Gottingerand  Berlin, 
receiving  in  1856  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  at  Gottinger.  On  his 
return  to  the  United  States  in  1857,  he  became  assistant  in 
chemistry  at  Union  college  under  Prof.  Charles  A.  Joy,  and 
a  few  months  later  succeeded  to  the  duties  of  the  full  profes- 
sorship. Here  he  remained  until  1864,  when  he  went  to  New 
York  and  was  associated  with  Professors  Egleston  and  Vinton 
in  the  establishment  of  the  Columbia  School  of  Mines.  Dr. 
Chandler  was  elected  to  fill  the  chair  of  analytical  and  applied 
chemistry,  and  was  also  dean  of  the  faculty.  In  1877,  on  the 
reorganization  of  the  school,  he  was  made  professor  of  chemistry, 
lecturing  thenceforth  in  both  the  literary  and  scientific  depart- 
ments of  Columbia.  He  became  adjunct  professor  of  chemistry 
and  medical  jurisprudence  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Columbia  in  1872,  and  in  1876  succeeded  to  the  full 


5436. 

ii. 

5437. 

m. 

5438. 

IV. 

5439. 

V. 

5440. 

VI. 

5441. 

Vll. 

5442. 

VUl. 

5443. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  365 

professorship.  In  1873  he  was  appointed  president  of  the  board 
of  health  of  New  York  City,  and  again  in  1877.  He  has  also 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  various  analyses  of  waters 
throughout  the  United  States,  and  has  delivered  many  lectures. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  University 
of  New  York  in  1873,  and  the  same  year  LL.  D.  from  Union 
College.  He  is  a  life  member  of  all  the  prominent  chemical 
societies  in  the  world;  res.  51  East  54th  St.,  N.  Y.  C.  Kath- 
erine  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  26,  1839;  res.  with  Chas.  F.;  William 
Henry,  b.  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1841;  m.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Sayre,  Jan.  10, 1873.  He  was  educated  at  Union  college,  and 
from  1861  to  1867  was  chemist  to  various  companies,  and  from 
1868  to  1871  instructor  of  chemistry  at  the  Columbia  School  of 
Mines.  In  1871  he  became  professor  of  chemistry  at  Lehigh 
university,  and  in  1878  was  made  director  of  the  library.  He 
has  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Union  college  and  that 
of  Ph.  D.  from  Hamilton  college.  He  is  a  member  of  various 
chemical  societies  in  this  and  other  countries.  In  1876  he  was 
juror  at  the  Centennial,  and  in  1878  at  the  Paris  exhibition.  Is  at 
present  connected  with  the  Lehigh  universitv,  Bethlehem,  Pa.; 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  3,  1846;  d.  Nov.  26,  1856. 

5444.  X.         Mary  S.,  b.  1811;  m.  Josiah  Lovett.     She  d.  in  Boston  in  1840. 

5445.  xi.         Hellen  A.,  b.  1813;  m.   James  Howland;  res.  N.  B.     Ch.:  Mel- 

len,  b.  1837;  John,  b.  1842;  James,  b.  1846. 

5446.  xii.       Hannah  H.,  b.  1815;  m.  Robert  Walton;  res.  St.  Andrews,  N.  B. 

Ch.:  Mary  W.,  b.  1842;  Elizabeth  C,  b.  1843;  Edward,  b.  1845; 
Robert,  b.  184H;  son,  b.  1849. 

5447.  xiii.      Catherine  F„  b,  1817;  d.  Weston,  Mass.,  in  1836. 

2865.  Nathaniel  Whitney  (John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
1774;  m.  Deborah  Eames.     He  d. ;  res.  Manlius,  Is'.  Y. 

2868.  James  Whitney  (John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sherborn, 
Mass.,  in  1779;  m.  Lois  Blodgett;  b.  1785;  d.  Nov.  2,  1869.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
prominent  citizen.     He  d.  Nov.  22,  1850;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

5448.  i.  Louisa,  b.  July  6,  1804;  m.  in  Sherborn,  Cvrus  Daniels,  of  Med- 

way.  He  was  b.  Jan.  23,  1803.  Ch.:  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  23,  1829; 
m.  Jan.  8,  1852,  Horace  R.  Richardson;  res.  51  Erie  St.,  Cam- 
bridgeport,  Mass.;  Henry  Martin,  b.  May  16,  1832;  m.  Maria 
Miller;  res.  Millis,  Mass  ;  Edward,  b.  July  8,  1836;  m.  July  5, 
1859,  Nellie  Spooner;  res.  Natick,  Mas?. 

5449.  ii.         Phebe,  b.  1806;    m.  Partridge   Hill  and  Jacob  Pratt   (see).     Ch.: 

Charles,  b.  1830;  res.  W.  Newton,  Mass;  Lydia  P.,  b.  1833;  Lucv, 
b.  1835. 

5450.  iii.        Lyman,  b.  June  1,  1808;  m.  Mary  Leland  and  Pamelia  O.  Lenter. 

5451.  iv.        Sylvester,  b.  Apr.  12,  1810;  m.  Fanny  Sanger. 

5452.  v.  Lois,b.  Apr.  16,  1812;  m.  Feb.  26,  1833,  Augustus  H.  Leland;  res. 

Sher.  He  was  b.  Nov.  18,  1808;  d.  Oct.  30,  1886.  He  was  a 
farmer.  She  d.  Mav  14, 1887.  Ch.:  George  A.,  Sherborn,  Mass.; 
b.  Oct.  17,  1835;  Abbie  M.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1839;  m.  Oct.  18,  1858,  to 
Thomas  Taber,  Sherborn;  Edmund  Dowse,  b.  May  21,  1842;  d. 
June  ;30,  1842. 

5453.  vi.        Elmira,  b.  1814;  m.  H.  G.  O.  Hooper,  of  Dover,   Mass.     He  d. 

May  20,  1893.  She  d.  May  27,  1893.  Ch.:  Ellen,  b.  1839;  d. 
in  Dover,  in  1847. 

5454.  vii.       James,  b.  Sept.  '27,  1816;  m.  Marv  Ann  Clark. 

5455.  viii.     Vespasian,  b.  Feb.  1818;  d.  Sept.  3,  1821. 

5456.  ix.        Caroline  Stone,  b.  Nov.  27,  1820;  m.  Nov.  19,  1846,  James  H. 

Wight,  of  Dover.  He  was  b.  July  21,  1816.  He  is  a  carpenter, 
of  Natick,  Mass.;  res.  Newton  Highlands,  Mass.  Ch.:  Ella  A., 
b.  Feb.  9,  1849;  Abbie  W.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1851;  Carrie,  b.  Sept.  15, 
1855;  d.  June  14,  1856;  Jas.  H.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1858;  Edward  I.,  b. 
Aug.  26,  1863. 

5457.  X.         Abigail,  b.  Dec,  1822;  d.  July  25,  1825. 


5458. 

i. 

5459. 

ii. 

5460. 

iii. 

5461. 

iv. 

5462. 

V. 

5463. 

vi. 

5464. 

vii. 

5465. 

viii 

366  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

2869.  Ezra  Whitney  (John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1781;  m, 
Sally  F.  Slack;  m.  2d  Mary  N.  Allen.  He  d.  1863;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Meddy- 
bemps,  Me. 

Ezra  S.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1808;  m.  Lydia  A.  Dutcher. 

Chas.  H.,  b.  1810;  d.  1812. 

Sarah  E.,  b.  1814;  d.  1827. 

Mary  M.,  b.  1817;  d.  1819. 

John  S.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1819;  m.  Mary  E.  Gellusseora. 

Calvin  E.,  b.  1821 ;  d.  1822. 

Infant,  b.  1827;  d.  1827. 

Mary  M.,  b.  Eastport,  Me.,  July  22,  1829;  m.  at  Sherborn,  Mass., 
June  8,  1852,  William  Clarke;  res.  Flint,  Mich.  He  is  a  drug- 
gist, and  was  b.  June  10,  1846.  Ch.:  Alpheus  Whitney,  First 
National  Bank,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Weld  Noble,  1515  Brown  St.; 
Annie  Lavin,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Edith  Mary,  Flint,  Mich. 
Annie  m.  F.  A.  Piatt,  Jan.  19,  1883;  P.  O.  address,  703  Harrison 
St.,  Flint,  Mich.;  A.  W.  m.  Jessie  Wisner,  Flint,  May,  1878;  W. 
N.  m.  Nina  Hazelton,  Philadelphia,  April,  1884. 

5466.  ix.        Oliver  A.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1829;  m.  Julia  A.  Condor. 

5467.  X.         Hannah  H.,  b.  1831;  m.  G.  H.  Hazelton;  res.  11  So.  Delaware 

Ave.,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.     He  d.  s.  p.,  Dec.  24,  1893. 

5468.  xi.        James  W.,  b.  1834. 

2870.  Col.  Isaac  Whitney  (James,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Sherborn,  1782;  m.  Mary  Moore;  m.  2d  Sarah  Thaver;  b.  Dec.  16,  1785;  d.  July  26, 
1871.  '  .  .       J     >       . 

He  was  born  in  Sherborn, where  he  always  resided;  was  a  prominent  and  public- 
spirited  citizen;  was  colonel  of  the  militia  and  selectman  1816-18  19-20  and  23.  He 
d.  Sept.  ^*,  1844;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

5469.  i.  Susan,  b.  1807;  m.  Charles  Bonney;  res.  Walpole,  Mass.;  both 

deceased. 
Martha,  b.  1810;  m.  Moses  Stratton;  res.  Natick;  both  deceased. 
Mary,  b.  1812;  m.  Ebenezer  Babcock;  res.  Walpole,  Mass. 
Jane,  b.  1816;  m.  James  Nason  Hill;  res.  Sherborn;  deceased. 
Sarah  Robinson,  b.  1817;  d.  1818. 
Warren,  b.  June  15,  1819;  m.  Anne  E.  Watson;  res.  S. 
James  R.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  Susan  A.  Clark;  res.  S. 
A.MANDA  M.,  b.  1824;  unm.;  res.  S. 
Sally  Ann,  b.  1829;  unm.;  res.  S.;  teacher. 

2872.  Martin  Whitney  (James,  Benjamin,  James,  John.  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Sherborn,  Mass.,  June  1?:  1787;  m.  Dec.  10,  1810,  Nancy  Orne;  b.  Jan.  11,  1787;  d.  Sept. 
19,  1864.     He  d.  July  6,  1850;  res.  No.  Attleboro,  Mass. 

5478.  i.  Felix  Grundy,  b.  Dec.  9,  1818;  m.  Catherine  G.  Briggs. 

5479.  ii.         James  Orne,  b.  Mar.  2,  1823;  m.  Elisabeth  Slack  Miller. 

5480.  iii.       Geo.  Barbour,  b.  Nov.  29,  1825.     He  m.  Sarah  Wescott  Bishop 

and  d.  in  Apr.,  1858,  leaving  1  dau.,  who  d.  soon  after. 
6481.    iv.        Harriett,  b.  Nov.  23,  1816;  m.  Jan.  6, 1847,  Otis  Stanley;  res.  No. 

A.;had2ch.     She  d.  in  1877. 
5482.-   v.         Emily,  b.  Feb.  6,  1813;  m.  Feb.  26,  1842,  Oliver  Stanley;  res.  No. 

A.;  had  3  ch.     She  d.  Apr.  1,  1852. 
5483.    vi.       Ann  Maria,  b.  Dec.  13,  1821;  m.  Elijah  Carter;  res.  Rock  Island, 

III.     She  d.  in  Mar.,  1888.     Son,  Dr.  Chas.  C,  res.  R.  I. 

2876.    Henry  Whitney    (Joseph,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
1793;  m.  Mary  Ann  Bassett;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 
Eliza  Ann,  b.  Mar.  1,  1825. 
DuLCiNA,  b.  Jan.  10,  1827;  m.  John  L.  Clark;  m.  2d,  Benjamin  T. 

Joslin. 
Isaac  H.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1828. 
Mary  P.,  b.  Aug.  25.  1830;  m.  E.  P.  Hardy. 
Sarah  P.,  b.  June  12,  1832. 

Caroline  M.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1834;  m.  A.  M.  Wilson. 
John  T.,  b.  May  14,  1838. 
viii.    Florence  A.,  b.  June  15,  1840;  m.  L.  H.  Brown. 


5470. 

ii. 

5471. 

iii. 

5472. 

IV. 

5473. 

V. 

5474. 

vi. 

5475. 

vii. 

5476. 

viii 

6477. 

ix. 

5483a. 

i. 

5484a. 

ii. 

5485a. 

iii. 

5486a. 

iv. 

5487a. 

V. 

5488a. 

vi. 

5489a. 

vii 

5490a. 

vii 

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5484. 

I , 

5485. 

11. 

6486. 

111. 

5487. 

iv. 

6488. 

V. 

6489. 

vi. 

5490. 

VII. 

6491. 

Vlll. 

6492. 

IX. 

5493. 

X. 

5494. 

XI. 

5495. 

xu. 

5491a.    ix.     Ellen,  b.  1842;  ni.  C.  S.  Warren. 
5492a.    X.       Eveline,  b.  1844. 

2879.  Joseph  Park  Whitney  (Joseph,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  1798;  m.  Roena  Bickford.  She  m.  2d  Carlisle  Heywood,  4  children.  He  d. 
July  25,  1823;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

6493a.    i.        Roena  H.,  b.  July  25,  1823;  m.  William  P.  Allen;  res.  Gardner. 

2880.  George  Whitney  (Joseph,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b, 
in  1801;  m.  Sophia  Greenwood,  b.  Aug.  31,  1807;  Res.  Boston,  Mass. 

George  O.,  b.  1824;  m.  Abby  T.  Rich. 

Charles,  b.  1826;  d.  Boston,  young. 

William  J.,  b.  1828;  res.  Cal. 

Caroline  S.,  b.  1830. 

Charles,  b.  1832;  res.  Cal. 

Joel  P.  b.  18:^. 

Francis,  b.  1836. 

Edward  P.,  b.  1838;  res  N.  O. 

Ellen,  b.  1840;  res.  N.  O. 

Adelaide,  b.  1843;  res.  N.  O. 

James,  b.  1846;  res.  N.  O. 

Caroline,  b.  1849;  res'.  New  Orleans,  La. 

2884.  Job  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonjithan,  John),  b.  Sept.  29, 1788; 
m.  Mar.  2,  1816,  Abigail  Buckman,  b.  Feb.  22,  1782;  d.  Sept.  21,  1874.  He  d.  Sept.  10, 
1854;  res.  North  Woodstock,  Conn. 

5496.  i.  Ruth    Knapp,  b.  Nov.  21,  1815;    m.  Jan.  3,  1839,  Edwin  Mav,  of 

No.  Wood.    She  d.  Webster,  Mass.,  June  13,  1833.     He  d.  Apr. 
14,  1882. 

5497.  ii.         Lucia  Dresser,  b.  Nov.  25,  1818;  m.  Mar.  4,  1839,  Elisha  Child; 

res.  Southbridge,  Mass.     He  d.  Dec.  15,  1880. 
6498.     iii.       Job  Orton,  b.  Jan.  25,  1821;  d.  Sept.  25,  1838,  at  N.  W. 

2885.  Ezra  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Wood- 
stock, Conn.,  Jan.  1790;  m.  Lucy  Waters,  b.  July  28,  1791;  d.  Feb.  15,  1866.  He  d. 
Aug.,  1848;  res.  Abington,  Conn. 

Henry  S.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1816. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Apr.  30,  1819. 

Charles  L.  b.  Mar.  20,  1823. 

Elizabeth  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  24,1827;  m.  Dec.  24,  1848,  Samuel  A. 

Pratt,  b.  Jan.  16,  1822;  res.  1  High  St.,  Worcester,  Mass.     Ch.: 

Marion  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  1,  1852;  m.  Nov.  18,  1869,  Harlan  B. 

Pierce,  b.  Sept.  22,  1847;  res.  8  Hancock  St.,  Worcester,  Mass.; 

Rosella  Maria,  b.  M^r.  12,  1863;  m.  Dec.  4,  1884, Bailey; 

res.  Chelsea,  Mich. 

2886.  Newell  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1796; 
Tn.  Anna  Leonard;  m.  2d  Clarissa  Clark;  m.  3d  L.  Tillotson. 

5503.     i.  Albert,  b. . 

6604.  ii.         James,  b.— ;  a  son,  James  Whitney;  res.  Craftsbury,  Vt. 

2889.    James  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mar.  6, 1800; 

■m.  Prudence  Allard;  b.  ;  d.  Mar.,  1839;  m.  2d,  Sept.  9,   1839,  Lavina  Lee;  b, 

Feb.  14,  1821.  She  m.  2d  Rufus  Burden,  of  Sutton.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner. 
Lavina  L.  Burden,  of  Sutton,  appointed  guardian  of  Floretta  A.  Whitney,  minor 
child  of  James  Whitney,  Woodstock,  Conn.,  Feb.  15,  1870.  Ch.:  Floretta,  b.  Apr.  30, 
1854.     He  d.  Aug.  30,  1854;  res.  Woodstock,  Conn. 

6605.  i.  Daniel  J.,  b.  June  9,  1840;  m.  Nancy  Child  and  Miranda  White. 
5506.    li.         Chandler  B.,  b.  June  23,  1843;  m.  Harriett  Cowles  and  Clara  G. 

Cowles. 

5607.  iii.  Perlev  Lyon,  b.  Apr.  30,  1854;  d.  killed  by  the  cars  in  Worces- 
ter, Aug.  27,  1869. 

6508.  iv,  Mary  Jane,  b.  Aug.  16,  1846;  m.  Mar.  21,  1866,  Putnam  Dwight 
King;  b.  Jan.  16,  1842,  in  Sutton,  Mass;  res.  Sutton,  Mass. 
Wholesale  flour  dealer.  Ch.:  Dwight  E.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1867;  m. 
and  res.  S. 


5499. 

i. 

6500. 

11. 

5501. 

111. 

6502. 

IV. 

368 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


6509.    V. 


5510. 
5511. 


VI. 

vii. 


Floretta  Ann.  b.  Apr.  30,  1854;  m.  Oct.  11,  1871.  Theodore  L. 
Chase;  res.  17  Rellevue  St.,  Worcester,  Mass.  Ch.:  Periey  W., 
b.  Mar.  16,  1876,  Florence  Maud  (adopted),  b.  Mar.  26,  1886. 

Louisa  Maria,  b.  E.  Woodstock;  d.  May  30,  1850. 

Henrietta  B  ,  b.  E.  Woodstock,  1849;  d.  May  25,  1850. 


2891.  MiCAH  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  20, 
1803;  m.  1830,  Diantha  Walker,  of  Woodstock,  Conn.;  m.  2d  at  Thompson,  Conn., 
May  19, 1850,  Elizabeth  Chandler,  b.  Oct.  26.  1816;  d.  Mar.  7,  1889.  He  d.  June,  1871 ; 
res.  Woodstock,  Conn. 

6612.    i.  Marcus  Chandler, b.  Sept.21,  1861,    He  is  a  farmer  and  teacher; 

res.  East  Woodstock,  Conn. 

Abbie  M.,  b. ;  res.  Attleboro  Falls,  Mass. 

Edwin,  b. ;  res.  Attleboro  Falls,  Mass. 


5613. 
6514. 
5515. 
5516. 


11. 

iii. 

iv. 

V. 


Geo.  p.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1839;  m.  Lucy  M.  Lvon. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1838;  m.  Lydia  A.  Perry. 


2892.  Dr.  Schuyler  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  Jobn,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Sept.  9,  1806;  m.  Oct.  24,  1828,  Sally  Litchfield;  d.  1879. 

He  was  a  cabinetmaker,  and  went  to  Oxford,  Mass.,  in  1828  and  was  in  that 
business  there  with  Capt.  William  Sigourney.  He  sold  out  in  1832  and  moved  lo 
Wilkinsonville,  Mass.,  where  he  was  a  shuttle  maker.  In  1843  he  moved  to  South- 
bridge  and  was  part  owner  of  the  Litchfield  Shuttle  Co.  until  1860.  He  then  studied 
medicine  and  practiced  until  his  death  in  1879.  He.  d.  s.  p..  Mar.  31,  1879;  res.  South- 
bridge,  Mass. 

2897.  Daniel  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Oct.  2, 
1812:  m.  Feb.  9,  1836,  Ruth  Watson,  b.  Nov.  19,  1806;  d.  Jan.  2.S,  1890. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  Grafton.  He  died  in  Grafton  and  his  widow 
was  appointed  executrix  of  his  estate.  He  d.  Sept.  28,  1872;  res.  Craftsbury,  \'t.,  and 
Grafton,  Mass. 

6617.     iii.        James  D.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1838;  m.  Victoria  Kav. 
5518.     i.  Ansel  B.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1847;  d.  Oct.  27,  1869.' 

6619.  ii.         Abbie  A.,  b.  Dec.  10, 1843;  m.  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  Simon,  Pierce,  s.  p. 

She  d.  Nov.  7,  1870;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

2902.  Otis  Whitney  (James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Apr.  19. 
1821;  m.  Nov.  6,  1843,  Joanna   Wedge  Howard,  b.  Mar.  7,  1825;  d.  Oct.  12,  1871;  m, 

2d,  June  13,1872,  Medora  Albee,  b.  June  13,  1832.     Res. 

74  Grove  St.,  Milford,  Mass. 

6620.  i.  Newell  H.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1844;  d.  Oct.  6, 

1844. 
5521.     ii.         Geo.  S.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1847;  m.  Anna  Mae 

Wilkinson. 
5622.    iii.        Edwin  J.,  b.  May   27,   1860;   m.   Oct., 

1881;  res.  Worcester. 
652.3.    iv.        Frank  O.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1860;  d.  Aug.  31, 

1861. 
6524.     V.         Emma  C.  b.  Apr.  26,  1873;  d.  Apr.  29, 
1874. 
2913.     Benja.min     Whitney    (Moses,    Ezra,    James, 
John,   Jonathan,   John),   b.   Uxbridge,   Mass.,  1782;  m.   at 

Hudson,  N.  Y.,  m  1806,  Rachel  Nye  Spooner,  b. ;  d., 

aged   69,  in   Ashland,   Mass.     He  d.  May  23,  1818;   res. 
Dorchester,  Mass. 

John  Andros,  b.   Nov.   23,   1811;    m. 

Eliza  Wellington. 
Lydia  Ann,  b. ;  m. Wyatt;  res.   Framingham,  Mass.; 


6625. 
5626. 

6527. 


OTIS   WHITNEY. 


P.  O.  Box  257. 
Benj.  F.,  b. 


m. 


-;  d.  Mar.  17,  1867. 


2920.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Doug- 
lass, Mass.,  July  30,  1789;  m.  Mary  Willard,  b.  June  16,  1790;  d.  May  23,  1860. 

He  was  born  in  Douglass,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.  In  1820  he  emigrated  to  the 
wilderness  of  Maine  and  located  near  Moosehead  Lake.  A  town  was  incorporated 
later  which  he  named  Monson.     He  resided  there  for  12  years  and  later  returned  ta 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  369 

Ware,  where  he  died.  On  his  farm  in  Maine  was  later  discovered  the  best  mine  of 
roofing  slate  to  be  found  in  the  world.  He  d.  June  17,  1848;  res.  Monson  and  Ware, 
Mass. 

5528.  i.  Emily,  b.  Feb.  6,  1815;  m.  Apr.  9,  1834,  Horace  Fenton;    res. 

Mansfield,  Conn.,  where  she  d.  Aug.  23,  1835,  leaving  a  dau.  3 
days  old,  named  Emily.     She  m.  Fred  P.  Reed;  res.  N.  Y. 

5529.  ii.        Samuel  Albert,  b.  May  IT,  1819;  m.  Sarah  E.  Clark. 

2930.  Daniel  Whitney  (Aaron,  Daniel,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1805; 
m.  Hannah  Smith;  res.  Sherborn  and  New  York,  N.  Y. 

5530.  i.  Mary  E.,  b.  1829;  m.  Robert  F.  Berwick;  res.  N.  Y.  C. 
5.531.     ii.         Rachel  G.,  b.  1831;  d.  1836. 

2931.  Aaron  Whitney  (Aaron,  Daniel,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  1809; 
m.  Marie  E.  Delavie;  res.  Sherburne. 

5532.    i.  Marie  E.,  b.  1840.         55.33.    ii.         Edmund  T.,  b.  1840. 

2935.  Wait  Whitney  (Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  \'t., 
Oct.  29,  1800;  m.  in  Vermont,  July  11,  1831,  Barbara  Burkholder,  b.  July  15,  1815;  d. 
July  16,  1880.  Wait  Whitney  was  born  in  the  state  of  \'ermont,  in  the  year  1800. 
He  went  to  old  \'irginia,  and  taught  subscription  school  for  fourteen  years.  He  was 
well  educated,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  practiced  but  little  on  account  of  having 
prejudice  against  the  business.  Was  married  to  Barbara  Burkholder,  in  Rocking- 
ham Co.,  Va.  Removed  to  the  state  of  Ohio  soon  after  marriage,  and  settled  on 
160  acres  of  wild  land,  in  Brown  Township,  Knox  Co.  They  were  so  poor  their 
neighbors  feared  they  would  become  a  county  charge,  and  deputized  one  of  their 
number  to  warn  them  out  of  the  settlement.  He  ran  the  man  off  the  premises  with 
a  bean  pole.  He  lived  and  died  upon  this  place,  and  became  well  to  do;  was  greatly 
respected  and  admired  by  all  his  neighbors.  Was  elected  county  commissioner 
one  term.  He  was  a  life-long  Democrat;  was  elected  to  the  legislature  as  a  war 
Democrat  m  1861  or  1862.  Wait  Whitney  was  an  honest,  upright,  honorable  man, 
and  was  esteemed  above  all  his  neighbors.  His  memory  is  still  cherished  by  all 
who  knew  him  (for  verification,  see  old  settlers  near  his  home  in  Knox  Co.,  Ohio). 
He  was  a  large  man,  six  feet  and  two  inches  high,  and  weighed  250  pounds.  He 
raised  a  family  of  thirteen  children.     He  died  Dec.  9,  1863;  res.  Danville,  Ohio. 

5534.     viii.      Albert  G.,  b.  May  3,  1847;  m.  Einora  Radenbaugh. 

553.5.     i.  David  HuME.b.  June  7, 1833;  m.  Catherine  Ensinger,    He  d.  s.  p. 

at  Troy,  111.     She  m.  2d  W.  H.  Purviance. 

5536.  ii.         Jacob  F'.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1835;  m.  Rebecca  Frisby. 

5537.  iii.        Thomas  H.  B.,  b.  1840;  m.  Elizabeth  Robinson. 

5538.  iv.        Walter  Scott,  b.  ;  d.  from  disease  contracted  in  Seige 

of  Vicksburg,  Oct.  11,  1863. 

5539.  V.         John  M.,  b. ;  m.  and  res.  Centerville,  Iowa. 

5540.  vi.        Isaac  N.,  b. ;  killed  in  union  army  at  South  Mountain,  Va.; 

was  acting  lieut.  of  Co.  I,  23d  Ohio  volunteers. 

5541.  vii.       Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  24,  1845;  m.  Mar.  24,  1864,  Capt.  Benja- 

min F.  Pealee,  b.  July  22,  1837;  res.  Salina,  Kan.  Ch.:  \'erina 
Whitney,  b.  Dec.  15,  1866;  m.  Dec.  11,  1891,  W.  E.  Price;  res. 
-Salina;  Dela  Florence,  b.  Aug.  26,  1868;  d.  Apr.  8,  1873. 

5542.  ix.        Lewis  C,  b.  June  20,  1851;  m.  Mamie  Ennis  Best. 

5543.  X.         Wait,  b. ;  res.  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

5544.  xi.        Frances   Maria,  b.  ;   m.  Thomas;   res.   St.  Joe, 

Mo. 

5545.  xii.       Miner  H.,  b. ;  res.  Kansas. 

5546.  xiii.     Dan  Eli,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

2938.  Eben  Jennings  Whitney  (Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Barnstead,  Vt.,  Dec.  6,  1806;  m.  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  Nov.  25, 1830,  Sarah  Beard- 
man,  dau.  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  and  Philomela;  b.  July  15,  1806;  d.  Dec.  4,  1876.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  mechanic;  res.  at  West  Hartford,  Vt.,  until  1837,  when  they  removed 
to  Brown,  Knox  Co.,  Ohio,  and  later  to  Danube;  res.  Danube,  Ohio. 


5547. 

5548. 
5549. 
5550. 


Dudley  Chase,  b.  Aug.  16,  1846;  res.  Danube,  O. 
i.         Edward  Eli,  b.  Nov.  5,  1832;  m.  Lettia  Jane  Parrish. 
ii.       Charlotte  Virginia,  b.  Aug.  4,  1835;  dead. 
V.       Victoria  Philomela,  b.  Nov.  29,  1839;  m.  Feb.  9,  1860,  in  Mt. 


370  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Vernon,  O.,  John  Robinson;  b.  Dec.  24,  1836.     He  was  a  farmer; 
res.  Danville,  O.;  d.  Aug.  11,  1870. 

5551.  V.        GiRDON  B..  b,  Nov,  29,  1839;  m.  Ann  Ilgenfreiz. 

5552.  vi.       Lucia  Emily,  b.  June  8,  1842. 

5553.  vii.      Martha  Lucilla,  b.  Nov.  21, 1848. 

5554.  viii.     Florence  Helera,  b.  Apr.  19,  1851. 

2939.  John  Jennings  Whitney  (Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Randolph,  Vt.,  Nov.  8,  1813;  m.  in  Danville,  O.,  June  24,  1840,  Matilda 
Robeson;  b.  Aug.  10,  1823;  murdered  Nov.  4,  1857.  He  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont and  was  married  to  Matilda,  oldest  daughter  of  Joseph  Robeson,  of 
Danville,  Knox  Co.,  Ohio;  he  was  the  son  of  Solomon  Robeson,  who  went  to  Ohio  in 
an  early  day  from  Frostburg,  Md.  The  Robeson  family  are  settled  about  Dan- 
ville, and  are  a  numerous  and  honorable  family.  John  J.  Whitney  was  in  politics  a 
Whig,  and  in  1856,  when  the  Republican  party  was  organized,  an  enthusiastic  worker 
for  the  election  of  Gen.  Fremont,  and  on  the  eve.  of  Nov.  4,  while  going  out  to  his 
home  alone  and  on  foot  about  7  o'clock,  in  passing  a  small  grove  of  trees  beside  the 
road,  was  waylaid  by  one  or  more  villains  and  left  lying  for  dead  in  the  road.  It 
seems  after  a  short  time  he  revived  sufficiently  to  be  able  to  get  to  the  fence  beside 
his  own  fields,  where  with  great  effort  he  finally  reached  his  own  door  in  a  dazed 
condition,  where  his  horror  stricken  family  found  and  helped  him  to  his  bed.  Med- 
ical aid  was  quickly  summoned,  but  of  no  avail,  his  wounds  were  deep  bruises  and 
cuts  on  the  top  and  back  of  his  head,  and  caused  his  death  at  daybreak  next  morn- 
ing. He  could  tell  them  nothing,  and  from  that  day  to  this  the  mystery  has  never 
been  revealed.  Many  people  in  northern  Ohio  will  remember  the  sad  death  of 
John  J.  Whitney.  He  was  a  Mason  of  high  degree  and  had  many  friends  among  a 
large  circle  of  acquaintances;  res.  Loudonville,  Ohio. 

5555.  i.  Agnes  Allen,  b.  Apr.  6.  1842;  m.  Oct.  29, 1873,  Dr.  Wm.  Wallace 

Wright;  res.  Elkland,  Pa.,  s.  p.  He  is  a  son  of  Asahel  Wright, 
of  Durham,  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  the  Hudson.  Dr.  Wright  has 
practiced  medicine  for  forty  years  at  the  village  of  Elkland, 
Tioga  Co.,  Pa.,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
physicians  of  the  county. 
5556>^.ii.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  4,  1844;  d.  Apr.  14,  1886.  He  was  never  married, 
but  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  while  a  small  boy,  took 
control  of  his  affairs  and  the  care  of  the  family.  Was  a  most 
devoted  son  and  brother,the  kindest  friend  and  the  best  hearted 
man  in  the  neighborhood.  Was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
honored  twice  with  the  nomination  of  two  important  county 
offices,  but  Ashland  Co.  being  Democratic,  no  Republican,  how- 
ever popular,  could  be  elected  there.  In  1868  he  established 
and  carried  on  successfully  the  first  hardware  store  in  Loudon- 
ville, but  after  a  few  prosperous  years  his  always  delicate 
health  gave  out,  and  he  was  obliged  to  retire  from  business,  the 
care  of  his  farm  being  quite  enough  for  his  strength.  In  the 
early  days  of  January,  1886,  a  sudden  cold,  with  congestion,  laid 
him  on  a  bed  of  sickness  from  which  he  never  recovered. 

5556.  iii.       Joseph  R.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1851;  m.  Cana  E.  Hoskins. 

2940.  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  Whitney  (Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Randolph,  \'t.,  Feb.  27,  1815;  m.  at  Coshocton,  O.,  Apr.  l5,  1840, 
Sarah  Renfrew,  b.  May  29,  1819. 

He  was  born  in  Randolph,  Orange  Co.,  Vt.;  was  educated  at  the  common  schools 
and  at  academy  at  Woodstock.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  West  Hartford, 
Vt.,  and  attended  a  full  course  of  lectures  and  part  of  another  at  the  Hanover  Dart- 
mouth college  in  N.  H.,  one  of  the  oldest  medical  institutions  in  the  United  States. 
On  account  of  ill  health  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish  the  studies.  He  emigrated  to 
Ohio  the  last  day  of  Sept.,  in  1835,  and  taught  school,  also  continuing  his  medical 
studies,  and  began  practice.  Later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Wright  at  Dan- 
ville, and  still  later  with  Dr.  Fuller  at  Loudonville,  where  he  practiced  until  June, 
1840,  when  he  removed  to  Ashland.  There  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
besides  practicing  medicine.  In  the  spring  of  1853  he  graduated  and  took  his  degree 
in  medicine.  Moving  to  Mansfield  in  Oct.,  1861,  he  has  resided  and  practiced  there 
ever  since.     He  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  who  know  him;  res.  Mansfield,  O. 

5557.  i.  Frances  M.,  b,  June  20,  1841;  m.  Oct.  31,  1865,  Lyman  A.  Strong; 

res.  M. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  371 

5558.  ii.         Mary  Ellen,  b.  Mar.  3,  1843;  m.  Dec.  25,  1860,  John  M.  Pierce; 

res.  Kenton,  O.     Ch.:  John   B.,  b.  June,  1862;  d. ;  Frank 

McK.,  b.  Jan.,  1864;  Daisy  R.,  b.  May,  1866;  Frances  W.,  b.  Aug., 
1868;  Hugh  E.,  b.  Dec,  1870. 

5559.  iii.        Irene  Emily,  b.  Nov.  29,  1844;  d.  June  19,  1857. 

5560.  iv.        Sarah  Delia,  b.  Nov.  18,  1847;  m.  Jan.  15,  1868,  Andrus  J.  Gil- 

bert.    Ch.:  Edward  J.,  b.  Apr.,  1868;  Nellie  W.,  b.  May,  1871; 

d. ;  Frances  M.,  b.  Apr.,  1876;  Raymond  A.,  b.  July,  1882; 

d. ;  Rexford  W.,  b.  Jan.,  1888. 

6561.  V.  Ida  Renfrew,  b.  Jan.  17, 1853;  m.  May  6, 1874,  Emmet  G.  Camp- 
bell; res.  M.  Ch.:  Perie  A.,  b.  Mar.,  1875;  Jessamine,  b.  Sept., 
1876;  Faye  W.,  b.  Nov.,  1877;  William  B.,  b.  Sept.,  1879. 

5562.  vi.        Hattie  Belle,  b.  Dec.  26,  1857;  m.  Sept.  20,  1882,  Walter  B. 

Kimball;  res.  Columbus,  O. 

2945.  Paschal  Paoli  Whitney  (Peter,  Peter,  Josiab,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Vt.,  Dec.  13,  1806;  m.  at  Yorkshire,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1835,  Malvina  Stillman,  b.  Dec. 
26,  1811;  d.  Oct.  2,  1866.     He  d.  Oct.  10,  1851;  res.  Yorkshire  and  Springbrook,  N.  Y. 

5563.  i.  Lewis  A.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1836;  d.  July  13,  1842. 

5564.  ii.         Geo.  W.,  b.  June  10,  1837;  d.  Dec.  19,  1863. 

5565.  iii.        Andrew  Jackson,  b.  Dec.  12,  1838;  m.  Feb.  6,  1866,  at  Arcade, 

Martha  A.  Lyon,  b.  June,  1841;  res.  at  Arcade,  N.  Y.,  s.  p. 

5566.  iv.        Edith  E.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1841;  res.  Tidioute,  Pa. 

5567.  V.         Sarah,  b.  Oct.  7,  1845;  res.  Tidioute,  Pa. 

5568.  vi.        Mary,  b.  Apr.  11,  1850;  res.  Sherman,  N.  Y. 

2950.  George  Lafayette  Whitney  (Peter,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1825;  m.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  1861,  Caroline 
Jane  Goss,  b.  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Jan.  30,  1831;  res.  Concord,  N.  H.,  cor.  Wash,  and 
Spring  Sts. 

Etta  Maria,  b.  Aug.  1, 1854. 

Grace  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  8,  1857. 

Charles  Horace,  b.  Apr.  6.  I860. 

Geo.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1862;  d.  Sept.  4,  1862. 

Edward  Annias,  b.  Feb.  19,  1864. 

Arthur  Enoch,  b.  July  6,  1868;  d.  June  21,  1869. 

Herbert  Dean,  b.  Apr.  24,  1871. 

2951.  Zabad  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Dec.  10,  1797;  m.  at  Royalton,  \'t.,  Sophia  Dewey,  b.  Apr.  26,  1797 
d.  Nov.  19,  1870.  He  was  a  farmer;  is  buried  at  Bethel,  \t.  He  d.  Apr.  18,  1830 
res.  Royalton  and  Tunbridge,  \'t. 

5576.  i.  Eunice  Siory,  b.  Jan.  20,  1822;  m.  July  6, 1843,  at  Northfield.  Vt., 

Luther  H.  Cady;  res.  Quechee,  Vt.     He  was  b.  Mar.  1,  1821;  is 
a  wool  sorter,  s.  p. 

5577.  ii.  Ophelia  Louisa,  b.  Apr.  20,  1829;  m.  Lyman  E.  Page;  res.  Rut- 
land, \t. 

Don  a.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1824;  m.  Adaline  Bailey;  res.  Cal. 

Ellen  S.  b.  Feb.  8,  1826;  d.  May  3,  1834. 

Ansel  D.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1827;  m.  Jerusha  F.  Crandall. 

Nancy  Maria,  b.  Oct.  17,  1830;  m.  Nov.  8,  1848,  Smith  Griffith; 
res.  Sharon,  Vt.  He  was  b.  May  30,  1825.  Ch.:  Carrie,  b.  June 
13,  1861;  m.  Nov.  26,  1878,  Fred  Manley;  2ch.;  res.  Sharon,  and 
is  proprietor  of  Manley's  Hotel. 

2952.  Zebina  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Dec.  9,  1799;  m.  there  Nov.  3,  1825,  Harriett  Cozzens;  b.  Gloucester, 
R.  I.,  Mar.  2,  1800;  d.  Mar.  12,  1869. 

He  was  born  in  Tunbridge,  \'t.;  was  a  farmer.  When  19  years  of  age  he  left 
home  and  resided  in  Bethel  and  East  Bethel.  Returning  to  Tunbridge  he  resided 
for  thirty-two  years  on  the  farm  on  which  he  was  born.  Later  he  resided  in  Royal- 
ton, Vt.  He  was  a  member  of  the  \'ermont  legislature  and  for  several  years  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace;  res.  Tunbridge,  Xi. 

5682.    iii.        Charles  C,  b.  July  30,  1836;  m.  Hattie  M.  Perham. 

65:^3.    i.  Harriett  Cordelia,  b.  Aug.  2,  1830;  res.  East  Bethel,  \'t. 


5569. 

5670. 

5671. 

111. 

5672. 

IV. 

6573. 

V. 

5574. 

vi. 

6676. 

vn 

5678. 

iii 

5579. 

IV 

5580. 

V. 

5581. 

vi 

5584. 

ii. 

55841^ 

.IV. 

5585. 

V. 

5586. 

VI. 

5587. 

vn 

372  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Lucius  Cornelius,  b.  Apr.  30,  1833;  m.  Sarah  M.  Wright. 
Benjamin  Cozzens,  b.  Mar.  26,  1828;  d.  infancy. 
Julius,  b.  Mar.  8,  1832;  d.  infancy. 
Henry,  b.  Tunbridge,  V't.;  d.  infancy. 
Rebecca  C,  b.  Aug.  31,  1840;  d.  infancy. 

2958.  Hon.  James  M.  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Nov.  4,  1820;  m.  at  Royalton,  May  21,  1843,  Eliza  Cozzens;  b.  Feb. 
6,  1819. 

J.  M.  Whitney,  youngest  son  of  Jonathan  Whitney,  was  born  in  Tunbridge, 
Orange  Co.,  \'t.,  Nov.  4,  1820;  was  educated  at  the  common  schools  and  the  high 
school  at  Northfield,  Vt.;  worked  on  the  old -farm  until  21  years  old,  after  which  he 
was  commercial  traveler  for  a  number  of  years.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  carriages  for  some  years,  and  during  the  war  he  was  an  extensive  manufac- 
turer of  horse,  drag  and  small  hand  rakes,  and  fork,  rake  and  hoe  handles;  was  a 
representative  in  the  general  assembly  in  1864  and  '65.  Has  been  a  trial  justice  in 
and  for  the  county  of  Orange  for  nearly  forty  years,  which  office  he  now  holds.  Since 
1865  he  has  given  his  whole  time  to  the  business  of  his  office,  United  States  pension 
business  and  settlement  of  estates.  He  married,  in  1843,  Eliza  Cozzens,  of  Royalton, 
Vt.,  who  is  still  living,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  James  A.  and  Henry  D.,  both 
now  living  in  Tunbridge;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5588.  i.  James  A.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1849;  m.  Augusta  A.  Diamond. 

5589.  ii.         Henry  D.,  b.  July  6,  1851;  res.  T.     He  was  educated  at  the  com- 

mon schools;  is  by  occupation  a  farmer;  resides  in  Tunbridge 
with  his  father  and  is  unmarried. 

2966.  Albert  R.  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Rootstown,  O.,  Jan.  26,  1821;  m.  there  Mar.  14,  1841,  Betsey  Case.  She  d.,  and  he 
m.  2d  Lydia  Hogan.  She  d.  before  1865.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec.  7,  1852;  res. 
Rootstown,  O.,  and  Pulaski  Co.,  Ark. 

5590.  i.  Ohel  E.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1842;  m.  Sarah  Hayes  and  Mary  E.  Askaen. 

5591.  ii.         Newel  H.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1844.     He  was  killed  on  the  skirmish  line 

at  Peach  Tree  creek,  Georgia,  in  the  civil  war.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  K,  19th  Ohio. 

5592.  iii.        Mary,  d.  before  1865. 

5593.  iv.        John,  d.  before  1865. 

2967.  Benjamin  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Feb.  18,  1796;  m.  there  Sibbel  Parker;  m.  2d,  Oct.  15,  1837,  Mrs. 
Eliza  (Hall)  Whitney;  b.  Sept.  8,  1806;  d.  May  28,  1888.  He  d.  Oct.  1,1866;  res.  Tun- 
bridge, \'t. 

5594.  i.  AzRO  B.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1840;  m.  Emma  A.  Hackett. 

5595.  ii.         William,  b.  Sept.  3,  1837;  m.  Marietta  Curtis. 

5596.  iii.        Mark  C,  b.  Apr.  23,  1851;  m.  Rachel  P.  Carrigan. 

5597.  iv.        Clara  A.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1844;  m.  Feb.  27,  1866,  William  B.   Porter, 

son  George;  res.  W^est  Hartford,  Vt. 

5598.  V.         Wealthy  L.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1842;  m.  Feb.  6,  1867,  Albert  A.  Northrop. 

Shed.  July  2,  1888.     He  res.  So.  T.    Son  Fred  res.  T. 

5599.  vi.        Benjamin  F.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1846;  d.  Feb.  27,  1850. 

5600.  vii.       Edgar  E.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1848;  d.  Apr.  22,  1850. 

2968.  David  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Dec.  18,  1795;  m.  Sept.  10,  1819,  Lydia  Parker,  b.  June  21,  1798;  d. 
Aug.  21,  1876.     He  d.  Nov.  26,  1878;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5601.  i.  Alma,  b.  lune  3,  1831;  m.  Dec.  10,  1861,  Arvill  P.  Salter;  res.  No. 

Tunbridge,  Vt.  He  was  b.  Dec.  5,  1826.  Ch.:  Herbert  A.,  b. 
Oct.  29,  1862;  res.  Lexington,  Mass.;  Wilber  N.,  b,  Oct.  15,  1864; 
m.  1891;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5602.  ii.         Susan,    b.  1819;    m.  Sept.  9,   1855,   Lorenzo   D.    Moxley.      She 

d.  Nov.  7,  1865,  leaving  one  dau.,  Alice  A.;   res.  in  Tunbridge. 

2969.  Daniel  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Oct.  28,  1809;  m.  Feb.  24,  1834,  Julia  Hall;  b.  Mar.  27,  1816;  d.  Mar. 
11,  1873.     He  d.  Julv  25, 1873;  res.  Brookfield,  Vt. 

5603.  i.  Daniel  Frank,  b.  May  16,  1846;  m.  Maggie  Dianna  Edwards. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  373 

5604.  ii.         ROANN,  b.  Mar.  14,  1835;  m.  Apr.  12,  1866,  Geo.  A.  Cheney;  res. 

Andover,  Vt.    She  d.  Jan.  31 ,  1878. 

5605.  iii.        RosETTE,  b.  Sept. 27,  1836;  m.  Dec.  6,  1868,  James  Wenham;  res. 

Fort  Atkinson,  Wis. 

5606.  iv.        Maria  S.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1838;  m.  Oct.  26,  1861,  Frank  Paterson;  res. 

Brookfield.    She  d.  June  30,  1884. 

5607.  V.         Alonzo  B.,  b.  Apr.  30.  1840;  d.  Dec.  12,  1864.    Shot  by  negro  on 

picket  line  near  N.  O.     Was  capt.  of  co.  of  negroes. 

5608.  vi.        Emma,  b.  Dec.  18,  1841;  m.   Mar.   19,   1863,  Major  Alpheus  H. 

Cheney;  res.  Spencer,  la. 

5609.  vii        David,  b.  Feb.  21,  1844;  m.  Mary  Jane  Cutshall. 

5610.  viii.      Amine,  b.  July  17,  1849;  m.  Dec.  20,  1868,  Stephen  Smith  Curtis; 

res.  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis. 

5611.  ix.        Cyrus  H.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1852;  m.  Luthera  S.  Sprague. 

5612.  X.         Walter  Eugene,  b.  Sept.  12,  1856;  m.  Sarah  G.  Skillin. 

6613.  xi.        Julia  Ella,  b.  May  5,  1868;  m.  Oct.  1,  1879,  Hiram  Neill;  res. 

Osceola,  la. 

2972.  Cyrus  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Dec.  21,  1802,  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.;  m.  May  20,  1833,  Betsey  Curtis;  res.  Jefferson, 
Wis.;  s.  p. 

2973.  William  Whitney  (David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Feb.  10,  1800;  m.  Elizabeth  Hall.  She  m.  2d,  Oct.  16,  1837,  her 
brother-in-law,  Benjamin  Whitney;  res.  Tunbridge,  \'t. 

6614.  i.  Ann,  b.  May  6,  1828;  d.  young. 

5615.  ii.         Eliza,  b.  July  19,  1830;  d.  young. 

5616.  iii.        Olive,  b.  Feb.  7,  1832;  m.  Charles  Curtis;    res.  Fort  Atkinson, 

Wis.     Ch.:  Orson. 

5617.  iv.        Susannah,  b.  Nov.  13,  1833;  m.  May  13,  1855,  James  G.  Griffith. 

He  res.  Macon,  111. 

2974.  Lewis  Whitney  (Abel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John^,  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Jan.  6, 1800;  m.  Aug.  6, 1857,  Emeline  Nutting,  of  Pepperell,  Mass.,  b. 
Sept.,  1828;  d.  Feb.  9,  1872.     He.  d.  Apr.  14,  1873;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5618.  i.  Frank  Scott,  b.  Nov.  19,  1859;  res.  Pepperell,  Mass.;  unm. 

2976.  George  Whitney  (Abel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Tunbridge,  \'t.,  Sept.  1,  1812;  m.  Arethusa  Gates.  He  d.  in  1865;  res.  Tun- 
bridge, Vt. 

Albert,  b.  Mar.  21,  1840;  m.  Ann  M.  Hackett. 

MiLO  Farnham,  b.  Apr.  22,  1841;  unm;  res.  Chicago,  111.;  is  a 

gripman  on  the  cable  street  car  line. 
John  Scott,  b.  Apr.  10,  1842;  m.  Apr.  17,  1867.  Helen  Hoyt,  b. 

Apr.  26,  1847;  res.  s.  p.  18  Chestnut  street,  Nashua,  N.  H. 
Orlando,  b.  Apr.  12,  1843. 

Lewis,  b.  Apr.  9,  1844;  m.  and  res.  in  Valley  Falls,  R.  I. 
Lestester,  b.  June  21,  1845;  d.  July  8,  1845. 

2977.  Abel  Whitney  (Abel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Feb.  9.  1804;  m.  Mar.  28,  1831,  Mary  Hall;  res.  Tunbridge,  \t. 

5625.  i.  ,  b. ;  m.  O.  S.  Cornish;  res.  Fort  Atkinson.  Wis. 

5626.  ii.         Mary  Jane,  b.  Apr.  1,  1832;  m.  Geo.  Curtis;  res.  Fort  Atkin- 

son, Wis. 

5627.  iii.       Nathaniel  H.,  b.  Apr.  15,  1835. 

2978.  Joseph  Whitney  (Abel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Jan.  27,  1806;    m.  Caroline  Pierce.     He  d.  Oct.  25,  188:-!;  res.  Tun- 


6619. 
5620. 

i. 
ii. 

5621. 

iii 

5622. 
5623. 
5624. 

iv 
v. 

vi 

bridge,  Vt. 
6628. 
5629. 
5630. 


Abel,  b.  July  9,  1847;  d.  civil  war. 
i.         Ransom,  b.  June  24,  1844;  res.  Cavendish,  Vt. 
ii.       James  Pierce,  b. ;  m.  Rosa  Goodale. 


2984.  Charles  Fitch  Whitney  (Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Pepperell,  Mass.,  Dec.  12,  1806;  m.  Oct.  24,  1833,  Louisa  Kemp,  b. 
1816;  d.  May  23,  1850.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Apr.  30,  1887;  res.  Morrisville,  Vt. 


5631. 

i. 

5632. 

11. 

5634. 

iv 

374  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Martin  M.,  b.  June  26,  1837;  m.  Lucy  Church. 
Abijah  F.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1840;  m.  Rosette  L.  Smith. 
Charles  Wallace,  b.  Oct.,  1844;  d.  July  3,  1863,  in  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 

5635.  V.         Anna  Betsey,  b.  1847;    m.  in  1867,  F.  D.  Owen.     She  d.  in  Apr., 

1891.     Her  dau.  is  Laila,  res.  92  Grant  St.,  Burlington  Vt. 

5636.  vi.       Smith,  b.  Oct.,  1842;  d. . 

2986.  David  Whitney  (Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John)  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.  Mar.  11,  1812;  m.  there  Aug.  16,  1840,  Maria  Smith,  b.  Nov.  25,  1819. 

David  Whitney  was  born  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  1812.  Removed  with  his  family  of 
wife  and  five  children  to  Wisconsin  in  1851  and  settled  near  Fort  Atkinson,  Jeffer- 
son Co.,  on  165  acres  of  land.  He  was  an  industrious,  economical  farmer  of  the  true 
New  England  type.  Two  children,  Jennie  and  £tta,  were  added  to  the  family  on 
this  Wisconsin  homestead.  From  a  small  clearing  of  15  acres  and  a  log  house  im- 
provement followed  improvement  until  when  the  farm  was  sold  in  1882  the  passer-by 
witnessed  a  fine  brick  resrdence,  large  barns,  a  fine  orchard,  a  cheese  factory,  and 
all  modern  improvements.  Thus  honest  toil  was  amply  rewarded.  From  the 
farm  the  family  moved  to  Fort  Atkinson,  and  after  remaining  one  year  removed  to 
Whitewater  to  their  present  place  of  residence,  on  Peck  St.,  where  David  Whit- 
ney died  Feb.  23,  1884.  He  was  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery  at  Fort  Atkinson, 
awaiting  the  resurrection  of  the  just.  He  united  with  the  church  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  (a  body  of  Christians  holding  views  in  common  with  the  Method- 
ists) in  1862,  and  soon  after  every  member  of  the  family  connected  themselves  with 
the  church  of  their  father.  Two  of  them,  Austin  D.  and  D.  J.,  entered  the  ministry 
of  that  church.     He  d.  Feb.  24,  1884;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt.,  and  Whitewater,  Wis. 

5637.  i.  M.  Emeline,  b.  Aug.  14,  1841;  m.  Dec.  25,  1865,  Charles  Wright; 

res.  Whitewater,  Wis.  He  was  b.  Nov.  16,  1843;  d.  Nov.  12, 
1883;  res.  Whitewater,  Wis.  Ch.:  Edith  Victoria,  b.  Aug.  11, 
1869. 

5638.  ii.         Mark,  b.  July  13,  1843;  m.  Maria  Stannard. 

5639.  iii.        Lewis,  b.  June  17,  1845;  m.  Sarah  Jane  Ludwig. 

5640.  iv.       Austin  D.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1847;  m.  Mary  Etta  Lynch. 

5641.  V.         Dennis  John,  b.  Dec.  8,  1849;   m.  Nancy  Almeda  McCune  and 

Idagene  Lacy. 

5642.  vi.       Jane  Susan,  b.  Mar.  22,  1855;  unm.;  res.  Whitewater,  Wis. 

5643.  vii.      Flora  Etta,  b.  Mar.  30,  1858;  unm.;  res.  Whitewater,  Wis. 

2987.  York  Whitney  (Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  No.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Sept.  14,  1834;  m.  at  Williamstown,  Vt.,  Mar.  3,  1868,  Marietta 
Whitney,  dau.  of  Franklin,  b.  Mar.  4,  1847;  d.  June  21,  1876.  He  is  a  farmer;  res. 
No.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

6644.  1.  Nina,  b.  May  26,  1869. 

6645.  ii.        Marcus  Henry,  b.  Mar.  20, 1871. 

5646.  iii.       Harley,  b.  June  17,  1873. 

2989.  John  Whitney  (Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Dec.  18,  1821 ;  m.  at  Washington,  Vt.,  Apr.  2,  1850,  Lorinda  Brag- 
man,  b.  Oct.  8,1831;  d.  Mar.  19.  1855;  m.  2d  at  Williamstown,  Vt.,  Sept.  27,  1855, 
Eunice  Martin,  b.  June  9,  1828.  He  is  a  teamster,  and  is  engaged  in  his  business 
between  Barre  and  Montpelier,  Vt.;  res.  Williamstown,  Vt. 

5647.  i.  Willis  W.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1851;  m.  Adelia  R.  Beaman  and  Lucy  M. 

Allen. 
Hannah  A.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1852;  d.  Mar.  22, 1853. 
Charles  A.,  b.  May  17,  1854;  m.  Alice  Brown. 
Fred  H.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1856;  m.  Lizzie  B.  Webster. 
Effie  Ann,  b.  Feb.  26,  1859;  res.  at  home. 
Edwin  M.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1862;  res.  at  home. 
Elwin  T.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1862;  res.  at  home. 

2997.  Joseph  Whitney  (Abijah,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b,  Pepperell,  Mass.,  June  25,  1827;  m.  there,  Nov.  20,  1856,  Mary  P.  Baker,  b.  Mar.  6, 
1826,  in  Tunlsridge,  Vt.  He  was  born  on  the  old  Whitney  farm  in  Pepperell,  Mass., 
which  was  deeded  by  Joseph  Whitney,  of  Chelmsford,  to  his  son  Joseph,  of  Pep- 
perell, in  1740.  He  was  a  well-to-do  and  respected  farmer,  and  died  very  suddenly 
of  heart  disease.     He  d.  Nov,  14,  1892;  res.  Pepperell,  Mass.,  and  Wells  River,  Vt. 


5648. 

ii. 

5649. 

111. 

6650. 

iv. 

5651. 

V. 

5652. 

vi. 

5653. 

VII 

5661. 

V. 

5662. 

vi. 

5663. 

5664. 
5665. 

vii. 
viii 
ix. 

5666. 
5667. 

X. 

xi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  375 

5654.  i.  Joseph  Abijah,  b.  June  20,  1858;  res.  W.  R, 

5655.  ii.         Marie  Louise,  b.  Apr.  30,  1862;  res.  W.  R. 

5656.  iii.       Arthur  Leslie,  b.  Nov.  11,  1869;  res.  W.  R. 

2998.  Aaron  Parker  Whitney  (Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Pepperill,  Mass.,  Oct.  2,  1815;  m.  Mar.  3,  1840,  Phyrilla  Durkee;  b.  Mar.  3, 
1820.     Was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Sept.  1,  1879;  res.  No.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5657.  i.  Leander,  b.  Jan.  3,  1841;  m.  at  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  Mar.  18,  1888; 

res.  s.  p.  Bayard,  Iowa. 

5658.  ii.         Orson,  b.  Jan.  4,  1843;  m.  Emily    M.  Hanson    and    Laura    F. 

Jones. 

5659.  lii.       Henrietta,  b.  Mar.  11,  1844;  m.  Feb.  9.  1865,  Geo.  W.  Dewey; 

res.  Bayard,  Iowa.  He  was  b.  Mar.  25,  1843.  Is  a  farmer  arjd 
stock  dealer.  Ch.:  Iris,  b.  April  22,  1868;  Rodolphus  H.,  b. 
Feb.  6,  1870;  Cora,  b.  Dec.  1,  1871;  George  W.,  b.  May  24,  1873; 
Mary  Isabel,  b.  Mar.  22, 1875;  Charles  H.,  b.  May  15, 1877;  Daisy, 
b.  May  1,  1879;  infant  son,  b.  April  11,  1885;  baby  d.  April  19, 
1885,  Bayard,  Iowa,  Guthrie  county. 

5660.  iv.        Ruth,  b.  Dec.  22,  1845;  m.  Mar.  13,  1871, Porter;  res.  Hart- 

ford, Vt.     She  d.  Apr.   11,  1887.     Ch.:  Clara  S.,  b. ;  res. 

Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Betsey  A.,  b.  July  18.  1847;  m.  July  12,  1864,  Lyman  A.  Burbank; 

res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 
Abbie  H.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1849;  m.  Feb.  23,  1868,  F.  H.  Markes;  res. 

Bethel,  Vt.     She  d.  Nov.  10,  1889. 
Aaron,  b.  Apr.  16,  1851;  m.  Nellie  Hatch. 
Eliza  J.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1852;  m.  Oct.  26,  1892,  C.  W.  Porter;  res.  T. 
ISABELL,  b.  Jan.  2,  1865;  m.  Mar.  9,  1876,  Arthur  J.  Hanson,  res. 

No.  T. 
Abijah  P..  b.  May  22, 1857;  m.  Clara  M.  Farnham. 
Horace  G.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1858;  m.  Jennie  Cox. 

3002.  W.M.  F.  Whitney  (Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
May  8,  1825;  m.  Mar.  1,  1854,  Jane  Sprague;  b.  Dec.  1,  1835.  Was  a  farmer.  He  d. 
Oct.  21,  1893;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  29  Bridge  St. 

6668.  i.         Clara  J.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1855;  d.  Feb.  11,  1859. 

6669.  ii.         Nellie  M.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1857;  m.  Sept.,    1878,  R.  H.   Dearborn; 

res.  63  Walnut  St.,  N.     Ch.:  Sarah  J.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1879,  Clara  B., 
b.    May   16,   1881;  infant,  b.   Mar.  26,  1884;  d.    Mar.   29,   18^4; 
Lurana  Dearborn,  b.  Apr.  28,  1886;  Helen  Abby,  b.  Aug.  28, 
1894. 
5670.     iii.       Byron  W.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1860;  m.  Lydia  Tucker. 

6671.  iv.        Edward  T.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1864;  m.  Clara  Jinkins. 

6672.  v.         Nelson  C,  b.  Sept.  6,  1868;  m.  Sadie  Clark. 

6673.  vi.        Bessie  Ellen,  b.  Nov,  3,  1875;  m.  Sept.  16,  1894,  Herbert  Ar- 

thur Jewett;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

3004.  Carlos  Whitney  (Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  May  6,  1831;  m.  Dec.  28,  1867,  Helen  M.  Corwin;  b.  July  IH,  1837. 

He  was  born  on  Whitney  Hill,  Tunbridge,  where  his  father  settled  in  the  wilder- 
ness. In  1868  he  moved  to  West  Fairlee  and  engaged  in  the  provision  business,  and 
there  he  died.     He  d.  Nov.  8,  1884;  res.  West  Fairlee,  Vt. 

6674.  i.  Harlie  Aaron,  b.  May  5, 1859.     He  was  born  on  the  old  Whitney 

place,  on  Whitney  Hill,  Tunbridge,  Vt.  In  1868,  with  his 
parents,  moved  to  West  Fairlee  and  attended  the  village  school. 
He  attended  Thetford  academy,  and  later  assisted  his  father  in 
his  business.  Afterwards  he  went  to  Boston.  Was  m.  Jan.  11, 
1^81. 

5676.    ii.         Elmer  Frank,  b.  Julv  10,  1866^  d.  Apr.  9,  1881. 

5676.  iii.  Carrie  Amanda,  b.  Sept.  16,  1862;  res.  West  Fairlee,  Vt.  She 
was  educated  at  the  public  schools  in  West  Fairlee  and  the 
Thetford  academy.  Later  she  went  to  the  Vt.  Methodist  semi- 
nary, at  Montpelier,  where  she  spent  three  years,  and  afterwards 
to  Boston,  to  study  music.  A  fall  at  school  prevented  the  work 
which  she  had  hoped  to  accomplish. 


376  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3009.  George  Franklin  Whitney  (Franklin,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Sept.  16,  1851;  m.  Mar.  1,  1882,  Hattie  M.  Corwin. 
He  d.  Aug.  16,  1889;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

5677.  i.         Ernest,  b.  Aug.  4, 1883. 

3021.  Andrew  Jackson  Whitney  (Isaac  W.,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Randolph,  Vt.,  Jan.  29,  1828;  m.  Arvilla  Bohoman;  m.  2d,  Oct.,  1850,  Mrs. 
Rosina  Ramsdell,  b.  Washington,  Vt.,  Jan.  6.  1823;  d.  Feb.  11,  1883;  m.  3d,  June  14, 
1887,  Adelia  M,  Dewey,  of  Chelsea,  Vt.;  res.  Hawarden,  la. 

5678.  i.  Belle  M.,  b.  May  10,  1852;  d.  Feb.  15,  1880. 

5679.  ii.         Carrie  S.,  b.  Apr.  18,  1863;  m.  Oct.  4, 1883,  James  H.  Sherman, 

of Ireton, la. 

3023.  Alvah  W.  Whitney  (Isaac  W.,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Chelsea,  Vt.,  Dec.  16,  1832;  m.  Jan.  13,  1854,  Mahala  M.  Jones,  b.  Apr.  18,  1833;  d. 
Sept.  30,  1883;  m.  2d,  Apr.  2,  1884,  Maria  E.  Lewis,  b.  Sept.  26, 1854.  He  is  a  farmer; 
res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 


5680. 
5681. 
5682. 
5683. 


Frank  T.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1856;  m.  Adah  M.  Blakely. 
Charlie,  b.  Nov.  10,  1861;  d.  Apr.  3, 1864. 
Bertie,  b.  July  30,  1866;  d.  July  21,  1868. 
Minnie  B.,  b.  June  11,  1874;  res.  C. 


5684.  V.         Emma  A.,  b.  July  9,  1876;  d.  July  14,  1876. 

3032.  Elisha  Leonard  Whitney  (Leonard,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29,  1835;  m.  Nov.  24,  1863,  at  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass., 
Jane  L.  Howard,  b.  Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.  17,  1840.  He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Drews- 
ville,  N.  H.,  and  Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 

5685.  i.  Arthur  H.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1877. 

5686.  ii.         Lulu  J.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1880. 

3037.  George  Lewis  Whitney  (Leonard,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Sept.  14,  1843;  m.  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Jan.  30,  1868.  Lucretia 
E.  Miller,  b.  Nov.  5,  1845.  He  is  a  machinist;  s.  p.;  res.  12  Grand  St.,  Worcester, 
Mass. 

3040.  Bovlston  Whitney  (Orlando,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
St.  Johnsburv,  Vt.,  Nov.  29,  1792;  m.  Lucy  Spauldmg;  res.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

5687.  i.  Alonzo,  b.  1816;  m.  Feb.  25, 1869,  Maria  M.  Mosely.    He  d.  Jan. 

23,  1880;  res.  Westfield,  Mass. 

3043.  Asaph  S.  Whitney  (Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Apr.  5,  1804;  m.  HoUiston,  Mass.,  1826,  Abigail  Miller,  b.  Nov. 
11,  1804;  d.  Feb.  10,  1873;  res.  Plymouth,  Vt. 

Alonzo  Asaph,  b.  Nov.  11,  1834;  m.  Sarah  Parker  and  Emily 
Taylor  Hadley. 

Dinah  A.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1835;  m. Howard;  res.  Caven- 
dish, Vt. 

Lovina  C,  b.  Feb.  15,  1837;  m. Merrell;  res.  Cavendish. 

George  M.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1830;  d. . 

Amanda  E.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1841;  m.  — Phinney;  res.  Plymouth. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1845;  m. Russell;  res.  Cavendish. 

Rhoda  a  ,  b.  Feb.  15,  1839;  m. Smart;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 

Miranda  E.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1843;  m. Harris;  res.  Proctors- 

ville,  Vt. 

Hiram,  b.  Apr.  22. 1828;  d. . 

Joseph  A.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1832;  d. . 

3044.  Calvin  Whitney  (Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  19,  1806;  m.  Nov,  26.  1832,  at  Cavendish,  Roxana  Wheelock, 
b.  Mav  15,  1812.     He  was  a  farmer;  res.  Ludlow,  V't. 

5698.  i.  Daniel  C.  b.  Julv  1,  1833;  d.  Apr.  26,  1837. 

5699,  ii.         LORINDY  E.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1834;  m.  Dec.  12, 1854,  Oscar  Mathewson, 

b.  1823.  Ch.:  Alma;  Julia,  m.  Fred  Whitney;  res.  Providence, 
R,  I.;  Emma;  Hattie;  Eliza,  m.  Arthur  Pickard;  res.  Canter 
bury,  N.  H.;  Mansfield. 

5700,  iii.        Henry  A.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1836;  m.  Mary  A.  Brown. 

5701.  iv.        Roswell  O.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1838;  m.  Phcebe  Reynolds. 


5688. 

i. 

5689. 

ii. 

5690. 

iii. 

5691. 

IV. 

5692. 

v. 

5693. 

vi. 

6694. 

VI 1. 

5695. 

vni. 

6696. 

ix. 

6697. 

X. 

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5702.  V.  Elmore  R.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1840;  d.  Nov.  27,  1863. 
.5703.  vi.  Jane  A.,  b.  July  27,  1842;  m.  Mar.  14,  186-5,  James  Pollard,  b.  Oct. 
1,  1886;  res.  Ludlow.  He  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Minnie,  b.  Dec, 
1865;  Nellie,  b.  Nov.  29,  1866;  Herbert,  b.  May  1,  1870;  Walter, 
b.  1876;  Lillian,  -b.  1874;  Charles,  b.  1878;  Calvin,  b.  1880; 
Marion,  b.  1888. 

5704.  vii.       Charles  W.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1844;  m.  Charanda  Ellerson. 

5705.  viii.     Julia  A.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1849;  ni.  Feb.,  1871,  Henry  Herrick;  res. 

New  York,   N.  Y.    Ch.:    Alle   Deane,  b.   Nov.,  1870;  Charles 
Henry,  b.  Sept.,  1873;   Leonard,  b.  1888. 

5706.  ix.        Mary  B.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1851;  m.  Providence,  N.  S.,  Nov.  10,  1878, 

Joseph   Now,  b.  Mar.  1845;   res.   Ludlow.     Ch.:    Edwin  A.,  b. 
May  20,  1880. 

3046.  Hiram  Whitney  (Dari.iel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Plymouth,  Vt.,  in  1818;  m.  at  Proctorsville,  Vt.,  Arvilla  Herrick,  b.  in  1819;  d.  Mar. 
1846.     He  was  a  farmer;  res.  Plymouth,  Vt. 

5707.  i.  Mary  J.,  b. ;  d. . 

5708.  ii.         Eben  E.,  b. ;  d. 


5709.  iii.        Albert,  b. ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

5710.  iv.        Augustus,  b.  Mar.  22,  1842;  m,  Mary  Bergstresser. 

5711.  V.         Wallace,  b. ;  d. . 

3053.  Orlando  Whitney  (Jazamiah,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Mar.  26, 1806;  m.  at  Lowell,  Feb.  9, 1834,  Eliza  Anne  Motley  Carlton,  b.  Sept.  16,  1813. 
He  was  a  shoe  and  hat  dealer,  manufacturer  and  merchant.  He  d.  May  14,  1844;  res. 
Lowell,  Mass.,  2  Wilder  St. 

5712.  i.  Eliza  Amanda,  b.  Feb.  4,  1835;  d.  Feb.  9,  1835. 
6713.    ii.         Geo.  Orlando,  b.  Aug.  4. 1836;  d.  Sept.  27,  1837. 

5714.  iii.        Henry  Orlando,  b.  Apr.  1,  1842;  d.  Aug.  10,  1843. 

3054.  Orange  Whitney  (Jazamiah,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
St.  Johnsbury,  \'t..  May  8,  1808;  m.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Nov.  12,  1835,  Emeline  Harris; 
b.  July  12,  1812.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Newport,  N.  H. 

5715.  i.  Hiram  O.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1836;  d.  April  22,  1838. 

5716.  ii.         Geo.  F.,  b.  Feb.  a,  1839;  m.  Azubah  C.  Wheeler. 

6717.  iii.       Calvin  H.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1840;  m.  Jan.,  1866,  Laura  E.  Emerson,  at 

Chelsea.     He  was  a  retail  dry  goods  dealer,  and  d.  s.  p.  Sept. 
13,  1889. 

6718.  iv.       Harriett  E.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1847;  d.  Feb.  2,  1849. 

5719.  v.         Albert  O.,  b.  Mar.  10, 1860;  m.  Dec.  11,  1876,  Hattie  L.  Buninghr; 

b.  Nov.  10,  1857.     He   is  a  furniture   dealer;    res.  s.   p.  New- 
port, N.  H. 

5720.  vi.       Amanda  L.,  b.  May  29,  18-54;  unm.;  res.  Newport. 

3056.  Dr.  Lambert  Whitney  (Jazamiah,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  10,  1812;  m.  at  Olean,  N.  Y.,  May  19,  1834,  Sallie 
Senter;  b.  Aug.  9,  1815;  d.  Apr.  15,  lb91;  res.  Olean,  N.  Y. 

5721.  i.  Lambert  S.,  b.  July  23,  1836. 

5722.  ii.        Russell  Martin,  b.  Apr.  6,  1838. 

5723.  iii.       James  Orlando,  b.  Nov.  6,  1842;  res.  Oakland,  Cal. 

3058.  Rev.  Lemuel  Whitney  (John,  John,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
in  N.  H.  on  Nov.  7.  1817;  m.  July  5,  1845,  in  Belvidere,  111.,  Fanny  M.  Gould,  b.  July 
22,  1822;  d.  June  15,  1866;  m.  2d,  Oct.  8.  1867,  Julia  M.  Gould. 

He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  where  he  remained  on  the  farm  until  his  major- 
ity, when  he  moved  to  Illinois.  He  married  while  residing  in  Belvidere.  After  a 
happy  married  life  of  twenty-one  years  she  passed  away  at  Washington,  la.,  and  was 
buried  at  Spencer's  Grove,  in  that  state.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  preachers  in 
Illinois,  and  after  many  years  of  toil  and  hard  labor  in  the  itinerancy  his  health 
failed  and  he  was  obliged  to  resign  his  position  as  traveling  preacher,  but  still  con- 
tinued to  preach  occasionally  as  his  health  would  admit.  He  now  holds  a  superan- 
nuated relation  in  the  Free  Methodist  conference  of  Wisconsin,  waiting  his  call  to 
join  the  conference  above  where  there  is  no  more  sickness,  pain  or  death.  Res.  Bel- 
videre, 111.,  and  Marshall,  Wis. 
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H78  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5724.  i.  John  W.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1851;  m.  Julia  D.  Graham. 

5725.  ii.         Eugene  M.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1853,  Morris,  111.     He  was  born  in  Belvi- 

dere,  was  educated  at  the  public  schools,  and  when  eighteen 
years  of  age  was  united  with  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church. 
He  began  teaching  in  1875,  and  has  been  engaged  in  that  pro- 
fession ever  since;  is  at  present  teaching  in  Morris,  Grundy 
Co.,  111. 

5726.  iii.       Olive  Emma,  b.  Mar.  19,  1860;  res.  Brookville,  Kan. 

5727.  iv.       Alma  Isabella,  b.  Apr.  22,  1848;  m  John  Braggins;  res.  Beau- 

mont, Cal.     He  was  b.  in  England,  Sept.  19,  1844;  s.  p. 

5728.  V.        -Oscar  L.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1847;  m.  Ann  M.  Riley. 

5728a.  vi.       Artemas  Lemuel,  b.  Dec.  7,  1855;  res.,  unm.,  Topeka,  Kan. 
5729a.  vii.      Adelbert  Goddard,  b.  Aug.  8,  1868;  res.  Marshall,  Wis. 

3061.  Charles  Oscar  Whitney  (Luke,  John,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Troy.N.  H.,  May  4,  1838;  m.  Nov.  27, 1862,  at  Keene,  Frances  Flora  Bent;  b.  Oct. 27, 
1838,  at  Fitzwilliam. 

Mr.  Whitney's  father  dying  when  he  was  but  three  yearsold,and  the  family  being 
in  humble  circumstances,  he  went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Ira  Godding, of  Troy,  N.  H., 

where  he  resided  until  he  was  about  twelve  years  old, 
when  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  by  the  death 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Godding.  Now  commenced  his  hard 
struggle  with  the  world  for  a  living,  and  for  the  next  few 
years  he  made  his  home  in  any  family  where  his  labors 
would  suffice  for  his  board  and  clothes.  With  all  these 
adverse  circumstances  he  had  but  little  time  or  oppor- 
tunity for  education  except  a  few  weeks  in  the  winter  at 
the  district  school.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  went  to 
work  in  a  saw  and  grist  mill  and  afterward  to  Gardner, 
Mass,  where  he  worked  for  some  time  in  a  chair  manu- 
factory. At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  when  the  demand 
for  firearms  was  largely  increased,  he  went  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  and  worked  for  the  United  States  government 
making  muskets,  where  he  remained  nearly  two  years. 
But  Mr.  Whitney  had  conceived  the  plan  of  furthering  his 
business  interests,  and  his  early  life  of  labor  had  taught 
him  prudence  and  economy,  so  he  now  determined  to 
CHABLF.s  oscAE  WHITNEY.     Start    busincss    for    himself.     Accordingly    returning    to 

South  Gardner  and  taking  into  partnership  his  brother-in- 
law,  under  the  firm  title  of  Whitney  &  Bent,  he  began  chair  manufacturing,  which 
was  carried  on  for  several  years  with  a  fair  percentage  of  profit  for  the  capital 
invested.  In  1866  Mr.  Whitney  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  business  and 
removed  to  Marlborough,  N.  H.,  where  he  now  resides.  The  same  year  he  in 
company  with  several  other  gentlemen  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  name 
of  the  Marlborough  Manufacturing  Company,  and  in  the  following  spring  made 
the  first  horse  blankets  manufactured  in  this  town,  thus  developing  a  most  im- 
portant branch  of  industry,  which  added  much  to  the  prosperity  and  growth  of 
the  town.  Mr.  Whitney  afterwards  withdrew  from  this  company,  purchased  land, 
erected  a  building,  and  creating  a  new  water-power,  resumed  chair  manufacturing. 
Subsequently  he,  with  Mr.  Warren  H.  Clark,  formed  what  is  now  known  as  the 
Cheshire  Blanket  Company  and  fitted  up  the  mill  in  which  Mr.  Whitney  formerly 
made  chairs  for  the  manufacture  of  blankets.  These  enterprising  men  have  from 
time  to  time  enlarged  their  manufacturing  facilities  until  they  now  have  seven  sets 
of  machinery.  They  have  a  capital  stock  of  $40,000  and  can  produce  five  hundred 
blankets  a  day.  This  firm  also  manufactures  satinets  and  produce  as  many  as  twenty- 
five  thousand  yards  per  month,  and  the  annual  production  when  running  full  time 
is  three  thousand  bales.  Politically  Mr.  Whitney  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served 
the  town  as  selectman  and  has  for  some  time  been  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
He  is  a  man  of  great  industry,  perseverance  and  pluck,  and  though  his  early  man- 
hood was  one  of  hard  toil,  yet  by  persevering  efforts,  from  humble  beginnings,  un- 
aided, he  has  acquired  competency,  and  stands  well  m  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men and  is  a  good  type  of  the  self-made  men  of  the  Granite  State ;  res.  Marlboro,  N.  H. 

5729.  i.  Frank  Russell,  b.  Aug.  29,  1866;  d.  in  Marlboro. 

5730.  ii.         Chas  Winnefred,  b.  Aug.  4,  1877. 

5731.  iii.       Robert,  L.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1880. 


5737. 

i. 

5738. 

ii. 

5739. 

111. 

5740. 

IV, 

5741. 

V. 

5742. 

VI. 

5743. 

vii. 

5744. 

viii 

5745. 

IX. 

5746. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  379 

3063.  James  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
New  London,  O.,  May  16,  1833;  m.  May  3,  1855,  Mary  Helms;  b.  June  22,  1832.  He 
was  a  farmer;  res.  Sciola,  la. 

5732.  i.  Francis  Marion,  b.  May  4,  1861;  m.  Hattie  B.  Chandler. 

5733.  ii.         Harriett  Elnora,  b.  Mar.  18, 1864;  m.  Oct.  10, 1883,  J.  W.  Ferris; 

He  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  James  Bently,  b.  July  6,  1884;  Frederic 
Wm.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1887;  d.  June  9,  1890;  Francis,  b.  June  14, 1891; 
res.  Sciola. 

5734.  iii.        James  Alex,  b.  Sept.  27,  1866;  m.  Eva  Taylor. 

5735.  iv.        "Eliza  E.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1856;  d.  Nov.  11,  1857. 

5736.  v.         Miranda  R.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1858;  d.  Dec.  30,  1860. 

3067.  Theodore  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Richland,  Ohio,  Dec.  25,  1824;  m.  at  Nashville,  Ind.,  Jan.,  1850;  Isabella  Quinn,  b. 
1825;  d.  July  19,  1862;  m.  2d,  at  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  Jan.  1863,  Susan,  Puffer,  b.  Apr.,  1840. 
He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Clayton,  Okla. 

William,  b.  May  23,  1851 ;  d.  Mar.  23,  1876. 

Mary  L.,  b.  May  25,  1854;  m.  1876, Thomas. 

Maggie,  m.  Nov.  1878, Welch;  res.  Carterville,  Mo. 

Mattie,  m. Conway;  res.  426  29th  St.,  Denver,  Col. 

James;  res.  Colfax,  Iowa. 

Arthur;  res.  Belfast,  Wash. 

Eva;  m. Snyder;  res.  Clayton,  Okla. 

Bird;  res.  Carterville,  Mo. 

Ellie,  m. Gamble;  res.  Arkansas  City,  Kan. 

Walter;  res.  Clayton,  Okla. 

3070.  Hiram  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 

Richland  Co.,  O.,  July  23,  1835;  m. ;  d.  Mar.  1, 1864.     He  d.  Sept.  22,  1866;  res. 

Kansas,  and  Sciola,  la. 

5747.  i.  Mary  Miranda,  b.  Feb.  8.  1860;  m.  Jan.  9.  1878,  Wm.  V.  Gordon; 

res.  720  7th  St.,  Peoria,  111.  He  was  b.  Apr.  12,  1846,  is  a  farmer 
and  grocervman.  Ch.:  Scott  Irvmg,  b.  Sept.  13,  1878;  Elda 
May,  b.  May  21,  1880;  Mary  Alta,  b.  Jan.  13,  1882;  Maud,  b.  June 
11,  1884. 

5748.  ii.         Joseph  Jackson,  b.  Feb.  17,  1868;  d.  Mar.  17,  1858. 

5749.  iii.        Sisey,  b.  Jan.  10,  1864;  d.  Jan.  16,  1864. 

3070a.  Albert  Whitney  (Joseph,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Wilson,  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1826;  m.at  Eagle  Harbor,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  3,  1861,  Teressa  Matilda 
Phelps;  b.  Nov.  14,  1832.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Carlton  and  Kuckville,  N.  Y. 

5750a.  i.  Lyman  Peleg,  b.  Sept.  27,  1861;  m.  Apr.  27,  1884,  Mary  Jane 

Jamson;  res.  Kuckville. 
5751a.  ii.         Nettie  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  12,  1865. 
5752a.  iii.        Charles  Albert,  b.  Sept.  30,  1876. 

3071.  Calvin  F.  Whitney  (Calvin,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Thomaston,  Me.,  Apr.  7,  1816;  m.  at  Prospect,  Me.,  1847,  Nancy  J.  Clark,  b.  Mar. 
27,  1826.     He  is  a  farmer,  was  formerly  a  lime  burner;  res.  Camden,  Me. 

Merritt  Austin,  b.  Mar.  20,  1848;  res.  Rockport,  Me. 

Annie  E.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1862;  m. Ewell;  res.  311  Wash.  Boul. 

Chicago. 

Dora  J.,b.  Aug.  22,  1854;  m. -Babbidge;  res.  Rockland,  Me. 

John  A.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1867;  res.  Rockport,  Me. 

C.  Lincoln,  b.  Dec.  13,  1860;  m.  Catherine  McAleer. 

Nellie  May,  b.  Dec.  29,  1862;  m. Hamilton;  res.  Rock- 
port, Me. 

5756.  vii.      Wm.  E.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1865;  m.  Alice  M.  Shiblee. 

3073.    William  E.  Whitney  (Calvin,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Thomaston,  Me.,  Jan.  23,  1822;  m.  Dec.  29,  1842,  Sophia  A.  Fales.     He  d.  in  Cal.; 
res.  Thomaston,  Me.,  and  New  York  Landing,  Contra  Costa  Co.,  Cal. 
5766a.  i.  Lydstone,  b.  Feb.,  1843;  d.  July  21,  1867. 

5757.  ii.        Calvin  H.,b.  1845. 
6758.    iii.       Wm.  J.,  b.  1847. 


6760. 

i. 

5751. 

u. 

5752. 

iii. 

6753. 

iv. 

5754. 

v. 

5756. 

VI. 

380  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5759.  iv.  Rebecca  Ann,  b.  Jan.  16,  1849;  d.  Dec.  8,  1849. 

5760.  V.  Francis  M.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1853;  d. . 

5761.  vi.  Aroline,  b.  1855. 

5762.  vii.  Alice  R.,  b.  1858. 

3078.  William  Whitney  (Haynes,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Oct.  29,  1816;  m.  Sept.  16,  18.39,  Eliza  Brown;  m.  2d.  Aug.  24,  1862,  Elizabeth  Jor- 
dan.    He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Feb.,  1887;  res.  Thomaston,  Me. 

5763.  i.         Frances  I.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1842;  d.  June  18,  1848. 

5764.  ii.        Eliza  J.,  b.  1845. 

5765.  iii.       Olena,  b.  1847. 

5766.  iv.       Charles  G.,  b.  1852;  res.  Thomaston,  Me. 

5767.  V.        Andrew  F.,  b.  1856. 

3080.  Charles  Robinson  Whitney  (Haynes,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Thomaston,  Me.,  Jan.  16,  1820;  m.  at  Danville,  Me.,  Dec.  31,  1851,  Mary 
Edgcom  Thurston;  b.  Apr.  29,  1823,  at  Scarboro,  Me.     Res.  Rockland,  Me. 

5768.  i.  Mary  Frances,  b.  July  11,  1855;  m.  Nov.  16,  1875,  Thomas  S. 

Rich;  res.  20  Chestnut  St.,  Maiden,  Mass. 

5769.  ii.        Lizzie    Ella,  b.  Dec.  19,  18-56;  m.    June    26,    1882,  William  A. 

Brooks.     She  d.  May  30,  1887,  in  Portland,  Me. 

.3083.  RuLUFF  Whitney  (Christopher,  William,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Salisbury,  Conn.,  June  25,  1777;  m.  at  Virgil,  N.  Y.  (first  marriage  recorded 
there)  about  1800,  Susanna  Glenny.  The  Glennys  emigrated  from  the  town  of  Derry, 
County  Down,  Ireland,  after  the  Revolutionary  war,  to  take  up  a  claim  of  their  brother, 
Lieut.  Glenny,  who  died  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Susan  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Glenny,  of  Virgil.  Another  daughter  married  Darius  Scofield.  She  was  the  mother 
of  Attorney  Scofield,  solicitor  for  the  C,  B.  &.  Q.  railroad,  of  Illinois,  and  of  William 
Glennie,  who  was  a  very  prominent  attorney  in  New  York  state,  and  at  one  time  secre- 
tary of  the  interior. 

He  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  in  1789  was  given  fifty  acres  of  land  by  deed 
from  his  father,  Christopher,  and  wife,  Polly,  out  of  a  grant  "made  to  the  troops  of 
the  United  States  in  the  late  war,"  situate  in  the  town  of  Solon,  N.  Y.,  for  $1.50.55. 
Mar.  5,  1798,  he  had  a  letter  of  recommendation  stating  he  had  attended  the 
school  of  Henry  Smith,  "teacher  of  mathematics,"  for  three  months,  in  the  township 
of  Sidney,  province  of  Upper  Canada,  Bay  Quimty.  July  6,  1798,  Henry  Smith, 
department  surveyor,  gave  him  another  certificate  of  character,  stating  he  had  resided 
in  the  township  of  Sydna,  county  of  Hastings,  province  of  Upper  Canada,  and  parts 
adjoining  for  a  considerable  time.  June  17,  1799,  he  was  appointed  first  corporal  in 
the  first  militia  company  of  Solon,  N.  Y.  June  28,  1801,  he  was  commissioned  ensign 
of  a  militia  company  in  the  county  of  Onondaga,  N.  Y.  Moses  Hopkins,  his  brother- 
in-law,  was  lieutenant-colonel  commandant.  This  commission  was  signed  by  Gov. 
John  Jay  and  Secretary  of  State  Daniel  Hale.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  owned  a 
grist  mill,  and  in  1798  purchased  more  land  in  Solon  of  Thomas  Johnson, of  Durham, 
Conn., for  S250.  In  1816  (eighteen  hundred  and  starved  to  death)  he  became  disgusted 
with  the  climate  of  New  York  and  decided  to  remove  to  New  Orleans.  He  had  held 
for  years  the  position  of  justice  of  the  peace  or  squire,  and  had  good  prospects.  He 
invested  the  proceeds  of  his  sales  in  goods  for  trading  on  the  way  down.  It  was  some 
time  in  1817  they  started  to  leave.  The  boat  was  sunk  on  the  Ohio  river  and  goods  lost. 
He  stopped  off  at  Pomeroy,  O.,  and  invested  in  a  coal  mine.  Loaded  a  boat  with  coal 
and,  after  a  stay  of  a  year  or  more,  proceeded.  On  reaching  St.  Louis  decided  to 
settle  in  Illinois.  Taking  his  oldest  son,  John,  he  left  the  family  in  St.  Louis,  took  up 
a  claim  and  built  a  cabin.  Returned  to  St.  Louis;  was  taken  down  with  yellow  fever 
with  some  others  of  the  family,  but  all  recovered,  and  he  then  decided  he  had  enough 
of  the  south  and  started  to  return  to  New  York  state.  On  the  boat  met  a  man  who 
owned  property  in  Portsmouth,  O.,  and  was  persuaded  to  stop  oflf.  This  was  in  1821, 
and  there  he  resided  until  his  death.  The  family  fortunes  were  at  a  very  low  ebb 
and  as  soon  as  the  family  was  settled  in  a  house,  he  took  his  bo>s  to  his  coal  mine 
at  Pomeroy  and  brought  the  first  coal  there  for  sale.  They  continued  to  work  this 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  never  capable  of  any  great  exertion  after  the  yellow 
fever,  but  was  able  to  take  up  various  things  with  the  assistance  of  his  sons,  more 
particularly  Wm.  He  was  soon  owner  of  several  desirable  pieces  of  town  property; 
acquired  a  small  piece  of  ground  on  the  Scioto  bottoms  for  farming;  had  a  brickyard, 
ana  later  a  grocery  and  pork  packing  house.     He  held  some  small  city  offices  after 


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going  to  Portsmouth.  He  was  a  large,  portly  man;  florid  complexion,  blue  eyes,  sandy 
hair  and  whiskers,  while  his  wife,  Susannah,  was  undersized,  black  eyes  and  hair.  In 
religion  he  was  Episcopalian,  but  his  wife  a  strong  Presbyterian.  He  appears  to 
have  been  an  energetic  man  with  excellent  business  judgment.  He  d.  Aug.  8,  184B; 
res.  Solon  and  Dryden,  N.  Y.,  and  Portsmouth,  O. 

5770.  vi.       William  Glenny,  b.  Apr.  11,  1811;  m.  Melvina   Fleming  and 

Elcy  F.M.  \'an  Voorhees. 

5771.  i,  John,  b.  Aug.  15,  1801;  m.  Parnell  Fitch  and  Arunia  Kelley. 

5772.  ii.         Mary  Ticknor,  b.  Sept.  9, 1803;  m.  Feb.  1, 1824,  Hannibal  Oilman 

Hamlin;  b.  Hillsboro,  N.  H.,  Apr.  23,  1800;  d.  July  24,  1864.  He 
was  son  of  Europe  and  grandson  of  Major  Eleazer,  of  the  4th 
Mass.  Regt.  in  Revolutionary  war;  res.  Cincinnati,  O.  She  d. 
June  26,  1880.     Ch.:  Susannah  Dorcas,  b.  Aug.  22,  1827;  m.  Oct. 

10,  1848,  Dr.  Alonzo  Thrasher  Keyt;  res.  Walnut  Hills,  Cin.,  O.; 
ch.,  Mary  Hamlin,  b.  Aug.  28,  185U;  m.  Oct.  10,  1870,  Dr.  Asa  B. 
Isham;  was  lieutenant  in  the  war;  res.  Walnut  Hills,  Cmcinnati, 
O.;  ch.:  Mary  Keyt,  b.  Aug.  20,  1871;  Asa  Chapman,  b.  Sept.  11, 
1873;  Susanna  Hamlin,  b.  Sept.  20,  1875;  Alonzo  Keyt,  b.  Aug. 

1 1,  1877;  Frances  Cone,  b.  Feb.  12,  1880;  Helen,  b.  Oct.  22, 1882; 
Eleanor  Louise,  b.  July  25,  1885;  Susaima  Almena,  b.  Aug.  18, 
1853;  Rebecca  Penn.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1856;  m.  W.  H.  Humphrevs; 
Louisa,  b.  Julv24,  18^8;  d.  May  4, 1868;  Marshall  Hall,  b.  Jan.  12, 
1861;  M.  D.;  m.  Harriett  Bush;  Hamlin,  b.  Aug.  1,  1869;  d.  Feb. 
9, 1874;  Mary  Ticknor,  b.  1831;  res.  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  O.; 
Almenia  C,  b.  1833;  res.  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Hannibal 
Oilman,  b.  1835;  m.  Oct.  10,  1867,  Arta  Elizabeth  Forsyth;  have 
one  child,  Mary  Alice;  H.  G.  Hamlin  resided  when  at  home 
Springfield,  O.;  is  now  abroad  with  his  family;  Europe  William, 
b.  1839;  res.  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  O. 

5773.  iii.        Riluff,  b.  Feb.  9,  1805;  d.  Aug.  7,  1824,  at  Portsmouth,  O. 

5774.  iv.        Susannah,  b.  Dec.  27,  1806;  m.  Elisha  Goldsmith  Stone.     She  d. 

in  Covington,  Ky.,  iSIay  19,  1885.  He  was  b.  in  Guilford,  Conn., 
1808;  d.  Dec.  23,  1840;  res.  Cincinnati,  O.  Ch.:  Leverett,  b.  Mar. 
23,  1830;  d.  1877,  leaving  Josephine  L.;res.  Orange,  X.  J.;  Medad 
Whitney,  b.  Mar.  1,  1831;  d.  Mar.  21,  1891;  m.  x\ov.  11,  1855,  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  Emma  Forestine  Jacobs,  dau.  William  Chandler 
Jacobs  and  Emma  Elise  McMillan,  his  wife;  ch.:  Susan  Whit- 
ney, b.  Aug.  10,  1856;  d.  June  4,  1891;  Emma  Elise,  b.  Aug.  2-3, 
1859;  m.  Apr.  16,  1884,  Ernest  Fitz-Yale  Birmingham;  res.  Stuy- 
vesant  P).,  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island;  he  is  publisher  of  TAe 
Fojirth  Estate,  a  newspaper  for  the  makers  of  newspapers. 
Postal  Telegraph  Bldg.,  New  York  City;  have  ch..  Pearl,  b.  Mar. 
17,  1885,  and  Beatrice,  b.  Mar.  23,  1887;  Perlie  Belle,  b.  Apr.  30, 
1861;  Medad  Elisha,  b.  Oct.  9,  1864;  m.  June  11,  1890,  to  Emma 
Sterling  Bones;  ch.:  Mead  Bones,  b.  Mar.  5, 1893;  res.  Stuyvesant 
PL,  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island;  Leverett,  b.  May  25,  1867; 
Henry  Chase,  b.  July  15,  1869;  Mrs.  Emma  F.  Stone,  widow 
Medad  Whitney  Stone,  res.  St.  George,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 
Eliza  Stone,  m.  James  Muman;  address  1008,  Covington,  Ky.; 
Dollie  Stone,  m.  Robert  Macready,  address  154  Broadway,  New 
Y'ork  Citv;  Olive  McArthur  Stone,  b.  Cincinnati,  O.,  1839;  in.  Cin- 
cinnati, 6.,  1860,  Seymour  B.  Avery;  b.  Apr.  22,  1827;  d.  Feb.  26, 
1880,  Cincinnati,  0.;had  ch.:  Olive  Stone  Averv.b.  Mar.  13,1861; 
m.Mar.  14,  1888,  Alex.  Sands,  Jr.;  res.  Logan,  O.;  Flora,  b.  Feb. 
22,  1864;  Alice,  b.  Aug.  26,1867;  d.  Aug.  30,  1868;  Susan  Whitney, 
b.  Sept.  20,  1870;  Seymour  Bartholow,  b.  Sept.  11,  1872;  Willie 
Macreadv,  b.  July  16,  1876;  d.  Aug.  25,  1877;  Medad  Whitnev,  b. 
Jan.  26,  1880;  d.  Sept.  25,  1880.  Mrs.  Avery  (Olive  McA.)  resides 
Avondale,  Cincinnati,  O. 

5775.  V.         Sarah,  b.  Dec.  11,1808;  m.  Andrew  Rowan  Harden.    She  d.  at 

Clifton  Landing,  Ky.,  Aug.  5,  1889.  He  was  b.  South  Carolina, 
Dec.  5,  1805;  d.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Jan.  27,  1846.  Ch.:  Ruluff 
Whitney,  b.  Dec.  13,  1829;  m.,  no  living  children;  res.  530  West 
7th  St.,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Clovis,  b.  Aug.  27,  1831;  d.  1875;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Oct.  26,  1833;  d.  Apr.  19,  1837;  Josephine,  b.  Feb.  12, 


382  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


1836;  m.  Cincinnati,  O.,  July  30,  1857,  John  J.  Barton,  b.  Sept.  8, 
1831,  Clermont  Co.,  O.;  ch.,  Elinora,  b.  Sept.  22,  1858;  d.  Nov.  13, 
1868;  Edward,  b.  Jan.  22.  1862,  near  Williamsburg,  O.;  m.  Dec. 
18,  1889,  Clara  Robertson;  Sallie  E.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1865;  Josie,  b. 
May  5,  1867;  d.  Nov.  29,  1893;  John  C,  b.  July  13,  1871;  Charlie 
L.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1873;  d.  Apr.  27,  1880;  Walter,  b.  July  4,  1877— all 
res.  W'alnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Clay  Harden,  b.  Dec.  28,  1837; 
Harrison  Harden,  b.  Feb.  5,  1839;  b.  Jan.  30,  1846;  Minerva 
Harden,  b.  Mar.  7,  1842;  d.  Feb.  1,  1846;  Andrew  Rowan  Har- 
den, b.  Feb.  9,  1844;  d.  July  9,  1875. 

5776.  vii.       Minerva,  b.  Apr.  21,  1814;  m.  in  Portsmouth,  O.,  Abijah  Curtis. 

He  d.  soon  after  m.,  and  she  res.  s.  p.,  Circleville,  O. 

5777.  viii.     Olive,  b.  Sept.  16,  1817;  m.  May  9,  1838,  Col.  Allan  Campbell 

McArthur,  b.  Dec.  12,  1806,  youngest  son  of  Duncan  McArthur, 
third  governor  of  Ohio;  d.  Apr.  28,  1858.  She  d.  Mar.  29,  1885. 
Ch.:  Ohio  Mary,  b.  Sept.  27,  1840;  d.  Sept.  9,  1851;  Adora 
Minerva,  b.  Chillicothe,  O.,  Oct.  23,  1842;  m.  Covington,  Ky., 
Julv  5,  1869,  John  B.  Morris,  from  near  Springfield,  O.,  son  of 
James  and  Martha  Morris,  b.  Clark  Co.,  O.,  Julv  21,  1839;  d.  De 
Witt  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  20,  1885;  ch.,  Maurice  McArthur,  b.  De  Witt 
Co.,  111.,  Apr.  17,  1870;  m.;  res.  Circleville,  Pickaway  Co.,  O.; 
Curtis,  b.  De  Witt   Co.,  111.,   Oct.  7,   1871;  Martha,  b.  De  Witt 

Co.,    111.,  June  1,  1873;  m.   ;  Olive,  b.   De  Witt   Co.,  111., 

Feb.  6,  1875;  Bessie,  b.  De  Witt  Co.,  III.,  Feb.  14,  1877;  Wm.  H., 
b.  De  Witt  Co.,  111.,  Feb.  7,  1879;  George  E.,  b.  De  Witt  Co.,  ill., 
Mar.  23,  1881;  d.  Mar.  24,  1881;  Lois  Lavina,  b.  De  Witt  Co., 
111.,  Mar.  11,  1882;  d.  Aug.  12,  1882;  Effie  McArthur,  b.  Sept.  22, 
1844,  Pickaway  Co.,  O.;  m.  De  Witt  Co.,  111.,  Dec.  12,  1872, 
Isham  Atchison  Jones,  b.  Aug.  27,  1850;  P.  O.  Box  258,  Circleville, 
Pickawav  Co.,  O.;  ch.,  Flora  Tice,  b.  De  Witt  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  13, 
1874;  Susie  \'an  Bibber,  b.  De  Witt  Co.,  111.,  Dec  6,  1876; 
Arthur  Stephen,  b.De  Witt  Co., 111., Jan.  22,1879;  Flora  McArthur, 
b.  Sept.  24,  1846;  m.  Covington,  Ky.,  James  E.  Tice,  who  d.  in  a 
few  years;  no  ch.  Flora  McArthur  Tice  d.  Pickaway  Co,,  O., 
on  Eastview  farm,  Dec.  25,  1884;  Ida  Olive  McArthur,  b.  May 
11,  1849;  d.  Feb.  7,  1852;  Susannah  Nancy  McArthur,  b.  Chilli- 
cothe, O.,  Nov.  19,  1851;  m.  Cincinnati,  O.,  Feb.  21,  1873,  Andrew 
\'an  Bibber;  d.  Cincinnati,  O.,  Oct.  16,  1881;  no  ch  survived  her; 
Allan  Campbell  .McArthur,  b.  Mar.  4,  1854;  m.  Des  Moines,  la., 
Nov.  25,  1884,  Teresa,  dau.  of  Wm.  Glenny  Whitney,  Ports.,  O.; 
res.  Crescent  Terrace,  Pickaway  Co.,  O.  (near  Circleville);  one 
ch.,  Dorothy,  b.  Nov.  18,  1887,  McMillan's,  Knox  Co.,  Tenn.; 
Sarah  Eliza'McArthur,  b.  Apr.  12,  1857;  d.  Sept.  30,  1858. 

3084.  BiLLA  Whitney  (Christopher,  William,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Sharon,  Conn.,  May  12,  1775;  m.  at  Towanda,  Pa.,  Dec.  17,  1805,  Clarinda  French; 
b.  Dec.  7,  1787;  d.  at  Spafford  Hollow,  May  23,  1854.  He  d.  in  1845;  res.  Cortland- 
ville  and  Groton,  N.  Y. 

5778.  i.         Maria  R..  b.  Aug.  29,  1810;   m.  Horace  Badgley.     She  d.  Port 

Bvron,  N.  Y.;   3  ch. 

5779.  ii.        Clarissa  D.,  b.  July  6,  1811;  m.  Feb.  19, 1837,  Rev.  John  E.  Robie; 

res.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  He  was  born  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  June  19, 
1811.  In  early  life  he  was  converted,  and  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  continued  in  his  profession  for  sev- 
eral years  and  assisted  in  starting  the  Detroit  Free  Press. 
But  having  his  heart  fixed  on  the  ministry  he  attended 
the  Cazenovia  seminary  for  some  time,  to  prepare  himself  for 
the  work,  and  entered  the  Oneida  Conference  in  1834.  He  con- 
tinued in  the  regular  work  for  several  years  with  good  success, 
gathering  many  souls  into  the  church,  as  results  of  revivals 
'  attending  his  labors.    In  1840,  what  to  him  seemed  a  providential 

call,  he  started  the  Northc7-n  Christian  Advocate.  In  1843  he 
disposed  of  the  A'ortherji,  and  commenced  the  publication  of 
the  Gc}iesee Evangelist ;  disposing  of  this  in  1850  he  established 
the  Buffalo  Christian  Advocate,  which  he  successfully  managed 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  383 

until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1861,  when  he  entered  the 
army  as  chaplain  of  the  21st  Regiment,  New  York  \'olunteers, 
and  remained  faithful  in  this  position  until  the  expiration  of  the 
term  of  service,  when,  with  his  regiment,  he  came  home.  Soon 
after  his  return  he  was  appointed  presiding  elder  of  the  Buffalo 
district,  on  which  he  labored  with  earnest  effort  and  untiring 
zeal  for  nearly  four  years.  In  the  fall  of  1869  he  became  one  of 
the  proprietors  and  editors  of  that  paper,  in  which  position  he 
continued  to  work  on  with  his  usual  devotion  and  promptness. 
Feeling  that  he  must  have  rest,  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the 
paper,  and  soon  started  on  a  trip  to  New  York,  for  the  benefit  of 
his  health,  returning  to  Cowlesville,  where  he  suddenly  died. 
He  was  genial  and  hearty  in  his  friendships,  benevolent  almost 
to  a  fault,  always  ready  to  go  on  calls  to  visit  the  sick  and  com- 
fort the  dying.  Unbending  in  his  integrity,  he  lived  to  work  for 
the  church  and  humanity,  and  he  died  well.  He  d.  in  Buffalo, 
May  26,  1872.  She  d.  Aug.  6,  1890.  Ch.:  Sarah  Robie  Snow,  b. 
at  Homer,  N.  Y.,  July  28, 1839;  d.  Sept.  26,  1878;  m.  to  Dr.  George 
B.  Snow,  June,  1868;  no  children;  Francis  Helen,  b.  Sept.  10, 1841, 
d.  May  19,  1842;  Francis  Ellen,  b.  Aug.  22, 1843;  d.  Oct.  21, 1848; 
John  E.,  b.  Oct.  3, 1846;  m.  Mar.  17,  1894,  Harriett  L.  Lovejoy ;  b. 
Apr.  23,  1871.  Is  treasurer  of  the  Buffalo  Dental  Mfg.  Co.;  s.  p.; 
res.  587  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

5780.  iii.       Adalike,  b.  Jan.  14,  1814;  m.  Rev.  Daniel  O'Farrell.     She  d.  in 

Winnebago,  111.,  leaving  three  ch. 

5781.  iv.       Benajah  Ticknor,  b.  Dec.  18, 1816;  m.  Sarah  E.  Hathawav. 

5782.  v.        Albertls  B.  F.,  b.  July  11,  1820.     He  d.  in   Buffalo,  X.  V.;  has 

children  living  in  California,  ^^'as  interested  in  the  manu- 
facture of  dcBtal  goods. 

5783.  vi.       Araminta  D.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1819;  m.  Jan.  25,  1842,  Judge  Lucien  B. 

Proctor;  b.  Mar.  6,  1819.  He  res.  Albany,  N.  Y.  She  d.  Jan.  20, 
1889,  at  Port  Huron,  Mich.  She  was  educated  at  Homer  Female 
Seminary,  and  was  a  woman  of  fine  culture.  Was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  was  respected  by  all  who  knew 
her.  Ch.:  Dr.  Whitney  C,  b.  at  Port  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18, 
1843.  Dr.  W.  C.  Proctor,  a  nephew  and  pupil  of  the  late  Dr.  B. 
T.  Whitney,  has  effected  business  relations  with  Dr.  Charles  A. 
Hastings,  an  eminent  dentist  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Brazil.  Dr.  P. 
sailed  for  that  city  in  the  steamship  South  America.  He  took 
with  him  letters  from  distinguished  officials  at  Washington  to 
our  resident  minister,  our  consul  general,  and  to  Captain  Roe, 
commanding  the  American  squadron  of  Rio  Janeiro.  Dr.  Proc- 
tor, though  a  young  man,  has  already  gained  a  high  position  in 
his  profession,  and  he  carries  with  him  the  best  wishes  of  a  large 
circle  oi  friends;  d.  at  Gowanda,  Cattaraugus  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April 
27,  1892;  Whitney  C,  Jr.,  Gowanda,  N.  Y.;  Gertrude  Proctor 
Currv,  b.  Dansville,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  24, 1850;  m.  Jan. 
1,  1877,  Rev.  W.  W.  Curry,  a  Pres.  clergyman,  b.  Dec.  14,  1848; 
res.  Canaan,  Four  Corners,  N.  Y.;  s.  p. 

5784.  vii.      Trvphena  Coole,  b. ;  d.  ae.  8. 

3086.  Christopher  Whitney  (Christopher,  William,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Tinmouth,  Vt.,  Nov.  12,  1782;  m.  Rhoda  Wilder;  d.  Dec.  29,  1856.  He  had 
twelve  children  and  at  his  death  100  grandchildren,  thirty  great-grandchildren  and 
one  great-great-grandchild.  He  was  a  teacher  and  farmer.  He  d.  Oct.  19,  1864;  res. 
Lock  and  Allegany,  N.  Y. 

5785.  i.  John  Ticknor,  b.  Mar.  14,  1830;  m.  Mandana  McClure. 

5786.  ii.         Lyman,  b.  Oct.  6,  1806;  m.  Elizabeth  Weatherby. 

5787.  iii.        Noah,  b.  Jan.  26,  1816;  m.  Clarissa  McFadden. 

5788.  iv.        RuFUS  Leroy,  b.  Mar.  16,  1819;  m.  Maria  Louise  Moses. 

5789.  V.         Olive,  b.  Oct.  8, 1808;  m.  Archibald  Case;  dau.  Mrs.  Sarah  Groat, 

Brush  Creek,  la, 

5789K.vi.        Eliza,  b.  Dec.  3, 1810;  m.  Wilber  Warren;  dau.  Mrs.  Nellie  Peck; 
res.  Greenwood,  Col. 


884  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5790.  vii.       Caroline,  b.  Oct.  9,  1812;  m.  Feb.  25.  1831,  Elijah  Sweeten,  b. 

Sept.  27,  1804.  He  d.  June  1,  1889.  She  d.  Nov.,  1874.  Ch.: 
Eliza,  b.  Feb.  20,  1832;  m.  Oct.  31,  1855,  Lafayette  Godfrey;  d. 
June  2,1860;  Delilah,  b.  May  16, 1834;  m.,  1868  or  '69,  H.  R.  Charles- 
worth;  res.  Lamar,  Mo.;  Mira,  b.  July  4,  1837;  m.  Dec.  26,  1861, 

C.  B.  Essex;  d. ;  Caroline,  b.  Feb.  9,  1839;  unm.;  d.  May 

19,1886;  Wallace,  b.  Apr.  26, 1841;  m.,  1868  or '69,  Louise  Horton; 
address  Hitchcock,  Beadle  Co.,  S.  Dak.;  Calfine,  b.  Nov.  21, 
1842;  m.  Jan.  1,  1859,  Eli  Morris,  b.  Oct.  24,  1832;  address 
Allegany,  N.  Y.;  Marshall,  b.  April  27, 1845;  rn.  Emma  Johnson; 
address  Mrs.  Grace  McDowell,  Eagle  Harbor,  Orleans  Co.,  N. 
Y.;  Elnora,  b.  April  20,  1847;  m.  July  20,  1870,  E.  D.  Mixer;  b. 
Sept.  22,  1846;  J.  B.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1848;  m.  Orroville  Ellsworth; 
Address  Allegany,  N.  Y.;  Franklin,  b.  Dec.  4,  1850;  m.  Frankie 
Covin ;  address  Port  Allegany,  Pa. 

5791.  viii.      Hyram,  b.  Ian.  20,  1815;  unm.;  d.  in  Illinois. 

5792.  ix.        Orissa,  b.  Apr.  27,1821;  m.,  1836,  Oliver  W.  Lindslay.     He  was 

b.  in  Ohio  and  for  many  years  was  sheriff  of  Scioto  Co.  After 
his  marriage  he  lived  but  a  short  time  and  d.  of  heart  disease. 
He  had  one  son,  Oliver  William,  who  went  west  about  1854, 
after  prospecting  and  mining  for  some  years,  he  was  appointed 
United  States  land  agent  at  Prescott,  Ariz.;  the  widow  m. 
2d  at  Portsmouth,  O.,  in  May,  1845,  Henry  Richard  Charles- 
worth,  b.  London,  England,  May  16,1820.  She  d.  1851.  Ch.: 
H.  Felecia,  b.  Feb.  23,  1846;  m.  June  3,  1866,  Percy  E.  Beck- 
with,  b.  Sept.  7,  1841;  d.  1874,  leaving  one  son.  She  res. 
Ravenna,  O.,  and  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  for 
years;  Llewelyn  B.,  d.  in  infancy. 

5793.  X.         Almira,  b.  Apr.  8,  1823;  m.  H.  Charlesworth. 

5794.  xi.        Polly,  b.  Apr.  8,  1825. 

5795.  xii.       Harriett,  b.  Aug.  31,  1827;  m.  James  Dickenson.     She  left  one 

child,  b.  July  14,  1852;  m.  Aug.  6,  1881,  Frank  Cooledge;  res. 
Olean,  N.  Y. 

3087.  RuLUFF  DuTCHER  Whitney  (Cornelius,  William,  William,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Mar.  3,1794;  m.  Dec.  30,  1814,  Bathsheba  Fuller;  res.  Sheffield, 
Mass.,  and  Ravenna,  O. 

Jane,  b. ;  m.  July  12,  1837. 

John  Fuller,  b.  Apr.  13,  1816;  m.  Sylvia  Lee. 
Mary  Ann,  b.  Jan.  11,  1818. 

Maria,  b.  Oct.  23,  1819;  m.  Feb.  13,  1849, .    She  d.  Mar.  6, 

1850. 
Miles,  b.  Oct.  10,  1821;  m.  Jan.  10,  1829. 

RuLi'FF,  b.  Dec.  1,  1823;  m. . 

Cornelia,  b.  Oct.  5,  1825;  m.  June  24,  1851. 

Laura,  b.  lune  21,  1828;  d.  Jul'y  13,  1832. 

William,  b.  July  3,  1830;  m.  May  28.  1852,  and  d.  Nov.,  1874. 

Martha,  b.  Aug.  5,  1832;  m.  Dec.  7,  ISbO, .    She  d.  June  10, 

1869. 
5806.     xi.       Charles,  b.  Feb.  22,  1835;  m.  Sept.  18,  1859. 

3089.  Gen.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Aug.  24,  1773;  m.  Rhoda  Jewell,  b. ;  d.  Jan.  21,  1823;  m.  2d  Julia  Crooker. 

He  was  known  as  General  Whitney.  When  about  20  years  of  age  he  was  sent 
by  his  father  from  Binghamton  to  Philadelphia  with  a  drove  of  cattle,  17  in  num- 
ber. Part  of  his  way  was  through  a  wilderness  with  nothing  but  marked  trees  to 
direct  his  path.  He  went  alone,  starting  late  in  the  fall.  He  drove  to  Great  Bend, 
thence  through  the  Nine  Partners  to  Hop  Bottom  on  Tunkhannock  creek,  and 
thence  to  Thorn  Bottom.  The  cattle  subsisted  often  by  browsing  in  the  forests.  He 
next  reached  Wilkesbarre  and  he  drove  thence  to  a  branch  of  the  Lehigh  near 
Pocano  Mountain,  where  his  cattle  were  poisoned  by  eating  laurel,  on  account 
of  which  he  suspended  his  journey  for  over  a  week  and  then  proceeded  to  Wind  Gap 
and  Nazareth  to  Philadelphia.  There  he  sold  the  cattle  and  purchased  mercantile 
goods  which  he  placed  upon  Pennsylvania  wagons  and  transported  to  Middletown^ 
Pa.,  on  the   Susquehanna.     There  he   put  them  on  what  was  called  a  Durham  boat 


5796. 

i. 

5797. 

11. 

5798. 

ni. 

5799. 

iv. 

5800. 

V. 

6801. 

VI. 

5802. 

vii. 

5803. 

viii. 

5804. 

IX. 

5805. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  385 

pushed  by  six  hands,  and  they  were  thus  carried  255  miles  to  Owego,  most  of  the 
distance  against  a  strong  current.  Often  young  Whitney  was  obliged  to  be 
midway  in  the  water,  amid  cakes  of  floating  ice  for  hours  together.  He  reached 
Owego  a  little  before  Christmas.  [Annals  of  Binghamton,  \l.]  Previous  to 
the  erection  of  this  county,  Binghamton  (then  Chenango  Point)  was  a  half  shire 
town  of  Tioga  Co.  and  courts  were  held  at  the  house  of  J.  Whitney  until  1802, 
in  which  year  a  court  house  was  erected  (page  65).  In  speaking  of  Bingham- 
ton, originally  known  as  Chenango  Point,  its  present  name  was  given  in  honor  of 
Wm.  Bingham,  who  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  lying  on  both  sides  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna, including  the  site  of  the  city  and  to  whose  beneficence  in  donating  land 
for  the  erection  of  county  buildings  and  a  public  school,  and  to  the  liberal  and  en- 
lightened exertions  of  his  agent.  Gen.  Whitney,  its  early  prosperity  is  largely  due 
(p.  82).  During  the  same  year  (1787)  came  Joshua  and  William  Whitney  and  Henry 
Green  from  Hillsdale,  Columbia  Co.,  and  settled  on  the  west  side  of  the  Chenango  on 
what  was  afterward  called  Whitney  flat  (p.  93).  Thomas  Chambers  erected  and 
lived  in  a  log  house  on  the  site  of  the  city.  Other  settlements  were  made  here  and 
a  postoffice  established  June  23,  1798,  with  Joshua  Whitney  as  postmaster.  Up  to 
the  beginning  of  the  present  century,  however,  little  disposition  to  occupy  the  site  of 
the  city  was  manifested,  the  early  settlers  being  diverted  to  the  Chenango  village,  a 
prosperous  settlement  on  the  west  side  of  the  Chenango  about  one  mile  above 
Binghamton,  etc.  In  1800  Joshua  Whitney  became  the  agent  of  Mr.  Bingham  for 
the  disposal  of  the  latter's  lands  in  this  vicinity,  and  as  the  whole  of  the  side  of  the 
village  just  alluded  to  was  not  embraced  in  Mr.  Bingham's  patent,  and  it  had  neither 
the  advantage  of  as  eligible  a  location  nor  possessed  a  sufficiently  extensive  area  for 
the  growth  of  a  village  such  as  might  be  built  up  at  the  junction  of  the  two  rivers, 
Mr.  Whitney  conceived  the  idea  of  diverting  attention  to  the  latter  place  and 
removing  the  village  there.  As  a  means  to  this  end  he  took  advantage  of  reports, 
which  were  circulated  to  the  effect  that  Lucas  Elmendorf,  of  Kingston,  I'lster  Co., 
was  about  to  build  a  bridge  across  the  Chenango  on  the  line  of  the  great  western 
highway  which  passed  through  the  site  of  Binghamton  and  represented  that  it  must 
determine  the  prosperity  of  settlers  in  its  locality  and  cause  a  corresponding  decline 
in  the  growth  of  the  upper  village.  He  accordingly,  in  company  with  several  others 
who  came  by  appointment,  commenced  a  clearing  on  both  sides  of  the  river  at  the 
point  where  he  represented  the  bridge  was  to  be  located.  The  ground  was  surveyed 
and  laid  out  into  streets  and  lots  in  village  form  the  same  year.  To  render  the  suc- 
cess of  his  plan  more  certain.  Gen.  Whitney  purchased  a  number  of  buildings  in 
the  old  village  and  removed  them  to  the  new  one.  By  this  means  the  nucleus  of  a 
village  was  formed  and  its  prosperity  assured.  New  accessions  were  rapidlv  made, 
but  the  bridge  was  not  built  till  1808.  The  bridge  was  rebuilt  in  1825  by  Col.  H. 
Lewis  as  master  builder  under  the  direction  of  Joshua  Whitney  at  a  cost  of  over 
$3,000.  On  each  side  of  the  river,  at  the  ends  of  this  bridge,  stood  a  fine  elm  tree, 
and  the  two  were  long  known  as  the  twin  elms  (page  95.)  He  d.  Apr.  13,  1845;  res. 
Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

5807.  i.  Pamela,  b.  Apr.  12,  1794;  m.  Aug.  22,  1813,  Hon.  Thomas  G. 
Waterman;  res.  B.  She  d.  Oct.  1,  1864.  Mr.  Waterman  was 
born  in  the  city  of  New  York  on  the  22d  day  of  January,  1788, 
and  while  yet  a  child  removed  with  his  parents  to  Salisbury,  in 
the  state  of  Connecticut,  where  his  father,  J3avid  Waterman, 
established  valuable  and  extensive  iron  works.  At  the  age  of 
14  he  entered  Yale  college,  in  the  same  class  with  James  Feni- 
more  Cooper  and  other  men  of  note,  whose  friendship  he 
retained  through  after  years.  He  graduated  with  much  dis- 
tinction, and  studied  law  at  the  celebrated  law  school  in  Litch- 
]  field.  Conn.,  and  subsequently  with  the  Hon.  Samuel  Sherwood, 

then  of  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1809  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  supreme  court  of  New  York,  and  in  the  spring  of  1813 
removed  to  Binghamton,  where,  being  introduced  to  the  family 
of  Gen.  Joshua  Whitney,  he  was,  in  the  ensuing  August,  united 
in  marriage  with  the  General's  eldest  daughter.  Miss  Pamela 
Whitney,  and  made  his  permanent  home  in  that  beautiful  place, 
just  then  reclaimed  from  the  wilderness  and  hardly  yet  a  village. 
Mr.  Waterman's  practice  grew  to  be  both  lucrative  and  exten- 
sive, and  he  became  one  of  the  most  leading  and  influential 
men  in  that  section  of  the  state.  In  1826  he  was  elected  mem- 
ber of  assembly  for  the  county  of  Broome,  and  in  the  four  sue- 


386  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

ceeding  years  he  represented,  in  the  senate  of  the  state,  the  sen- 
atorial district  of  which  that  county  formed  a  part;  and  during 
this  term  of  service  he  took  an  active  and  influential  part  in  the 
important  work  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  state.  After 
this  period,  though  repeatedly  urged  to  do  so,  he  persistently 
refused  to  become  again  a  candidate  for  political  office; 
although,  by  appointment  of  the  governor,  he  fulfilled  the 
duties  of  a  judge  of  the  common  pleas  in  his  own  county  and 
of  a  general  of  brigade  in  the  militia  of  the  state.  He  took  an 
active  interest,  however,  in  all  that  concerned  the  welfare  of  the 
nation  and  the  state.  He  was  a  friend  of  Jackson,  Van  Buren 
and  Marcy,  and  of  the  political  party  which  they  represented, 
until  the  onslaught  on  the  national  bank  and  the  finances  of 
the  country  forced  him,  with  many  others,  to  follow  the  stand- 
ard of  Henry  Clay  and  their  newly  inaugurated  Whig  party,  to 
t^'hich  he  adhered  until  the  pro-slavery  spirit  threatened  to  sub- 
jugate all  that  was  left  of  freedom  in  the  land.  He  then  became 
a  Republican  and  so  continued  to  be  to  the  end.  And  to  the 
support  of  the  cause  which  he  espoused,  he,  at  all  times,  gave 
liberally  of  his  own  money,  and  his  time  and  influence.  And  he 
was  no  less  remarkable  for  his  liberal  contributions  to  all  the 
charitable  and  religious  undertakings  of  his  neighborhood,  and 
for  his  extraordinary  and  increasing  kindness  to  the  poor  and 
unfortunate.  The  Broome  Republican,  published  at  Bingham- 
ton,  commemorates  him  as  one  "without  a  vice  or  an  approach 
to  a  vice — a  model  of  truth,  probity,  and  honor — kind,  amiable, 
and  benevolent,  yet  full  of  decision  and  firmness — with  a  clear, 
good  judgment,  a  strong  sense  of  duty,  and  a  laborious  and 
indefatigable  spirit  in  discharging  its  obligations."  A  good  man 
and  a  faithful  citizen,  he  has  gone  to  his  rest,  sincerely,  deeply, 
and  universally  regretted  by  all  who  knew  him.    [A'.  Y.  Tribune^ 

Virgil,  b.  Feb.  6,  1796;  m.  Marcia  L.  Doty. 

ViNXENT,  b.  Apr.  12,  1799;  m.  Susan  Harper. 

George,  b.  Aug.  12,  1801;  m.  Sophia  Silk  Evans. 

Washington,  b.  July  22,  1803;  m.  Caroline  Park. 

Franklin,  b.  July  22,  1803;  m.  Eliza  Cameron;  res.  Binghamton, 
N.  Y. 

Joshua,  b.  Dec.  19,  1806;  m.  Zara  S.  Evans;  he  d.  May  3, 1891,  at  B. 

Rhoda,  b.  Apr.  14,  1808;  d.  Aug.  4,  1808. 

William  W.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1810;"  m.  Myra  Clark. 

Mary  Amelia,  b.  Oct.  2,  1812;  d.  at  B. 

Charles,  b.  Apr.  21,  1815;  m.  Emily ;  he  d.  at  B. 

Robert,  b.  Apr.  21,  1818;  d.  June  7,  1819. 

3091.  Thomas  Whitney  (Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Aug.  5.  1778;  m.  Nov.  15,  1801,  Polly  Gilbert,  b.  Oct.  5,  1780;  d.  July  6,  1864. 

He  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.,  but  resided  at  the  junction  of  the  Otselic  and 
Tionghunga  rivers,  and  the  place  was  soon  called  Whitney's  Point.  He  was  magis- 
trate of  the  town,  its  first  postmaster,  and  for  four  years  was  sheriff  of  Broome 
county.  He  owned  the  bridge  and  mills  there  besides  a  large  landed  property  in  the 
neighborhood.     He  d.  Feb.  7,  I860;  res.  Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y. 

5819.    i.  Emma  Lucy,  b.  Nov.  8,  1803;  m.  Jan.  2,  1826,  Dr.  John  H.  Arnold. 

She  d.  Sept.  4, 1832,  at  Lisle,  N.  Y. 
Geo.  W.,  b.  Oct.  28,  I8O0;  d.  July  12,  1808. 
Francis  Maria,  b.  Oct.  20,  1807;  m.  Mar.  2,  1825,  Wm.  Cook;  res. 

Lisle. 
Joshua,  b.  July  16,  1810;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Bell. 
Franklin  Wm.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1812;  res.  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 
Henry  Thos.,  b.  June  21,1815;  m.  Elizabeth  Park, 
Mary,  b.  Mar.  6,  1818;  m.  Oct.  21,  1843,  Orange  Seymour. 
^'INCENT,  b.  Nov.  20,  1820;  res.  Cincinnati,  O. 

3092.  John  Whitney  (Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John), b.  June 

31,  1780;  m. .     With  his  wife  he  joined  the  Cong,  church  in  1813.     Res. 

Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y. 

5827.    i.         AsAHEL,b.Aug..30,1809.      5828.    ii.         Ira,  b.  Oct.  13,  1810. 


6808. 

ii. 

5809. 

ill. 

5810. 

iv. 

5811. 

v. 

5812. 

vi. 

581,3. 

vii. 

5814. 

viii. 

5815. 

ix. 

5816. 

X. 

5817. 

xi. 

5818. 

xii. 

5820. 
6821. 

ii. 

lii. 

5822. 

iv. 

OoZo. 
5824. 
6825. 
5826. 

V. 

vi. 

vii. 
viii 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  387 

3096.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  July  27,  1789;  m.  Sept.  10,  1810,  Sallv  Green,  his  cousin,  b.  Julv25,  17«7;  res.  Camp- 
ville,  N.  Y. 

5829.  i.  Frances,  b.  Oct.  1811;  d.  unm.,  Feb.  9,  1850. 

5830.  ii.         Thomas,  b.  Oct.  1813;  m.,  1841,  Mrs.  Nancy  Johnson.     He  d.  in 

Apr.,  1857. 

5831.  iii.       Joshua  D.,  b.  Nov.,  1815. 

5832.  iv.        Hallam  E.,  b.  May,  1817;  m,  1843,  Betsey  Morse. 

5833.  V.         Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  1819;  m.  1856,  Silas  E.  Goodrich. 

5834.  vi.        Sarah,  b.  Apr.,  1821;  d.  1856. 

31 12.  WoLCOTT  Whitney  (Joseph,  Elijah,  John.William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Conn., 
Dec.  20,  1804;  m.  Sept.  28,  1828,  Almeda  Snow;  b.  Oct.  21,  1807;  d.  at  Peninsular,  O., 
Oct.  1854.     He  d.  in  Chicago  of  cholera,  July  24,  1834;  res.  Mexico,  N.  V. 

5835.  i.  Charles  S.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1830;  m. ;  res.  Peninsular, 

Summit  Co.,  O. 

5836.  ii.         Effie  Amelia,  b.  Mexico,  N.Y.,  Nov.  15,  1833;  m.  Apr.  8, 1852,  L. 

Broughton;  res.  Peninsular,  O.  He  was  b.  Sept.  11,  1824;  gen- 
eral provision  dealer.  Ch.:  James  Henry,  b.  Aug.  11,  iHb'i; 
Lenora  Almedia,  b.  Mar.  5,  1857;  Edith, 'b.  Dec.  14,  1859;  d. 
Sept.  16,  1861;  Rollin  M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1861;  Ethel  A.,  b.  Oct.  17, 
1864;  Lena  A.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1867;  Matthew  J.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1869; 
Lorin  C,  b.  June  26,  1873;  Corda  M.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1876. 

5837.  iii.        Willard  G.,  b.  Dec.  15,  18—;  n.  f.  k. 

311>^.  Norman  Knox  Whitney  (Joseph,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  2,  1816,  m.  Feb.  18,  1S38,  Mary  Harman;  b.  June  20,  1815;  d. 
May  11,  1885.     He  d.  Apr.  5.  1883;  res.  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  and  Downer's  Grove,  111. 

5838.  i.  Orla  H.,b.  Dec.  24,  1839;  m.  Elvira  Edgerly. 

5839.  ii.         Mary  A.,  b. ;  m.  S.  C.  Scofield;  res.  Freeport,  111.;  family 

Bible. 

5840.  iii.        Julia  J.,  b. . 

5841.  iv.        Charles  W.,  b.  ;  d.  Nov.,  1863. 

3119.  Samuel  Brown  Whitney*  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Norwich,  \'t ,  Jan.  28,  1817;  m.  in  Boston,  Nov.  4,  1846,  Sarah  Brown;  b.  Feb.  22, 
1824;  (1.  Feb.  17,  1873.  When  a  young  man  he  moved  to  Boston  where  he  has  since 
resided.  Soon  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  enlisted  in  the  11th  Mass.  battery 
which  was  attached  to  the  9th  corps,  Gen.  Ambrose  E.  Burnside,  .Army  of  the  Potomac. 
He  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  was  with  Grant  when  Lee  surrended  at 
Appomattox.  Was  in  many  battles  and  in  the  siege  of  Petersburg  for  nine  months. 
He  has  led  an  active  business  life;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  17  Edinboro  St. 

5842.  i.  Alfred  Brown,  b.  Sept.  14,  1847;  m.  Theodosia  E.  Beilharz. 

5843.  ii.         Sarah  Josephine,  b.  Oct. 4,  1849;  d.X)f  consumption  Dec.  31, 1870. 

5844.  iii.        Georgiana  Lillian,  b.  Mar.  25,  1853;  d.  Oct.  6,  1871. 

3120.  William  Whitney  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b. 

Norwich,  Yt.,  June  6,  1819;  m.  Sophronia .     She  res.  Granville,  Mass.,  care 

E.  Noble.     He  d.  at  Union  Grove,  111.,  Oct.  29,  1865;  res.  Woburn,  Mass. 

5(545.     i.  EmmaS.,  b. ;  m.  1874,   Everard   Drisko.     She  d.  May  26, 

1877.   Ch.:  Ethel  Whitney.    The  mother  is  buried  with  her  father. 

5846.  ii.         William  H.,  b. ;  m. Conklin;  res.  s.  p.  27  Chester 

Park,  Boston,  Mass. 

5847.  iii.        Willie  Dale,  b. ;  d.  infancy. 

3121.  Capt.  Henry  Joshua  Whitney  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua, 

John),  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  Oct.  22,  1812;  m. .     She  d.  1864.     He  was  born  in 

Norwich,  Vt.,  resided  in  Boston,  and  went  south  to  New  Orleans  on  a  trading  vessel. 
For  some  years  he  was  a  pilot  on  the  Mississippi  river,  and  was  so  engaged  when 
the  war  broke  out.  Much  against  his  wishes  he  was  forced  into  the  Confederate 
naval  service.     He  d.  June  19,  1894;  res.  New  Orleans,  La.,  629  Chartres  street. 

5848.  i.  William  H.,  b.  May  14,  1847;  m.  Lilly  McAndrew  Fraser. 

5849.  ii.         Lewis  Walter,  b. ;  res.  629  Chartres  street,  N.  O. 

3123.  Alfred  Whitney  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Norwich,  Vt.,  Mar.  6,  1821;  m.  June  14,  1850,  Edna  N.  Haskell;  b.  Deer  Isle,  Me., 
Mar.  6,  1831.  Alfred  Whitney  resided  in  Boston  nearly  all  his  life.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Whitney  &.  Babcock,  expressmen, for  over  thirty  years.  He  retired 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


from  business  some  thirteen  years  before  his  death.  The  death  of  his  son  Lewis 
was  a  deep  affliction  to  him,  and  he  survived  his  death  only  seven  months.  He  went 
to  the  cellar  to  prepare  his  furnace  tires  and  fell  in  a  paralytic  shock,  living  only 
forty  hours  afterward.  He  was  a  steady,  quiet,  honest  man,  respected  by  all.  He  is 
buried  at  Upham's  Corner,  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  d.  Jan.  14,  1890;  res.  Boston, 
Mass. 

M.ARTHA  E..b.  July  13,  1851;  m.  July  7,  1870,  Charles  H.  Small; 
res.  52  F   street.  So.  Boston.     He  was  b.  New  Bedford,  Mass., 
Oct.  23,  1846;  d.  Mar.  13,  1892.     Ch.:  Mabel  I.,  b.  July  4,  1875. 
Fkank  R.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1853;  m.  Ella  Pinto. 

Lewis  Alfred,  b.  Dec.  22,  1855;  unm.;  d.  June  7,  1889.  He  was 
born  in  Boston,  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  the  Preston 
School  of  Design.  He  learned  the  trade  of  stencil  cutter  and 
engraver,  but  was  obliged  to  give  up  his  work  on  account  of  an 
injury  to  his  knee.  For  seven  years  he  was  confined  to  the 
house,  and  during  that  time  executed  many  elegant  oil  paint- 
ings, which  still  remain  in  the  family. 
Charles  Alfred,  b.  June  14,  1871;  d.  July  28,  1871. 


5850. 


5851. 
5852. 


11. 

iii. 


5853. 


IV, 


5854. 

i. 

5855. 

11. 

5856. 

in. 

5857. 

iv. 

5858. 

V. 

5859. 

vi. 

8124.    Capt.  Joseph  Paul  Whitney  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  1,  1825;  m.  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Aug.  25,  1854,  Troy  Gertrude  Hope, 
b.  Norfolk,  Va.,  Aug.  30,  1838.     Joseph  Paul  was  born  in  Norwich,  Vt.,  in  1825.    At 
the  age  of  19  he  went  to   New  Orleans,  La.,  where  he  resided  until  1888,  when  he 
moved  with  his  family  to  Chicago.     During  the  Civil  war  he  served  in  the  Confed- 
erate army.     Of  late  years,  on  account  of  partial  paralysis,  he  was  incapacitated  for 
manual  labor.     He  d.  Aug.  7,  1893;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  541  Fay  St.,  Lake  View. 
Joseph  P.,  b.  Aug.,  1855;  d.  Aug.,  1856. 
John  L..  b.  Mar.,  1857;  d.  Nov.,  1858. 
Mary  Frances,  b.  Oct.  19,  18—;  m. 
Benzette,  b.  Apr.  25,  18 — . 
Crescenta,  b.  Mar.  9,  18—. 

Troy,  b.  Dec.  5,  1863;  m.  Sept.  18,  1889,  Frank  K.  Bumstead;  b. 
Dec.  12, 1864;  res.  419  Cleveland  Ave.,  Chicaso,  111.  Ch.:  Whit- 
nev  Vandewater,  b.  Nov.  19,  1892;  Iris,  b.  July  30,  1891;  d.  Nov. 
24,' 1891. 

3127.  Levi  Charles  Whitney  (William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  Jan.  6,  1832;  m.  Mary  Eliza  Pennington.  He  was  born  in  the  Green 
Mountain  state,  and  with  his  brothers  Henry  and  Charles  migrated  to  New  Orleans. 
Was  pilot  on  the  Mississippi  river  when  the  war  broke  out,  and  joined  the  Confed- 
erate navy,  being  impressed  into  the  service.  He  d.  Dec.  10,  1867;  res.  New 
Orleans,  La. 

5860.  i.  Alfred  Lewis,  b.  New  Orleans,  Mar. 
31,  1865;  m.  Jan.  1,  1888,  Mary  Louise 
Lynch,  b.  Apr.  12, 1865.  He  is  a  clerk, 
s.  p.;  res.  9  Haynes  St.,  East  Boston, 
Mass. 
Robert  L.,  b. .     He  res.  in  Bos- 


5861. 
5862. 
5863. 


in. 


ton,  is  employed  on  the  Herald. 

■,b. ;  m.  Evan  H.  Morgan; 


res.  Baltimore,  Md. 
iv.  Roberta  Harp,  b.  Dec.  7,  1861;  m. 
John  Thomas  Seward,  Aug.  19,  1877; 
res.  New  Orleans,  La.,  Cor.  Clouet  and 
Chartres  Sts.  He  was  b.  Apr.  3,  1853. 
Ch.:  Alfred  Henry,  b.  June  22,  1879. 

3128.    Lewis  Lafayette  Whitney  (William,  Elijah, 
John,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  Jan.  6,  1824; 
m.  June  1,  1850,  Hannah  Humphrey  Clapp;  d.  Aug.  29, 1892.  lewis  laj-ayette  whitney. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  Bridgewater  Normal  school,  class  of 

1843.  Taught  school  six  years;  has  been  chairman  of  the  school  committee  in  Wo- 
burn  four  years;  is  justice  of  the  peace;  is  one  of  the  Woburn  cemetery  commis- 
sioners, and  superintendent  of  Woburn  cemetery  for  many  years;  executor  of  many 
wills;  executor,  trustee;  administrator  and  guardian;  member  of  the  public  library 
committee,  etc.     Res.  Woburn,  Mass. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  389 

5864.  i.  Lewis  Henry,  b.  Oct.  13,  1851,  son  of  his  sister  Somes  adopted 

by  Lewis;  res.  Denver,  Col. 

3133.  OcTAVius  Lebbeus  Whitney  (Archibald,  Lebbeus,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Mar.  22,  1815;  m.  Elizabeth  Luther;  res.  . 

5865.  i.  Isabelle,  b. . 

5866.  ii.         MaryE..  b.  ^ . 

3135.  Theodore  Archibald  Whitney  (Archibald,  Lebbeus,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Aug.  26,  1818;  m.  Eliza  Brown;  lu.  2d  Sarah  McCloud  Vandyke; 
res.  Charlestown,  S.  C. 

5867.  i.         Theodore  A.,  b. . 

5868.  ii.         Eli  Geddings,  b.  May  2,  1842;  m.  Josephine  B.  Huggins;  d . 

5869.  iii.       Adalaide,  b. . 

6870.    iv.       Ellen  T.,  b. . 

5871.  V.        Ida,  b. . 

3138.  Cornelius  Gardner  Whitney  (Archibald,  Lebbeus,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Feb.  10,  1824;  m.  Elizabeth  Burrell;  res. . 

5872.  i.  Mary  Ellen,  b.  ;  m.  Ross  A.  Smith. 

5873.  ii.         W^M.  B.,  b.  . 


5874.  iii.       Cornelius,  b.  . 

3148.  John  Jackson  Whitney  (Jedediah,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Sullivan's  Island,  S.  C,  Dec.  13,  1814;  m.  Phil.  Pa.,  Jan.  14,  1841,  Frances 
Ann  Lewis;  b.  June  20,  1822.     He  d.  Aug.  16,  1873;  res.  Phil.,  Pa. 

5875.  i.  John  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  2,  1841;  d.  May  7,  1843. 

5876.  ii.         Marie  E.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1843;  m.  Frank  A.  L>nch;  res.  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

5877.  iii.        Anna  M.,  b.  Jan.   4,  1845;  m.  Sept.   22,    1881,   George'  Messner 

Gaulbert,  at  Phil.;  s.  p. 

5878.  iv.        Placidia  E.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1846. 

5879.  V.         Cornelia  M.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1848. 

6880.    vi.        Josephine  H.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1850;  d.  Jan.  23,  1852. 

3150.  Lawrence  Ford  Whitney  (Lebbeus,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Oct.  5,  1812,  at  Phil.;  m.  Apr.  30,  1844,  at  Manheim,  Pa.,  Hannah  Pott;  b. 
Aug.  12,  1817;  d.  Sept.  12,  1885.     He  d.  Sept.  10,  1878;  res.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

Christina  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  14,  1845;  d.  Jan.  4,  1848. 

Benjamin  P.,  b.  Julv  1,  1846;  d.  June  3,  1871. 

James  Rex,  b.  1848;  d.  July  11,  1849. 

Lebbeus  Rex,  b.  1850;  d.  Jan.  14,  1853. 

Sarah  V.,  b.  July  16,  1851. 

Lawrence  F.,  b.  July  20,  1853;  d.  Sept.  9,  1879. 

Emma,  b.  Jan.  7,  1856. 

Maria  P.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1858. 

Geo.  F.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1861;  m.  Aug.  29,  1889,  Susan  E.  Wells;  res. 
Cincinnati,  O. 

3151.  Charles  Albert  Whitney  (Lebbeus,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Phil,  Mar.  5, 1815;  m.  N.  Y.,  Apr.  2,  1839,  Sophia  Faure,  b.  Mar.  2y, 
1810;  d.  Apr.,  1881.     He  d.  Mar.  6,  1885;  res.  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

6890.  i.  Mary  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  1,  1840;  d.  infancv. 

6891.  ii.         Helen  M.,  b.  Mar.,  1841;  m.  Edward  H.  Carle.     She  d.  Tarry- 

town,  s.  p. 

5892.  iii.       Elizabeth  Sophia,  b.  July  15,  1843;  m.  Mumford  M.  Truman,  of 

New  York;  res.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Edith  Sophia,  b.  Jan., 
1879;  Margery  C,  d.  Apr.,  1881;  Whitney,  b.  Aug.,  1883;  Marie 
Faure,  b.  May  19,  1887. 

5893.  iv.       Daughter,  d.  infancv. 

6894.    v.        Charles  Albert,  b.' Nov.  12,  1846. 
5895.    vi.       Mary  Faure,  b.  July  15,  1849. 

3152.  John  Ford  Whitney  (Lebbeus,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua,  John), 
1).  Phil,  Sept.  22,  1817;  m.  Sept.  24,  1838,  Elizabeth  Ritter  Ruckel,  b.  May  11.  1813; 
~d.  June  24,  1875.    He  d.  Apr.  12,  1855;  res.  Pottsville,  Pa. 


5881. 

6882. 

ii. 

6883. 

iii. 

5884. 

iv. 

5885. 

V. 

6886. 

vi. 

6887. 

vii. 

6888. 

vni 

5889. 

ix. 

6902. 

ii. 

5903. 

111. 

5904. 

IV. 

5905. 

V. 

5906. 

VI. 

390  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5896.  i.  Samuel  R.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1839. 

5897.  ii.         Lebbeus,  b.  Feb.  28,  1841;  d.  Dec.  4,  1855. 

6898.  iii.        Frank,  b.  Feb.  26, 1843. 

6899.  iv.       Jessie,  b.  Dec.  17,  1844. 

5900.  v.         Thomas  B.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1849;  d.  Mar.  9,  1865. 

3164.  William  Lebbeus  Whitney  (Lebbeus,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  16,  1823;  m.  Dec.  19,  1860,  Ann  Templin  Potts,  b,  Apr.  21, 
1827;  d.  Sept.  19,  1864;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2,  1862,  Emma  St.  Clair  Nichols,  b.  Sept.  26,  1840. 

William  Lebbeus  Whitney  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  educated  at  the  public 
schools,  and  entering  Dickinson  College,  was  graduated  in  1843.  He  taught  school 
at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  in  1844,  clerk  in  Miners'  Bank  at  Pottsville  in  1847,  and  was, 
in  1850,  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1870  he  was  selected  cashier  of  the  Miners'  Bank, 
and  in  1882  was  elected  president;  res.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

5901.  i.  Potts,  b.  Oct.  18,  1851;  d.  Dec.  21,  1869. 
Nattio  Annie,  b.  Aug.  31,  1863. 
Harriett  N..b.  Dec.  12,  1863;  d.  Dec.  27,  1863. 
William  A.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1864. 
Francis  N.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1868. 
Emma  St.  C,  b.  Mar.  16,  1870. 

3164.  John  Snodgrass  Whitney  (John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Natchez,  Apr.  19,  1820;  m.  Dec,  1844,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Miss.,  Malissa  Ann 
Coleman;  d.  May  24,  1858.     He  d.  July  20,  1858;  res.  Decatur,  111. 

6907.     i.  Lucy,  b.  July  8,  1847;  m.  Oct.  8,  1868,  W.  O.  Baldwin,  Jr.;  8  ch.; 

res.  Canton,  Miss. 

5908.  ii.         Hattie  Coleman,  b.  July  18,  1854;  m.  1879,  H.  H.  Coleman;  3 

ch.;  res.  Canton. 

5909.  iii.        Mary   Clarissa,  b.   May   16,   1858;   m.   Feb.   1876,  Samuel   C. 

Divine.     He  d.  s.  p.  at  Canton,  Jan.  20,  1889. 

3167.  Samuel  Franklin  Whitney  (John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Fayette,  Miss.,  Aug.  19.  1827;  m.  Dec.  13,  1854,  Mattie  Emanuel,  b. 
Virginia.     He  d.  Sept.  6,  1866;  res.  Grand  Gulf,  Miss. 

6910.     i.  SimsEmanuel,  b.  1868. 

5911.     ii.         Bayard,  b.  1869;  d.  1869. 

6912.    iii.        Mary  Lelia,  b.  Sept.  14,  1861;   m.  Dr.  T.  Ritchie  Stone;  res. 

Wash.,  D.  C. 
5913.    iv.       Mattie  Franklin,  b.  1866. 

3168.  Charles  Wesley  Whitney  (John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Fayette,  Miss.,  Oct.  15,  1829;  m.  Nov.  23,  1848,  Sarah  Cunningham  Fleming 
Darden,  b.  Jan.  21,  1831;  res.  Favette,  Miss. 

6914.    i.         Eugene,  b.  Sept.  16,  1849;  d.  Sept.  25, 1849. 

5916.    ii.         Pendleton   Darden,  b.   Dec.  22,   1861;  assassinated  Aug.  25, 

1876. 
5916.    iii.       John  Merrick,  b.  Sept.  1,  1864;  d.  Sept.  26,  1872. 
6917.     iv.        Maggie,  b.  Dec.  22,  1867;  m.  Mar.  21,  1878,  Prof.  J.  E.  Blankin- 

ship;  2  ch.;  res.  Danville,  Ark. 

5918.  v.         Katie,  b.  Dec.  1,  1861;  m.  Dec.  1,  1881,  Rivers  Harrison;  1  ch.; 

res.  Fayette. 

5919.  vi.        Emmie,  b.  Jan.  12,  1865;  m.  June  18,  1884,  Howell  F.  West;  1  ch.; 

res.  Natchez. 

5920.  vii.      Charles  Wesley,  b.  Apr.  21.  1870. 

5921.  viii.     Putnam  Darden,  b.  Apr.  21,  1870. 

3170.  James  Jefferson  Whitney  (John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Jan.  11,  1834;  m.  Feb.  18,  1858,  Josephine  Darden,  b.  Oct.  20,  1838;  res. 
Fayette,  Miss. 

■  Stanhope,  b.  Dec.  14,  1868;  d.  Sept.  4,  1864. 

Eva,  b.  Dec.  25,  1860;  d.  Sept.  4,  1864. 

Wm.  H.,  b.  Dec.  31,  1862;  m.  Naomi  B.  Campbell. 

Marion  Darden,  b.  Dec   24, 1864;  d.  Dec.  16, 1875. 

Annie  M.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1867. 

Charles  C,  b.  Mar.  19,  1869. 


5922. 

1, 

5923. 

u. 

5924. 

ni. 

6925. 

IV. 

5926. 

v. 

6927. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  391 


5928.  vii.       Lena  L.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1871. 

5929.  viii.      Della  J.  J.,  b.  Nov.  ,3,  1873. 

5930.  ix.        EuLA,  b.  Aug.  13,  1876. 

3172.  Prosper  King  Whitney  (John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Favette,  Miss.,  Sept.  23,  1838;  m.  Feb.  8,  1860,  Helen  Sophia  McCaleb,  b. 
Sept.  23,  1839;  res.  Fayette,  iMiss. 

5931.  i.  James  McC,  b.  Dec.  12,  1860;  m.  Della  Stevens,  and  Katie  May- 

berry. 

5932.  ii.         Carrie  D.,b.  July  24,  1863;  m.  Feb. 8, 1882,  Robert  W.  Campbell, 

Jr.;  2  ch.:  res.  Fayette. 

5933.  iii.  John,  b.  Nov.  10,  1864. 

5934.  iv.  Prosper  K.,  b,  June  19,  1866. 

5935.  V.  Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1868. 

5936.  vi.  Mattie,  b.  July  17,  1870. 

5937.  vii.  .Sophie  M.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1872. 

5938.  viii.  Millie  D.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1874. 

5939.  ix.  Helen  Nina,  b.  Dec.  27,  1875, 

5940.  X.  Hattie  P.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1877. 
.5941.  xi.  Lizzie  B.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1879. 

5942.     xii.       Laura  A.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1881;  d.  Sept.  25,  1882. 
.5943.     xiii.      Lula  M.,  b.  Feb  5,  1885. 

3174.  Oliver  Cadv  Whitney  (Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  June  31,  1806;  m.  Nov.  7,  1S27,  Louis  Crossman,  b.  June  8,  1807;  d. 
July  27,  1869.     He  d.  Nov.  21,  1879;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

5944.  i.  Adelia,  b.  May  17,  1830;  m.  Jan.  21,  1855,  John  Blakeslee;  res. 

Mexico.     He  was  b.  Mar.  17,  1828;  d.  Nov.  23,  1879.     Ch.:  Geo. 
D.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1864. 

5945.  ii.         Laura  E.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1834;  m.  Feb.  21,  1856,  Chauncey  H.  Snow. 

She  d.  s.  p.  Nov.  2,  1859;  res.  Washington,  D.  C.     Ch.:  Gracie, 
b.  May  2,  1859;  d.  Dec.  24,  1863;  Eddie,  b.  Aug.  24,  1863;  d.  Jan. 
21,  1864. 
.5946.     iii.       Orson  D.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1836;  d.  July  12,  1864. 

5947.  iv.       Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1842;  d.  May  13,  1859. 

5948.  v.         Mary  E.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1845;  m.  Apr.  9, 1874,  Charles  E.  Brown;  res. 

Gouverneur,   N.  V.     Ch.:  Anna  L.,  b.  Mar.  27,1878;  Willie,  b. 
Mar.  4,  1880. 

5949.  vi.       George  F.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1847;  d.  Apr.  17,  1858. 

59.50.  vii.  Stella  M.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1850;  m.  Sept.  6,  1870,  Henry  M.  Bard;  res. 
Oneonta,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Clara  L.,  b.  May  29,  181'2;  James  N.,  b. 
Dec.  22,  1875;  Ella  W.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1878;  Harry  C,  b.  Aug.  31, 
1880;  Tracy  S.;  all  living  in  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 

5951.  viii.      Ella  L.,  b.  Aug.  29,  1852;  m.  Apr.  14,  1875,  John  R.  Norton.     She 

d.  Sept.  10,  1875,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

5952.  ix.       Julius  O.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1832;  m.  Cordelia  Watrous. 

3175.  Orrin  Whitney  (.Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Dec.  27,  1795;  m.  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  June  9,1817,  Emeline  Ames,  b.  Oct.  12,  1800, 
d.  Oct.  14,  1882.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Mar.  6,  1859;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

Riley  b.  Apr.  18,  1819;  m.  Ruth  S.  Green. 

Cheney,  b.  Jan.  20,1822;  m.  Oct.  15,  1844,  Louisa  Benedict.     He 

d.  in  Iowa,  Aug.  17,  1863. 
Henry  M.,  b.  June  23,  1825;  m.  Rhoda  Ann  Halladay. 
Francis  E.,  b.  June  13,  1827;  m.  Nov.  20,  1849,  Leander  Fuller. 

She  d.  Jan.,  1892;  dau.  Cora;  m. Tullar;  res.  M. 

Edwin,  b.  Aug.  12,  18.30;  m.  Mary  Jewett  and  Anna  Winkworth. 
Harriett  E.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1834;  m.  Dec.  19,  1852,  Lewis  Miller;  res. 

Oswego,  N.  Y. 

5959.  vii.      Horner  G.,  b.  July  17,  1842;  d.  s.  p.,  Apr.  15,  1862. 

8180.  Alvin  L.  WHiTNEY(James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  14,  1803;  m.  Dec.  20,  1826,  Betsey  Cook;  b.  June  29,  1809; 
d.  Sept.  4,  1889.     He  was  a  mechanic.     He  d.  Feb.  5,  1883;  res.  Pavilion,  N.  Y. 

5960.  i.         Julia,  b.  Dec.  25, 1827;  d.  Sept.  10,  1849. 

5961.  ii.         Horner,  b.  Nov.  25,  1829;  d.  Mar.  12, 1831. 


5953. 
5954. 

i. 
ii. 

5955. 
5956. 

iii. 
iv. 

5957. 
5958. 

V. 

vi. 

392  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5962.  iii.  Delia  Beals,  b.  Nov.  20,  1831;  m.  Mar.  5, 1851,  Enoch  Heath;  m. 
2d  — Swan;  res.  P. 

5968.  iv.  Almira,  b.  Jan.  12,  1834;  m.  June  1,  1852.  Nelson  Benedict;  m. 
Nov.  29,  1862,  2d  Edgar  Hamlin;  res.  384  Prospect  St.,  Cleve- 
land, O. 

5964.  V.        Effie  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  21,  1838;  m.  May  27,  1855,  Wm.  O. 

Groves.     She  d.  May  23,  1858. 

5965.  vi.      Mary    Keys,  b.  Mar.  29,  1840;  m.  Feb.  21,  1865,  George  Dauchy; 

res.  P. 

5966.  vii.     Grove  D.,  b.  May  8,  1842;  m.  Rebecca  B.  Whitney. 

5967.  viii.    Amelia   Betsey,  b.  June   1,   1845;  m.  Jan.   20,  1867,   Andrew  J. 

Marsh.     She  d.  Jan.  20, 1894. 

5968.  ix.       Edwin  J.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1847;  m.  Almira  C.  Bentley. 

5969.  X.        Frances  Rosena,  b.  Aug.  14,  1849;  d.  Aug.  2, 1851. 

5970.  xi.      Carrie  Frances,  b.  Dec.  31,    1851;  m.    Apr.   20,    1880,' 

Hutchinson;  res.  P. 

3182.  Chauncey  B.  Whitney  (James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Granville,  N.  Y.,  in  1805;  m.  Nov.  6,  1827,  Sophia  Doolittle,  b.  Oct.  9,  1808; 

■d.  1841;  m.  2d  Mary  Ann  .     He  was  a  carpenter.     He  d.  July  17,  1866;  res. 

Oswego,  N.  Y. 

Orville  H.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1828;  m.  Clara  Graham. 

Addison  P.,  b.  Aug.  7, 1830;  m.  Clara  Sprague. 

Helen  Maria,  b.  1833;  m. Ruggles;  res.Wichita,  Kan. 

D WIGHT,  b.  1834;  unm.;  res.  West. 

Mary  S.,  b.  1840;  m. Lamb;  res.  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Alfred,  b.  1836;  d.  unm.  Aug.  31,  1871. 

Laura,  b. ;  m.  James  Tuttle;  res.  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

Amelia,  b. . 

Arthur,  b, . 

Albert,  b. . 

Cora,  b. . 

3186.  Dr.  Ja.mes  Puffer  Whitney  (James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  15,1815;  m.  Romeo,  Mich.,  Aug.  27,  1837, 
Nerissa  Crittenden;  b.  1818;  res.  901  Fillmore  St.,  San  F.  He  d.  Nov.  25,  1880;  res. 
Romeo,  Mich.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

5982.  i.  William  Kirk,  b.  July  17,  1838;  m.  Caroline  Stimson. 

5983.  ii.         James  D..  b.  Dec.  23,  1840;  m.  Apr.  24,  1872,  Minnie  Lissak;  res. 

Palace  Hotel,  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  s.  p.  He  was  b.  in  Romeo, 
Mich.;  educated  at  Santa  Clara  college,  Cal.;  studied  medicine 
in  the  University  of  the  Pacific,  San  Francisco,  1860  to  1863; 
went  to  Europe  in  1863;  visited  hospitals  of  London  and  Paris 
and  attended  clinics  for  one  and  a  half  years.  He  was  visiting 
physician  at  St.  Mary's  hospital,  San  Francisco,  for  three  years; 
surgeon-general  for  the  State  of  California  four  years;  surgeon 
First  Regiment  National  Guards,  Cal.,  ten  years;  medical  ex- 
aminer for  seven  life  insurance  companies;  director  and  presi- 
dent of  several  incorporated  companies. 

5984.  lii.        Jay  Pitt,  b.  ;  d,  ae.  15  months. 

5985.  iv.        James  P.,  b.  ;  res.  901  Fillmore  St.,  S.  F. 

3188.  Judge  Cyrus  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  19,  1814;  m.  Sept.  26,  1848,  at  Shelburne,  Vt., 
Jane  E.  Brown,  b.  at  Burlington,  \'t.,  Aug.  15,  1830.  She  res.  981  Asylum  Ave.,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.  Ex-county  Judge  Cyrus  Whitney  was  one  of  the  oldest  lawyers  in  Os- 
wego county.  Judge  Whitney  was  born  in  the  town  of  Mexico,  Oswego  county,  Feb. 
19,  1814,  anS  in  his  youth  attended  the  Mexico  academy,  an  institution  famous  for 
the  many  bright  men  it  has  sent  out  into  the  world.  He  wished  to  become  a  lawyer, 
and  to  gratify  that  ambition  he  found  it  necessary  to  teach  school  to  supply  himself 
with  the  necessary  funds  to  continue  his  studies.  He  taught  school  at  Pompey, 
Onondaga  county,  and  then  entered  the  law  office  of  his  cousin,  Mr.  Orla  F.  Whitney 
of  Mexico.  In  1846  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Mexico.  He  was  noted  as  a  great  student  and  his  early  successes 
irought  to  the  young  lawyer  many  clients.     Shortly  after  he  entered  into  a  partner- 


6971. 

i. 

5972. 

11. 

5973. 

111. 

5974. 

IV. 

5975. 

V. 

5976. 

VI. 

5977. 

Vll. 

5978. 

Vlll. 

5979. 

IX. 

5980. 

X. 

5981. 

xi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  393 

ship  with  T.  W.  Skinner,  and  up  to  1870  the  law  firm  of  Whitney  &  Skinner  was 
known  as  one  of  the  most  successful  in  Oswego  county.  It  was  while  in  Mexico,  in 
1867,  that  Judge  Whitney  was  first  elected  county  judge.  He  succeeded  the  late 
Judge  Tyle  and  the  term  was  for  four  years.  In  1871  he  was  re-elected  and  served 
a  six-year  term.  He  came  to  Oswego  in  1870,  and  became  the  law  partner  of  J.  J. 
Lamoree,  and  for  several  years  the  firm  was  known  as  Whitney  &  Lamoree.  After 
they  dissolved  Judge  Whitney  contmued  the  practice  of  his  profession  alone  until 
up  to  about  five  years  ago  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  son,  Mr.  C.  F. 
Whitney,  and  the  firm  has  since  been  styled  Whitney  &  Whitney.  Judge  Whitney 
was  married  to  Miss  Jane  E.  Brown,  of  Shelburne,  \'t.,  who  survives  her  husband. 
There  were  three  children  born  to  them,  all  of  whom  are  living:  Mr.  C.  F.  Whit- 
ney, of  that  city;  Jennie  L.,  wife  of  Benjamin  R.  Stillman,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  and 
Harry  C.  Whitney,  of  Watertown.  Through  his  long  life  Judge  Whitney  had  been 
a  practical  Christian.  He  was  a  member  of  Grace  church,  and  at  his  death  was 
a  trustee  and  deacon.  A  few  years  ago  he  was  prominent  in  Sunday-school  work, 
in  which  he  took  an  active  interest.  In  the  death  of  Judge  Whitney  the  bar  associ- 
ation of  Oswego  county  has  lost  one  of  its  oldest  and  most  honored  members,  and 
•Oswego  a  good  citizen.     He  d.  Sept.  16,  1890;  res.  Mexico  and  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

5986.  i.  Charles  Fred,  b.  Dec.  19,  1849;  m.  Mattie  E.  Davis. 

5987.  ii.         Jennie  Louise,  b.  Dec.  15,  1855;  m.  May  14,  1880,  Benjamin  R. 

Stillman;  res.  Hartford,  Conn.  Ch.:  Daisy  Gilbert,  b.  Sept.  80, 
1881;  Cyrus  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  20,  1884;  d.  Mar.  6,  1894.  She  was 
educated  at  Rye  seminary,  New  York,  and  was  graduated  in 
1873.  Mr.  Stillman  is  a  thorough  insurance  man  and  res.  at  981 
Asylum  Av. 

5988.  iii.        Harry  Cyrus,  b.  July  19,  1862;  m.  Georgie  Story. 

8189.  Horace  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Apr.  16,  1807;  m.  Mar.  12,  1835,  Laura  Sherman;  b.  May  28,  1808;  d.  Oct.  3, 
1888.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1894;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

5989.  i.  Cyrus  H.,  b.  Dec.  18, 1841;  m.  July  2,  1867,  Elizabeth  Jacobs;  res. 

Mexico,  N.  Y. 

3192.  Lyman  E.  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Mathias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  27,  1812,  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  m.  Oct.  23,  1838,  Jane  S.  Whitnev;  b.  June  2, 
1819;  d.  Oct.  29,  1883.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Mar.  11,  1884;  res.  .Mexico,  X.  Y. 

5990.  i.  Frances,  b.  June  6,  1841;  m.  Jan  26,  1865,  Samuel  J.  Hagaboom; 

res.  Wellwood,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Jennie  M.  b.  July  28,  1870;  Charles 
L.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1872. 

5991.  ii.         Mary  Ette,  b.  June,  1845;  unm.;  res.  Wellwood. 

5992.  iii.        Charles  L.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1851;  m.  Mary  Adams. 

3193.  Oscar  F.  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Apr.  27,  1816,  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  m.  Dec.  21,  1851,  Caroline  Whitney;  b.  Jan.  5, 
1829.     He  was  a  farmer;  res.  So.  Richland,  N.  Y. 

5993.  i.  Ella,  b.  Feb.  26,  1855;  m.  Dec.  24,  1882,  John  Edick;  b.  Dec.  29, 

1845.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  So.  Richland,  N.  Y. 

3194.  James  R.  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  7,  1818;  m.  Caroline  Adams.     He  d.  Feb.  7,  1885. 

5994.  i.  Mary,  b.  Jan.,  1845;  m.  Dr.  David  ;  res.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Ch.:  Jessie  b. . 

5995.  ii.         GEO."B.,b.  Feb.,  1847; 'm.  Ellen  Munger. 

3196.  Henry  Seymour  Whitney  (Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  7,  1822,  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  m.  in  Oswego,  Sept.  26,  1848,  Harriett 
R.  Gillett;  b.  Nov.  7,  1824.     He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Feb.  19,  1885;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

5996.  i.  Carrie,  b.  July  3,  1857;  m.  Jan.  14,  1879,  William  Tilton,  b.  June 

7,  1857;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y.    Ch.:  RoUand  W.,  b.  July  21,  1880. 

5997.  ii.         LuLY,  b.  Dec.  15,  1861;  d.  Jan.  7,  1864. 

3199.    Ebenezer  Gould  Whitney   (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias.  Cornel- 
ius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y^  Feb.  27,  1808;  m.  Feb.  16,  1848,  Maria  Wick- 
Tvare;  b.  Jan.  16,  1824;  d.  Nov.  29,  1886.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Dec.  9,  1881;  res. 
Mexico,  N.  Y. 
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6004. 

iii. 

6005. 

iv. 

6006. 

V. 

6007. 

VI. 

6008. 

Vll 

394  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5998.  i.  Charles  G.,  b.  July  27, 1856;  unm.;  res.  Easton,  Adams  Co.,  Wis. 

5999.  ii.         Julia  E.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1861;  unm.;  res.  Mexico. 

6000.  iii.        Martha  Alice,  b.  Apr.  14,  1852;  m.  Sept.  20,  1876,  Wilfred  A. 

Robbins,  b.  Jan.  24,  1853.  He  is  postmaster;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y.; 
s.  p. 

6001.  iv,       Etta,  b. (adopted). 

3200.  Silas  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Vt.  Oct.  10,  1809;  m.  in  Sandy  Creek,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  8,  1838,  Matilda  Cross;  b.  Sept.  2, 
1814;  res.  Coleridge,  Neb.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Apr.  5,  1891;  res.  Centerville, 
N.  Y,,  and  Iowa. 

6002.  i.  Caroline,  b.  Mar.  2,  1841;  m.  Aug.  13,  1864,  T.  W.  W^inters;  res 

Marne,  la.  He  was  b.  Sept.  25,  1841;  is  a  carpenter  and 
wagon  maker  Ch.:  William  W.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1865;  m.  Apr.  30, 
1891;  Edwin  D.  and  Anna  both  died  in  infancy;  Ora  A.,  b.  Nov. 
20,  1874;  post  office  address  of  both,  Marne,  la. 

6003.  ii.         Loretta,  b.  Aug.  21,  1840;  m.  L.  H.  Perkins;  res.  Valentine,  Neb. 

He  was  b.  Feb.  24, 1827;  is  a  stockraiser  and   farmer.    Ch.:  Mrs. 

W.  N.  Orris,  b.  Feb.  22,  1866;  res.  Sloan,  Iowa;  E.  G.,  b.  Apr.  1, 

1871;  res.  V. 

Roxanna,  b. ;  m. Fay;  res.  Salida,  Col. 

Sarah,  b. ;  m. Richards;  res.  Miss. 

Orson  S.,  b.  July  10,  1849;  m.  Marv  Baird. 

Oscar  C,  b.  June  27,  1851;  m.  Ono'na  M.  Bliss. 

Eva,  b. ;  m.  Owens;  res.  No.  Platte,  Neb. 

3201.  Rev.  Lucius  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias, Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  15,  1811;  m.  Dec.  18,  1836.  Clarissa  Ingersoll;  b.  Dec.  12, 
1819;  d.  Sept.  1,  1883. 

As  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  he  served  eleven  charges  cov- 
ering a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  He  d.  ]\lay  29, 1879;  res.  North  Bay,  N.  Y.,  Oneida 
Co.,  Sandy  Creek  and  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

6009.  i.  Henry  B.,  b.  May  2,  1838;  m.  Martha  H.  Smith. 

6010.  ii.         Emma  C,  b.  Feb.  26,  1852;  m.  Oct.  17,  1876,  Rev.  Stephen  T.  Dib- 

ble. Ch.:  Walter  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  30,  1881;  Henry  T.,  b.  July 
24,  1889.  He  was  born  Dec.  16,  1851,  and  since  Apr.,  1878,  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Northern  New  York  conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  They  have  resided  in  the  follow- 
ing places  all  in  New  York  state:  West  Sandy  Creek,  New 
Haven,  Hannibal,  West  Winfield,  Gouverneur,  and  their  pres- 
ent home  is  at  Fulton. 

6011.  iii.       Jane   P.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1837;  m.  Oct.  13,  1857,  James  H.  Chapin.    She 

d.  Feb.  4,  1891.  He  was  b.  Nov.  26,  1834,  is  a  pharmacist;  res. 
Decatur,  Neb.  Ch.:  Alice  Clara,  b.  Aug.  29,  1858;  m.  May  15, 
1878;  present  name  Frary;  P.  O.  address,  Decatur,  Neb.;  Cora 
Luella,  b.  June  2,  1860;  m.  Apr.  12,  1883;  present  name  Snyder; 
P.  O.  address,  Pender,  Neb.;  Henry  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  29,  1862; 
P.  O.  address,  Decatur,  Neb.;  Lucius  Almon,  b.  Dec.  14,  1867; 
P.  O.  address,  Omaha,  Neb. 

6012.  iv.       Julia  C,  b.  Oct.  6,  1843;  m.  Dec.  25,  1865,  Ashur  C.  McLaughlin. 

She  d.  May  30, 1892;  res.  Sterling  Center,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Dec. 
27,  1849.  Ch.:  Arthur  H.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1867;  Eva  M.,  b.  Feb.  7, 
1870;  d.  Aug.  14, 1870;  Herbert,  b.  Aug.  4, 1871 ;  d.  Aug.  25,  1872; 
Perry,  b.  May  12,  1873;  d.  Mar.  5,  1893;  Clarence  W.,  b.  Oct. 
1,  1876;  Lucius  and  Lucian,  b.  Aug.  21,  1878;  Nellie  E.,  b.  Apr. 
4,  1880;  d.  Apr.  18,  1880. 

3203.  EsECK   Whitney   (Cornelius,  Cornelius,    Matthias,    Cornelius,    Joshua, 

John),  b.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  29,  1814;  m.in  Pineville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.28, 1842, ; 

b.  Apr.  30,  1820.     He  d.  Mar.  16,  1876;  res.  Whitneyville,  la. 

6013.  i.  Wm.  Sanford,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845;  m.  Harriett  O.  Strong. 

3204.  La  Fayette  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Feb.  29,  1820;  m. .     He  d.  Sept.  13,  1870;  res.  Sand  Bank,  N.  Y. 

6014.  i.  D A.,  b.  . 


Creek,  Col. 

6015. 

1. 

6016. 

11. 

6017. 

111. 

6018. 

IV. 

6019. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  395 

3205.  Thomas  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua 
John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  29,  1822;  m.  Annie  Jewel;  d.  Feb.  16,  1877,  in  Pock 
Creek,  Col.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Feb.  27,  1877;  res.  Centerville,  N.  Y.  and  Rock 

Cheaney  Orley,  b.  Apr.  20,  1852;  m.  Carrie  B.  Christensen. 
Walter  J.,  b.  Mar.  3,  1847;  m.  Harriett  Chase. 
George  W.,  b.  1848;  m.  Alice  Castle. 

Frank  D.,  b. ;  res.  Col. 

Mary,  b.  Oct.  13,  1854;  m.  Mar.  17,  1872,  Z.  T.  Parker;  res.  New 

Liberty,  la.     He  was  b.  Apr.  22,  1849.    Ch.:  Rhoda.  b.  Dec.  28, 

1872;  d.  Apr.  7, 1876;  Nellie,  b.  Dec.  16,  1874;  Charles,  b.  Mar. 

9,  1877;  Albert,  b.  July  12,  1879;  d.  Apr.  27,  1880;  Calvin,   b. 

Apr.  17.  1881;  Grace,  b.  Aug.  2,  1883;  Katie,  b.  May  25,  1886; 

Emeline,  b.  Sept.  15,  1888;  Walter,  b.  Feb.  10,  1891;  d.  Feb.  20, 

1891. 
6020.     vi.        Nellie,  b. ;  m. Clark;  res.  Marne,  la. 

3209.  Oscar  Fitzoland  Whitney  (Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Ontario,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1823;  m.  there  Sept.  30,  1846,  Laura  Wells 
Whitcomb;  b.  Jan.  3,  1828;  d.  Feb.  7,  1882.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Ontario,  on  Ridge 
Road,  N.  Y.,  s.  p. 

3210.  Franklin  Huntington  Whitney  (John,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  10, 1832;  m.  in  Mexico,  Feb.  10, 1861,  Elinor 
Graham;  b.  Nov.  28, 1838. 

The  following  we  quote  from  the  history  of  Cass  county,  published  some  ten  years 
ago:  "  In  the  early  part  of  1871,  Frank  H.  Whitney  &  Company  opened  a  bank  as  suc- 
cessors to  the  absconding  bankers,  Loring  &  Bennet.but  later  in  the  same  year  this 
was  reorganized  as  the  First  National  Bank  of  Atlantic,  with  F.  H.  Whitney,  as  pres- 
ident; John  P.  Gerberich,  cashier;  F.  H.  Whitney,  Isaac  Dickerson,  Charles  Kelly, 
Wilkins  Warwick  and  S.  J.  Applegate,  as  directors.  This  organization  was  continued 
until  1876,  when  the  charter  was  relinquished,  and  it  became  once  more  a  private  bank, 
under  the  name  of  the  Bank  of  Atlantic,  and  under  the  proprietorship  of  Frank  H. 
Whitney,  and  as  such  is  continued  to  the  present  time  by  him,  and  is  to-day  one 
of  the  most  solid  institutions  in  the  county.  The  sterling  integrity  and  business 
ability  of  Mr.  Whitney,  who  is  well  known  to  every  citizen  of  the  county,  backed  as 
it  is  by  an  abundance  of  capital,  make  the  Bank  of  Atlantic  one  of  undoubted 
strength,  and  it  enjoys  the  fullest  confidence  of  the  community  and  of  the  people  of 
Cass  county  in  general.  Franklin  H.  Whitney,  decidedly  the  most  prominent 
and  enterprising  of  Cass  county's  citizens,  who  has  done  more  than  any  ten  men 
in  its  development,  who  is  the  father  of  more  towns  and  enterprising  projects  for  the 
upbuilding  of  his  resident  county  than  any  other  citizen  within  its  borders,  and  who 
was  also  one  of  its  pioneers,  braving  the  hardships,  etc.,  attendant  upon  pioneer  life, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Mexico,  Oswego  county,  N.  Y.  F.  H.  Whitney  spent  his 
early  life  in  Oswego  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  received  a  good  academic  education 
at  Mexico  and  learned  the  surveyor's  profession.  In  1856  he  came  to  Iowa,  stopping 
in  Adair  county  a  short  time,  and  in  March  of  that  year  settled  in  Cass  county  at 
Whitneyville,  and  in  1857  laid  out  a  small  town  at  that  point  and  began  farming  and 
raising  stock.  He  owned  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  and  followed  farming 
and  surveying  in  the  vicinity  of  Whitneyville  until  1862,  when  he  removed  to  Lewis 
and  published  a  newspaper  for  eight  months,  called  the  Cass  County  Gazette,  and 
after  which  he  followed  surveying  and  worked  for  the  emigrant  company  until  Janu- 
ary, 1864.  In  1865  he  operated  a  hotel  at  Lewis,  which  was  consumed  by  fire  on  the 
3d  of  January,  1866.  He  then  moved  upon  a  farm  about  a  mile  from  town,  but  in  the 
fall  of  that  year  purchased  the  Rand  House  and  removed  to  Lewis,  which  he  operated 
until  the  spring  of  1868,  when  he  disposed  of  the  property  and  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  Isaac  Dickerson  and  opened  a  land  office  in  Lewis,  handling  non-resident 
lands  in  Cass  county.  In  September  of  that  year  they  dissolved  partnership,  and  in 
October  Mr.  Whitney  removed  to  the  present  site  of  Atlantic,  surveying  the  same 
shortly  after  his  removal  here,  he  also  assisting  in  the  survey  of  the  Chicago,  Rock 
Island  &  Pacific  railroad,  which  was  then  being  constructed.  He  built,the  old  house 
on  the  site  of  the  Reynolds  House,  and  rented  it  to  John  Bennett,  who  run  the  same 
about  two  years,  when  J.  R.  Reynolds  purchased  the  property.  Mr.  Whitney  soon 
after  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  and  in  1869  did  a  small  banking  business. 
He  has  been  on  the  spot  he  now  occupies  since  January,  1870,  and  has  developed  a 


6022. 

ii. 

6023. 

111. 

6024. 

IV. 

6025. 

V. 

6026. 

VI. 

396  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

banking  business  to  large  proportions.  The  original  owners  of  the  ground  Atlantic 
now  occupies  were  F.  H.  Whitney,  Isaac  Dickerson  and  John  Keyes,  they  purchas- 
ing the  land  of  different  individuals  during  the  spring  and  summer  of  1868.  Mr. 
Whitney  negotiated  with  John  P.  Cook  for  the  location  of  the  depot  at  Atlantic,  after 
■which  the  Atlantic  Town  Company  was  organized,  with  F.  H.  Whitney,  Messrs. 
Crawford  and  Merriman,  B.  F.  Allen  and  John  Cook  as  shareholders,  and  Mr.  Whit- 
ney general  manager  of  the  business  of  the  company,  although  he  owned  but  one- 
sixth  interest  of  the  business.  Mr.  Whitney's  lands  lie  principally  in  Cass  county 
and  adjoining  counties,  and  are  valued  at  8300,000.  He  was  married  in  Mexico, 
Oswego  county,  N.  Y.,  to  a  daughter  of  Cornelius  Graham.  He  was  living  in  Whit- 
neyville  at  the  time,  but  returned  to  New  York  to  be  married;  res.  Atlantic,  la. 
6021.  i.  Franklin  HENRV,b.  Dec.  29,  1871;  d.  Sept.  15,  1862. 
""'      ■■  James  G.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1864;  m.  Nellie  M.  Milner. 

TOPSY,  b.  Jan.  22,  1865;  d.  Sept.  14,  1865. 
Carylan  C,  b.  Oct.  12, 1868;  d.  Julv  23,  1869. 

Thusey  M.,  b.  Dec.  3,  18—;  d.  Nov!  22, . 

Thomas  Hayes,  b.  July  9,  1877.  He  was  born  in  Cass  county,  la., 
and  when  but  seventeen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  Atlantic 
Bank  immediately  upon  graduating  from  the  Atlantic  high 
school.     He  and  his  brother  now  conduct  the  bank. 

6027.  vii.      RoscOE  CONKLING,  b.  1878;  d.  1878. 

3218.  Casper  Cole  Whitney  (John,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 

John),    b.  Sept.  17,  1849;    m.    Dec.   29,    1891,    ;     res.    Ashland,    Wis.,    and 

Neola,  la. 

6028.  i.         James  Casper,  b.  Nov.  29,  1893;  d.  Dec.  24,  1893. 

3219.  Luther  Day  Whitney  (John,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Plasky,  N.  Y.,  July  23,  1851;  m.  Nov.  25,  1876,  Lettie  A.  Irons;  b.  July  11, 
1860;  res.  Neola,  Iowa. 

John  F.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1877. 

Alice  G.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1879;  d.  Nov.  23,  1879. 

Geo.  C,  b.  June  8,  1881. 

Lettie  May,  b.  Mav  25,  1884;  d.  Mar.  1,  1892. 

Earl  Day,  b.  Nov.  1,  1886;  d.  Feb.  15,  1892. 

Ethel  M.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1890;  d.  Mar.  26,  1892. 

3222.  David  Day  Whitney   (Joshua,   Joshua,    Matthias,    Cornelius,    Joshua, 

John),  b.  June  28,  1817;  m.  1840,  Fanny  .     He  d.  Apr.  21,  1861;  res  Girard, 

Mich. 

6035.  i.  Frank,  b. . 

6036.  ii.         Joshua,  b.  • ;  res.  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

3223.  W^iLLiAM  Markham  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Parmey,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7, 1810;  m.  in  Rush,  N.  Y.,  in  1831,  Rosina  Craw; 
b.  Dec.  9,  1814.  She  res.  Gale,  Ore.  He  was  a  millwright,  and  worked  exten- 
sively at  his  trade  in  Oregon.     He  d.  Dec.  30,  1889;  res.  Cottage  Grove,  Ore. 

6037.  i.  Elkanah,  b.  Dec.  24,  1832;  m.  Mary  Ann  White. 

6038.  ii.         Jerome,  b.  Mar.  8,  1837;  unm.;  res.  Stockton,  Cal. 

6039.  iii.       Matilda  Jane,  b.  July  29,  1852;  m. Turpin;  res.  Ceres, 

Cal. 

3245.  Lorenzo  Milo  Whitney  (Warren,  Samuel,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Eastford,  Conn.,  Nov.  5,  1828;  m.  Sept.  11,  1853,  Esther  M.  Moore;  res.  Ash- 
ford,  Conn. 

6040.  i.  Eli  Monroe,  b.  Sept.  2,  1857;  m.  Mary  B.  Brague. 

6041.  ii.         Susan  J.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1860;  m.  June  18,  1881,  William  H.  Harrington. 

6042.  iii.       John  Milo,  b.  Nov.  3,  1866. 

3247.  DuANE  Whitney  (Benjamin  C,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  25,  1824;  m.  Mar.  20,  1855,  Sarah  Augusta  Waldo;  b. 
July  3,  1836;  res.  Litchfield,  Mich. 

6043.  i.  Lizzie  E.,  b.  Dec.  14, 1856;  m.  Dec.  2, 1880,  Walter  W.  Buel;  res. 

Litchfield,  Mich. 

6044.  ii.         Lottie  A.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1858;  m.  Sept.  20,  1882,  R.  E.  French;  res. 

Bennington,  N.  Y. 

6045.  iii.       Lucia  C,  b.  Aug.  12,  1861;  m.  Jan.  8,  1890,  C.  H.  DeForest;  res. 

Litchfield. 


6029. 

6030. 

11, 

6031. 

111. 

6032. 

IV. 

6033. 

V. 

6034. 

VI. 

6046. 

1, 

6047. 

11. 

6048. 

iii. 

6049. 

IV. 

6050. 

V. 

6051. 

VI. 

6052. 

Vll. 

6053. 

Vlll 

6054. 

IX. 

6055. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  397 

3248.  Orlando  Hastings  Whitney  (Benjamin  C,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  22,  1826;  m.  July  14,  1859,  Mary  Charlotte 
Lemmon;  b.  Vardick,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  11,  1839;  d.  Jan.  18,  1885.  He  d.  May  6,  1886;  res. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Chicago,  and  Waukegan,  111. 

Bruce,  b.  Apr.  5,  1860;  res.  825  Jefferson  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Maud  L.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1862. 

John  Cochran,  b.  Mar.  23,  1865. 

Claude  A.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1867;  d.  Nov.  18,  1876. 

Minnie  May,  b.  Mav  18,  1869. 

Laura  L.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1872. 

Kate  L.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1873;  d.  Mar.  16.  1874. 

Robert  L.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1875. 

Chas.  C,  b.  Apr.  28,  1878. 

Guilberte  G.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1881. 

3252.  John  Jay  Whitney  (Benjamin  C,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Conesus,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  11,  1837;  m.  June  29,  1861,  Agnes  Reynolds  Tew;  res. 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  and  41  Union  Park,  Boston,  Mass. 

6056.  i.         Willis  Rodney,  b.  Aug.  26,  1868;  m.  1890,  Evelyn  Jones;  res.  J. 

6057.  ii.        Carolyn,  b.  June  9,  1870;  m.  Sept.  9,  1890,  George  Wells  Barrett; 

res.  J. 

3268.  William  M.  Whitney  (William,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Ontario,  N.  Y..  Sept.  23,  1828;  m.  at  Le  Roy,  Sept.  9, 1851,  Sarah  L.  Clark;  b. 
Oct.  17,  1829;  d.  Apr.  12,  1878;  m.  2d  at  Kankakee,  Aug.  12,  1880,  Lois  Spencer  Col- 
ton  Morgan;  b.  May  17,  1825;  d.  Aug.  9,  1893. 

Wm.  M.  Whitney,  second  son  of  Wm.  Whitney,  born  in  Ontario,  Wayne  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1828,  reared  on  the  farm,  and  having  similar  experience  as  that  of 
most  boys  in  country  life,  attending  the  district  school  during  the  school  year  till  the 
age  of  12,  then  only  winters  till  15,  when  he  went  first  to  West  Walworth  academy, 
and  finally  completed  his  school  education  at  Macedon  academy.  Taught  school  ten 
years  from  the  age  of  19.  Married  Sarah  L.  Clark,  daughter  of  Nelson  Clark,  of 
Le  Roy.  Jeff.  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  9,  1851.  Moved  to  Du  Page  Co.,  111.,  Mar.  1,  1858. 
Elected  to  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  and  ex-officio  recorder,  on  the 
Republican  ticket  at  the  general  election,  Nov.,  1860;  re-elected  in  1864,  holding  the 
office  eight  years.  Admitted  to  the  practice  of  law,  April,  1868,  but,  preferring 
another  line  of  business,  formed  a  partnership  with  Isaac  Claflin,  Esq.,  of  Chicago, 
in  real  estate  and  loans,  which  was  continued  for  two  years  with  mutual  satisfaction, 
at  which  time  it  was  dissolved.  Elected  in  1870  to  the  House  of  the  27th  General 
Assembly  of  111.  (being  the  fiist  after  the  adoption  of  the  new  constitution).  Burned 
out  in  the  great  Chicago  fire,  which,  together  with  the  panic  following,  caused  serious 
pecuniary  loss.  Elected,  in  1872,  a  member  of  the  state  board  for  the  equalization  of  the 
taxes  from  the  1st  congressional  dist.,  comprising  the  first  7  wards  of  the  city  of 
Chicago,  the  south  towns  of  Cook,  and  the  whole  of  Du  Page  Co.  In  1879'was  chosen 
to  fill  the  place  of  clerk  of  the  Illinois  Eastern  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  at  Kankakee, 
having  charge  of  the  accounts  of  said  institution,  and  the  purchasing  and  distributing 
of  the  supplies  of  the  same  for  eight  years.  At  the  present  time,  living  quietly, 
without  any  active  business,  occasionally  visiting  among  his  children.  In  politics. 
Republican  with  a  strong  leaning  toward  prohibition  of  the  sale  of  intoxicants,  and 
in  religion,  quite  liberal;   res.  Batavia,  111. 

6058.  i.         Augusta  E.,  b.  June  10,  1853;    m.  Dec.  28,  1871,  Edgar  Sawyer; 

res.  Denver,  Col.     Ch.:  May,  Florence  and  Irene. 

6059.  ii.        Mary  L.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1856;  d.  Dec.  17, 1876. 

6060.  iii.       Annie  L.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1859;   m.  Sept.  14,  1882,  Dr.  Eli  Stillman  B. 

Spencer,  who  d.  s.  p.,  at  West  Winfield,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  27,  1892. 
Dr.  Eli  S.  B.  Spencer,  son  of  Dr.  Spencer,  of  West  Winfield, 
HerkimerCo.,  N.  Y.,  born  Sept.  18, 1854;  educated  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  village,  at  Madison,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Hahnemann 
Medical  College,  Chicago,  111.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
spring  of  1882,  and  located  in  Omaha,  Neb.;  but  soon  after,  by 
the  urgent  solicitations  of  friends,  was  induced  to  remove  to  his 
native  village,  where  he  became  very  much  endeared  to  his 
patrons,  and  soon  secured  a  lucrative  practice,  which  was 
steadily  growing  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  Feb., 
1892,  from  pneumonia,  resulting  from  exposure  while  riding 
day  and  night  through  the  storms  and  deep  snows  (prevailing  at 


398  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

this  season  of  the  year  in  that  locality),  caring  for  a  large  num- 
ber of  patients,  who  were  then  suffering  from  la  grippe. 
Married  third  daughter  of  Wm  M.  Whitney,  at  Kankakee,  Sept. 
14,  1882,  whom  he  left  his  widow,  and  who  is  now  completing 
her  studies  at  the  Hahnemann,  to  take  his  place  in  the  pro- 
fession. In  politics  a  Republican;  in  religion  reared  a  Seventh 
dav  Baptist,  but  a  liberal,  belonging  to  no  church. 

6061.  iv.       Nellie  \'.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1861;    m.  Jan.  1,  1881,  Dr.  Allison  A.  Fitts; 

res.  Batavia.  Ch.:  Albert  Whitney  and  Helen.  Dr.  Allison  A. 
Fitts,  the  son  of  Nelson  A.  Fitts;  born  Apr.  5,  1858,  in  Ontario, 
N.,  Y.,  having  the  usual  advantages  of  common  schools,  work- 
ing with  his  father  (who  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner)  during  the 
summer  from  the  time  he  was  old  enough  to  handle  tools  (going 
to  school  winters)  until  the  age  of  twenty-one,  when  he  went  to 
Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  March,  1878;  thence,  removing  to  Batavia,  111.,  where  he 
has  since  successfully  practiced  his  profession.  Alarried  Nellie, 
the  fourth  daughter  of  Wm.  M.  Whitney,  Jan.  1,  1881.  In  poli- 
tics a  Democrat,  with  prohibition  tendencies,  and  like  most 
medical  men,  in  religion  liberal. 

6062.  v.         Fran-ces  A.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1868;  m.  Apr.  26.  1886,  Washington  J.  Rey- 

nolds. She  d.  Apr.  17,  1890,  leaving  son,  Ralph  Whitney;  res. 
Chicago,  111. 

6063.  vi.       W.  Grant,  b,  July  29,  1866;  d.  Sept.  3,  1891. 

6064.  vii.      Sarah  Grace,  b.  Oct.  2,  1868;  res.  Saginaw,  Mich. 

3276.  Nelson  Whitney  (Svlvester,  Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Riga,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  11.  1826;  m.  at  Batavia.  .Mar.  19,  1863,  Ellen  F.  Miller.  He  is  a 
farmer;  res.  Batavia,  N.  Y. 

6065.  i.  May,  b.  May  28.  1864;  d.  Sept.  25,  1868. 

6066.  ii.         Geo.  M.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1870;  res.  unm.,  Batavia. 

3276.  Silas  Whitney  (Sylvester,  Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Riga,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  2,  1828;  m.  Nov.  15,  1855,  Marv  J.  Bogart;  b.  May  11,  1828.  He  d. 
Dec.  15,  1888;  res.  Chicago.  111. 

6067.  i.  Clara  Bell,  b.  Sept.  6,  1856;  res.  6246  Lexington  Ave.,  Chicago. 

6068.  ii.         Sylvester  S.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1861;  d.  Mar.  22,  1863. 

3280.  Dr.  Willard  Southwick  Whitney  (John,  Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Hancock,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1821;  m.  at  Chili,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,  1848,  Mary 
Ann  Whitney;  b.  1821;  d.  1854;  m.  2d  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  1855,  Mary  Ann  Butman;  d. 
1860;  m.  3d  in  Pa.,  June  1,  1861,  Mary  Jane  Raymond;  res.  Big  Rapids,  Mich. 

6069.  i.  Willard  Adolphl's,  b.  Dec.  14,  1848;  m.  1878,  Lizzie  Clark;  res. 

B.  R. 
6070    ii.         Clara  Amanda,  b.  Feb.  8,  1878;  res.  B.  R. 

3285.  Julius  S.  Whitney  (John,  Matthias,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Hancock,  Mass  .  Apr.  9,  1830;  m.  at  Lockpurt,  N.  Y.,  Jennie  E.  Partridge;  b.  Dec.  24, 
1838;  d.  June  15,  1888;  m.  2d.  Mar.  18,  1891,  Lucy  A.  Partridge;  b.  1887.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade,  but  did  considerable  work  as  a  millwright;  res.  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y. 

6071.  i.  Elbert  D.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1865;  m.  Sept.  15,  1891,  Aletta  Brace;  res. 

Lock  port,  N.  Y. 

6072.  ii.         Arthur  S,,  b,  June  15,  1867;  d.  Sept.  8,  1867. 

6073.  iii.        Charles  H.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1869;  d.  Sept.  10,  1869. 

3291.  William  Graves  Whitney  (William  G.,  Rufus,  Joshua.  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  May  19,  1887;  m.  Jan. 25, 1868,  at  Portageville,  N.  Y., 
Sylvia  J.  Baker;  b.  Nov,  20,  1835,     Is  a  machines!  and  merchant;  res.  Wiscoy,  N.  Y. 

Ellen  Greenleaf,  b.  Mar,  31,  1871;  d,  Jan,  9,  1890. 

Mary  J.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1873. 

Angeline  Williams,  b.  July  28,  1877. 

William  C,  b.  May  25,  1869;  res.  Rochester  N.  Y. 

3292.  E.  M.  Whitney  (William  G.,  Rufus,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
in  N.  Y.  State,  Sept.  19,  1827;  m.  Sept.  25,  1849,  Laura  A.  Pride.  He  d.  Feb.  2,  1874; 
res.  Wiscoy,  N.  Y. 

6078.    i.  Morris,  b. ;  res.  Wiscoy. 


6074. 

ii. 

6075. 

iii. 

6076. 

IV. 

6077. 

i. 

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3293.  Allen  Fargo  Whitney  (William  G.,  Rufus,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  28.  1833;  m.  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1853,  Calista  C. 
Duryea;  b.  Feb.  26,  18o2.     He  is  a  merchant;  res.  Wiscov,  N.  Y. 

6079.  i.  Francis,  b.  Sept.  18,  1857;  d.  Mar.,  1863. 

6080.  ii.         W.  W.,b.  Jan.  20,  1861;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

6081.  iii.        LuELLA  B.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1862;  m.  1883. 

6082.  iv.        Amanda  H.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1865;  m.  1890. 

6083.  V.         Mattie,  b.  Aug.  19.  1875. 

3296.    Clark  J.  Whitney  (Wiilard  W^,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Cornelius,  Joshua,  John), 

b.  Avon,  Mich.,  July  12,  1832;  m.  Dec.  25, 1853,  Ellen  M. ;  b.  Nov.  10,  1831.    He 

was  born  in  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.,  where  his  boyhood  was  passed  in  that  round  of  rec- 
reation, shooting  and  labor,  the  lot  of  farmers'  sons  of  fifty  years  ago.  When  he 
reached  the  age  of  eighteen  he  embarked  upon  an  independent  existence  and  en- 
gaged in  the  fishing  business  in  Lake  Michigan.  In  1855  he  embarked  in  the  music 
business  and  has  been  in  it  ever  since.  In  1875  in  connection  with  his  music  business 
he  became  interested  in  theatrical  business  and  built  one  of  the  finest  theaters  in 
America.  He  is  also  lessee  and  manager  of  twenty-five  other  theaters  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  American  Banking  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation of  Detroit,  and  stockholder,  trustee  and  president  of  the  Masonic  Mutual 
Accident  Association  of  America.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  but  takes  no  inter- 
est in  practical  politics.  He  is  an  attendant  at  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  church.  His 
life  is  fully  described  in  the  "Cyclopedia  of  Michigan;"  res.  Detroit,  Mich.,  437 
Woodward  Ave. 

6084.  i.  Alice  Adella,  b.  Nov.  12, 1855;  d.  June,  1863. 

60S5.  ii.  Ida  May,  b.  June  8,  1858;  m.  June  5,  1883,  W.  H.  Holmes;  res. 
21  Elgin  Ave.,  Toronto,  Can.  Ch.:  Hartley,  b.  Oct.  5, 1884;  Hel- 
ena, b.  Aug  ,  1888;  Hepwell,  b.  Mar.  4,  1890;  Evylyn,  b.  May, 
1892;  Geoffrey,  b.  Mar.,  1894. 

6086.  iii.        Laura  Bell,  b.  Mar.,  1859;  d.  1861.  , 

6087.  iv.        Fred'k  C,  b.  June  6,  1861;  m.  Apr.,  1883,  Sylvia  Weiss,  s.  p.;  res. 

New  York,  N.  Y.     He  was  b.  in  Detroit,  is  one  of  the  best  known 
operatic  managers  in  the  country. 

6088.  v.         Lillian  E.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1863;  m.  Mar.  30,  1892,  Charles  Earned; 

res.  437  Woodward  Ave. 

6089.  vi.        Evalene,  b.  Mar.,  1865;  d.  May,  1865. 

6090.  vii.      Ella  M.,  b.  Nov.,  1867;  d.  Aug.,  1869. 

6091.  viii.      Bertrvm  C,  b.  Jan.  9,  1870;  m.  Jan.  31,  1893,  Beatrice  S.  Earned. 

He  was  b.  in   Detroit,  and   is  associated  with  his  father  in  his 
music  and  theatrical  business. 

3298.  WiLLARD  Washington  Whitney  (Wiilard  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Cornel- 
ius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Troy,  Mich.,  Sept.  10,  1838;  m.  at  Palmyra,  Mich.,  May  18, 
1859,"  Elizabeth  P.  Fairbank;  b.  Apr.  16,  1842.  He-  is  a  music  publisher.  He 
answered  his  circular,  Dec.  9,  1894,  from  Darfieling,  India.  At  that  time  he  was  in 
the  heart  of  the  great  Himalava  mountains;  res.  Toledo,  O.,  and  San  Diego,  Cal. 

6092.  i.  Gertrude;  b.  Apr.  16,  1867;  d.  May  17,  1893. 

3-302.  Edward  B.  Whitney  (Asa,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John)  b.  \'ol- 
ney,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  7,  1819;  m.  Mar.  7,  1847,  Eliza  A.  Homan;  b.  Jan.  7, 1822.  He  was  b. 
in  Volney,  N.  Y.;  has  resided  in  Penfield,  Silver  Creek  and  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.  Has 
been  engaged  in  farming,  ship  carpentering,  and  house  building.  He  d.  Jan.  23, 
1894;  res.  Dunkirk,  N.  Y. 

6094.  i.  William  C,  b.  Feb.  23,  1848;  d.  Aug.  22,  1848. 

6095.  ii.         Asa  H.,  b.  June  2,  1850;  m.  Ida  M.  \'rooman. 

6096.  iii.        Clara  S.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1853;  m.  Dec.  3,  1873,  John  W.  Cotton;  res. 

118  So.  19th  St.,  Omaha,  Neb.     He  was  b.  1848.     Ch.:  Benjamin 
W.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1879;  Ella,  b.  June  3,  1881. 

6097.  iv.       Addie,  b.  Sept.  3,  1857;  m.  May  5,  1880,  Ullman  H.  Andrews;  res. 

160  Hampshire  St..  Buffalo.  N.  Y.;  s.  p. 

8303.  Thomas  Porter  Whitney  (Noah  A..  Joshua.  Joshua,  David,  Joshua. 
John),  b.  May  20, 1801 ;  m.  at  Sylvia,  O.,  Aug.  1, 1835,  Sybil  Hastings  Green.  She  res. 
2920  Monroe  street,  Toledo.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  July  27,  1874;  res.  Toledo,  O. 

6098.  ii.         Mary  P.,  b. ;  res,  2920  Monroe  street,  Toledo. 


6103. 

i. 

6104. 

11. 

6105. 

111. 

6106. 

IV. 

6107. 

V. 

6108. 

VI. 

6109. 

Vll 

6110. 

Vll 

400  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6099.  iii.       Ashley,  b. . 

6100.  i.  Horace  Porter,  b.  Sept.  19,  1836;  m.  Mary  Bishop. 

6101.  iv.        Irene  G.,  b. ;  m.  Byrkit;  res.  2912  Monroe  street, 

Toledo. 

3304.     Noah  Ashley  Whitney  (Noah  A.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 

b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  July  11,  1799;  m.  1st, ;  m.  2d, ;  m.  3d, 

Nov.  26,  1863,  Mrs.  Mary  Eliza  West  Card;  b.  Jan.  23,  1828;  d.  Sept.  26,  1877.     He  d. 
Mar.  14,  1873;  res.  Toledo,  Ohio. 

6102.  i.  Noah  Ashley,  b.  Aug.  29,  1869;  m.  at  Vienna,  Mich.,  June  29, 

1890,  Hope  Graham;  b.  Mar.  19, 1869;  res.  s.  p.,  2272  Detroit  Ave., 
Toledo,  Ohio. 

8317.  George  Washington  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  22,  1805;  m.  Sept.  23,  1827,  Juliette  T.  Colt,  b.  1805; 
d.  June  19,  1836;  m.  2d,  Jan.  12, 1837,  Marv  Keyes,  b.  1813;  d.  Julv  2,  1867;  m.  3d  Mrs. 
Mary  Chapel;  b.  1818;  d.  Nov.  11,  1886.  He  was  a  farmer.  He'd.  Jan.  19,  1887;  res. 
Pavilion  and  York,  N.  Y. 

Mary  Ann,  b.  Dec.  19,  1828;  d.  Feb.  7, 1887. 
Walter  Jas.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1830;  m.  Margaret  E.  Dow. 
W.M.  Colt,  b.  Aug.  11,  1832;  m.  Helen  M.  Wilcox. 
Harriett  Amelia,  b.  Apr.  27,  1834;  d.  May  7,  1834. 
Geo.  Keyes,  b.  Apr.  8,  1838;  m.  Jane  R.  Stewart,  N.  Y. 
Eliza  C,  b.  Apr.  24,  1842;  d.  Aug.  23,  1845. 
Thaddeus  E.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1844;  m.  Jennie  Hunter. 
Caroline,  b.  Sept.  24,  1846;  m.  Oct.  15,  1872,  John  Gilmore;  b. 
Jan.  22,  1845;  res.  Howell,  Mich.     Ch.:  Chas.  W.,  b.  Mar.  11, 
1874;  P.  O.,  Howell,   Mich.;  Lulu   M.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1876;  P.  O., 
Howell,  Mich.;  Jessie  M.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1878;  P.  O.,  Howell,  Mich. 

3318.  James  Sullivan  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1807;  m.  Feb.  14,  1829,  at  Weathersfield,  Conn.,  Eliza  Neff. 
He  d.  in  1888;  res.  Jackson,  Mich. 

6111.  i.  Charles  Oliver,  b. . 

3321.  George  Washington  Whitney  (Shubael,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Groton,  Conn.,  Mar.  23,  1817;  m.  in  Norwalk,  O.,  Dec.  28,  1847,  Althea  F. 
Beebe;  b.  Mt.  Vernon,  O.,  Apr.  14,  1822. 

Geo.  W.  Whitney,  born  at  Groton,  Conn.,  Mar.  23,  1817;  settled  in  Cleveland 
about  1845;  married  Althea  F.  Beebe,  of  Norwalk,  O.,  Dec.  28,  1847;  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits  until  about  1880,  when  compelled  to  retire  through  failing  health; 
was  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  active  in  good  work.  Died  at  Chicago,  Aug.  16, 
1886;  res.  Cleveland,  O.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

6112.  ii.         Clara  E.,  b.  in  1850;  m.  Judge  Alfred  W.  Lamson;  res.  Cleve. 

6113.  i.  John  B.,  b.  Oct.  31, 1848;  m.  Rebecca  Colvin. 

6114.  iii.        Helen  A.,  b. ;  m.  Arthur  E.  Bingham;  res.  4723  Woodlawn 

Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

6115.  iv.        Geo.  W.,b.  Oct.  8,  1866;  unm.;  res.  4723  Woodlawn  Ave.     Came 

to  Chicago  in  1884,  and  is  a  stockholder  and  officer  of  the  Marsh 
Bingham  Lumber  Co. 

3323.  Joshua  Whitney  (Shubael,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  1, 
1800;  m.  Lydia  Palmer;  m.  2d .  He  d.  1885;  res.  Norwich,  Conn.,  and  Cleve- 
land, O. 

6116.  i.         George,  b. . 

6117.  ii.         Henry,  b. . 

3325.    Asa  Whitney  (Shubael,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Groton, 

Conn.,  Mar.  14,1797;  m. Monroe;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2,  1852,  Mrs.  Catherine  Moore 

Campbell;  d.  s.  p. 

Asa  Whitney  was  born  in  Groton,  Conn.,  and  in  his  youth  removed  to  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  regularly  trained  to  commerce  as  a  vocation  and  became  a  suc- 
cessful and  leading  importing  merchant.  Education,  travel  in  Europe  in  connection 
with  his  pursuits  and  intercourse  with  prominent  men  at  home  and  abroad  all  tended 
to  enlarge  the  grasp  of  a  mind  which  was  statesmanlike  in  its  native  cast  and  to  give 
direction  to  thoughts  animated  by  the  honorable  ambition  of  achieving  a  public  good. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  40J 

The  great  fire  in  New  York  in  1836  swept  away  the  greater  part  of  a  fortune  which 
had  been  built  up  by  years  ot  honest  toil,  and  for  a  time  paralyzed  the  energies  of  the 
victims  of  that  calamity.  Gathering  up  the  fragments  of  his  shattered  wealth,  Mr. 
Whitney  embarked  for  China  to  recommence  life  at  its  meridian.  After  a  few  years' 
residence  there  and  in  Europe,  he  returned  to  the  United  States  bringing  with  him 
the  ripened  fruits  of  a  large  experience  and  the  well-developed  plan  of  that  work  to 
which  it  may  be  said  his  mature  life  was  unselfishly  dedicated.  The  mighty  problem 
of  connecting  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans  by  a  railway  was  worked  out  on  a 
homeward  voyage  from  China,  the  trade  of  which,  and  of  Japan,  his  forecast  then 
regarded  as  the  basis  of  its  future  prosperity.  A  narrative  of  the  life  of  Asa  Whit- 
ney* from  1840  to  1850  is  the  history  of  the  development,  during  that  period,  of  the 
Pacific  railway  project.  This  was  the  aim  and  object  of  his  life,  and  he  devoted  his 
fortune  and  energies  to  that  aim  and  object  with  all  the  zeal  and  persistence  of  a 
fanatic.  In  the  second  memorial  presented  by  him  to  Congress  in  1846,  he  says  that 
while  riding  on  the  Liverpool  &  Manchester  railroad  in  England,  in  1830,  and  observ- 
ing the  speed  and  facility  with  which  its  work  was  done,  he  foresaw  the  great  future  of 
railways,  and  predicted  the  important  part  they  would  perform  in  abbreviating  the 
distance  between  China  and  the  markets  of  England.  In  1842,  while  on  a  voyage  to 
China,  his  attention  was  more  forcibly  called  to  the  matter  by  information  of  the 
recent  conclusion  of  a  peace  with  China,  and  the  opportunity  afforded  by  it  for  a 
more  extensive  commerce.  He  spent  about  two  years  thereafter  in  China,  during 
which  time  he  accumulated  much  information  concerning  the  commerce  of  the  east, 
and  in  1844  he  returned  to  America  fully  impressed  with  the  importance  of  construct- 
ing a  Pacific  railway.  He  was  finally  instrumental  in  securing  appropriations  in 
18.53  for  the  first  surveys  of  the  northern,  southern  and  middle  routes,  and  lived  to 
see  communication  opened  from  sea  to  sea  m  1869.  He  was  the  author  of  "A  Project 
for  a  Railroad  to  the  Pacific"  (New  York,  1849),  and  "A  Plan  for  a  Direct  Communi- 
cation between  the  Great  Centers  of  Populations  of  Europe  and  Asia  "  (London, 
1851).  He  d.  Sept.  18, 1872;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Locust  Hill  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  s.  p. 

3333.  George  Ranso.ai  Whitney  (Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  14,  1801;  m.  in  Euclid,  O.,  Feb.  22,  1829,  Harriett 
Maria  Bronson;  b.  Oct.  19,  1807;  d.  Oct.  17,  1884.  George  R.  Whitney  was  born  in 
Pitsfield,  Mass.,  in  1801.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  ten  days  old.  At  an  early 
age  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade.  About  1825  he  moved  to 
Ohio,  and  settled  near  Cleveland.  In  1829  he  was  married  to  Maria  Bronson.  In 
1836  moved  to  Coldwater,  Mich.,  but,  not  having  good  health  there,  he  returned  to 
Ohio  in  1837,  and  located  at  Berea,  where  he  carried  on  a  shop  for  a  number  of  years, 
latterly  working  land  that  he  had  bought.  He  died  in  1871,  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.     He  was  a  blacksmith.     He  d.  Sept.  II,  1871;  res.  Berea,  O. 

6118.  i.  Harriett  Ann,  b.  Oct.  3,  1831 ;  m.  Oct.  25, 1853,  Franklin  A.  Moe. 

She  was  educated  at  Baldwin  seminary,  Berea,  O.     She  d.  Dec. 

21,   1890.     Ch.:    Ida,  b.  ;    m.  Stephens;  res.   100 

Broadway,  Denver,  Col. 

6119.  ii.         Mary  Ester,  b.  Sept.  2,  1841 ;  m.  Apr.  29, 

1869,  Rev.  Burton  J.  Hoadley;  res.  Me- 
dina, O.  She  attended  Baldwin  univer- 
sity at  Berea,  O.,  and  graduated  in  the 
classical  course  in  1868.  Rev.  B.  J. 
Hoadley  is  also  a  graduate  of  Baldwin 
university.  Being  fond  of  study,  in 
addition  to  the  duties  devolving  upon  a 
minister's  wife,  she  has  carried  on  the 
Chautauqua  course  of  reading  for  many 
years.  He  was  b.  Nov.  29,  1843.  Ch.: 
>  Helen  Louise,  b.  June  23,  1873;  d.  Nov.         mart  e.  hoadley. 

11,  1884;  Geo.  Whitnev,  b.  June  13,  1876. 

6120.  iii.       James  W.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1843;  m.  Lizzie  Torbet. 
6121..    iv.       Geo.  A.,  b.  Nov.  28,  1838;  m.  Mary  A.  Patterson. 

3335.  Albert  Appleton  Whitney  (Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Dec.  10,  1811;  m.  1833,  Jenette  Brown;  d.  1849,  in  Wellington,  O.     He  was 

♦Davis"  History,  Union  Pacific  R.  R. 


6122. 

6123. 

ii. 

6124. 

111. 

6125. 

iv. 

6126. 

V. 

6127. 

i^i. 

402  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

a  farmer,  and  was  extensively  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  cattle.  He  d.  Oct.,  1854; 
res.  New  London,  O. 

George  E.,  b.  June  2,  1836;  m. . 

Albert  A.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1844;  m.  Catherine  Haight. 

Robert  S.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1835;  m.  Emiiy  Hicks. 

May,  b. ;  d.  ae.  17. 

RODELLE,  b. ;  d.  ae.  4. 

Martha,  b. ;  d.  ae.  6. 

3336.  Col.  Asa  Watrous  Whitney  (Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  1810;  m.  at  Pittsfield.  O.,  Feb.  19,  1838,  Mary  Ann 
Wightman;  b.  Mar.  23,  1818;  d.  Bellevue,  O.,  Apr.  26,  1891. 

Col.  Asa  Watrous  Whitney,  son  of  Milton  Whitney,  was  colonel  in  the  Ohio 
militia,  and  was  called  upon  to  name  the  town  of  Pittsfield,  Lorain  Co.,  O.,  when  it 
was  organized  as  a  town;  was  elected  town  clerk  and  held  that  office  for  seven  years; 
was  later  elected  justice  of  the  peace  and  held  that  office  for  six  years.  He  was  a 
kind  man  to  the  poor  and  highly  respected.     He  d.  May  23,  1868;  res.  Pittsfield,  O. 

6128.  i.  Milton,  b.  Aug.  18,  1839;  m.  Susan  L.  Ware. 

6129.  ii.         Lydia,  b.  Aug.  25,  1841;  m.  Nov.  29,  1866,  Carlos  A.  West;  res. 

Wellington,  O.  He  was  b.  Oct.  18,  1843;  d.  Mar.  12,  1880;  was  a 
farmer  and  a  soldier  in  the  late  war.  Ch.:  Wealthy  Eva,  b. 
Oct.  31,  1867;  m.  to  John  H.  Pember,  Dec.  25,  1890;  Etta  Messen- 
ger, b.  Dec.  2,  1869;  Edna  Lucie,  b.  Apr.  2,  1872;  Edith  Marv,  b. 
July  11,  1874,  and  d.  June  21, 1879.  All  born  m  Pittsfield,  Lorain 
Co.,  O.;  P.  O.  address,  Wellington,  Lorain  Co.,  O. 

6130.  iii.        Edward,  b.  Sept.  12,  1844;  m.  Celia  Adelaide  Spicer. 

6131.  iv.        Sylvanus,  b.  June  22,  1846;  d.  Oct.  3,  1849. 

6132.  V.         Asa  W.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1848;  unm.;  res.  Bellevue,  O. 

6133.  vi.       James  Jay,  b.  Aug.  16,  1858;  m.  Alice  Amelia  Stout. 

6l;34.     vii.       Frederick  C,  b.  Aug.  18,  1854;  m.  Emma  J.  Hollinsworth. 

3339.  Oliver  Walcot  Whitney  (Milton,  Asa,  loshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  23,  1817;  m.  Esther  Rising;  3"  ch.     He  d.   Jan.  3,   1864;  res. 

6135.  i.         Charles,  res.  Omaha,  Neb. 

8340.  Silas  Dagget  Whitney  (Milton,  Asa,  loshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  3,  1820;  m.  there  Nov.  11,1841,  Electa  N.  Parsons;  b.  Sept. 
21,  1824.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Pittsfield,  O. 

6136.  i.         Ann  Clarissa,  b.  Apr.  26,  1846;  d.  July  24,  1877. 

6137.  ii.        Alma  E  ,  b.  May  10,  1848;  m.  Oct.  9,  1873,  Chas.  E.  Archer;  res. 

Massillon,  O.  He  was  b.  Jan.  28,  1851;  is  a  carriage  maker. 
Ch.:  George  Silas,  b.  Nov.  22,1874;  Electa  Jane,  b.  July  11, 1881; 
Edmund  William,  b.  Mar.  18, 1887. 

6138.  iii.       Abbie  E..  b.  Sept.  3,  1850;  m.  Oct.  20,  1874,  Florus  C.  Williams; 

res.  Lodi,  O. 

6139.  iv.       Arthur  E.,  h.  Dec.  19,  1843;  m.  Katherine  Heiswerdinger. 

6140.  V.        Agnes  E.,  b.  June  13,  1853;  m.  Nov.  22,  1893,  Frank  Coleman;  res. 

Nelson,  Neb.     He  was  b.  July,  1859;  is  a  lawyer;  s.  p. 

6141.  vi.       Adelia  Frances,  b.  Dec.  22,  1855;  res.  Pittsfield. 

6142.  vii.      Edmund  M.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1859;  m.  Feb.  14,  1891,  Annie  Purcell.    He 

is  a  manufacturer;  res.  17  Glen  Park  Place,  Cleveland,  O. 

3341.  Charles  Henry  Whitney  (Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1824;  m.  in  Lagrange,  O.,  Dec.  9,  1843,  EUira  Sheldon. 
Her  brother  was  Gen.  Lionel  A.  Sheldon,  who  was  with  Gen.  Grant  all  through  the 
civil  war;  was  representative  in  congress,  and  governor  of  New  Mexico  six  years. 

Charles  Henry  Whitney  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  but  removed  to  Ohio  at  an 
early  age  with  his  parents.  By  the  death  of  his  father  he  inherited  200  acres  of  land 
in  the  Buckeye  state.  In  Apr.,  1854,  he  disposed  of  his  Ohio  property,  and  with  his 
family  started  for  Iowa.  He  traveled  with  his  own  team,  stopping  nights  at  hotels. 
He  entered  a  half  section  of  land  in  Marion  Co.,  la.;  the  next  year  he  traded  the  land 
for  a  business  house  and  stock  of  general  merchandise,  including  dry  goods,  grocer- 
ies, boots  and  shoes,  and  queensware.  He  soon  increased  the  business  so  that  he 
carried  a  stock  of  $15,000.  He  conducted  the  business  for  about  two  years  alone, 
when  he  took  in  a  partner,  and  they  conducted  it  for  six  years.     During  this  time 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  403 

they  traded  land  and  town  lots  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  western  Iowa  and  Nebraska. 
During  the  civil  war  they  lost  heavily,  Mr.  Whitney's  loss  aggregating  nearly  S35,000. 
In  1863  he  moved  to  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  and  sent  his  children  to  school,  the  three  eld- 
est going  to  high  school  for  two  and  one-half  years;  then  in  1867  he  left  Iowa  with 
his  family  and  located  in  Montgomery  Co.,  Kan.  There  he  pre-empted  one  guarter 
section  of  land,  was  very  comfortably  fixed  with  stock  of  all  kinds  around  him,  but 
that  was  a  very  unhealthy  county,  and  in  1874  he  sold  again  and  started  overland  for 
the  mountains  in  Colorado;  brought  with  him  100  head  of  fine  bred  cows,  two  fine 
mule  teams,  ponies,  tent,  a  colored  cook,  and  everything  to  make  a  fine  trip,  but  he 
was  sick  most  of  the  journey.  He  landed  July  4,  1874,  in  Del  Norte,  Colo.,  and  lived 
there  just  one  week  and  died.  He  d.  July  11,  1874;  res.  Pittsfield,  O.,  and  Del  Norte, 
Colo. 

6143.  i.  Frank  Stoughten,  b.  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.  Margaret  Orilla  Karns. 

6144.  ii.         Allen  Sheldon,  b.  Mar.  17,  1846;  d.  Knoxville,  la.,  Oct..  1854. 

6145.  iii.        Mary  Eliza,  b.  June  5,  1848;  m.  Apr.  15, 1869,  Geo.  M.  Clay;  res. 

Bvrer,  Colo.  He  was  a  lawver  and  she  a  school  teacher  when 
married.  He  d.  Dec.  31,  1877.  Ch.:  Henrv  C,  b.  Feb.  3,  187(J; 
res.  Denver.  Colo.;  Allie  P.,  b.  Tune  11,  1871;  d.  Aug.  10,  1872; 
Alta  Jay,  b.  May  4,  1877.  The  mother  m.  2d,  May  12,  1891,  Jer- 
emiah J.  Mann.  He  is  a  stock  grower;  owns  1,400  acres  of  land 
50  miles  from  Denver. 

6146.  iv.        Edna  Frances,  b.  Feb.  16,  1850;  m.  June  16,  1870,  W.  O.  Harts- 

horn; d.  1884,  near  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  leaving  5  ch.  He  res. 
Thayer,  Kan. 

6147.  V.         Lionel  Alston,  b.  Aug.  10,  1851;  d.  Feb.  1,  1892;  non  compos 

mentis,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

6148.  vi.       James  Milton,  b.  Aug.  14,   1855;  m.  Elizabeth  Bon  and  Anna 

Stewart. 

6149.  vii.      Herbert  C,  b.  Mar.  11,  1859. 

3347.  Charles  Whitney  (David.  Samuel,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Almond,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  30,  1834;  m.  in  Wood  Co.,  Ohio,  Mar.  2-5,  1855,  Orrilla 
Paine;  b.  May  8,  1834. 

At  the  aee  of  eighteen  years  he  left  home  in  Ohio  and  crossed  the  plains  to  Cali- 
fornia, spending  two  and  a  half  years  in  the  mines.     Returning  home  in  the  fall  of 

1854,  he  attended  the  district  school  during  the  winter,  and  married  the  following 
spring,  and  settled  on  a  claim  near  Rochester,  Minn,,  which  he  rented  in  the  fall  of 

1855,  and  sold  in  the  fall  of  1858,  and  spent  the  following  season  in  the  mountains 
of  Colorado.  Went  into  manufacturing  and  merchandising  in  the  spring  of  I860  in 
Rochester,  Minn.;  sold  out  in  1869,  and  together  with  his  brother  John  organized  the 
Whitney  Manufacturing  Company,  to  perfect  and  make  automatic  grain  binders, 
and  in  connection  with  him  went  to  St.  Louis,  and  organized  the  Sumner  &  Whitney 
Manufacturing  Company,  for  perfecting  and  making  grain  binders.  He  operated  in 
this  until  1876,  and  in  1877  entered  into  an  arrangement  with  C.  W.  and  W.  W.  Marsh, 
of  Sycamore,  111.,  to  operate  in  inventing  and  perfecting  harvesting  machinery.  In 
1885  he  left  this  business,  and  for  several  years  his  business  was  making  settlements 
with  the  various  infringers  of  his  grain  binder  patents,  and  also  operating  as  prac- 
tical, theoretical,  and  mechanical  expert  in  patent  cases,  and  for  the  last  three  years 
(1889-92)  made  some  valuable  inventions  in  photographic  cameras  of  the  hand  type, 
being  the  first  to  make  a  field-glass  and  roll-holder  camera  all  in  one  instrument; 
also  the  first  to  make  a  cut-off  roll-holder  camera,  whereby  each  exposure  is  severed 
from  the  roll  as  taken.  These,  together  with  a  number  of  other  features  of  value, 
and  some  inventions  in  the  same  class  made  by  his  sons  George  and  Frank  in  the 
line  of  magazine  cameras,  which  he  has  charge  of  as  attorney  of  record,  are  now 
being  manufactured  for  the  market  by  the  Blair  Camera  Company,  of  Boston;  the 
Sevil  Adams  Company,  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Rochester  Optical  Company, 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.    Res.  804  No.  Park  Av.,  Chicago,  111.,  Riverside  and  Winnetka,  111. 

61.50.     i.  George,  b.  Mar.  25,  1856;  m.  Louise  Jones. 

6151.  ii.        Fred,  b.  Oct.,  1858;  d.  July,  1881. 

6152.  iii.        Frank,  b.  Apr.,  1860;  m.  Cora  Nesbit. 

3353.  Edwin  Henry  Whitney  (Rufus,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Almond,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  21,  1842;  m.  Mar.  17,  1861,  Adelia  Perry;  b.  Aug.  23, 
1824;  d.  Mar.,  1875.  He  was  in  the  railroad  business  and  killed  in  an  accident.  He 
d.  June  6,  1864;  res.  Almond,  N.  Y. 


404  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6153.  i.  Addie,  b.  Mar.  2,  1863;  m,  Feb,  2,  1882,  Olney  Benjamin;  b.  Sept. 

20,  1860.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Almond,  N.  Y.     Ch.:  Ethel  Mae, 
b.  June  8,  1884;   Earl  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  16,  1894. 

3354.  Lawrence  T.  Whitney  (William,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Andover,  X.  Y.,  Sept.  14,  1827;  m.  May,  1856,  Josephine  Barber;  b.  July  16, 
1831,  in  Newport,  R.  I.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  July  11,  1873;  res.  Almond,  N.  Y. 

6154.  i.  Charles  W.,  b.  Dec.  26, 1860;  unm.;  res.  Almond. 

6155.  ii.         Emma  Maude,  b.   1865;  m.   W.  H.   Owens;    res.    Hornellsville, 

N.  Y. 

6156.  iii.       Lois  Marion,  b.  Mar.  12,  1867;  m.  Mar.  9,  1891,  Herbert  E.  Bar- 

ber; res.  Almond.     He  was  b.  Feb.  5,  1865.     Is  a  farmer. 

6157.  iv.        Kate  May,  b.  Sept.,  1868;  unm.;  res.  A. 

3355.  John  Allen  Whitney  (William,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Almond,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  14,  1829;  m.  at  Taylor's  Falls,  Minn.,  Diantha  Fuller; 
b.  Aug.  14,  1836.     He  is  a  carpenter  and  boatbuilder;   res.  Edgerton,  Wis. 

6157>^.i.  Ida  May,  b.  Sept.  30,  1859;  d.  June  15.  1890. 

6158.  ii.         Minnie  A.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1859;  d.  Mar.  20,  1871. 

6159.  iii.        Myra    E.,  b.  Oct.    16,  1860;   m.  June,   1883,    J.  W.  Richardson; 

res.  E. 

6160.  iv.       Clyde  Arthur,  b.  Feb.  1,  1862. 

6161.  V.         Bertha   L.,  b.  Aug.   18,    1873;    m.   W.  C.  Bryant;    res.    Milton 

Junction,  Wis. 

3359.  Ami  Whitney  (Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b  Al- 
mond, N.  Y.,  July  28,  1815;  m.  at  Niles,  Mich.,  Mar.  1844,  Elizabeth  Ferguson;  m.  2d, 
July  3,  I860,  Caroline  Borders.     He  d.  Feb.  26,  1872;  res.  Berrien  Springs,  Mich. 

IvA  May,  b.  Dec.  5,  1871;  m. Steel;  res.  Haselton,  Mich. 

Sarah  Ann,  b.  Jan.  15,  1845;  m. Tyron;  res.  Benton  Har- 
bor, Mich. 

Wm.  Andrew,  b.  Jan.  14,  1847. 

Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Jan.  18,  1851. 

AMi,b.  Mav7,  1861. 

Almeda,  b.'Oct.  14,  1862. 

Charles,  b.  Nov.  10,  1863. 

Phebe,  b.  Dec.  10,  1865. 

Solomon,  b.  Nov.  9,  1867. 

Aseneth,  b.  May  27,  1869. 

3363.  Solomon  Whitney  (Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),b. 
Alleghaney  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  22,  1827;  m.  in  1859,  Sarah  Struble;  m.  2d,  Oct.  15,  1874, 
Mrs.  Selena  Lomax.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Vistula,  Ind. 


6162. 

X. 

6163. 

i. 

6164. 

ii. 

6165. 

ni. 

6166. 

IV. 

6167. 

V. 

6168. 

VI. 

6169. 

vii. 

6170. 

vni 

6171. 

IX. 

6172. 
6173. 
6174. 


Carson  W.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1858;  m.  Minnie  Rathfon. 

Sarah,  b.  May  13,  1876. 

Maud,  b.  July  4,  1880;  d.  Feb.  2-5,  1881. 


3364.  RuFUS  Whitney  (Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Almond,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1829;  m.  Sept.,  1849,  Lodema  Bortle;  b.  Egypt,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  27,  1827;  d.  Aug.  9,  1873.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec.  13,  1890;  res.  Van 
Buren,  Ind.,  and  Chesaning,  Mich. 

6175.  i.  Albert  R.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1851;  m.  Louisa  Fitch,  Jane  Day  and 

Emma  Kidwell. 

6176.  ii.         Bruce  E.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1857;  m.  Mary  Lee. 

6177.  iii.        Ora  E.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1861;  m.  Feb.  22,  1878,  John  Ginter;  res.  C;  b. 

Feb.  9,  1856.    Ch.:  Lena,  b.  Feb.  10,  1879;  Lytle,  b.  July  31, 1883. 

6178.  iv.        Belden  L.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1865;  m.  Bertha  Edella  Findley. 

6179.  V.         Etta  L.,  b.  May  14,  1868;  m.  July  19, 1888;  George  Miner;  res.  C; 

b.  June  23,  1867.    Ch.:  Mabel,  b.  Mar.  13,  1891;  Leo,  b.  Oct.  3, 
1894. 

3365.  Albert  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
East  Poultney,  Vt.,  Jan.  14,  1820;  m.  Nov.  2,  1844,  Mary  Marshall;  b.  July  26,  1819;  d. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  June  31,  1893.  He  is  in  the  hardware  business;  res.  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  408  Plymouth  Ave. 

6180.  i.  Marietta,  b.  Sept.  29,  1861;  d.  Feb.  23,  1865. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  405 

6181.  ii.         Alta  Eudora,  b.  Oct.  3,  1850;  m.  Mar.  6,  1872,  Dr.  Waldren; 

res.  408  Plymouth  Ave. 

6182.  iii.        Joanna,  b.  Dec.  4,  1855;  m.  Jan.  23, 1876, Green;  res.  Roch- 

ester, N.  Y. 

6183.  iv.        Elon  Angus,  b.  Sept.  6,  1852;  d.  Mar.  1,  1865. 

6184.  V.         Charlotte  Emogene,  b.  Feb.  12,  1845;  d.  Dec.  20,  1851. 

3366.  Newton  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Poultney,  Vt.,  Sept.  26,  1822;  m.  Oct.,  1858,  at  Deep  River,  la.,  Catherine  Dillon; 
"b.  Nov.  27,  1833;  d.  July  10,  1870.  He  was  born  in  Poultney,  Vt.,  where  his  ancestors 
were  early  settlers.  Residing  with  his  father  until  after  thirty  years  of  age,  in  1855 
he  migrated  westward,  and  settled  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  was  one  of  the  California  pioneers  of  1849,  and  resided  in  the  Golden  State 
two  years.     He  d.  1894;  res.  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  328  E.  5th  street. 

6185.  i.  Erwin  F.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1860;  m.  Ella  M.  Adair. 

6186.  ii.         Ion,  b.  Apr.  5,  1874. 

6187.  iii.        Elmetta,  b.  Nov.  23,  1858;  d.  Sept.  24,  1864. 

6188.  iv.        Elena,  b.  June  2,  1864;  d.  Jan.  28,  1871. 

6189.  v.         Eletha,  b.  June  2,  1864;  d.  Jan.  28,  1871. 

6190.  vi.        JOHN,  b.  June  8,  1868;  d.  Jan.  19,  1871. 

3368.  Myron  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Poultney,  Vt.,  Mar.  10, 1826;  m.  Sophia  Greer.     He  d.  1888;  res.  Deep  River,  la. 

6191.  i.  Evan,  b. .  6193.    iii.       Rudolph,  b. . 

6192.  ii.        Eugene,  b. .        6194.    iv.       Edith,  b. . 

3373.     Ebenezer  Whitney,  Jr.  (Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin, 

John),  b. ;  m. ;  res.  Litchfield  and  West  Gardner,  Me. 

6195.    i.  Ebenezer,  b. .    6196.    ii.        James,  b. . 

3376.  Thomas  R.  Whitney  (Thomas  G.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Maine;   m.  Harriett  Waite;  m.  2d.  Emeline  Wyman;  res.  Maine. 

6197.  i.  Lucy,  b. .  6201.    v.        Thomas,  b. . 

6198.  ii.         Martha,  b. .        6202.    vi.       Eliza  Ann,  b. . 

6199.  iii.       Wyman,  b. .         6203.     vii.      Olive,  b. . 


6200.    iv.       James,  b. 

6204.  viii.      Franklin,  b.  Apr.  2,  1847;  m.  Ella  S.  Pullen. 

6205.  ix.       Adaline,  b.  Aug.  5,   1848;   m.   Frank  Appleby;  has  one  child, 

Grace,  res.  4  Westerly  St.,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

6206.  X.         Francis  E.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1849;  unm. 

6207.  xi.        Catherine,  b.  July  5,  1851;  m.  Cassius  Swift;  res.  641  Huntington 

St.,  Boston. 

6208.  xii.       Augustine,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  Farmingdale,  Me. 

6209.  xiii.      Alice,  b.  July  5,  1855;  m. Cogswell. 

6210.  xiv.      Olive,  b.  Feb.  28,  1859;  d.  Aug.  8,  1871. 

6211.  XV.       Ernest,  b.  1862;  unm.;  res.  117  No.  Sheldon  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

3381.  Simeon  Whitney  (Amos,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Bath,  Me.,  Aug.  19,  1800;  m.  1825,  Rosanna  Smith;  res.  Bingham,  Me. 

6212.  i.         David  S.,  b. ;  res.  Bingham,  Me. 

6213.  ii.        Frank  W.,  b. ;  res.  Brownsdale,  Minn. 

3382.  David  Whitney  (Amos,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  John,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Bath,  Me.,  May  2,  1802;  m.  1825,  Mercy  Reed;  res.  Lincoln,  Me. 

6214.  i.         Isaac  Reed,  b. ;  res.  Bangor,  Me. 

6215.  ii.        David  Cathcart,  b. ;  res.  Sabula,  la. 

6216.  iii.       Simeon,  b. ;  res.  Indiantown,  St.  John,  N.  B. 

3386.  Melvin  Stow  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Abraham,  Benjamin,  John,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Oct.  9,  1812;  m.  at  Bangor,  Me.,  pub.  Sept.  30,  1834,  Sarah  Langley. 
She  res.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  at  the  Wellington.  He  d.  Jan.  19,  1865;  res.  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

6217.  i.         Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  22,  1857  (adopted);  m.  Apr.  17, 1879,  Wm.  S. 

Forrest.  She  d.  1895.  Wm.  S.  Forrest  was  born  at  Baltimore, 
Md.,  on  July  9,  1852,  and  received  an  excellent  preparatory  edu- 
cation; he  entered  Dartmouth  college,  was  honored  with  an 
election  to  the  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity,  and  graduated  in  the  class 


406  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

of  1875.  Soon  afterwards  he  began  reading  law  in  Boston  with 
Gaston,  Field  &  Jewett  and  remained  with  that  firm  till  he  went 
to  Chicago  in  1878,  and  was  admitted  to  the  various  bars  in 
October  of  that  year.  Since  becoming  a  resident  of  that  city 
he  has  been  engaged  in  several  noted  criminal  cases,  but, 
although  powerful  in  that  line  he  is  a  general  practitioner  in 
his  profession.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  many  of  his 
addresses  have  attracted  considerable  attention.  Probably  he 
is  the  most  prominent  criminal  lawyer  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
and  was  the  leading  attorney  in  the  celebrated  Cronin  case. 
Ch.:  Marjorie,  b.  Feb.  3,  1880;  d.  Apr.  3,  1883;  Elizabeth,  b. 
Mar.  22,  1882;  Marshall,  b.  June  21,  1886;  infant,  b.  Oct.  21, 
1893;  res.  3264  Groveland  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

3387.  Peleg  Tallman  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Abraham,  Benjamin,  John,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Nov.  12,1814;  m.  at  Skowhegan,  Oct.2, 1838,  Mary  E.  Varney;  b.  Apr. 
10,  1817;  d.  June  25,  1859;  m.  2d  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Jan.  25,  1860,  Louisa  V.  McLachlan; 
b.  there  Jan.  11,  1834.     He  d.  Jan.  19,  1868;  res.  Orono,  Me. 

6218.  i.         Charles  T.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1839;  d.  July  26,  1840. 

6219.  ii.        Charles  T.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1841 ;  d.  Aug.  26,  1842. 

6220.  iii.       Henry  A.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1843;   m.  Margetta  Lockwood;   res.  Orono, 

Me. 

6221.  iv.       Charles  T.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1845;  d.  July  19,  1846. 

6222.  V.        Annie  W„  b.  Mar.  6,  1847;  m.  Aug.,  1867,  James  D.  Burnham;  res. 

Florenceville,  N.  B. 

6223.  vi.       Emeline  W.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1851;  d.  Sept.  11,  1852. 

6224.  vii.      Elizabeth  V.,  b.   Nov.  12,  1860;    m.  Sept.  12,  1881,  Frederick 

Guderian;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

6225.  viii.     William  T.,  b.  June  23,  1864;    m.  Apr.  28,  1887,  Lucella  B.  Petty; 

d.  Nov.  23,  1888;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

3388.  Joseph  Davis  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Abraham,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Mar.  9,  1817;  m.  pub.  Dec.  12,  1843,  Lorada  Harwood  Whitnev,  dau.  of 
Joseph;  d.  Sept.  21, 1848;  m.  2d,  Mar.  14, 1850,  Ann  Sarah  Whitney,  sister  of  first  wife; 
d.  Apr.  8,  1852;  m.  3d  Jan.  21,  1858,  Margaret  Masterson,  his  adopted  dau.  In  1854 
he  went  west,  and  res.  for  a  time  at  Ruby,  Mich.;  later  he  moved  to  Port  Huron, 
and  was  prop,  of  the  Huron  House.     He  d.  Mar.  24,  1885;  res.  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

6226.  i.         Bethiah  Ann,  b.  Sept.  25,  1844;  m.  Jan.  3,  1863,  James  B.  Denni- 

son;  res.  Yarmouth,  Me.  Ch.:  Melvin  F.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1863; 
Charles  C,  b.  Mar.  1,  1867;  William  H.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1869. 

6227.  ii.        Clara  Emma,  b.  Mar.  26,  1851;   m.  Frederick  Tozier;  res.  Fa'.l 

River,  Mass.  She  d.  Lisbon  Falls,  Me.,  July  24,  1877.  Their 
one  child  died  in  infancy. 

6228.  iii.       Charles  Joseph,  b. . 

6229.  iv.       Fred  Adger,  b. . 

6230.  v.       Jessie  A.,  b. . 

3390.  Hezekiah  Whittemore  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Abraham,  Benjamin, 
John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Lisbon,  Me.,  Jan.  22,  1821;  m.  at  Orono,  Me.,  Apr.,  1846, 
Emeline  Chandler;  b.  1826;  d.  Jan.  6,  1850;  m.  2d.  Apr.  29, 1851,  Harriett  M.  Treat;  b. 
1828;  res.  Monroe,  Wis. 

6231.  i.         AvA  M.,  b.  1852  (adopted);    m.  1872,  Arthur  P.  Burnham;   res. 

Janesville,  Wis. 

3395.  Bernard  King  Whitney  (Samuel  L.,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 

John),  b. .     During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  he  served  in  Co.   K,  30th   Reg't 

Wis.  Vols.;  res.  Winnebago  City,  Minn.;  1875. 

3396.  Andrew  D.  Whitney  (Samuel  L.,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 

John),  b. .     He  served  in  the  late  war  in  Co.  K,  30th  Reg't  Wis.  Vols.;  res. 

Tomah,  Wis.;  1874. 

3398.  Jacob  W.  Whitney  (Samuel  L.,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin,  John), 
b. .     He  served  in  Co.  I,  49th  Wis.  Vols.;  res.  Mankato,  Minn.;  1875. 


3403.  Abram  Hinckley  Whitney  (James,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Phillips,  Me.,  Apr.  1,  1817;  m.  Apr.  11,  1845.  Mary  Wilber;  b.  July  25,  1819; 
d.  Nov.  11, 1885.     He  was  born  and  reared  in  the  vicinity  of  what  was  called  Phillips 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  407 

village,  Me.;  was  educated  there  in  the  common  schools.  There  served  time  and 
finally  became  a  house  carpenter.  When  he  was  28  years  of  age,  married  Mary 
Wilber,  who  then  resided  with  her  parents  in  the  town  of  Durham,  Me.  They  then 
resided  for  a  short  time  in  Phillips,  Me.,  from  there  removed  to  a  farm  in  the  town  of 
Avon,  Me.,  where  their  son  was  born  in  1846.  When  he  was  about  two  or  three  years 
of  age  they  removed  to  Medford,  Mass.,  he  pursuing  the  occupation  of  a  house  car- 
penter until  he  was  injured  and  was  compelled  to  quit  work,  tinally,  in  consequence 
of  said  injuries,  he  died.  He  d.  Aug.  11,  1851 ;  res.  Avon,  Me.,  and  Medford,  Mass. 
62:32.     i  Jophanus  H.,  b.  Jan,  15,  1846;  m.  Martha  L.  A.  Flanders. 

3405.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Christopher  A.,  Jacob,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Phillips,  Me.,  Apr.  2,  1828;  m.  there  Apr.  15,  1853,  Huldah  Whitney;  b.  at 
Philips,  Me.,  Sept.  7,  ISSb;  d.  at  Tomah,  WMs.,  May  7,  1879.  He  d.  at  Tomah  in  1868; 
res.  Phillips,  Me.,  and  Lincoln,  Wis. 

6233.  i.         Almont  Benjamin,  b.  June  23,  1856;  d.  s.  p.  July  7,  1880. 

6234.  ii.         Charles  Alvano,  b.  Oct.  21,  1860;  m.  Belle  Armstrong. 

3412.  David  White  Whitney  (Abiezer  H.,  Nathan,  Benjamin,  John,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Aug.  12,  1817,  at  Litchfield,  Me.;  m.  Dec,  1841,  Philena  Church,  b. 
1810;  d.  Feb.  12,  18.54;  m.  2d,  Dec.  24,  1857,  Olena  E.  Church,  b.  Oct.  7,  1827.  He  is 
a  farmer  and  is  engaged  in  the  granite  business;  res.  Augusta,  Me. 

6234a.  i.  John  Harrison,  b.  Sept.  16,  1842;  m.  Jan.,  1874;  res.  A. 

6235.  ii.     .    Benj.  Church,  b.  Oct.  23,  1858;  m.  July  29,  1890;  res.  Wichita, 

Kan. 

6236.  iii,        Edwin  Wallace,  b.  Nov.  19,  1864;  res.  A. 
62.37.    iv.        Alice  May,  b.  May  14,  1866;  res.  A. 

3423.  Rev.  Wilson  Whitney  (John  G.,  Nathan,  Benjamin,  John,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Readfield,  Me.,  Mar.  5, 1845;  m.  July  12,  1871,  Mary  Aphia  Goodell;  b.  Apr. 
4,  1846;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

6238.  i.  Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Nov.  18,  1872. 

6239.  ii.         May  Winnefred,  b.  Aug.  8,  187.5. 

6240.  iii.       Henry  Harrison,  b.  Mar.  20,  1877. 

3425.  Capt.  Alfred  C.  Whitney  (Elias  S.,  Nathan,  Benjamin,  John,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Augusta,  Me.,  Sept.  30,  1835;  m.  May  22,  1858,  Annie  Goutier;  b.  June 
20,  1836. 

Alfred  C.  Whitney  was  born  in  Augusta,  Me.,  in  1835,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  When  13  he  came  to  Boston,  and  has  since  lived  there.  He  became 
connected  with  the  Old  People's  ferry,  now  the  North  ferry,  and  for  three  years  was 
its  president  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees.  In  the  war  he  served  as  chief 
engineer  on  the  U.  S.  S.  Magnolia,  and  later  on  the  Powhatan.  He  also  served  for 
three  years  on  the  staff  of  Admiral  Stribling  of  the  West  Gulf  squadron.  After  the 
war  he  engaged  in  the  towing  business,  and  was  captain  of  the  steamer  Alert  for 
some  time.  Later  he  became  master  of  transportation  for  the  Bradley  fertilizing 
company,  by  whom  he  has  been  employed  for  26  years;  res.  East  Boston,  Mass.,  1 
Lamson  St. 

6241.  i.  Harvey  G.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1862;  d.  Feb.  22,  1865. 

6242.  ii.         Wm.  Bradley,  b.  Aug.  23,  1871. 

3433.  Freeman  Whitney  (Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Mar.  9,  1800,  in  Standish,  Me.;  m.  Feb.  14,  1821,  Mary  S.  Gray;  b.  Aug., 
1797,  in  Beverly,  Mass.;  d.  Oct.  25,  1870.     He  d.  Mar.  24,  1873;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 

Stephen  F.,  b.  May  15,  1821;  m.  Catherine  Brown. 

James  G.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1822;  m.  Betsey  H.  Carsley. 

Edward  K.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1824;  m.  Arvilla  Caswell. 

George  F.,  b.  June  12,  1826;  m.  Mary  A.  Bailey. 

Eleazer  K.,  b.  May  13,  1828;  m.  Mrs.  Olive  (Tebbitts)  Green. 

William  L.,  b.  June  12,  1833;  m.  Hannah  M.  Simpson. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1836;  m.  Oct.  10,  1866,  John  H.  Caswell  of 
Bridgton,  Me. 

6250.  viii.     Irene  I.,  b.  July  29, 1838;  d.  May  6, 1846. 

8434.     Daniel  Whitney  (Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 

b.  Jan.  22,  1793;  m.  Jan.  19,  1815,  Susan  Harmon;  b.  1797;  d. .     He  d.  Mar.  24, 

1873;  res.  Harrison.  Me. 

6251.  i.  Sally,  b.  Mar.  1,  1816. 


6243. 

i. 

6244. 

ii. 

6245. 

in. 

6246. 

iv. 

6247. 

V. 

6248. 

vi. 

6249. 

vii 

408  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3439.  William  G.  Whitney  (Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  NaLhaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Gorham,  Me.,  Aug.  4,  1812;  m.  in  Dresden,  Me.,  Dec.  28,  1834,  Agnes  Smith; 
b.  Apr.  13,  1811;  he  d.  Mar.  9,  1875;  res.  Lee,  Me. 

6252.  i.  William  A.,  b.  Oct.  29,   1835;  m.  July  4,  1858,  Emma  Toombly; 

res.  Winn,  Me. 

6253.  ii.         Martha  A.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1837;  m.  Oct.  3,  1860,  Thomas  Roberts. 

She  d.  Lee,  May  2,  1865. 

6254.  iii.        Joseph  F.,  b.  Dec.  3, 1841;  m.  Delanah  H.  Spencer. 

6255.  iv.        Braddock  S.,  b.  Sept.  17,1847;  m.  June  20,  1871,  Almacia  Lane. 

3444.  Henry  Whitney  (Samuel,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Belmont,  Me.,  June  24,  1824;  m.  at  Waldo,  Aug.  12,  1863,  Ellen  M.  Merriam;  b. 
Nov.  14,  1841.     He  d.  Jan.  31,  1868;  res.  Waldo,  Me. 

6256.  i.  Henry,  b.  Nov.  15,  1857;  d.  Apr.  14,  1872;  unm. 

6257.  ii.         Adelbert,  b.  May  29,  1864;  m.  Lena  M.  Haney. 

3447.     George  A.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Moses,  Nathaniel.  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Morrill,  Me.,  Jan.  8,  1835;  m.  Aug.  30,  1863.  Nellie  W.  Thorne;  b.  Saco,  Me., 
Oct.  4,  1841.     He  is  a  merchant;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  918  W.  Lake  street. 
62.58.     i.  George,  b.  1865;  d.  ae.  six  weeks. 

3453.  Silas  Whitney  (Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  at 
Gorham,  Me.,  June  23,  1779;  m.  at  Broomfield,  Me.,  Jan.  12,  1818,  Elvira  J.  Lane,  b. 
Apr.  21,  1799;  she  afterward  m.  2d  Daniel  Williams.  Mrs.  Williams,  who  is  remarkably 
vigorous,  both  physically  and  mentally,  was  born  in  Broomfield,  Me.,  April  21, 1799,  the 
town  at  that  time  being  in  the  district  of  Massachusetts.  Most  of  her  life  has  been 
passed  in  the  Pine  Tree  State,  although  of  late  years  she  has  made  protracted  visits  to 
her  children  and  grandchildren  in  Massachusetts.  She  said  that  she  was  born  in  a  log 
cabin  in  Broomfield,  Me.,  April  21,  1799,  which  was  many  years  before  frame  houses 
were  built  in  that  section  of  Maine.  Her  early  life  was  similar  in  its  history  to  that 
of  all  country  girls.  She  referred,  however,  to  a  dream  when  she  was  but  6  years 
old,  in  which  distinctly  appeared  a  puffing  locomotive  and  a  long  train  of  passenger 
cars.  Up  to  that  time  she  had  never  heard  any  one  speak  of  steam  cars,  carriages, 
in  fact,  being  seldom  seen,  yet  many  years  after,  the  Portland  &  Ogdensburg  rail- 
road was  built,  a  portion  of  the  track  running  across  her  father's  farm.  The  first 
train  she  ever  saw  was  identical  with  the  one  conspicuous  in  her  dream.  Her  father 
was  William  H.  Lane,  who  died  in  Broomfield,  Me.,  aged  93  years.  January  12, 1818, 
Miss  Lane  was  married  to  Silas  Whitney,  with  whom  she  lived  happily  until  his  death 
in  1848.  Nine  children  blessed  the  union,  of  whom  the  following  survive:  Mrs.  Asa 
Fletcher,  of  Solon,  Me.,  aged  72;  Joseph  F.  Whitney,  of  Solon,  Me.,  aged  68;  Mrs. 
Nancy  B.  Redmond,  of  Solon,  Me.,  mother  of  the  late  Charles  C.  Redmond,  of  this 
city,  aged  62;  Mrs.  James  B.  Gilman,  of  Lowell,  aged  58  years;  Mrs.  Emma  A.  Bas- 
sett,  of  Lowell,  aged  56  years;  Eben  A.  Whitney,  of  Madison,  Me.,  aged  53  years, 
who  will  care  for  his  dear  old  mother  the  coming  winter.  Her  second  husband  was 
Daniel  Williams,  of  Embden,  Me.  He  died  in  1875.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer. 
There  were  no  children  by  this  marriage.  Mrs.  Williams  says  that  she  has  27  grand- 
children, and  39  great-grand-children.  She  was  always  an  early  riser,  and  always 
enjoyed  excellent  health  up  to  last  winter,  when  she  was  stricken  with  la  grippe. 
Fortunately  she  recovered  from  the  disease.  She  takes  a  deep  interest  in  current 
events,  and  finds  much  pleasure  in  reading  the  daily  papers.  In  1824  she  joined  the 
the  Methodist  church  in  Broomfield,  and  has  continued  her  membership  up  to 
the  present  time.  Mrs.  Williams  is  descended  from  a  long-lived  race,  her  mother 
being  91  years  old  when  she  died,  and  her  father  93.  Her  aunt,  Mrs.  Abigail  Edge- 
comb,  died  in  Gardiner,  Me,,  a  few  years  ago,  aged  100.  Mrs.  Lucy  Wood,  who  died 
in  Barre,  Vt.,  aged  107  years,  was  a  near  relative  of  Mrs.  Williams.  Silas  died  at 
^oose  River,  Me.,  Nov.  6,  1848;  res.  Gorham,  Me. 

6259.  iii.  Catherine  Grenough,  b.  June  2,  1835;  m.  July  27,  1872,  James 
B.  Gilman;  res.  45  19th  street,  Lowell.  He  was  b.  Nov.  6,  1841, 
at  Tuftonborough,  N.  H.;  is  a  carpenter.  Ch.:  Edith,  b.  June 
19,  1873;  Alice,  b.  July  5,  1875;  J.  Bruce,  b.  Jan.  23,  1878. 

Eben  Augustus,  b.  Oct.  6,  1840;  m.  Ellen  J.  Woodcock. 

Silas  Harding,  b.  Nov.  18,  1818;  went  west. 

Elizabeth  H.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1822;  m.  Asa  Fletcher;  res.  Solon,  Me. 

Josiah  F.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1824;  m.  Mary  Moore. 

Nancy  B.  L.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1831;  m.  Peter  Redmond;  res.  Solon; 
son  Chas.  C;  res.  14  Symonds  street,  Boston,  Mass. 


6260. 

i. 

6261. 

11. 

6262. 

IV. 

6263. 

V. 

^264. 

VI. 

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6265.  vii.       Emma  A.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1837;   m.  M.  L.  Bassett;  res.  Dracut,  Mass. 

6266.  viii.     William  L.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1827;  d.  Nov.  15,  1832. 

6267.  ix.        Elvira  Jane,  b.  July  9.  1823;  d.  Mar.  14,  1824. 

3466.  Williams  Whitney  (Eliab  T.,  Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Newcastle,  Me.,  Aug.  30,  1835;  m.  July  7,  1859,  Rosalina  H.  Merry;  b.  June  2, 
1839;  res.  Bath,  Me.,  136  Commercial  St. 

6268.  i.  Williams,  b.  July  26,  1876;  res.  B. 

6269.  ii.         Walton  L.,  b.  May  17,  188 i;  res.  B. 

6270.  iii.        Annie  C,  b.  Dec.  6,  1859;  m.  Nov.  25,1877,  Graham;  res. 

with  parents. 

6271.  iv.        Rose  E..  b.  Aug.  23,  1866;  m.  Dec.  2, 1885, Leydon;  res.  168 

Water  St.,  Bath. 

3467.  Alpheus  Whitney  (Eliab  T.,  Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Newcastle,  Me.,  Feb.  16,  1840;  m.  Oct.  24,  1884,  Georgia  F.  Hilton;  b.  July 
29,  1857.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  167  55th  St. 

6272.  i.  Eleanor  G.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1886;  d.  Oct.  13, 1886. 

6273.  ii.         Howard,  b.  Dec.  17,  1889;  d.  June  13,  1890. 

3477.  Asa  P.  Whitney  (George  W.,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Bridgton,  Me.,  July  19,  1819;  m.  in  Harrison,  Oct.  18,  1842,  Eunice  C.  Kneeland; 
b.  Nov^.  24,  1818. 

Asa.  P.Whitney,  son  of  Rev.  G.  W.  Whitney,  was  born  in  Bridgton,  Me.,  July 
19,  A.  D.,  1819.  His  early  life,  to  the  age  of  19  years,  was  occupied  mostly  on  the 
farm  and  attending  school,  such  as  town,  district  and  Bridgton  academy  furnished, 
which  for  the  time,  was  considered  quite  good.  Commenced  teaching  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years;  continued  to  teach  till  1845  most  of  the  time.  In  1842  was  married  to 
Miss  Eunice  Kneeland  of  Harrison,  Me.  In  1845  removed  to  Rollinsford,  N.  H., 
then  Salmon  Falls,  and  engaged  in  the  employ  of  the  Salmon  Falls  Manufacturing 
Company,  in  manufacturing  of  cotton  goods.  Remained  there  till  Dec,  1856,  when 
he  engaged  with  the  Pemberton  Manufacturing  Company,  Lawrence,  Mass.  In  1858 
accepted  a  position  in  the  mills  of  Lieutenant-Governor  Hayden,  Haydenville,  Mass. 
In  I860  returned  to  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  engaged  in  the  employ  of  the  Everett 
mills,  in  putting  in  and  startin^r  machinery;  continued  there  till  1863,  when  accepted 
a  position  as  superintendent  of  the  weaving  department  of  the  Boston  Manufactur- 
ing company's  mills  in  Waltham,  Mass.  In  1867  failmg  health  compelled  a  change 
of  business.  After  a  few  months  of  rest  engaged  in  agricultural  business,  having 
purchased  a  stock  and  dairy  farm  in  Harrison,  Me.,  which  he  continued  till  April, 
A.  D.,  1886,  when  he  went  to  Marshall,  Lyon  Co.,  Minn.,  where  he  still  lives,  after 
having  an  active,  busy  life.  Two  sons  have  been  born,  Edward  P.,  who  died 
at  Harrison,  Me.,  at  the  age  of  30  years,  leaving  one  son  who  now  lives  at  Townsend, 
Mass.;  Charles  C,  who  is  living  in  this  place,  aged  47  years.  In  religious  mat- 
ters he  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Free  Baptist  church,  occupying  prominent 
positions  as  a  layman,  at  times  employed  in  home  mission  work.  In  politics  a 
liberty  party  and  freesoiler  till  those  parties  merged  into  the  republican  party. 
Always  a  total  abstainer  from  all  intoxicants  and  believes  in  prohibition  as  the  true 
remedy  for  the  temperance  reform;  res.  Marshall,  Minn. 

6274.  i.  Edward  P.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1843;  m.  Carrie  Whiting. 

6276.     ii.         Charles  C,  b.  Mar.  20,  1846;  m.  Mattie  M.  Hogle  and  Nellie  A. 
Johnson. 

3485.  Major  Alfred  M.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Brooks,  Me.,  lune  5,1804;  m.  Newport,  Me.,  Dec.  14,  1825,  Lucinda 
Ring,  b.  Feb.  7,  1804;  d.  Aug.  17,  1870. 

He  learned  the  trade  of  cloth  fuller  in  his  father's  mill  at  Brooks,  Me.  The 
•work  not  agreeing  with  him,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Somerset  Co.,  and  was  major 
in  the  state  militia,  by  which  title  he  was  known  through  life.  He  was  a  successful 
business  man  and  became  associated  with  General  Cunningham,  of  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  in  vast  land  speculations,  of  which  he  was  the  manager.  Their  interests  in- 
cluded West  \'irginia  and  Lowell,  Mass.  Poughkeepsie  was  the  headquarters,  and 
Mr.  Whitney  moved  his  family  there.  There  were  no  railways  then  and  the  capital- 
ists invested  largely  in  real  estate.  The  Mansion  House  in  Poughkeepsie  was  the 
principal  rendezvous.  It  was  a  grand  hotel  then,  in  1836,  and  the  scene  of  much 
gaiety.  Among  others  with  whom  Major  Whitney  was  associated  were  Gen.  Walter 
Cunningham,Judge  James  Emott,  the  \'an  Rennsalers,  Millard  Fillmore,  Wm.  H.Sew- 
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6276. 

i. 

6277. 

n. 

6278. 

in. 

410  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

ard  (who  settled  in  Auburn  to  manage  some  of  their  landed  affairs),  Hon.  Meron  R. 
Strong  and  other  leading  lawyers  of  New  York  City.     Mr.  Whitney  was  a  very  modest 
and  retiring  man  and  took  no  pride  in  any  public  matter  except  in  Masonry.     He  was 
the   master  of  the  lodge  wherever  he  resided.     He  also  took  pride  in  his  military 
career.     He  was  married  in  Newport,  Me.,  and  resided  in   Fairfield,  where  he  had 
charge  of  the  cloth  mill,  and  remained  there  until  his  removal  to  Poughkeepsie  in 
1886,  where  he  resided  until  1841,  when  he  moved  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  then  to  West 
Virginia,  where  he  managed  large  landed  interests  and  some  mills,  then  to  Champaign, 
111.,  and  finally  to  Chicago,  where  he  died.     He  was  interred  with  masonic  honors  at 
Rose  Hill.     One  who  knew  him  intimately  says  he  was  one  of  the  ablest  business 
men  he  ever  knew,  but  too  visionary  and  too  modest.     He  made  fortunes  for  others, 
but  when  he  made  one  for  himself,  as  he  frequently  did,  he  branched  out  and  got 
"squeezed."     He  has  owned  property  in  his  day,  which  had  he  held,  would  have 
made  his  heirs  immensely  rich.     He  was  a  most  generous  man  in  all  ways;  he  has 
helped  make  the  political  success  of  many  men,  but  never  took  anything  himself, 
except  mayor  of  his  city  or  justice  of  the  peace.     He  was  on  the  point  of  becoming 
county  judge  of  Champaign  Co.,  111.,  when  it  was  found  that  he  had  not  gained  a  resi- 
dence there.     He  d.  May  3,  1866;  res.  Detroit,  Me.,  and  Chicago,  111. 
Samuel,  b.  May  12,  1828;  d.  Sept.  30,  1829. 
Henry  C,  b.  Feb.  23,  1831;  m.  Sarah  A.  Snyder. 
Mary  Franxes,  b.  Mar.  2,  1833;  m.  at  Guyandotte,  W.  Va.,  1850, 
Marcus  Fee;    res.  San  Francisco,  Cal.     She   was   educated    at 
Felicity  seminary  in  Ohio. 
6279.     iv.        Sarah  Jane,  b.  Dec.  26,  1835;  m.  1850,  William  B.  Fowler;  res. 
114  Throop  St..  Chicago,  111.     She  d.  Dec.  12,  1873,  s.  p.     Edu- 
cated  at   Felicity   sem.     Stepson,    Chas.  W.,  216  Fremont  St., 
Chicago,  111. 

3495.  Albion  Paris  Whitney  (Samuel,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Brooks,  Me.,  Aug.  8,  1822;  m.  Sept.  12,  1S47,   Mary  Jane  Pease;  b.  June  30, 

1824;  d. ;  m.  2d,  Apr.,  1864,  at  Barto.n,  N.  H.,  Nancy  F.   McEwen;  b.  June  24, 

1843.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1868;  was  drowned  in  Lake  Mich.;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

6280    i.  Albion  Paris,  b.  Jan.  20,  1869  (posthumous);  m.  at  Columbus,  O., 

Augusta  Friedmpn;  b.  Nov.  2,  1868;  s.  p.;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  181 
Dearborn  Ave.     Trav.  salesman. 
George  A.,  b.  July  5,  1849;  m.  Dec.  16, 1879;  res.  Peabody,  Mass., 

40  Central  St. 
William  A.,  b.  Sept.  19,  1854;  m.  Nov.  7,  1875;  res.  Lawrence, 

Mass.,  43  Butler  St. 
Laura  P.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1856;  res.  Lynn,  Mass.,  122  Chatham  St. 
Clarence  M.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1860;  m.  July  21,  1887,  Elizabeth  Jack- 
son; b.  June  17,  1851;  res.  s.  p.  127  South  St.,  Jamaica  Plain, 
Mass. 

3497.  Nelson  Whitney  (John,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Thoriidike,  Me.,  1812;  m.  Dorothy  Dwelley;  res.  Newport  and  Stillwater,  Ale. 

6285.  i.  John  Howard,  b. ;  m.  Mary  E.  Tarleton. 

6286.  ii.         Wm.  Butler,  b. ;  res.  Upper  Stillwater,  Me. 

8503.  Nathaniel  W^hitney  (Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Standish,  Me.;  m.  there,  Zilphia  Marten.     He  d.  1845;  res.  Standish,  Me. 

6287.  i.  Reuben,  b.  July  1,  1795;  m.  Jane  Whitmore  and  Phebe  Dear- 

born. 

6288.  ii.         Simeon,  b.  Apr.  12,  1799;  m.  Joanna  Shaw;  was  living  in  1875. 

6289.  iii.        James,  b.  - — — ^.     He  was  a  farmer,  and  inherited  his  father's 

farm  in  Standish. 

6290.  iv.        Hannah,  b. .  6292.    vi.        Joanna,  b. . 

6291.  V.         Nancy,  b. . 

8504.  Reuben  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Standish,  Me.,  1764;  m.  at  Litchfield,  1797,  Mercy  Baker;  b.  1778,  at  Dres- 
den, Me.;  d.  at  East  Pittston,  Me.,  Mar.  1840.  He  was  a  wheelwright  by  trade.  He 
d.  Feb.  13,  1836;  res.  Litchfield,  Me. 

6293.  i.         Levi,  b.  Nov.  27, 1800;  m.  Mary  Hutchings,  and  Hannah  Whitney. 

6294.  ii.        Simeon,  b. .  6296.    iv.       Gorham,  b. . 

6295.  iii.       Otis,  b. .  6297.    v.        Reuben,  b. . 


6281. 

ii. 

6282. 

iii 

6283. 
6284. 

iv 

V. 

6301. 

]. 

6302. 

ii. 

6303. 

in. 

6304. 

iv. 

6305. 

V. 

6306. 

VI. 

6307. 

vii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  411 

6298.  vi.       Abel,  b.  Sept.  16,  1811;  m.  Mar.  14,  1833,  Lydia  B.  Smith;  b.  July 

22,  1808.  He  was  a  cooper,  and  d.  s.  p.  at  Gardiner,  Me.,  July  8, 
1892. 

6299.  vii.      Sally  H.,  b.  July  10,  1809;  m.  Nov.  29,  1829,  Nathaniel  Decker,  b. 

Apr.  7,  1806;  d.  Oct.  16,  1848.  He  was  a  cooper.  Ch.:  Claflin 
A.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1830;  d.  May  22,  1832;  Clinton,  b.  Aug.  7,  1832; 
Lucy  E.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1835;  Mary  E.,  b.  July  25,  1837;  d.  Jan.  8, 
1880;  Rebecca  W.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1839;  Eliza  L.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1841; 
Nathaniel,  b.  Apr.  7,  1845;  d.  Apr.  27,  1846. 

6300.  viii.    Rebecca,  b.  1814. 

3506.  Levi  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Gorham,  Me.,  May  l.S,  1778;  m.  at  Cape  Cod,  Sept.,  1801,  Happy  Higgins;  b.  Cape 
Cod,  Apr.  17,  1781;  d.  in  1856.     He  d.  in  1855;  res.  Standish,  Me. 

Abel,  b.  Mar.,  1810;  m.  Sarah  Cole. 

Phinehas,  b. . 

Obediah,  b. . 

Joseph,  b.  Dec.  28,  1813;  m.  Harriett  Morse;  res.  Sanford,  Me. 

Levi,  b. .  6308.     viii.    Ann,  b. . 

Frances,  b. .  6309.    ix.       Lucetta.  b. . 

Isaac,  b. . 

8.507.  Beriah  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Joel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Jonesboro,  Me.,  June  25,  1802;  m.  there  Lucy  Hall;  b.  Apr.  11,  1805. 

He  was  a  lumberman;  was  born  at  Jonesboro.  His  wife  was  a  dau.  of  William 
S.  and  Mercy  C.  Hall,  and  was  born  in  Addison,  Me.  They  settled  in  St.  Stephens, 
N.  B.,  opposite  Milltown,  in  Calais,  Me.;  res.  Milltown,  Calais,  Me. 

6310.  i.  Henry  A.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1834;  m.  Margaret  Jane  Lindsay. 

6311.  ii.         Horace  H.,b.  Jan.  11,  1836;  res.  Milltown,  N.  B. 

6312.  iii.        Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  July  14,  1838;  d.  at  St.  Stephens,  Aug.  31, 

1865. 

6313.  iv.        W.M.  Sprague,  b.  June,  1S41 ;  d.  Nov.  8,  1842. 

6314.  v.         Chas.  Fred'k,  b.  Jan.  6,  1847;  res.  .Moncton,  N.  B. 

3.508.  Madison  Whitney  (Paul,  Joel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  St. 
Stephens,  N.  B.,  Jan.  3,  1813;  m.  at  Calais,  Me.,  Joanna  Carpenter. 

He  was  born  at  St.  Stephens,  N.  B.,  and  resided  at  Milltown  in  Calais,  Me.  He 
went  west  and  was  massacred  by  the  Indians  at  Tuson,  Sonora,  Mexico.  He  d. 
July  3,  1854;  res.  Calais,  Me. 

6315.  i.  Frank  Irving,  b. ;  res.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Mich.  Cent.    R.   R. 

6316.  ii.         Mary  Emeline,  b. ;  res.  Brooklyn,  Mich. 

3511.  Charles  Thaxter  Whitney  (Joel,  Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Phillips,  Me.,  Sept.  18,  1817;  m.  at  Waterville,  Me.,  Apr.  5,  1^49,  Martha  C. 
Thayer.     He  d.  Nov.  2,  1865;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

6317.  i.  Fred  B.,  b.  ;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

6318.  ii.         Ada  E.,  b. ;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

6319.  iii.        Florence  E.,  b. ;  m, Allen;  res.  St.  Paul. 

3513.  Joel  Emmons  Whitney  (Joel,  Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Phillips,  Me.,  May  18,  1822;  m.  Oct.  6, 1865,  Elsie  Ayer;  b.  Unity,  Me.,  Jan.  20, 1832, 

He  was  born  in  Phillips,  Me.;  was  a  merchant  miller.  He  resided  in  Plymouth, 
Me.,  from  1838  to  1850,  and  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  until  1871;  then  moved  to  Atlanta, 
Ga.  In  1873  he  moved  to  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  where  he  now  resides;  res.  Chatta- 
nooga, Tenn. 

6320.  i.  Sam  Willey,  b.  Oct.  13,  1867. 

6321.  ii.        Joe  Leibbie,  b.  Jan.  12,  1873. 

3530.  Benjamin  Dexter  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Micah,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Madrid,  Me.,  Dec.  25,  1841;  m.  Aug.  6,  1865,  at  Phillips,  Me.,  Annis 
B.  Ross;  b.  Apr.  17,  1847.  He  is  a  millwright  and  mechanical  engineer;  res.  Gardiner, 
Me. 

6322.  i.         William  Dexter,  b.  July  11,  1871;  is  an  attorney,  of  the  firm  of 

Spear,  Andrews  &  Whitney;  res.  Gardiner. 

6323.  ii.        Benjamin  Fred,  b.  July  6,  1887;  res.  G. 


6324. 

i. 

6325. 

11. 

6326. 

iii. 

6327. 

iv. 

6328. 

V. 

6329. 

VI. 

6330. 

Vll. 

6331. 

viii. 

6332. 

IX. 

6333. 

X. 

412  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3537.  Abner  Whitney  (Jesse,  Daniel,  Abner,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Dec.  21,  1800,  Saco,  Me.;  m.  there  INIary  Grapham.  He  was  a  mariner.  He  d.  Aug. 
26, 1855;  res.  m  Maine. 

Thomas  C,  b. ;  d.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Mary,  b. ;  m. Blaisdell;  res.  Chichester,  N.  H.;2ch.; 

Susan  Cranford,  res.  Dayton,  Ore.;  Georgiana,  m.  and  res.  C. 

Susan,  b. ;  m. Highby;  res.  Salem,  Mass. 

Hannah,  b. ;  m. Marsh.     She  d.  San  Francisco.  Ch.: 

Lizzie,  b. ;  m.  Jules  Smith;  res.  S.  F. 

Cynthia,  b. ;  m. Lake;  res.  Norwell,  Mass. 

Benjamin  S.,  b. ;  d.  Honolulu,  S.  I. 

Francis,  b.  Oct.  24,  1836;  m.  Margarette  L.  Rix. 

Franklin,  b.  Oct.  24,  1836;  lost  at  sea  in  1855. 

Elias,  b ;  res.  Norfolk,  Va. 

Eunice,  b. ;  m. Crawford;  d.  Dayton,  Ore. 

3558  Zachariah  Leach  Whitney  (Isaac  L.,  Isaac,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Gorham,  Me.,  Dec.  17,  1807;  m.  at  Gray,  Oct.  21,  1832,  Elizabeth 
Cambridge  Havden;  b.  1811;  d.  Sept.  3,  1888.  He  d.  Dec.  9,  1888;  res.  Raymond, 
Me. 

6334.  i.         Augustus  Hervey,  b.  Oct.  14,  1835;  m.  Fannie  M.  Garland. 

6335.  ii.        Joseph  N.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1836;  m.  Charlotte  S.  Burroughs  in  Treas. 

Dept.  at  Wash.,  D.  C. 

6336.  iii.        Lucy  A.,  b.  June  24,  1838;  m.  Berry;  res.  Bridgton,  Me. 

6337.  iv.       Maria  A.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1839;  d. 1862. 

6338.  V.        Walter  I.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1844;  m.  Hattie  L.  Lamond. 

6339.  vi.       Clara  L.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1851;  m.   F.  H.   Brown;  res.   Bridgton,   Me. 

3562.  Constant  Hopkins  Whitney  (Sewell  Pitt,  Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Freeman,  Me.,  Apr.  17,  1824;  m.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Apr.  17,  1854, 
Elizabeth  Potter.     He  was  a  farmer;  res.  ]\lapleton,  Minn.,  s.  p. 

3563.  John  Converse  Whitney  (Sewell  Pitt,  Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Freeman.  Me.,  May  7,  1822;  m.  at  Salem,  IVIe.,  Lucy  Soule;  b. 
May  19,  1831;  d.  Sept.  18,  1878.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Salem,  Me.,  and  Markesau, 
Green  Lake,  E.  Wis. 

6;^0.     i.         John  L.,  b. ;  res.  Simpson,  Minn. 

6341.  ii.        Ralph  W.,  b.  July  12,  1865;  m.  Carrie  B.  Richards. 

3569.  George  Edwin  Whitney  (George  W.,  Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Phillips,  Me.,  Sept.  19,  1836;  m.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  1865, 
Mary  L.  Swearingen;  b.  Jan.  16,  1841.  He  was  an  attorney  and  d.  in  Washington,  D. 
C,  while  on  a  business  trip.     He  d.  Apr.  25, 1893;  res.,  Oakland,  Cal.,  578  8th  street. 

6342.  i.         Isabel  Violet,  b.  May  6,  1866. 

6343.  ii.        Charlotte  Anita,  b.  July  7,  1867. 

6844.  iii.  Stephanie,  b.  Oct.  22,1869;  m.  June  6,  1892,  Seymour  Cunning- 
ham; res.  Washington,  D.  C,  1723  K  St.  Ch.:  Cecil  b.  Mar.  8, 
1893;  Macklin.b.  Feb.  21,  1894. 

6345.  iv.       George  Swearingen,  b.  Apr.  23, 1872. 

6346.  V.         Mary,  b.  Mar.  19, 187.5. 

6347.  vi.        Ethel,  b.  Apr.  19,  1878. 

6348.  vii.      Cecil  Roberta,  b.  Apr.  20,  1885;  d.  May  13,  1887. 

3571.  Dr.  Henry'  Augustus  Whitney  (George  W.,  Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Nov.  28,  1841,  at  Phillips,  Me.;  m.  Mar.  20,  1889,  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  Virginia  Tierman;  b.  Jan.,  1858;  res.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

6349.  i.  Frank  T.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1890. 

3573.  Frederick  Eugene  Whitney  (George  W.,  Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Farmington,  Me.,  Nov.  26, 1850;  m.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Mar.  18, 1884, 
Edith  Adams;  b.  April  25,  1859.  He  was  graduated  at  Bowdoin  college,  and  is  now 
practicing  law  in  Oakland,  906  Broadway;  res.  Oakland,  Cal. 

6350.  i.  Fred'k  Adams,  b.  Apr.  5,  1885. 

6351.  ii.         Edna,  b.  Apr.  30,  1887. 

3575.  Edward  Hiram  Whitney  (Hiram,  Henry,  Isaac,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1845;  m.  at  Bridgewater,  Sept.  16, 1876,  Emma  Louise 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  413 


6353. 

6354. 

ii. 

6355. 

Ill 

6356. 

IV, 

6357. 

V. 

Williams;  b.  Oct.  8, 1853.     He  is  lieut,  of  Boston  fire  department;  res.  So.  Boston, 
Mass.,  456  W.  4th  street. 

6352.     i.  Blanche  Ardell,  b.  Nov.  16,  1877;  res.  148  K  street,  So.  B. 

3576.  Ethan  Whitney  (Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Apr.  22,  1788;  m.  Jan.  7, 1810,  Betsey  Mellen  Green;  b.  in  Mendon, 
Nov.  22,  1792.  He  d.  July,  1823,  in  Boston.  She  was  m.  2d,  Sept.  9,  1827,  Micah 
Bent,  and  d.  Aug.  22,  1871,  in  Bellingham;  res.  Milford,  Mass. 

Nelson,  b.  May  5,  1811;  m.  Ruth  M.  Guild. 
Harriet,  b.  Apr.  9,  1813;  d.  unm. 
Willis,  b.  1815;  d.  Sept.  11,  1817. 

Dexter,  b. ;  m.  Adeliza  Cook. 

Ethan,  b. ;  res.  72  Downing  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

3578.  Jesse  Whitney  (Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Oct.  12,  1790;  m.  June  12,1817,  Rebecca  Fisk;  b.  1800;  d.  Aug.  10, 
1871.     They  resided  on  the  old  homestead.     He  d.  Feb.  1,  1850;  res  Milford,  Mass. 

6358.  i  RowANNA  Se.mira,  b.  Aug.  28,  1820;    m.  Sept.    18,  1872,  Israel 

Patch,  s.  p.;  res.  E.  Main  St.,  Milford,  Mass. 

3577.  Luther  Whitney  (Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Conway,  Mass.,  Aug.  20,  1782;  m.  Jan.,  1803,  Hannah  Witter;  d.  Oct.  25, 1824; 
m.  2d,  Sept.  20,  1827,  Hannah  L.  Smalley;  b.  Aug.  8, 1794;  d.  Feb.  27, 1875.  Mr.  Luther 
Whitney  was  one  of  the  early  pioneers  coming  with  his  father  to  Seneca  from 
Conway,  Mass.,  when  but  nine  years  of  age.  Through  a  long  eventful  life  of  over 
four  score  and  ten  years  he  saw  the  country  changed  from  a  wilderness  to  one  of  the 
finest  agricultural  regions  in  the  state.  He  helped  to  clear  a  large  tract  of  land, 
always  living  on  the  farm  which  he  cleared.  During  the  war  of  1812  he  was  stationed 
for  some  time  at  Niagara.     He  d.  May  17,  1878;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

6359.  i.  Harriett  P.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1834;  m.  Mar.  5,  1862,  Cyrus  Bray.     She 

d.  Mar.  18,  1889.  He  was  b.  Apr.  10,  1835.  Is  a  farmer;  res. 
Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Fred  C,  b.  Aug.  2,  1865;  d.  Oct.  31, 
1889;  Charlotte  C,  b.  Dec.  18,  1866;  unm.  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N. 
Y.;  Luther  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  19,  1873.  Mrs.  Bray  was  refined 
and  gifted,  by  her  death  the  church  and  Sabbath-school  lost  a 
cheerful  worker,  faithful  teacher  and  trusted  friend. 

Cyrus,  b.  Mar.  4,  1804;  d.  Sept.  4,  1806. 

Susan,  b.  Feb.  6,  1806;  d.  June  29,  1806. 

George,  b.  Apr.  1,  1808;  m.  Dolly  Barden. 

Polly,  b.  Apr.  24,  1810;  d.  Apr.  6,  1830. 

Nathan,  b.  June  2,  1812;  m.  Betsey  E.  Scotford. 

Luther,  b.  Aug.  18,  1814;  d.  May  15,  1823. 

David,  b.  June  6,  1817;  m.  twice  and  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  26,  1864. 

Hannah,  b.  Mar.  12,  1819;  m.  at  York,  Mich.,  in  1841,  Eber  Brad- 
ley. She  d.  Feb. 21,  1888;  res.  York,  Mich.  Ch.:  Julia  Gilmore; 
res.  Lake  Ridge,  Mich.;  Luther  E.;  res.  Owosso,  Mich.;  Emily 
Douglass;  res.  Church's  Corners,  Mich.;  Alba  O.;  res.  York, 
Mich. 

6368.  X.         DoLLV,  b.  July  14,  1821;  m.  Aug.  19,  1844,  David  S.  Crozier;  res. 

Benton  Center,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  July  28,  1826;  d.  July  14,  1893; 
s.  p.;  was  a  farmer. 

6369.  xi.       Matilda,  b.  Apr.  28,  1823;  d.  Feb.  23,  1825. 

6370.  xii.      Cornelia  H.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1829;  m.  Dec.  11,  1845,  Charles  Parshall; 

res.  S.  C.     Ch.:  Frank  L.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1857;  res.  S.  C;  unm. 

6371.  xiii.     Tacey,  b.  Apr.  7, 1832;  unm.;  res.  S.  C. 

3578.  Otis  Whitney  (Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Conway,  Mass.,  Oct.  19,  1786;  m.  Mar.  1,  1815,  at  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Betsey  Hawley;  b. 
Sept.  10,  1795;  d.  Jan.  29,  1877.  He  was  born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  and  when  six  years 
of  age  moved  with  his  parents  to  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  to  which  place  they  were 
among  the  first  pioneers.  In  1831,  with  bis  wife,  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  for  over  fifty  years  was  one  of  the  elders.  He  was  a  most  valued  coun- 
sellor to  his  pastor  and  the  session,  wise,  prudent  and  thoughtful,  discreet  and  chari- 
table.    He  d.  Jan.  25,  1885;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

6372.  i.         COLU^]BUS  C.,b.  Oct.  9,  1819;  m.  Evealine  Yeakley,  Jane  Yeakley 

and  Elizabeth  E.  Brown. 


6360. 

ii. 

6361. 

HI. 

6362, 

iv. 

6363. 

V. 

6364. 

vi. 

6365. 

vii. 

6366. 

vni 

6367. 

IX. 

414  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6373.  ii.        Louisa  M.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1816;  m.  Nov.  15,  1843,  Walter  D.  Wilson 

She  d.  Sept.  20,  1890.  He  was  b.  Apr.  3, 1824.  Ch.:  Walter,  b 
Feb.  1,  1848;  d.  same  day;  Ella  L.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1849;  m.  Wm.  H 
Chapin;  Emma  Martha,  b.  Feb.  16,  1852;  d.  Oct.  9,  1852. 

6374.  iii.       Julia  Ann,  b.  Oct.  8,  1817;  m.  May  12,  1841,  Tyler  H.  Abbey 

res.  Watkins,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  May  8,  181.5.  Ch.:  Norman 
Whitney,  b.  June  25,  1842;  unm.;  Harvey  Smith,  b.  July  27, 1844 
m.  Celestia  A.  Frost;  Albert  Tyler,  b.  Mar.  10,  1846;  m.  Sarah 
W.  Willis;  Edmund  Wm.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1848;  m.  Mary  A.  Har- 
nill;  Hadyn  Webster,  b.  Dec.  23,  1849;  Julia  Amanda,  b.  June 
12,  1852;  Otis  Geo.  Fred,  b.  Dec. 22,  1854;  d.  Oct.  27,  1891. 

6375.  iv.       Otis,  b.  June  13, 1821;  m.  Harriett  N.  Barnes. 

6376.  V.        Martha,  b.  June  15,  1823;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

6377.  vi.       Mary,  b.  Feb.  1.3,  1825;    m.  Feb.  1847,  Jonathan  H.  Wilder;  b. 

July  18,  1822;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

6378.  vii.      Levi  H..  b.  Apr.  14,  1827;  d.  July  30,  1884. 

6379.  viii.    Olive  Hawlev.  b.  Dec.  22,  1828;  m.  Dec.  6,  1849,  John  Smith. 

She  d.  July  31,  1867.  Ch.:  Wm.,  Alice,  Ellen,  Esther,  Fred- 
eric, Julia. 

6380.  ix.       Sarah  T.,  b.  Nov.  22, 1830;  d. . 

6381.  X.        Ellen   A.,  b.   Nov.  21,   1832;    m.  Oct.  24,   1861,  Beekman  Van 

Gelder;  b.  Apr.  27,  1835;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Bertha 
Louise,  b.  July  10,  1863;  m.  Dec.  14,  1887,  Albert  Carl  Ottley; 
Edward,  b.  Aug.  18,  1865;  d.  Oct.  28,  1865;  Harvey  Whitney,  b. 
Jan.  6,  1869. 

6382.  xi.       Edward  W.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1834;  m.  Kate  Chapin;  d.  Feb.  29,  1884. 

6383.  xii.      Norman  S.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1839;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

3579.  Jonathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 

John),  b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1793;  m.  Betsey .     He  d.  May  25,  1875;  res. 

Albion,  N.  Y. 

6384.  i.  Jonas,  b.  Mar.  15,  1824;  m.  Emeline  Pollay. 

6385.  ii.         Stephen  N.,b.  Albion,  1831;  m.Janette  Hill.    They  res.  in  Albion. 

He  d.  s.  p.  1885. 

3580.  Col.  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Conway,  Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1791;  m.  at  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  1811,  Sarah 
Gray;  b.  Jan.  16,  1791;  d.  Apr.  23,  1864. 

Col.  Nathan  opened  a  farm  near  Allison,  N.  Y.,  and  another  at  Elba,  N.  Y.  He 
first  visited  Lee  county,  111.,  in  1835,  and  later  in  1836  and  1837,  his  family  following  in 
1838.  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  to  organize  the  county  of  Lee,  and  since 
then  held  the  office  of  county  commissioner.  His  nursery  was  the  first  north  of  the 
Illinois  river.  From  De  Witt  Clinton,  governor  of  New  York,  he  has  three  military 
commissions,  those  of  captain,  lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  the  oldest  Mason  in  the  Northwest.  During  the  Morgan  excitement  he  was 
among  the  "faithless  faithful  found."  Colonel  Nathan  Whitney  was  tendered  a  recep- 
tion in  Jan.,  1891,  by  his  Masonic  brothers  at  his  home  in  Franklin  Grove,  it  being 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  his  birth,  and  prominent  Masons  from  Chicago, 
Dixon,  Ashton,  Creston,  Amboy,  De  Kalb  and  Sterling  were  present.  A.  B.  Fitch,  in 
behalf  of  Nathan  Whitney  Chapter,  No.  129,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  named  in  honor  of 
Father  Whitney,  presented  him  with  a  solid  silver  platter  suitably  inscribed.  Let- 
ters and  telegrams  of  congratulation  poured  in  upon  Father  Whitney  all  day.  Over 
two  hundred  guests  and  four  generations  sat  down  to  a  bounteous  repast.  He  served 
in  the  war  of  1812  and  was  mentioned  for  brave  service  in  the  battle  at  Fort  Erie. 
He  was  one  of  the  oldest  Masons  in  the  state  at  the  time  of  his  death,  having  received 
his  first  degree  in  1817.  He  d.  June  11,  1891;  res.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  and  Franklin 
Grove,  111. 

6386.  i.         De  Witt  Clinton,  b.  1812;  d.  young. 

6387.  ii.         Olive,  b.  July  14,  1814;  m.  Dec,  1831,  at  Carevville,  Jesse   L. 

Knowlton.    She  d.  Feb.  14,  1890.     He  d.  s.  p.  June  25,  1883. 

6388.  iii.        Polly  G.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1816;  m.  Sept.,  18:34,  in  Careyville,  N.  Y., 

Wm.  Smith,  merchant;  res.  Dixon,  111.  Ch.:  Harriett,  b.  Nov., 
1839;  d.  1853. 

6389.  iv.        Fidelia,  b.  Apr.  10,  1818;  m.  in  Unionville,  O.,  Nov.,  1837,  Dr. 

Jerome  B.  Gregory.  She  d.  Apr.,  1861.  Ch.:  Jerome  B.,  b.  May, 
1850;  m.,  and  d.  Dec,  1883;  his  widow  res.  608  7th  St.,  Peoria,  111. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


415 


6390.  V.         Cornelia,  b.  Apr.  10,  1818;  m.  May  15,  1844,  Abram  Brown;  res. 

Dixon.  He  was  b.  Nov.  17,  1816.  Ch.:  Virginia  H.,  b.  Aug.  21, 
1846,  Dixon,  111.;  Olga,  b.  Apr.  2,  1849,  Dixon,  111.;  Mary,  b.  Sept. 
30,  1850,  Dixon,  111.;  Charles  Abram,  b.  Oct.  17,  1852;  d.  Sept.  20. 
1855;  Henry  Ammi,  b.  Aug.  10,  1855,  Dixon,  111.;  George  Mar- 
shall, b.  Nov.  10,  1857,  Van  Buren,  Ark.;  Mary,  m.  Oct.  1,  1881; 
Henry  A.,  m.  June  17,  1884. 

6391.  vi.        Harriett,  b.  Mar.,  1820;  m.  Jan.  20, 1840,  James  McKinney;  res. 

Dixon. 

6392.  vii.      Eliza  Ann,  b.  Nov.,  1821;  m.  Sept.,  1842;  D.  B.  McKinney;  res. 

Dixon. 

6393.  viii.     Alexas  R.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1824;  m.  Mary  J.  Oakley. 

6394.  ix.        Hellen,  b.  1826;  d.  young. 

6395.  X.        Nathan,  b.  1824;  d.  young. 

3581.  Cheeney  Whitney  (Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  21,  1795;  m.  there  June  26,  1817;  Olive  Colwell;  b.  Mar. 
19,  1801;  d.  Apr.  28,  1886. 

He  was  born  at  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  the  seventh  child  of  Nathan  and  Olive 
{Whitney)  Whitney  and  dred  m  his  91st  year.  Had  he  been  spared  a  little  longer  he 
would  have  celebrated  the  sixty-ninth  anniversary  of  his  wedding.  His  life  and 
character  are  worthy  of  emulation.  He  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  in  1831, 
and  from  that  time  adorned  the  profession  he  made  by  a  humble,  kindly,  cheerful 
and  most  devout  life.  He  was  honored  and  beloved  by  the  entire  community  who 
accorded  to  him  the  affectionate  title  of  Uncle  Cheeney.  He  was  interested  in  every- 
thing that  pertained  to  the  moral  and  spiritual  welfare  of  others.  Was  a  farmer  on 
a  large  scale.  In  1831  she  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  and  ever  after  was  a 
devout  member.     He  d.  Feb.  10,  1886;  res.  Seneca,  N.  Y. 

Daniel  H.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1819;  m.  Susannah  De  Graff,  Martha  Van 

Gelder,  and  Sarah  Van  Gelder. 
Anna,  b.  Mar.  25,  1821;  d.  Oct.  23,  1822. 
Hachaliah,  b.  Aug.  30,  1823;  m.  Matilda  Vrooman  and  Hannah 

C.  Stevens. 
Sidney,  b.  Aug.  20,  1824;  m.  Amelia  Van  Gelder. 
Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  16, 1826;  m.  Oct.  28,  1847,  John  De  Graff,  b.  Apr. 
28,  1825;  d.  Jan.  7,  1893.     She  d.  Apr.  1,  1876.     Ch.:  Florence,  b. 
Aug.  19,  1860;  m.  Mar.  2,  1893,  Isaac  Clarke. 
Sophronia  B.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1828;  m.  Sept.  1,  1852,  Willard  McGreg- 
ory,  b.  1824.    Ch.:  Willie,  b.  Aug.  24,  1859;  res.  South  Pasadena, 
Cal. 
Byron,  b.  Sept.  4,  1830;  m.  Mary  C.  Leeson. 
Emogene,  b.  Oct.  24,  1833;  d.  May  9,  1853. 
Cheeney  P.,  b.  June  10,  1836;  m.  Mary  C.  Chapman. 


6396. 

6397. 
6398. 

6399. 
6400. 


6401. 


6402. 
6403. 
6404. 


11. 
iii. 


IV. 
V. 


VI. 


Vll. 

viii. 
ix. 


3586.  Col.  Joel  Whitney  (Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  1,  1796; 
m.  Apr.  3, 1817,  Esther  Belding;  b.  Nov.  27, 1796;  d.  Apr.  24, 
1867. 

Joel  Whitney,  born  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  was  a  farmer 
and  resided  all  his  life  on  his  farm,  about  four  miles  west 
of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  New  York  state 
militia  service  about  1835,  and  was  always  known  and 
addressed  thereafter  as  Col.  Whitney.  He  never  held  any 
other  public  position.  He  died  aged  85  years  10  months 
and  11  days.     He  d.  Jan.  12,  1882;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 


6403a. 


1. 


6404a.  ii. 
6405.  iii. 

6406a.  iv. 


6407a.  V. 


Oscar,  b.  Sept.  26,  1817;  m.  Elizabeth 

R.  Crosby. 
Infant,  b.  Nov.  24, 1818;  d.  Nov  25, 1818. 
Lemuel   Parkhurst,  b.  Jan.  8,  1820; 

m.  Elmira  Colwell. 
Sibyl  Lyman,  b.  Sept.  15,1821;  m.  Sept. 

3, 1841,  Oliver  S.  Colwell;  res.  Hudson, 
Mich. 
Wells,  b.  Sept.  24,  1823;  m.  Demis   Holmes,  Laura  Potter, 

Em.eline  Shattuck. 


COL.  JOEL  WHITNEY. 


and 


416  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6408a.  vi.       Ann  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  24, 1825;  m.  Oct.  2. 1844,  Albert  Benjamin.  She 

d.  Mar.  10,  1890;  res.  Reading,  Mich.     Ch.:  Hattie  E.,b. ; 

res.  Reading. 
6409a.  vii.      Esther  Augusta,  b.  Apr.  24,  1828,  m.  Mar.  6,  1850,  Charles  Dar- 

row;  res.  118  Pulteney  St.  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Nov.  5, 1814; 

d.  Feb.  1.  1860.     Ch.;    Charles  H.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1857;  m.  June  16, 

1880,  Hattie  C.  Bennett,  wife  of  C.  H.  D.,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 

Feb.  24,  1859;  ch.,  H.  Whitney,  b.  May  16,  1881,  and  Mary  A.,  b. 

Sept.  19,  1894.      Occupation  of  Charles  H.  Darrow,  nurseryman 

and  fruit  grower.     Address,  Geneva. 
6410a.  viii.     Joel  Belding,  b.  June  2,  1880;  d.  unm.  Jan.  7,  1883. 
6411a.  ix.        Charles  Carroll,  b.  Oct.  2,  1882;  m.  Marion  Clarke  and  Julia 

L.  Brown. 
6412a.  X.         Amelia   Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  6,  1834;    m.  Nov.  2,  1853,  J.  Wesley 

Runyan.     She  d.  Dec.  13,  1855,  s.  p. 
6413a.  xi.       William  Henry,  b.  Apr.  28,  1837;  ni.  Lavina  H.  Fiero. 
6414a.  xii.      Mary  Frances,  b.  Dec.  31,  1840;  res.  Geneva,  N.  Y.   Add.,  P.  O. 

box  377. 

3595.  Thfodoi 
Johi 
W; 
Aug.  26,  1795;  d.  May,  1875."  He  d.  Nov.  30,  1850;  res.  Niagara,  _  . 

6406.  i.  JOHN,  b.  Apr.  24,  1828;  m.  Elizabeth  A.  Garrett. 

6407.  ii.  "Electa  Ann,  b.  Aug.  6,  1826;  d.  Jan.  25,  1843. 

6408.  iii.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  19,  1828;  d.  Sept.  22,  1853. 

6409.  iv.  Theodore,  b.  Jan.  23,  1830;  d.  1839. 

6410.  V.  Chas.  Field,  b.  Nov.  22,  1831;  m.  Charlotte  W.  Crittenden. 

6411.  vi.  Ellen  Experience,  b.  Feb.  15  183  ;  d.  young. 

6412.  vii.  Ellen,  b.  Mar.  2,  1835;  m.  Nov.  14,  1855,  Geo.  B.  Force,  who  was 

killed  at  the  battle  of  Antietam  and  left  one  son,  Chas.  C;  res. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

6413.  viii.      Ami,  b.  May  24,  1837;  m.  Catherine  Rose  Mills. 

6414.  ix.        Infant  SoN.b.  May  23,  1839;  d.  May  24,  1839. 

3596.  Jasper  Whitney'  (Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  8,  1803;  m.  in  Ohio,  Feb.  13,  1826,  Elizabeth  Gunwer;  b.  1809 
in   Berne,  Switzerland;  d.  Wood  County,  Ohio,  Oct.  18,  1886. 

Jasper  Whitney  was  a  native  of  New  York  state,  and  at  one  time  resided  in 
Thompson,  O.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  early  settlers.  He  was  at  one  time  taken 
suddenly  ill  and  after  a  short  illness  died.  The  neighbors  rendered  all  possible  as- 
sistance and  the  doctor  informed  the  family  that  he  was  dead.  A  coffin  was  made 
and  brought  to  the  house  and  preparations  made  for  the  burial.  Mrs.  Whitney 
could  not  persuade  herself  that  her  husband  was  dead  and  the  funeral  was  post- 
poned. A  consultation  of  physicians  wa;  held  and  no  trace  of  life  could  be  dis- 
covered. The  doctors,  neighbors,  and  all  tried  to  prevail  on  her  to  have  the  funeral 
but  she  was  unmoved  and  insisted  that  her  husband  was  not  dead.  Her  neighbors 
thought  she  was  insane,  but  she  cared  little  for  their  opinions.  She  kept  her  sleepless 
nights  by  the  side  of  her  husband  applying  restoratives  and  on  the  forenoon  of  the 
ninth  day  discovered  signs  of  consciousness  and  in  a  short  time  succeeded  in  bring- 
ing him  to  life.  He  soon  recovered  good  health.  He  heard,  while  lying  in  a  trance 
everything  that  was  said  near  him,  and  when  he  recovered  sufficiently  said  many 
ugly  things  of  those  who  wished  to  bury  him  alive.  Mrs.  Whitney's  father 
died  several  years  after  and  the  coffin  was  used  for  his  interment.  He  d.  Oct.  15, 
1888;  res.  Gibsonburg,  Ohio. 

Erastus  F.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1836;  m.  Lucinda  Hamburger. 
Ezra  A.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1840;  m.  Mary  E.  Decker. 
Ami,  b.  Apr.  19,  1842;  m.  Julia  Damschroder. 

Mary,  b. ;  m.  O.  C.  Russell;  s  .p.;  res.   Helena,   Mont,  1418 

Phcenix  Ave. 
6419.  V,  Anna  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  24,  1856;  m.  Henry  King.  Ch.:  Har- 
rie  Whitford;  b.  June  8,  1877;  Geyette,  b.  May  24,  1879;  res. 
Sandusky,  O.;  the  mother  m.  2d  at  Fort  Benton,  Mont.,  Carroll 
W.  Thrailkill;  b.  Dec.  25,1846.  Ch.:  Whitney  J.,  b.  Dec.  17, 
1886;  Estella,  b.  Nov.  17,  1888;  res.  Ft.  B. 


6415. 

6416. 

6417. 

ni. 

6418. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  417 


6423. 

i. 

6424. 

ii. 

6425. 
6426. 

iii. 
iv. 

6427. 
6428. 

V. 

vi. 

6429. 
6430. 

vii. 
viii. 

6420.  vi.        Ellen,  b. ;  m.  William  Klotz;  res.  Bowling  Green,  O. 

6421.  vii.       EMELiNE.b.  Feb.27, 1834;  m.  Feb.  11,  1852,at  Freemont,  O., 

Spooner.     He  d.  s.  p.  Feb.  19,  1893;  was  a  farmer. 

6422.  viii.     Edwin  G.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1827;  m.  Margaret  Garns. 

3597.  Isaac  Amsden  Whitney  (Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Flint,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1805;  m.  at  Orleans,  N.Y.,  Jan.  1,  1829,  Jane  Moore;  b. 
Jan.  31,  1806,     He  d.  Nov.  1876;  res.  New  York  state. 

"■"'■      ■  L(»RAIN  Moore,  b.  Apr.  23.  1830;  m.  Jan.  17,  1850,  Huldah  P. 

Inglesbee;  b.  May  17,  1829;  res.  Ransom,  Mich. 
Milton,  b.  Oct.  21,  1831;  m.  Oct.  1857,  Mary  Pepinger;  b.  1838; 

res.  Albama  Center,  N.  Y. 
Esther,  b.  Jan.  24,  1835;  m.  Dec.  25,  1850,  Levi  Inglesbee. 
Washington,  b.  Jan.  25,  1837;  m.  June,  1858,  Julia  Tuttle;  res. 

Cambria  Mills,  Mich. 
Am.b.  Dec.  27,  1838;  m.  Emma  C.  Strong. 
William,  b.  Nov.  18,1840;  m.  April  1,  1868,  Eliza  V.  Tham,  b.  Oct. 

1,  1850. 
Jane  Ann,  b.  Dec.  8,  1842;  m.  Henry  Jennings. 
Frank,  b.  Dec.  30,  1844;  d.  Oct.  ^%  1864,  while  a  prisoner  of  war, 
at  Milien,  Ga.,  in  a  confederate  prison. 

6431.  ix.        Isaac  Albert,  b.  Sept.  28,  1847;  m.  July  31,  1869, ; 

res.  Litchfield,  Mich. 

3602.  Ami  W^hitnev  (Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Flint  Creek,  N.  Y.,  June  22,  1814;  m.  Sept.  19;i843,  Ann  Shearman;  b.  Apr.  12,1818;  d. 
Mar.  23,  1864;  m.  2d,  Dec.  27, 1864,  Rebecca  Cassandra  Rippey;  res.  Flint  Creek,  N.  Y. 

6432.  i.  Charlotte   Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  4,  1845;  m.  Sept.  13,  1870,  Har- 

mon Joel  Rice;  res.  Stanley,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Aug.  5,  1840;  is  a 
farmer  and  is  now  serving  his  fourth  term  as  supervisor  of  Sen- 
eca, N.  Y.  Ch.:  Harmon  Whitney,  b.  July  11,1871;  Edward  Nor- 
man, b.  June  28,  1873;  d.  Aug.,  1877;  Anna  Shearman,  b.  June  18, 
1875;  d.  Sept.,  1877;  Carrie  Belle,  b.  Mar.  27,  1877;  Charles  Ami, 
b.  Mar.  27,  1879;  Rose  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  27,  1883;  Julia,  b.  Aug. 
30,  1885. 

J.  Shearman,  b.  Dec.  7,  1847;  m.  Emma  C.  Crozier. 

Anna,  b.  Aug.  31,  1850;  d.  June  29,  1856. 

Thos.  D.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1852;  m.  Jane  Ann  Potter. 

Chas.  Wm.,  b.  May  5,  1854;  m.  Emma  M.  Parker. 

Frank  Ami,  b.  June  4,  1858;  m.  Ada  F.  Parker. 

Eddy  Rippey,  b.  Dec.  3,  1865;  unm.;  res.  20  North  St.,  Bingham- 
ton,  N.  Y. 

3614.  Major  Solon  Miron  Napoleon  Whitney  (Parkhurst,  Jonathan,  Jon- 
athan, Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  7,  1815;  m.  Mav  12, 
1840,  at  Waterford,  N.  Y.,  Frances  Elizabeth  Drake;  b.  Aug.  17,  1822;  d.  Feb.  8,  1883. 

Major  Whitney,  the  son  of  Gen.  Parkhurst  Whitney,  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls, 
where  he  has  always  resided.  After  a  thorough  common-school  education  he 
attended  the  Lewiston  academy  and  later  the  Canandaigua  academy.  He  has  been 
one  of  the  owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Cataract  House  at  the  falls  for  over  fifty 
years,  the  business  having  been  started  by  his  father  in  1814.  He  has  been  village 
trustee  for  several  years,  and  for  some  time  president  of  the  board;  is  president  of 
the  Niagara  Gas  Co.,  director  in  the  Cataract  Bank  and  Niagara  Savings  Bank;  is 
now,  1893,  senior  warden  of  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  has  been  warden 
and  vestryman  for  thirty  years;  is  a  member  of  Niagara  Frontier  lodge,  F.  &  A.  M., 
No.  132,  Niagara  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  No.  200,  and  the  Genessee  Commandery,  No. 
10;  was  commissioned  major  in  1837,  and  received  160  acres  of  land  from  U.  S. 
government,  built  the  house  in  which  he  lives  in  1849;  res.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

6439.  i.  Solon,  b.  May  5,  1841;  drowned  June,  1845. 

6440.  ii.         Drake,  b.  Aug.  23,  1843;  m.  Grace  V.  Oatman. 

6441.  iii.       Solon,  b.  July  18, 1846.     He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  at 

Niagara  Falls;  later  studied  at  Porter's  academy  and  at  Dr. 
Reed's  Walnut  Hill  school  at  Geneva,  N.  Y.  From  1867  to  1890 
he  was  associated  with  his  father  in  the  management  of  the  Cat- 
aract House;  res.  Buffalo  St.,  N.  F. 

6442.  iv.        Parkhurst,  b.  .May  2,  1850;  d.  Dec.  5,  1856. 


64,33. 

ii. 

6434. 

in. 

6435. 

IV. 

6436. 

v. 

6437. 

VI. 

6438. 

Vll 

418  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3616.  Dr.  David  Whitney  (Jonathan,  David,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Conway,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1803;  m.  at  No.  Hadley,  Mass.,  Dec.  2,  1824,  Eliza- 
beth Smith  Granger;  b.  at  Sullivan,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  6,  1807;  d.  Apr.  19,  1884.  Dr.  David 
Whitney  was  born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Jan.  29, 1803,  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  married 
Dec.  2,  1824.  He  studied  medicine  at  Watertown  college,  Watertown,  Me.,  taking 
the  degree  of  M.  D.,  May  30,  1832.  Moved  to  western  New  York,  then  ^  very  new 
country,  living  first  at  Hornellsville  and  afterward  at  Canisteo,  Steuben  Co.,  when 
his  practice  extended  several  miles  into  what  was  then  a  wilderness,  and  where  he 
became  an  invalid  through  life  from  exposure.  School  facilifies  being  very  slight 
there,  he  afterwards  moved  to  Nunda,  Allegany  Co.  (now  Livingston  Co.),  N.  Y.,  where 
were  excellent  high  schools  —  then  called  academies  —  in  one  of  which  he  became 
lecturer  on  physiology  and  hygiene.  In  the  spring  of  1845  he  moved  to  Madison, 
Ind.,  going  to  Olean,  N.  Y.,  in  a  sleigh,  and  on  appearance  of  the  spring  rise,  floating 
down  Olean  creek  and  the  Allegheny  river  in  a  shanty  built  on  a  lumber  raft — a 
most  delightful  trip  as  his  son  remembers  it — though  it  would  seem  rather  slow  now. 
From  Pittsburg  the  journey  was  made  by  steamboat.  During  his  residence  in  Madison, 
Ind.,  his  failing  health  being  unequal  to  the  demands  of  a  general  medical  practice, 
he  commenced  the  practice  of  dentistry,  then  in  its  infancy,  which  he  continued  dur- 
ing the  rest  of  his  active  life.  In  the  fall  of  1856  he  moved  to  Beardstown,  111.,  where 
he  remained  till  the  death  of  his  wife  in  April,  1884,  when  he  went  to  live  with  his 
son  and  died  at  his  home,  April  7,  1885.  He  d.  at  K.  C,  April  7,  1885;  res.  Con- 
way and  Shelburne,  Mass.,  Beardstown,  111.,  and  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

6443.  i.         Cornelia  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  6, 1825;  m.  Sept.  21, 1843,  Sherlock 

A.  Wals worth;  res.  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  412  W.  Boone  St.  He 
is  a  cabinet-maker  and  furniture  dealer,  b.  Jan.  12,  1820.  Ch.: 
DavidWhitney,  b.  June  17,  1844;  d.  Mar.  17, 1846;  Arthur  Avery, 
b.  Aug.  29,  1845;  address,  Tempe,  Ariz. 

6444.  ii.         Ellen  Bruce,  b.  Mar.  11,  1827;  unm.  res.  Beardstown,  111. 

6445.  iii.       Elizabeth  Smith,  b.  Feb.  29,  1829;  m.  Rev.  J.  S.  Barwick.    She 

d.  July  22,  1893,  s.  p.     He  is  dead. 

6446.  iv.        Benjamin  R.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1832;  m.  Mary  Anne  Conrad. 

6447.  V.         David  Victory,  b.  May  5,  1838;  m.  Ellen  Ralston. 

6448.  vi.       Two  other  ch.  d.  young. 

3629.  Elias  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Feb.  7,  1811;  m.  Mar.  17,  1833,  Zelona  Semira  Carpenter;  b.  Sept.  5,  1811;  d.  Sept.  8, 
1876;  m.  2d,  Mar.  20,1878,  Fannie  P.  Leland,  b.  Dec.  7,  1815. 

Elias  Whitney  purchased  the  farm  near  the  junction  of  Beaver  and  Mt.  Pleasant 
Sts.,  Milford,  now  owned  by  the  present  Elias,  June  12,  1764.  That  Elias  was  then 
said  to  be  of  Framingham;  and  he  bought  said  farm  of  James  Heyward,  a  grandson 
of  "  Great  Meadow  "  Jonathan  Heyward.  The  farm  has  remained  in  the  possession  of 
the  first  Elias  Whitney's  descendants  ever  since,  being  one  of  the  few  that  have  re- 
mained so  long  in  the  same  lineage.  Elias  Whitney  is  a  much-trusted  man  in  town 
affairs,  especially  in  the  oversight  of  the  poor.  He  has  been  the  leading  overseer  of 
the  poor  for  some  21  years,  and  for  more  than  a  year  has  had  charge  of  the  asylum. 
He  has  also  held  various  other  responsible  positions.  He  was  buried  by  Montgom- 
ery lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Sept.  30.  1888,  with  Masonic  honors.  He  joined  Montgomery 
lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Aug.,  1860,  and  held  several  offices  in  same.  He  d.  Sept. 
28,  1888;  res.  Milford,  Mass.  ^ 

6449.  i.  Charles  Edward,  b.  Oct.  24,  1836;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Onion. 

3630.  Charles  Barnes  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Milford,  Apr.  16,  1814;  m.  Apr.  9,  1837,  in  Medway,  Mary  Ann  Gary;  b. 
Jan.  9,  1813. 

He  was  born  in  Milford,  one  of  eleven  children  of  Jonathan  and  Lavinia.  He 
attended  school  in  Milford  during  winters,  and  summers  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 
He  early  manifested  a  predilection  for  business,  trade  and  traffic.  At  the  age  of  18 
he  purchased  his  time  of  his  father,  for  which  he  paid  SIOO.  In  an  old-fashioned 
building  near  his  father's  house,  with  his  brother-i.i-law,  Joseph  Welch,  he  began  the 
manufacture  of  boots  on  contract.  In  1830  he  went  to  Medway,  Mass.,  and  manu- 
factured on  a  larger  scale.  About  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Philadel- 
phia and  started  a  commission  business  for  the  sale  of  boots  and  shoes  for  Boston 
firms;  also  for  the  sale  of  manufactured  straw  goods.  Desiring  to  increase  his  capi- 
tal, he  took  a  partner  who  proved  treacherous  and  dishonest,  and  he  found  himself 
in  debt  eight  thousand  dollars.    Closing  out  his  business  in  Philadelphia  he  went  to 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  419 

Baltimore,  Md.,  as  salesman  for  Wheelwright  &  Co.  There  he  showed  his  great 
abilities  as  a  judge  and  buyer  of  leather,  making  for  his  employers  thousands  of 
dollars  by  his  shrewdness  in  manipulating  the  leather  market.  Paid  the  debt. 
Then  the  climate  of  Baltimore  seemed  prejudicial  to  his  health,  he  returned  north 
in  1852  to  Medway,  Mass.,  re-engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  on  a  large  scale, 
which  continued  to  the  close  of  the  war,  at  the  same  time  being  a  commission  agent 
for  one  of  the  largest  firms  in  Boston.  In  1870  he  turned  over  his  Medway  manu- 
factory to  his  son  and  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  resided  until  his  death. 
Was  a  man  of  great  force  of  character,  and  inherited  all  the  qualities  of  economy, 
industry  and  integrity  which  have  made  the  descendants  of  the  Pilgrims  famous 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacihc.  He  d.  May  14,  1874,  at  Hingham,  Mass.;  res.  Mil- 
ford,  Mass.,  and  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

6450.    i.  Mary  Helen,  b.  Feb.  5.  1838;  m.  May  22,  1856,  Dr.  Henry  W. 

Browne,  of  Boston;  res.  Hubbardston,  Mich.  Ch.:  Alice  Ger- 
trude, b.  1857;  d.  1857;  Maria  Virginia,  b.  ]85«;  d.  Feb.  26, 1877; 
Caroline  Bancroft,  b.  1860;  m.  C.  E.  George;  Harry  Artemus,  b. 
1864;  d.  Jan.  1867;  Mary  Viola,  b.  1868;  d.  Sept.  30,  1874;  Bessie, 
b.  1874;  Marguerite,  b.  1877.  Henry  N.  Browne  is  the  youngest 
son  of  the  late  Hon.  Artemus  Browne,  of  Medway,  Mass.,  an 
eminent  physician  and  a  noted  public  man  of  his  day.  Henry 
W.  Browne  was  born  in  Medway,  Mass.,  Nov,  24,  1831.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  Medway  common  and  high 
school,  and  entered  Harvard  University  Medical  Department 
in  1853,  graduating  in  March,  1856.  He  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  his  native  town  until  the  beginning  of  the  war  ot  the 
rebellion.  May,  1861,  he  raised  a  company  which  was  mustered 
into  the  2d  Mass.  Vols.  He  declined  a  commission,  enlisted 
with  his  company  and  was  made  sergeant,  but  owing  to  illness 
was  discharged  in  July  following.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  en- 
listed as  private  in  Company  I,  16th  Mass.  ^'ols.;  July  24,  1862, 
was  promoted  to  assistant  surgeon  31st  Mass.  \'ols.,  and  on 
Sept.  12,  1863,  was  commissioned  surgeon  76th  U.  S.  C.  T.; 
mustered  out  and  honorably  discharged  December  31,  1865. 
In  the  summer  of  1869  he  removed  to  Hubbardston,  Mich., 
where  he  has  since  resided,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  Ionia  County 
Circuit  Court  in  January,  1883.  Has  been  justice  of  the  peace, 
three  terms  trustee  and  president  of  the  town  of  Hubbardston, 
member  of  the  board  of  education,  three  terms  commander  of 
G.  A.  R.  Post,  No.  234,  aide-de-camp  on  staff  of  commander- 
in-chief.  He  has  represented  his  township  on  county  commit- 
tees, etc.,  and  was  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket  to  the 
Michigan  legislature  by  a  plurality  of  231  over  his  opponents. 
Dr.  Browne  is  a  noted  Shakespearian  scholar  and  his  recitals 
from  the  works  of  the  great  dramatist  delighted  large  audi- 
ences during  his  stay  at  the  capitol,  as  he  had  often  done 
before. 
Charles  E.  L.  B.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1839;  m.  Augusta  G.  Nichols. 
Geo.  W.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1844;  m.  Jenny  True. 
Frank  Le'Prelate,  b.  July  6,  1851;  m.  Mary  E.  Brooks. 
Jerry  Wheelwright,  b.  Feb.  19,  1854;  res.  Sylvania,  O. 

3633.  George  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Mar.  15,  1821;  m.  Jan.  1, 1845,  Louisa  P.  C.  Lincoln;  b.  May  24,  1825;  d.  Sept.  7,  1889; 

George  Whitney  was  brought  up  on  the  Whitney  farm.  Bear  Hill,  in  Milford, 
Mass.,  and  before  marriage  learned  every  branch  of  boot  making,  finally  settling 
down  to  the  cutting  department,  which  vocation  he  followed  for  forty  years.  Failing 
health  compelled  him  to  give  up  work  a  little  more  than  two  years  before  his  death. 
His  residence  was  always  Milford,  although  he  was  at  intervals  employed  at  No. 
Brookfield,  Marlboro  and  Hopkinton,  Mass.  He  was  made  an  Odd  Fellow  in  1846, 
and  a  Mason  in  1861;  was  buried  with  Masonic  honors  at  the  age  of  71,  in  the  family 
plot  in  the  westerly  part  of  Holliston  June  6,  1892,  Mongomery  lodge  of  Masons, 
of  Milford,  attending  in  a  body.     He  d.  June  3,  1892;  res.  Holliston,  Mass. 

6455.  i.  Elias,  b.  June  21,  1849;  m.  Mary  E.  Gleason. 

6456.  ii.         Ella  Jane,  b.  Apr.  10,  1852;  d.  Aug.  13,  1853. 


6451. 

ii. 

6452. 

iii. 

6453. 

iv. 

6454. 

V. 

6460. 

i. 

6461. 

11. 

6462. 

iii. 

6463. 

IV. 

6464. 

V. 

6465. 

vi. 

6466. 

VI 1. 

6467. 

viii. 

6468. 

IX. 

420  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

3637.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Laban,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b 
Jan.  4,  1817;  m.  Feb.  22,  1846,  Fannie  Darling;  b.  Aug.  21,  1827;  res.  Milford.  Mass. 

6457.  i.  Revel  E.,  b.  Oct,  5,  1856;  m.  May  5, 1878,  and  d.  Aug.  7,  1881,  leav- 

ing one  ch. 

6458.  ii.         Henry  E.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1859;  m.  Mary  Smith. 

6459.  iii.        Idella  G.,  b.  May  8,  1868;  m.  Dec.  25,  1888,  in   Milford,  William 

Damon;    res.    Brocton,    Mass.     He  was  b.  Sept.  28,  1862.     Ch.: 
Edith  Whitney,  b.  June  2,  1890. 

3638.  Laban  Whitney  (Laban,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin.  John),  b. 
Bellingham,  Mass.,  Jan.  6,  1815;  m.  Apr.  10,  1841,  Mary  Sickles;  b.  Dec.  20,  1821;  d. 
Dec.  13,  1877.     He  is  a  bootmaker;  res.  Stockport,  N.  Y. 

Melissa,  b.  Dec.  15,  1842;  m. Read;  res.  Caryville,  Mass. 

LvDL^.b.  Sept.  21,1844;  m.  Feb.  10,1868, Aspin;  res.  Stock- 
port, N.  Y. 

Lemuel  W.,  b  Aug.  19,  1846;  res.  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

Fanny,  b.  July  2,  1848;  m. House;  res.  Valatie,  N.  Y. 

Hannah,  b.  Feb.  20, 1850;  m. Houston;  res. Stockport,  N.Y. 

John,  b.  Jan.,  1853;  m.  Eliza  Cufman;  res.  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

William,  b.  Mar.  5,  1855;  m.  Carrie  Jefers;  res.  Stuyvesant 
Falls,  N.  Y. 

Elsie,  b.  Sept.  29,  1857;  m. Brierly;  res.  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

Alice,  b.  Aug.  23,  1864;  res.  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

3641.  Erastus  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Suffield,  Conn.,  July  16, 1790;  m.  in  Rupert,  Vt.,  June  15, 1815,  Thurza  Harmon; 
b.  Oct.  27.  1790;  d.  Dec.  5,  1858.     He  d.  Feb.  15,  1869;  res.  Greenwich,  N.  Y. 

6469.  i.  Isaac  A.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1816;  m.  Jane  Waters  and  Hattie  Crowl. 

6470.  ii.         Oliver    H.,  b.   June  27,   1820;    m.   June  6,  1877,  Frances  Ellen 

Toomev,  b.  Jan.  16,  1837;  res.,  s.  p.,  Maquoketa,  la. 

6471.  iii.       WiLLARD  W..  b.  Feb.  26, 1823;  m.  Fanny  P.  Orton. 

8653.    James  M.  Whitney  (Asaph,  Jonathan,   Benjamin,   Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  5, 1819;  m.  at  Amboy,  June  6, 1847,  Mary  E.  Huntley, 
b.  Feb.  12,  1827.    He  is  a  carpenter  and  millwright;  res.  Amboy,  N.  Y.,  and  Piano,  111. 
James  E.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1849;  m.  Narcassa  M.  Mead. 
WiLiSTON  H.,b.  July  2,  1850;  bx.  62  Haughville,  Ind.,  Marion  Co. 
Marcus  W.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1852;  m.  Ella  E.  Bradly. 
Florence  G.,  b.  May  19,  1856;  m.  June  7,  1880,  John  W.  Daley; 
res.  201  Fullerton  Ave.,  Chicago.  John  W.  Daley  was  born  July  15, 
1853,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.     Ch.:    Essica   I.,   b.   June   22,  188o,  at 
Piano,  111.;    Bertram  E.,  b.  Oct.  8, 1888,  at  Chicago,  111.;  d.  July 
23,  1889,  at  Piano,  111. 

6476.  V.         Fred  A.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1861;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

6477.  VI.        Frank  E.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1863;  res.  40  Rhine  St.,  Chicago. 

6478.  vii.      Geo.  G.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1867;  res.  Piano,  111. 

3654.  Asaph  K.  Whitney  (Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Jan.  27,  1822;  m. .     He  d.  in  civil  war;  res.  Hillsdale,  Mich. 

6479.  i.         Willie,  b. . 

36.55.  George  W.  Whitney  (Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Greenwich,  \.  Y.,  Dec.  14,  1816;  m.  Sept.  17,  1838,  Mary  E.  Hutchins;  b. 
July  22,  1822;  d.  Little  Falls,  Minn.,  May  12,  1858;  m.  2d,  at  Galena,  May  22,  1860, 
Dorotha  F.  Thompson,  b.  May  13,  1825;  res.  Amboy,  N.  Y.,  Minneapolis  and  Little 
Falls,  Minn,  Galena,  111.,  and  Lansing,  la. 

6480.  i.  David  D.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1846;  m.  Ada  B.  Halpin. 

6481.  ii.         Jerusha,  b.  July  20,  1839;  m.  1859,  Arthur  Gardin,  res.  1606  6th 

St.,  north,  Minneapolis. 

6482.  iii.       Car.milly,  b.  Jan.  13,  1841;  m.  Sept.,  1858,    Hiram    Dillon;  res. 

2735  29th  Ave.,  south,  Minneapolis. 

6483.  iv.        Ineze,  b.  July  16,  )850;  m.  1874,  Leroy  Fellows;  res.  Clay  Center, 

Kan. 

6484.  V.         Georgianna,  b.   Jan.,  1853;   m.    1872,   Albert    Holt.     She    d.  at 

Kankakee,  111.,  in  1886. 

6485.  vi.        Nellie,  b.  Apr.  2,  1861;  m. Norris;  res.  Lansing. 


6472. 

i. 

6473. 

11. 

6474. 

Ill 

6475. 

iv 

64«9. 

ii. 

6490. 

HI. 

6491. 

IV. 

6492. 

V. 

6493. 

VI. 

6494. 

Vll 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  421 

6486.  vii.       Grant  U.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1864;  m.  Mary  T.  Hentrich. 

6487.  viii.     Alice,  b.    Apr.    14,    1866;    m.  Sept.,    1885,  I.   I.  Gerber;  res.  402 

W.  Lake  St.,  Minneapolis. 

3658.    Jason  C.  Whitney   (Samuel,    Isaac,    Jason,    Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 

Macomb,  Mich,,    Feb.    9,  1839;   m.  Aug.  28,  1864,  Elida  Berney;  b. ;  d.  June 

"22,  1875;  m.  2d,  Oct.  8,  1876,  Lettie  E.  Heyman.     He  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but 
for  many  years  has  followed  farming;  res.  Pt.  Sanilac,  Mich. 

6488.  i.  William  L.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1866;  res.  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Arthur  E.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1869;  res.  Port  S. 
Annie  E.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1873;  res.  Mt.  Clemens. 
Edward,  b.  Sept.  3,  1879. 
Alice  May,  b.  Feb.  4,  1881. 
Lulu  G.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1885. 
Fred  J.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1891. 

3660.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Samuel,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Macomb,  Mich.,  Dec.  16,  1840;  m.  Nov.  16,  1865,  Mary  Euretta  Kellogg;  b. 
Aug.  20,  1844.     He  is  a  well-to-do  farmer;  res.  Nashville,  Mich. 

6495.  i.  Arletta   Estella,  b.   May  2,   1876;   m.   June  25,  1890, 

McCartney. 

6496.  ii.         Charles  Emory,  b.  Mar.  22,  1869. 

6497.  iii.       Gertrude  Sophronia,  b.  Jan.  11,  1874. 

3662.  George  Clay  Whitney  (Samuel,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  July  13,  1844;  m.  June  17,  1877,  Martha  A.  Fries.  He  served  in  the  late  war  in  a 
Michigan  regiment.     Is  a  farmer;  3  ch.;  res.  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich. 

3663.  Milton  I.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Macomb,  Mich.,  June  4,  1846;  m.  in  Chicago,  July  5,1876,  Elizabeth  M.  Fuller;  b. 
Toronto,  Sept.  11,  1858.  He  served  during  the  war  until  its  close  in  a  Michigan 
regiment.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a  teacher  and  principal  in  the  Detroit  pub- 
lic schools;  res.  Detroit,  Mich.,  209  Hancock  Ave. 

6498.  i.  Robert  A.,  b.  Apr.  HO,  1877. 

6499.  ii.         Jessie  E.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1879;  d.  June  10,  1880. 

6500.  iii.        Ralph  M.,  b.  July  31,  1880;  d.  Sept.  24,  1880. 

6501.  iv.        Roger  S.,  b.  July  31,  1880;  d.  Sept.  25,  1880. 

6502.  v.         Winnifred  R.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1885. 

3674.  Stephen  Whitney  (John  F.,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
May  12,  1850;  m.  Apr.  11,  1872,  Emma  S.  Immers.  He  was  born  in  Mt.  Clemens, 
Mich.,  and  is  a  well-to-do  farmer  at  Macomb;  res.  Macomb,  Mich. 

Florence  L.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1873. 

Clara  E.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1875;  m.  June  29,  1892,  Orville  Davis. 

Bertha  F.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1878. 

Grace  P.,.b.  Apr.  23,  1881. 

Maude,  b.  1883. 

Clarence,  b.  May  15,  1887. 

3677.  Courtland  Whitney  (John  F.,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Aug.  23,  1862;  m.  June  21,  1886,  Mary  Augusta  Cluby.  He  was  born  in  Mt.  Clemens 
and  is  a  well-known  and  well-to-do  farmer;  res.  Macomb,  Mich.;  s.  p. 

3678.  James  \'oak  Whitney  (Jesse,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Macomb,  Mich.,  Jan.  4,  1839;  m.  May  20,  1867,  Mary  Elizabeth  Taylor;  b.  Feb.  22, 
1848.  Served  in  the  late  war  in  a  Michigan  regiment;  res.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich,  26 
Page  St. 

6509.  i.  Lewis  L.,  b.  July  11,  1871;  d.  Apr.  11,  1874. 

6510.  ii.         James,  b.  Aug.  29,  1887;  d.  Aug.  29,  1887. 

3678.  Horace  Isaac  Whitney  (Jesse,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b. 
Macomb,  Mich.,  July  10,  1836;  m.  in  Disco,  1860,  Marion  M.  Preston;  b.  Aug.  1,  1842; 
•d.  Nov.  28,  1862;  m.  2d,  Mar.  8,  1864,  Mary  Elizabeth  Saxon.  He  served  in  the  late 
-war  in  a  Michigan  regiment;  is  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec.  12,  1882;  res.  Washington, 
Mich, 

6511.  i.  Herbert  Albert,  b.  Oct.  27,  1860;  unm.;  res.  Disco,  Mich.;  is  an 

electro  plater. 


6503. 

i. 

6504. 

ii. 

6505. 

111. 

6506. 

iv. 

6507. 

v. 

6508. 

vi. 

422  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6512.  ii.         Geo.  L.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1865;  m.  Lizzie  Curry. 

6513.  iii.        W.M.  H.,b.  Jan.  8,  1868;  m.  Lucy  E.  Mason. 

6614.  iv.  Marion  Helen,  b.  Sept.  11,  1869;  m.  Feb.,  1890,  Julius  Knapp; 
res.  Washington.     Ch.:  Blanche  E.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1892. 

6515.  V.  Minnie  E.,  b.  Nov.  14,  1862;  m.  Dec.  25,  1883, Paine. 

6516.  vi.  Jessie  L.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1871;  res.  Washington. 

6517.  vii.  James  T.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1875;  res.  Washington. 

6518.  viii.  John  J.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1873;  res.  Bad  Axe,  Mich. 

6519.  ix.  Horace  Frank,  b.  Mar.  10,  1879;  res.  W^ashington,  Mich. 

3684.  Col.  Loren  H.  W^hitney  (James  W.,  Fisher,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin 
John),  b.  Ohio,  Sept.  12,  1834;  m.  Apr.  2,  1857,  m  Belvidere,  111.,  Rebecca  Foster;  b. 
Julv  1,  1836;  d.  Jan.  28,  1859;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2, 1866,  La  Porte,  Ind.,  Mary  Munson,  b.  Aug. 
1,  1847. 

Col.  Loren  H.  Whitney  is  widely  known  as  an  able  lawyer,  a  brave  and  gallant 
soldier,  and  an  author  of  considerable  repute.  He  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  is  a  fair 
type  of  the  men  who  have  so  ably  and  honorably  represented  that  great  common- 
wealth wherever  men  of  learning,  eloquence,  and  scientific  attainments  were  needed, 
or  the  tented  field  required  them.  He  was  born  in  Berlin,  Erie  county,  O.  His 
mother  was  a  relative  of  the  famous  Harper  Brothers,  New  York.  In  1848  the  family 
moved  to  DeKalb  county,  111.,  where  Loren  attended  school  until  he  was  about  six- 
teen years  old,  when,  lured  by  the  glowing  accounts  of  Mississippi,  he  joined  a 
number  of  young  men  of  his  neighborhood  in  a  resolution  to  go  to  that  state  and 
seek  a  fortune;  but  when  the  tmie  came  to  go  all  changed  their  purpose,  excepting 
young  Whitney,  who  started  on  foot,  with  staff  in  hand,  and  carpet  bag,  alone,  and 
with  but  one  dollar  and  seventy-five  cents  in  his  pocket.  His  father  refused  him 
assistance,  hoping  to  deter  him  from  going,  but  he  was  not  made  of  the  stuff  that 
yields.  In  two  and  a  half  days  he  walked  to  Peru,  seventy  miles  from  home,  and  after 
paying  for  a  meal  he  balanced  his  cash  account  and  found  but  ten  cents  in  his 
favor.  Something  had  to  be  done.  He  offered  his  services  to  the  engineer  of  a 
little  steamer  lying  at  the  wharf,  and  about  to  move  out.  He  represented  that  he 
could  do  anything  and  everything,  and  was  engaged  as  boy  of  all  work,  with  the 
stipulation  that  he  would  be  paid  whatever  his  services  were  considered  worth.  He 
continued  in  this  employment  five  weeks,  and  was  paid  twenty-eight  dollars,  and 
promised  fifty  dollars  per  month  to  continue,  but  declined  the  offer  and  went  to 
Bolivia  county,  Miss.,  where  he  passed  the  winter.  He  contracted  with  a  planter 
to  throw  up  a  levee  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  and  made  a  handsome  profit  on 
his  contract.  He  went  across  the  plains  to  California  in  1855,  with  a  company  of 
gold-hunters,  and  there  worked  a  gold  mine  and  made  money  enough  to  enable  him 
to  return  and  gratify  his  young  ambition  to  pursue  a  college  course  of  study,  com- 
pleting a  four  years'  course  in  two  years.  He  was  a  bright  and  apt  student,  always 
among  the  foremost  in  his  class.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  the  late  Gen. 
Stephen  A.  Hurlbut,  at  Belvidere,  111.,  and  subsequently  attended  Asbury  University, 
Indiana,  and  still  later  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  the  committee  that  examined  him 
complimenting  him  highly  on  his  proficiency,  though  he  had  read  law  but  one  year. 
When  the  war  broke  out  he  was  practicing  his  profession,  but  entered  the  army  as 
captain  in  the  Eighth  Regiment  111.  Vol.  Cavalry,  one  of  the  best  regiments  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  When  Gen.  McClellan  advanced  on  Manassas  Gap,  Capt. 
Whitney,  at  the  head  of  Sumner's  cavalry,  led  the  way.  While  sitting  on  a  "  Quaker 
cannon  "  at  Manassas  he  conceived  the  idea  of  writing  for  the  press,  but  before  an 
hour's  thought  concluded  to  write  a  full  history  of  the  war,  and  carried  that  purpose 
into  execution,  and  his  first  volume  was  published  in  1863.  He  served  with  valor  in 
the  peninsula  campaign,  and  in  the  battles  around  Richmond,  and  was  offered  the 
position  of  major  on  Gen.  Sumner's  staff,  but  declined  it  to  accept  a  colonelcy,  as  he 
supposed,  of  one  cf  the  new  regiments  from  his  state,  but  when  he  returned  it 
proved  to  be  a  lieutenant-colonelcy  that  was  intended,  and  he  declined  it,  but  was 
mstrumental  afterward  in  organizing  two  more  regiments  which  went  to  the  field. 
During  this  time  he  wrote  and  published  the  first  volume  of  his  history  of  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion,  a  work  which  will  compare  favorably  with  the  best  of  the  many 
histories  of  that  great  conflict.  It  is  a  clear  setting  forth  of  the  inciting  causes  and 
philosophy  of  the  rebellion,  and  an  accurate  and  full  history  of  the  facts  and  inci- 
dents attending  its  prosecution  and  culmination.  Governor  Yates  requested  him  to 
organize  another  regiment  of  infantry,  which  he  did  in  three  weeks'  time,  and  being 
made  its  colonel,  led  it  to  the  front  in  Mississippi.  In  1864  he  was  put  in  command 
of  a  force  sent  out  to  intercept  and  drive  away  Gen.  Forrest,  who,  at  the  head  of  a 


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424  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

large  force  of  cavalry,  was  committing  depredations  on  our  railroad  and  telegraph 
lines  and  destroying  our  communications,  and  Col.  Whitney  was  not  defeated  in  a 
single  contest  with  that  noted  rebel  leader,  though  he  had  many  fights  and  skirmishes, 
and  succeeded  in  driving  him  away.  Thence  he  went  to  Missouri  with  his  com- 
mand and  was  engaged  against  Gen.  Price  in  1864.  During  his  service  he  partici- 
pated in  twelve  great  battles  and  forty  skirmishes,  and  was  wounded  twice.  As  an 
evidence  of  the  appreciation  of  his  bravery,  and  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held 
as  an  officer  and  man,  his  officers  and  men  presented  him  with  an  elegant  sword, 
case  of  pistols  and  a  field  glass.  The  sword,  blood-stained,  is  still  retained  as  a 
reminder  of  the  great  conflict.  In  1866,  when  returning  from  Washington,  where  he 
had  been  to  settle  his  accounts,  he  became  acquainted  with  Miss  Mary  Munson,  who 
was  on  her  way  home  from  college,  and  a  year  later  married  her.  After  leaving  the 
service  he  settled  at  Chicago  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  has  been  success- 
ful, standing  well  at  the  bar  as  an  honorable  and  faithful  attorney  and  counselor. 
In  1875  he  went  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  while  there  wrote  a  compendium  of  Kansas 
Reports,  making  an  octavo  volume  of  nine  hundred  pages,  which  added  to  his  reputa- 
tion as  an  able  and  thorough  lawyer.  He  was  solicited  to  run  for  congress  while  there, 
but  declined  and  returned  to  Chicago  in  18T7,  and  renewed  the  practice  of  the  law, 
and  is  now  (1895)  so  engaged.  Of  Col.  Whitney  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Chicago  says: 
"  He  is  a  stalwart  Republican,  a  fluent,  ready,  graceful  speaker,  and  his  voice  is 
heard  in  advocacy  of  the  principles  and  platform  of  that  party  in  all  important 
campaigns.  He  has  a  commanding  presence,  is  six  feet  two  inches  in  height, 
the  regulation  height  of  a  regular  Buckeye,  and  is  one  who,  even  on  first  sight,  leaves 
the  impression  of  being  more  than  an  ordinary  man  in  all  respects.  He  stands  well 
in  the  community  and  has  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him  inti- 
mately. He  is  yet  a  young  man,  but  his  life  work  up  to  the  present  time,  in  so  far 
as  it  is  known  and  read  of  men,  is  to  his  credit."  In  July,  1882,  he  presided  at  the  Cook 
county  convention  which  elected  delegates  to  the  Republican  state  convention,  and  in 
the  following  fall  was  nominated  for  the  legislature  from  the  twelfth  ward,  but  declined 
lobe  a  candidate,  although  he  received  the  largest  majority  of  any  one  ever  nomi- 
nated in  that  ward.  Col.  Whitney  is  prominent  in  Grand  Army  circles,  and  is  a  true 
friend  of  every  worthy  cause;  res.  Chicago,  111.;  ad.  125  Clark  St.,  r.  .38. 

6520.  ii         LlLLi.^N,  b.  Oct.  20,  1871;  m.  Aug.  17,  1891,  Morris  Herriman;  res. 

River  Forrest,  111. 

6521.  iii.        Mabel,  b.  Mav  22,  1876;  res.  at  home. 

6522.  i.  Eva,  b.  Jan.  28,  1859;  m.  Apr.  1,  1889,  1.  Baxter;  res.  Shell  City, 

Mo.     1  ch.,  Joseph  W. 

3685.  Samuel  D.  Whitney  (James  W.,  Fisher,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin,  John), 
b.  Berlin,  O.,  Oct.  26,  1836;  m.  in  Belvidere,  111.,  Apr.  2,  1857,  Harriett  Vail;  b.  June 
5,  1837;  res.  Kingston,  111. 

6523.  i.         IvA  L.,b.  Jan.  27,  1860;  m.  June  5,  1888,  Thomas  J.  Foster;  res.  K. 
Ch.:     Martha  A.,  b.  Mar.  20, 1889;  Whitney  F.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1890. 

Lorenzo  H.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1863;  m.  Maggie  Reitzel. 
Charles  L.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1867;  m.  Carrie  Thurston. 
James  Wm.,  b.  May  13,  1870;  res.  K. 
Gertrude,  b.  Aug.  18, 1877;  res.  K. 
Harrison  Harper,  b.  Jan.  9,  1880;  res.'  K. 

3687.  Sergt.  William  H.  Whitney  (James  W.,  Fisher,  Jason,  Mark,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Oct.  26,  1844;  m.  in  Ohio,  Marcy  Hamer;  d.  Feb.  1,  1879,  in  Denver, 
Col.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade,  enlisted  in  the  war  and  served  in  the  8th  111. Cavalry. 
He  d.  in  Denver,  Col.,  Apr.  11,  1872;  res.  Webster  Citv,  la.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

6529.  i.         William  H.,  b.  Oct.  26,1870;  is  clerk  in  Chicago  P.  O.;  res.  611 

60th  St.;  d.  June  Vi,  1894. 

6530.  ii.        Nellie,  b.  Dec.  2,  1867;  m.  Joseph  Kline  and  d.  s.  p.  Norwalk, 

Ohio,  Apr.  18,  1885. 

3691.  George  Henry  Whitney  (David  M.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Sept.  18,  1830,  in  Natick,  Mass.;  m.  Sept.  14,  1853,  at  Bedford,  Mich.,  Mary 
Jane  Hubbard;  b.  Oct.  21, 1835.  He  is  a  locomotive  engineer;  res.  3326  Market  St., 
Denver,  Col. 

Harlan  H.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1854;  m. ,  Denver,  Col. 

HATTiE,b.  Aug.  20,  1856;  m.  May  18,  1875;  res.  Marengo,  Kan. 

David  H.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1858;  res.  Marengo,  Kan. 

Edward  H.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1861;  res.  at  home. 


6524. 

ii. 

6525. 

ni. 

6526. 

IV. 

6527. 

V. 

6528. 

vi. 

6531. 

6532. 

u. 

6533. 

in. 

6534. 

iv. 

6536. 

i. 

6537. 

ii. 

6538. 

iii 

6539. 

iv, 

6540. 

V. 

6541. 

6542. 

ii. 

6543. 

iii 

6544. 

iv 

6545. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  425 

3692.  Samuel  B.  H.  Whitney  (David  M.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Oct.  11,  1832,  in  Natick,  Mass.;  m.  Mrs.  Hiram  Thurston;  she  res. 
Cochituate.  He  was  a  soldier  durmg  the  late  war  in  the  1st  Mass.  Cavalry.  He 
d.  Dec.   12,  1884;  res.  Cochituate,  Mass. 

6535.     i.  Homer;  res.  Cochituate,  Mass. 

3694.  Harlan  Harrison  Whitney  (David  M.,  George,  Jason.  Mark,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Mar.  7,  1838;  m.  Sept.  19,  1862,  Marian  S.  Stowell,  of 
Framingham,  Mass.  He  was  a  shoemaker,  enlisted  in  Company  H,  13th  Mass.  \'ols., 
res.  Natick,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

3696.  Frank  Hayden  Whitney  (David  M.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin 
John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  July  28,  1845;  m.  m  Chicago,  111.,  Aug.  17,  1876,  Adelaide 
Green;  b.  Oct.  10,  1852.  He  is  a  locomotive  engmeer;  res.  86  Douglass  Ave.,  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind. 

Lottie  Hayden,  b.  July  2,  1877. 

Geo.  Burgess,  b.  July  17,  1879. 

Floyd  Hawley,  b.  Mar.  27,  1881;  d.  Dec.  31,  18S3. 

Chas.  Thurman,  b.  Oct.  3,  1888. 

Ethel  V.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1891. 

3699.    Joseph  Leland  Whitney  (Freeman  S.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Natick,  Aug.  18,  1835;   m.  at  West   Newton,   Apr.  24,   1855,   Martha   Jane 
Richards;  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mar.  19,  1834.     He  is  a  gardener;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 
Charles  Sumner,  b.  May  17,  1856;  d.  Feb.  27,  1861. 
Willie  Crawford,  b.  Sept.  4,  1857;  d.  Jan.  29,  1858. 
Freeman  Sears,  b.  June  28,  1859;  d.  Dec.  17,  1859. 
RoxY  Estella,  b.  Aug.  16,  1861;  d.  Sept.  17,  1861. 
Eveline  Louise,  b.  Apr.  4,  1864;  m.  Apr.  4,  1883,  Walter  Everett 
Rogers;  res.  Natick,   Mass.;  stenographer.     Ch.:  Charles  Wel- 
lington, b.  Aug.  31,  1884,  in  Boston;  Berthold   Whitney,  b.  May 
9,   18><6,   in    Boston;   Geneva    Florence,   b.    March    6,   1890,   in 
Natick. 

6546.  vi.       Charles  Free.man,  b.  Sept.  5,  1869,  m.  Edith  Ward  Savage. 

3702.  Dr.  Stillman  S.  Whitney  (Samuel  S.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.   Dedham,  Aug.  4,   1849;  m. . 

The  only  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Whitney  and  Sarah  Whitney  was  born  in 
Dedham,  Aug.  4,  1849.  After  graduating  from  the  Dedham  high  school  he  spent  a 
short  time  in  active  business,  but  decided  to  follow  the  profession  of  his  father,  and 
took  up  the  medical  profession,  graduating  from  the  "  Homeopathic  School  of  Med- 
icine," in  Boston,  Mass.  He  possessed  the  same  intuitive  faculty  of  grasping  the 
cause  of  disease,  and  of  the  methods  to  be  employed  to  restore  health  as  his  father. 
He  settled  in  Allston,  Mass.,  a  suburb  of  Boston,  and  established  a  good  practice. 
But  after  three  years  his  health  failed,  and  he  died.  He  d.  Nov.  6,  1886;  res.  Ded- 
ham, Mass.,  s.  p. 

3703.  James  Coxetter  Whitney  (John  A.,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Natick,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1863;  m.  Sept.  18,  1890,  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Louise  M. 
Horton;  b.  May  2,  1863.  Was  an  attorney  at  law  in  Boston.  He  d.  Nov.,  1893;  res. 
Needham,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

3717.  Harvey  Harmden  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  George,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Dedham,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1854;  m.  Feb.  24,  1875,  Lizzie  M.  Sanders;  b.  Mav 
11,  1847.  He  is  in  the  insurance  business  in  Boston,  at  30  Kilby  St.;  res.  Natick, 
Mass. 

6547.  i.  Howard  Francis,  b.  June  16, 1879. 

3724.  John  Heath  Whitney  (Elisha,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Mar.  8,  1808;  m.  Sarah  Skinner.     He  d.  Jan.  27,  1842;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

6548.  i.  Caroline,  b.  Dec.  14,  1835;  d.  Sept.  25,  1838. 

6549.  ii.         John  Heath,  b.  Feb.  24,  1838;  m.  Harriett  A.  Bates. 

6550.  iii.       Richard  Skinner,  b.  Apr.  22.  1840. 

3728.  Nathaniel  Davis  Whitney  (Elisha,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1816;  m.  Sept.  19,  1839,  Laura  Ann  Langton;  b. 
Oct.  11,  1819;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 

28 


426  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6551.  i.         Laura  Elizabeth,  b.  June  26,  1840;  d.  July  20,  1854. 

6552.  ii.        Carrie,  b.  Oct.  9,  1842;   m.  June  1,  1866,  George  Myrick;    res. 

Hotel  Willard,  Brooklme,  Mass.  He  was  b.  May  9,  1832;  d. 
Dec.  26,  1877;  wholesale  grocer.  Ch.:  Carrie,  b.  May  25,  1868; 
d.  May  25,  1868;  George,  b.  June  7,  1869;  d.  June  7,  1869;  Whit- 
ney, b.  June  15,  1871;  d.  Dec.  1,  1882;  Edith,  b.  Sept.  3,  1873;  d. 
Dec.  6,  1873. 

6553.  iii.       Theodore  D.,  b.  Julv  2,  1847;  m.  Annie  I.  Richardson. 

6554.  IV.       Geo.  Drucker,  b.  Apr.  13,  1849;  d.  Nov.  7,  1878. 

3730.  Benjamin  Duick  Whitney  (Asa,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Nov.  6,  1807;  m.  in  Northboro,  Sept.  20,  1830,  Elizabeth  Williams;  b.  May 
25,  1805;  d.  Apr.  24,  lt49;m.  2d  in  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  Feb.  5,  1863,  Charlotte  E.  Gen- 
ella;  b.  Nov.  21,  1842;  d.  Sept.  6,  1865. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  the  class  of  1828,  with  R.  C.  Winthrop  and 
Dr.  Bowditch,  of  Boston.  He  was  for  many  years  a  Boston  merchant,  and  was  later 
in  New  Orleans,  Vicksburg  and  Washington.  His  children  lived  in  Cambridge,  and 
he  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  their  home  filled  with  tender  associations.  He 
retained  a  strong  interest  in  his  alma  mater  and  in  his  classmates  to  the  end  of  his 
life.     He  d.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  24,  1892;  res.  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

6555.  i,         Nancy  Williams,  b.   Oct.  1,  1832;    m.   Aug.  15,   1861,  Jeffries 

Wyman.  She  d.  Feb.  2U,  1864.  He  was  b.  Aug.  8,  1815;  d.  Sept. 
4,  1874.  Ch.:  Jeffries,  b.  Feb.  3,  1864;  m.  June  1,  1892,  Helen 
Mackey;  b.  July  30,  1867;  is  with  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  in 
Boston,  Mass.;  ch.,  Helen  Mackey,  b.  Mar.  17,  1893. 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  9, 1834;  unm.;  res.  10  Ash  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  18,  1836;  res.  Camb. 

Alice  Orne,  b.  Jan.  10,  1839;  res.  Camb. 

Stephen  Wms.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1841;  res.  68  Washington  place,  New 
York  City. 

Emily,  b.  Sept.  8,  1843;  res.  Camb.  , 

Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  10,  1846;  d.  Nov.  26,  1856. 

Charles  Henry,  b.  Apr.  16,  1849;  d.  Dec.  6,  1867. 

Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  15,  1864;  m.  Annie  Dexter  Perry. 

3735.  Asa  Hammond  Whitney  (Asa,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Boston,  June  17,  1819;  m.  Oct.  3,  1842,  Laura  Lefiingwell  Henshaw;  b.  June  23, 
1820;  d.  Apr.  20,  1886. 

He  was  born  in  Boston  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  1838.  After  leav- 
ing college  he  made  a  voyage  to  the  Mediterranean  for  his  health  and  subsequently 
went  to  Rio  de  Janerio  as  supercargo.  On  his  return  he  embarked  in  business  as  a 
junior  partner  in  the  house  of  Henshaw  &  Whitney,  wholesale  druggists,  in  Boston. 
He  resided  in  Cambridge,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  man- 
aged the  financial  affairs  of  the  Seaboard  &  Roanoke  R.  R.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
energy  and  earnestness  of  character.     He  d.  Oct.  7,  1858;  res.  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

6564.  i.  Laura  L.,  b.  June  15,  1843;  d.  Jan.  24,  1870. 

6565.  ii.         Anna  H.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1844;  res.  Lancaster,  Mass.     She  was  born  in 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  spent  her  childhood  there  and  in  Norfolk, 
Va.,  and  in  1856  was  sent  to  boarding  school  with  her  elder  sister, 
at  Keene,  N.  H.  In  1858  they  entered  Lasell  seminary.  Auburn- 
dale,  Mass.,  graduating  in  1860.  The  following  autumn  she 
returned  there  as  teacher  remaining  two  years,  after  which  she 
taught  one  year  in  a  private  school  in  Worcester.  In  Feb.,  1864, 
she  went  to  Lancaster,  Mass.,  to  be  assistant  in  the  academy. 
It  was  afterwards  changed  to  a  public  free  high  school.  With 
the  exception  of  a  year  in  Europe,  1880-81,  she  continued  at  any 
work  until  1888,  when  it  seemed  best  to  take  up  something  dif- 
ferent for  the  sake  of  health.  Since  then  she  has  been  farming  on 
a  small  and  unremunerative  scale.  Always  fond  of  nature  and  of 
animals,  especially  dogs,  in  earliest  days  she  had  greyhounds, 
then  Newfoundlands,  Mexicans,  King  Charles,  and  mongrels. 
In  1875  Mr.  L.  B.  Collins,  the  principal  of  the  high  school  here,  im- 
ported some  pure  bred  St.  Bernards.  She  had  owned  two  before, 
but  of  doubtful  pedigree.  Mr.  Collins  offered  her  the  first  choice 
of  the  first  litter.    She  selected  a  female,  and,  with  it  founded 


6566. 

ii. 

6557. 

111. 

6558. 

IV. 

6559. 

v. 

6560. 

vi. 

6561. 

Vll. 

6562. 

vni. 

6563. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


427 


6566.  iii. 


6567.  iv. 

6568.  V. 

6569.  vi. 


her  kennels.  During  her  connection  with  the  schools  here  had 
the  honor  of  serving  as  a  member  of  the  school  committee  for 
several  years,  during  a  part  of  the  time  as  chairman.  She  was 
also  a  member  of  the 
Public  Library  board 
of  trustees,  serving  as 
secretary  and  treas- 
urer. In  each  case  she 
was  the  only  lady  mem- 
ber. 1870  to  1»80  she 
was  able  to  do  some 
work  in  drawing  and 
painting,  teaching 
drawing  in  the  public 
schools  of  an  adjoin- 
ing large  town  and 
private  classes  else- 
where, besides  having 
a  studio  with  a  friend 
here.  Of  late  years  she 
has  endeavored  to  live 
out  of  doors  as  much 
as  possible,  and  with 
most  satisfactory  re- 
sults as  to  health.  Most 
unintentionally  she  has 

become  somewhat  a  public  character  in  connection  with  dogs. 
Several  years  ago  she  was  asked  to  judge  St.  Bernards,  New- 
foundlands and  pugs  at  the  New  York  annual  exhibition.  She 
accepted  and  has  done  it  ever  since,  officiating  at  various  other 
places  here  and  in  Canada  also. 

Catherine  Dean,  b.  June  17,  1849;  m,  Robert  George  Lawton,  of 
Hudson,  N.  Y.;  b.  1839,  on  the  English  frigate  Narcissus,  off  Ha- 
vana, Cuba,  May  81,  1871;  Mr.  Lawton  is  a  resident  of  Ha- 
vana, a  member  of  Lawton  Bros.,  bankers.  Ch. :  Robert  Hen- 
shaw,  b.  in  Havana  Apr.  3,  1872;  d.  at  Lancaster,  Mass.;  Sydney 
Allan,  b.  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Nov.  2.  1878;  Ethel  Whitney,  b. 
in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1875;  Richard  Henshaw,  b.  in  Lan- 
caster, Mass.,  Mar.  23,  1888;  Sydney  Allan  is  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1895,  Harvard  university. 

Hammond  M.,  b.  June  28,  1851;  m.  Catherine  Reed. 

Emily  Starks,  b.  July  10,  1854. 

Richard  Sullivan,  b.  June  19,  1846;  d.  Aug.  23,  1847. 


ANNA  H.   WHITNEY. 


3738.  Rev.  Daniel  Sanderson  Whitney  (Amaziah,  Caleb,  Caleb,  Timothy* 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Danvers,  Feb.  4,  1810;  m.  June  23,  1843,  Hannah  Sophia  Phillips 
Cotton  ;b.  Oct.  16,1810. 

Mr.  Whitney  studied  for  the  mmistry  with  Rev.  Paul  Dean,  of  Boston,  and  was 
ordained  as  an  evangelist  by  the  Massachusetts  Association  of  Restorationists.  He 
is  a  warm-hearted,  conscientious,  earnest  preacher  of  practical  Christianity  in  its 
various  reformatory  bearings,  though  never  settled  as  a  pastor.  He  has  preached  at 
different  periods  for  longer  or  shorter  terms  in  Middlesex  village.  West  Boylstonand 
Berlm.  Also  lectured  much  on  temperance  and  other  reforms.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  coadjutors  in  the  attempt  to  establish  the  Cummunity  at  Hopedale;  com- 
menced there  in  1842,  his  wife  likewise  becoming  a  member  and  the  family  continu- 
ing till  1850.  Since  then  he  has  resided  in  other  localities,  namely,  Southboro,  where 
he  was  postmaster  in  1871.  While  residing  in  Boylston  that  town  elected  him  its 
delegate  to  the  state  convention  of  1853  for  revising  the  constitution.  Concerning  his 
participation  in  that  body,  he  dryly  says:  "  The  only  things  that  made  me  a  white 
crow  in  that  convention  were  my  advocacy  of  the  proposition  to  leave  the  term  male 
out  of  the  constitution,  as  Francis  Jackson  and  his  friends  desired  it  should  be,  and 
the  proposition  to  put  aside  the  military  organization  and  intrust  the  execution  of  the 
laws  to  the  legal  voters,  who  really  enacted  them;  "  res.  Boylston,  Milford  and  South- 
boro, Mass. 

6570.    i.  Daniel  C,  b.  May  8,  1843;  d.  July  31, 1850. 


428  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6571.  ii.         Mary  P.  C,  b.  Mar.  12.  1B49:  m.  Nov.  24,  1870,  John  D.  Billings. 

6572.  iii.        Alice  G.  C,  b.  July  21,1852;  m.  July  20,  1871,  Hazen  J.  Burton  ; 

five  ch. 

3739.  William  Whitney  (Stephen,  Timothy,  Moses,  Timothy,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  West  Roxbury,  Mass.;  m.  Harriett  Faxon.  He  d.  in  1859;  res.  Quincy, 
Mass. 

6573.  i.  Henry  C,  b.  June  28,  1843.     He  served  in  Co.  A,  32d  Mass.  Vols. 

during  the  war,  and  at  present  resides  at  the  Soldiers'  Home  in 
Chelsea,  Mass. 

6574.  ii.         Helen  F.,  b.  1847;  m.  Geo.  H.  Bridge. 

3744.  Clark  Whitney  (William   B.,   Samuel.  Joseph,   Timothy,  John,  John, 

John),  b.  June  7,  1806;  m.  Elizabeth ;  b.  Feb.  10,  1820;  d.  June  4,  1852.     He  d. 

July  29,  1852;  res.  in  Wisconsin. 

6575.  i.  Lydia  Ann,  b.   Mav  1,   1845;  m.  Fred  S.  Ellis;  res.  Green  Bav, 

Wis. 

6576.  ii.         Ellen,  b.  Jan.,  1849;  d.  Mar.  23,  1855. 

6577.  iii.        Lemuel,  b. . 

6578.  iv.       Arvetta,  b.  Apr.  6,  1852;  d.  Aug.  6,  1852. 

3745.  William  Bartholomew  Whitney  (William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tim- 
othy, John,  John,  John),  b.  Massachusetts  Oct.  4, 1803;  m.  Oct.  30, 1832,  Charity  Weese; 
b.  Aug.  30,  1817;  d.  Jan.  15, 1884.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Aug.  19, 1884;  res.  Sophias- 
burg,  Ont. 

6579.  i.  John,  b.  Mar.  1,  1834;  m.  Hannah  E.  Spafford. 

6580.  ii.         Henry  L.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1840;  m.  Lettitia  .A.nn  Sprung. 

6581.  iii.        Daniel,  b.  Jan.  8,  1836;  m.  Nancy  De  Long. 

6582.  iv.        Paul  L.,   b.   Aug.  30,   1851;    m.   Hannah    E.   Hubbs   and   Annie 

Barton. 

6583.  v.         Margaret  Ann,  b.  Nov.  28,  1844;  m.  Nov.  5, 1862,  Rev.  Royal  M. 

Ainsworth;  res.  Danville,  Ont.  He  was  b.  Mar.  7,  1839.  He  is 
a  clergyman,  pastor  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  church.  Ch.: 
Benjamin  Cory,  b.  July  6,  1863;  m.  Sept.  14,  1893;  address,  212 
Woodward  Ave,,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Henrv  Franklin,  b.  Nov.  5, 
1866;  m.  May  7,  1893;  P.  O.  address,  202  Flint  St.,  Rochester,  N. 
Y. ;  Thomas  Haldon,  b.  Aug.  14,  1868;  m.  in  the  month  of  Aug., 
1889;  P.  O.  address,  826  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Lemuel 
Cremer,  b.  May  23,  1871 ;  P.  O.  address.  Box  46,  Ridgetown,  Ont., 
Can. 

6584.  vi.       Olive,  b.  Aug.  9,  1842;  m.  Apr.  12,  1859,  Peter  Ainsworth,  b.  Apr. 

24,  1837;  m.  2d,  John  Thomas;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

6585.  vii.      David  Oliphant,  b.  Aug.  7,  1847;  d.  Apr.  12,  1848. 

6586.  viii.      Lyuia  Louisa,  b.  Dec.  6,  1839;  m.  Mar.  23,  1856,  Wesley  Wood; 

res.  Mountainview,  Ont.  He  is  a  farmer;  was  b.  Apr.  23,  1834. 
Ch.:  Charity  Ann,  b.  Feb.  14,  1857;  m.  John  Vancleaf,  1879,  Hill- 
ier,  Ont.;  Margaret  Orinda,  b.  lulv  9,  1859;  m.  John  H.  Chap- 
man, 1879,  Bloomfield,  Ont.;  Horace  Greeley,  b.  Sept.  19,  1872; 
unm.;  Mountain  View,  Ont.;  William  Elgin,  b.  Sept.  10,  1875; 
unm.;  Mountain  View,  Ont. 

6587.  ix.        Flora   Josephine,  b.  Aug.  28,   i859;  m.  Nov.  26,  1883,  Daniel 

Dies,  b.  July  4,  1858;  is  a  farmer;  res.  Center,  Herkimer  Co.,  N. 
Y.     Ch.:  Herbert,  b.  Feb.  14,  1884;  d.  Mar.  12,  1884;  Winifred, 
b.  Dec.  30,  1889;  Myrtle,  b.  Aug.  6,  1893. 
6688.    X.        Victoria,  b.  June  23, 1849;  d.  July  26,  1849. 

3746.  Samuel  Whitney  (William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Ontario,  Dec.  1, 1«09;  m.  June  23,  1831,  Mary  Cole;  b.  Aug.  9,  1810.  She  d. 
in  Brighton,  Ontario,  Feb.  15,  1868.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  July  6,  1854;  res. 
Sophiasburg,  Ont. 

6589.  i.  Isaac  b.  July  1,  1834;  m.  Laura  Puffer. 

6590.  ii.         Simon  Lawrence,  b.  July  28,  1832;  m.  Minerva  Phillips. 
6691.     iii.        Albert,  b.  June  12,  1844;  m.  Mahala  Jane  Phillips. 

-      6592.     iv.       Catherine   Harriett,  b.  Mar.  15,  1839;  m.  May  6,  1855,  John 
McNelley,b.  Mar.  19,  1836;  res.  Codington,  Ont. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  429 

6593.  V.         Hannah  Mary,  b.  Apr.  6,  1840;  m.  Nov.  23,  1859.  William  Wash- 

burn, b.  Mar.  10,  1840;  res.  Lake,  Ont. 

6594.  vi.        Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct.  10,  1846;  m.  May  16,  1868,  Ebenezer  Phillips; 

farmer;  b.  Apr.  25,  1841;  res.  Codington,  Ont. 

3749.  Norman  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John, 
b.  Chesterfield,  N.  Y.,  May  16,  1802;  m.  at  Keeseville,  Nov.  3, 1825,  Mary  Wilcox  For- 
syth; b.  Mar.  16,  1804;  d.  Apr.  i6,  1891.  He  was  a  contractor  and  builder.  He  d. 
July  9,  1888;  res.  Keeseville,  N.  Y. 

6595.  i.  Nelson,  b.  Oct.  11,  1826;  m.  Jennie  Chamberlin. 

6596.  li.         Henry  J.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1828;  m.  Julia  Van  Dusen. 

6597.  iii.        Samuel,  b.  May  20,  1831;  unm.;  res.  Oshkosh,  Wis.     Is  a  civil 

engineer. 

6598.  iv.  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  18,  1833;  m.  Margaret  Satchell. 

6599.  v.  Mary,  b.  Mar.  29,  18.35;  d.  Oct.  25.  1843. 

6600.  vi.  Helen,  b.  Nov.  13,  J829;  d.  Aug.  5,  1830. 

6601.  vii.  Harriett,  b.  Aug.  11,  1837;  d.  Sept.  19,  1855. 

6602.  viii.  E.mily  S.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1839;  unm.;  res.  Keeseville,  N.  Y. 

6603.  ix.  Charles,  b.  Ian.  16.  1844;  m.  Rboda  Phelps. 

6604.  X.  George  R.,  b.  May  18.  1846;  d.  Oct.  30,  1855. 

6605.  xi.  Martha  M.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1842;  d.  Apr.  1,  1843. 

3750.  David  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
-;  m.  Maria  Wright.     She  m.  again  and  went  to  California;  res.  Green  P>ay, 


Wis. 

6606.  i.  Israel,  b. ;  went  to  California. 

6607.  li.  Helen,  b. ;  went  to  California. 

6608.  iii.  Dwight,  b. ;  went  to  California. 

6f'09.  iv.  Harriett,  b. ;  went  to  California. 

6610.  V.  Emily,  b. ;  went  to  California. 

3754.  Capt.  Daniel  Milo  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothv,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Chesterfield,  N.  Y.,  July  23,  1815;  m.  Aug.  2,  18.37.  at  Keeseville,  N.  Y.. 
Emily  Reynolds;  b.  at  Whitehall,  N.Y.,  June  11,1813;  d.  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  June 29, 
1880.'  Daniel  M.  Whitney  was  born  in  Chesterfield,  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  23,  1813. 
His  early  life  was  passed  on  a  farm  at  Port  Douglass,  near  Keeseville,  N.  Y.  When  a 
young  man  he  belonged  to  the  state  militia  of  New  York,  and  was  appointed  as  en- 
sign in  the  37th  Regiment  of  Infantry  in  1832  by  Gov.  Enos  T.  Throop.  (His  commis- 
sion signed  by  the  governor  his  son,  Rev.  Geo.  A.,  has  in  his  possession.)  In  18.33  he 
came  west  to  Green  Bay  (then  Navarino),  Wis.,  and  was  in  the  employ  of  his 
uncle,  Daniel  Whitney,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  place.  He  contmued  in  his 
uncle's  employ  for  many  years  and  traveled  considerably  in  his  interest.  He  after- 
wards entered  into  mercantile  business  and  later  became  largely  engaged  in  river 
navigation.  For  a  number  of  years  he  commanded  one  of  the  larger  bay  steamers, 
the  Fannie  Fisk,  plying  between  Green  Bay  and  Marinette.  For  several  years  he 
was  a  large  mail  contractor  between  Green  Bay  and  Lake  Superior.  In  1862  he  was 
appointed  postmaster  at  Green  Bay;  about  the  year  1869  he  was  appointed  deputy 
U.  S.  marshal,  an  office  which  he  held  until  his  death,  was  also  sheriff  of  Brown 
county.  The  funeral  was  the  largest  ever  held  in  that  city.  He  d.  June  6,  1878;  res. 
Green  Bay,  Wis. 

6611.  i.  George  A.,  b.  Sept.  29,  18.38;  m.  Marian  J.  Sherwood. 

6612.  ii.         Henry   E.,  b.  July  15,    1843;    m.  Mary   E.   Brown   and  Marion 

Roberts. 

6613.  iii.        Charlotte  Safford,  b.  Dec.  12,  1846;  m.  June  2,  1869,  Augus- 

tus Heber  Reynolds,  b.  June  22,  1846;  res.  435  Webster  Ave.. 
Green  Bay,  Wis.  Ch.:  Henry  Douglass,  b.July  9,  1872;  d.  Sept. 
23,  1884. 

6614.  iv.        Myra  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  3,  1850  (adopted);   m.  (see)  John  O.  Day,  Jr. 

res.  Milwaukee. 

3755.  John  Clark  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel.  Joseph,  Timothv,  John,  John. 
John),  b.  Chesterfield.  N.  Y.,  Mav  19,  1821;  m.  May  13,  1846.  Harriett  V.  Dickinson; 
b.  at  Middlebury,  Vt..  Oct.  13,  1826;  d.  Mav  2,  1880.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Apr. 
27,  1892;  res.  Weyauwega,  Wis. 

6615.  i.        '  Edwin  H.,  b.  July  22,  1854;  m.  Caroline  Borngesser. 


430 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


6617.  ii. 

6618.  Hi. 

6619.  iv. 

6620.  V. 

6621.  vi. 

6622.  vii. 


James  H.,  b.  Feb.  2.  1847;  m. 


and  Louise  Schultz. 


William  C,  b.  Sept.  19,  1850;  m.  Ella  Harmon. 

John  L.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1856;  m.  Emma  J.  Patterson. 

Frank  W.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1858;  m.  Lizzie  Curtis. 

Fred  D.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1858;  m.  and  res.  Black  Hills,  N.  Dak. 

Charles,  b.  Apr.  22,  1866;  res.  Chicago,  111.;  unm. 


3756.  Capt.  Luther  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph.  Timothy,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Feb.  19,  1825;  m.  Feb.  11,  1846,  Jane  E.  Bigelow;  b.  Mar.  14,1827;  d.  Dec.  3, 
1875;  m.  2d,  Sept.  13,  1876,  Mary  Emily  Watson. 

Luther  Whitney  was  born  on  the  old  Whitney  homestead  at  Keeseville,  N.  Y., 
where  he  resided  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  he  disposed  of  it.  He  was  a  farmer. 
Was  captain  in  the  state  militia  and  often  supervisor  of  his  township;  res.  Keeseville, 
N.  Y. 

i.  Nellie  Augusta,  b.  Jan.  15,  1857;  m.  George  N.  Kingsland;  res. 

K.     Ch.:  Alfred,  b.  Nov.  12,  1879;  d.  Aug.  2,  1881. 
ii.         Martha  A.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1847;  m.  George  Adgate;  res.  Sioux  City, 
la.     Ch.:  Geo.,  b.  Mar.  20, 1870;  Fred'k  Whitney,  b.  July  5, 1868; 
Phillip,  b.  Dec.  29,  1871;  d.  Sept.  4,  1872;  Grace,  b.  Nov.  24,1877; 
Mary  Cornelia,  b.  Apr.  17,  1881;  d.  Sept.  2,  1881. 
Jennie,  b.  Feb.  9,  1866;  unm.;  res.  S.  C,  la. 
Susan  Watson,  b.  Feb.  9,  1881;  unm.;  res.  K. 

Fred  Albert,  b. ;  d.  Dec.  19,  1851. 

Edna  Lucretia,  b. ;  d.  Nov.  12,  1857. 


6623. 
6624. 


6625. 
6626. 
6627. 
6628. 


111. 
iv. 

V. 

vi. 


3757.  Lyman  Beecher  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Chesterfield.  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5,  1828;  m.  Sept.  16, 1850,  Roanna  K.  Hurlbut; 
b.  Dec.  27,  1827.  He  is  baggagemaster  for  the  Champlain  Transfer  Co.;  res.  Cady- 
ville, -N.  Y.,  and  Burlington,  Vt. 

6629.  i.  Hermon  Leroy,  b.  Dec.  12,  1852;  m.  Alice  Hanna. 

6630.  ii.         Albert   Augustus,  b.  Sept.  21,  1855;  m.  Mary  A.  Baker  and 

Louise  A.  Millham. 

3758.  Clarence  Joshua  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Chesterfield,  N.  Y., 
"Nov.  1,1834;  m.  July  31,  1862,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Colvin;  b. 
Nov.  1,  1836. 

C.  J.  Whitney,  professor  and  teacher,  is  a  native  of 
Essex  county,  N.  Y.,  and  was  born  Nov.  1,  1834.  He  grew 
up  and  received  his  education  at  Keeseville  academy  and 
the  University  of  \'ermont;  came  west  in  the  fall  of  1859, 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  the  fall  of 
1861  he  engaged  in  teaching.  He  held  the  position  of 
principal  of  the  Eighth  Ward 
school  for  eleven  years,  and  was 
also  principal  of  the  high  school 
at  Portage  City  for  one  year.  He 
is  one  of  the  oldest  teachers  in 
actual  service  in  the  city.  [Hist. 
Milwaukee.]  He  went  to  Chi- 
cago in  1881,  and  engaged  in 
newspaper    and     literary    work. 

In   1891   he  was   appointed   by   Gov.   Fifer  justice  of  the 

peace  for  the  town  of  Lake  \'iew,  and  has  since  held  this 

office;  res.  1546  Lill  Ave.,  Chicago.  111. 

6631.  i.  May  L.,  b.  July  7,  1866;  unm.;  res.  at 

home. 

3760.  Luther  Whitney  (Luther,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  July  26,  1815; 
m.  Nov.  28,  1843;  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Rebecca  J.  Irwin; 
b.  Sept.  16,  1825,  at  Green  Bay,  Wis. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  born  at  Gilsum,  N.   H.,  and  lived 
there  until  he  was  12  years  old  when  he  moved  to  St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  remained  until  he  went  west  to  Kenosha,  Wis.,  when  a  young  man.     He  resided 
ihere  at  the  time  of  his  marriage.     Mrs.  Whitney  was  born  at  Green  Bay,  and  lived 


CLAEENCE  J.  WHITNEY. 


MAY  L.  WHITNEY, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


431 


LUTHEE   WHITNEY. 


there  until  she  was  married  and  went  to  live  at  Kenosha.  They  went  to  Muskegon, 
Mich.,  in  1864,  and  have  lived  there  ever  since.  Few  of  Muskegon's  citizens  are 
better  known  and  none  are  more  highly  respected  and  honored.  For  three  full  terms, 
or  twelve  years,  from  1875  to  1887,  Mr.  Whitney  was  post- 
master at  Muskegon,  having  been  appointed  by  Presidents 
Grant,  Hayes  and  Arthur,  in  succession.  Mr.  Whitney  is 
now  (1895)  80  years  of  age,  but  enjoys  good  health,  and  is 
very  prompt  and  regular  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 
The  years  seem  to  rest  lightly  upon  Mrs.  Whitney  also, 
and  few  not  acquainted  with  the  facts  would  have  guessed 
she  had  now  passed  her  golden  wedding;  res.  Muskegon, 
Mich. 

6632.  i.  George  Beaumont,  b.  July  4,  1857;  res. 

Chicago,  111.;  unm.  He  was  born  in 
Kenosha,  Wis.,  was  educated  at  the 
public  schools,  and  later  took  a  course 
in  civil  engineering  at  the  Michigan 
University  from  1878  to  1882.  Was 
assistant  engineer  on  government  work 
on  the  upper  Missouri  river,  on  Great 
Kanawha  river,  in  West  Virginia,  and 
with  the  Mississippi  River  Commis- 
sion in  1883  and  1884.  Was  superintendent  of  construction 
on  the  Home  Insurance  and  Rookery  buildings,  Chicago;  the 
Society  for  Savings  building,  Cleveland,  O.,  and  the  Masonic 
Temple,  Chicago,  one  of  the  finest  office  buildings  in  the  world. 
Is  now  president  of  the  Whitney  &  Starrett  Co.,  building  con- 
tractors, Chicago,  111. 

6633.  ii.         Thos.  Devks,  b.  Julv  1,  1859;  m.  Julia  Lucy  Hills. 

6634.  iii.        Grace  H..  b.  Aug.  19,  1851;  d.  July  12,  1856. 

3761.  Edgar  Whitney  (Luther,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tiinothv,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  June  25,  1818;  m.  July  1,  1839,  Maria  R.  Sheppard;  b.  1820;  d.  Sept.  1850;  m.  2d, 
Nov.  2,  1853,  Sarah  Church;  b.  Apr.  13,  1831;  res.  Ogdensburg  and  Lawrenceville, 
N.  Y.,  and  Ottawa,  Ont. 

6635.  i.         Helen,  b.  May,  1844;  m.  1875, Barney.     Ch.:  Leon,  b.  1867; 

Helen,  b.  1869;  res.  Lawrence,  N.  Y. 

6636.  ii.        Luther  H.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1849;  m.  May  Gibeant. 

6637.  iii.       Harvey  C,  b.  June  17,  18.57. 

3763.  Pascal  Whitney  (Luther,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John)  b. 
Nov.  4,  1823;  m.  Perna  Shepard;  m.  2d,  Amanda  Rockwell.  She  res.  Osage,  la. 
He  d.  Dec.  3,  1883;  res.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 

6637a.  i.  Loretta  Betsey,  b.  Sept.  23,  1850;  m.  Frederick  Sinclair  James; 

b.  Barrington,  111.,  Feb.  20,  1849.  They  res.  1635  Sheridan  Road. 
Buena  Park,  Chicago,  111.  Ch.:  Flora  Blanche,  b.  Sept.  27,  1869; 
m.  Jan.  22,  1890,  Elmer  Ellsworth  Forman.  Ch.:  Maynard  Lor- 
etta, b.  July  1, 1891;  Frederick  James,  b.  Nov.  30.  1894.  Bertha 
Whitney,  b.  Aug.  29,  1871;  m.  Dec.  27,  1894,  Gilbert  Marcy 
Weeks;  Whitney  Pascal,  b.  Dec.  11,  1873;  Frederick  Sinclair,  b. 
July  11,  1875;  Louis  Norwood,  b.  Sept.  15,  1881;  Robert  Eugene, 
b.  Nov.  12,  1884. 

6638a.  ii.        Homer  Pascal,  b. ;  d. . 

6639a.  iii.       Eugene  Henry;  m.  Mary  Cushing,  res.  Chicago. 

6640a.  iv.       Perna  Miner,  6642a.  vi.       Kate  Rebecca. 

6641a.  V.        Annette  Hersey.  6643a.  vii.      Frederick   Lamson. 

3764.  Daniel  Hexshaw  W^hitney  (Daniel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothv,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  June  7,  1827;  m.  Mar.  10,  1863,  Eva  Rosina  Baeder; 
b.  Oct.  21,  1838;  she  m.  2d,  Nov.  30,  1885,  Ernest  Funke,  of  Oconto,  Wis.  Daniel  was 
a  well-known,  influential,  and  prominent  citizen  of  Calumet  Co.,  Wis.  He  was  well 
educated  and  was  a  sound,  practical  business  man.  In  1849-50  he  was  register  of 
deeds,  and  the  records  show  that  he  was  a  faithful  officer  and  a  tasteful  recorder. 
"A  more  whole-souled,  warm-hearted  man  or  obliging  neighbor  never  lived."  He 
was  proprietor  of  Whitney's  landing,  Stockbridge,  Wis.  He  d.  Nov.  17,  1866;  res. 
Stockbridge  and  Menosha,  Wis. 


432  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6638.  i.         Emeline  Stillman,  b.  Oct,  28,  1865;  res.  Green  Bay. 

6639.  ii.        Daniel  H.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1867;  unm.;  res.  Phil,  with  uncle  Wm.  B. 

3766.  Joshua  Whitney  (Daniel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Aug.  30,  1829;  m.  there  Nov.  9,  1862,  Elizabeth  Frances  Irwin; 
b.  Nov.  7, 1832.  He  was  a  book-keeper  for  many  years  but  of  late  years  has  been  in 
poor  health;  res.  Green  Bay,  Wis. 

6640.  i.         Emeline  H.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1853;  m.  Nov.  28, 1887,  Walter  Calhoun; 

b.  Aug.  27,  1852.     He  is  a  civil  engineer.     Ch.:    Geo.  Whitney, 
b.  Sept.  16,  1890. 

6641.  ii.        Joshua,  b.  Oct.  8,  1857;  d.  same  day. 

3767.  William  Beaumont  Whitney  (Daniel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Green  Bav,  Wis.,  Apr.  4,  1832;  m.  Nov.  21,  1854,  Laura  Margaret 
Clewell;  b.  Sept.  2,  1830; 'd.  May  4,  1884;  m.  2d,  Nov.  23,  1886,  Emma  Graham  Va- 
rian,  b.  Aug.  1,  1851. 

He  was  born  April  4,  1832,  in  Green  Bay,  W'is.,  and  in  what  was  then  known  as 
the  town  of  Navarino,  which  is  opposite  to  Fort  Howard,  and  he  was  named  after 
the  resident  armv  surgeon  (who  was  the  sole  physician  of  the  settlement),  William 
Beaumont.     A  silver  snuff  box  was  presented  to  his  father  for  him  by  Pierre  Grignon, 
(in  token  of  the  first  white  child  born   on  the  claim),  who  owned  the  French  claim, 
transferred  to  his  father,  upon  which  he  located  the  town  of  Navarino.     (John  Jacob 
Astor  located  the  town  of  Astor  on    an  adjoining   French  claim  which  he  had  pur- 
chased).    He  lived  in  Green  Bay,  attending  school  whenever 
the  opportunity  offered,  until  about   15   years   of  age,  when 
he  went  to  Piqua,  Miami  county,  O.,  where  he  spent  some 
years  in  getting  an  education;  then   returned  for  about  two 
years  to  Green  Bay,  spending  part  of  the  time  at  Sheboygan 
looking  after  his  father's  property  and  assisting  his  brothers 
at   Kaukauna,  where  they  conducted  a  forwarding  business 
with  their  cousin,  Daniel   M.  Whitney.     He  then   moved,  in 
the  winter  of  1851-2,  to  the  city  of  Cincinnati  where  he  filled 
the  position  of   assistant  book-keeper   and   book-keeper   in 
several  concerns,  till  the  year  1859.     During  this  residence 
in   Cmcinnati   he   was   married  to  Miss   Clewell,   of  Piqua, 
Ohio,  and  filled  very  pleasantly  the  officeof  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school  of  Christ  Church,  Cincinnati,  for  five 
or  six  years,  residing  part  of  the  time  at  Newport,  Ky.,  across 
WILLIAM  B.  WHITNEY.       the  Ohio  river,   where  they   lost   their  first   child.     On  the 

30th  day  of  September,  1859,  he  arrived  in  Philadelphia 
and  began  immediate  employment  as  book-keeper  for  the  firm  of  Sharpe,  Leisenrmg 
&  Co.,  with  whom  he  remained  a  few  years  and  then  was  appointed  manager  of  the 
coal  department  of  the  Lehigh  Coal  &  Navigation  Co ,  which  position  he  filled,  to- 
gether with  the  office  of  purchasing  agent,  and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  one  or  two 
of  the  allied  companies,  until  the  1st  of  September,  1870,  when  he  began  business  as 
a  commission  dealer  in  coal,  having  for  his  partners  Mahlon  S.  Kemmerer  and 
George  D.  McCreary,  the  firm  being  Whitney,  McCreary  &  Kemmerer.  Th.s  has 
continued  from  that  time  to  this,  with  the  change  that  Mr.  George  D.  McCreary  sold 
his  interest  to  his  partners  in  1879.  Upon  arriving  in  Philadelphia  he  connected 
himself  with  St.  Andrew's  P.  E.  church  under  the  rectorship  of  William  Bacon 
Stevens,  D.  D.,  subsequently  bishop  of  the  diocese,  and  was  appointed  by  him  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday-school,  which  position  he  filled  for  five  or  six  years,  till 
moving  to  the  suburb  of  Germantown  made  it  impossible  for  him  longer  to  retain 
that  position.  Upon  leaving,  the  teachers  of  the  Sunday-school  connected  with  that 
church  presented  him  with  a  very  handsome  gold  watch  inscribed  "  Easter,  1868." 
He  served  several  years  as  member  of  the  Diocesan  Convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  Pennsylvania;  also  as  warden  of  the  Church  of  the  Crucifixion 
for  more  than  twenty-six  years,  and  has  been  for  a  number  of  years  a  vestryman  of 
Christ  Church,  Germantown,  as  well  as  treasurer  of  the  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book 
Societv;  add.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  137  S.  Second  St. 

6642.  i.  Mary  Clewell,  b.  Nov.  4,  1855;    d.  Aug.  28,   1857,  at   New- 

port, Ky. 

6643.  ii.         Helen  Clewell,  b.  Nov.  15,  1863;  m.  Nov.  9, 1888,  Francis  Sedg- 

wick Bangs;  res.   Phil.     Ch.:  Francis  Nathan,  b.  Aug.  18,  1889; 
.  Mary  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  6,   1890;  Whitnev,  b.  June  5,  1892;  d. 
Aug.,  1892. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  433 

6644.    iii.        Mary  Douglass,  b.  Oct.  29,  1865;  m.  Nov.  19, 1891,  Geo.  M.  Hen- 
derson; res.  P. 
6646.    iv.        Margaretta  V.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1892. 

3774.  Edward  Whitney  (Joseph,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1829;  m.  at  Humboldt,  Kan.,  Catherine  Plough,  b.  Oct.  26,  1841. 
He  is  a  carpenter.     Res.  Red  Oak,  Iowa. 

6646.  i.  Wilson  W.  6650.  v.  Clinton  P. 

6647.  ii.  Sarah  L.  6651.  vi.  Eva. 

6648.  iii.  E.  Rollin.  6652.  vii.  Edna. 

6649.  iv.  Guv. 

3775.  Jasper  Whitney  (Joseph,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  23,  1831;  m.  Jan.  19,  1864,  Sarah  E.  Alden;  b.  Dec.  25, 1842;  res. 
Thomson,  111. 

6653.  i.         Flora,  b.  Dec.  7,  1866;  m.   Dec.   10,   1884,   Albert    Potter,    res. 

Thomson. 

6654.  ii.        Horton,  b.  Sept.  20,  1868;  m.  July  5,  1892,  Minnie  Smith;  res  T. 

6655.  iii.       Emma,  b.  Jan.  13,  1870;  m.  Apr.  9,  1889,  Norman  Hall;  res.  T. 

6656.  iv.       Eva,  b.  Aug.  4,  1879;  res.  T. 

3778.  Luther  Whitney  (Joseph,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John  John), 
b.  Compton,  Kane  Co.,  111.,  Dec.  7,  1841;  m.  at  Mt.  Carroll,  Oct.  18,  1865,  Ellen  A. 
Willey;  b.  Mar.  15,  1843.  He  is  a  farmer  and  served  during  the  war  in  the  92nd 
Illinois  Regt.,  was  wounded  and  has  a  pension;  res.  Hopkins,  Mo. 

6657.  i.         Frank,  b.  Jan.  23,  1868. 

6658.  ii.        Everett,  b.  May  18,  1870. 

6659.  iii.       Fay  W.,  b.  July  24,  1885. 

3780.  Daniel  Whitney  (John,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. 
Compton,  111.,  Jan.  3,  1840;  m.  in  Belvidere,  Feb.  16,  1863,  Altha  Maria  Babbitt;  b. 
Oct.  18,  1844.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  St.  Charles,  111.;  P.  O.  Wasco. 

6660.  i.         Mertell,  b.  Oct.  16,  1865;  m.  Apr.  24,  1889.  Frank   I.  Webb,  b 

July  6,  1865;  res  10  Fairfield  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.      Ch.:  Pearl,  b. 
Nov.  19,1891. 

6661.  ii.        Merrill,  b.  Jan.  18,  1P67;  m.  Josie  L.  Murphy. 

6662.  iii.       Merritt,  b.  May  24,  1872;  res.  at  home. 

3781.  Seymour  Whitney  (lohn.  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Wyoming,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  10,  1827;  m.  Apr.  19,  1862,  Sarepta  Warren;  b.  Sejjt.  30, 
1831 ;  d.  Jan.  5,  1880;  m.  2d,  Jan.  14, 1881 ,  Addie  Ward.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Boliver, 
Polk  Co.,  Mo.,  and,  Wirth,  Ark. 

Hiram  A.,  b.  Apr.  2.  1853,  Boise  Citv,  Idaho. 

A W.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1856. 

T B.,  b.  July  17.  1858. 

Mary  J.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1860. 

E E.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1K64;  m. Morris;  res.  Ventura,  Cal. 

G J.,  b,  Apr.  10,  1867. 

H M.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1868. 

Julia  A.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1871. 

W A.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1881. 

Onei  a.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1883. 

A M.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1885. 

John  L.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1887. 

R B.,  b.  June  12,  1890. 

M W.,b.  July  12,  1892. 

3782.  Alden  Whitney  (John,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. 
Java,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1829;  m.  at  Compton,  111.,  Jan.  25,  1852,  Charlotte  Maria  Cowles; 
b.  July  6,  1831;  d.  Apr.  7,  1888.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Lamont,  Buchanan  Co.,  Iowa. 

6677.  i.         Sarah  Maria,  b.  Jan.  11,  1853;  m.  Nov.  21,  1880,  Albert  Ward. 

Ch.:     Alden  R.,  Charles  and  Sarah  Maria. 

6678.  ii.        RachelMary,  b.  July  7,  1856;  m.  Oct.  25,  1876;  m.  2d  Sept.  4, 

1883 

6679.  iii.       Orril  I.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1858;  m.  Dec.  31,  1885,  F.  A.  Carey. 

6680.  iv.        S.  Alden,  b.  Aug.  13,  1861;  m.  Mar.  21,  1883. 


6663. 

6664. 

11. 

6665. 

111. 

6666. 

IV. 

6667. 

V. 

6668. 

vi. 

6669. 

Vll. 

6670. 

vni. 

6671. 

ix. 

6672. 

X. 

6673. 

xi. 

6674. 

xii. 

6675. 

Xlll. 

6676. 

XIV. 

434  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6681.  V.        John  S.,  b.  July  8,  1863;  m.  Nov.  19,  1891. 

6682.  vi.       Alma  E.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1865;  m.  Mar.  31,  1884,  T.  W.  Smalley.    Ch.: 

Alden  E.  and  Mary  M. 

6683.  vii.      Daniel  Frank,  b.  Aug.  2, 1867. 

6684.  viii.     Willard  M.,  b.  July  17,  1870;  m.  Apr.  3,  1889. 

6685.  ix.       Hiram  Melvin,  b.  Apr.  18,  1873. 

3785.  John  Whitney  (John,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. 
Compton,  111.,  Feb.  23, 1846;  m.  Feb.  8,  1875,  at  Elgin,  Etta  Shipman.  He  is  a  dealer 
in  live  stock;  res.  Wasco,  111.,  and  Hebron,  Neb. 

6686.  i.         DiCKEy;b.  Nov.  21,  1876. 

6687.  ii.        Max,  b.  Nov.  25,  1878. 

3787.     Melvin  Whitney  (John,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b. 
Compton,  111.,  Feb.  20,  1851;  m.  Nov.  11,  1875,  at  Geneva  Lake,  Wis.,  Adella  Millen; 
b.  Jan.  24,  1859.     He  is  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  cattle  and  hogs;  res.  Wasco,  111. 
6688     i.         Lottie  May,  b.  Oct.  11,  1877. 

6689.  ii.        Vernie  Mariah,  b.  Mar.  10,  1883. 

6690.  iii.       Clarence  Melvin,  b.  Sept.  7, 1885. 

3793.  Harry  Frank  Whitney  (Benjamin  F.,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  St.  Charles,  111.,  Nov.  10,  1847;  m.  at  Pickering,  Mo.,  Aug.  3,  1879, 
Maggie  Shields  Hanna;  b.  Apr.  11,  1858.  He  is  manager  of  a  bus  line  for  a  local 
company;  res.  Maryville,  Mo. 

6691.  i.         Clara  Belle,  b. . 

6692.  li.        Gertrude  Alice,  b. . 

6693.  iii.       Paul  Goodson,  b. . 

6694.  iv.       Willie  B.,  b. . 

3804.  Mark  J.  Whitney  (Jarvis,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  19,  1843;  m.  Elgin,  111.,  July  4,  1866,  Matilda  Ann  Freeland;  b. 
June  6,  1848.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Fresno,  Cal. 

Frank  J.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1868;  m.  Ruth  Yarnell. 

Mary  Elsie,  b.  May  14,  1869;    m.  June  20,  1889,  Emil  A.  Blum, 

res.  Groveland,    Cal.      He    was  b.  Aug.  8,   1864.      Ch.:    Elsie 

Christina,  b.  Mar.  28,  1890. 
Genevra  Anna,  b.  Feb.  17,  1871;  unm.;  res.  Fresno. 
Catherine  Effie,  b.  Sept.  25,  1872;  m.  Sept.  25,  1893,  Ardie  L. 

Smith;  b.  July  25,  1871. 
Wm.  Henry,  b.  Oct.  20,  1876. 
Chas.  Edward,  b.  Nov.  25,  1878. 

3805.  William  Whitney  (Jarvis,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Pekin,  N.  Y.,  June  2,  1845;  m.  at  Elgin,  111.,  Oct.  9,  1871,  Millie  Freeland;  b.  May 
14,  1852.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  New  Hartford,  la. 

Harry,  b.  Dec.  15,  1872;  res.  N.  H. 

Rosa,  b.  Apr.  14,  1874. 

Jarvis,  b.  Jan.  31,  1876. 

Charley,  b.  Nov.  17,  1877. 

Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  13,  1882. 

Ralph  D.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1884. 

Myrtie,  b.  Sept.  7,  1886. 

Annie  Bell,  b.  June  16,  1879;  d.  Mar.  14,  1881. 

3808.  John  D.  Whitney  (Jarvis,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John,  John), 
b.  Java,  N.  Y.,  June  12,  1849;  m.  Feb.  20,  1884,  Angle  Woodin;  b.  1866;  d.  Nov.  29. 
1892.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Davenport,  Wash. 

7009.  i.  Ralph  D.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1886. 

7010.  ii.         Nellie,  b.  Nov.  8,  1889. 

3812.  George  Lemuel  Whitney  (James  F.,  Lemuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Charleston,  111..  May  20,  1837;  m.  at  Victoria,  Tex.,  Oct.  4,  1866, 
Tillitha  C.  Stoner;  b.  Apr.  30,  1849.  He  is  an  extensive  farmer  and  stockraiser;  res. 
Goliad,  Tex. 

7011.  i.  Bettie,  b.  Aug.  14,  1867;  m.  Jan.  28,  1891,  Robert  E.  Rugland. 

He  d.  Jan.  9,  1892,  leaving  one  son,  Robert  E.    The  wid.  res. 
Beesville,  Bee  Co.,  Tex. 


6695. 
6696. 

i. 

ii. 

6697. 
6698. 

iii. 
iv. 

6699. 
7000. 

V. 

vi. 

7001. 

i. 

7002. 

11. 

7003. 

111. 

7004. 

IV. 

7005. 

V. 

7006. 

VI. 

7007. 

VII. 

7008. 

Vlll. 

7013. 

iii. 

7014. 

IV. 

7016. 

V. 

7016. 

VI. 

7017. 

vn. 

7018. 

Vlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  435 

7012.    ii.         Maria  C.  T.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1870;  m.  Oct.  2,  1893,  H.  H.  Crocker. 
Ch.:  Lillian;  res.  Fannin,  Goliad  Co.,  Tex. 
Overton  S..  b.  Jan.  18,  1873. 
Geo.  M.,  b.  Nov.  11,1874. 
Nannie  Harris,  b.  Apr.  12,  1877, 
TiLLiTHA  A.,  b.  June  26,  1879. 
James  Foster,  b.  Aug.  7,  1882. 
Susie  Lucile,  b.  Jan.  22,  1886. 

3815.  James  Foster  Whitney  (James  F.,  Lemuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Charleston,  111.,  Sept.  4,  1843;  m.  at  Mattoon,  111.,  Nov.  20,  1865,  Alice 
Hamblen;  b.  June  14,  1846. 

James  F.  Whitney,  born  near  Charleston,  111.,  Sept.  4, 1843;  lived  with  his  parents 
in  Coles  and  Edgar  Counties,  111.,  until  spring  1851,  when  his  grandfather,  Lemuel 
Whitney,  took  him  to  Pendleton  Co.,  Ky.;  lived  near  Foster,  Ky.,  until  April,  1861, 
when  he  went  to  live  near  Mattoon,  111.,  to  his  step-father,  Rufus  Pierce;  stayed  with 
his  step-father  (Rufus  Pierce  was  born  near  Milton,  Mass.),  until  July  31,  1861,  when 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  D,  41st  Regt.  111.  Vol.  Infantry;  was  shot  in 
right  temple  at  Fort  Donelson,  Tenn.,  Feb.  15,  1862;  taken  home  by  his  step-father; 
stayed  until  March  25,  1862,  when  he  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Shiloh,  Tenn.  At  the 
battle  of  Shiloh,  or  Pittsburg  Landing,  he  was  shot  through  right  thigh  and  through 
left  leg,  about  four  inches  below  knee,  and  a  flesh  wound,  calf  of  right  leg;  lay  in 
hospital  at  Savannah,  Tenn.,  until  May,  when  he  was  taken  to  hospital  at  Quincy, 
111.;  left  hospital  on  furlough  some  time  last  of  May,  and  stayed  with  his  step-father 
until  Sept.,  1862,  when  he  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Bolivar,  Tenn.,  was  discharged 
from  the  army  on  the  10th  day  of  Nov.,  1862,  by  reason  of  said  wounds  disabling 
him  from  service;  stayed  with  the  army  as  clerk  in  sutler  store,  in  62d  and  54th  111. 
regiments  until  Oct.,  1865.  Married  Alice  Hamblen,  of  Mattoon,  111.,  Nov.  20,  1865; 
farmed  his  step-father's  farm  (Mr.  Pierce  died  April,  1864),  until  Jan.,  1870;  went  to 
Texas,  and  tried  to  raise  cotton  until  January,  1874;  returned  to  Charleston;  stayed 
in  Charleston  until  Mar.  29,  1874;  started  west;  landed  in  Larned,  Kan.,  Apr.  3, 1874; 
took  a  homestead  twelve  miles  north  of  Larned;  elected  register  of  deeds  of  Pawnee 
Co.,  Kan.,  Nov.,  1875;  served  one  term;  went  back  to  farm  Jan.,  1878;  in  Nov.,  1879, 
was  elected  county  clerk,  which  position  he  has  held  to  date,  having  been  nominated 
at  the  Republican  conventions,  and  elected  for  the  eighth  term  in  Nov.,  1893;  res. 
Mattoon,  111.;  Larned,  Kan. 

Walter  H.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1^66;  res.  unm.  at  Alva,  01k. 

Ruby,  b.  Aug.  1, 1868;  m.  Oct.  7, 1893,  Claude  Rinker;  res.  Nevada, 
Mo.     He  was  b.  in  1862,  s.  p. 

James  F.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1871;  res.  L. 

Mary  P.,  b.  Aug.  16.  1873. 

Jerry  T.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1875. 

Bessie,  b.  Mar.  24,  1879;  d.  Mar.  23,  1880. 

Alberta,  b.  Apr.  23,  1884. 

Geo.  Gould,  b.  Dec.  26,  1889. 

3817.  Charles  Theodore  Whitney  (James  F.,  Lemuel,  Joseph,  Timothy, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Charleston,  111.,  Dec.  29,  1849;  m.  at  Sharpsburg,  Tex.,  Apr.  4, 
1888,  Minnie  Jane  Peaks;  b.  Mar.  8,  1869.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Gregory,  Tex. 

7027.  i.  Charles  Ellsworth,  b.  Sept.  24,  1889. 

7028.  ii.        Anetta  Pawline,  b.  Sept.  8,  1891. 

3822.  Moses  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Aug.  31,  1786;  m.  Mar.  2,  1812,  Susannah  Hall;  b.  Med- 
ford.  Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1792;  d.  Nov.  13,  1866. 

He  was  born  in  Upton  and  resided  there,  was  a  farmer  and  inherited  the  prop- 
erty from  his  father.  It  had  been  in  the  family  for  four  generations.  In  his  old  age 
he  resided  with  his  son-in-law  David  F.  Fames,  Esq.,  of  Upton.  He  was  a  man  of 
strict  integrity,  a  good  Christian  and  faithful  friend.  He  experienced  religion  early 
in  life.     He  d.  Oct.  7,  1876;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

7029.  i.  William  F.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1815;  m.  Harriett  N.  Morse. 

7030.  ii.         Sarah  Taft,  b.  Apr.  28,  1819;  m.  Oct.  3,  1836,  David  Fay  Fames, 

He  was  b.  Aug.  11,  1813;  d.  Dec.  6,  1892;  she  d.  Nov.  '26,  1892; 
res.  Upton,  Mass.  Ch.:  Geo.  Jonathan,  b.  May  14, 1840;  d.  Sept. 
14,1841;  Emily   Whitney,  b.   Nov.  11,  1842;'m.  Jan.  10,  1868, 


7019. 

i. 

7020. 

11. 

7021. 

iii. 

7022. 

iv. 

7023. 

V. 

7024. 

vi. 

7025. 

vii. 

7026. 

VIII 

436  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Hosea  B.  Harvey,  s.  p.;  res.  Meriden,  Conn.;  Harvey  Augustus, 
b.  Feb.  7,  1845;  m.  June  28,  1871,  Lizzie  F.  Whitney,  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.;  1  ch.,  d.  young;  Herbert  Lucian,  b.  June  13,  1847;  m. 
Grace  Nicholson;  ch.,  Maud  and  Ralph;  Stephen  Hall,  b.  Feb. 
16,  1850;  m.  Feb.  1,  1872,  Flora  E.  Rockwood;  res.  W.  Upton, 
Mass.;  ch.,  Burton  E.  and  Frank  L.;  Frank  Milton,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1856;  m.  Emma  Hamilton  and  Isabelle  Kelley;  4  ch. 

7031.  iii.       Jemima  Whipple,  b.  Nov.  10,  1820;  m.  Sept.  22,  1842,  Chas.  C. 

Johnson;  res.  Milford,  Mass.  Ch.:  Walter  E.,  b.  Mar.  8, 1844;  m. 
Kate  F.  Ambrose;  Arthur  C,  b.  Nov.  13, 1849;  Albert  L.,  b.  Sept. 
22,  1851;  d.  Dec.  10,  1851;  Delia  M.,  b.  May  11,  1856;  Nellie  1., 
b.  May  29,  1859;  Willard,  b.  Feb.  4,  1863;  d.  Nov.  24, 1868. 

7032.  iv.        Henry  Hall,  b.  Dec.  5,  1822;  d.  Nov.  24,  1825. 

7033.  V.         Mary  Joanna,  b.  June  2.3,  1827;  d.  Oct.  30, 1860. 

7034.  vi.        Susannah  Hall,  b.  Dec.  10,  1830;  m.  Mar.  30,  1853,  Edward  E. 

Whitney.  She  d.  July  11,  1855;  had  one  child,  Ora,  vk'ho  died 
very  young. 

7035.  vii.       Rowena  Chamberlin,  b.  Mar.  21,  1833;  m.  Apr.  6,  1854,  Seth 

Dwight  Chapin,  of  Upton.  Ch.:  Helen  M.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1869;  he 
was  b.  Feb.  28,  1826;  d.  Feb.  23,  1890;  she  res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

3827.  Elijah  Whitney  (Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.;  m.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  Apr.  12, 1822,  Sarah  Reed;  res.  Upton, 
Mass. 

7036.  i.  Harriett,  b. . 

7037.  ii.        Levi,  b. ;  res.  West  Upton. 

3829.  Amos  Whitney  (Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Aug.,  1793;  m.  in  1813,  Nancy  Warren;  b.  in  1789;  d.  Feb.  4, 
1868.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Jan.  24,  1849;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

7038.  i.  Daniel,  b.  in  Upton,  1814;  m.  Louisa  Brown. 

7039.  ii.         Sylvester,  b.  June  2,  1819;  m.  Anna  Marie  Fiske. 

7040.  iii.        Nancy  Maria,  b.  Aug.  11,  1827;  m.  Feb.  17,  1850,  Lewis  Osborne. 

She  d.  Jan.  6,  1868. 

3833.  Joel  Whitney  (Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Apr.  19,  1804;  m.  in  Grafton,  Nov.  27,  1828,  Mary  J.  Whitney, 
of  Grafton,  b.  Oct.  29,  1806;  d.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  20, 1881;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

Calvin,  b.  Dec.  24,  1829;  d.  in  Upton  Sept.  13,  1849. 

Edwin  E.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1831;  res.  69  Cedar  Ave.,  Cleveland. 

Harvey  L.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1834;  res.  18  Dartmouth  St.,  Boston. 

Albert  T.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1836;  m.  Mary  A.  Rockwood. 

Addie  E.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1842;  res.  in  Cleveland,  O. 

Horace  W.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1845;  res.  78  Cedar  Ave.,  Cleveland,  O. 

3841.    Joseph  H.  Whitney  (Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  Mar.  29, 1803;  m.  there  Mar.  12,  1829,  Damaris  H.  Rice, 
b.  1807;  d.  Mar.  17,  1833;  m.  2d,  there,  Jan.  7,  1834,  Sarah  Ingraham.     She  resides  in 
He  d.  July  1,  1892;  res.  Grafton  and  Worcester,  Mass. 

Charles  Rich,  b.  Jan.  7, 1830;  unm.;  res.  9  Spruce  St.,  Worcester, 
Andrew  Warren,  b.  Aug.  16,  1881;  d.  May  1,  1837. 
Sarah  Ann,  b.  Jan.  8,  1833;  d.  Sept.  24,  1836. 
Daniel  S.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1834;  m.  Maria  Fisher  and  Celia  Hewett. 
Joseph  J.,  b.  July  26,  1836;  m.  Matilda  Arnold. 
Josephine,  b.  May  25,  1838;  m.  James  H.  Allen;  res.  Shrewsbury, 
Mass.     Ch.:  Elmer,   Alice,   George,   Clarence,   Abbott,   Frank, 
Wilmer,  Asa. 
William  H.,  b.  May  6,  1840;  m.  Abbie  A.  Hubbard. 
Elizabeth  Melinda,  b.  June  30,  1842;  d.  G.,  Jan.  1,  1862. 
Fred,  b.  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.  Louisa  Gardner. 
Frank,  b.  Jan.  7,  1846;  m.  Stella  Putnam.    He  d.  Mar.  10,  1869, 

and  his  wid.  m.  his  brother,  Sidney. 
Hannah  L.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1849;  d.  Mar.  6,  1851. 
Edwin,  b.  Oct.  17,  1849;  d.  Oct.  18, 1849. 
Edwin  Edgar,  b.  Mav  17,1852;  d.  Sept.  16,  1857. 
Anna  Matilda,  b.  May  26,  1858;  d.  Apr.  10,  1862. 


7041. 

7042. 

7043. 

ni. 

7044. 

IV. 

7045. 

V. 

7046. 

vi. 

Worester. 

Hec 

7047. 

7048. 

n. 

7049. 

III. 

7050. 

iv. 

7051. 

v. 

7052. 

VI. 

7063. 

vii. 

7054. 

vni. 

7055. 

IX. 

7056. 

X. 

7067. 

xii. 

7058. 

xiii. 

7069. 

XV. 

7060. 

XVI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  437 

7061.  xi.        Sidney  Holman,  b.  Grafton,  July  6,  1847;  m.  June  26,  1880,  at 

Worcester,  Mrs.  Stella  (Putnam)  Whitney,  widow  of  Frank. 
She  was  b.  Mar.  28,  1850;  res.  s.  p.  at  Hopkinton,  Mass. 

7062.  xiv.      John  Wesley,  b.  May  17,  1852;  d.  young. 

3844.  Dea.  Nathaniel  Gerry  Whitney  (Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  July  4,  1810;  m.  Dec.  24,  1838. 
Charlotte  Thompson,  b.  in  Charlton,  1812;  d.  Mar.  24,  1855.  He  was  made  a  deacon 
of  the  Grafton  Baptist  church  Feb.  10,  1859;  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  in  Worcester,  and 
was  buried  in  Grafton;  res.  Grafton  and  Worcester,  Mass.     He  d.  Dec.  2,  1887. 

7063.  i.  Luther  W.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1834;  m.  Ruth  E.  Tefft. 

7064.  ii.         Geo.  T.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1838;  m.  Mary  E.  Putnam  and  Mrs.  Augusta 

P.  (Aldrich)  Kenyon. 

7065.  iii.        Charlotte  M.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1855;  m.  at  Worcester,  Oct.  9,  1873, 

James  Madison  Dunton,  b.  Hoiden,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1852;  res. 
28  Hawley  St.,  Worcester.     Ch.:  Grace   Louise,  b.  July  2,  1877. 

7066.  iv.       Chandler    Pratt,  b.  ;  res.  28  Harmon   St.,   W'orcester, 

7067.  V.         Charlotte  M.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1843;  d.  Feb.  28,  1846. 

7068.  vi.       Harriett  M.,  b.  Feb.  9,  184s. 

3849.  Eli  Whitney  (Eli,  Eli,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Nov.  24,  1820;  m.  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1845,  Sarah  Perkins 
Dallibar. 

EJi  Whitney,  Jr.,  son  of  the  inventor  of  the  cotton  gin,  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  was  fitted  for  college.  Entering 
Princeton  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1841.  The  following  year  he  took  his 
father's  business,  viz.,  the  manufacture  of  arms  lor  the  United  States  government. 
In  1856  he  ceased  this  branch  of  his  manufacturing  business,  but  resumed  it  again  at 
the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  in  1861,  and  continued  it  until  1866.  The  Whitney 
Arms  Co.,  of  which  he  is  secretary  and  assistant  treasurer,  has  manufactured  thou- 
sands of  muskets,  rifles  and  revolvers  of  the  most  improved  models.  The  company 
has  also  made  many  thousands  of  military  arms  for  foreign  governments,  including 
muzzle-loading,  breech-loading,  magazme  and  repeating  rifles.  Mr.  Whitney  has 
been  a  member  of  both  branches  of  the  New  Haven  city  government  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  public  works.  He  was  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  of  the 
English  exposition  of  1862.  He  constructed  from  1859  to  1861  the  New  Haven  Water 
Works,  and  much  of  the  work  was  done  on  his  own  credit,  though  built  on  contract 
for  the  New  Haven  Water  Company,  which  organization  he  created.  He  has  made 
many  improvements  in  fire  arms  of  all  sorts  and  patented  them,  and  has  made 
improvements  in  machinery  for  making  arms.  He  was  on  the  Republican  electoral 
ticket  in  Connecticut  as  presidential  elector  at  large  in  the  November  election  of 
1892;  res.  29  Elm  St.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

7069.  i.  Eli,  b.  Jan.  22,  1847;  m.  Sarah  S.  Farnum. 

7070.  ii.         Susan    Huntington,  b.  Aug.  1,  1849;     m.  Oct.  15,  1873,  Rev. 

Chauncey  Bunce  Brewster;  res.  53  Remsen  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.; 
rector  Grace  church,  Brooklvn  Heights.  He  was  b.  Sept.  5, 
1848.  She  d.  May  24,  1885.  Ch.:  Eli  Whitney,  b.  May  15,  1885; 
d.  May  29,  1885. 

7071a.  iii.       Henrietta  Edwards,  b. ;  d. ^. 

■ 

3856.  William  Ayers  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  20,  1790;  m.  Sept.  28,  1813,  Cvnthia  Merrill,  of 
Rowe;  b.  Mar.  18,  1786;  d.  Mar.  13,  1853.  He  d.  Aug.  2,1872;  res.  Milford,  Pa.,  Rowe, 
Mass.,  and  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass. 

7071.  i.         David  Merrill,  b.  June  16,  1814;  m.  Emily  Eddy. 

7072a.  ii.        Sylvester  Nash,  b.  Aug.  21,  1815;  d. . 

7073a.  iii.  '     Ebenezer  Merrill,  b.  Apr.  8,  1817;  d. . 

7074a.  iv.       Edwin  Dexter,  b.  Dec.  10,  1819;  d. 


7075a.  V.  Chloey  Taylor,  b.  Aug.  24,  1820;  m.  June  16,  1841,  Dwight 
Haynes  Hicks;  b.  Jan.  13,  1818.  Ch.:  Frederick  Dwight,  b. 
Aug.  11,  1846  (single);  res.  Waltham,  Mass;  b.  in  Rowe,  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Mass.;  Emma  Breckridge,  b.  June  14,  1848,  at  Rowe, 
Mass.;  m.  Geo.  Fred'k  Wellington  (still  living)  June  14,  1868,  at 
Charlestown,  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass.;  Frank  Ashton,  b.  at  Rowe, 
Mass.,  April  20,  1856  (single);  still  living. 


ELI  WHITNEY. 


438 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  439 


7073. 

ii. 

7074. 

in. 

7076. 

IV. 

7076. 

V. 

7076a.  vi.       Edwin  Dexter,  b.  Feb.  14,  1822;   res.  Almena,  Van  Buren  Co., 

Mich. 
7077a.  vii,      Orra  O.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1824;  res.  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass. 

3857.  Russell  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  May  17,  1792;  m.  Apr.  12,  1814,  Polly  Lamb;  b.  Jan.  28,  1789;  d.  Dec.  30, 
1843.  She  was  dau.  of  Maj.  Joel  Lamb.  He  settled  in  Jackson,  Pa.,  at  an  early  day 
and  afterward  removed  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Pa.,  where  he  died.  Built,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother-in-law  Jairus  Lamb,  the  first  saw  mill  in  Jackson.  He  d.  May 
21,  1831;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and  Jackson  Pa. 

7072.    i.         Hamilton  Franklin,  b.  Aug.  5, 1814;  m.  Laura  E.  Bushnell  and 
Eunice  E.  Tiffany. 

Stephen  L.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1817;  d.  Feb.  17,  1821. 

Lucv  L.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1816;  d.  May  20,  1816. 

Stephen  E.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1821;  d.  Jan.  14,1844. 

Lucy  Bernicey,  b.  June  13,  1819;  m.  Oct.  12,  1844,  Ensign  Egles- 
ton;  b.  Sept.  29,  1821;  d.  Apr.  22,  1889;  res.  Honesdale,  Pa.  Ch.: 
Mary  Lamb,  b.  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  June  30,  1845;  m.  June  5,  1867, 
J.  Ammerman;  res.  Carbondale,  Pa.;  Clarissa  Elizabeth,  b. 
Honesdale,  Nov.  13,  1847;  d.  June  18,  1848;  Charles  Emory,  b. 
Honesdale,  May  17,  1850;  m.  June  11,  1870;  P.  O.  address, 
Honesdale,  Pa.;  Corydon  Franklin,  b.  Honesdale,  July  22,  1853; 
d.  Sept.  29,  1855;  Russel  Ensign,  b.  Honesdale,  Oct.  4,  1854;  d. 
May  31,  1856;  Ella  Loueza,  b.  Honesdale,  Oct.  6,  1856;  m.  Sept. 
9,  1875;  P.  O.  address,  Mrs.  George  Ball,  Hawley,  Pa.;  George 
Whitney,  b.  Honesdale,  Nov.  12,  1859;  d.  April.  16,  1862. 
7077.    vi.       CovDON  L.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1823;  m.  Fannie  A.  Pope. 

3858.  Torrey  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  July  1,  1794;  m.  in  Gibson,  Pa.,  Apr.  22,  1815,  Betsey  Lamb; 
b.  Feb.  10,  1797;  d.  at  Thompson,  Pa.,  Oct.  22,  1865.  She  was  dau.  of  Major  Joel 
Lamb. 

Torrey  Whitney  was  born  in  Marlboro,  Vt.,  and  united  in  marriage  in  Gibson, 
Pa.  He  died  at  Thompson,  Pa.  He  settled,  in  1815,  in  Hartford,  Pa.,  where  he 
carried  on  the  cloth-dressing  business  with  his  brother  William  for  three  years. 
Torry  removed  to  Jackson,  Pa.,  and  William  to  Massachusetts.  The  former  con- 
ducted a  saw  mill  and  soon  after  moved  to  Gibson.  In  1836  he  moved  to  Thompson 
locating  on  a  farm  where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Masonic  lodge  in 
Gibson  and  worshipful  master  of  the  first  lodge  in  Jackson.  He  d.  Dec.  29,  1872; 
res.  Jackson,  Pa. 


7078. 
7079. 
7080. 
7081. 


Allis,  b.  Nov.  30,  1816;  m.  Elizabeth  Welch  and  Jane  Aunger. 
i.         Merrick  T.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1818;  m.  Fostina  L.  Wheaton. 
li.        Joel  Barnard,  b.  Jan.  5.  1823;  m.  Lucy  Ann  Babcock. 
V.        Russell  V.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1832;  m.  Melissa  C.  Wheaton. 


3859.  Stephen  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  July  26,  1796;  m.  Jan.  18,  1819,  Annie  Winchester;  b.  Sept.  28,  1798;  d.  Aug. 
24,  1885.     He  d.  Apr.  30.  1875;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

7082.  i.  loSEPH  W.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1820;  m.  Lucia  Halladay. 

7083.  ii.         Annis  Sabrina,  b.  Feb.  11, 1822;  m.  Feb.  21,  1842,  William  Halla- 

day; res.  Hoytville,  Mich.;  b.  Feb.  26,  1814;  d.  Nov.  24,  1880. 
Ch.:  a  son,  b.  Dec.  19,  1842;  d.  Dec.  20,  1842;  Sarah  Roselia,  b. 
Dec.  27,  1843;  m.  B.  D.  Halladay;  res.  Santa  Anna,  Cal.;  Harlow 
Hamilton,  b.  June  24,  1846;  Leanora  Jane,  b.  Jan.  23,  1849;  m. 
Mark  D.  Mason;  res.  El  Monte,  Cal.;  Flora  Annis,  b.  Sept.  25, 
1851;  d.  Oct.  2,  1863;  Mary  Rozella,  b.  Aug.  3,  1854;  m.  Wm. 
Spalding;  res.  Hoytville;  a  daughter,  b.  Apr.  20,  1857;  d.  May 
16,  1867;  a  son,  b.  Feb.  24,  1858;  d.  Apr.  18,  1868;  Carrie  Etta,b. 
July  25,  1859;  m.  Joseph  A.  Ahlern;  res.  Hoytville. 

7084.  iii.        Stephen  Velasco  Allis,  b.  Oct.  19,  1828;  d.  Aug.  23,  1840. 

7085.  IV.        Carle Y  P.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1834;  m.  Olive  R.  Mather. 

3860.  Barnard  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel  John, 
John),  b.  Marboro,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1799;  m.  Sept.  11,  1828,  Lydia  Buell.  He  d.  Sept.  15, 
1853;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 


440  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7086.  i.  Amaretta,  b.  July  15,  1829;  m.  Dec.   15,  1858,  Timothy  Adams 

Mather,  son  of  Capt.  Simeon. 

7087.  ii.         Letitia  Elvira,  b.  Apr.  7,  1832;  d.  Oct.  6,  1847.      . 

7088.  iii.       Electa  Bernice,  b.  Jan.  26,  1835. 

7089.  iv.        Frank  Barnard,  b.  Oct.  20,  1837. 

7090.  V.        Mary  Letitia,  b.  Dec.  10,  1847. 

3861.  Moses  Allis  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  June  11,  1802;  m.  Sept.  4,  1833,  Amanda  Morgan;  b.  Aug.  23,  1794;  d. 
Oct.  25,  1837;  m.  2d,  1841,  Louisa  L.  Fletcher;  b.  Nov.  17,  1823;  res.  Strongsville,  O. 

Moses  Allis  Whitney  was  born  upon  the  side  of  one  of  those  beautiful  A'ermont 
hills  where  the  eye  reaches  over  hill  and  valley  until  it  rests  upon  the  distant  White 
Mountain  range  of  New  Hampshire.  His  boyhood  until  ten  years  of  age  was  like 
that  of  other  wide-awake  Green  Mountain  boys.  At  that  time  it  entered  his  busy 
brain  to  build,  with  the  help  of  a  mate,  a  dam  across  one  of  those  icy  cold  dashing 
streams  which  everywhere  tind  their  way  down  the  hillside,  and  use  the  water  for  a 
swimming  pond.  This  sport  was  followed  up  so  vigorously,  that  before  his  parents 
comprehended  the  danger,  he  was  down  with  inflammatory  rheumatism.  This  was 
the  beginning  of  a  life-long  trouble,  which  caused  him  to  walk  with  crutch  and  cane. 
From  the  time  he  was  first  taken  until  nearly  25  years  of  age,  he  was  released  from 
his  bed  but  a  short  season  at  a  time,  when  his  old  enemy  would  bring  him  down 
again.  At  about  this  time,  he  thought  himself  well  enough  to  go  into  business  in 
Pennsylvania.  But  he  was  soon  brought  back  to  his  father's  house, and  his  mother's 
tender  care,  and  again  spent  years  of  great  suffering.  When  well  enough  to  try 
again  he  opened  a  small  store  in  his  native  town.  The  general  crash  of  '37  reached 
him,  and  he  had  to  close  his  doors.  He  then  took  his  wife  and  two  sons,  Locke  and 
John,  2  and  1  year  old,  and  started  for  northern  Ohio.  After  leaving  Albany,  they 
traveled  by  canal  boat  to  Buffalo.  At  Lockport  they  were  detained  for  some  weeks 
on  account  of  a  break  in  the  locks,  when  his  wife  was  taken  sick  with  a  fever,  from 
which  she  died  some  time  after  reaching  their  destination.  The  bereaved  father 
took  his  motherless  boys  back  to  his  friends  in  \'ermont,  but  he  returned  and  opened 
a  store  in  Strongsville,  O.  Here,  after  several  years,  he  married  Miss  Louisa  Fletcher, 
and  the  boys  were  brought  back  from  Vermont.  Fearing  the  influence  of  the  town 
upon  the  character  of  his  growing  family  of  boys,  he  made  another  move  westward, 
this  time  settling  upon  a  farm  in  northern  Illinois.  It  was  at  a  time  when  malaria 
was  almost  universal  in  that  state,  and  it  took  hold  upon  him  with  fearful  effect.  It 
brought  upon  him  again  the  trouble  of  his  earlier  manhood,  which  after  a  long  and 
painful  illness,  finally  laid  him  to  rest.  He  was  a  man  of  many  sterling  qualities, 
and  always  took  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.  Though  not  having 
thorough  school  advantages,  he  was  a  natural  scholar,  and  devoted  much  of  the  en- 
forced idleness  of  his  youth  and  earlier  manhood  to  the  study  of  ancient  and  modern 
languages,  the  higher  mathematics,  etc.  His  church  relations  were  with  the  Con- 
gregationalists.  From  an  old  time  Whig  he  very  early  espoused  the  cause  of  the 
slave,  and  as  his  earnest  and  warm  friend  was"known  as  an  abolitionist.  As  husband 
and  father  he  attained  the  highest  ideal.     He  d.  Sept.  19,  1848;  res.  W.  Troy,  111. 

7091.  i.         Allis  Locke,  b.  Sept.  26,  1834;  d.  Sept.  1,  1856. 

7092.  ii.         John  M.,  b.  Oct.  1,  1835;  m.  Mary  S.  Rice. 

7093.  iii.        Clifton  F.,  b.  May  10.  1843;  d. . 

7094.  iv.        Louisa  Eddell,  b.  Sept.  22,  1844;  m.  C.  H.  Foote;  res.  Cedar 

Rapids,  la. 

7095.  v.         Jane  Ray,  b.  Dec.  27,  1846;  d. . 

7096.  vi.        Guilford  M.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1849;  m.  Mary  C.  Harrison. 

3864.  Zenas  Harrington  Whitney  (Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  12,  1812,  m.  Julv  9,  1839,  Polly 
Ingraham,  dau.  of  Dea.  Jonathan;  b.  1813;  d.  Dec.  6,  1853;  He  cl.  May  21,  1891. 
res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

Porter  Ingraham,  b.  Sept.  26, 1841;  d.  June  11,  1863. 

VoLiTiA   Ann,  b.  June  27,  1843;  m.  Jan.  1,  1867,    Bishop. 

Ch.:  Ina.  M.,  m. Powers.     The  mother  d.  Jan.  7,  1871. 

William  H.,  b.  June  26,  1845;  res.  Marl. 
Mary,  b.  Feb.  20,  1847;  d.  Mar.  3,  1847. 
Henry  F.,  b.  June  9,  1849;  m.  Metta  A.  Hall. 
Frederic,  b.  Jan.  2,  1852;  d.  Mar.  10,  1862. 


7097. 

i. 

7098. 

11. 

7099. 

iii. 

7100. 

IV. 

7101. 

v. 

7102. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  441 

3865.  HoLLis  Whitney  (Guilford,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Dec.  ;30,  1798;  m.  1816;  Charlotte  Wallis;  m.  2d,  1836,  Sarah  Burnett;  res. 
Strongsville,  O.,  and  Kenosha,  Wis. 

7103.  i.         Phebe,  b. ;  m. Bell;  res.  Kenosha. 

7104.  ii.        Pamelia, ;  m.  Roswell  Otis;  res.  K. 

7106.     iii.       Charlotte,  b. ;  m. Webster;  res.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

3870.  Flavel  Whitney  (Guilford,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),b.  Sept.  30,  1804;  m.  1828,  Clarinda  Tuttle;  d.  1830;  m.2d,  1830,  Electa  Hervey; 
d.  1831;  m.  3d,  Nov.  1832,  Amelia  Allen,  d.  Aug.  2,  1847;  m.  4th,  1849,  Mrs.  Catherine 
Amanda  Barnes;  res.  Strongsville,  O.     He  d. . 

7106.  i.  Watson  H.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1833. 

7107.  ii.  John  F.,  Feb.  1,  1839. 

7108.  iii.  Henry  M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1835, 

7109.  iv.  Electa,  b.  July  3,  1841. 

3871.  Jl'bel  Whitney  (Guilford,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Aug.  6,  1806;  m.  Sept.  6,  1832,  Abigail  Gilbert;  b.  Oct.  25, 1798;  res.  Strongs- 
ville, O. 

7110    i.  JuBEL,b.  Apr.  24,  1837;  d.  July  28,  1837. 

3875.  Newel  Kimball  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Marlborough,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1795;  m.  Kirtland,  O.,  Oct.  20,  1822, 
Elizabeth  Ann  Smith;  b.  Dec.  26,  18C0;  d.  Feb.  15,  1882;  m.  2d,  Feb.  14,  1845,  Emme- 
line  B.  Woodward;  m.  3d,  Feb.  8,  1846,  Anna  Houston;  b.  in  Jackson,  O.,  May  8,  1821; 
d.  Sept.  23,  1848.     Emmeline  m.  2d,  Oct.  10,  1852,  Daniel  H.  Wells. 

Newel  Kimball  Whitney,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  Kimball  Whitney,  was 
born  at  Marlborough,  Windham  Co.,  Vt.,  on  Feb.  5,  1795.  The  time  of  his  removal 
from  his  native  town  and  state  is  uncertain.  In  the  year  1804,  when  Newel  was  an 
urchin  of  nine,  his  father's  family  resided  at  Fairfield,  N.  Y.  They  continued  to  dwell 
in  that  state,  though  not  in  the  same  place,  for  many  years.  Newel  left  home  at  an 
early  day,  and  went  out  into  the  world  to  seek  his  fortune.  Possessed  of  energy,  busi- 
ness tact,  and  strict  honesty  of  heart  and  purpose,  he  was  not  long  in  quest  of 
employment  before  finding  it.  At  nineteen  he  was  a  sutler,  or  merchant  in  a  small 
way,  at  the  historic  village  of  Plattsburg,  on  the  west  shore  of  Lake  Champlain. 
Here  occurred,  during  the  war  of  1812,  the  battle  of  Plattsburg  and  the  naval  battle 
of  Champlain,  in  both  of  which  the  British  were  defeated.  Newel  took  part  in  the 
engagement  on  land,  Sept.  11, 1814,  defending  his  country  against  the  foreign  invader. 
Having  lost  all  or  most  of  his  property  by  the  war,  he  next  established  himself  as  an 
Indian  trader  at  Green  Bay,  Lake  Michigan.  An  incident  occurred,  while  there, 
which  came  near  costmg  him  his  life.  A  drunken  red-skin,  incensed  at  the  young 
trader's  refusal  to  supply  him  with  liquor,  was  pursuing  him  with  knife  or  tomahawk 
in  hand,  when  a  young  Indian  girl  named  Modalena  seized  the  irate  savage  and 
restrained  him  until  his  intended  victim  was  well  out  of  the  way.  The  presence  of 
the  initial  M.  in  the  name  of  a  daughter  of  Newel  K.  Whitney  is  thus  explained. 
Pocahontas,  whom  in  act  she  so  much  resembled,  was  not  more  revered  by  Capt. 
Smith  and  his  descendants  than  the  dusky  heroine  Modalenaby  Newel  K.Whitney  and 
his  posterity.  Leaving  Lake  Michigan,  he  went  to  Pamesville,  O., where  he  fell  in  with 
a  merchant  named  A.  S.  Gilbert,  who  employed  him  in  his  store  and  gave  him  a 
knowledge  of  book-keeping.  We  next  hear  of  the  prosperous  firm  of  Gilbert  & 
Whitney,  at  Kirtland,  not  far  inland  from  Lake  Erie.  Here  Newel  married,  Oct.  20, 
1822,  Elizabeth  Ann  Smith,  a  young  lady  from  Connecticut,  who  had  come  out  west 
with  a  maiden  aunt.  Ohio,  then  a  new  state,  and  its  northern  part  almost  a  wilder- 
ness, was  the  "  far  west,"  at  that  time  to  the  people  of  New  England.  In  religion, 
the  Whitneys  were  Reformed  Baptists,  or  Campbellites,  but  in  the  fall  of  1830  they 
joined  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints  (commonly  called  Mormons), 
which  had  been  organized  about  six  months  previously  in  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  was  already  sending  its  missionaries  westward.  Early  in  1831  the  church 
removed  its  headquarters  to  Kirtland,  and  in  December  following  Newel  K.  Whitney 
became  its  second  bishop.  He  was  an  excellent  business  man,  and  as  the  bishopric 
represents  the  temporal  wing  of  Mormon  church  government,  he  was  well  adapted 
for  the  duties  of  his  calling.  He  remamed  in  Ohio,  where  his  father  and  mother  and 
other  relatives  joined  him,  until  after  the  exodus  of  his  people  to  Missouri,  but  in  the 
fall  of  1838  set  out  to  rejoin  them.  Reaching  St.  Louis,  he  learned  of  their  expulsion 
from  Missouri,  and  so,  having  temporarily  settled  his  family  at  Carrolton,  Greene 
29 


442  WHITNEY  GENEALOGV. 

Co.,  111.,  returned  on  business  to  Kirtland.  In  Illinois  the  exiled  community  found 
refuge  and  built  their  beautiful  city  of  Nauvoo.  At  the  first  municipal  election  held 
there,  in  February,  1841,  Newel  K.  Whitney  was  chosen  an  alderman  of  the  city. 
After  Joseph  Smith's  death  in  June,  1844,  Brigham  Young  became  the  leader  of  the 
Latter  Day  Saints.  Under  him  they  made  their  exodus  to  the  Rocky  mountains. 
This  exodus  began  in  February,  1846.  The  ensuing  winter  was  passed  by  the  emi- 
grating Mormons  on  the  Missouri  river,  where  they  founded  Wmter  Quarters,  now 
Florence,  Neb.  Bishop  Whitney  was  with  his  people  in  their  primitive  prairie  set- 
tlements, among  the  Pottawatomie  and  Omaha  Indians,  preparing  to  continue  their 
westward  journey  in  the  spring.  In  April,  1847,  Brigham  Young,  at  the  head  of  a 
picked  band  of  pioneers,  leavmg  the  main  body  of  his  people  to  follow  at  their 
earliest  convenience,  set  out  for  the  Rocky  mountains.  Among  the  142  men  who 
accompanied  him  on  that  long  and  arduous  journey  across  the  vast  prairies  and  deso- 
late plains  west  of  the  Missouri,  were  Horace  K.  and  Orson  K.,  sons  of  Bishop  N.  K. 
Whitney,  who  remained  in  charge  of  important  church  affairs  at  Winter  Quarters. 
The  bishop  followed  in  the  wake  of  the  pioneers  in  1848,  leading  a  company  of  his 
people  to  the  valley  of  the  Great  Salt  lake,  where  he  arrived  on  Oct.  8.  During  the 
succeeding  two  years,  all  that  remained  of  his  mortal  life,  he  labored  arduously  in  the 
work  of  colonizing  what  is  now  Utah  territory  and  founding  the  famous  city  of  Salt 
Lake,  where  most  of  his  descendants  now  dwell.  During  his  latter  years  he  was  pre- 
siding bishop  of  the  church.  His  death,  which  resulted  from  a  severe  attack  of 
pleurisy,  occurred  on  Sept.  23,  1850.  In  a  post  mortem  tribute  in  the  Descret  Weekly 
News  of  Sept.  28,  of  that  year,  the  following,  in  relation  to  Bishop  Whitney,  appears: 
"  In  him  the  church  suffers  the  loss  of  a  wise  and  able  counselor,  and  a  thorough  and 
straightforward  business  man.  It  was  ever  more  gratifying  to  him  to  pay  a  debt  than 
to  contract  one,  and  when  all  his  debts  were  paid  he  was  a  happy  man,  though  he 
had  nothing  left  but  his  own  moral  and  muscular  energy.  He  has  gone  down  to  the 
grave  leaving  a  spotless  name  behind  him,  and  thousands  to  mourn  the  loss  of  such  a 
valuable  man.''  He  d.  Sept.  23,  1850;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Kirtland,  O.,  Nauvoo, 
111.,  and  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

7111.     i.  Sarah  Ann.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1825;  m.  in   Kirtland,  O.,  Heber  C.  Kim- 

ball; b.  June  14,  1801;  d.  June  22,  1867;  res.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Ch.:  Dorice  H.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1850;  m.  Nov.  14,  1870;  res.  Meadow- 
ville,  Utah;   Newel  W.,  b.    May  19,  1852;  m.  Nov.  19,  1870;  res. 
Logan,  Utah;  Horace  H.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1854;  m.  Mar.  31, 1887;  res. 
Meadowville,  Utah;  Sarah  M.  Kimball  Jenkins,  b.  May  4,  1858; 
m.  Oct.  21,  1876;  res.  Meadowville,  Utah;  Joshua  H.,  b.  Feb.  23, 
1863;  m.  Mar.  29,  1887;  res.  Meadowville,  Utah. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  26,  1828;  m.  and  d.  s.  p. 
Franklin  K.,  b.  Feb.  25, 1827;  m.  and  d.  s.  p. 
Orson  Kimball,  b.  Jan.  20,  1830;  d.  s.  p. 
John  Smith,  b.  Sept.  13,  1832;  m.  and  res.  Mendon,  Utah, 
Joshua  Kimball,  b.  Feb.  13,  1835;  m.  Ann  Logstroth. 
Ann  Maria,  b.  Oct.  1,  1836;  m.  May  2,  1866,  Erastus  Foote  Hall; 
b.  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1839;  d.  Feb.  23,  1890.    She  d.  June 
27,  1881 ;  res.  Salt  Lake  City.     Ch.:  Erastus  Whitney,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1867;  Albert  Verro,  b.  Jan.  25,  1872;  d.  Jan.  5,  1873;  Eugene  Roy, 
b.  Jan.  8,  1875;  Elizabeth  Isabella,  b.  Mar.  19,  1878;  d.  Sept.  18, 
1879. 

7118.  viii.     Don  Carlos,  b.  Feb.  14, 1841;  d.  s.  p. 

7119.  ix.  Mary  Jane,  b.  Jan.  17,  1844;  m.  July  4,  1865,  Isaac  Groo;  b.  Apr, 
8,  1827;  res.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Ch.:  Grace,  b.  Feb.  10,  1866; 
d.  Dec.  29,  1880;  Vilate,  b.  Oct.  23,  1867;  m,  Feb.  28,  1888,  W.  A. 
Taylor;  b.  Dec.  29,  1862.  Ch.:  Grace,  b.  Apr.  7,  1889;  d.  Apr.  8, 
1889;  Sullivan,  b.  Sept.  22,  1869;  d.  Sept.  25,  1870;  Lawrence,  b, 
Apr.  11,  1871;  d.  Aug.  16,  1890;  David,  b.  July  23,  1873;  d.  Apr, 
23,  1873;  Roscoe,  b.  Aug.  30,  1884. 

7120.  X.        Newel  Melchisedek,  b.  Feb.  6,  1847;  d.  s.  p, 

7121.  xi.       Jethro  H.,  b.  May  8,  1848;  m.  Jane  S.  Gibson. 

7122.  xii.  Isabel  Modalena,  b.  Nov.  2.  1848;  m.  Apr.  11,  1869,  Septimus  W. 
Sears;  res.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  He  was  b.  Mar.  8,  1844.  Ch.: 
Sidney  W.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1870;  d.  Aug.  9,  1870;  Herbert  W.,  b.  Mar, 
21,  1871;  d.  Sept.  19,  1872;  S.  Isabel,  b.  Oct.  19,  1872;  Septimus 
W.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1874;  L.  Lucile,  b.  Mar.  2,  1876;  Emma  W.,  b. 


7112. 

11. 

7113. 

111. 

7114. 

IV. 

7115. 

V. 

7116, 

VI, 

7117. 

vn, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  443 

June  1, 1878;  Eugene  S.,  b.  Sept.  14, 1882;  Edward  Brenton  Main, 
b.  June  19,  1885;  address  of  all,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

7123.  xiii.     Melvina  Caroline,  b.  Aug.  18,  1850;  m.  Nov.  7,  1874,  William 

W.  Woods;  res.  Osborn,  Idaho;  b.  Jan.  24,  1841,  lawyer;  res. 
Wallace,  Idaho.  Ch.:  Daisie  D.,  b.  June  5,  1868;  Verona  M.,  b. 
Dec.  11,  1869;  m.  Apr.  30,  1889,  B.  Nugent  Hillard;  res.  Murray, 
Idaho.  Ch.:  Helen  Louise,  b.  Jan.  16,  1890;  d.  Mar.  14,  1891; 
Leslie  A.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1872;  d.  July  23,  1882;  Winnifred  I.,  b.  Oct. 
16,  1875;  d.  Dec.  28,  1879;  Percival,  b.  Apr.  23,  1878;  d.  Oct.  20, 
■     1887. 

7124.  xiv.     Horace  Ki.mball,  b.  July  25,  1823;  m.  Helen  Mar  Kimball,  Lucy 

Bloxam  and  Mary  Cravath. 

3889.  Martin  Whitney  (Simci,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Aug.  16,  1810;  m.  Apr.  3,1833,  Electa  Buel;  dau.  of  Daniel,  of  Wilmington; 
res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

7125.  i.  Frances  Ellen,  b. ;  m.  Charles  M.  Stratton;  res.  C. 

7126.  ii.         Sarah  Maria,  b.  Jan.  18, 1842. 

3897.  Lyman  Hubbard  Whitney  (Solomon,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  lohn,  John),  b.  July  2,  1814;  m.  Emeline  Goodnow,  dau.  of  Major  William; 
b.  Jan.  17,  1815.   "He  d.  Feb.  2,  1883;  res.  Whitingham,  Vt. 

7127.  i.         Albert  W.,  b. ;  d. . 

7128.  ii.        Lucy  L.,  b. ;  d. . 

3903.  Solomon  Whitney  (Solomon,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  Johnj,  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  10,  1832;  m.  at  Little  Compton,  R.  I.,  Apr.  4,  1852, 
Sarah  Chase;  b.  May  7,  1829;  d.  Jan.  17,  1^79;  m.  2d,  Jan.  21,  1880,  Lucy  J.  (Crosby) 
Cozard. 

Solomon  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Vermont,  March  10,  1832.  Attended  the 
district  school  about  6  months  in  the  year,  3  months  summer  and  3  months  win- 
ter. When  15  years  old,  owing  to  financial  embarrassment,  his  father  gave  him  his 
time;  worked  that  summer  for  neighboring  farmers  for  §15  per  month;  in  the  fall 
attended  the  Whitingham  academy  3  months.  In  the  winter  taught  a  large  and 
successful  school  in  the  town  of  Wilmington,  \'t.  In  spring  attended  a  sugar  bush 
in  company  with  a  friend,  where  they  made  1,200  lbs.  of  sugar.  Worked  on  a  farm 
through  the  summer  again,  and  in  the  fall  went  to  Rhode  Island  and  attended  Provi- 
dence Conference  seminary  at  East  Greenwich.  Next  winter  taught  school  again  at 
Sencomet  Point  in  Little  Compton,  R.  I.  Attended  3  terms  at  the  P.  C.  S.  at  Eaft 
Greenwich.  Taught  school  again  at  Westport  Harbor,  Mass.,  at  Tiverton,  R.  I., 
until  he  was  20  years  old,  when  he  married  Sarah  Chase,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Chase,  of  Little  Compton.  Moved  with  his  wife  back  to  the  home  in 
Whitingham,  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  home  farm,  but  after  a  trial  of  3 
months  found  that  the  partnership  with  his  half  brother,  Lyman,  was  not  flattering  in 
any  particular,  he  sold  back  his  interest  in  his  home  and  again  moved  to  R.  I.  In 
the  following  year  he  taught  school  at  Dartmouth,  Mass.  The  winter  following  he 
taught  at  Tiverton,  Mass.,  with  his  usual  grand  success.  In  the  spring  of  1854  rented 
a  large  farm  in  Little  Compton,  R.  I.,  and  went  into  the  dairy  business,  and  followed 
this  busmess  with  but  fair  success  until  the  fall  of  1861,  when  he  determined  to  en- 
list in  the  Union  army,  and  went  to  Providence,  R.  L,  first,  and  then  to  Washington, 
D.  C.  Visited  all  the  camps  in  and  around  Washington;  staid  till  McClellan  started 
with  his  200,000  for  Richmond.  Accompanied  general  U.  S.  regulars  as  far  as  Fair- 
fax Court  House,  when  an  order  was  received  to  return  to  Alexandria,  where  sick- 
ness compelled  him  to  leave  the  army  and  return  home.  The  next  2  years  were 
spent  for  the  recuperation  of  his  health  on  the  waters  of  the  ocean  and  bay  in  the 
seine  fishery  business,  teaching  winters;  then  farmed  with  not  very  flattering  re- 
sults till  the  spring  of  1866,  when  he  moved  with  his  family  of  wife  and  6  children  to 
Kansas  and  engaged  to  travel  for  the  firm  of  Andrews  &  Lamb,  school  furnishers,  of 
Leavenworth;  visited  every  county  that  then  had  a  county  superintendent  of  public 
instruction,  delivering  Mitchell's  outline  maps  according  to  act  of  Legislature. 
Followed  this  till  fall,  when  he  engaged  a  school  at  Louisville,  Pottawatomie  Co.,  for 
the  winter.  In  spring  of  1867  rented  a  farm  in  Manhattan,  Riley  Co.,  Kan.,  for  3  years 
and  commenced  the  producer's  life  anew.  In  the  fall  of  1869  went  to  work  for  the  M.,  K. 
&  G.  R.  R.  Co.  in  their  land  department  to  assist  in  surveying  and  appraising  their 
3,000 ,000-ac re  land  grant,  which  work  he  accomplished  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of 


444  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

the  Company.  He  also  acted  for  it  in  several  other  capacities  with  equal  approval 
until  1874,  when  he  resigned  (without  being  asked  to)  and  returned  to  Manhattan  to 
the  farm  which  he  had  in  the  meantime  prepared  for  a  home,  where  he  still  resides 
in  the  enjoyment  of  home  friends  and  loved  ones,  although  his  children  are  all 
settled  but  two  and  all  away  from  home  but  one,  the  youngest.  His  first  wife  died 
Jan.  17,  1879,  and  Jan.  21,  1880,  he  married  Mrs.  Lucy  J.  Crosby  Cazard,  daughter  of 
T.  D.  Crosby,  Esq.,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  Western  Reserve,  as  it  was  then 
called,  and  a  highly  respected  citizen;  res.  Manhattan,  Kas. 

7129.  i.         Ella  Jane,  b.  Jan.  22,  1853;  m.  Oct.,  15,  1872,  Henry  Hougham; 

res.  M.  Ch.:  Edward  L.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1874;  Stella  M.,  b.  Nov.  25, 
1875;  Sarah  C,  b.  Sept.  26,  1881;  John  K.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1883; 
Robert  H.,  b.  May  29,  1889. 

7130.  ii.        Harriett  Eaton,  b.  Apr.  13,  1855;  m.  Aug.  20,  1877,  Cyrus  Foltz; 

res.  M.  Ch.:  Mildred  Beatrice,  b.  Mar.  14,  1882;  Clarence 
Elbert,  b.  Aug.  10,  1884. 

7131.  iii.       Willard  Armes,  b.  Oct.  5,  1857;  m.  Abbie  L.  Browning. 

7132.  iv.       Genevieve,  b.  June  21;  1859;  m.  Oct. 28, 1882,  John  S.Cunningham; 

res.  Parallel,  Kas.  Ch.:  Claudius  Carroll,  b.  July  5,  1883;  Solo- 
mon Whitnev,  b.  Oct.  16,  1884;  Elmer  Leland,  b.  Apr.  5,  1886; 
d.  July  18,  1890;  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  8,  1887;  Virgil  Everett,  b.  June 
22,  1890. 

7133.  v.        Sarah  Catherine,  b.  April  21,  1861;  m.  Jan.  26,   1888,  Walter 

Taylor;  res.  Flower  Bluffs,  Corpus  Christi,  Tex.  Ch.:  Dor- 
othy, b.  Dec.  24,  1891. 

7134.  VI.        Bertha  Everett,  b.  July  4,  1864;  unm.;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

7135.  vii.      Jessie  Chase,  b.  Jan.  25,  1875;  unm.;  res.  M. 

3912.  Emory  Stewart  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Feb.  28,  1805;  m.  Oct.  25,  1827,  Sarepta 
Hale,  of  Brattleboro;  b.  Oct.  12,  1804;  d.  Apr.  27,  1878.  She  m.  2d,  Sept.  18,  1842, 
Jacob  White;  b.  Mar.  7,  1789;  one  ch.,  Chas.  H.,  b.  Oct.  2,1845.  He  d.  June  21, 
1839;  res.  Marlboro,  \'t. 

Willard  Newton,  b.  Sept.  3,  1828;  m.  Georgianna  Mather. 
Fred'k  Alonzo,  b.  June  23,  1833;  m.  Eveline  Mason. 
Brutus  Merrill,  b.  Dec.  9,  1835;  m.  Sylvia  A.  Thayer. 
Charles  Stewart,  b.  May  29,  1831;  d.  Sept.  6,  1835. 
Harriett  Maria,  b.  Dec.  10,  1839;  m.  Jan.  28,  1863,  Roswell  A. 
Thomas;'  res.  Mt.  Pulaski,  111.     He  was  b.  Sept.  4,  1841;  d.  s.  p. 
Mar.  25,1884. 

3919.  John  Stewart  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Oct.  12,  1818;  m.  June  12,  1850,  Ann  White, 
of  Townsend;  d.  Mar.  23,  1860;  m.  2d,  June,  1862,  Hannah  Barney.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  d.  Feb.  22,  1880;  res.  Whitingham,  Vt. 

7141.  i.  John  S.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1855;  m.  Laura  F.  Butterfield;  res.  Marl- 

boro, Vt. 

7142.  ii.         Alonzo  Henry,  b.  Aug.  8,  1858;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 
7143a.  iii.       Arthur  B.,  b.  Mar.  21,  1863;  d.  Dec.  15,  1881. 

7144a.  iv.       Fred  E.,  b.  Julv  21,  1867;  res.  Mountain  Home,  Idaho. 
7145a.  V.         Charles,  b.  Aug.  20,  1868;  res.  Manton,  R.  I. 
7146a.  vi.        Vina  Maria,  b.  Nov.  26,  1870;  d.  Feb.  2,  1871. 
7147a.  vii.      Nathaniel   Gilbert,  b.  Aug.  7,   1872;  res.    Mountain    Home, 
Idaho. 

3920.  Nathaniel     Packard     Whitney     (Nathaniel,     Nathaniel,     Samuel, 

Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  18,  1821;  m. ; 

res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

7143.  i.         Jennie  Taylor,  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Aug.  22,  1842;  adopted  in 

1849,  and  took  the  name  of  Whitney. 

3922.  Cole  Mattison  Whitney  (Phinehas,  Phinehas,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Feb.  23,  1814;  m.  Nov.  13,  1832,  Catherine  Getman;  b.  Oct. 
2,  1812;  d.  May  1887.     He  d.  Aug.,  1875;  res.  German  Flats,  N.  Y. 

7144.  i.  Harrington  Phinehas,  b. ;  res.  Ilion,  N.  Y. 

7145.  ii         Henry  Gorton,  b. ;  res.  Ilion,  N.  Y. 


7136. 

i. 

7137. 

ii. 

7138. 

Ill 

7139. 

iv. 

7140. 

V. 

7146. 

iii. 

7147. 

IV. 

7148. 

V. 

7149. 

VI. 

7150. 

vu. 

7151. 

Vlll 

7152. 

IX. 

7154. 

i. 

7155. 

n. 

7156. 

111. 

7157. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  445 

Mattison  Palmer,  b. ;  res.  Frankfort. 

Cornelia  Catherine,  b.  — . 

E.  Almira,  b. ;  m.  Emanuel  Kinnie;  res.  Ilion,  N.  Y. 

Esther  Marietta,  b.  Apr.  6,  1843;  d.  1872,  unm. 
Geo.  Myron,  b.  Aug.  27,  1845;   m.  Josephine  Steber. 
Harvey  Alvin,  b.  May  2,  1847;   m.  Katherine  M.  Flynn. 

Adeline  Amelia,  b.  1874,  Frankfort,  N.  Y.;  m. Vosburgh; 

res.  Frankfort,  N.  Y. 
7158.    X.        Cornelia  Margaret,  b. . 

3934.  Joel  French  Whitney  (John,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John)  b.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  14, 1817;  m.  Eunice  Boutwell;  m.2d,Jan.  1, 
1862,  Emily  J.  Daniels, b.  June  7, 1888.     He  d.  June  11, 1877;  res.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 

Geo.  W..  b.  Oct.  1,  1864;  m.  Josie  B.  Carey. 

Joel  F.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1^69;  unm  ;  res.  Wadham's  Mills. 
Arthur  Carl,  b.  May  7,  1872;  res.  Wadham's  Mills. 
Henry  Clay,  b.  Jan.  22,  1866;  d.  Aug.  20,  1867. 

3935.  Dea.  John  Russell  Whitney  (John,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Wadhams  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  1813;  m.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt., 
Mar.  3,  1840,  Elmira  Eliza  Fisk;  b.  Aug.  20,  1811;  d.  Apr.  22,  1892. 

John  R.  Whitney  was  born,  Apr.  18,  1813,  on  the  farm,  owned  and  occupied  by 
him  till  his  death,  about  one  mile  north  of  Wadham's  Mills.  His  father,  John  Whit- 
ney, was  one  of  the  pioneers  who  settled  that  region  early  in  the  present  century, 
coming  about  1808.  Among  these  settlers  were  Benjamin  Whitney  and  Daniel  Saf- 
ford,  who  married  Sally  Whitney.  John  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  temperance  cause,  and  his  house,  still  standing,  was  the  first 
building  in  that  region  raised  without  intoxicating  liquor  (1829).  He,  with  others, 
responded  to  the  call  for  the  militia  in  1812-14,  but  arrived  at  Plattsburg  too  late  to 
participate  in  the  fight.  Taken  away  in  the  prime  of  life,  1834,  he  left  an  honored 
name  to  his  family.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  John  Russell  Whitney  was  obliged 
to  assume  the  care  of  the  home,  and  lived  with  his  widowed  mother  several  years. 
He  was  married.  Mar.  3,  1840,  to  Elmina  E.  Fisk,  daughter  of  Dea.  Moses  Fisk,  of 
Waitsfield,  Vt.  Having  been  deprived  of  educational  privileges  in  his  younger 
days,  he  was  determined  to  give  his  family  every  possible  advantage,  often  making 
great  sacrifices  to  secure  school  privileges  to  his  children;  for  several  winters  he  had 
a  family  school.  He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  Congregational  church  at  Wad- 
ham's Mills,  of  which  he  became  a  member  at  the  early  age  of  fourteen.  He  was 
elected  deacon  about  1863,  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  the  senior  deacon, 
and  held  this  office  till  his  death  in  1880.  He  was  especially  active  in  all  church 
affairs,  and  did  much  for  the  maintenance  of  public  service.  Enjoying  the  advan- 
tages provided  for  them,  his  children  sought  to  improve  themselves,  and  have  all 
honored  the  name  and  memory  of  their  parents.  Dea.  Whitney  passed  away  after  a 
severe  and  painful  illness  of  heart  disease.  He  d.  July  23,  1880;  res.  Wadham's 
Mills,  N.  Y. 

7158.  i.         Elizabeth  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  11, 1841;  d.  Mar.  11,  1865. 

7159.  •  ii.        Marietta  Thankful,  b.  Feb.  2,  1842;  m.  Oct.  8,  1866,  Rev.  A.  T. 

Clarke;  res.  Shelby,  Ala.     Ch.:  Almon  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  7,  1867; 

m.  Elizabeth  Perry;   res.  Parishville,  N.  Y.;  Susan  Elmira,  b. 

Dec.  17,  1872;    Maud  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  10,  1875;   John  Paul,  b. 

Oct.  17,  1880;  Harvey  Fisk,  b.  May  13,  1883;  Lena  M.,b.  Mar.  1, 

1886. 
Joel  Fisk,  b.  Mar.  30,  1843;  m.  Louisa  M.  Bailey. 
Sarah  L.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1844;  m.  Sept.  4, 1878,  Edward  D.  Sturtevant, 

and  d.  s.  p.  Apr.  1,  1874. 
John  R.,  b.  July  29,  1847;  m.  Lena  Groll. 
Moses  Fisk,  b.  Apr.  18,  1849;  m.  Ella  Burt. 
Lemuel,  b.  Dec.  12,  1850;  res.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 
ROSABELLE,  b.  May  15,  1853;   m.  Oct.  6,  1877,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Wol- 

cott;    res.  Moreno,  Cal.     Ch.:    Lucy,  b.  1^78;    Sarah  A.,  b.  1881; 

Vernon  H.,  b.  1882. 
7166.    ix,       Elmira  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  7, 1855;  res.  Wadam's  Mills. 

3939.  William  Wilson  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel  Nathan- 
iel. John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Mar.  7,  1798;  m.  Nov.  28,  1837,  at  S.,  Matilda 
Wolkes;  b.  July  28,  1800. 


7160. 

iii. 

7161. 

IV. 

7162. 

v. 

7163. 

vi. 

7164. 

vii. 

7165. 

VllI 

446  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

William  Wilson,  son  of  Cyrus  and  Ruth  Mayo  Whitney,  was  born  Mar.  7, 1798,  in 
Springfield,  Vt.  He  enjoyed  the  meager  advantages  then  possible  in  the  common 
schools.  He  supplemented  these  by  extensive  reading,  mostly  of  borrowed  books,  and 
by  study  at  home,  with  occasional  help  from  Samuel  Hemminway,  a  retired  teacher 
whose  delight  was  to  teach  young  men  mathematics.  In  this  way  he  mastered  the 
harder  parts  of  the  arithmetic  and  learned  algebra,  geometry,  trigonometry,  surveying 
and  navigation.  He  also  studied  philosophy  and  chemistry ,  and  made  some  progress 
in  Latin  to  fit  himself  for  a  teacher.  At  the  age  of  18  years  he  begin  teaching  district 
school  in  winter  while  he  continued  to  work  on  the  farm  in  the  summer.  In  1821  he 
went  to  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  to  teach  in  the  Lancasterian  school  there;  from  thence 
he  went  to  Trenton,  N.  C.,  where  he  taught  two  years  and  returned  on  account  of  the 
unfavorable  climate.  Here  he  learned  a  hatred  of  intemperance  and  slavery  which 
lasted  through  life.  Against  these  he  wrote,  chiefly  for  the  local  press,  talked, 
lectured  and  voted  as  long  as  he  lived,  but  he  had  no  affiliation  with  the  so-called 
Birney  or  abolition  party.  After  his  return  from  the  south  he  assumed  care  of  his 
father's  farm,  but  continued  to  teach  in  winter  for  many  years.  He  held  various 
town  offices,  was  overseer  of  the  poor  seven  years  and  in  1850  was  a  member  of  the 
constitution  of  convention  called  by  the  council  of  censors  of  Vermont.  He  d.  Mar. 
14,1861;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 

7167.  i.  Luther  A,  b.  Dec.  22,  1841;  unm.;  res.  S.    She  was  b.  in  Spring- 

field, Vt.,  where  she  has  always  resided.  An  injury  received  m 
her  youth  made  her  a  delicate  child  and  a  woman  whose  health 
is  far  from  firm.  It  followed  from  this  that  her  education  was 
acquired  in  a  somewhat  desultory  manner.but  complete  enough, 
however,  to  soon  enter  upon  the  profession  of  teaching,  in  which 
she  was  especially  successful.  She  has  written,  at  intervals,  for 
the  local  and  methodist  newspapers,  sketches  and  poems  mostly, 
and  occasionally  stories  for  the  H^i'de  Awake  and  Youths'  Com- 
panion. She  has  also  done  a  large  (gratuitous)  business  in 
poems  and  historical  and  biographical  sketches  and  other 
etceteras,  for  local  societies.  The  Lathrops  gathered  up  a  few 
articles  (family  legends  and  traditions)  written  for  the  Wide 
Awake  and  published  them  in  book  form.  "  Old  Time  Days  and 
Ways,  by  Luthera  Whitney,  with  sixty-two  drawings  by  W. 
Parker  Bodfish.  Quarto,  gilt  edges."  Her  chief  ambition  has 
been  to  write  a  school  history  and  manual  of  Vermont.  She 
resides  at  home  with  her  mother. 

7168.  ii.         Amanda,  b.  Jan.  22,  1844;  m.  Jan.  22,  1866,  Asahel  Upham;  res. 

Windham,  Vt.  He  was  b.  Feb.  18,  1834.  Is  a  farmer,  Congreea- 
tionalist  and  a  Republican.  Ch.;  Constance,  b.  June  1,  1871; 
Bradford,  b.  Sept.  30,  1874;  d.  Sept.  6,  1876;  Grace  Whitney,  b. 
Aug.  28,  1876. 

7169.  iii.        RoLLiN  W.,b.  Mar.  30,  1848;  m.  Ann  E.Taylor. 

3944.  Norman  K.  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Nov.  14,  1800;  m.  Mar.  30,  1836,  Mary  Pratt.  He  d. 
May  31,  1877. 

7170.  i.  Norman  S.,  res.  Richland,  Mich. 

7171.  ii.         Henry  Pratt.  7174.    v.         Mary,  d.  young. 

7172.  iii.       Cyrus  Walker.  7175.    vi.       Wm.  Wilson. 

7173.  iv.        Daniel  Richard. 

3946.  Alexander  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  June  21,  1798;  m.  Westport,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  16,  1823, 
Sophronia  Streeter;  b.  Oct.  2,  1803;  d.  Apr.  8, 1871. 

He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Betsey  (Bragg)  Whitney,  was  born  in 
Springfield.  He  went  to  Essex,  N.  Y.,  in  1820,  engaged  in  farming,  married,  and 
ever  after  resided  there  on  the  farm  he  purchased  in  1820.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  M.  E.  church.  He  was  always  a  Democrat.  He  d.  Jan  30,  1859;  res. 
Essex  N.  Y. 

7176.    "i.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct.  19,  1823;  m.  Feb.  13,  1850,  George  Franklin 

Stanton,  b.  Mar.  4,  1823;  res.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Or- 
lando Vanness,  b.  Oct.  31, 1851 ;  Lucy  Sophronia,  b.  May  25, 1853; 
m.  Harvey  Sherman,  Mar.  20,  1877;  Minnie  Philena,  b.  Oct.  7, 
1855;  m.  Olmon  Owen  Clark;  John  Alexander,  b.  June  1,1660; 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  447 

Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  25,  1862;  m.  James  Regan  Glaze,  Oct. 
14, 1890;  George  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  19,  1864. 

7177.  ii.        Orlando  Barrett,  b.  June  21,  1826;  d.  Aug.  21,  1861.    He  was 

born  in  Essex,  N.  Y.,  and  died  of  his  wounds,  a  prisoner  of  war 
in  Richmond,  Va.  He  was  orderly  sergeant  of  Company  K, 
38th  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols. 

7178.  iii.        Elizabeth,  b.  July  2,  1831;  m.  Oct.  24,  1854,Philetus  A.  Merriam; 

res.  Santa  Anna,  Cal. 

7179.  iv.        Adaline,  b.  Nov.  28,  1833;  m. Bragg,  and  d.  Nov.  8,  1868. 

7180.  V.         Philena,  b.  Mar.  20,  1838;  d.  Apr.  18,  1868. 

7181.  vi.        Susan  A.,  b.  July  7,  1840;  m.  Chauncey  A.  Ballou;   d.  Aug.  21, 

1868;  m.  2d,  Apr.  13,  1876,  Horace  Smith;  d.  Oct.  19,  1880.  s.  p.; 
res.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 

7182.  vii.       Benjamin  A.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1828;  d.  May  11,  18o8. 

1—  3947.  Lucius  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  29.  1804;  m.  Oct.,  1833,  Thankful  French, 
dau.  of  Joel,  of  Lewis,  N.  Y.;  b.  Mar.  2,  1810;  d.  Aug.  7,  1842;  m.  2d,  Minerva  Smith; 
d.  Apr.  3,  1875.     He  d.  July  14,  1884;  res.  Essex,  N.  Y. 

7183.  i.  Louisa,  b.  Sept.  8,  1834;  m.  in  1858,  Leroy  Crandal;  res.  Minne- 

apolis; No.  1130  6th  street.  He  was  b.  Aug.  17,  18;M;  is  retired 
from  business.  Ch.:  Bertha,  b.  Mar.  6,  1871.  Address,  1130  6th 
street,  n.  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Dollie,  b.  June  25, 1870;  d.  Aug. 
7,  1870. 

7184.  ii.         Sally  Marie,  b.  Feb.  28,  1836;  m.  Apr.  12,  1864,  Henry  Dow 

Sherman;  res.  Essex,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  Apr.  9,  1838;  is  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Nellie  Maria,  b.  May  22,  1865;  m.  Sept.  20,  1893, 
to  Philip  A.  Walker,  and  lives  in  Essex,  N.  Y.;  no  children. 
Fred  Henry,  b.  Apr.  22,  1867;  lives  in  Essex;  unm.;  Cora,  b.  in 
Essex,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1869;  m.  Nov.  15,  1887,  in  Presbyterian 
church,  Essex,  by  Rev.  A.  Frederick,  to  Henry  Harmon  Noble. 
Ch.:  John  Harmon,  b.  Sept.  6, 1888;  Laura  Anne,  b.  Oct.  25,  1889; 
Katherine  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  2, 1892.  1.  Thomas  Noble,  an  emigrant 
ancestor,  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  5, 
1653  (see  Drake's  Hist.  Boston,  p.  331),  moved  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  1653  (see  Barber's  Hist.  Coll.  Mass.,  p.  291);  Westfield, 
Jan.  21,  16(^9  (see  Town  Records);  he  married  Nov.  1,  1660, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and  Johanna  (Scant)  Warriner, 
of  Springfield,  Mass.  2.  Their  son  John  was  the  first  white 
man  to  settle  in  New  Milfoid,  Conn.,  in  1707  (see  Trumbull's 
Hist.  Conn.,  Book  II.,  chap.  VI.,  p.  83);  his  wife  Mary  was  the 
daughter  of  Dea.  Richard  Goodham,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indi- 
ans near  Hadley,  Mass.,  Apr.  1, 1676  (see  Barber's  Mass.,  p.  323.) 
3.  Their  son  David  was  commissioned  ensign  of  the  North 
Military  company  of  New  Milford,  Conn.,  Oct.  11,  1743;  was 
deputy  to  Gen.  Court,  six  sessions  (see  Colonial  Records);  his 
wife  Susanna  was  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Sherman,  of  Wood- 
bury (a  son  of  Samuel  Sherman,  born  m  Dedham,  England);  he 
was  deputy  seventeen  sessions;  speaker,  1711-12;  assistant, 
1711-23;  Capt.  Woodbury  company  commissioned  1711  (see 
Colonial  Rec's.  Conn.);  Samuel  Sherman,  father  of  Capt.  John, 
was  deputy  1635;  assistant  of  colony  of  New  Haven,  1662-63-64; 
assistant  Connecticut  colony,  1665-66-67;  his  wife  Sarah  was 
daughter  of  Mathew  Mitchell,  who  came  from  Halifax,  York- 
shire, England,  1635.  Trumbull  says  he  was  one  of  the  fathers 
of  the  colony  (Conn.  vol.  I.,  chap.  IV.,  page  68);  (see  sketch  in 
Mather's  Magnolia,  vol.  II.,  chap.  IV.,  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Mitchell, 
which  gives  an  account  of  Mathew  Mitchell.  Mathew  Mitchell 
was  at  Saybrook  Fort  with  Levi  Gardiner,  1635,  Pequot  war 
(see  Colonial  Recs  Conn.)  4.  Asahel  Noble  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  of  inspection  and  correspondence  of  the  town 
of  New  Milford  during  the  Revolutionary  war  (see  Town  Rec, 
p.  228;  also  year  book,  1893,  N.  Y.  Society  Sons  of  the  Revo- 
lution). Catherine,  his  wife,  was  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah 
(Osborne)  Peet,  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of 


448  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

John  Peet,  of  Duffield,  England,  1597;  came  to  America  1635; 
she  was  also  a  descendant  of  Richard  Butler  and  Thomas  Fair- 
child,  of  Stratford,  mentioned  by  Trumbull  (vol.  I.,  chap.  VI., 
p.  109).  6.  Ranson  Noble,  the  grandfather,  was  born  in  New 
Milford,  Conn.,  and  moved  to  Essex  (then  Willsborough),  N.  Y.; 
left  New  Milford,  Dec.  22,  1799,  and  drove  to  Essex,  reaching 
there  Jan.  3, 1800.  He  was  a  tanner,  lumberman,  and  ironmaster, 
and  acquired  a  large  property.  He  was  out  with  the  militia  in 
the  war  of  1812,  as  major  8ih  regiment,  1812-13;  major  37th 
regiment,  1813;  lieutenant-colonel  37th  regiment,  40th  brigade 
(Gen.  Daniel  Wright);  8th  division  {Clinton  and  Essex  Co., 
N.  Y.,  militia),  Maj.-Gen.  Benjamin  Mooers,  and  was  present 
at  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh.  He  was  stationed  at  Chateaugoy 
and  St.  Regis  some  time  during  1812-13,  in  command  of  a 
battalion  of  the  8th  regiment.  He  was  commissioned  colonel 
brigadier-general,  and  resigned  after  the  war.  His  wife  Anna  was 
a  daughter  of  Charles  McNiel,  who  lived  at  McNiel's  Ferry,  Char- 
lotte, Chittenden  Co.,  Vt.,  directly  across  Lake  Champlain  from 
Essex,  N.  Y.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Archibald  McNiel, 
of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  who  was  ensign  in  Col.  Phinehas  Lymon's 
regiment,  in  Lord  Landon's  expedition  at  Ford  Edward,  1757; 
Capt.  Col.  Read's  regiment  Fort  Edward,  1758;  captain  in  Col. 
David  Wooster's  regiment.  Crown  Point,  1759-60;  Capt.  Col. 
Nathan  Whitney's  regiment,  1761-62;  expedition  against  Canada 
(see  Colonial  Recs.  of  Conn.;  Records  in  adjutant-general's 
office,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Litchfield  Conn.  Town  Recs.;  also  Kil- 
bunes,  Litchfield,  for  dates  of  commissions,  etc.).  Anna  McNiel's 
mother,  Mercy  Wooster,  was  a  relative  of  Col.  David  Wooster, 
a  captain  in  the  British  army,  and  afterwards  major-general 
continental   line;   killed   at   Ridgefield,  Coim.,  by  the  British. 

7.  Harmon  Noble,  the  father,  was  born  in  Essex,  N.  Y.; 
educated  at  Plattsburgh  and  Lansingburgh,  N,  Y.;  was  in 
business  with  his  father  and  brother  Belden.  The  firm  was 
R.  Noble  &  Sons,  and  afterwards  H.  &  B.  Noble.  He  was 
a  successful  business  man  and  died  possessed  of  a  large  property 
He  was  a  major  in  the  New  York  state  militia.  Henry  has  his 
commission  signed  by  Gov.  De  Witt  Clinton,  March  9,  1825.  He 
was  A.  D.  C.  to  Maj.-Gen.  Henry  Howard  Ross  of  the  8th  division 
who  succeeded  his  father  in  command.  The  mother,  Laura 
Anne  Welch,  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Welch,  who  is 
mentioned  by  Trumbull,  (vol.  I.,  chap.  VI,  p.  107,)  as  one  of  the 
seven  pillars  of  the  church  and  town  of  Milford,  Conn.  His  wife, 
Hannah,  was  dau.  of  Thomas  Buckingham,  also  one  of  the  seven 
pillars.  Their  names  are  on  the  memorial  bridge  across  the 
Weposvage  river  at  Milford,  erected  by  the  exertions  of  the  late 
Nathan  Gillette  Pond.  Laura  Anne's  great-grandfather  was 
"Squire"  Paul  Welch,  who  settled  in  New  Milford  and  was 
prominent  there  prior  to  the  revolution;  he  was  a  justice  of  the 
peace  for  many  years;  (see  Orcutt's  Hist.  New  Milford,  p.  65); 
he  was  deputy  16  sessions  and  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia  (see 
Colonial  Recs).  His  son  Paul,  Laura's  grandfather,  moved 
to  Vergennes,  Vt.,  in  1808.  He  married  Abigail  Crane,  sister  to 
Sally  Crane  who  was  Elisha  Noble's  wife.  Their  father  was 
Elijah  Crane.  Laura's  brother,  Peter  Welch,  was  born  in  New 
Milford ;  lived  most  of  his  life  in  Vergennes;  died  in  Essex,  N.  Y. 

8.  Harmon  was  born  in  Essex ;  was  educated  at  Selleck's  school, 
Norwalk,  Conn.,  and  in  England;  "have  spent  considerable  time 
abroad.  My  home  was  at  Essex,  until  July,  1893,  when  I  moved 
to  Babylon,  L.  I.  I  have  always  been  a  Republican;  was  on  the 
Essex  County  Republican  committee  1886-1891;  chairman 
Republican  Town  committee,  1886,  1889,  1890,  1892;  delegate  to 
congressional  convention,  1886;  delegate  to  Republic  State  con- 
vention, 1891;  member  of  the  board  of  education.  Union  free 
school  district  No.  1,  Essex,  N.  Y.,  1882-1893,  inclusive;  vice- 
president  Essex  Horse    Nail    Manufacturing  Company,  1886- 


7187. 

V. 

7188. 

VI. 

7189. 

Vll 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  449 

1888;  trustee  Presbyterian  church,  188:3-1893;  vice-president 
Champlain  Valley  Agricultural  Society,  Burlington,  \'t.,  Is87- 
1888-1889;  original  member  1887  Lake  Champlain  Yacht  Club; 
member  executive  committee,  1887-1888-1869;  member  Benedict 
Club,  Port  Henry,  N.  Y.;  member  Babylon  Club,  Babylon,  L.  I.; 
member  New  York  Society  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  member 
New  York  Society  of  Colonial  Wars;  member  Iroquois  lodge 
No.  715  F.  &  A.  M.,  Essex.  N.  Y.;  Cedar  Point  lodge  No.  269,  R. 
A.  M.,  Port  Henry,  N.  Y.;  De  Soto  Commandery  No.  49,  K. 
F.,  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y';  Keeseville  Lodge,  No.  56,  I.  O.  O.  F.; 
Keeseville,  N.  Y.  I  am  at  present  acting  as  assistant  secretary  of 
the  Long  Island  Chautauqua  Assembly  Association  which  is 
located  on  the  great  South  Beach  at  Point  o'  Woods,  Suffolk, 
Co.,  L.  I." 

7185.  iii.  Mary,  b.  Jan.  14, 1843;  m.,  1863,  Ira  Bigelow;  res.  Essex.  He  was 
b.  Mar.  10,  1845.  Ch.:  Frank,  b.  Mar.  25, 1867;  m.  Jan.  21, 1890; 
res.  Wadham's  Mills. 

7186.  iv.  Luna.  b.  Oct.  26,  1843;  m.  1865,  George  Burt;  res.  Minneapolis, 
2229  Emerson  Ave. 

Eunice,  b.  Dec.  25,  1844;  d.  July,  1874. 

Ho.MER  A.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1846;  m. . 

H.  Genio,  b.  June  25,  1847;  m.  Nettie  E.  Bellows. 

3953.  James  Whitney  (Elijah,  Lemuel,  Joshua.  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  July  1,  1823;  m.  Jan.  5,  1854,  Martha  Damon;  b.  July  1, 
1822.  He  differs  from  other  farmers,  who  are  worthy  citizens  and  fairly  good  tillers  of 
the  soil,  only  in  his  enormous  frame  and  his  extraordinary  knowledge  of  local 
history.  He  is  childless,  but^ever  since  he  has  been  a  householder  he  has  given  a 
home  to  some  boy  who  else  would  have  had  none  outside  the  almshouse;  res. 
Springfield,  Vt.,  s.  p. 

3957.  Rev.  Joseph  C.  Whitney  (Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Apr.  14,  1818;  m.  July  10,  1849,  at  New  York  City, 
Eliza  Baird;  b.  Dec.  11,  1826. 

He  worked  for  his  father  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  then  he  devoted  his 
time  to  obtaining  an  education.  He  went  toOberlin  college  in  1840,  graduated  1845; 
1847  went  to  Union  Theological  seminary,  New  York,  and  graduated  in  1849.  In 
June,  1849,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  4th  Presbytery,  New  York.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Eliza  Baird  and  removed  to  Minnesota,  and  in  May,  1850,  he  was 
ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry  by  the  Presbytery  of  Galena,  111.  He  settled  at  Still- 
water in  1849  and  organized  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Stillwater,  Minn.,  Decem- 
ber, 1849.  He  removed  to  Minneapolis,  September,  1853,  and  took  charge  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of  Minneapolis  during  1859,  1860  and  1861.  He  was  at 
Forest  City,  Minn.,  and  in  August,  1862,  re-enlisted  in  the  army  and  became  captain 
of  Co.  D,  6th  Regt.,  Minnesota  Vol.  He  was  in  the  campaign  of  1862-63  against  the 
Indians  of  Minnesota  under  Gen.  Sibley,  and  was  in  all  the  engagements  of  those 
two  years  against  the  Indians.  In  1864  the  regiment  went  south,  located  at  Helena, 
Ark.,  and  in  the  fall  and  winter  were  quartered  at  St.  Louis.  Then  went  south  to 
New  Orleans  at  the  battle  of  Blukeley,  near  Mobile,  and  up  to  Montgomery,  was 
promoted  to  Capt.  A.  Q.  M.,  May,  1865.  Since  the  war  he  has  resided  at  Minne- 
apolis engaged  in  educational  and  church  extension  and  being  active  in  any  line  of 
business;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

7190.  i.         Winona  P.  O.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1850;  res.  M. 

7191.  ii.        Oliver  B.,  b.  July  23,  1853;  m.  Pauline  A.  Hvland. 

7192.  iii.       Elizabeth  B.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1857;  m.  Apr.  19,  1883,  John  K.  Doolit- 

tle.  Ch.:  Helen  E.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1884;  d.  Dec.  23.  1888;  Mar- 
guerite B.,  b.  June  7,  1888;  William  K.,  b.  July  17,  1890;  res.  M. 

7193.  iv.       Edward  D.  N.,  b.  July  15, 1859. 

7194.  V.        Joseph  H.,b.  Oct.  4,  1862. 

7195.  vi.        William  A.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1869;  d.  July  15,  1871. 

3959.  Lemuel  Griffith  Whitney  (Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Dec.  10,  1812;  m.  Dec.  10,  1834,  at  St. 
Armands,  P.  Q..  Catherine  Elizabeth  Conrow;  b.  Jan.  22,  1815;  d.  Apr.  1,  1890.  He  d. 
Aug.  14,  1859;  res.  P.  Q ,  and  Moores,  N.  Y. 


450 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


7196. 
7197. 

7198. 

i. 

ii. 
iii. 

7199. 

7200. 

iv. 

V. 

7201. 
7202. 

vi. 
vii. 

7203. 
7204. 

viii. 
ix. 

Wm.  E.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1835;  m.  Emma  A.  Payn. 

Jos.  L.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1837;  m.  Mrs.  Betsey  Garvin. 

Julia  Ann,  b.  Aug.  18,  1839;  m.  July  8,  1869.  Sanford  C.  Good- 
speed;  res.  Moores,  N.  Y.;  has  6  ch. 

John  K.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1841;  m.  Abigail  M.  Everett. 

Louisa  O.  L,  b.  July  15,  1844;  m.  Jan.  31,  1883,  James  Blair;  res. 
98  Pearl  St.,  Burlington,  Vt. 

Lemuel  G.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1847;  m.  Fannie  Hay. 

Clarinda  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  16,  1849;  m.  Sept.  30,  1873,  and 
res.  Malone,  N.  Y. 

Jonathan  M.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1851;  m.  Lephe  Allen. 

Mary  Ruth,  b.  June  23,  1854;  d.  Sept.  11, 1855. 

3965.  George  Jay  Whitney  (Warham,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Yerona,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  26,  1819;  m.  there  June  4,  1844,.  Julia  Ballard;  b. 
Mar.  5,  1824;  d.  Feb.  26,  1885. 

George  Jay  Whitney  was  one  of  the  early  millers  of  Rochester.  He  was  well 
known  as  a  railroad  man;  was  director  of  the  New  York 
Central,  under  the  successive  administrations  of  Dean 
Richmond,  Mr.  Keep  and  Com.  \'anderbilt,  and  was  the 
only  director  who  thus  held  over  under  the  Vanderbilts. 
He  had  charge  practically  of  the  whole  grain  business  of 
the  New  York  Central,  and  when  he  died  he  was  manager 
of  the  Central  Elevators  in  New  York  and  Buffalo.  At 
home  in  Rochester  he  was  known  as  an  energetic  and 
public-spirited  citizen.  He  built  and  conducted  the  Whit- 
ney elevator  on  Brown  street,  and  was  actively  interested 
in  pretty  much  all  the  public  enterprises  of  moment  that 
were  undertaken  in  Rochester  between  1850  and  1880. 
He  was  intimately  associated  in  business  and  in  friend- 
ship with  both  Com.  \'anderbilt  and  his  son  Wm.  He 
found  life-long  recreation  in  horses,  and  was  the  first  pres- 
ident of  the  Rochester  driving  park.  He  d.  Dec.  31,  1878; 
res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


7205.     i. 


GEORGE  JAY  WHITNEY. 


7206.  ii. 


7207. 

7208. 


111. 
.  iv. 


Caroline  Williams,  b.  Jan.  15, 1848; 

m  Apr.  8,  1869,  Arthur  D.  Fiske;  res. 

Morristown,  N.  J.     He  was  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1843. 

Is  a  grain  broker  at  502  Produce  Exchange,  New  York  City. 

Ch.:  Josiah  Mason,  b.  Mar.  11,  1870;  address,  18  Cortlandt  St., 

New  York  Citv;  George  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  8,  1884;  Endicott,  b. 

January  23, 1885;  Pauline,  b.  Aug.  8,  1887;  P.  O.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
James  W  ,  b.  Apr.  5,  1845;  m.  Pauline  Clark,  Belle  Nott  Waring 

and  Effie  Lyle. 
Lois  Elliott,  b.  Mar.  31,  1850;  d.  Mar.  8,  1889. 
Julia,  b.  Oct.  28,  1859;  m.  Sept.  2,  1886,  Edward  S.  Martin;  res. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.     He  was  b.  Jan.  2,  1856;  is  a  journalist.     Ch.: 

George  Whitnev,  b.  Dec.  17,  1887;  Mary,  b.  Dec.  26,  1888;  Lois 

Whitney,  b.  May  17,  1892. 

3966.  James  Mordoff  Whitney  (Warham,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  there  Sept.  7,  1852,  Martha 
Louise  Pond;  b.  Brockport,  N.  Y.,  ISaS. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  a  life-long  resident  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  a  member  of  a 
family  that  has  long  been  prominent  in  its  history.  His  father,  Warham  Whitney, 
came  here  at  the  beginning  of  the  century,  and  becanae  the  owner  of  large  tracts  of 
land  in  what  is  now  the  northwestern  part  of  the  city.  The  family  residence  was 
built  on  State  street,  near  where  the  Rome,  Watertown,  &  Ogdensburg  station  now 
stands,  and  it  was  here  that  Mr.  Whitney  was  born  in  Feb.,  1821.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  here,  and  graduated  from  the  old  Rochester  high  school.  He  attended 
an  academy  in  Palmyra  after  leaving  the  high  school,  and  after  returning  from  that 
town  he  entered  the  milling  house  of  his  brother-in-law.  General  Williams,  as  a  clerk. 
He  remained  with  Mr.  Williams  a  number  of  years,  and  then  entered  into  the  mill- 
ing business  himself,  forming  a  co-partnership  with  N.  T.  Rochester  and  S.  G. 
Andrews  under  the  firm  name  of  N.  T.  Rochester  &  Co.  He  retired  from  active 
business  life  several  years  ago.     He  has  been  a  large  holder  of  Rochester  real  estate. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  451 

and  at  the  time  of  his  death  few  citizens  owned  more  than  he.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  members  of  the  old  street  car  company,  and  held  his  interest  in  it  up  to  the  time 
the  new  corporation  assumed  control.  Mr.  Whitney  never  held  public  office, 
although  he  took  a  strong  interest  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  city's  welfare.  The 
only  official  position  he  held  was  that  of  trustee  of  the  Mechanics'  Savings  Bank,  a 
position  he  held  from  the  time  the  bank  was  incorporated.  He  was  an  excellent 
bank  official;  shrewd  and  far-sighted,  and  never  missed  a  directors' meeting.  Mr. 
Whitney  married  Miss  Martha  Pond,  a  daughter  of  Elias  Pond.  It  was  due  in  great 
part  to  Mr.  Whitney's  persistent  agitation  that  Ontario  Beach  was  developed  into 
the  beautiful  summer  resort  it  is  to-day.  He  and  Samuel  Wilder  purchased  in  1860 
sixteen  acres  of  land  in  the  outskirts  of  Charlotte,  which  included  the  present  site  of 
the  Charlotte  Iron  Works.  They  paid  for  the  tract  81,000.  It  was  but  a  few  years 
later  that  the  iron  works  site  alone  was  sold  for  S8,000.  A  short  time  later  Mr.  Wilder 
sold  his  interests  in  the  land  to  .Mr.  Whitney,  who  built  several  cottages  now  become 
the  Cottage  hotel.     He  d.  May  24,  1893;  res.  Lake  Ave.,  Rochester,  X.  Y. 

7209.  i.  Warham,  b.  July  3,  1854;  m.  Fanny  Palmer  Arnot. 

7210.  ii.         Geo.  Pond,  b.  Jan.  15,  1856;  d.  Dec.  25,  1891. 

3980.  Henry  Whitney  (.Alanson,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Sept.  5,  1824;  m.  June  5,  1850,  Rowena  Crane;  b.  1829;  d.  Feb.  11,  185"7;  m. 
2d,  Mar.  7,  1859,  Susan  Douglass;  res.  Kendall,  N.  Y. 

7211.  i.  Henry,  b.  Jan.,  1863;  d.  July  5,  186.3. 

7212.  ii.         Etta  R.,  b. ;  res.  Kendall,  N.  Y. 

7213.  iii.        Douglass  S.,  b.  1873;  res.  Kendall,  N.  Y. 

3981.  James  Riley  Whitney  (Alanson,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Jan.  3,  1828,  Murray,  N.  Y.;  m.  at  Kendall,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  23,  1859,  Annie 
C.  Jones;  b.  Murray,  N.  Y.,  June  7,  1838.  He  settled  in  Parma,  Monroe  county,  state 
of  New  York,  Mar.  1,  1859,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  d.  s.  p.  Sept.  7, 
1894;  res.  Parma,  N.  Y. 

3984.  Ira  Independence  Whitney  (Alanson,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  July  4,  1834;  m.  Feb.  27,  1862,  Isabella  G.  Whitney;  daughter  of 
Ephraim  J.,  and  Susan  J.,  of  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  b.  July  25,  1828;  res.  Rochester  and  Lvons, 
N.  Y. 

7214.  i.  Hattie  Alida,  b.  Nov.  27,  1864  (adopted). 
721.5.     ii.         Jane  Perrine,  b.  Jan.  21,  1865. 

7216.  iii.        Chas.  Alanson,  b.  Feb.  22,  1868. 

3988.  John  Henry  Whitney  (John,  Oliver,  David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Ludlow,  Vt,.  Sept.  21,  1819;  m.  at  Lyndeboro,  N.  H.,  June  4,  1846,  Sarah 
Jane  Manning;  b.  Nov.  4, 1822;  res.  Ludlow,  \'t.  , 

7217.  i.  Isabel  Sarah,  b.   May  3,  1849;  m.  June  19,  1878,  Charles  Page 

Chase;  res.   Proctorsville,  Vt.     He  was  b.  Mav  11,  1855.     Isa 
farmer.     Ch.:  Carrie  May,  b.  Apr.  27,  1879;  John,  b.  July  8,  1881. 

3993.  David  Whitney  (George,  Ephraim,  David,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Ellington,  Conn.,  Feb.  18,  1799;  m.  at  Farmington,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1824,  Eliza 
Edgeworth;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  Mazomanie,  Wis. 

7218.  i.         William,  H.,b. — . 

3996.  George  Lowell  Whitney  (George,  Ephraim,  David,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Ellington,  Conn.,  Jan.  24,  1804;  m.  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  JiHy  17,  1825,  Louisa 
Struce;  res.  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  and  Palmyra,  Wis. 

7219.  i.  John  H.,  b.  in  1874;  res.  253  S.  Halsted  St.,  Chicago. 

4000.  William  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),b.  Sept.  17,  1791;  m.  May  10,  1814,  Svbil  C.  Greenwood,  b.  Nov.  7,  1794; 
d.  Dec.  1,  1817;  m.  2d,  Feb.  11,  1819,  Delsenah  Turner;  b.  Feb.  11,  1795;  d.  May  10, 
1884. 

William  Whitney  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  and  resided  with  his  parents  on 
their  farm  until  his  marriage,  when  he  went  to  Tenipleton  to  reside.  He  conducted 
a  large  farm  and  kept  a  country  tavern.  It  was  a  well  known  resort  and  farmers 
enroute  to  Boston  with  produce  made  his  hotel  their  place  for  spending  the  night. 
There  were  no  railroads  then  nearer  than  Boston.  The  farmers  from  the  Green 
Mountain  State  came  with  loads  of  hogs,  corn  and  maple  sugar  and  droves  of  cattle, 
sheep  and  turkeys.     In  those  early  days  the  hotel  keeper  in  the  town  was  one  of  the 


7220. 

7221. 

Ill 

7222. 

III. 

7223. 

iv. 

7224. 

V. 

452  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

most  important  personages.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  genial  man,  always  kind  to  the 
poor,  frequently  giving  loads  of  wood,  hay  and  provisions  to  the  needy.  He  was  a 
Unitarian  in  religious  belief,  a  kind  man  in  his  family  and  much  respected  and 
beloved  by  all.  The  house  in  which  he  resided  is  still  standing  and  is  a  lovely 
summer  home.  A  large  pine  grove  near  by,  and  the  land  broken  by  hills  and  val- 
leys, adds  greatly  to  the  scenery.  He  d.  Aug.  23,  1839;  res.  Gardner  and  Templeton, 
Mass. 

Betsey,  b.  Apr.  16,  1815;  d.  Dec.  27. 1823. 
William,  b.  May  10,  1817;  d.  May  29,  1818. 
SiBBEL,  b.  Mar.  11,  1820;  d.  Dec.  14,  1823. 
William,  b.  Aug.  25,  1821;  m.  Nabbv  Day. 

SiBBEL,  b.  July  18,  1823;  m.  Dec.  31,  18415,  Warren  Benton,  b.  1827; 
d.  Nov.  10,  1851;  m.  2d,  May,  1857,  Lucius  Baker.  They  resided 
in  Templeton,  Mass.,  on  the  farm  owned  by  her  father.  He 
was  b.  1828,  is  a  woodenware  manufacturer.  Ch.:  Luella  Sibbel 
d.  June  1,  1849;  ae.  1  year  8  months  and  15  days;  Austin  War- 
ren, d.  June  15,  1849;  ae.  7  months  and  21  days.  Ch.  of  L.  War- 
ren, and  Sibbel  Benton:  Warren  L.,b.  July  7, 1849;  P.O.  address 
Thompsonville,  Conn.;  Luella  Sibbel,  b.  Feb.  19,  1850;  m.  Dec. 
31.  1868;  d.  Feb.  3,  1878;  James  Fairbanks,  b.  June  5,  1848; 
address  Chestnut  St.,  Gardner,  Mass  ;  Lucas  Lee,  b.  July,  1859; 
address  East  Templeton,  Mass.;  Anna  L.,  b.  July,  1859;  d.  Mar. 
14,  1860;  Winifred  Fairbanks,  b.  June  81,  1878;  Byron  Ellis,  b. 
Sept.  3,  1860;  d.  Sept.  16,  1881. 

7225.  vi.        Washington,  b.  Mar.  7,  1825;  d.  Nov.  12,  1826. 

7226.  vii.       Betsey,  b.  Apr.  15,  1830;  m.  Sept.  13,  1847,  Charles  W.  Weller. 

He  was  b.  May  15,  1826.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  civil 
war  for  one  year  and  six  months  and  was  discharged  for  disa- 
bility. He  d.,  from  injuries  received  in  the  war,  Sept.  4,  1871, 
after  ten  years  of  suffering.  She  res.  High  St.  Winchendon, 
Mass.  Ch.:  Florella  B.,  Oct.  20,  1849;  d.  July  7,  1872;  Arden 
E.,  b.  Apr.  8, 1851;  d.  July  21,  1854;  Melphia  Sibbel,  b.  Aug.  1, 
1853;  d.  July  22,  1854;  Emma  M.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1854;  m.  S.  W. 
French;  res.  Bowers  St.,  Newtonville,  Mass. 

7227.  viii.     Washington,  b.  Dec.  23,  1832;  m.  Sarah  Hobbs;  res.  Springfield, 

Mass.;  P.  O.  box  222. 

4001.  Seth  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Dec.  8,  1792;  m.  Apr.  23,  1816;  Sally  Wood;  b.  Mar.  7,  1795;  d.  June  6,  1825; 
m.  2d,  Dec.  28,  1825;  Chloe  Lincoln,  d.  Jan.  4,  1855.  Seth  Whitney  was  born  in 
Gardner,  and  was  a  successful  farmer.  He  was  highly  esteemed.  He  d.  Oct.  22^ 
1859;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

7228.  i.  Seth,  b.  May  25,  1817;  d.  Aug.  29,  1822. 

7229.  ii.         Austin,  b.  Feb.  27,  1819;  m.  Maria  Allen. 

7230.  iii.        Lucy,  b.  June  22, 1821 ;  m.  May  24,  1844,  Ivers  Whitney  (See). 

7231.  iv.        Webster  Wood,  b.  Nov.  29,  1824;  d.  unm.  Aug.  13,  1892. 

7232.  ivK.    Sally,  b.  Nov.  29,  1824;  d.  Jan.  25,  1825. 

7233.  V.         William  L.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1827;  d.  unm.  Mar.  8,  1882. 

7234.  vi.        Chloe,  b.  Oct.  4,  1828;  m.  Apr.  20,  1847;  Charles  Addison  Perley, 

b.  Sept.  15,  1826;  son  of  Asa  and  Mary  (Kendall)  Perley;  res. 
Baldwinsville,  Mass.  Ch.:  Mary  Isabelie,  b.  Aug.  24,  1849; 
m.  Herbert  Leland.  Charles  Addison,  b.  June  30.  1855;  m.  M. 
Ella  Waite. 

7235.  vii.      Sally,  b.  Nov.  6,  1830;  res.  unm.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

7236.  viii.     Seth.  b.  Jan.  30,  1833;  d.  Oct.,  1, 1845. 

7237.  ix.        Mary,  b.  Jan.  28,  1838;  d.  Aug.  13.  1838. 

4002.  Joseph  Whitney  (William.  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Feb.  28,  1794;  m.  May  6,  1818.  Nancy  Putnam;  b.  June  3,  1798;  d.  Mar.  29, 
1880. 

Joseph  Whitney  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Winchendon,  on  the  farm  where  his 
grandfather  resided  (his  name  was  William,  and  the  first  Whitney  that  settled 
in  those  parts).  On  the  death  of  his  father  he  went  to  Gardner,  and  resided  on  the 
home  place.     He  d.  May  12,  1876;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

7238.  i.         Ivers,  b.  Jan.  30.  1819;  m.  Lucy  Whitney,  and  Rhoda'Adams. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  453 

7239.  ii.        Eliza,  b.  Sept.  24,  1820;    m.  May  20,  1852,  James  M.  Peck,  of 

Orange,  Mass.  He  d.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.  She  res.  Rindge, 
N.  H.     Ch.:  Mary  Frances,  b.  May  30,  1856;  d.  June  18,  1877. 

7240.  iii.       Caroline,  b.  Oct.  17,  1824;  d.  Feb.  19,  1876.    Ivers  was  appointed 

admr.  of  her  estate,  Mar.  7,  1876. 

4006.  Hon.  Amasa  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  in  Gardner,  June  19,  1805;  m.  Apr.  16,  1829,  Dolly  Scollay;  b.  Nov.  8, 
1808;  d.  Oct.  25,  1843;  m.  2d  Lucy  Coolidge;  b.  Nov.  4,  1814. 

Hon.  Amasa  Whitney  was  a  native  of  Gardner,  Mass.,  where  he  lived  and  died; 
was  a  well-to-do  farmer.  For  four  years  he  was  town  assessor,  ten  years  overseer  of 
the  poor,  and  representative  in  the  legislature  one  term.  He  d.  Jan.  21,  1870;  res. 
Gardner,  Mass. 

7241.  i.         Charles,  b.  Sept.  21,  1830;  m.  Mary  Knowlton. 

7242.  ii.        James,  b.  Oct.  4,  1837;  d.  Feb.  16,  1844. 

4011.  William  Barrett  Whitney  (Phinehas,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  Winchendon,  June  14,  1801;  m.  Dec.  20,  1827,  Lois 
Stone;  b.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  May  25,  1802.  She  d.  Vineland,  N.  J.,  Oct.  20,  1870. 
William  Barrett  Whitney,  eldest  son  of  Capt.  Phinehas  and  Bethiah  ( Barrett)  \\'hitney, 
was  born  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Jan.  14,  1801.  He  was  a  farmer  during  the  earlier 
portion  of  his  life.  Later  in  life  he  was  largely  eneaged  in  lumbering  and  in  the 
manufacture  of  lumber.     He  d.  Feb.  15,  1874;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7243.  i.         Charles  Milton,  b.  Dec.  31,  1828;   d.  Orange,  Mass.,  Jan.  24, 

1843. 

7244.  ii.        Elizabeth  Ellen,  b.  Sept.  2,  1831;  d.  Sept.  15, 1833. 

7245.  iii.       Elizabeth  Ellen,  b.  Aug.  2,  1834:  m.  Apr.  27,  18.')4,  Rev.  Abram 

W.Stevens;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass.  Ch.:  Harold  W.,b.  Jan.26, 
1855;  m.  Frances  E.  Ball;  book-keeper  Nat'l  Bank  of  Republic, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Chas.  Herbert,  b.  Aug.  20,  1860;  Ralph  L.,  b. 
Nov.  10,  1870.  Rev.  Abram  Wilder  Stevens  was  born  in  Barre, 
Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1834.  He  was  educated  at  the  preparatory  school 
connected  with  the  theological  seminary,  Meadville,  Pa.,  and 
graduated  therefrom  in  the  class  of  1862.  He  was  ordained  as 
a  Unitarian  minister  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  1863,  and  was  set- 
tled over  the  Unitarian  society  in  that  city  until  J 865,  when  he 
received  a  call  from  the  Lee  Street  society  in  Cambridge,  Mass, 
which  he  accepted,  and  was  settled  over  that  society  in  1865. 
He  remained  there  until  1870,  having  been  connected  with  this 
church  and  society  for  a  period  of  five  years.  He  is  now  con- 
nected with  and  is  at  the  head  of  the  proof-reading  department 
of  the  University  Press,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

7246.  iv.       Louisa  Lyman,  b.  Aug.  8,  1836;    m.  Sept.  4,  1855,  Jason  A.  Morri- 

son; b.  Warren,  Pa.,  Nov.  16,  1828;  d.  May  15,  1865.  Ch.:  Wm. 
Barrett,  b.  Apr.  8,  1863;  teller  State  Nat'l  Bank,  Denver,  Col. 

4017.  Joseph  Whitney  (Joseph,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Winchendon.  Mass.  Oct.  10,  1800;  m.  there  in  1820,  Abigail  Flint;  d.  1879. 
He  d.  in  1882;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7247.  i.  Dudley,  b.  Aug.  10,  1836;  m.  Mary  E.  W^hitney. 

7248.  ii.        Joseph,  b. .  7250,    iv.       McClusa,  b. . 

7249.  iii.       Milton,  b. . 

4024.  Grover  Scollay  Whitney  (Joseph,  William,  William,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  July  10,  1816;  m.  Mar.  30, 1851,  Laura  A.  B.  Roby;  b.  Jan.,  1828. 
I  copy  this  from  the  Congregationalist.  It  was  written  by  his  pastor:  "  Disease 
for  years  had  made  inroads  upon  his  body,  but  it  could  not  keep  down  the  energy 
and  ardor  of  his  earnest  soul.  Behind  his  modest  brow  was  a  large  brain,  and  when 
he  felt  a  grand  truth,  its  movements  were  to  all  hearts  what  the  stroke  of  the  engine 
is  to  the  mill.  A  large  circle  will  miss  an  earnest  Christian  and  a  bold  defender  of 
the  truth.  His  end  was  peace."  Mr.  Whitney  married  Miss  Laura  A.  Roby,  of  Cam- 
■bridge,  Mass.     He  d.  Apr.  16, 1868;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7251.    i.  Clara  S.,  b.  June  9, 1855;  res.  Winch.     She  was  a  graduate  of  Mt. 

Holyoke  seminary  in  the  class  of  '76,  and  has  since  been  a  pub- 
lic school  teacher. 


454  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7252.  ii.        Charles  Melville,  M.  D.,  b.  Dec.  4, 1862;  m.  at  Walpole,  N. 

H.,  May  1,  1889,  Mabel  Ann  Porter;  b.  May  1,  1864;  address  591 
Tremont  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  He  was  born  at  Winchendon,  Mass. 
Educated  at  the  public  schools  there  and  at  Gushing  academy, 
Ashburnham,  Mass.  Giaduatedat  medical  school  of  Harvard 
university,  June,  1887.  Served  as  house  surgeon  at  the  Boston 
City  Hospital  from  July,  1886,  to  January,  1888.  Has  been  en- 
gaged in  practice  of  medicine  in  Boston  since  then.  Is  surgeon 
to  genito-urinar>'  department  Boston  dispensary;  registrar  at 
Boston  City  hospital  and  at  St.  Elizabeth's  hospital. 

4026.  Webster  Whitney  (Amasa,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Oct.  6, 1803;  m.  Mar.  16,  1828,  Eliza  Parks  Whit- 
man; d.  Mar.  4.  1867. 

Webster  Whitney  was  a  native  of  Winchendon,  where  he  always  resided,  and 
where  he  was  a  respected  and  honored  citizen.  He  was  first  elected  town  clerk  in 
1832,  and  from  that  time  until  his  death,  in  1872,  served  the  town  in  that  capacity. 
He  was  assessor  from  1836  to  1840;  town  treasurer,  1834  to  1836,  and  selectman  for 
eleven  years.  He  was  a  faithful  and  efficient  public  servant,  and  highly  esteemed 
for  his  many  sterling  qualities  and  strict  honesty.  He  d.  Apr.  19,  1872;  res.  Win- 
chendon, Mass. 

7253.  i.  Eliza  Caroline,  b.  June  16,  1830;  m.  Feb.  27,  1849,  William 

Beaman;  res.  W.  He  was  b.  Winch.,  Sept.  16, 1818.  Ch.:  Will- 
iam David,  b.  July  17, 1851;  m.  Mary  Jane  Hyde;  John  Webster, 
b.  Sept.  18,  1855;  m.  Alice  C.  Wood,  and  d.  Dec.  3, 1888;  Edward 
Arthur,  b.  July  18,  1857;  d.  Oct.  10,  1861;  Charles  Frederic,  b. 
Dec.  8,  1859;  m.  Margaret  Atkinson;  Caroline  Eliza,  b.  June  1, 
1866. 

7254.  ii.        William  W.,  b.  May  5,  1833;  m. . 

7265.    iii.        Lucy  Ellen,  b. ;  m. Kimball;  res.  W. 

4027.  Amasa  Whitney  (Amasa,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Apr.  24,  1806;  m.  July  24,  1834,  Mary  Murdock;  b.  Oct. 
3,  1811,  in  W.;  d.  Jan.  22,  1886.     He  d.  Apr.  19,  1876;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7256.  ii.         George  W.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1841;  unm.;  res.  Win. 

7257.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  June  27, 1835;  m.  Jan.  1,  1863,  Dudley  Whit- 

ney, son  of  Joseph;  s.  p.;  res.  754  Broadway,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 

4030.  Baxter  Doddridge  Whitney  (Amasa,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  June  28,  1817;  m.  Mar.  1,  1846,  Sarah 
Jane  Whitney;  b.  July  14,  1827. 

Baxter  D.  Whitney's  first  invention  was  a  contrivance  for  stretching  wrinkles 
out  of  cloth  while  in  the  fulling  mill.  Then  came  a  machine  tor  smoothing  hard 
wood  after  passing  through  the  ordinary'  planer.  This  has  been  patented  m  several 
European  countries,  and  is  in  general  use.  A  gauge  lathe,  a  machine  for  grindmg 
cylinder  saws,  and  improvements  in  cylinder  planers  are  among  his  inventions. 
The  band-saw,  which  is  the  poetry  of  invention,  was  the  conception  of  a  Frenchman, 
but  it  has  been  improved  and  made  practical  by  Mr.  Whitney.  Improvements  in 
machinery  which  cannot  claim  to  be  new  principles,  but  which  greatly  facilitate 
work,  have  been  made  in  large  number  by  the  ingenious  mechanic  of  Winchendon; 
res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7258.  iii.       William  M.,  b.  Mar.  27.  1863;  unm.;  res.  Winch. 

7259.  ii.         Mary  M.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1861;  m.  Jan.  31, 1889,  Elisha  M.  Whitney; 

res.  Winch. 

7260.  i.  Baxter  E.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1853;  unm.;  res.  Winch. 

7261.  iv.        Emily  T.,  b.  July  6,  1868;  d.  Oct.  13,  1884. 

4033.  Oreson  Whitney  (Luke,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1806;  m.  Amanda  Chase;  d.  San  Jose,  Cal.;  res. 
California. 

7262a.  i.  James  Osgood,  b.  Dec.  31,  1831:  m.  Marie  Drury. 

7263a.  ii.         Charles  O.,  d.  and  left  issue. 

7264a.  iii.        Eliza,  res.  in  California. 

4035.  Luke  Whitney  (Luke,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Feb.  14,  1810;  m.  Sarah  A.  Pierce;  b.  1810;  m.  2d  Mary  Pierce;  b.  1812;  m. 
3d  Amanda  Wood.     He  d.  July,  1886;  res.  Albany.  Vt. 


BAXTER  D.  WHITNEY. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  455 

7262.  i.  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  22,  1839;  m.  Dec.  7,  1866,  Edwin  W.  Lund;  b.  Jan. 

24,  1889;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass.   Ch.:  Cora  I.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1876. 

7263.  ii.         William  H.,  b.  May  19,  1841;  m.  Mary  Ella  Sweet. 

7264.  iii.        Caroline  M.,  b. ;  m. Wade;  res.  Longmeadow,  Mass. 

7265.  iv.        Louis  L.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1849;  m.  June,  1882;  d.  s.  p.  May  7, 1885. 

7266.  V.         LuELLA  A.,  b. ;  m.  Feb.,  1881,  Hamilton;  res.  Minne- 

waukon,  N.  D. 

7267.  vi.        Jennie  C,  b. ;  m. Hamilton;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

7268.  vii.       Ellis  G.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1862;  m.  Mar.  5,  1888,  Lizzie  J.  Bolton;  res., 

s,  p.  Westminster   Mass. 

7269.  viii.       Fannie  C,  b.  Dec.  20,  1864;  m.  Apr.  26,1883, Smith;  res. 

Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

7270.  ix.        Gertrude  E.,  b.  Sept.,  1872;  res.  Baldwinsville, 

7271.  X.         Lizzie  E.,b. ;  m. ;  d. ,  s.  p. 

4044.  Thomas  Whitney  (Thomas,  Phinehas,Wm.,Wm.,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Apr.  17,  1800;  m.  Oct.  10,  1822,  Sally  Barrett;  d.  May  4,  1868.  He  d.  Dec.  6,  1865; 
res.  Shirley,  Mass. 

7272.  i.  Thomas  E.,b.  Nov.  1,  1825;  only  child.     Thomas  Edwin  Whitney, 

A.  M.,  d.  unm.,  Oct.  25,  1876.  He  was  educated  at  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town,  Shirley,  Mass.,  and  spent  a  few  terms 
at  a  friend's  school.  He  entered  Groton  academy  and  was  pre- 
pared for  college;  entering  Harvard,  he  was  graduated  in  1845. 
Returning  to  Shirley  he  established  a  select  school.  A  few  years 
after  he  established  himself  in  business  as  a  broker  and  soon 
went  into  the  Nova  Scotia  trade.  Not  being  successful  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  town  and  cultivated  the  broad  acres  of  his 
ancestors.  He  never  married.  He  was  the  last  of  the  name  in 
this  family  line  to  which  he  belonged.  The  dust  of  four  gener- 
ations has  found  one  common  resting  place. 

4045.  Hon.  James  Phinehas  Whitney  (Thomas,  Phinehas,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Shirley,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1802;  m.  at  Ipswich,  May  31,  1836, 
Lydia  B.  P.  Treadwell;  d.  Feb.  28,  1842;  m.  2d,  at  Ipswich,  June  10,  1846,  Sarah  Ann 
Treadwell. 

He  was  born  in  Shirley,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided.  Educated  at  the  public 
schools  there  and  at  Lawrence  academy,  Groton,  Mass.,  where  he  graduated.  For 
twenty  years  he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  residents  in  that  part  of  the  Old  Bay 
State;  was  representative  in  the  legislature,  also  state  senator  for  several  terms.  He 
held  all  the  town  offices  at  different  times  and  for  years  was  town  treasurer.  He  d. 
Jan.  14,  1847;  res.  Shirley,  Mass. 

7273.  i.  Henrietta  P.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1837;  m.  Oct.  23, 1862,  Andrew  McFar- 

land  Davis;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  10  Appleton  St. 

4046.  George  A.  Whitney  (Thomas,  Phinehas,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Aug.  30,  1809;  m.  Nov.  16,  1841,  Mary  D.  Hayward.  He  d.  Mar.  25, 
1860;  res.  Shirley,  Mass. 

7274.  i.         JamesP.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1847;  d    Sept.  6,  1871. 

7275.  ii.         George  A.,  b.  Nov.  15,  1848;  d.  Dec.  9,  1870. 

4050.  William  Fiske  Whitney  (William,  Phinehas,  William,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Shirley,  May  19,  1803;  m.  Jan.  17,  1827,  Frances  Ann  Rice;  b. 
Mar.  22,  1808;  d.  Oct.  30,  1867.     He  d.  Jan.  21,  1868;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

7276.  i.  David  R.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1828;  m.  Sophia  P.  Dunn. 

7277.  ii.         Frances  Ellen,  b.  Dec.  29,  1829;    m.  Sept.  18,  1849,  William  S. 

Lewis;  res.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Ch.:  William  Whitney;  Henry 
Ashmead;  Lily  Maude;  Abraham  Jarrett. 

7278.  iii.        Fred'k  Wm.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1833;  d.  Apr.  6,  1834. 

7279.  iv.        Fred'k  Wm.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1884;  d.  Aug.  26,  1839. 

7280.  V.         Wm.  F.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1850;  m.  Louise  Elliot. 

4051.  George  HoweWhitney  (William,  Phinehas,William,William,  Nathaniel, 

John,  lohn),  b.  Mar.  24,  1809;  m.  Mar.  19,  1838,  Elizabeth  B.  White;  b. ;  d.  Mar. 

28,  1881.     He  d.  Nov.  28,  1858;  res.  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

7281.  i.         Mary  Henrietta,  b.  Aug.  15,  1840;  d.  Aug.  21,  1840. 

7282.  ii.         Mary  Frances,  b.  Sept.  5,  1841;  d.  Feb.  19,  1846. 

7283.  iii.       William  Fiske,  b.  Jan.  20,  1843;  d.  Jan.  26,  1843. 


456  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7284.  iv.        William  Fiske,  b.  Nov.  24,  1844;  m.  Miss  Mildred  A.  Buckner, 

of  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

7285.  V.        Julia  Harriet,  b.  Oct.  2,  1847;  d.  Mar.  4,  1848. 

7286.  vi.        Martha  Ellen,  b.  Apr.  19,  1849;  d.  Aug.  28,  1881. 

7287.  vii.      Francis  White,  b.  Apr.  8,  1852;  d.  Mar.  9,  1881. 

4055.  Henry  Augustus  Whitney  (Charles,  Phinehas,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  6,  1823;  m.  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Oct.  24,  1860, 
Lucretia  Fall;  b.  Nov.  9,  1839.     He  d.  Feb.  18,  1890;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  s.  p. 

4062.  Charles  Pliny  Whitney  (Pliny,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Milford,  N.  H.,  Apr.  22,  1838;  m.  there  May  26,  1863,  Lydia  Augusta 
Farnsworth;  b.  July  31, 1838.  He  has  always  resided  in  Milford,  and  is  a  retail  drug- 
gist; res.  Milford,  N.  H.,  s.  p. 

4065.  Samuel  Whitney  (Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Mar.  9,  1821;  m.  Nov.,  1848,  Caroline  A.  Puffer;  b.  Feb. 
^28,  1823 

He  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.  He  was  a  prominent  church  member,  was 
very  liberal  with  his  money,  giving  large  amounts  for  religious  work  and  to  charity. 
He  was  very  successful  in  his  business,  that  of  manufacturing  paper.  He  d.  Mar.  30, 
1868;  res.  Ashland,  and  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

7288.  i.  Clarence  S.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1850;  m.  Martha  W.  Hunt. 

7289.  ii.         Josephine  Maria,  b.  Feb.,  1853;  d.  Sept.,  1854. 

7290.  iii.        William  Frying,  b.  Aug.  9,  1855;  m.  Mary  E.  Fenn. 

7291.  iv.       Jennie  Louise,  b.  Nov.,  1858;  d.  July  1,  1885. 

4C66.  George  E.  Whitney  (Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  June  1,  1831;  ni.  Mar.  13,  1853,  Sarah  J.  Tolman; 
b.  Mar.  7,1830;  d.  Mar.  29, 1875;  m.  2d,  Jan.  19,  1876,  Lura  Lind  Nims,  b.  Nov.  5, 1850; 
res. 

Fred'k  Waldo,  b.  Aug.  8, 1854;  m.  Celia  E.  Smith  and  Emma  F. 

Estabrook. 
Emma   L.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1856;  m.  Charles  Leach;  m.  2d,  Marvin  R. 

Lewis.     Ch.:  Winnefred  Charles;  res.  Rapid  City,  So.  Dak. 
Julia  Bertha,  b.  Sept.  12, 1864;  d.  Dec.  11,  1882. 
Ellen  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1860;  d.  Sept.  9,  1860. 
Charlotte  Ruth,  b.  July  15,  1878;  res.  Keene. 
Mary  Belle,  b.  Mar.  13,  1881;  res.  Keene. 
Ida  Nims,  b.  Aug.  31,  1882;  res.  Keene. 
Ralph  Edward,  b.  Apr.  20,  1889;  res.  Keene. 

4067.  Nathan  Whitney  (Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  July  20,  1828;  m.  in  Fitchburg,  1851,  Mary  S.  Tol- 
man; b.  June  22,  1832;  d.  Mar.  23,1861;  m.  2d,  Nov.  30,  1864,  at  Pepperell,  Mass., 
Charlotte  M.  Belcher;  b.  Mar.  1,  1830. 

Nathan  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  at  the  old  homestead,  July  20, 
1828;  attended  the  public  schools  in  town,  and  finished  his  education  at  the  academy 
in  Westminster.  Lived  at  home  till  1853,  when  he  went  to  Middleton,  Mass.,  to 
work  in  a  paper  mill  for  his  brother  Samuel;  worked  for  him  there  most  of  the  time 
till  1861,  when  he  went  to  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  to  continue  with  him  in  the  paper  busi- 
ness. In  1863  he  went  to  Claremont,  N.  H.,  to  continue  the  same  business  with  him. 
In  the  fall  of  1866  he  removed  to  Bennington,  N.  H.,  where  he  ran  a  paper  mill  in 
connection  with  him  till  his  death,  in  1868,  when  the  mill  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Lyman  Patch,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.  He  leased  an  individual  half  of  it  from  him  and 
continued  to  run  it  till  1872,  when  he  quit  the  paper  business.  The  same  year,  in 
•connection  with  his  youngest  brother,  George,  and  others,  went  into  sash,  blind  and 
door  business,  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  in  which  business  he  still  remains.  About  1878  he 
started  a  mill  in  Bennington,  N.  H.,  for  the  manufacturing  of  ground  wood  pulp,  and 
ran  that  business  in  Bennington  and  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  five  or  six  years.  In  1858  he 
bought  one  section  of  Iowa  land  from  the  U.  S.  government,  and  has  added  till  he  now 
has  880  acres,  which  eleven  years  ago  he  began  to  improve,  and  has  spent  a  share  of 
his  time  there  since;  res.  Bennington,  N.  H.,  and  Irwin,  Shelby  Co.,  la. 

7300.  i.  Frank  Eugene,  b.  June  9,  1853;  m.  Grace  M.  J.  Chase. 

7301.  ii.         Carrie  Louise,  b.  Dec.  25,  1857;  m.  June  15,  1881,  Dr.  Charles 

Harvey  Hadley;  res.  Blythebourne,  L.  I.    Ch.:  Grace  Louise,  b. 
Aug.  30,  1884;  Bessie  Helen,  b.  Oct.  13,  1887; ,  b. . 


Keene, 

N.  H. 

7292. 

i. 

7293. 

ii. 

7294. 

iii. 

7295. 

iv. 

7296. 

V. 

7297. 

VI. 

7298. 

vn. 

7299. 

viii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY,  457 

7302.  iii.  Wm.  Belcher,  b.  Jan.  10,1866;  res.  New  York  City,  care  Betts, 
Atterbury,  Hyde  &  Betts,  120  Broadway.  He  was  born  in  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  moved  to  Bennington,  N.  H.  in  1867.  Attended 
the  public  schools;  fitted  for  college  at  Francestown  academy, 
1880-83;  entered  Amherst  college,  Amherst,  Mass.,  1883,  and 
graduated  in  1887;  took  the  three  years'  course  at  the  Harvard 
law  school,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1890.  Went  to  New 
York  City  in  the  fall  of  1890;  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar 
in  the  spring  of  1892,  and  to  practice  in  the  United  States  courts 
in  1893.  Engaged  in  the  practice  of  patent  law.  Member  of 
the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Association  of  the 
Bar  of  the  city  of  New  York.  Degrees,  A.  B.  cum  lunde, 
Amherst  college,  '87;  A.  M.  and  LL.  B.  cum  luitde.  Harvard 
university,  1890. 

7803.  iv.  Edward  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  12,  1867;  at  Harvard  law  school,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  in  1893.  He  fitted  for  college;  one  year  at  Fran- 
cestown academy,  Francestown,  N.  H.;  two  years  at  Arms 
academy,  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  where  he  graduated  in  1885, 
and  entered  Amherst  college  that  fall;  he  was  out  one  year  on 
account  of  sickness,  and  graduated  A.  B.  in  1890;  entered  the 
Harvard  law  school  Oct.,  1890;  is  a  member  of  the  third  year 
class,  and  expects  to  receive  an  LL.  B.  and  an  A.  ^L  from  the 
university  in  Jane;  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  Feb.,  1893, 
and  expects  to  practice  in  Chicago.     (Mar.,  1893.) 

4068.  Dr.  Charles  H.  Whitney  (Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.  10,  1824,  in  Westminster;  m.  in  Fitchburg,  Oct.  19, 
1848,  Abbie  A.  Tolman,  b.  Nov.  26,  1822;  d.  Apr.  22,  1870;  m.  2d,  Oct.  18, 
1871,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Isabel  H.  Hayes,  b.  Jan.  22,  1837;  res.  16  Norland  St.,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  and  South  Framingham,  Mass. 

7304.  i.         Annie  F.,  b.  Aug.  26,  1849;  d.  Oct.  30,  1885. 

7305.  ii.        Herbert  E.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1851 ;  d.  Aug.  22,  1852. 

7306.  iii.       Mary  A.,  b.  July  14,  185o;  m.  Sept.,  1875,  James  McGowan  ;  res.  9 

Coril  St,  W^orc ester  M&ss. 

7307.  iv.        Hattie  E.,  b.  Aug.  2,'l857;  m.  July  6,  1882,  Henry   E.  Clifford; 

res.  Grand  Island,  Neb.  He  was  b.  Sept.  9,  1853;  attor- 
ney at  law.  Ch.:  Leon  E.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1883;  Nora  B.,  b.  Feb.  23, 
1890. 

7308.  V.         Millie  M.,  b.  July  21, 1873;  res.  at  home. 

4076.  George  W.  Whitney  (Jonas  W\,  Abner,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Mar.  7,  1813;  m.  there  Oct.  5,  1837,  Dolly  Jack- 
son, l3.  Nov,  29,  1815.  He  settled  on  the  Samuel  Miller  (Cutting)  farm,  three-fourths 
of  a  mile  north  of  the  village  where  they  still  reside.  Mr.  Whitney  had  been 
adopted  by  the  younger  Samuel  Miller,  and  came  into  possession  of  the  estate 
thereby;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

7309.  i.         Mary    H.,   b.   Dec.    20,    1838;    m.    Nov.    24,    1857,    Joel    Rice; 

b.  Dec.  20,  1827;  farmer,  res.  Westminster  Depot,  Mass. 
Mass.  Ch.:  Ella,  b.  Dec.  27,1859;  m.  Dec.  25,  1880;  present 
name,  Ella  Clegg,  Westminster  Depot;  Frank  M.,  b.  May  26, 
1862;  m,  Jan,  25,  1888;  Mary  A.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1865;  Fred,  b.  Feb. 
20,  1870;  d.  Mar.  4,  1870;  Geo.  C,  b,  Oct.  12,  1872,  d.  Nov.  22, 
1877;  Edward  J.,  b,  Oct.  2,  1875;  Louis  D.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1878; 
Sherman,  b.  May  15,  1881, 

7310.  ii,        Franklin  M.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1842;  m.  Fannie  L.  Downe. 

7311.  iii.       Susan  A.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1845;  d.  Aug,  22,  1846. 

4081.  John  Whitney  (Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Ashburnham,  Sept.  12,  1806;  m.  there  May  9,  1832.  Eliza  Gushing,  b.  Apr. 
18,  1815;  d.  Sept.  1,  1882.  John  Whitney,  son  of  Joseph  G.  and  Lavina  (Dunn)  Whit- 
ney. He  resided  some  years  in  Westminster  and  subsequently  in  Ash.,  where 
he  was  a  pioneer  manufacturer  of  chairs.  In  his  daily  life  and  in  business  he  ignored 
contention  and  enjoyed  the  rewards  of  peace  and  honorable  conduct.  He  d.  May  4, 
1873;  res.  Westminster  and  Ashburnham. 
30 


7313. 

ii. 

7314. 

111. 

7315. 

IV. 

7316. 

V. 

7317. 

VI. 

7318. 

vu. 

7319. 

vni 

7320. 

ix. 

7321. 

X. 

7322. 

XI. 

458  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7312.     i.         Stephen  C,  b.  July  4,  1833;  m.  Apr.  14,  1861,  Achsah   I.  May;   b. 

July  5,  1839.    Enlisted  in  53d  Regt.  and  d.  N.  O.,  La.,  Feb.  20, 

1863.     She  res.  in  Templeton,  Mass. 
Eliza  C,  b.  July  25,  1835;  d.  July  13,  1837. 
Joseph,  b.  June  15,  1838;  d.  Nov.  26,  1838. 
Wilbur  Fisk,  b.  Dec.  9,  1839;  m.  Emeline  S.  Jewell. 
John  Edwin,  b.  Oct.  28,  1841;  d.  Nov.  21,  1856. 
Timothy  Merritt,  b.  Dec.  2,  1844;  d.  Nov.  22,  1856. 
George  Edward,  b.  Apr.  20,  1847;  d.  unm.,  Oct.  30,  1880. 
Orange,  b.  Mar.  16,  1849;  m.  Laura  M,  Collester. 
Sarah  A.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1850;    m.  Feb.  20,  1878,  Geo.  H.  Clapp;  res. 

Greenfield. 
Arthur  Melville,  b.  Oct.  4, 1853;  unm.;  res.  Grand  Rapids. 
Alfred  H.,  b.  June  14,  1856;  m.  Susie  W.  Davis. 

4082.  Abner  Whitney  (Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Apr.  1,  1808;  m.  Levinah  G.  Whittemore.  He  made 
his  will  Aug.  14,  1865.  It  was  probated  Oct.  6,  1874.  His  widow  was  executor;  only 
child  Emily  Whitman.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1874;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7323.  i.         Emily  S.,  b. ;  m.  Albert  E.Whitman;   res.  Ashburnham, 

Mass. 

4087.  Stephen  Puffer  Whitney  (Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Jan.  10,  1821;  m.  Dec.  22,  1841, 
Abigail  Stone;  b.  July  26,  1822;  d.  May  10,  1893.  He  d.  Dec.  11,  1854;  res.  West- 
minster, Mass. 

7324.  i.         Belinda,  b.  Oct.  26,  1842;  m.  Oct.  27,  1861,  Charles  Coester;  b. 

Dec.  30,  1839;  is  a  master  mechanic;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  Ch.:  Charles  Frederick, b.  Dec.  23, 1862;  m. 
Lilian  Katherine  Wing,  Mar.  4,  1887;  Franklin  Augustus,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1865;  unm.;  Ella  Elizabeth;  b.  Aug.  ;  m.  Wm.  B. 
Gilbert,  b.  Jan.  2, 1889;  Alfred  Lester,  b.  Sept.  30,1874;  unm;  all 
res.  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

7325.  ii.        Abby   Levinah,  b.   Oct.  12,  1844;  m.  Oct.  6,    1870,    Ezra    Snow 

Humes;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass.  He  was b.  Mar.  21,  1849;  is  a 
chairmaker.  Ch.:  Edna  A.  and  Edith  M.;  b.  Jan.  20,  1872; 
Carrie  E.,  b.  July  21,  1875;  Edith  res.  7  George  St.,  Westerly, 
R.  I. 

7326.  iii.       Edward  Chase,  b.  Jan.  16,  1850;  d.  Sept.  18, 1851. 

4088.  Silas  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Apr.  28,  1803;  m.  in  West  Boylston,  Apr.  22,  1826,  Olive 
Knight;  b.  1807;  res.  West  Boylston,  Mass. 

7327.  i.         Jonathan  L.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1828;  m.  Hannah  T.  Moore. 

7328.  ii.        Hannah  Gushing,  b. ;  m. Barnard.    Ch.: ;  b. 

;  m.  Edward  Bloom;  res.  468  Wayne  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

4091.  David  C.  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Apr.  14,  1810;  m.  Nov.  21,  1832,  Tyla  Buffum  Bowdish;  b.  1814;  d. 
Oct.  13,  1886;  m.  2d  Harriett  A.  Shepstone;  he  d.  Dec.  28, 1876;  res.  Walpole,   N.  H. 

7329.  i.         Joseph  H.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1834;  m.  Mrs.  Mary  L.  (Hubbard)  Whitney 

and  Mrs.  Frances  S.  Gillespie. 

7330.  ii.        Charles  M.,b.  July  15,  1836;  m.  Mary  L.  Hubbard. 

7331.  iii.       Ernest  C,  b.  1875;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

4093.  Charles  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  June  18, 1815;  m.  in  Lancaster,  Oct.  23,  1845,  Susan 
Davis,  of  Lexington;  b.  Jan.  22,  1822;  res.  Central  Village,  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7332.  i.         Florence   E.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1849;  m.    Dec.  22,  1871,  Calvin  W. 

Burbank. 

7333.  ii.        Charles  H.,  b.  May  31.  1854;  m.  Jan.  16,  1878,    Emma  B.  Rock- 

wood;  b.  Aug.  20,  1858;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

4096.  Milton  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Oct.  9,  1823;  m.  Nov.  24,  1842,  Annie  M.  Weston. 

Milton  Whitney  was  born  in  Ashburnham,  and  was  a  self-educated  man.    At  an 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  459 

early  age  he  entered  a  law  office  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1845.  After  a  brief  practice  in  Fitchburg  he  moved  to  Baltimore,  where  he  was 
eminently  successful  as  an  able  lawyer.  In  1854  he  was  chosen  county  attorney  and 
re-elected  in  1858.  In  1860  he  resigned,  and  later  conducted  many  trials  that  are 
historic  in  that  state.  As  a  crinlinal  lawyer  he  was  not  excelled.  Modest  and  unas- 
suming, he  seldom  referred  to  his  achievements,  or  appeared  conscious  of  the 
magnitude  of  his  labor.     He  d.  Sept.  3,  1875;  res.  Baltimore,  Md. 

4098.  Merrick  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Dec.  31,  1804;  m.  Apr.  5,  1830,  Harriett  Adams;  b.  Feb.  16,  1809;  d.  Apr.  9, 
1877.     He  d.  Dec.  2,  1881;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7334.  i.         Merrick,  b.  Dec.  25,  1830;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7335.  ii.        Austin,  b.  Apr.  10,  1832;  drowned  June  10,  1846. 

7336.  iii.       Lincoln,  b.  July  1,  1834;  m.  Mary  C.  Mclntire. 

7337.  iv.       HosEA  S.,  b.  Mar.  29,  1838;    m.  Mar.  31,  1870,  Mary  G.  Adams;  b. 

May  21,  1846;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7338.  V.        Francina  J.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1843;  m.  June  12,  1876,  David  E.  Willard; 

b.  Sept.  28,  1839;  res.  Fitchburg;  2  ch. 

7339.  vi.       Clementina  H.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1847;   m.  Dec.  31,  1874,  Clement  E. 

Willard;  b.  Aug.  30,  1847;  res.  Ashburnham. 

7340.  vii.      Willis  W.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1851;    m.  Nov.  24,  1886,  Harriett  E.  Hyde; 

res.  Ashburnham. 

4103.  Charles  W.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Jan.  10,  1814;  m.  Aug.  10,  1848,  Elmira  M.  Wilder.  He  is  a  wheel- 
wright; res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7341.  i.         Charles  B.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1853;  m.  Kate  G.  Robinson;  res.  Portland, 

Me. 

7342.  ii.        Alfred  W.,  b.  June  15,  1867. 

4102.  Austin  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas',  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Apr.  16,  1816;  m.  Apr.  4,  1854,  E.  Augusta  Holmes,  b.  Jan. 80,  1830.  She  res. 
294  Rundell  St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  He  has  been  assessor,  selectman  and  representative 
in  the  legislature.  He  d.  St.  P.  Apr.,  1891;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  and  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 

Frederic  A.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1855;  d.  Dec.  26,  1855. 

Ella  A.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1856. 

Leonard  A.,  b.  June  16,  1858;  m.  Ida  M.  Gibson. 

Samuel  N.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1860;  unm.:  res.  The  Ontario,  cor.  State 
and  Ontario  Sts.,  Chicago,  111. 

Fannie  R.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1862. 

Alfred  W.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1864. 

Gertrude  J.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1866. 

Myra  a.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1868. 

Florence  B.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1871. 

4106.  Samuel  V.  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 

John),  b.  May  25,  1820;  m.  Jan.  31,  184.3,  Sarah  Ann  Russell,  b. ;  d.  Apr.  9, 1875. 

He  d.  July  3,  1856,     He  was  postmaster  for  some  years  and  engaged  in  the  morocco 
business;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7351  j^.i.  Russell,  b.  Nov.  13,  1844;  m.  June  11,  1867,  Maria  Metcalf,  b. 

Dec.  25,  1846;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

7352.  ii.        Willis,  b.  Nov.  22,  1S4S;  d.  Aug.  22,  1849. 

7353.  iii.       Eleanor,  b.  Sept.  28,  1851;  d.  July  29,  1852. 

7354.  iv.        LuELLA,b.  Sept.  28,  1851;  d.  Jan.  26,  1877. 

4107.  Rev.  Quincy  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Oct.  7,  1822;  m.  at  Lancaster,  Sept.  8,  1846,  Mandana  M.  Whittemore, 
of  Lancaster, 

Rev.  Quincy  Whitney,  s.  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Wilder)  Whitney,  of  Ash.  He 
attended  the  academy  several  terms  in  his  early  manhood,  afterward  completing  a 
course  of  study  for  the  Universalist  ministry,  to  which  he  was  ordained  about  the  year 
1847.  Some  two  years  later  he  assumed  the  pastorate  of  the  church  and  society  of  that 
faith  in  Westminster,  a  position  he  occupied  till  1853.  He  had  many  personal  friends 
in  the  town,  having  been  born  in  the  south  part  of  Ashburnham,  which  gave  him  a 


7343. 

i. 

7344. 

ii. 

7345. 

UI. 

7346. 

IV. 

7347. 

V. 

7348. 

vi. 

7349. 

vn. 

7350. 

VU) 

7351. 

ix. 

460  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

prestige  enjoyed  by  none  of  his  predecessors.  When  he  entered  upon  his  labors 
there  he  was  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  took  up  the  work  he  found  to  do  with  great 
earnestness,  carrying  it  forward  with  energy  and  persevering  zeal.  Of  scholarly 
attainments  and  good  address,  with  more  than  average  oratorical  power  and  skill,  he 
awakened  fresh  interest  in  the  church  and  its  officers,  renewing  the  prosperity  of 
former  days.  Under  his  administration  somewhat  extensive  improvements  were  made 
in  the  church  edifice,  and  considerable  increase  of  attendance  wassecuied.  Strongly 
denominational  in  his  convictions  and  tastes,  his  preaching  reached  and  influenced 
his  hearers  for  good,  chiefly  through  the  doctrines  and  ideas  of  his  denomination.  His 
subsequent  places  of  settlement  were  at  Quincy,  Adams  and  Wakefield.  He  mar- 
ried Mandana,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Whittemore,  of  Lancaster,  by  whom  he 
had  children.  She  died  some  years  since,  and  he  has  been  residing  more  recently  at 
Cambridge,  holding  no  regular  pastorate,  but  supplying  vacant  pulpits  from  time  to 
time  as  opportunity  offered;  res.  Lancaster  and  Cambridge,  Mass. 

7355.  i.  Elvira  Mandana,  b.  Aug.  20,  1849,  in  Camb. 

7356.  ii.         Annie  B.,  b.  Jan.  L  1854;  m.  Gerard  Churchill;  res.  Loyal,  Kan. 

4108.  Rev.  William  Whitney  (William,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  July  22,  1809;  m.  May  7,  1840,  Julia  Emerson;  d.  Nov.  10,  1864;  m.  2d, 
Apr.  19,  1866,  Mrs.  Catherine  H.  Courtney. 

Rev.  William  Whitney  was  born  in  Ashburnham.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  that  town  and  the  academy  in  South  Reading.  At  the  age  of  21  he  trav- 
eled by  stage,  canal  and  steamboat  to  the  west.  At  that  time  it  required  six  weeks 
to  reach  the  western  part  of  Illinois.  He  continued  his  studies  at  Rock  Spring  sem- 
inary, Alton,  111.,  and  at  Granville  seminary,  Oberlin,  O.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  1838,  but  soon  entered  upon  a  continued  and  useful  career  as  a  teacher.  He  was 
an  instructor  four  years  in  Granville,  six  in  Lancaster  and  eleven  in  other  places  in 
Ohio.  In  1865  Mr.  Whitney  was  appointed  financial  agent  of  Denison  university, 
and  1870  treasurer  of  the  Baptist  Educational  Society.  He  has  been  an  officer  in 
several  other  religious  and  educational  organizations,  and  in  each  position  to  which 
he  has  been  summoned  has  been  efficient  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  duty;  res. 
Granville,  O. 

4115.  Jason  Whitney  (Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John.  John), 

b.  Feb.  10,  1811;  m.  May  4,  1836,  Elizabeth  L.  Sampson;  b.  ;  d.  Sept.  5,  1841; 

m.  2d,  Aug.  16,  1842,  Susan  E.  Barrett,  b.  May  2,  1816;  d.  Apr.  1,  1857;  m.  3d,  Nov. 
14,  1859,  Esther  Ball,  b.  Sept.  20,  1821;  d.  Dec.  7,  1877.  He  d.  May  16,  1880;  res. 
Wesminster,  Mass. 

7357.  i.  Sarah  B.,  b.  July  29.  1837;  m.  May  18,  1858,  Henry  E.  Thomas. 

Was  killed  at  battle  of  Cold  Harbor  in  21st  N.  H.  Regt.  June  2, 
1864.     She  d.  Aug.  2,  1858. 

7358.  ii.         Emma  E.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1830;  m.  July  3,  1861,  Geo.  A.  Stone;  res. 

Fitz. 
Chas.  W.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1840;  m.  Ruana  Barrell. 
Maria  S.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1843;  m.  Henry  L.  Smith;  res.  West. 
Franklin,  b.  Apr.  20,  1845;  d.  Mar.  15,  1849. 
Mary  C,  b.  Nov.  5,  1847;  d.  Oct.  1,  1848. 
Jason  W.,  b.  June  18,  1849;  d.  Sept.  11,  1849. 

Abbie  E.,  b.  1851;  d. . 

Ferdinand,  b.  Aug.  29,  1854;  m.  1876,  Elmira  S.  Gleason,  res. 

Fitchburg. 

4116.  Hon.  Ohio  Whitney  (Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  June  9,  1813;  m.  Apr.  11,  1839,  Mary  R.  Brooks;  b.  Oct.  1,  1818. 

He  was  the  son  of  Ohio  Whitney  and  Mary  (Bolton)  Whitney,  and  was  born  in 
Ashburnham,  Mass.  In  early  life  he  was  a  contractor  and  builder.  He  was  engaged 
at  many  different  times  in  many  business  enterprises,  and  especially  those  in  which 
the  prosperity  of  the  town  was  immediately  involved.  But  he  was  best  known  in 
the  annals  of  his  native  town  as  a  public-spirited,  loyal  citizen.  In  the  affairs  of 
the  town  he  was  much  employed.  For  about  20  years  he  presided  over  the  annual 
meetings  of  the  town,  and  was  frequently  elected  to  the  boards  of  selectmen,  asses- 
sor, town  treasurer,  etc.  He  was  also  director  and  trustee  in  various  banks  and  cor- 
porations, and  at  his  death  was  the  treasurer  of  the  Cushing  academy.  But  such 
enumeration  of  public  service  fails  to  suggest  the  characteristics  of  the  man.  In 
this  direction  others  have  equal  honors,  but  few  have  served  the  public  with  equal 


7359. 

111. 

7360. 

iv. 

7361. 

V. 

7362. 

VI. 

7363. 

Vll. 

7364. 

VUl 

7365. 

ix. 

7373. 

ii. 

7374. 

iii. 

7376. 

iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  461 

acceptance  and  efficiency.  In  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow-men  he  was  affable  and 
charitable.  In  the  inner  walks  of  his  inner  life  his  affections  were  constant  and  his 
friendship  enduring.  In  1866  he  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  as  represen- 
tative, and  the  following  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  senate.  He  d.  Feb.  6,  1879; 
res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7366.  i.  Ellen  R.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1840;  d.  Oct.  10,  1865. 

7367.  ii.         JosiE    M.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1843;  m.  Aug.  23,  1866,  Capt.  Walter  O. 

Parker,  b.  May  1,  1841;  was  in  34th  Regt.     In  1883  was  rep.  in 
the  legislature. 

7368.  iii.       Georgie  S.,b.  Aug.26, 1845;  m.  June  18,1868,  Moses  P.  Greenwood; 

b.  Dec.  21,  1846.     Is  a  merchant  in  Ash. 

7369.  iv.        Lydia  A.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1846. 

7370.  V,         Clinton  O.,  b.  Aug.  9,1850;  m.  Lillian  E.  Connant;  res.  Boston, 

M-ass. 

7371.  vi.       Walton  B.,  b.  Aug.  28, 1859;  m.  Sadie  B.  Sherburne. 

4118.  Amos  Whitney  (Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
June  7,  1817;  m.  May  7,  1840,  Harriett  J.  Bemis;  b.  Aug.  20,  1819.  He  was  a  carpen- 
ter.    He  d.  Apr.  20,  1868;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7372.  i.  Edwin  A.,  b.  May  29,  1842;  m.  May  3,  1871,  Kate  R.  Cummings; 

res.  Newton,  Mass.     Ch.:  Walter  C.,  b.  June  10,  1878.     He  is  a 

wholesale  jeweler. 
Waldo  F.,  b.  Apr.  22.  1844;  m.  Abbie  Hale. 
Albert  E.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1847;  m.  Mary  E.  Lowe. 
Clara  T.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1850;  m.  Jan.  6,  1886,  Nathaniel  Sarsfield; 

res.  Ash. 

7376.  V.         WiLMOT  A.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1852;  d.  young, 

4121.  Francis  A.  Whitney  (Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Aug.  2,  1823;  m.  Jan.  6,  1852,  Lucy  M.  Lane;  b.  June  30,  1829;  d.  Aug.  16, 
1861;  m.  2d,\Sept.  9,  1862,  Sarah  I.  Watkins;  b.  1841. 

Francis  A.  Whitney  is  a  successful  and  progressive  farmer  in  Ash.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  and  member  of  the  school  commitee;  has 
been  assessor  and  selectman  and  trustee  of  the  Cushing  academy.  He  occupies  an 
advanced  position  among  his  townsmen;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7377.  i.         Earl  I.,  b.  July  25,  1865. 

7378.  ii.        Walter  H.,  b.  June  30,  1868;  d.  Aug.  17,  1869. 

7379.  iii.       Henry  I.,  b.  Nov  7,  1872;  d.  June  17,  1881. 

7380.  iv.       WiNTHROP,  b.  June  17,  1874. 

4122.  Walter  Whitney  (Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1825;  m.  May  1,  1853,  Elvira  Dunn;  b.  Westminster, 
Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1827.     She  res.  in  Dedham,  Mass. 

He  was  educated  at  the  Westminster,  Mass.,  academy  and  Westfield  normal 
school;  he  was  for  several  years  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  West  Fitchburg 
and  Ashburnham,  and  was  successful  both  as  an  instructor  and  disciplinarian.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  the  town  of  Ashburnham.  He  removed  to 
Fitchburg  in  18-54  and  lived  there  till  the  time  of  his  death,  July  23,  1867.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Trinitarian  church  and  for  several  years  the  superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath-school.  Although  a  man  of  liberal  ideas,  he  was  very  conscientious  and 
religious,  and  was  a  guide  to  many  a  seeker  after  divine  truth.  He  had  a  diction 
that  was  remarkably  mipressive  and  original;  many  of  his  ideas  were  remembered 
and  quoted  for  years  after  his  death.  It  was  said  at  the  time  of  his  death  that  no 
funeral  of  a  private  individual  had  ever  called  forth  in  that  city  so  manv  people;  it 
was  the  last  debt  of  honor  they  could  pay  the  man  they  had  long  respected  tor  his 
candor,  honesty,  amiable  traits  of  character  and  unfailing  kindness.  He  d.  July  23, 
1867;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Walton,  b.  July  19, 1854;  d.  July  21,  1856. 
Frank  W.,  b.  June  13,  1856;  m.  Georgia  A.  Tavlor. 
Mary  Elvira,  b.  May  15,1869;  d.  Mar.  31,  1861. 
Jessie  Dunn,  b.  May  19,  1862;  res.  Ash.    Jessie  Dunn  Whitney 
was  born  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.     She  was  fitted  for  college  in  the 
Fitchburg  high  school  and  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1879, 
She  was  admitted  to  Boston  Univ. in  1879,  but  did  not  become  a 
student  of  that  institution.     She  afterward  completed  her  edu- 


7381. 

7382. 

ii. 

7383. 

iii. 

7384. 

iv. 

WALTER  WHITNEY. 


462 


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463 


cation  by  taking  special  courses  at  Cornell  and  Smith  colleges. 
She  has  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Westminster,  Ashburn- 
ham,  and  Wareham,  Mass.  She  is  now  (1894)  teaching  her  fifth 
year  as  assistant  in  the  Wareham  high  school.  She  has  always 
been  a  very  conscientious,  popular,  and  successful  teacher. 
7385.  V.  Frederic  Ernest,  b.  Jan.  18,  1865.  He  was  bornat  Fitchburg, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  prepared  for  college.    Although  beginning 

his  business  career  in  Boston,  he  soon 
turned  his  attention  to  New  York,  and 
at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  set  foot  in  the 
latter  city,  and  shortly  after  his  arrival 
entered  the  employ  of  a. large  mercan- 
tile house,  where  he  was  rapidly  pro- 
moted, and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two 
had  embarked  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  In  the  meantime  he  had  be- 
come a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
church  and  identified  himself  with  St. 
Ambrose's  parish,  then  under  the  charge 
of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Bloomfield  Weth- 
erill,  and  in  his  twenty-first  year  was 
elected  a  vestryman  of  this  parish.  A 
few  years  later,  becoming  interested  in 
the  Church  Kalcndar,  a  prominent 
and  widely  known  publication  in  the 
Episcopal  church,  he  was  elected  pres- 
ident of  the  Church  Kalendar  Company, 


FEEDEEIC   E.   WHITNEY . 


of  New  York,  and  this  position  he 
now  holds.  Nov.  26,  1890,  at  the 
Church  of  the  Transfiguration,  New 
York,  he  was  joined  in  holy  matri- 
mony to  Miss  Agatha  G.  Hays  (young- 
est daughter  of  David  and  Anna 
McCutcheon  Hays),  of  Newburgh-on- 
the-Hudson,  a  lady  with  charming 
manners  and  of  high  literary  attain- 
ments, having  been  for  several  years 
a  successful  journalist  in  New  York 
City  and  a  contributor  to  the  leading 
metropolitan  newspapers.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Whitney  have  made  their  home 
in  Newburgh-on-the-Hudson,  N.  Y., 
for  the  past  two  years. 

4132.    George     K.    Whitney    (Moses,    Hananiah, 


Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  July  14,  1826;  mes.  feedeeic  e.  whitney.- 
m.  at  Stoneham,  Mar.  T,  1852,  Frances  Maria  Green;  b. 

Stoneham,  Mass.,  May  25,  1832;  d.  there  Feb.  21,  1854;  m.  2d,  Aug.  23,  18.57,  Susanna 
Clendenm;  b.  Derry,  N.  H.,  May  14,  1833;  d.  there  Feb.  15,  1881;  res.  515  Lowell  St., 
Lawrence,  Mass. 

7386.  i.  Fannie,  b.  Feb.  12,  1854;  m.  Mar.  19,  1890,  at  Lynn,  Alonzo  Traf- 

ton  Allen;  b.  Alfred,  Me.,  Oct.  24,  1853;  res.  s.  p.  14  How  St., 
Haverhill. 

7387.  ii.        Carrie  Viola,  b.  May  8,  1859;  m.  Sept.  26,  1882,  in  Lawrence, 

Philip  James  Head,  b.  Derry,  N.  H,  June  10,1859.  Ch.:  Geo. 
W.,  b.  July  26,  1885;  d.  June  7,  1888;  Arthur  Whitney,  b.  Nov.  22, 
1888;  res.  515  Lowell  St.,  Lawrence. 

4136.  John  Milton  Whitney  (Hananiah,  Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Sept.  21, 1824;  m.  at  Ashburnham,  Jan.  3, 1849, 
Mary  Leavitt  Beales;  b.  Nov.  21,  1827;  d.  May  14,  1883. 

He  was  born  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  for  many  years  was  a  conductor  on  the 
Boston  &  Albany  R.  R.  He  went  to  Mt.  Dora,  Fla.,  for  his  health  and  died  there. 
Mr.  Whitney  was  a  perfect  gentleman,  of  genial  disposition,  tender  in  heart,  full  of 
sympathy  toward  others  in  trouble,  and  in  Christian  deportment  and  character  always 


464 


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FEANK  C.  WHITNEY. 


shone  out  brilliant  and  positive.     He  d.  Dec.  3,  1883,  at  Mt.  Dora,  Fla.;  res.  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

7388.  i.  John,  d.  infancy. 

7389.  ii.         Ch.-^s.  L.  B.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1850;  m.  Lottie  Jane  Byam. 

4138.  William  Melas  Whitney  (Hananiah,  Hananiah,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May  15,  1826;  m.  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12,  1850,  Emeline 
Cole,  of  Westmofeland,  N.  H.;  b.  Sept.  1,  1830. 

He  was  born  in  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  when  four  years  of  age  moved  to  Lowell, 
Mass.,  with  his  parents  and  to  Keene,  N.  H.,  in  1848;  moved  to  Bellows  Falls,  Vt., 
1854;  moved  to  Manchester,  N.  H.,  1856;  moved  to  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass.,  1857;  moved  to  Needham,  Mass.,  in  1865; 
moved  to  Santa  F^,  N.  M.,  1878;  returned  to  Needham, 
Mass.,  1888,  present  residence.  His  business  has  been 
machinist,  locomotive  engineer,  master  mechanic  and  rail- 
road passenger  conductor;  not  in  business  for  past  five 
years;  res.  Needham,  Mass. 

7390.  i.         Willie  Henry,  b.  Sept.  30,  1854;  d. 

Jan.  27,  1878. 

7391.  ii.         Frank   Cole,   b.    Sept.  25,  1856;  res. 

Needham,    Mass.;    teller   in    Lincoln 
National  Bank,  Boston. 

4147.  James  Drake  Cate  Whitney  (Silas  S.,  Han- 
aniah, Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Center 
Harbor,  N.  H.,  Mar.  28,  1838;  m.  Aug.  15,  1867,  Alice 
Josephine  Jennings;  b.  Jan.  9,  1842. 

He  was  born  in  Center  Harbor,  N.  H.  Came  to  Chi- 
cago with  his  father  in  Mar.,  1855.  Has  been  employed  in 
various  capacities  and  for  different  mdividuals  during  his  life  there.  Went  into  the 
army  as  a  private  in  1861 ;  came  out  a  private  in  1863.  Was  in  the  employ  of  the 
city  in  the  capacity  of  assistant  secretary  of  the  board  of  public  works,  under  Secre- 
tary A.  W.  Tinkham,  for  some  nine  or  ten  years.  Is  now  in  the  employ  of  the 
government,  in  the  department  of  the  interior,  at  the  Indian  supply  warehouse  in 
Chicago;  res.  453  Belden  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.;  s.  p. 

4149.  William  W.  Whitney  (Silas  S.,  Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 

John,  John),  b.  Mar.  18,  1845;    m.  July  11,  1867, .     He  d.  Nov.  17,  1892; 

res.  Chicago,  111. 

7392.  i,         Lucy  May,  b. ;  res.  Dundee,  111. 

4150.  Franklin  Whitney  (Silas  S.,  Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Center  Harbor,  N.  H.,  Mar.  22,  1850;  m.  in  Elgin,  111.,  Sept.  13,  1872, 
Jennie  M.  Stevenson;  b.  Sept.  12,  1854. 

His  life  began  in  1850,  in  Center  Harbor,  N.  H.;  moved  to  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  about 
1852;  thence  to  Chicago,  1856.  He  lived  in  Evanston  two  years,  then  back  to  Chi- 
cago, going  to  school.  After  short  experiences  during  school  vacations,  and  after- 
ward at  Potter  Palmer's  dry  goods  store  as  cash  boy;  Gates  Match  Mfg.  Co.'s  office, 
91  So.  Water  St.,  making  change — cashier;  15  years  old  then;  in  Simpson  &.  Hughes' 
dry  goods  store.  Lake  St.;  book-keeper  in  the  grain  registration  office  of  the  board  of 
trade;  thence  trip  to  Nebraska;  back  to  Chicago.  Prior  to  this,  messenger  Union 
Nat.  Bk.,  and  then  in  the  employ  of  Burley  &  Tyrrell,  as  cashier  and  credit  man  for 
seventeen  and  a  half  years,  until  his  health  failed,  moving  to  Tacoma  in  1889;  res. 
Tacoma,  Wash.,  611  South  I  street. 

Franklin  Stacy,  b.  Aug.  25, 1873. 

Laura  Evelyn,  b.  Nov.  8, 1875. 

Walter  Kenneth,  b.  Apr.  15, 1888. 

Edith  Agnes,  b.  Dec.  19,  1886;  d.  Apr.  25,  1887. 

4152.  Henry  S.  Whitney  (Samuel  A.,  Hananiah,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  Sept.  28,  1849;  m.  at  Winchendon,  Dec.  26,  1874, 
Clymena  P.  Farrow,  b.  May  22,  1852;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

7397.  i.  Henry  M.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1876. 

7398.  ii.        Ernest  J.,  b.  Sept.  11, 1877. 

7399.  iii.       Vivian  B.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1884. 

7400.  iv.       Everett  C,  b.  Aug.  1,  1891. 


7393. 

7394. 

ii. 

7395. 

iii 

7396. 

IV 

7403. 
7404. 

ii. 
iii. 

7405. 

iv. 

7406. 

V, 

7407. 
7408. 
7409. 

vi. 

vii. 
viii. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  465 

4158.  Alonzo  Adams  Whitney  (Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, John.  John),  b.  May  6,  1801;  m.  May  6,  1821,  Fanny  Pitts;  b.  Dec.  29,  1801. 

He  settled  in  Danby,  N.  Y.,  where  he  manufactured  spinning  wheels,  jennies, 
etc.,  till  the  old  Ithaca  &  Owego  railway  was  built,  when  he  kept  a  hotel  and  country 
store,  and  furnished  timber  for  nine  miles  of  the  road.  The  failure  of  the  railway 
company  caused  the  loss  of  all  his  property,  when  he  moved  to  Corning,  N.  V.  There 
he  was  successful  in  trade,  and  for  several  years  was  highway  commissioner  and 
foreman  of  the  Chemung  canal.  In  1848  he  settled  in  E.  Charlestown,  Pa.,  and 
engaged  in  farming  at  a  village  called  Whitneyville.  Since  his  residence  at  E.  C, 
he  has  been  postmaster  most  of  the  time,  besides  holding  various  town  offices. 
When  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  dropped  his  middle  name;  res.  E.  Charlestown,  Pa. 

7401.  i.  Nelson,  b.  Jan.  5, 1823;  m.  Susan  C.  Parcel. 

4161,  James  Lewis  Whitney  (Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
lohn,  John),  b.  Mar.  12,  1808;  m.  Oct.  7,  1827,  Lucv  Maria  Hall;  d.  July  7, 1841;  m.  2d, 
"Oct.  28,  1841,  Maria  Eldred;  b.  Oct.  24,  1820. 

He  was  born  in  Danby,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  until  1887,  when  he  moved  to 
Caton.     He  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  and  supervisor  at  Caton;  res.  Caton,  N.  Y, 

7402.  i.  Edgar    M.,  b.  July  20,  1828;   m.    Harriett  Westcott  and  Laura 

Harris. 
Oliver  W.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1830;  m.  Lucy  B.  Burdick. 
Lucv  Maria,  b.  Feb.  6,  1832;  m.  1851,  Dyer  Powers.     She  d.  Law- 

renceville.  Pa  ,  June  19,  1855. 
James  L.,  b.  Mar.  28, 1834;  m.  1852,  Julia  Harris;  res.  Eau  Claire, 

Wis. 
Emeline  Amanda,  b.  Feb.  5,1836;  m.  1854,  Joseph  Harris.   Shed. 

Salamanca,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  19,  18H6. 
Abram  J.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1842;  m.  Almira  E.  Brookman. 
William  C,  b.  Sept.  17,  1853;  m.  Priscilla  E.  Mead. 
Dyer,  b.  Dec.  7,  1855;  d.  Jan.  17,  1858. 

4164.  Martin  Van  Buren  Whitney  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  24,  1832;  m.  Brown,  Mich.,  Feb.  20,  1823,  Harriett 
White,  b.  Nottinghamshire,  Eng.,  Mar.  15,  1835.  He  is  a  farmer  and  has  been  super- 
visor of  his  town;  res.  Caledonia  Station,  Mich. 

7410.  i.  Eva  Jane,  b.  Oct.  4,1856;   m.  Apr.  4,  1875, Bateman;  res. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

7411.  ii.         Ida  Li'ella,  b.  Oct.  15,  1858;   m.  Nov.  12,  1876,  D.  E.  Pierson; 

res.  White  Lake,  S.  D.  He  was  b.  Apr.  10,  1848;  farmer.  Ch.: 
Myrta  May,  b.  May  24,  1877;  Ruby  A.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1883;  Fred 
M.,b.  Nov.  22,  1886;  Minnie  M.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1888;  Fay  E.  b.  Mar. 
12,  1890. 

7412.  iii.       Nellie  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  11,  1861;  m.  Dec.  24,  1877,  Geo.  H.  Jones. 

He  was  b.  Nov.  20,  1853.     Ch.:    Grace  Belle,  b.  Sept.  20,  1883; 
.  Louisa  Eveline,  b.  Jan.  7,  1888;  d.  Nov.  29,  1889;  Clara  Edna,  b. 
Sept.  21,  1891. 

7413.  iv.       Alice  May,  b.  June  24,  1867;  m.  Oct.  28,  1887,  Allan  B.  Betzner. 

He  was  b.  Oct.  30,  1860;  is  a  carpenter. 

7414.  V.         Orrin  Chester,  b.  Apr.  5,  1873. 

4166.  Peter  Isaac  Whitney  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Oct.  5,  1810;  m.  Oct.  21,  1835,  Betsev  Porter.  He  d.  1881;  res.  Rock  Falls, 
"111. 

7415.  V.         Edwin  E.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1843;  m.  Harriett  L.  Button;  res.  Rock 

Falls,  111. 

7416.  i.  Zerah  P.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1836;  m.  Charlotte  C.  McKenney. 

7417.  ii.         James  P.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1838;  m.  Anna  Grurnman. 

7418.  iii.        "Phebe  Jane,  b.  Oct.  15,  1839;  m.  Mathew  R.  Adams,  b.  Aug.  26, 

1829;  res.  Rock  Falls,  111. 

7419.  iv.        William  B.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1842;  m.  Lovina  McBride. 

•     7420.     vi.        Helen  Amelia,  b.  Mar.  14,  1846;  m.  May  29,  1869,  Pliny  Lyon, 
b.  Nov.  14,  1819;  res.  Greenville,  Conn. 

7421.  vii.       Julius  J.,  b.  Aug.  27,  1847;  m.  and  res.  Rock  Falls,  111. 

7422.  viii.      Horace  Monson,  b.  June  14,  1850;  d.  18.^4. 

7423.  ix.        Fanny  Mary  Lorana,  b.  Aug.  21,   1852;    m.  Geo.  Canning,  b. 

Sept.  7,  1845;  res.  Rock  Falls,  111. 


7431. 

i. 

7432. 

ii. 

7432^ 

7433. 

7434. 

.iii. 
iv. 

V, 

7435. 
7436. 

VI. 

vii, 

466  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7424.  X.        Elizabeth  Isadore,  b.  Nov.  15,  1856;  m.  at  Coloma,  III,  Sept. 

19,  1872,  Fred'k  Thos.  Yeoward,  b.  Feb.  18,  1840;  res.  s.  p.,  Rock 
Falls. 

7425.  xi.        May,  b.  May  15,  1859;  res.  home. 

7426.  xii.       Parley  Artemas,  b.  Apr.  15,  1862;  res.  home. 

4167.  Oscar  F.  Whitney  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Aug.  6,  1812;  m.  Nov.  29,  1837,  Electa  A.  Bryant,  b.  Apr.  12,  1818;  d.  Dec.  2, 
1886.    He  d.  Feb.  16,  1849;  res.  Whitneyville,  Mich. 

7427.  i.  Geo.  B.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1838;  m.  Kate  Austin. 

7428.  ii.         Frank,  b.  Mar.  7,  1840;  m.  Carrie  M.  Wrightman. 

7429.  iii.        Oscar  W.,  b.  June  29,  1842;  res.  85  Stocking  St.,  Grand  Rapids, 

Mich. 

7430.  iv.        Emily  J.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1844;  m.  Apr.  12,  1862,  Benjamin  R.  Ogden; 

res.  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.     He  was  b.  Mar.  7,  1837;  a  carpenter. 
Ch.:  Nellie,  b.  Nov.  30,  1874. 

4168.  Ezra  Whitney'  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  July  29,  1815;  m.  Mar.  12,  1842,  Hannah  Hodges  DePuy,  b.  Apr.  21,  1821;  res. 
Bradley,  Mich. 

Jane   Elizabeth,  b.   May  4,  1843;  m.  June   10,  1861,  Wm.  G. 

McClintock;  res.  Bradley. 
Charles   Edgar,  b.  Jan.  27,   1845;    m.   Dec.  24,  1869,    Mittie 

De  Rowe;  res.  Bradley,  Mich. 
Alonzo  Ethelbert,  b.  Apr.  16,  1847;  d.  Aug.  13,  1847. 
Elverton,  b.  Sept.  28,  1855;  d.  Oct.  4,  1855. 
Frank,  b.  Dec.  23,  1857. 
Fred'k,  b.  Dec.  23,  1857. 
Caroline  A.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1859. 

4169.  Capt.  Abraham  Johnson  Whitney  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Genoa, N.  Y.,  Jan.  13,  1820;  m.  Apr.  26,  1852,  Julia  A.  Morse; 
b.  1833;  d.  July  12,  1865;  m.  2d,  Nov.  17,  1866,  Virginia  A.  Chatterton;  d.  Mar.  20, 1868; 
m.  3d,  May  18,  1870,  Frances  Bennett;  b.  London,  Eng.,  Dec.  15,  1840. 

He  was  a  carpenter  and  millwright  by  trade.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Mexican 
war  he  enlisted  for  five  years  in  the  2d  U.  S.  infantry,  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Mon- 
terey, was  later  under  Gen.  Scott  and  fought  in  the  battles  of  Vera  Cruz,  Contreras, 
Churubusco,  Chepultepec  and  Molino  del  Rey  and  in  the  final  capture  of  Mexico. 
After  the  war  he  returned  to  New  York  and  soon  went  to  California  where  he  spent 
about  two  years  gold  hunting.  Returning  to  Whitneyville,  Mich.,  he  was  married. 
When  the  civil  war  broke  out  in  1861  he  at  once  enlisted  as  second  lieutenant  in  the 
3d  Mich,  infantry.  Participated  in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  siege  of  Yorktown,  Wil- 
liamsburg and  Fair  Oaks.  Promoted  to  captain  he  took  part  in  the  other  battles,  but 
on  account  of  illness  he  resigned  in  1862,  since  which  time  until  his  death  he  resided 
in  Grand  Rapids.     He  d  Mar.  12,  1891;  res.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

4170.  Chester  Coborn  Whitney  (Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Sept.  18,  1822;  m.  Sept.  29,  1845,  Amanda  M.  DePuy;  b.  July  2,  1815. 

He  was  born  in  Genoa,  N.  Y.,  and  resided  in  Ada,  Mich.,  until  1848,  when  he 
moved  to  Wisconsin  and  resided  there  until  1868  when  he  moved  to  Worthington, 
Minn.  He  has  always  lived  a  frontier  life.  In  1858  he  crossed  the  plains  to  California 
and  returned  the  same  way  three  years  later.  During  the  civil  war  he  served  four 
years  and  two  months.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing.  Res. 
\Vorthington,  Minn. 

7437.  i.  Herbert  Delos,  b.  Aug.  15,  1846;  res.  Wrighstown,  Wis. 

7438.  ii.         Oscar  Marion,  b.  June  29,  1848;  res.  Spicer,  Minn. 

7439.  iii.       Edwin  Foster,  b.  Mar.  13, 1850;  res.  W. 

7440.  iv.       Wm.  Wiley,  b.  June  3,  1853;  d.  Taycheedah,  Wis.,  Sept.  22,  1853. 

4176.  James  Wheeler  Whitney  (Philo,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Newtown,  Conn.,  Nov.  27,  1819;  m.  Oct.  28,  1846,  Anna  Maria  Lewis; 
p.  Mullica,  N.  J,,  Apr.  25,  1824.  Is  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hazen,  Whitney  &  Co., 
importers  and  jobbers  of  silks,  392  Broadway;  res.  138  Second  place,  Brooklyn, 
N,  Y. 

7441.  i.         Anna  Maria,  b.  Jan.  12,  1848;  nu  Aug.  24, 1871,  Adolph  L.  King. 

7442.  ii,        Joseph  Botsford,  b.  Sept.  3,  1849. 

7443.  iii.        Isabella  Lewis,  b.  Nov.  10,  1852;  d.  Avon,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1874. 


7445. 

i. 

7446. 

11. 

7447. 

111. 

7448. 

iv. 

7449. 

V. 

7450. 

VI. 

7451. 

Vll. 

7452. 

Vlll, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  467 

4180.  Abram  Johnson  Whitney  (Philo,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Newtown,  Conn.,  Oct.  3,  1828;  m..  Stepney,  Conn.,  Nov.  25,  1857, 
Marietta  Parmelee;  d.  Sept.  15,  1834;  res.  Bethel,  Conn. 

7444.    i.  Harriett  Amelia,  b.  Dec.  5,  1858;  d.  July  8,  1868. 

7445a.  ii.        Jas.  Wheeler,  b.  Nov.  22,  1867. 

7446a.  iii.        Fred'k  Moore,  b.  July  14,  1869. 

7447a.  iv.        Bertha  Belle,  b.  May  12, 1872. 

4188.  Philo  Lorenzo  Whitney  (Eli,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
John),  b.  Newfield,  N.  Y.,  May  30,  1833;  m.  Apr.  16,  1856,  Ann  Elizabeth  Zeak;  b. 
Warwick,  N,  Y.,  Sept.  8,  1837;  res.  Horseheads  and  Corning,  N.  Y. 

^  Charles  Anthony,  b.  Feb.  27,  1857;  d.  May  1,  1867. 

Pamelia  Ann,  b.  Mar.  17,  1858;  d.  Apr.  9,  1863. 

Franklin  Herbert,  b.  May  26,  1860. 

Wm.  Orlando,  b.  Mar.  10,  1862. 

Arminda  Jane,  b.  June  24,  1865. 

Samuel  Lorenzo,  b.  Aug.  21,  1868. 

Oscar  Grant,  b.  Oct.  1,  1872. 

Lewis  Neville,  b.  May  17,  1875. 

4191.  Mindrus  Hemrod  Whitney  (Ethiel,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Covert,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  1,  1824;  m.  Nov,  10,  1845,  at  Cannon,  Ivlich.,  Har- 
riett Adeline  Watson;  b.  Hartford,  Conn.,  Dec.  7,  1825.  He  is  a  farmer;  was  first 
lieut.  Co.  I,  14th  Mich.  \'ols.  Infantry;  resigned  in  1864,  after  three  years'  service; 
res.  Nelson,  Mich. 

7453.  i.  MARiETTE,b.  Aug.  1,  1847;  m.  Mar.  26,  1866,  Benton  W.  Lewis; 

res.  Sand  Lake,  Mich. 

7454.  ii.         Henry,  b.  May  4,  1849. 

7455.  iii.        Clara,  b.  May  15,  1858. 

4195.  Hermon  Eastman  Whitney  (Ethiel,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Danby,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1830;  m.  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  July  4,  1855, 
Lydia  Ann  Moffatt;  b.  Mayfield,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1835;  res.  Hersey,  Mich. 

7456.  i.         Clarence  Albert,  b.  Feb.  3, 1857. 

7457.  ii.         Effie  Deora,  b.  Sept.  19  1859. 

4199.  Ruggles  Nahum  Whitney  (Abel  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Newtown,  Conn.,  Apr.  6,  1826;  m.  there,  June  9,  1848,  Jane  Sherman; 
b.  Roxbury,  Conn.,  Aug.  19,  1826.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  town  clerk  of 
Florence.     He  d.  Nov.  6,  1865;  res.  Florence,  O. 

7458.  i.  Lewis  Edwin,  b.  Sept.  3,  1850;  d.  Oct.  3,  1851. 

7459.  ii.        Evangeline  Emily,  b.  Aug.  23,  1852;  res.  with  mother,  613  Green 

Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  1874. 

4202.  Charles  Philo  Whitney  (Abel,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Bridgewater,  Conn.,  May  23,  1834;  m.  in  Florence,  O.,  Mar.  30,  1870, 
Cilinda  Elizabeth  Ennes;  b.  Wakeman,  O.,  Sept.  13,  1849.  Was  a  carpenter  and 
joiner;  res.  Colorado  and  California,  where  he  was  in  mining  busmess  sometime; 
res.  Coleman  Station,  Mich. 

7460.  i.  Eva  May,  b.  Jan.  12,  1873. 

4203.  Fred'k  Augustus  Whitney  (Abel,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Bridgewater,  Conn.,  Jan.  23,  1837;  m.  in  Florence,  O.,  Dec.  8, 1860, 
Fanny  Maria  Shoff,  b.  Dec.  7,  1841;  res.  Florence,  O. 

7461.  i.         Ina  Belle,  b.  Dec.  6,  1861. 

7462.  ii.         Chas.  Philo,  b.  Nov.  7,  1863. 

7463.  iii.       Jenny  May,  b.  Apr.  14,  1866. 

4204.  Theodore  Beecher  Whitney  (.A.bel,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Bridgewater,  Conn.,  Apr.  21,  1840;  m.  in  Florence,  O.,  Dec.  6,  1866, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Parker,  b.  Feb.  15,  1841.     He  was  in  the  Civil  war;  res.  Wakeman,  O. 

7464.  i.  Clayton  Parker,  b.  Sept.  19,  1867. 

7465.  ii.         Ruggles  Nahum,  b.  Nov.  25,  1869. 

7466.  iii.       Ollie  May,  b.  Aug.  30,  1872. 

4208.  John  Rowell  Whitney  (Isaac  J.,  Isaac,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1858;  m.  Jan.  17,  1883,  Josephine  Gibson,  b. 
Oct.  16,  1859;  res.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 


468 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


7467. 
7468. 


I. 
ii. 


Julia  C,  b.  May  25,  1888. 

Helen  Josephine,  b.  Feb.  25, 1891. 


4209.  Joseph  H.  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Aug.  7,  1808;  m.  Mar.  24,  1831,  Eliza  Derby,  b.  Apr.  8, 
1812;  d.  Apr.  19,  1871.     He  d.  May  23,  1885;  res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

7469.  i.  Joseph  A.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1831;  m.  Elizabeth  Blanchard. 

7470.  ii.         "Geo.  H.  S.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1837;  m.  Lucilla  H.  Elbrige  and  Mrs. 

Sarah  A.  Abbott. 

7471.  iii.        Sarah  M.,b.  Apr.  22,  1840;  res.  N.  Leominster. 

7472.  iv.        Charles  J.,  b.  May  3,  1844;  d.  Feb.  25,  1874. 

4210.  JosiAH  Billings  Whitney  (Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  John, 
Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Apr,  30,  1811;  m.  in  Leominster,  Mary  Ann 
Patch;  b.  July  15,  1807;  d.  Aug.  20,  1875. 

He  was  left  an  orphan  at  three  years  of  age  and  then  went  to  live  with  his 
grandfather  with  whom  he  resided  until  in  his  teens.  He  drove  a  two-horse  team 
from  Fitchburg  to  Boston — this  was  before  railroads.  Later  he  was  a  stone  mason, 
then  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  was  actively  engaged  as  contractor  for  many 
years  in  Fitchburg.  Later  in  life,  he  owned  and  ran  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  He  d. 
Mar.  17,  1888,  at  S.;  res.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  Sandgate,  Vt. 

7473.  i.  Aaron  P.,  b.  Apr.  4,  1836;  m.  Mary  Conlon  and  Mrs.  Maria  M. 

Payne. 

7474.  ii.         JosiAH  Steaton,  b.  Mar.  3,  1838.     He  married,  had  one  child  and 

both  are  dead. 

7475.  iii.        David  Franklin,  b.  Dec.  11, 1845.     Killed  in  a  saw  mill  in  Texas> 

Mar.  9, 1871. 

7476.  iv.        Henry  T.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1849;  m.  Louie  Ann  Seaver. 

7477.  V.         Augusta  Maria,  b.  Nov.  2,  1841;  m.  at  Bellows  Falls,  Dec.  14, 

1859.  Ezra  Goodenough;  res.  Arlington,  Vt.  He  was  b.  at 
Brattleboro,  Mar.  14,  1822.  Is  a  mechanic.  Ch.:  Lizzie  M.,  b. 
Feb.  28,  1861;  m.  Geo.  L.  Towsley;  res.  Manchester,  Vt.;  Isa- 
bella A.,  b.  Apr.  13,  1862;  m.  James  D.  Nay;  res.  Manchester, 
^'t.;  Florence  S.,  b.  Oct.  27,1864;  m.  Joseph  Farrar;  res.  260 
8th  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Etta  M.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1866;  m.  Fred  O. 
Davis;  res.  Merrimac,  Mass.;  Eugene,  b.  April  9,  1868;  d. 
Apr.  25;  Henry  Vernon,  b.  Mar.  14,  1870;  Grace  A.,  b.  Mar.  27, 
1872;  Jennie  Louise,  b.  May  15,  1874;  Margaret  Irene,  b.  Sept. 
17,  1876. 

7478.  vi.       Harriett  A.,  b.  July  28,  1843;  m.  Mar.  17,  1863;  Harman  Bent- 

ley;  res.  Sandgate,  Vt.  He  was  b.  Nov.  30,  1840;  farmer.  Ch.: 
Fred,  b.  Apr.  27,  1864;  m.  Jan.  1,  1884;  Martha,  b.  Sept.  30,  1867; 
m.  Apr.  8,  1888;  George,  b.  Aug.  30, 
1872;  Charles,  b.  Mar.  11.  1885.  All 
the  children  live  in  Sandgate,  Vt. 

7479.  vii.      M ary  A.,  b.  Dec.  25. 1844;  d.  Aug.  18,1846. 

4213.  Isaac  S.  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah, 
John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Apr.  7, 
1802;  m.  1822,  .Niaria  Ockington;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Crandall. 
He  d.  Nov.  26,  1888;  res.  Bethel,  Me. 


7480. 

7481. 
7482. 


7483. 
7484. 


n. 
iii. 


IV. 


V. 


Charles  G.,  b.  July 4, 1824;  m.  Harriett 

S.  Stowe. 

Zimri,  b. ;  m.  Susan  J. . 

Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Charles  M.  Howe; 

res.  Marlboro,  Mass.;  son,  Herbert  M. 

Howe,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Mary,  b. •;  m.   Samuel  B.   Par- 

menter;  res.  M.;  s.  p. 
Amanda  Melvina,  b.  Aug.24,  1846;  m. 

June  26, 1864,  Edward  L.  Poor,  b.  Aug. 

9,1839.     He  is  a  lawyer.     Ch.:    Willie 

Elberto,  b.  Feb.  15,  1866;  d.  May  30,  1866;  Leland  Howard,  b. 

Apr.   3,   1867.     M.   D.;    res.   Sebago,   Me.;  Lillian  Almira  and 

Lunetta  Mabel,  b,  Aug.  29,  1872;  res.  Sebago. 


DE.  LELAND  H.  POOE. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  469 

7485.  vi.        Martin  Braden,  b.  Sept.  10,  1848;  res.  unm.  Lancaster,  N.  H.; 

P.  O.  box  181. 

4214.  Abraham  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.  Jan.  19,  1804;  m.  Nov.  23,  1829,  Adaline  Sawyer.  He  d.  Feb.  22,  1872;  res.  Boston 
and  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

7486.  i.  Edward  S.,b.  Oct.  17,  1831;  d. -. 

7487.  ii.         Francis  A.,  b.  May  5,  1832;  m.  Nov.  22, 1851,  Daniel  W.  Farr,  of 

Boston;  d.  May  13,  1875.     She  d.  Feb.  6,  1867. 

4216.  Alvah  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John,)  b. 
June  27,  1808;  m.  Apr.  26,  1838,  Caroline  Geyer;  b.  Dec.  26,  1811;  d.  July  8,  1889.  He 
was  a  soap  maker.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  1871;  res.  Boston  and  Cambridge,  Mass. 

7488.  i.  Emma  F.,  b.  Mar.  7, 1850;  umn.;  res.  with  Eunice. 

7489.  ii.         Eunice  A.,  b.  Feb.-28,  1840;  m.  Apr.  24,  1865,  Edward  Melville;  b. 

Aug.  25,  1830;  d.  Mar.  23,  1893;  she  res.  3  Creighton  St.,  N. 
Cambridge,  Mass.  Ch.:  Carrie  May,  b.  Oct.  24,  1866;  d.  Aug. 
29,  1873;  Lizzie  Searles,  b.  Sept.  5, 1871;  m.  June  15, 1892,  Walter 
Eugene  Bowen;  lives  at  3  Creighton  St.,  No.  Cambridge,  Mass.; 
Isabel  Calef,  b.  Mar.  28,  1877;  unm.  and  res.  3  Creighton  St.,  No. 
Cambridge.  Mass. 

4218.  HoSEA  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b. 
Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Mar.  17,  1813;  m.  Nov.  30,  1837,  Charlotte  Sawyer;  b.  June  17, 
1810.     He  was  a  soap  cutter.     He  d.  July  1,  1864;  res.  Charlestown,  Mass. 

7490.  i.  John  Shepherd,  b.  Nov.  22, 1838;  m.  Irene  Richmond  and  Chloe 

Whiting. 

7491.  ii.        Martha,  b.  Sept.  18,  1841;  m.  Oct.  23,  1859,  John   Irving   Rice;  b. 

Mav  9,  1833;  res.  Winchester,  Mass.  Ch.:  John  Whitnev,  b. 
Aug.  11,  1860;  Walter  Lmcoln,  b.  Nov.  9,  1865;  Carrie  Bout'elle, 
b.  Nov.  19, 1867;  Marion  Monroe,  b.  June  6,  1872;  all  unm.;  ad- 
dress Winchester. 

7492.  iii.        Sarah  A.,  b.  Mav  30, 1840;  d.  Aug.  30,  1840. 

7493.  iv.       Sophia,  b.  Aug.  4, 1843;  d.  Aug.  20, 1843. 

7494.  v.         Andrew  J.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1846;  d.  Sept.  21,  1847. 

4219.  Thomas  Peabody  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b.  Jaffrey,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  29,  1816;  m.  Apr.  26,  1838,  Harriet  Augusta  Benja'min; 
b.  Oct.  3,  1819.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Apr.  18,  1887;  res.  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  rear  7 
Monument  square,  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  at  Lynnfield,  Mass. 

Charles  Butterick,  b.  Oct.  18,  1839;  d.  Nov.  6,  1839. 

Lorenzo  P.,  b.  May  21,  1841;  m.  Elizabeth  Jane  Foxwell. 

Susan  Augusta,  b.  July  20,  1844;  d.  Dec.  9,  1848. 

Thos.  Duane,  b.  Aug.  10,  1846;  d.  Dec.  30,  1848. 

Elra  Iantha,  b.  Sept.  4,  1848;  m.  Apr.  4,  1867,  James  Franklin 
Gove.  He  was  b.  Jan.  19,  1844;  d.  Feb.  10,  1875.  Ch.:  Harriett 
Emeline,  b.  May  25,  1868;  m.  Sept.  4,  1884,  Mrs.  Harriett  E. 
Ingalls;  res.  rear  7  Monument  Sq.,  Charlestown,  Mass.;  Susie 
Alice,  b.  May  4,  1870;  m.  March,  1889;  Mrs.  Susie  A.  Gray,  Lynn- 
field  Center,  Mass.;  Elva  Iantha,  b.  May  20,  1875;  m.  Nov'.  15, 
1893,  Mrs.  Elva  I.  Webber,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
7500.    vi.       Harriett  Elvira,  b.  Feb.  22, 1851;  d.  June  2,  1851. 

4220.  George  S.  Whitney  (Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.  New  Hampshire,  Apr.  17,1819;  m.  1844,  Mary  Eveline  Barnard;  b.  Oct.,  1816;  d.  Dec. 
31,  1889. 

He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  but  soon  after  marriage  moved  to  New  York 
state  and  settled  in  Troy.  He  was  burned  out  in  the  big  fire  of  1856  and  moved  to 
Queensbury,  where  after  a  short  residence  he  moved  to  Glens  Fall  in  1857,  where  he 
died.     He  d.  Aug.  28,  1863;  res.  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 

7601.     i.  Stowell  B.,  b.  June  26,  1848;  m.  at  Glens  Falls,  Jan.  27,  1881, 

Helena  E.  Norris;  b.  Jan.  9,  1858;  res.  Glens  Falls;  s.  p.  He  was 
born  in  Troy  and  when  nine  years  of  age  moved  to  Glens  Falls 
with  his  parents.  He  has  resided  there  continuously  ever  since. 
Has  been  in  the  retail  shoe  business  since  1871. 


7495. 

7596. 

ii. 

7497. 

iii. 

7498. 

iv. 

7499. 

v. 

7505. 

ii. 

7506. 

111. 

7507. 

IV. 

7508. 

V. 

7509. 

yi. 

7510. 

vn. 

470  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7502.  ii.         Geo.  B.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1846.     He  went  west  in  1866;  was  married 

there  and  had  a  family;  res.  in  San  Diego,  Cal., and  PanacaCity, 
Nev.,  and  later  in  Montana. 

7503.  iii.       Charles  S.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1857;  m.  Sept.  1,  1880.     His  wife  was  b. 

Dec.  20,  1S57;  res.  Glens  Falls.    Ch.:  Burton  D.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1882; 
Wava  W.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1887;  Florence,  b.  Dec.  13, 1893. 

•  4224.  Zachariah  F.  Whitney  (John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b.  in  Lunenburg,  Apr.  15,  1816;  m.  at  Rindge,  May  13,  1841,  Hepsibath  Smith, 
b.  Feb.  24,  1821 ;  res.  W.  Rindge,  N.  H.     He  was  selectman  in  1861-62-63. 

7504.  i.  Osborne  A.,  b.  July  12,1842;  m.  Mary  J.  Brown;  res.  Pittsfield, 

Mass. 
Thomas  S.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1844;  m.  Abbie  S.  Everett. 
Ellen  S.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1846;  d.  unm.  in  Rindge,  Apr.  16, 1881. 
Lauretta  H.,  b.  May  25,  1848;  d.  Sept.  2,  1852. 
John  D..  b.  Aug.  17,  1850;  m.  Sept.  17,  1874,  Alta  Ashley;  res. 

Parkville,  L.  I. 
George  A.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1854;  m.  Allie  M.  Knapp. 
Susan  E.,  b.  July  21,  1856;  d.  Jan.  8,  1863. 

4226.  John  Osborne  Whitney  (John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b.  June  12,  1821;  m.  Mar.  25,  1854,  Abbie  L.  Lyon;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H. 

7511.  i.  Charles  A.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1856;  res.  Fitzwilliam  Depot,  N.  H. 

7512.  ii.         Eva  S.,  b.  June  11,  1858. 

7513.  iii.       Mark  A.,  b.  May  24,  1874. 

4230.  Charles  A.  Whitney  (John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.  Feb.  16,  1830;  m.  Apr.  29,1857,  Lydia  M.  Lyon;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Elba, 
Neb. 

7514.  i.  Frank  L.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1860. 

7515.  ii.        Arthur  B.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1863. 

7516.  iii.       Mary  Isabelle,  b.  Feb.  14,  1866. 

7517.  iv.        Edith  M.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1870. 

4232.     George  A.  Whitney  (John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John,  John), 

b.  1837;  m.  Dec.  1861,  Mattie  A.  Colburn,  b. ;  d.  Mar.  29,  1867;  m.  2d,  Sept.  1, 

1869,  Susie  R.  Converse;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  Wadena,  Minn. 

In  company  with  his  brother,  Chas.  A.,  he  is  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  pails.  He  served  in  the  war  in  the  6th  N.  H.  Infantry,  and  was  wounded  by  a 
gun  shot  in  his  hip  at  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Va.,  Aug.  29,  1862;  he  was  discharged 
Oct.  31,  following;  was  representative  in  the  legislature  1868-69  and  served  several 
years  as  supervisor  of  schools. 

4239.  David  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1805;  m.  Sept.  16,  1826,  Catherine  Horner;  b. 
Apr.  7,  1805;  d.  Sept.  10,  1888.  He  d.  Aug.  23,  1882;  res.  Acton  and  Middlesex 
Village,  Mass. 

7518.  i.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  11,  1827;  m.  Sarah  K.  Bradley. 

7519.  ii.         David,  b.  Aug.  23,  1830;  m.  ;  res.  443  Woodward  Ave., 

Detroit,  Mich. 

7520.  iii.        Hiram,  b.  Oct.  30.  1833;  m.  M.  Elizabeth  Leland. 

7521.  iv.        Harriett  S.,  b.  July  24,  1836;  m.  Dec.  20,  1870,  James  T.  Smith; 

res.  Mid.  Vil. 

7522.  V.        Albert,  b.  Oct.  31,  1839;  d.  July  17,  1875. 

7523.  vi.       Mary  Ann,  b.  Sept.  15,  1842;  d.  June  15,  1843. 

7524.  vii.      Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  6, 1844;  d.  Oct.  25, 1865. 

4240.  Adams  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John, 

John),  b.  Marshfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  14,  1817;  m.  there  Jan.  17,1846, ;b 

Sept.  8,  1808.     He  d.  Oct.  15.  1891 ;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Debora  Ada.ms,  b.  Nov.  2,  1847;  m. Wilber. 

Lucy,  b.  June,  1849;  d.  Jan.,  1851. 

Andrew  James,  b.  Jan.  30,  1851;  m.  Dec.  30,  1882;  res.  F. 
Arthur  Eugene,  b.  Jan.  6, 1852;  m.  July  1,  1874;  res.  F. 
Geo.  Benj.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1853;  m.  Annie  Louise  Tayler. 


7525. 

i. 

7526. 

ii. 

7527. 

111. 

7528. 

iv. 

7529. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


471 


75B3. 
7534. 


II. 


4250.  Henry  Whitney  (Abijah,  Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  John,  John), 
b.  Waltham,  Mass.,  Aug.  18,  1822;  m.  at  Weston,  Dec.  3,  1862,  Catherine  Harvey;  b. 
May  3,  1836.     He  d.  1873;  res.  Main  street,  Waltham,  Mass. 

7530.  i.  Addie  Anna,  b.  Mar.  29,  1864;  m.  1889, .     She  d. 

June  5,  1891. 

7531.  ii.         Mary  Emma,  b.  Apr.  18,  1866;  m.  June  25,  1891,  Charles  A.  M. 

Masters;  res.  Amesbury,  Mass. 

7532.  iii.       Samuel  Henry,  b.  Oct.  9,  1868;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

4251.  Samuel  Butterick  Whitney  (Abijah,  Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Weston,  Mass.;  m.  June  5,  1845,  Mary  Watson  Crehore,  b.  Aug.  22, 
1823.  He  was  born  in  Weston  where  he  always  resided;  was  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. His  ancestors  bought  a  farm  in  Weston  in  1699,  which  continued  in  the  family 
till  after  the  death  of  Henry  Whitney  in  1873.  He  has  the  deed  of  this  land  sold  to 
Joseph  Whitney  in  1699.  Also  other  deeds — land  to  John  Whitney,  of  Watertown,  in 
1706;  Benj.  Whitney  and  Elizabeth  Whitney,  land  to  John  Whitney,  in  1713;  John 
W.  to  Joseph  W.,  in  1749;  William  Whitney  and  Sarah  W.  to  Joseph  Whitney,  in 
1772;  Abijah  and  Rebecca  Whitney  to  Abijah  Whitney,  1828;  res.  Weston,  Mass. 

Elisha  Crehore,  b.  Mar  12,  1846;  lost  at  sea.  May,  1866. 
Mary  Watson,  b.  Sept.  11,  1847;  Prof,  of  astronomy  at  Vassar 
college,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Among  the  first  women  to  gain 
celebrity  as  astrono- 
mers was  Maria  Mitch- 
ell, of  Nantucket  Mass. 
She  was  born  there  in 
1818  and  in  1865  she  be- 
came professor  of  as- 
tronomy at  Vassar  col- 
lege. In  1881  Miss 
Mary  W.Whitney  was 
called  to  be  her  assist- 
ant and,  on  the  resig- 
nation of  Miss  Mitchell, 
she  was  given  the  pro- 
fessorship of  astronomy 
and  the  directorship  of 
the  Vassar  observatory. 
Miss  Whitney  gradu- 
ated from  the  institu- 
tion in  1868,  having 
studied  under  Miss 
Mitchell,  with  whom 
she  observed  the  solar 
eclipse  of  1869.  In  1872 
she  assisted  her  in  de- 
termining the  latitude 
of  the  Vassar  observa- 
tory, after  which  she 
attended  lectures  by 
Professor      Pierce     at 

Harvard,  and,  going  to  Europe  in  1874,  continued  her  studies  in 
astronomy  and  mathematics  at  the  University  of  Zurich. 

Anne  Maria,  b.  Oct.  25,  1849;  d.  Mar.  28,  1852. 

Adaline  Stearns,  b.  Jan.  17,  1852;  res.  Boston;  is  a  physician, 
124  Dartmouth  St. 

Charles  A.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1855;  m.  Leila  Porter. 

Thomas  Laurence,  b.  July  30,  1857;  drowned  June  26,  1873. 


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MISS  MAEY  W.  WHITNEY. 


7535. 

7536. 

7537. 
7538. 


111. 
iv. 


V. 

vi. 


4258.    William    Stearns    Whitney    (Nathan,    Abijah,    Joseph,    Benjamin, 

Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lincoln,  Mass.,  Oct.  19, 1815;  m.  Concord,  Apr.  13, 1837,  Sarah 

Wheeler,  b.  Dec.  15,  1819;  d.  June  18,  1883.     He  d.  Aug.,  1848;  res.  Concord,  Mass. 

7539.     i.  Sarah  Louise,  b.  July  6, 1838;  m.  Jan.  20,  1861,  William  Kelley. 

Jr.;  res.  Gotha,  Orange  Co.,  Fla.     He  was  b.  in  Boston,  July  13, 

1838;  is  a  retired  master  mariner;  at  present  a  fruit  grower  in 

Florida.    Ch.:  Helen  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  19, 1863;  Emma  Wheeler, 

b.  Mar.  26,  1866. 


7542. 

7543. 

ii. 

7544. 

111. 

7545. 

IV. 

472  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7540.  ii.         Caroline  Azubah,  b.  Oct.  18,  1840;  m.  Apr.  13,  1862,  Henry  L. 

Whitcomb;  res.  Concord,  Mass.     He  is  a  merchant,  and  was  b. 
Dec.  8,  1835. 

7541.  iii.       Ellen  Frances,  b.  Mar.  21,  1843;  unm.;  res.  Concord. 

4259.    Charles  Henry  Whitney  (Nathan,  Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Oct.  9,  1821,  in  Lincoln,  Mass.;  m.  there  Aug.  25,  1844,  Eliza  Brigham, 
b.  Oct^7,  1826,  in  Concord,  Mass.     He  d.  June  24,  1890;  res.  Lincoln,  Mass. 
Louis  Henry,  b.  July  20,  1845;  m.  Martha  E.  Fiske. 
John  Brigham,  b.  Jan.  31,  1847;  d.  Oct.  9,  1856. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  Dec.  2,  1850;  m.  June  5, 1870, Washburn. 

Hattie  Maria,  b.  Jan.  4,  1860;  m.  Oct.  15,  1883, Baldwin; 

res.  Lincoln. 

4270.  William  Ezekiel  Whitney  (George  W.,  Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  John),  b.  Boston,  Dec.  1,  1840;  m.  Mar.  18,  1862,  Margaret  Kinder,  b. 
Dec.  12,  1842;  res.  Danforth  St.,  Saxonville,  Mass. 

7546.    i.  Nellie  Louisa,  b.  Feb.  14,  1864;  m.  Aug.  6, 1884,  John  E.  Felch; 

res.  N.  Natick,  Mass. 
7647.    ii.        Bella  Lurena,  b.  Feb.  25, 1872;  d.  Nov.  25, 1872. 

4273.  Alonzo  Driscoll  Whitney  (George  W.,  Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Brighton,  Mass.,  1847;  m.  May  18,  1870,  Zeaphine  J.  Gilliheon,  b. 
June  30,  1851.     He  d.  Apr.  6,  1876;  res.  Somerville,  Mass. 

7548.  i.         George  W.,  b.  June  12,  1871;  res.  W.  Somerville,  Mass. 

7549.  ii.        Zellia  Jenette,  b.  Jan.  29,  1874;d.  Jan.  19,  1877. 

4276.  Lorenzo  L.  Whitney  (Walter  H.,  Ezekiel,  Ezekiel,  John,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Newton,  Mass.,  Apr.  1,  1842;  m.  in  Boston,  1866,  Sarah  Robertson,  b. 
1846;  res.  1267  Tremont  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Fred'k,  b.  Sept.  27,  1867. 

Wm.  Geo.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1870;  d.  Dec.  14,  1884. 

Herbert  L.,  b.  July  15,  1872;  d.  Feb.  26,  1875. 

Lydia  M.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1875;  d. . 

Grace  May,  b.  Oct.  2,  1877. 

Sarah  Adelaide,  b.  Jan.  10, 1878. 

Walter  Henry,  b.  Nov.  12,  1880;  d.  Oct.  28,  1884. 

Emma  Gertrude,  b.  Mar.  13,  1885. 

4285.  Capt.  Edmund  Carter  Whitney  (William  D.,  Stephen,  Stephen, 
John,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  in  Boston,  Dec.  28,  1835;  m.  in  Nashua,  N.  H., 
Feb.  27,  1861,  Cornelia  Frances  Shepherd,  b.  June  13,  1836. 

Capt.  E.  C.  Whitney,  junior  vice  commander.  Department  of  Massachusetts, 
formerly  of  Post  43,  Marlboro,  now  of  Post  6^,  Dorchester,  and  cashier  of  the 
Lincoln  National  Bank,  of  this  city,  is  a  Boston  boy,  having  been  born  on  the  spot 
where  Brigham's  Creamery  now  stands,  near  the  junction  of  Tremont  and  Castle 
streets.  He  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  Franklin  schools,  and  at  the  New 
England  Normal  institute,  then  at  Lancaster.  In  1854  he  changed  his  plans  of 
entering  college,  and  taking  a  preparatory  commercial  course,  entered  the  Lancaster 
bank,  where  he  served  as  assistant  cashier  until  1862.  He  married  in  February  of 
that  year  Cornelia  Frances,  daughter  of  Samuel  Shepherd,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.  The 
war  broke  out  in  April.  He  remained  at  home  assisting  volunteers  until  Septem- 
ber, when,  after  refusing  a  lieutenant's  commission  tendered  him  by  Governor 
Andrew  because  of  his  lack  of  knowledge  of  military  matters,  enlisted  as  private  in 
Co.  I,  53d  Regt.  M.  V.  M.  On  the  arrival  of  the  regiment  at  New  York  an  in- 
fectious disease  having  broken  out,  he,  with  others,  was  detailed  in  the  quarter- 
master's department  and  sent  to  the  ship  Montibello.  Five  trips  were  made  from 
New  York  to  southern  ports  with  stores  and  troops.  When  on  arriving  at  the  Mis- 
sissippi river  he  was  ordered  to  duty  in  the  same  department  at  quarantine,  and 
then  at  New  Orleans  under  Gen.  Butler,  the  regiment  meanwhile  being  stationed 
at  Carrolton.  When  the  53d  took  the  field  Capt.  Whitney  retired  from  that  de- 
partment and  joined  the  troops  in  the  first  Red  River  campaign  under  Gen.  Banks, 
followed  by  the  long  siege  of  forty-five  days  and  investment  of  Port  Hudson, 
During  the  whole  campaign  he  served  as  sergeant,  sergeant-major,  and  by  appoint- 
ment of  Colonel  (acting  brigadier-general)  J.  W.  Kimball,  as  lieutenant.     During  all 


7550. 

i. 

7551. 

11. 

7552. 

iii. 

7553. 

IV. 

7554. 

V. 

7555. 

VI. 

7556. 

Vll. 

7557. 

Vlll 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  473 

the  battles  before  Port  Hudson  he  served  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Kimball,  and  in  the 
memorable  assault  upon  the  works  of  Sunday,  June  14,  1863,  lasting  from  3  A.  M.  to 
9  P.  M.  he  had  eight  minie-balls  through  his  clothing  and  was  shot  in  the  right 
arm.  In  this  battle,  though  wounded,  Capt.  Whitney,  with  knife  blades,  probed  for 
and  extracted  a  round  ball  from  the  head  of  Sergeant  Hitchcock  of  Fitchburg  (Gen. 
Kimball's  orderly)  which  had  entered  at  the  right  eye,  and  both  remained  on  the 
field  until  night,  and  later,  with  his  swollen  arm,  wrote  out  an  official  report  of  the 
battle,  forwarding  it  before  morning  with  a  ship  load  of  wounded  to  New  Orleans 
and  the  North.  His  acting  adjutant's  report  of  the  morning  showed  166  men  in 
eight  companies  who  reported  for  duty,  of  whom  86  were  killed  or  severely 
wounded,  there  being  but  one  unharmed  commissioned  officer  to  lead  the  regiment 
from  the  field.  After  the  surrender  of  Port  Hudson  the  regiment  campaigned  at 
Baton  Rouge  and  a  part  at  Fort  Butler.  At  the  latter  place  Capt.  Whitney,  having 
been  prostrated  by  sunstroke,  was  attacked  with  malarial  fever.  He  was  hurried 
North  and  succeeded  in  staving  off  the  disease  until  he  arrived  at  his  home,  when  at 
the  first  meeting  with  his  family  he  was  instantly  seized  with  fever  and  delirium, 
followed  by  six  weeks  of  dreadful  sickness,  and  afterwards  a  whole  year  of  fever 
and  ague.  On  his  recovery,  the  war  being  nearly  over,  Capt.  Whitney  surrendered 
his  wish  to  re-enlist  and  accepted  a  call  to  Marlboro  to  assume  charge  of  the 
savings  bank  and  organize  a  national  bank.  He  served  as  cashier  and  treasurer 
for  nineteen  years  when  he  was  called  to  Boston.  In  Marlboro  he  was  commander 
of  Post  43  six  years.  Captain  of  Co.  E,  6th  Regiment  five  years;  was  chief  engineer 
of  the  Fire  Department  three  years;  was  selectman,  and  as  a  side  issue  to  fill  up 
chinks  of  time  was  local  agent  of  sixteen  fire  insurance  companies,  carrying  risks 
amounting  to  $3,000,000.  He  is  Knight  Templar  of  Trinity  Lodge  of  Masons  and 
has  during  the  administrations  of  Horace  Binney  Sargent  and  Col.  Sibley  held  the 
offices  of  inspector,  chief  mustering  officer,  member  of  the  council  of  administra- 
tion, and  commander  of  a  brigade,  Middlesex  Co.  division.  At  the  last  annual 
encampment  he  was  elected  junior  vice  commander.  Comrade  Whitney  is  a  true 
and  consistent  advocate  of  Grand  Army  principles  and  a  forcible  and  indefatigable 
assistant  in  the  labors  attending  the  advancement  of  all  worthy  objects  relating  to 
the  welfare  of  the  veteran.  His  social  and  mental  worth  is  recognized  by  a  larere 
circle  of  warm  friends  in  and  out  of  the  Grand  Army,  while  his  superior  business 
qualities  have  always  been  highly  appreciated  by  the  commercial  public.  His 
earnest  and  successful  efforts  in  behalf  of  raising  funds  for  the  erection  of  the 
elegant  new  hall  of  Post  68,  G.  A.  R.,  Dorchester,  should  endear  him  to  every  com- 
rade of  that  post.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  junior  vice  commander  will  do  his  full 
duty,  cheerfully  and  devotedly,  at  all  times;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  address  178  Devon- 
shire street. 

Lawrence  Symmes,  b.  Sept.  14,  1864;  died  Sept  14,  1864; 

Edmvnd  Heber,  b.  May  21,  1867;  d.  Aug.  21,  1867. 

Lilian  Hemans,  b.  June  13,  1868. 

Agnes  Elizabeth,  b.  May  19, 1876;  d.  Aug.  8,  1877. 

Rose  Lancaster,  b.  June  5,  1879. 

Ralph  Hadley  Shepard,  h.  Jan.  16,  1881. 

4.300.  Augustine  Whitney  (Nathan,  Nathan.  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminster  Apr.  9,  1825;  m.  Nov.  2,  1854,  Mary  A.  Titus;  b. 
Dec.  4,  1828. 

Augustine  Whitney,  son  of  Nathan  and  Ann,  married  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Otis 
and  Sally  (Minott)  Titus,  and  resided  on  the  estate  owned  by  the  father  of  his  wife 
in  the  Central  Village.  He  is  a  carpenter  and  contractor,  a  man  of  ability  and  moral 
worth,  respected  and  honored  in  the  town  and  general  community.  He  has  served 
as  moderator  at  town  meetings,  was  selectman  two  years,  and  representative  to  the 
general  court  in  1865;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

7564.  i.  William  Titus,  b.  Dec.  12,  1855;  d.  Aug.  7,  1860. 

7565.  ii.         Leon  Augustine,  b.  Apr.  29,  1864;  m.  Geneva  Fradley. 

4301.  Dea.  Frederic  Whitney  (Aaron,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Oct.  17,  1823;  m.  Sept.,  1850,  Sarah  Ann  Randell,  d. 
Nov.  22,  1857;  m.  2d,  Apr.  19,  1859,  Janette  C.  Vandenburg,  d.  Dec,  1881;  m.  3d,  Oct. 
31, 1882,  Jane  McLean. 

Frederic  Whitney,  son  of  Aaron  and  Martha,  married  1st  Sarah  Ann,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Lucy  Allen  Randell,  of  Providence,  N.  Y.  She  bore  him  one  son.  He 
married  2d  Janette  C.  Vandenburg,  of  Onondaga,  N.  Y.  She  died  without  issue  at 
31 


7558. 

7559. 

ii. 

7560. 

111. 

7561. 

iv. 

7562. 

V. 

7563. 

vi. 

474  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY, 

Cranston,  R.  I.,  and  he  married  3d  Jane  McLean,  of  P.  E.  Island.  She  has  one 
child.  Leaving  the  farm  at  twenty-one,  Mr.  Whitney  worked  at  chair  making  many 
years,  and  was  m  the  U.  S.  armory  at  Springfield  during  the  war.  He  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  farm  connected  with  State  Industrial  School  at  Lancaster  eleven 
years,  and  later  had  charge  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  water  works  pumping  station  seven 
years.  One  year  he  served  as  assessor  in  Westminster,  and  has  filled  most  worthily 
the  office  of  deacon  in  Congregational  Trinity  church  at  both  Westminster  and  Lan- 
caster, a  position  still  held  by  him  at  the  latter  place,  where  he  now  resides;  res. 
Lancaster,  Mass. 

7665a.  i.  Herbert  F.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1851;  res.  Worcester;  unm.;  is  an  ex- 

pressman. 

7566a.  ii.        Allen  S.,  b.  Jan.  12, 1885. 

4304.  Stillman  Whitney  (Aaron,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Apr.  11,  1883;  m.  Dec.  11,  1856,  Julia  Moulton,  of  Hubbardston;  d.  s.  p. 
Mar.  2,  1870;  ae.  34;  m.  2d,  Apr.  22,  1871,  Mary  Moulton,  her  sister;  b.  1838;  d.  Feb. 
2,  1888;  m.  3d .     He  is  a  mechanic;  res.  Westminster,  Mass. 

7567a,  i.         Grace,  b.  Nov.  20,  1871 ;  d.  infancy. 

7568a.  ii.        Chester  M.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1873. 

4308.  Jason  Woodward  Whitney  (Reuben  P.,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Sept,  21,  1829,  in  Westminster;  m.  Nov.  18,  1857,  Lydia  Allen 
Davis;  b.  Mar.  12, 1839. 

Jason  W.  Whitney,  oldest  son  and  second  child  of  Reuben  P.  and  Clarissa  Wood- 
ward Whitnev,  born  Sept.  21,  1829,  at  Westminster,  Mass.;  married  Lydia  Allen 
Davis,  Nov.  1§,  1857,  at  Hubbardston,  Mass.  He  moved  to  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  1860, 
where  he  now  resides,  and  has  been  in  the  lumber  and  hardware  business  since  1877; 
res.  Hingham,  Mass. 

7566.  i.         Everett  E.,  b.  May  3, 1861;  m.  Katherine  J.  McCammon. 

7567.  ii.        Edward  Curtis,  b.  May  3, 1861;  d.  Sept.  1,  1861. 

7568.  iii.       Wm.  Chase,  b.  June  18,  1868;  d.  Jan.  4,  1869. 

4310.  Orville  Porter  Whitney  (Reuben  P.,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Princeton,  Mass.,  Oct.  28,  1833;  m.  Sept.  26,  1828,  Dora  E.  Odell; 
b.  July  6,  1844.  He  is  a  mfr.  of  leather  belting  and  hose;  res.  590  Hicks  St.,  Brook- 
lyn, N^  Y. 

Lawrence  Woodward,  b.  Aug.  9, 1872. 

Chester  Field  Smith,  b.  July  14,  1875. 

Elliott  Webster,  b.  Mar.  19, 1878. 

Florence  Odell,  b.  Aug.  12,  1880. 

4312.  George  Franklin  Whitney  (Reuben  P.,  David,  Nathan,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Princeton,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1838;  m.  in  Hubbardston,  Oct. 
18,  1863,  Sarah  M.  Davis;  b.  Feb.  5,  1841;  res.  Hingham,  Mass. 

7573.    i.  George  E.,  b.  Gardner,  Mass..  Jan.  29,   1867;  m.  Sept.  25,  1894, 

Irene  Beamshart  Motter,  of   Harrisburg,  Pa.;  res.  Steelton,  Pa. 

4314.  Lucius  Whitney  (Isaac,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  in  Big  Grove,  111.,  Feb.  24,  1836;  m.  Jan.  28,  1865,  Harriett  J.  Loughead;  b.  July,  20, 
1839. 

Lucius  Whitney  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  until  he  was  18  years  of  age;  taught 
school  a  few  terms  and  went  to  Kansas  in  1857  and  settled  near  the  Missouri  line  till 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1861,  filling  the  offices  of  town  treasurer  and  county 
clerk,  resigning  the  latter  office  to  enlist  in  Co,  G,  7th  Kan.  Cav.  Vols  (Aug.  31, 1861); 
■was  appointed  commissary  sergeant  of  the  regiment  and  promoted  to  be  1st  lieut. 
and  R.C.  S.,  July,  1863,  which  position  he  held  until  mustered  out,  Sept.  29,  1865,  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  having  been  appointed  to  several  staff  positions,  serving  under 
Brig.-Gen.  Ed  Hatch,  Brig.-Gen.  John  McNeil  and  also  as  provost-marshal,  district 
of  western  Missouri,  at  Warrensburg  and  Lexington,  Mo.,  being  at  the  latter  place 
when  the  last  of  the  Confederates  were  sworn  in  in  1865;  was  also  in  command  of 
Gratiot  St.  prison,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  at  Morris, 
111.,  at  which  place  he  was  postmaster  for  nine  years  and  six  months.  After  his 
time  expired  at  that  place  he  opened  the  first  postoffice  at  Billings,  MonL,  and  held 
the  position  nearly  six  years;  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  county  (Yellowstone) 
and  is  now  serving  his  second  term  in  that  office  and  has  just  received  the  nomi- 


7569. 

7570. 

11a 

7571. 

111. 

7572. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  475 

nation  of  the  Republican  party  for  the  third  term  with  good  prospects  of  election; 
res.  Billings,  Mont. 

7674.    i.  Susan  Hamline,  b.  July  1,  1866;  m.  Nov.  23,  1886,  John   Brooke 

Herford;  has  two  children,  Helen  Brooke  and  Whitney  Brooke 

Herford. 

7575.  ii.        Gertrude   Lawrence,  b.   Dec.  13,  1867;  m.  Nov.  11,  1889,  to 

Charles   Wheeler  Barney;  has    one    child,    Dorothy    Wheeler 
Barney. 

7576.  iii.      Clara  Louise,  b.  Sept.  30, 1873;  unm. 

4320.  Cecil  Calvin  Whitney  (Calvin,  David,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Jan.  5,  1848;  m.  June  10,  1879,  Eldora  J.  Gates,  b. 
Mar.  8,  1856;  res.  4  Taft  St.,  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

7577.    i.         Stanley  Nathan,  b.  Apr.  28, 1881. 

4322.  John  Emerson  Whitney  (John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Sept.  18,  1822;  m.  in  Princeton,  July  3,  1844,  Clara 
Allen,  b.  Oct.  2,  1816;  d.  May  23,  1883;  m.  2d,  Dec.  24,  1884,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Ballou,  b. 
Mar,  24,  1842;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

7578.  i.         Caroline  Jennison,  b.  June  2,  1845;  m.  Aug.  11,  1863,  Sumner  J. 

Reed;  res.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

7579.  ii.        Ellen  Lvdia,  b.  Oct.  26.  1846;  m.  Jan.  1,  1869,  Charles  L.  Clark; 

res.  Fitz. 

7580.  iii.       John  Allen,  b.  Apr.  14, 1849;  m.  Susan  E.  Hibbard. 

7581.  iv.       Charles  Sumner,  b.  Jan.  15,  1853;  m.  Etta  Jones. 

7582.  V.        Frank  Stearns,  b.  May  7, 1857;  d.  Dec.  16,  1858. 

4323.  Sumner  Allen  Whitney  (John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  June  27,  1824;  m.  m  Worcester,  Aug.  25,  1851,  Lura 
Clark,  b.  July  30,  1826,  in  Hubbardston. 

He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  and  received  an  excellent  common  school  educa- 
tion, taught  school  for  awhile,  then  was  teacher  of  penmanship  and  mathamatics  in 
a  college  in  Norfolk,  Va.,  for  two  years.  Returning  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  he  began 
the  manufacture  of  valentines,  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  stationery  and  notion 
business,  which  he  followed  till  the  end  of  life.  He  was  not  in  politics,  and  his  only 
interest  aside  from  his  business  was  in  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  was  an  officer. 
He  d.  Aug.  29,  1861;  res.  Portsmouth,  Va.,  and  Worcester,  Mass. 

7583.  i.         Sumner  C,  b.  Mar.  7,  1853;  m.  Mary  O.  Hoyt. 

7584.  ii.        Freddie  Allen,  b.  July  10, 1859;  d.  Apr.  20,  1860. 

7585.  iii.       Fannie  Lura,  b.  May  11,  1857;  m.  Oct.  1881,  Charles  W.  Randall; 

res.  121  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

4327.  Edward  Whitney  (John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Aug.  12,  1834;  m.  Nov.  26,  1857,  Susan  Louise  Cutting,  b.  Aug.  29,  1838  (see);  d.  Jan. 
1,  1880;  m.  2d,  Oct.  27,  1886,  Emma  Louisa  Rice. 

Edward  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster,  and,  like  his  brother,  George  C, 
became  a  resident  of  Worcester.  In  early  life  he  was,  for  four  years,  clerk  in  the 
Metropolitan  bank  in  New  York  City.  He  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale  stationery 
business  in  that  city,  and  has  been  since  1858;  is  a  prominent  worker  in  all  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  and  Sunday-school  matters.  He  never  held  any  public  office,  or  cared  for  it.  For 
some  years  he  has  been  president  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  of  the  Worcester  County 
Congregational  Club;  res.  Crown  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

7586.  i.  LiLLiE  Maria,  b.  June  19,  1867;  d.  Aug.  24,  1868. 

7587.  ii.        Edward  Cutting,  b.July  19,  1869;  res.  Wor. 

7588.  iii.       Harry  Sumner,  b.  June  1, 1873;  res.  Wor. 

4329.  George  Clarkson  Whitney  (John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Sept.  19,  1842;  m.  at  Calais,  Me.,  June  1,  1870,  Amy  Ella  Whidden,  b. 
May  22,  1846. 

We  learn  from  high  authority  that  "An  honest  tale  speeds  best  being  plainly 
told."  We  add,  on  our  own  responsibility,  that  the  sum  of  a  well  spent  life  is  not 
reckoned  by  years.  Geo.  C.  Whitney  has  not  yet  reached  the  veteran  stage,  as  his 
portrait  in  this  volume  will  attest;  and,  though  the  hand  of  time  has  dealt  gently  with 
him,  he  has  also  been  "good  to  himself,"  as  the  phrase  runs,  having  practiced  life- 
long habits  of  temperance  and  right  living.     In  the  business  circles  of  Worcester,  he 


476  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

ranks  among  the  young-,  active  and  successful  forces  of  to-day.  and  enjoys  many 
well  deserved  marks  of  public  esteem  and  confidence.  *  *  *  ^jg  great-grand- 
father, Nathan  Whitney,  born  in  New  England,  Mar.  12, 1727,  came  from  Watertown  to 
Waltham,  Mass.,  early  in  life,  and,  later,  settled  in  Westminster.  Nathan  held  a 
commission  as  captain  under  king  George  III.,  but  resigned  just  before  the  war  of 
1774-78  and  became  an  ardent  patriot.  During  the  war  of  1776hehad  charge  of  a  squad 
of  Dutch  (British)  prisoners,  who  were  quartered  for  the  season  in  the  old  homestead 
in  Westminster.  Geo.  attended  the  district  schools  in  Westminster  and  Worcester 
until  1856,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  Worcester  academy.  He  enlisted  as  a  pri- 
vate in  Co.  F,  51st  Reg.  Mass.  volunteers,  and  served  a  part  of  the  time  as  clerk  in 
the  provost-marshal's  office  at  Beaufort,  N.  C,  and  was  honorably  discharged  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service.  The  regiment  was  in  active  service  in  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina.  He  began  business  in  1866  in  a  single  room,  manufacturing  val- 
entines and  fancy  articles  from  imported  stock.  Three  years  after,  he  bought  out  the 
stock  and  good  will  of  Berlin  &:  Jones,  the  largest  manufacturers  in  this  line  in  New 
York,  and  moved  the  whole  business  to  Worcester.  The  house  now  employs  over 
two  hundred  workmen  and  workwomen,  and  has  its  own  departments  for  printing, 
box  making  and  shipping,  besides  the  designing  and  manufacture  of  the  artistic  feat- 
ures of  the  various  publications  by  skilled  workmen.  The  product  is  sold  direct  to 
jobbers  in  all  parts  of  the  Union,  with  branch  offices  at  Chicago,  New  York  and  Bos- 
ton. Besides  these  business  activities,  Mr.  Whitney  has  found  time  and  enthusiasm 
for  much  private  and  public  usefulness  and  philanthropy  in  the  exercise  of  higher 
aims  in  life  than  mere  money  getting.  He  united  with  the  First  Baptist  church  of 
Worcester  in  June  1865,  and  has  been  the  superintendent  of  its  Sabbath-school  since 
1871.  He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  since 
1864,  and  president  of  that  organization  in  this  city  for  four  years,  1872-73  and  1885- 
86.  He  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  International  Sunday-school  Commit- 
tee from  1879  to  1883;.  on  the  State  Executive  Committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  from 
1876  to  1883,  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Worcester  Bap.  City  Mission  Board,  and 
has  been  its  president  since  1886.  In  the  department  of  education  he  has,  for  ten  or 
thirteen  years,  been  a  trustee  of  the  Worcester  academy,  is  the  secretary  of  the  board 
and  member  of  the  executive  and  investment  committees.  Always  a  straight  Repub- 
lican, of  strong  anti-saloon,  no  license  convictions,  he  has  been  modestly  but  ear- 
nestly identified  with  the  cause  of  temperance  reform,  both  as  a  citizen  and  a  member 
of  the  city  government.  He  was  in  the  city  council  m  1883  and  1884,  on  the  board  of 
aldermen  in  1888  and  1889  <also  in  1890  and  1891).  He  has  been  for  several  years 
a  trustee  of  the  Home  for  Aged  Women;  [Hist;  of  Wore.  Co.];  res.  74  Elm  St.,  Wor- 
ccstcr   M3.SS 

7589.  i.  MiLA  Frances,  b.  Apr.  6,' 1871;  m.  June  2,  1892,  Dr.  Ray  Wood- 

ville  Green,  res.  105  Pleasant  St.,  Worcester. 

7590.  ii.         Floren'Ce  Allen,  b.  Sept.  4, 1878.       . 

7591.  iii.       Warren  Appleton,  b.  Apr.  16,  1883. 

4331.  John  Milton  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Ashby,  Mass.,  Mar.  1,  1818;  m.  Mar.  24,  1840,  Emma  Augusta  Willard,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1814;  d.  Nov.  23,  1881.  He  was  a  manufacturer  of  organ  keys.  He  d.  June 
3,  1886;  res.  Groton,  Ashby  and  Boston,  Mass. 

7592.  i.  Geo.  Fred'k,  b.  Nov.  20, 1841;  m.  Josephene  I.  Bryant. 

7593.  ii.         Sarah  Jane,  b.  July  18,  1844;  m.  Lyman  Lawrence;  res.  Lexing- 

ton, Mass. 

7594.  iii.        Chas.  Henry,  b.  June  28,  1848. 

7595.  iv.       Frank  Herbert,  b.  Dec.  24, 1851;  address  1440  Washington  St., 

Boston,  Mass. 

4333.  Josiah  Davis  Whitney  (Jonas  P.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  in  Ashby,  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1818;  m.  Dec.  5,  1842,  Lucy  D.  Chapin,  b.  Dec. 
21,  1818.     He  IS  a  manufacturer  of  organ  reeds;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

7596.  i.         Jennie  Lucy,  b.  June  13,  1844. 

7597.  ii.         Edwin  Davis,  b.  Apr.  4,  1856;  m.  Apr.  27,  1881.  Julia  Spring 

Brooks;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt.  She  was  b.  Mar.  22,  1857;  Ch.: 
Harold  Edward,  b.  Feb.  29,  1884;  Edwina  Augusta,  b.  Aug.  18, 
1885;  Alice  Lucy,  b.  Apr.  5,  1887;  Merrill  Brooks,  b.  May  26, 
1891. 

4335.  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonas  P.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Mar.  20,  1824;  m.Apr.  11, 1850,  Elizabeth  Corey  Rice.dau.  of  Silas  of  Ashburnham, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  477 

b.  Mar.  21,  1827;  d.  May  3,  18—;  m.  2d,  May  4,  18—    Lucy  Damon.     He  d.  May  4, 
1874;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

7598.  i.  Frank  O.,  b.  July  21,  1851;  m.  Anna  M.  Snow. 

4341.  Julius  Whitney  (Jonas  P.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  May  28,  1836;  m.  Feb.  25,  1864,  Harriett  A.  Downe,  b.  July  23,  1838;  d.  Dec.  17, 
18(i5;  m.  2d,  Oct.  18,  1866,  Mary  J.  Whitney,  b.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  June  2,  184o; 
res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

7599.  i.  Herbert  P.,  b.  Aug.  10, 1865;  m.  Apr.  27, 1887,  Jennie  AL  Tainter. 

7600.  ii.         Louis  Albert,  b.  Feb.  12, 1874. 

4342.  John  C.  Whitney  (John  B.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Feb.  9,  1832;  m.  May  15,  1854,  Mary  W.  Pillsbury,  b.-  Oct.  4,  1834. 

He  was  born  in  Ashby,  Mass.,  has  resided  in  Ashby,  Lowell,  and  at  present  in 
Fitchburg,  Mass.  Is  a  retail  coal  and  wood  dealer.  While  residing  in  Ashby  he 
held  the  office  of  selectman  from  1868  to  1873;  was  overseer  of  the  poor  for  five 
years  and  assessor  and  constable  from  1869  to  1871.  Since  his  residence  in  Fitchburg 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  councilmen  for  l!?90-91.  He  is  highly 
esteemed  and  respected;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  73  Nashua  St. 

7601.  i.         Hattie  a.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1857;  m.  June  15,  1881,  Charles  Wetherbee; 

res.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  59  Ann  St. 

7602.  ii.        Ida  F.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1865;  m.  Oct.  14,  1885,  Thomas  E.  Keilty;  res. 

Fitchburg,  Mass. 

7603.  iii.       Bertha  M.,  b.  June  4,  1879. 

4345.  Theodore  A.  Whitney  (John  B.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Apr.  29,  1830;  m.  Aug.  28,  1855,  Laura  W.  Miller;  b.  Dec.  26,  1840;  d.  Mar. 
5,1889.  He  was  an  organ  maker.  He  d.  Apr.  30,1861;  res.  Ashby  and  Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

7604.  i.        George  A.,  b.  May  28,  1856;  m.  Minnieville  W.  Woodward. 

4347.  Charles  Edward  Whitney  (John  B.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Ashby,  Mass..  Mar.  16.  1837;  m.  at  Townsend,  Mass.,  May  27,  It^b'S, 
Lydia  A.  Dix;  b.  Aug.  16,  1846;  d.  Jan.  28,  1883.  He  is  an  organ  key  maker;  res. 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  9  Catawba  St. 

7605.  i.         Frank  Norton,  b.  May  17,  1868;  d.  Aug.  24,  18»0. 

7606.  ii.        Nellie  Florence,  b.  Jan.  3,  187U;  m.  Jan.  29,  1889,  A.  E.  Hor- 

ton;  res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

7607.  iii.       Lottie  May,  b.  Julv  17,  1879. 

7608.  iv.       Charles  Melvin,  b.  Nov.  12,  1882. 

7609.  v.        Lulu  Marion, b.  Nov.  12,  1882. 

4.351.  Myron  William  Whitney  (William,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Ashby,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1836;  m.  May  4,  1859,  Eleanor  Breasha,  of 
Boston. 

As  an  oratorio  singer  he  stands  for  many  years  in  the  foremost  ranks,  and  his 
reputation  is  spread  all  over  the  musical  world.  He  was  born  in  Ashby,  Mass., 
Sept.  6,  1836.  The  meager  musical  resources  of  his  native  place  furnished  but  a 
circumscribed  field  for  the  growth  and  improvement  of  his  powers,  and  he  sought  a 
new  and  more  extended  sphere  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  the  year  1854,  and  placed  him- 
self under  the  training  of  E.  H.  Frost,  a  teacher  of  considerable  ability.  He  remained 
with  this  gentleman  for  some  years,  studying  and  making  rapid  progress.  While 
pursuing  his  studies  he  filled  the  position  of  leading  basso  in  the  then  celebrated 
choir  of  Tremont  Temple,  which  enjoyed  an  excellent  reputation,  and  attracted  a 
large  congregation  to  the  temple.  During  the  three  or  four  years  of  his  connection 
with  Mr.  Frost,  the  choir,  which  also  included  several  of  the  leading  vocalists  of  the 
day,  gave  concerts  in  Boston  and  vicinity.  The  debut  of  Mr.  Whitney  in  oratorio 
was  made  in  the  "  Messiah  "  on  Christmas  day,  1858.  Mr.  Whitney  sang,  "  Why  do 
the  nations,"  so  effectively  as  to  win  for  himself  the  commendations  of  the  press  of 
the  city,  although  at  the  same  time  the  Handel  and  Haydn  Society  were  presenting 
the  same  work.  His  position  was  immediately  established,  and  his  name  and  fame 
spread  rapidly.  His  first  appearance  before  the  Handel  and  Haydn  Society  was  at 
the  Christmas  oratorio  of  the  "Messiah"  in  1861,  when  he  secured  the  favor  of  the 
public  so  firmly,  that  he  has  ever  since  been  retained  for  the  annual  Christmas  con- 
cert.    In  1868  Mr.  Whitney  went  to  Florence  for  the  purpose  of  completing  his 


478  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

musical  education,  under  Vannucini,  the  celebrated  master  of  the  Royal  Opera. 
This  eminent  musician,  it  will  be  remembered,  was  the  pupil  of  Romani,  whose 
name  is  become  a  synonymn  for  all  that  is  great  and  honorable  in  the  world  of  song. 
In  the  summer  of  1871,  partly  for  the  sake  of  travel  and  recreation,  and  partly  for 
professional  purposes,  Mr.  Whitney  went  to  London,  and  was  absent  about  one  year, 
returning  in  season  for  the  Christmas  oratorio  of  1872.  During  a  greater  portion  of 
this  time  he  was  under  an  engagement  to  Mr.  Mapleson.of  Covent  Garden  Theater, 
under  whose  auspices  he  appeared  in  London  and  the  provinces.  The  engagement 
opened  with  a  season  of  seven  weeks  at  Covent  Garden,  during  which  he  appeared 
every  evening.  At  the  close  of  this  engagement  Mr.  Whitney  had  the  honor  of  sing- 
ing in  "Elijah"  at  the  great  Birmingham  Festival.  The  peculiar  interest  of  this 
occasion  was  that  he  sang  from  the  same  stage  as  that  occupied  by  Mendelssohn 
when  he  directed  the  first  production  of  his  immortal  work  in  1848.  Several  of  the 
eldest  of  the  choristers,  who  had  assisted  in  the  first  performance  under  Mendelssohn, 
came  forward  at  the  close  of  the  oratorio  and  congratulated  Mr.  Whitney  upon  his 
eminent  success  in  the  role  of  "  Elijah."  He  appeared  at  Oxford  university  m  Han- 
del's "Acis  and  Galatea,"  in  which  he  created  a  furor  in  the  arduous  role  of  "  Polyphe- 
mus," the  music  of  which  is  seldom  sung  as  originally  written,  as  Handel  composed 
it  for  an  exceptional  bass  voice.  But  our  basso  required  no  favors  in  the  score,  and 
treated  our  English  cousins  to  a  hearing  of  this  music  in  the  original  key,  and  with 
all  the  elaborate  fiorituri  with  which  Handel  embellished  it.  At  the  Cincinnati 
Musical  Festival  of  1873,  Mr.  Whitney's  already  glorious  reputation  may  be  said  to 
have  culminated,  and  at  its  close  he  stood  before  our  entire  people  hailed  and 
acknowledged  as  the  greatest  living  basso  speaking  and  singing  in  English.  This 
popular  verdict  has  since  been  affirmed  and  reaffirmed,  and  is  entirely  just  and  well 
deserved.  Mr.  Whitney's  reappearance  in  the  west  during  the  early  summer  of 
1874,  in  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis,  secured  for  him  still  warmer  regard.  In  1876 
he  was  the' principal  solo  singer  at  the  opening  exercises  of  the  Centennial  exhibition 
in  Philadelphia.  Since  that  year  he  has  sung  in  his  native  country,  and  has  appeared 
in  nearly  all  the  May  festivals  held  in  different  cities  of  the  Union.  For  several 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Ideal  Opera  Company.  He  possesses  a  fine 
bass  voice  of  nearly  three  octaves  compass,  and  is  especially  noted  as  an  oratorio 
singer.  No  man  has  more  friends,  both  in  and  out  of  his  profession,  and  few  are 
more  deserving;  res.  Watertown,  Mass.,  "  Hillside,"  Palfrey  street. 

7610.  i.  Wm.  Lincoln,  b.  Jan.  11,  1861;  m.  Florence  J.  Roberts. 

7611.  ii.         Lizzie  Gertrude,  b.  July  18,  1862;  m.  Waldo  D.  Hadsell.    Ch.: 

Duane  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  30,  1890;  Eleanor  Gertrude,  b.  May  2, 
1391;  Irving  Whitney,  b.  May  14, 1892. 

7612.  iii.       Myron  W.,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1873.     He  was  given  an  excellent  com- 

mon school  education  and  prepared  for  college.  He  graduated 
at  Chauncey  Hall  school,  Boston,  with  the  highest  honors  as 
best  boy,  taking  the  gold  medal  for  scholarship  and  conduct. 
He  is  at  present  (1894)  in  the  senior  class  at  Harvard  university, 
and  has  already  begun  his  musical  career.  He  has  a  magnifi- 
cent bass  voice,  and  is  destined  to  make  a  name  and  fame  for 
himself.  At  present  he  sings  in  Dr.  Miner's  church  on  Colum- 
bus Ave.,  and  at  the  close  of  his  college  course  will  make  music 
his  profession. 

4353. 

b.  Westmi  . ,     ^   _  ,  ,  

1828;  d.  Feb.  18,  1881.     He  d.  Mar.  7.  1880;  res.  Phillipston,  Mass. 

7613.  i.  Malcom  C,  b.  Dec.  28,  1846;  d.  Aug.  12,  1849. 
7614a.  ii.         Malcom  R.,  b.  June  14,  1851 ;  m.  Catherine  L.  Wood. 


George  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
linster,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1822;  m.  Mar.  31,  1846,  Aldice  Adams;  b.  Apr.  11, 

c-„v    10    1001        u„  J    Ti*„_    r,     loon. -nuni: » at 


4357.  Justin  Whitney  (Horace,  Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
at  Westminster,  July  9,  1831;  m.  Nov.  2,  1856,  Betsey  Jane  Winchester  Taylor;  b. 
Sept.  27, 1831;  d.  Nov.  17,  1863;  m.  2d,  Feb.  14,  1878,  Emma  Jane  Nash;b.  Dec.  5,  1847. 

The  life  of  Justin  Whitney,  son  of  Horace  and  Mary  Whitney,  born  in  West- 
minster, Mass.,  July  9,  1831,  is  not  of  moment.  At  the  age  of  2  years  moved  to  Hub- 
bardston,  Mass.  In  1845  returned  to  Westminster.  In  1849  removed  to  Gardner, 
Mass.,  and  engaged  in  the  chair  business.  In  1852  removed  to  Leominster,  Mass.,  and 
engaged  in  the  pianoforte  business.  In  1857  removed  to  Boston  and  engaged  in  the 
.pianoforte  business.  In  1868  engaged  in  the  apothecary  business  in  Boston,  and 
still  continues  therein.     Has  held  and  does  hold  the  commissions  of  a  justice  of  the 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


479 


peace  and  notary  public  for  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts;  res.  75  Kendall 
St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

7614.    i.  William  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  12,  1862;  m.  Shiblie  Robertson,  of 

Concord,  N.  H.    Thev  res.  in  Sunapee,  N.  H. 

761.5.    ii.        Grace  Emma,  b.  Mar.  13,  1880. 

7616.  iii.       Gladys  Justina,  b.  Dec.  27,  1889. 

4360.  Horace  Webster  Whitney  (Horace,  Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  Johni,  b.  Apr.  7,  1836;  m.  Mar.  24,  1860,  Ellen  Maria  Blodgett;  b.  June  10,  1635; 
res.  12  William  St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

7617.  i.  George  Walter,  b.  Mar.  17,  1862;  m.  Cora  V.  Thomas. 


7618. 

i. 

7619. 

n. 

7620. 

HI. 

7621. 

IV. 

7622. 

V. 

7623. 

vi. 

4362.  Alfred  Whitney  (Horace,  Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John), 
b.  Aug.  8,  1840;  m.  June  19,  1864,  Cordelia  Knowles,  b.  Mar.5,  1846;  res.  Claremont, 
N.  H. 

Alfred,  b.  June  9,  1867;  d.  June  9,  1867. 

Florence  C,  b.  Dec.  13,  1868. 

Alfred  K.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1870;  d.  Dec.  20,  1871. 

Justin  S.,  b.  Jan.  7,  1873. 

John  A.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1874. 

Horace  K.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1885. 

4364.  Alvin  Whitney  (Horace,  Joel,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1847;  m.  in  Boston  Aug.  16,  1869,  Marie  Antoinette 
Rich;  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  20,  1848.  He  formerly  re- 
sided in  Boston  and  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  m  1892  moved 
to  Chicago.  He  is  foreman  in  the  action  department  in 
the  Kimball  Piano  Co.  factory;  res.  909  W.  Adams  St.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

7624.  i.         Alice  Emeline,  b.  Jan.  14,  1875. 

7625.  ii.        Herbert  Alvin,  b.  Mar.  19,  1877. 

7626.  iii.       Gertruie   Sawin,  b.   Feb.   5,  1879;  d. 

Jan.  21,  1883. 

4370.  Harrison  B.  Whitney  (Harrison  G.,  Jonas, 
Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Feb. 
24,  1841;  m.  Dec.  27,  1866,  Francilla  Spaulding;  b.  Oct.  18, 
1845.  He  is  in  the  real  estate  business;  res.  Leominster, 
Mass. 

7627.  i.         Lincoln   S.,  b.    Nov.  22,   1867;  res.   11 

Doane  St.,  Boston. 

7628.  ii.        Chester  C,  b.  Oct.  1,  1871;  m.  Grace 

Demmic. 
Elbert,  b.  Sept.  20,  1873;  d.  Aug.  11,  1874. 


ALVIN  WHITNEY. 


7629. 
7630. 


ni. 
iv. 


Hattie  E.,  b.  June  24,  1876;  res.  Leominster. 


4373.  Charles  Orlando  Whitney  (Charles,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  Feb.  4, 1830;  m.  Dec.  27, 18-58,  Mary  C.  Gordon; 
b.  Aug.  8,  1840;  d.  May  8,  1892.     He  d.  Dec.  20,  1891. 

7631.  i.         Charles  P.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1861;  m.  Armintia  Stewart. 

7632.  ii.        Florence  Elvira,  b.  Mar.  27,  1865;  m.  Ernest  Andrew, 

7633.  iii.       Merrill,  b.  Aug.,  1877;  d.  infant. 

7634.  iv.       Wilbur  Jay,  b.  Dec.  28,  1880;  res.  St.  Cloud.  Minn. 

4377.  William  Harrison  Whitney  (Charles,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Jan.  16,  1840,  in  Westminster,  Mass.;  m.  Mar.  2,  1864,  Mary  Jane  Mc- 
Curday;  b.  Mar.  24,  1843;  res.  Silver  Creek,  Minn. 

7635.  i.         George  Albert,  b.  Feb.  17,  1865. 

,  7636.  ii.  Jos.  H.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1866;  m.  July  4,  1888,  Belle  J.  Gordon;  b.  Jan. 
1,  1866;  res.  Clearwater,  Minn.  They  have  one  son,  b.  Apr.  16, 
1889. 

7637.  iii.       Frank  Howard,  b.  June  24,  1870. 

7638.  iv.       Sarah  Ann,  b.  Aug.  "23,  1872. 

7639.  V.        Wm.  Merrill,  b.  Apr.  9,  1877;  d.  Mar.  28,  1884. 


480  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4378.  William  B.  Whitney  (Joseph,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John, 
John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Aug.  28,  1841;  m.  Sept.  15,  1863,  at  Leominster,  Julia 
Pauline  Tilton;  b.  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Oct.  17,  1842.  He  d.  in  Mcnlreal,  Canada,  Sept.  30, 
1891;  res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

7640.  i.  Joseph  T.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1864;  unm.;  res.  Medford,  Mass.;  asst.  pro- 
fessor of  physics  for  five  years  in  the  Ohio  State  University 
1887-'92. 

4380.  Franxis  Austin  Whitney  (Joseph,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Westminister,  Feb.  5,  1830;  m.  in  Lunenburg,  June  9,  1853,  Mary  L. 
Baker;  b.  Jan.  28,  1834;  d.  Mar.  21,  1869;  m.2d  in  Leominster,  Jan.  6,  1870,  Orocy  A. 
Taylor;  b.  Sept.  9,  1844. 

Francis  A.  Whitney  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.  Came  to  Leominster, 
Mass.,  at  age  of  20  or  thereabouts,  and  for  a  few  months  worked  as  a  mechanic  in  the 
piano  business.  Then  in  company  with  F.  W.  Whitney  he  began  the  manufacture 
of  children's  carriages.  Beginning  in  a  small  room,  rented  on  the  upper  floor  of  an 
old  factory,  the  business  has  gradually  increased  until  it  is  now  the  largest  children's 
carriage  concern  in  the  United  States.  A'arious  changes  have  occurred  in  the  busi- 
ness at  different  times.  About  1870  he  bought  out  F.  W.,  ran  it  a  few  years  alone 
and  then  formed  a  corporation,  of  which  he  is  still  president  and  holds  a  majority  of 
the  stock.  The  firm  now  employs  150  to  200  hands  and  manufactures  about  40,000 
carriages  a  year,  which  are  sent  even  to  Australia.  About  15  years  ago  he  also 
began  the  manufacture  of  shirts  in  Leominster  in  company  with  a  Mr.  Gaines,  a 
young  man  acquainted  with  the  details  of  the  business.  They  are  now,  probably,  the 
largest  manufacturers  of  shirts  in  the  United  States.  They  employ  about  700  hands 
and  manufacture  600  to  800  dozen  (7,200  to  9,6(X))  shirts  a  day.  Their  business 
amounts  to  about  $1,000,000  a  year.  He  is,  as  might  readily  be  imagined,  perhaps 
the  most  prominent  and  wealthy  man  in  the  town  ot  Leominster.  He  has  given  large 
sums  of  money  to  the  Church  there  and  to  other  benevolences,  and  is  held  in  the 
most  universal  esteem  and  affection  as  a  benefactor  of  the  poor  and  a  public  spirited 
citizen.  His  relations  with  his  employes  have  always  been  especially  harmonious 
and  actuated  by  a  mutual  regard.  He  has  several  times  been  asked  to  accept  public 
office,  but  has  always  refused  to  become  a  candidate  and  has  kept  entirely  aloof 
from  political  affairs;  res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

Addie  Sophia,  b.  June  11,  1854;  d.  Sept.  28,  1854. 

Herbert  Baker,  b.  Nov.  24,  1856;  m.  Belle  Boardman. 

Frank  Judson,  b.  Oct.  11,  1858;  m.  Mary  A.  Porter. 

Fanny  Harrington,  b.  Apr.  18,  1867;  d.  Sept.  10, 1874. 

Frances  Abbie,  b.  May  29, 1873. 

4381.  George  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b. 
Westminster,  Mass.,  Oct.  15.  1834;  m.  Nov.  23,  1860,  Julia  Crocker;  b.  Feb.  26,  1838; 
res.  Leominster,  Mass. 

7646.  i.     Carrie  I,  b.  Jan.  5,  1863;  m.  Jan.  24,  1884, Morse;  res.  L. 

4383.  Jared  Irving  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Jonas,  David,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Aug  1,  1833;  m.  Jan.  19,  1858,  Sarah  Jane  Kidder;  b.  May  10,  1834. 

He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm  and  worked  at  that  until  he  was  21.  Then  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother-in-law  was  in  the  chair  business  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
later  worked  at  the  wood-working  business,  and  most  of  the  time  since;  res.  Leo- 
minster, Mass.,  and  Clinton,  Mass.,  269  Main  St. 

7647.  i.         Fannie  Belle,  b.  Oct.  16,  1863;  m.  Jan.  19, 1888,  Edward  L.  Flagg; 

res.  Leo.; is  a  carpenter.     Ch.:  Mabel  Frances,  b.  Mar.  27,  1889. 

7648.  ii.        Arthur  Eugene,  b.  Sept.  9, 1868;  d.  June  8, 1869. 

4399.  Edward  Whitney  (Nathaniel  R.,  Nathaniel  R.,  Simon,  Daniel,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  June  6,  1815;  m.  Sept.  23,  1858,  Caroline  Abbe 
Rogers,  b.  Oct.  14,  1827,  in  Boston;  res.  Belmont,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

4404.  Dr.Allston  Waldo  Whitney  (Simon,  Nathaniel  R.,  Simon,  Daniel, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Framingham,  Mass.,  Jan.  15,  1828;  m.  in  Boston,  Aug.  24, 
1864,  Sarah  Ellen  Bishop,  of  Boston;  b.  Aug.  11,  1844. 

Dr.  AUston  Waldo  Whitney,  son  of  Dr.  Simon  Whitney,  was  educated  at  the 
public  schools  of  Framinghan  and  Leicester  academy.  He  was  also  a  cadet  at  West 
Point.    Entering  Harvard  Medical  school  he  was  graduated  in  1852,  and  studying 


7641. 

i. 

7642. 

11. 

7643. 

Ill 

7644. 

IV, 

7645. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  481 

with  his  father  began  practice  in  South  Framingham.  Later  he  located  at  West 
Newton  and  served  with  great  distinction  during  the  war;  was  surgeon  of  the  13th 
Regt.  Mass.  Vols,  and  later  brevet  colonel.  He  was  one  of  the  best  brigade  sur- 
geons in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  passed  many  a  dolorous  day  in  Libby  prison. 
He  it  was  who  routed  the  fair  members  of  the  Culpepper  Female  Seminary  out  of 
their  beds  on  the  night  after  the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain  in  order  that  the  mangled 
hundreds  of  his  wounded  soldiers  might  have  their  comfortable  nests.  In  1881  he 
joined  his  old  comrades;  he  d.  Nov.  11,  1881;  res.  West  Newton,  Mass. 

7649.  i.  Charles  Simon,  b.  June  21,  1865;  m.  Mar.  8,  1886,  Elinor  Apple- 

ton;  b.  July  15,  1866;  he  res.  s.  p.  Boston,  Mass.;  add.  400  Wash- 
ington, St. 

4419.  John  Henry  Whitney  (George  P.,  William  C,  Joshua,  Daniel,  Benjamin, 
John,  John),  b.  Oxford,  Me.,  Oct.  16,  1851;  m.  Apr.  30,  1890,  Lulu  F.  Colder;  b.  May 
7,  1864;  res.  26  Lisbon  St.,  Lewiston,  Me.,  s.  p. 

4421.  George  Peirce  Whitney  (George  P.,  William  C,  Joshua,  Daniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  John),  b.  Oxford,  Me.,  Dec.  28,  1862;  m.  Oct.  28,  1886,  at  Gorham,  N.  H., 
Stella  E.  Millett;  b.  Jan.  10,  1864;  res.  249  D  St.,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 

7650.  i.  D.  John,  b.  Aug.  18,  1891. 

4437.  Rev.  George  Whitney  (Peter,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  in  Quincv,  Mass.,  Apr.  2,  1804;  m.  Dec.  15,  1829,  Anne  Greenough  Grav, 
only  dau.  of  Rev.  Dr.  Gray,  b.  Jan.  5,  1800;  d.  Aug.  2U,  1873. 

He  was  born  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  educated  there,  graduated  at  college,  studied 
theology  and  was  settled  in  West  Roxbury  over  Theodore  Parker's  church,  the  First 
Parish  church  of  West  Roxbury,  more  popularly  known  as  Theodore  Parker's  church. 
It  is  a  relic  of  ante-revolutionary  times,  is  now  past  its  days  of  service,  and  remains  as  an 
historic  landmark.  The  society  was  organized  in  1712,  and  in  1773  the  church  was 
built,  being  the  second  Unitarian  church  of  Boston,  the  first  one  having  stood  for 
some  years  previous  in  Roxbury.  During  the  twenties  and  the  early  thirties  the 
congregation  was  served  by  Mr.  Whitney,  and  he  is  described  as  bright  and  pleasing, 
fond  of  children,  and  a  good  preacher;  he  quite  won  the  heart  of  the  child  of  one  of 
his  parishioners,  who  is  now  (1894)  a  white-haired  old  lady,  by  giving  her  free  access 
to  his  library,  with  permission  to  use  any  book  it  contained.  It  is  almost  the  only 
memory  she  retains  of  him,  but  it  still  brings  a  glow  to  her  cheek  when  she  speaksof 
it,  for  in  those  days  when  books  were  few  and  not  easily  obtained,  such  a  privilege 
was  rare  and  accordingly  appreciated.  When  Mr.  Whitney  resigned  his  pastorate 
to  go  as  assistant  to  his  father-in-law.  Rev.  Dr.  Gray,  a  minister  in  Jamaica  Plain,  his 
congregation  deeply  regretted  it,  for  in  their  church  he  had  been  ordained,  and  they 
had  been  his  first  charge.  The  few  remaining  members  of  that  old  congregation 
remember  him  kindly,  but  around  the  name  of  Theodore  Parker  cluster  the  sweetest 
flowers  of  their  meniories,,of  him  they  speak  most  tenderly  and  with  tearful  eyes. 
To  them  he  was  an  ideal  man.  He  was  Mr.  Whitney's  immediate  successor,  coming 
in  the  summer  of  1837.    He  d.  Apr.  2,  1842;  res.  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

7651.  i.  Elizabeth  Eistis,  b.  Sept.,  1830;  d.  Mar.,  1834. 

7652.  ii.         Anne  Gray,  b.  June  14,  1832;  m.  Nov.  9,  1859,  Paschal  W.  Tur- 

ney.  He  d.  Oct.  23,  1875.  Mr.  Turney  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  being  almost  the  youngest  child  of  a  family  of  eleven 
children.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  went  to  work  as  an  office 
boy  in  the  law  office  of  Graham,  Hoffman  &  Bosworth.  The 
business  of  this  firm  was  carried  on  through  many  changes  of 
name,  until  before  his  death  Mr.  Turney  found  himself  the  lead- 
ing member.  Through  perseverance  and  hard  work  he  won  a 
high  reputation  in  the  legal  profession,  and  was  looked  upon  as 
an  authority  on  all  real  estate  matters.  He  had  the  care  of 
large  estates  as  trustee,  and  was  a  conservative  investor. 
Mr.  Turney  was  a  very  quiet  man,  of  domestic  habits  and  very 
fond  of  his  friends  and  his  friends  of  him.  He  also  was  of  a 
benevolent  disposition  and  there  were  many  recipients  of  his 
charity.  He  was  a  great  reader  and  collected  quite  a  large 
library  of  standard  works.  He  himself  has  said  that  he  read 
all  the  books  in  his  father's  house  (a  small  book-case  full)  before 
he  was  thirteen  years  old.  He  received  a  good  common  school 
education,  and  though  he  never  attended  college,  was  consid- 


482 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


ered  a  well  educated  man.  He  always  felt  the  loss  of  a  college 
education,  though,  and  the  thorough  training  it  gives.  In  his 
later  years  he  traveled  extensively  in  Europe.  He  had  the  air 
of  a  man  of  the  world  combined  with 
quiet  gentlemanly  habits.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Century 
club  of  New  York.  Mr.  Turney  lived 
in  New  York  City  in  his  younger  days, 
going  at  the  age  of  fourteen  to  live  in 
Mr.  Graham's  house,  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  he  was  with.  He  mar- 
ried late  in  life  and  continued  to  live 
in  New  York  for  a  year  or  two,  when 
he  moved  to  Astoria,  L.  I.,  where  his 
children  were  born  and  his  wife  died. 
As  a  widower  with  one  child  he  con- 
tinued to  live  in  the  house  m  Astoria 
until  his  death.  She  d.  Jan.  4,  1864. 
Ch.:  Winthrop,  b.  Dec.  12,  1864,  ad- 
dress 65  Liberty  St.,  N.  Y.  C,  was 
born  in  Astoria,  L.  I.,  in  the  house  in 
which  he  at  present  resides.  He 
studied  under  governesses  until  he  was  thirteen,  when  he 
was  sent  away  to  school  arid  college.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
college  in  1888,  and  from  the  Yale  law  school  in  1890.  After 
serving  a  clerkship  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  with  the  law  firm  of 
Stone,  Gannon  &  Petit,  he  opened  an  ofifice  for  himself  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  is  now  practicing  law  at  119  and  121  Nas- 
sau St.;  Alice  Gray,  b.  Aug.  18, 1863;  d.  same  day. 

George  H.  G.,  b.  May  22,  1835;  m.  Lucinda  Chapman  Collins. 

Caroline  Baker,  b.  Apr.  8, 18:38;  m.  Nov.  8, 1862,  \Vm.  Furness 
Cabot,  b.  Jan.  17,  1835;  d.  Nov.  12,  1891;  dry  goods  commission 
merchant,  s.  p.;  res.  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

Edward  H.,  b.  Sept.  14, 1841;  m.  Annie  H.  Fairbanks  and  Jennie 
P.  Robinson. 


I 


PASCHAL 


TUKKEY. 


7653.  iii. 

7654.  iv. 


7655.    V. 


4440.  Rev.  Frederick  Augustus  Whitney  (Peter,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  13,  1812;  m.  Jan.  11, 1853,  Elizabeth  Perkins  Matchell; 
b.  Dec.  13,  1809. 

Rev.  Frederick  Augustus  Whitney  was  born  in  Quincy,  Sept.  13,  1812.  He  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  1833,  being  the  fourth  generation  in  a  direct  line 
graduating  at  Harvard.  He  continued  his  studies  at  the  Cambridge  divinity  school, 
graduating  in  1838.  He  was  ordained  pastor  at  the  First  Church,  Brighton,  Feb.  21, 
1844,  and  continued  in  charge  of  that  parish  until  1858,  since  which  time  (until  his 
death  in  1881,)  he  was  engaged  in  literary  and  historical  work.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  preparation  of  a  history  of  Brighton  at  the  time  of  his  demise,  and  a  portion  of 
this  work  is  embodied  in  Drake's  History  of  Middlesex  County.  His  interest  in  edu- 
cation was  evinced  for  several  years  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Brighton, 
and  as  a  trustee  of  the  Holton  public  library  (now  a  branch  of  the  Boston  public 
library),  at  that  place,  where  may  be  found  many  published  reports,  memoirs  and 
addresses  from  his  pen.  He  was  widely  known  and  respected  in  the  Unitarian  de- 
nomination to  which  he  belonged.  Besides  these,  and  various  sermons,  addresses, 
and  contributions  to  current  literature,  he  published  "Historical  Sketch  of  the  Old 
Church  at  Quincy,"  (Albany,  1864),  and  "  Biography  of  James  Holton,"  founder  of 
the  Holton  library,  Brighton  (Boston,  1865).  He  was  also  the  author  of  various 
hymns,  some  of  which  are  collected  in  Rev.  Alfred  P.  Putnam's  "Singers  and  Songs 
of  the  Liberal  Faith  "  (Boston,  1875).  He  d.  Oct.  21,  1880;  res.  Allston,  Mass.,  12 
Gardner  St.,  s.  p. 

4441.  Edmund  Burke  Whitney  (Peter,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Quincy,  Mass.,  Mar.  26,  1815;  m.  Jan.  4,  1843,  Lydia  Augusta  Boune;  b.  Jan. 
28,  1820. 

"Edmund  Burke  Whitney,  who  died  at  his  residence,  Jamaica  Plain,  was  a  native 
of  Quincy  and  son  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Whitney  of  that  town.  Coming  to  Boston  in 
early  life,  he  spent  some  years  in  the  gun  establishment  of  William  Read  &  Son, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  483 

afterward  with  George  H.  Gray  &  Co.,  hardware  dealers,  subsequently  filling  in  suc- 
cession the  positions  of  secretary  and  president  of  the  Franklin  Insurance  Company. 
The  deceased  was  universally  esteemed  by  those  who  met  him  in  all  the  relations  of 
life  for  his  admirable  qualities  and  character.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  man  of  unblem- 
ished character  and  highest  moral  convictions.  His  life,  though  uneventful,  was  full 
of  deeds  of  kindness  and  affection."  Not  half  enough  could  ever  be  said  of  his 
loveliness  of  character  and  manner  to  all  persons  and  at  all  times.  He  d.  Feb.  14, 
1884;  res.  Boston  and  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

7656.  i.         George  Edmund,  b.  Feb.  3,  1855;  d.  Sept.  6,  1864. 

7657.  ii,         Frances  A.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1843;  m.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Feb.  8,  1872, 

Jabez  Silas  Holmes,  from  Bristol,  R.  I., b.  Oct.  30, 1844;  d.  Sept.  13, 
1884,  s.  p.  She  res.  67  Elm  St.,  J.  P.  As  a  counselor  he  was 
known  to  his  clients  and  to  his  antagonists  by  his  assiduous 
achieving  industry,  his  concentrated  devotion,  his  hearty 
energy  in  attack,  his  steady  courage  under  fire.  To  his  pro- 
fessional brethren  he  had  strongly  commended  himself  by  his 
clearness  of  mental  vision,  his  store  of  carefully  selected  and 
well  digested  learning  and  his  scrupulous  regard  for  his  word. 
Circumstance  had  decreed  that  the  larger  part  of  his  legal 
work  should  be  devoted  to  patents;  but  very  few  either  of  the 
lawyers  or  laymen  who  met  him  in  the  United  States  courts 
could  have  guessed  that  he  began  his  studies  profoundly  igno- 
rant of  every  kind  of  machinery  and  with  something  like  a 
native  antipathy  to  investigation  in  the  mechanical  arts.  With 
all  his  noble  endowment  in  intellect  Mr.  Holmes'  prime  distinc- 
tion was,  after  all,  m  his  moral  quality,  which  was  singularly 
high  and  fine.  Hundreds  of  persons  who  had  no  acquaintance 
with  Mr.  Holmes,  and  perhaps  did  not  know  his  name,  have 
been  struck  by  the  singular  distinction  of  his  appearance  and 
bearing,  in  which  a  certain  swift,  decisive  grace  of  movement 
was  well  matched  with  the  fineness  of  his  sharply  cut  features, 
the  deep  brilliancy  of  his  large  gray  eyes  and  the  premature 
beauty  of  his  whitening  hair.  To  his  acquaintances  he  was 
most  charming,  with  a  charm  to  which  the  easy  elegance  of  his 
.  "  manners,  the  refinement  of  his  tastes,  the  responsive  vivacity 
and  shrewdness  of  his  talk  alike  contributed. 

4442.  William  Lambert  Whitney  (Abel,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Mar.  11,  1811;  m.  there  Oct.  18,  1836,  Lucy  Ann 
Jones,  b.  June  9,  1812;  d.  Aug.  10,  1838;  m.  2d  at  Quincy,  July  28,  1840,  Rebecca 
Richardson  Brackett,  b.  Mar.  26,  1809;  d.  Dec.  8,  1881. 

He  was  in  the  furniture  business  in  Cambridge  from  1833  to  1850,  when  he  sold 
out;  treasurer  of  the  Cambridge  Savings  Bank  from  1857  to  1866,  when  he  resigned. 
In  the  city  government  he  was  a  member  of  common  council  in  1846-47;  alderman  in 
1848,  again  in  1871-72  and  1874-75,  declined  to  run  in  1873;  justice  of  the  peace  four 
terms  of  7  years  each;  chairman  and  clerk  board  of  assessors  1850-51-52;  director  in 
Harvard  Branch  railroad  from  its  beginning  in  1849  till  discontinued  in  1855; 
director  in  the  American  Unitarian  Association  about  ten  years  and  resigned  in 
Oct.,  1888;  res.  31  Hawthorn  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

7658.  i.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  Aug.  14,  1841;  unm. 

7659.  ii.        Wm.  L.,b.  Feb.  1.  1844;  m.  Alpha  .Matilda  Nutt. 

7660.  iii.       Julia   Ann,  b.  Aug.  1,   1847;  m.  Oct.  4,   1876,  Rev.  J.   Edward 

Wright;  res.  19  Baldwin  St.,  Montpelier,  Vt.  He  was  b.  July  9, 
1839;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1861,  and  at  Andover 
Theological  seminary  in  1865.  Served  as  private  and  sergeant 
in  Co.  F,  44th  Massachusetts  (a  nine-months'  regiment)  from 
Aug.  29, 1862,  to  June  18,  1863;  was  ordained  "  a  minister  of  Jesus 
Christ "  in  Henry,  Marshall  Co.,  111.,  July  24,  1866.  Had  charge 
of  a  church  of  the  Christian  connection  in  Jacksonville,  111., 
from  about  that  date  to  Jan.,  1869.  Has  been  minister  of  the 
Church  of  the  Messiah  in  Montpelier  since  Sept.,  1869.  This 
church  is  popularly  known  as  the  Unitarian  church.  Ch.:  Ches- 
ter Whitney,  b.  May  27.  1879;  Rebecca  Whitney,  b.  July  11, 
1880;  Sibyl,  b.  Aug.  12,  1883. 


484 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


4447.  Adams  Whitney  (William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Northboro,  Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1826;  m.  in  Quincy,  May  19,  1861,  Susanna  Channel  Bur- 
rell;  b.  Dec.  30,  1825;  res.  11  Gay  St.,  Quincy,  Mass. 

7661.  i.  Maria  Adams,  b.  Mar.  22,  1862;  res.  unm.  at  home. 

7662.  ii.         Abby  Warren,  b.  Apr.  1,  1864;  d.  Apr.  2,  1864. 

7663.  iii.        Wm.  Harrison,  b.  Mar.  20,  1866;  res.  at  home.    He  is  corporal 

in  the  Braintree  militia  company. 

7664.  iv,        Sophia  Vinal,  b.  Feb.  14,  1870;  res.  at  home. 


4448.  Peter  Lambert  Whitney  (William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Northboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1818;  m.  So.  Boston,  Nov.  27,  1846,  Mary  H. 
Smith;  b.  Feb.  12,  1826.  He  was  at  one  time  an  engineer  in  the  Charlestown  navv 
yard;  res.  So.  Boston,  Mass.,  330  W.  3d  St. 

7666.     i.  Mary  Adams,  b.  Apr.  26,  1847;  m.  Dec.  5,  1866,  Albert  Hiram 

White.    Ch.:  Leah  Mabel,  b.  Feb.  1,  1869;   Albert  Foster,  b. 
Apr.  6, 1871;  res.  135  K  St.,  So.  Boston. 

7666.  ii.        Abby  Foster,  b.  Jan.  19,  1850;  d.  Aug.  24, 1850. 

4449.  Harrison  Otis  Whitney  (William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Northboro,  Mass.,  Apr.  7,  1822;  m.  at  Qumcy,  Oct.  10,  1847,  Ann  E. 
Marsh;  b.  Sept.  4,  1824;  d.  Mar.  2,  1893. 

Harrison  O.  Whitney,  born  in  Northboro,  Mass.,  lost  his  parents  in  early  life  and 
was  taken  in  charge  by  an  uncle  in  Quincy,  Mass.  He  later  on  married  and  here  his 
two  children  were  born.  In  the  early  sixties  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  Mass.  By 
trade  he  was  a  bookbinder,  but  Haverhill  being  a  shoe  city,  he  soon  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  paper  boxes,  mostly  for  the  shoe  trade.  He  was  descended  from  a 
family  of  ministers  and  inherited  the  clerical  disposition  and  was  formed  by  nature 
for  the  profession,  but  the  lack  of  education  caused  by  the  death  of  his  parents,  and 
his  consequent  lack  of  confidence  in  his  ability  prevented  his  doing  the  work  for 
which  he  seemed  in  every  other  way  so  admirably  fitted.  '  He  was  devoted  to  his 
church  and  religion,  and  was  for  many  years,  I  think  twenty-five,  clerk  of  the  First 
Parish  church  of  Haverhill,  and  alse  its  Sunday-school  supermtendent.  He  died  m 
Sept.,  1890,  having  lived  as  nearly  a  perfect  life  in  his  quiet,  modest  way  as  is  possi- 
ble for  human  life  to  attain.     He  d.  Sept.  10,  1890;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

7667.  i.  Henry  Otis,  b.  Dec.  16,  1848;  d.  Sept.  2,  1849. 

7668.  ii.         Geo.  H.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1852;  m.  Ida  E.  Lake. 

4450.  John  Martyn  Whitney  (William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Northboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1816;  m.  at  Mansfield,  Conn.,  Sept.  1,  1841,  Susan 
Maria  Campbell;  b.  July  7,  1820;  d.  Jan.  29,  1859;  m.  2d,  at 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  June  9,  1862,  Elizabeth  Nancv  Chipman; 
b.  Apr.  2,  1824;  d.  June  12,  1892. 

He  was,  in  his  earlier  days,  a  stage  driver  in  the 
northern  part  of  Connecticut.  He  was  employed  by  the 
Adams  Express  Company  when  they  first  opened  an  office 
in  New  Haven.  Just  previous  to  his  death  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  English  &  Merrick,  an  old  carriage  hardware 
house,  where  he  was  for  thirty-seven  years.  He  was  well 
known  and  much  thought  of.  He  d.  Feb.  1,  1892;  res.  New 
Haven,  Conn. 

Susan  Campbell,  b.  Aug.  2,  1858;  m. 
May  7,  1881,  Charles  W.  Bowman;  b. 
1855;  d.  Jan.  7,  1889;  res.  263  Oak  St., 
New  Haven,  Conn.     Ch.:  Clara  Whit- 
ney, b.  June  5,  1882;  d.  Oct.  28,  1890; 
Christina    Veitch,   b.    Apr.   13,   1884; 
Stella   Elisabeth,    b.   Sept.  22,    1885; 
Kate    Elmendorf,    b.    Jan.   14,    1887; 
Charles  Webster,  b.  Dec.  4,  1888. 
Dwight  Adams,  b.  July  25,  1848;  m.  Adalia  R.  Robbins. 
John  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  9,  1842;  m.  Georgianna  S.  Bogue. 
Wm.  Foster,  b.  Feb.  9,  1844;  d.  unm.  Nov.  23,  1890. 

Geo.  Campbell,  b.  Mar.,  1846;  d. . 

Jennie  Maria,  b. ;  d.  Sept.  14,  1859. 


r669. 


JOHN   M.   WHITNEY. 


7670. 

ii. 

7671. 

111. 

7672. 

IV. 

7673. 

V. 

7674. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  485 

4451.  Henry  Whitney  (Henry,  Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Wiscasset,  Me.,  Apr.  5,  1821;  m.  at  East  Camb.,  Nov.  19,1852,  Martha  R.  Hastings; 
b.  Aug.  81,  1824;  d.  Mar.  12,  1858;  m.  2d  there,  Mar.  7,  1867,  Francina  A.  Hastings;  b. 
May  23,  1832.  She  res.  at  336  Harvard  St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.  He  d.  Feb.  9, 
1882;  res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

7675.  i.  Walter  Hastings,  b.  Sept.  16,  1853;  d.  Aug.  21,  1871. 

7676.  ii.         Caroline,  b.  July  14,  1855;  d.  Nov.  13,  1856. 

4452.  Joseph  Whitney  (Henry,  Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
Wiscasset,  Me.,  Apr.  10,  1823;  m.  in  Boston,  Dec.  20,  1850,  Louisa  Nudd;  b.  Nov.  21, 
1824.     He  is  a  civil  engineer;  res.  98  Magazine  St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

7677.  i.  Frederick,  b.  Mar.  26,  1853;  unm. 

7678.  ii.         Kate,  b.  July  2,  1855;  m.  July  2,  1885,  Mr.  Roaf ;  res.  Cambridge- 

port,  Mass. 

4455.  Thomas  Whitney  ( Henry,  Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b. 
E.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  1, 1825;  m.  at  Cassopolis,  Mich.,  Feb. 25, 1857,  Mary  L.  Clark; 
b.  Dec.  7,  1838.  He  is  connected  with  N.  B.  Ream  &  Co.  on  the  Board  of  Trade;  res. 
3026  Prairie  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

7679.  i.  Fred,  b.  Feb.  25,  1858;  unm.;  res.  in  Des  Moines,  la.;  is  a  coal 

merchant. 

7680.  ii.         Daisy,  b.  Mar.  16,  1865;  m.  Feb.  18,  1890,  William  G.  Young. 

He  is  manager  of  the  Hotel  Ampersant,  Saranac  Lake,  Fulton 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

4467.  Henry  Martyn  Whitney  (Paul,  Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  June  25,  1826;  m.  Oct.  28,  1850,  Emma  Jane  Merrill,  of  Can- 
andaigua,  N.  Y.,  b.  July  9,  1831.  He  d.  Jan.  1,  1890;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  and 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

7687.  i.  Lucy  Cushing,  b.  July  31,  1851;  m.  June  8.  1880,  Charles  H.  Lee; 

res.  48  E.  64th  St..  New  York  City. 

7688.  ii.        Elliot    Phillips,  b.  June  10.  1853;    m.  Apr.  27,   1891,  Helen 

Graves.     He  d.  s.  p.  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  May  27,  1892. 

7689.  iii.        Emery  Stone,  b.  July  14,  1855;  m.  Elizabeth  Seaver  McLeod. 

7690.  iv.        Henry  Marion,  b.  Jan.  1,  1857;  d.  Oct.  7,  1859. 

7691.  V.         Maud  Marion,  b.  Sept.  8, 1859;  res.  Scranton,  Pa. 

4470.  Prof.  Josiah  Dwight  Whitney,  LL.  D.  (Josiah  D.,  Abel,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  23,  1819;  m.  July  5,  1854,  Louisa  Goddard;  b.  Dec.  17, 
1819;  d.  May  13,  1882,  at  Cambridge. 

Prof.  Josiah  Dwight  Whitney  was  born  in  Northampton,  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1819, 
He  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1839,  and  then  spent  six  months  in  the  chemical  labora- 
tory of  Dr.  Robert  Hare  in  Philadelphia.  In  1840  he  joined  the  survey  of  New  Hamp- 
shire as  assistant  geologist  under  Chas.  T.  Jackson,  and  remained  connected  with 
that  work  until  May,  1842,  when  he  went  abroad.  For  five  years  he  traveled  in  the 
continent  of  Europe,  and  pursued  chemical,  geological  and  mineralogical  studies. 
On  his  return  to  this  country  in  1847,  he  engaged  in  the  geological  exploration  of  the 
Lake  Superior  region,  and,  with  John  W.  Foster,  was  in  the  same  year  appointed  by 
the  U.  S.  government  to  assist  Chas.  T.  Jackson  in  making  a  geological  survey  of  that 
district.  Two  years  later  the  completion  of  the  survey  was  intrusted  to  Foster  and 
Whitney,  who  published  "Synopsis  of  the  Explorations  of  the  Geological  Corps  in 
the  Lake  Superior  Land  District  in  the  Northern  Peninsula"  (Washington,  1849), 
and  "  Report  on  the  Geology  and  Topography  of  a  portion  of  the  Lake  Superior  Land 
District  in  the  State  of  Michigan;"  (part  i.,  copper  lands,  1850;  part  ii.,  the  iron 
region,  1851).  On  the  completion  of  this  work,  he  traveled  for  two  years  through  the 
states  east  of  the  Mississippi  river  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  information  with 
regard  to  the  mining  and  mineral  interests  in  this  country.  His  results  were  issued 
as  "The  Metallic  Wealth  of  the  United  States  Described  and  Compared  with  that 
of  Other  Countries  "  (Philadelphia,  1854).  In  1855  he  was  appointed  state  chemist 
and  professor  in  the  Iowa  state  university,  and  was  associated  with  James  Hall  in 
the  geological  survey  of  that  state,  issuing  "Reports  on  the  Geological  Survey  of 
Iowa"  (2  vols.,  Albany,  1858-59).  During  1858-60,  Prof.  Whitney  was  engaged  in  a 
geological  survey  of  the  lead  region  of  the  upper  Missouri,  in  connection  with  the 
official  surveys  of  Wisconsin  and  Illinois,  publishing,  with  James  Hall,  a  "Report  on 
the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State  of  Wisconsin  "  (Albany,  1862).     He  was  appointed 


486  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

state  geologist  of  California  in  1860,  and  engaged  in  conducting  a  topographical,  geo- 
logical and  natural  history  survey  of  that  state  until  1874,  when  the  work  was  discon- 
tinued by  act  of  legislature.  Besides  various  pamphlets  and  annual  reports  on  the 
subject,  he  issued  six  volumes  under  the  title  of  "  Geological  Survey  of  California  " 
(Cambridge,  1864-70).  In  1865  he  was  appointed  professor  of  geology  in  Harvard, 
which  chair  he  still  retains,  with  charge  of  its  school  of  mining  and  practical  geology. 
The  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  conferred  on  him  by  Yale  in  1870.  Prof.  Whitney  was  one 
of  the  original  members  of  the  National  academy  of  sciences,  named  by  act  of  con- 
gress in  1863,  but  he  has  since  withdrawn  from  that  body.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
other  scientific  bodies,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  In  addition  to  contributing  to  the 
American  Journal  of  Science,  the  North  American  Review  and  similar  periodicals, 
he  has  translated  Berzelius'  "Use  of  the  Blowpipe  "  (Boston,  1845),  and  is  the  author 
of  the"Yosemite  Guide  Book  "  (San  Francisco,  1869).  Prof.  Whitney  has  made  a 
specialty  of  collecting  a  library  of  geological  and  geographical  books.  Mount  Whit- 
ney, the  highest  mountain  in  the  United  States,  was  named  in  his  honor.  His  wife, 
Louisa  Goddard,  was  born  in  Manchester,  Eng.,  Dec.  17,  1819;  died  in  Cambridge, 
May  13,  1882;  is  the  author  of  "The  Burning  of  the  Convent,  a  Narrative  of  the 
Destruction  of  the  Ursuline  school  on  Mount  Benedict,  Charlestown,  by  one  of  the 
pupils"(Cambridge,  Mass.,  1877), and  "  Peasy's  Childhood,  an  Autibiography  "  (1878); 
res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

7692.    i.         Has  one  child. 

4474.  Prof.  William  Dwight  Whitney,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  (Josiah  D.,  Abel, 
Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Feb.  9,  1827;  m.  Aug.  27,  1856,  Elizabeth 
Wooster  Baldwin.  She  was  the  dau.  of  Gov.  Roger  Sherman  Baldwin,  and  was  b. 
Aug.  8,  1824.  He  was  b.  Jan.  4,  1793;  gr.  at  Yale  in  1811,  an  eminent  lawyer  in  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  and  at  one  time  gov.  of  the  state,  1844^5,  and  United  States  senator, 
1848-51. 

He  was  born  at  Northampton,  Mass.  The  mother  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Payson 
Williston  (Yale,  1783)  of  Easthampton,  and  sister  of  the  founder  of  Williston  semi- 
nary, in  that  town.  The  father  was  a  business  man,  later  manager,  first  as  cashier  and 
then  as  president,  of  the  Northampton  bank,  and  widely  and  honorably  known  for 

his  ability  and  integrity;  his  children  mostly  turned  to  liter- 
ary pursuits;  the  oldest,  Josiah  Dwight,  being  a  well-known 
scientist,  long  head  of  the  California  survey  and  now  pro- 
fessor of  economical  geology  in  Harvard  university;  the 
third  son,  James  Lyman,  being  one  of  the  heads  of  the 
Boston  public  library;  and  the  fourth,  Henry  Mitchell,  a 
professor  in  Beloit  college,  Wisconsin;  while  a  daughter, 
Maria,  is  a  teacher,  formerly  in  charge  of  the  department 
of  modern  languages  at  Smith  college  (for  women)  in  North- 
ampton; all  the  sons  except  Wm.  D.,  are  graduates  of 
Yale.  Wm.  D.  Whitney  made  his  preparation  for  college 
entirely  in  the  free  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  The 
teachers  whom  he  remembers  with  most  gratitude  are 
Rodolphus  B.  Hubbard,  long  the  head  of  the  high  school 
there,  and  John  B.  Dwight,  of  New  Haven  (Yale,  1840).  He 
entered  the  class  at  the  beginning  of  the  sophomore  year. 
No  small  part  of  his  time  while  in  college  was  spent  roam- 
PEOF.  WM.  DWIGHT  WHITNEY,  ing  ovcr  the  hiUs  and  through  the  valleys,  collecting  birds 

for  the  Natural  History  society  and  setting  them  up;  and 
■work  of  this  kind  has  never  since  been  entirely  abandoned.  On  leaving  college, 
being  undecided  what  occupation  to  turn  to,  he  at  first  went  provisionally  into  the  bank, 
under  his  father,  and  it  ended  in  his  staying  there  more  than  three  full  years.  During 
the  first  year,  indeed,  be  stopped  and  made  a  feint  of  beginning  the  study  of  medi- 
cine— commencing  service  in  a  doctor's  office  one  day,  only  to  be  taken  down  with  a 
long  fit  of  illness  the  next,  and  returning  to  his  first  work  when  this  was  over.  He 
■did  in  the  three  years  a  good  deal  of  bird  and  plant-collecting;  and  a  case  of  his 
birds,  chiefly  the  acquisitions  of  this  period,  now  forms  a  part  of  the  collection  in  the 
Peabody  museum  at  New  Haven.  He  did  also  a  good  deal  of  studying,  especially 
in  some  of  the  modern  European  languages;  and  finally,  early  in  1848,  was  lea, 
partly  under  the  influence  and  encouragement  of  his  father's  pastor,  now  Professor 
Geo.  E.  Day,  of  Yale,  to  turn  his  attention  to  Sanskrit,  text-books  for  which  were 
within  his  reach  in  his  brother's  library.  In  the  spring  of  1849,  he  left  the  bank;  and 
the  summer  of  that  year  was  spent  by  him  among  the  swamps  and  mosquitoes  of 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  487 

Lake  Superior,  as  "assistant  sub-agent"  (at  ?2  a  day)  in  the  United  States  geological 
survey  of  that  region,  carried  on  under  the  care  of  his  brother  and  the  late  J.  W. 
Joster;  he  had  under  his  charge  the  botany,  the  ornithology,  and  the  accounts.     On 
returning  home,  he  went  for  a  year  to  New  Haven,  to  continue  his   Sanskrit  studies 
under  Professor  E.  E.  Salisbury  and  in  company  with  Professor  James  Hadley,  and 
to  prepare  for  a  visit  to  Germany,  already  planned.     He  sailed  for  Bremen  direct  in 
the  autumn  of  1850,  and  returned  home  in  July,  1853.    Three  winters  were  passed  by 
him  in  Berlin,  and  two  summers  in  Tubingen  (in  southern  Germany),  chiefly  under 
the  instruction  of  Professors  Albrecht  Weber  and  Rudolf  Roth,  respectively,  but 
also  of  Professor  Lepsius  and  others.     Having  copied  in  Berlin  all  the  manuscripts 
of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  important  Hindu  scriptures,  the  Atharva-Veda,  then 
unpublished,  he  planned  an  edition  of  it  in  conjunction  with  Professor  Roth;  and  on 
the  way  home,  in  1853,  he  stopped  in  Paris,  Oxford,  and  London,  to  collate  the  remain- 
ing European  manuscripts.     The  first  volume  of  the  work,  containing  the  text  alone, 
was  published  at  Berlin  in  1855  and  1856;  a  complete  Index  Verborum  to  it  was 
added  at  New  Haven  in  1881;  a  volume  of  notes,  translations,  etc.,  is  still  due.     Be- 
fore leaving  Germany,  he  had  accepted  an  invitation  to  return  to  Yale  college  as 
professor  of  Sanskrit;  but  he  did  not  go  there  to  remain  until  August,  1854,  spending 
the  interval  in  part  in  scientific  work.     Since  1854  he  has  lived  continuously  in  New 
Haven.    The  salary  of  the  Sanskrit  professorship  having  been  for  the  first  sixteen 
years  a  very  small  one,  he  was  obliged  to  help  support  himself  by  teaching  German 
and  French;  at  the  outset,  partly  in  private  classes;  later,  in  college  classes  only;  on 
the  establishment  of  the  Sheffield  scientific  school  he  had  for  some  time  the  charge 
in  it  of  the  department  of  modern  languages;  nor  has  he  entirely  withdrawn  from 
that  work  even  down  to  the  present  time.     This  has  led  to  his  preparing  a  series  of 
text-books,  especially  for  the  study  of  German,  which  is  not  yet  quite  complete;  it 
consists  of  two  German  grammars,  a  larger  (1869)  and  a  smaller  (1885),  a  German 
reader  with  an  elaborate  vocabulary  (1870),  a  brief  German  dictionary  (1877),  and  a 
number  of  annotated  German  texts  (from  1876  on);  a  French  grammar  (published  in 
1886).     He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Oriental  Society  in  1850;  in  1855  he 
undertook   the  charge  of  its  library,  remaining  librarian  until  1873;  in  1857  he  was 
made  its  corresponding  secretary,  and  performed  the  duties  of  that  office  till  1884, 
when  he  was  chosen  its  president  (resigned  in  '90);  no  small  pait  of  his  work  has 
been  done  in  the  service  of  the  society;  from  1857  to  the  present  time,  just  a  half  of 
the  contents  of  its  journal  (vols,  vi.-xii.)  is  from  his  pen.     In  this  are  included  four 
works  of  considerable  extent;  the  annotated  translation  of  a  Hindu  treatise  of  astron- 
omy (the  Siirya-Siddhanta,  1860);  the  texts,  translations,  etc.,  of  two  Sanskrit  gram- 
matical treatises  (Atharva-A'eda  Praticpakhya,  1862,  and  Taittiriya-Praticpakhya,  1871; 
to  the  latter  work  was  awarded  by  the  Berlin  Academy  the  Bopp  prize,  as  the  most 
important  Sanskrit  publication    of  the  triennium);    and  the   Atharva-Veda   Index 
Verborum,  mentioned  above.     Some  of  his  minor  contributions  to  the  same  journal, 
along  with  others  to  various  periodicals,  were  collected  and  published  in  two  vol- 
umes of  "  Oriental  and  Linguistic  Studies  "  (1873  and  1874),  also  supervising  editor-in- 
chief  of  the  great  "Century  Dictionary"  (6  vols.  4to),  completed  in  1891.     He  has  also 
produced  a  couple  of  volumes  on  the  general  science  of  language,  entitled,  respect- 
ively, "  Language  and  the  Study  of  Language  "  (1867;  it  was  first  prepared  as  Smith- 
sonian and  as  Lowell  lectures;  it  has  been  translated  into  German  and  Netherland- 
ish), and  "The  Life  and  Growth  of  Language  "  (International  scientific  series,  1875 
translated  into  French,  Italian,  German,   Swedish,  and  Russian^  ;  and  the  articles 
on  "  Language  "  in  Johnson's  Cyclopaedia  (vol.  ii.,  1876),  and  on      Philology"  in  the 
Encyclopaedia  Britannica  (vol.  xviii.,  1885),  are  by  him.    On  the  formation  of  the 
American  Philological  Association  (1869),  he  was  its  first  president,  and  has  contrib- 
uted extensively  to  its  proceedings  and  transactions.     He  has  also  written  an  English 
grammar  ("  Essentials  of  English  Grammar,"  1877),  and  a  Sanskrit  grammar  (see 
below  :  two  editions,  English  and  German) — to  which  last  he  has  this  year  added  a 
supplement  half  as  big  as  the  work  itself  ("  Roots,  Verbforms,  and  Primary  Deriva- 
tives of  the  Sanskrit  Lang-uage,"  Leipzig,  1885;  two  editions,  English  and  German) — 
second  English  edition,  1889.     He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  philos- 
ophy from  Breslau  University  in  1861;  doctor  of  literature  from  Columbia  College, 
N.  v.,  in  1884;  that  of  doctor  of  laws  from  his  alma  mater  in   1868,  from  William 
and  Mary  College  in  Virginia  in   1869,  and  from  Harvard  in  1876,  also  from  St. 
Andrew's  University  in  Scotland  in  1874,  and  Edinburgh  University  in  1884.     He  is 
further  connected  with  many  learned  societies  in  various  parts  of  the  world;  is  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Oriental  or  Asiatic  societies  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  of 
Germany,  of  Bengal,  of  Japan,  and  of  Peking;  of  the  Philological  Society  of  London; 


488  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

of  the  literary  societies  of  Leyden,  Upsala,  and  Helsingfors;  member  or  correspon- 
dent of  the  Academies  of  Dublin,  Turin,  Rome  (Lyncei),  St.  Petersburg,  and  Berlin; 
also  correspondent  of  the  Institute  of  France;  and  Foreign  Knight  of  the  Prussian 
order  "pour  le  merite"  for  science  and  arts  (being  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  made 
by  the  death  of  Thomas  Carlyle) — and  so  on.  \Vm.  D.  Whitney  married  Elizabeth 
Wooster,  daughter  of  Roger  Sherman  and  Emily  (Perkins)  Baldwin, of  New  Haven; 
her  father,  a  lawyer  of  the  highest  rank,  had  been  governor  of  Connecticut  and  sen- 
ator in  congress,  and  inherited  his  name  from  Roger  Sherman,  the  well-known 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  one  of  the  committee  charged  with 
drawing  it  up,  whose  grandson  he  was.  They  have  had  six  children,  three  sons  and 
three  daughters;  of  these  are  living  one  son,  born  Aug.  16,  1857,  Edward  Baldwin,  a 
lawyer  in  New  York  City  (firm  Burnett  &  Whitney,  67  Wall  street),  and  the  three 
daughters.  Very  soon  after  their  marriage,  Whitney  and  his  wife  went,  partly  for 
health  and  partly  for  study,  to  spend  somewhat  less  than  a  year  in  France  and  Italy 
(Nov.,  1856  to  July,  1857),  passing  several  months  at  Rome.  In  the  summer  of  1875  he 
visited,  alone,  England  and  Germany,  mainly  for  the  collection  of  further  material 
for  the  Atharva-Veda.  In  1878,  again,  having  been  engaged  by  German  publishers 
to  prepare  a  Sanskrit  grammar,  as  one  of  a  series  of  grammars  of  the  principal 
languages  related  with  our  own,  he  went  abroad  with  his  wife  and  daughters,  to  write 
out  the  work  and  carry  it  through  the  press;  and  they  spent  fifteen  months  in 
Europe,  chiefly  at  Berlin  and  Gotha,  just  accomplishing  the  prescribed  task;  the 
last  proof-sheets  of  the  index  to  the  volume  were  read  in  the  cars  on  the  way  to  the 
homeward  steamer  at  Havre.  Their  way  off  the  continent  took  them  through  Switz- 
erland and  across  France,  and  at  Berne  they  had  the  pleasure  of  falling  in  with 
Davison  and  his  family.  The  life  of  a  college  teacher  is  composed  of  uneventful 
years,  little  marked  save  by  the  succession  of  classes  instructed  and  of  literary 
labors  brought  to  a  conclusion.  Only  now  and  then  comes  in  a  noteworthy  variety — 
as  when,  in  1873,  Whitney  was  invited  to  take  part  in  the  summer  campaign  of  the 
Hayden  exploring  expedition  in  Colorado,  and  passed  two  full  months  on  horseback 
and  under  canvas,  coursing  over  regions  which  in  good  part  had  been  till  then  un- 
trodden by  the  feet  of  white  men,  and  seeing  Nature  in  her  naked  grandeur — mount- 
ing some  nine  times  up  to  or  beyond  the  altitude  of  14,000  feet.  It  is  said  of  him,  in 
the  report  of  the  survey  for  that  year  (p.  8),  that  he  "  rendered  most  valuable  assist- 
ance to  IMr.  Gardner  in  his  geographical  work,  for  the  months  of  July  and  August, 
without  compensation  from  the  government" — the  disinterested  man  !  His  letters 
describing  the  fortunes  of  the  summer  were  printed  in  the  New  York  Tribune  and 
afterwards  gathered  in  one  of  its  supplements  (Extra  No.  14  Scientific  Series). 

The  Death  of  William  Dwight  Whitney  removed  the  most  distinguished  of 
American  scholars.  He  secured  more  than  any  other  the  admiration  both  of  those  who 
could  weigh  and  appreciate  his  achievements  and  of  the  general  public,  and 
had  come  to  be  regarded  by  most  as  the  foremost  representative  of  American 
learning.  When  in  this  land  and  in  others  the  question  has  been  asked:  "Who  is  the 
most  notable  American  man  of  science?  "  his  name  came  oftenest  in  answer.  Notable 
as  his  achievements  were,  he  held  this  position  in  the  estimation  of  the  public  more 
by  virtue  of  what  he  was  than  of  what  he  had  done.  There  has  been  little  in  his 
work,  much  of  which  has  been  conducted  in  a  very  special  field,  to  touch  the  popular 
imagination.  His  name  is  not  connected  with  any  great  discovery,  nor  with  any 
striking  or  revolutionary  theory.  His  positive  contributions,  also,  to  the  progress  of 
knowledge  were,  perhaps,  not  as  brilliant  as  those  made  by  some  other  Americans. 
But  it  was  recognized  by  all  who  knew  him  that  no  one  of  his  contemporaries  pos- 
sessed in  larger  measure  that  combination  of  qualities,  that  union  of  untiring 
industry,  breadth  and  depth  of  knowledge,  grasp  of  principles,  and  mental  balance 
which  makes  the  great  scholar.  He  won  his  commanding  position  by  the  force  and 
dignity  of  his  intellectual  character.  He  had,  above  all,  that  profound  Yankee  rev- 
erence for  the  plain,  unadorned  fact,  with  distrust  of  speculation,  which,  though  it 
sometimes,  even  in  brilliant  minds,  leads  perilously  near  the  commonplace,  is  an 
efficient  check  upon  intellectual  vagaries  of  all  kinds,  especially  upon  that  besetting 
sin  of  the  specialist — the  reckless  striving  after  originality.  He  was  an  apostle  of 
commonsense,  simplicity  of  thought  and  statement,  and  self-restraint  in  science;  and 
these  we  take  to  be  the  most  genuine  of  our  national  characteristics.  Nothing  so 
sharply  challenged  his  contempt  as  a  theory  which  wilfully  ignored  essential  facts,  or 
went  gaily  on  without  any  facts  at  all;  and  nothing  so  quickly  provoked  his  mirth  as  the 
cheap  profundity  which  tortures  the  statement  of  a  plain  truth  into  the  appearance  of 
abstruseness.  Indeed,  not  the  least  valuable  lesson  of  his  life,  for  the  younger  gen- 
eration, is  the  evidence  which  it  gives  that  the  national  character  and  genius  are  quite 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  489 

adequate,  without  any  foreign  alloys,  to  the  production  of  the  very  highest  intellectual 
results.  Of  what  he  accomplished  as  a  philologist  it  is  impossible  to  speak  in  detail. 
He  was  fiist  of  all  a  specialist,  and  a  specialist  in  a  field — the  study  of  Sanskrit — 
which  lies  quite  apart  from  the  knowledge  and  interest  of  the  general  public.  His 
great  achievements  here  can  be  understood  only  by  his  fellow  scientists.  He  did 
not,  however,  confine  himself  to  these  special  labors,  but  in  two  directions  rendered 
notable  public  services,  the  importance  of  which  has  been  abundantly  recognized — 
namely,  the  popularization  of  his  science  and  in  the  recording  and  explaining  of  our 
mother  tongue.  In  these  labors  he  has  come  close  to  thousands  and  has  won  not 
only  their  admiration  but  their  gratitude;  and  by  them,  perhaps  more  than  by  his 
work  as  a  Sanskritist,  he  will  live  in  the  general  memory.  As  a  master  of  clear 
exposition  he  has  opened  to  the  layman,  as  no  one  else  has  done,  the  way  to  a  sound 
understanding  of  the  structure  and  growth  of  language,  and  by  the  charm  of  his 
style  has  made  the  path  a  delightful  one  to  follow.  In  this  field  he  was  easily  first, 
arid  it  would  be  difficult  to  estimate  the  debt  which  those  who  are  interested  in  such 
studies  owe  to  him.  The  same  may  be  said  of  his  work  as  an  English  lexicographer. 
In  "  The  Century  Dictionary,"  of  which  he  was  the  editor-in-chief,  the  public  has 
been  enabled  to  find  for  the  first  time  the  English  language,  as  a  whole,  set  forth  in 
accordance  with  the  principles  of  sound  philology,  under  the  guidance  of  a  master 
of  the  science.  To  this  labor  he  devoted  much  of  his  time  for  nearly  ten  years;  and 
while  it  would  be  unjust  to  others  to  emphasize  unduly  his  part  in  the  great  com- 
posite structure,  it  may  safely  be  said  that  in  its  guiding  principles  the  book  is 
distinctly  his  contribution  to  the  study  and  development  of  our  language.  The 
service  thus  rendered  to  all  English  speakers  is  one  the  influence  of  which  must  con- 
tinue to  widen  as  the  years  pass,  and  is  of  a  kind  which  the  public  can  appreciate 
and  will  not  readily  forget.  To  the  culture  and  attainments  of  the  scholar  he  added 
the  grace  of  the  true  hearted,  unpretending,  kindly  man.  No  human  interest  was 
foreign  to  him,  and  nothing  that  was  genuine  failed  to  arouse  his  sympathy.  He 
was,  moreover,  essentially  a  man  of  peace,  and  although — as  all  the  world  knows — 
he  not  unfrequently  went  forth  to  battle  against  the  Philistines,  giving  and  receiving 
many  sounding  blows,  it  seemed  to  the  onlooker  that  he  always  fought  only  for  the 
justice  of  the  cause  and  without  the  fervor,  and,  perhaps,  the  skill  of  one  who  fights 
for  the  pleasure  of  the  conflict.  Taken  for  all  in  all,  as  a  scholar  and  a  man,  he  has 
occupied  a  place  in  our  national  life  which  will  not  soon  again  be  filled.  He  d.  June, 
1894;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Personal  Tributes. 

The  death  of  William  Dwight  Whitney,  professor  of  Sanskrit  in  Yale  university, 
marks  the  end  of  a  distinct  epoch  in  the  history  of  American  philology.  For  more 
than  a  generation  he  has  been  the  foremost  figure  among  us  in  this  department  of 
science.  In  many  foreign  lands  he  was  of  all  native  American  scho'ars  by  far  the 
best  known;  and  at  home,  his  personality  and  his  achievements  were,  and  will  long 
remain,  a  source  of  loftiest  inspiration  to  his  fellow-workers.  His  popular  fame  will 
doubtless  rest  chiefly  upon  his  connection  with  "The  Century  Dictionary  ;"  but  his 
works  upon  the  antiquities  of  India,  especially  its  language  and  religion,  although 
read  by  the  fewest,  are  destined  to  affect  profoundly — albeit  indirectly — certain  ele- 
ments of  the  new  education  which  are  to  be  of  prime  and  practical  influence  in 
shaping  our  conceptions  of  human  history  and  of  religion.  His  great  breadth  of 
learning  was  coupled  with  extreme  thoroughness.  His  insight  and  originality  were 
tempered  with  the  utmost  self-restraint.  And,  altogether,  for  power  of  intellect,  con- 
joined with  purity  of  soul  and  absolute  genuineness  of  character,  we  shall  not  soon 
look  upon  his  like  again. 

C.  R.  Lanman,  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  June  12,  iSg^. 

America  and  the  world  have  lost  by  the  death  of  William  D.  Whitney  one  of 
the  foremost  scholars  in  any  domain  of  human  science.  Whitney's  great  originalitv 
lay  in  his  power  of  collecting  and  arraying  vast  quantities  of  facts,  and  judging  them 
with  rare  inerrancy  and  the  severest  self-correcting  criticism.  In  this  respect  he 
resembles  Darwin.  The  influence  of  his  method  will  never  perish.  In  close  corre- 
spondence with  the  quality  of  his  work  is  the  extraordinary  range  and  quantitv  of 
his  accomplishment.  He  is  best  known  to  the  cultured  public  by  his  classical  works 
on  the  science  of  language,  and  his  essays  on  a  great  variety  of  Oriental  and  linguis- 
tic subjects.     But  his  massive  works  on  the  \'edas  and  on  Sanskrit  grammar  would 

32 


490  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

by  themselves  constitute  a  great  scholar's  full  life's  work.    There  has  never  beer» 
just  such  a  man,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  never  will  be  again. 

Maurice  Bloomfield, 
Johns  Hopkins   University ,  Baltimore,  Md.,  June  ii,  i8g4. 

Prof.  Whitney's  magnificent  pre-eminence  in  American  scholarship  was  every- 
where recognized.  His  was  a  scholarship  marked  by  the  greatest  breadth  as  well  as 
by  depth.  He  possessed,  above  all,  an  unerring  judgment.  Every  possible  side  of 
a  question  was  studied  before  a  conclusion  was  reached.  In  the  nature  of  the  case, 
this  led  him  to  reject  conclusions  which  others  had  based  upon  a  more  superficial 
investigation  of  the  case.  But  in  connection  with  his  scholarship,  and  with  his  uni- 
formly good  judgment,  there  was  a  directness  of  aim,  a  sincerity  of  purpose,  which 
made  his  character  almost  ideal.  His  estimate  of  the  work  of  other  men  was  always- 
appreciative,  although  he  was  never  able  to  shut  his  eyes  to  work  of  inferior  grade. 
His  pupils  will  always  remember  him  as  kind  and  helpful,  and  as  in  the  highest 
degree  stimulating.  No  man  ever  came  in  contact  with  him  who  did  not,  as  a  result 
of  that  contact,  become  a  better  and  stronger  man.  Humanity  and  scholarship  are 
both  greatly  indebted  to  him. 

William  R.  Harper,  University  oj  Chicago,  June  12,  iSg^.. 

In  his  own  department  Prof.  Whitney  was  the  foremost  scholar  of  the  United 
States,  and  among  the  great  scholars  of  Europe  his  authority  was  second  to  none. 
He  inspired  confidence  by  the  calmness  and  moderation  with  which  he  gave  his  opin- 
ion, even  on  the  highest  questions,  and  the  value  of  his  statements  never  had  to  be 
discounted  on  the  ground  of  enthusiasm  or  partizanship.  He  was  a  great  scholar,  in 
the  largest  sense  of  that  term;  and  no  scholar  ever  bore  greatness  more  gracefully  or 
becomingly. 

W.  W.  Goodwin,  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  June  g,  i8g4. 

In  the  death  of  Prof.  Whitney  American  scholarship  has  lost  its  most  accom- 
plished representative,  and  the  world  one  of  its  most  distinguished  specialists.  To 
the  rarest  intellectual  vigor  he  added  a  geniality  which  made  intercourse  with  him  a 
delight  and  study  under  him  a  fascination.  A  prince  of  many  provinces  of  the  spirit 
has  fallen  on  him — a  Sanskritist  of  the  first  rank,  an  investigator  of  unique  powers 
and  penetration,  a  master  of  the  difficult  science  of  linguistics,  and  a  lexicographer 
unrivaled  in  the  breadth  and  comprehensiveness  of  his  learning.  Permit  me  to  add 
to  all  this,  as  one  who  has  personally  witnessed  it,  the  rare  beauty  of  his  household 
life.  Of  him  may  truly  be  said  what  the  Roman  historian  said  of  Vespasian:  "Ven- 
erabilis  sefiex  et  patietitissifnus  veri."  James  A.  Harrison, 

Washington  and  Lee   University,  Lexingtoti,   Va.,  June   10,  /Sg^. 

In  losing  Whitney  we  have  lost  our  foremost  American  philologian,  a  scholar 
whose  world-wide  fame  is  a  national  honor,  so  that  the  example  which  he  himself  set 
of  exact  and  sober  estimate  is  just  the  example  it  is  hardest  to  imitate  now.  As  early 
as  1860,  when  I  first  knew  him,  he  had  laid  down  the  lines  which  he  followed  unswerv- 
ingly to  the  end.  For  heroic  toil,  for  scholarly  accuracy,  for  soundness,  clearness, 
cogency,  we  shall  not  see  his  like.  To  differ  with  him  bred  self-dissatisfaction,  for 
he  was  a  manner  of  conscience  to  the  rest  of  us. 
B.  L.  Gildersleeve,  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md.,  June  11,  i8g4. 

7693.    i.  Edward  Baldwin,  b.  Aug.  16,  1857.     Edward  B.  Whitney  was 

born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale  in 
1878,  Judge  Taft  of  the  United  States  circuit  court  being  one  of 
his  classmates.  After  studying  law  at  Yale  and  Columbia  law 
schools  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York  in  1880,  and 
for  a  time  was  managing  clerk  of  the  firm  of  Bristow,  Peet  & 
Opdyke.  In  1883,  with  Gen.  Henry  L.  Burnett,  who  was  a 
member  of  that  firm,  he  formed  the  firm  of  Burnett  &  Whitney, 
to  which  he  now  belongs.  Although  he  has  never  held  public 
office  he  has  been  an  active  Democrat  and  was  an  organizer  of 
the  national  association  of  Democratic  clubs,  being  its  sec- 
retary from  its  organization  in  1888  to  1890.  He  was  secretary, 
also,  of  the  so-called  anti-Hill  organization  in  New  York  up  to 
the  time  of  the  February  convention  last  year,  when  it  was 
reorganized.  At  the  May  convention  at  Syracuse  he  was 
chosen  a  delegate  to  the  National  Democratic   convention   at 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


491 


Chicago.  Mr.  Whitney  is  a  trustee  of  the  Reform  club,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Century  club,  also  of  the  Democratic  club  at  617 
Fifth  Ave.,  New  York,  having  been  formerly  on  its  executive 
committee;  of  the  Law- 
yers' club  and  of  the 
bar  association  of  New 
York.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  President 
Cleveland  assistant  at- 
torney-general of  the 
United  States,  and  still 
holds theoffice.  Among 
the  most  important 
cases  in  which  he  has 
been  interested  is  that 
of  the  income  tax, 
which  he  recently 
argued  before  the  su- 
preme court  of  the 
United  States.  His 
home  is  at  238  West 
Seventy-eighth  St., 
New  York,  and  he  is 
unmarried. 

7694.  ii.        WiLLiSTON  Clap,  b.  Apr. 

2,1859;d.  Mar.  11,186L 

7695.  iii.       Marian  Parker,  b.  Feb. 

6, 186L 

7696.  iv.       Roger  Sherman  Bald- 

win, b.  Jan.  6,  1863; 
drowned  while  skating 
on  Mill  river,  N.  H., 
Jan.  17,  1874. 

7697.  v.        Emily     Henrietta,    b. 

Aug.  29,  1864. 

7698.  vi.       Margaret    Dwight,  b. 

Nov.  19,  1866. 


HON.  EDWAED  B.  WHITNEY, 

Assistant  Attorney-General  of  tLe  United 
•     States. 


4478.  Rev,  Henry  M.  Whitney  (Josiah  D.,  Abel,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  in  Northampton,  Mass.,  Jan.  16,  1843;  m.  Aug.  3,  1869,  Frances  Wurts. 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Whitney,  M.  A.,  professor  of  rhetoric  and  English  literature, 
was  born  in  Northampton,  Mass.;  graduated  at  Williston  seminary,  Easthampton, 
Mass.,  in  1859;  entered  Yale  college  in  1859,  but  left  at  the  close  of  junior  year  to 
enlist  as  a  private  in  Co.  C,  Fifty-second  Mass.  Inf'y.  Shortly  after  his  enlistment 
he  was  promoted  to  sergeant-major.  His  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  department 
of  the  Gulf  in  the  famous  Banks  Expedition.  When  his  regiment  was  mustered  out 
in  1863,  by  reason  of  the  expiration  of  their  term  of  enlistment.  Prof.  Whitney  was 
offered  a  commission  in  another  regiment,  but  was  so  exhausted  by  hard  service, 
having  been  on  continuous  duty,  that  he  was  compelled  to  decline  the  appointment. 
He  spent  the  next  year  in  recovering  his  health  and  completing  his  college  course. 
Served  as  an  officer  of  the  U.  S.  Christian  Commission  from  June,  1864,  to  the  close 
of  the  war,  the  latter  part  as  paymaster  for  all  the  Commission  work  in  the  armies 
operating  against  Richmond.  Was  among  the  first  to  enter  Richmond  and  occupied 
the  official  chair  of  the  Confederacy  shortly  after  it  was  vacated  by  Jefferson  Davis. 
From  1865  to  1868  he  spent  in  theological  study  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  Andover, 
Mass.  Shortly  afterward  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Geneva,  111.,  where  he  remained  until  he  came  to  Beloit,  in  April,  1871.  Prof.  Whit- 
ney is  a  man  of  large  acquaintance  with  English  literature,  and  gives  careful  train- 
ing to  all  the  young  men  in  rhetoric.  The  British  Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science  elected  him  an  honorary  member  when  he  was  abroad  in  1881.  He  is  a  fre- 
quent contributor  to  magazines  and  newspapers,  and  is  noted  as  an  orator  on  educa- 
tional, religious  and  patriotic  themes.  From  1883  to  1891  his  leisure  time  was  mostly 
given  to  work  as  associate  editor  of  the  Century  dictionary;  a  "Dictionary  of  Syno- 
nyms and  of  Synonyms  Discriminated,"  written  by  him,  was  incorporated  into  that 


492 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


work.     Prof.  Whitney  was  a  brother  of  the  late  Prof.  W.  D.  Whitney,  of  Yale,  anc 
of  Prof.  J.  D.  Whitney,  of  Harvard;  res.  Beloit,  Wis. 


7699. 

7700. 
7701. 
7702. 
7703. 

7704. 
7705. 


1. 

V. 
V. 

vi. 
vii. 


Albert  Wurts,  b.  June  20,  1870;  res.  Beloit. 

Edward  Pavson,  b.  June  27,  1872;  d.  Aug.  1.3,  1873. 

Clarissa  James,  b  Nov.  5,  1874;  d.  Oct.,  1879. 

Elizabeth  Barnes,  b.  Nov.  21,  1876. 

JosiAH  DwiGHT,  b.  Nov.  11,  1878. 

James  Lyman,  b.  Apr.  21,  1881. 

William  Dwight,  b.  June  17,  1883;  d.  Mar.  22,  1891. 


.  706. 
7708. 


1. 
ii. 


7709. 

iii. 

7710. 

IV. 

7711. 

V. 

7712. 

VI. 

4483.  James  Dw-ight  Whitney  (Robert,  Abel,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  in  Westfield,  Mass.,  Aug.  19,  1821;  m.  Jan.  6.  1846,  Sophia  Abigail  Steele,  b. 
Nov.  23,  1824.  He  was  cashier  of  a  bank  at  Norwalk,  O.,  1844-49;  engaged  in  for- 
warding and  wholesale  trade  at  Sandusky,  1850-70,  and  from  1865  to  1871  he  was 
national  bank  examiner  for  Ohio  and  West  Virginia;  res.  at  Oberlin,  0.,and  is  exam- 
iner for  the  insurance  department  of  Ohio. 

James,  b.  Mar.  26,  1847;  d.  same  day. 

Mary  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  23,  1848;  m.  Nov.  10,  1869,  Julius  L.  Hen- 
derson, b.  Oct.  1,  1844.     Ch.:  DeWitt  C,  b.  July  9, 1871;  d.  Aug. 
7,  1871;  res.  Youngstown,  O.  He  is  in  the  Atlanta  &  Great  West. 
R.  R.  office. 
Geo.  D.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1850. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  17,  1853. 
Robert  S.,  b.  May  9,  1860. 
James  Steele,  b.  Jan.  11,  1864;  d.  Denver,  Col.,  Apr.,  1891. 

4497.  Erastus  Hubbard  Whitney  (William  H.,  .A.aron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  16,  1818,  at  Champion,  N.  Y.;  m.  Feb.  7,  1850,  Lucy  Cordelia 
Pierce  or  Percy,  b.  .Sept.  15,  1827;  she  res.  1024  Church  St.,  Eavanston,  111.' 

He  had  the  appearance  of  a  good  liver,  and  the  term  well-nourished  would 
apply  most  appropriately  to  hmi.      Until  his  30th  year  he  weighed  135  lbs.,  but  in 

late  life  as  high  as  175  lbs.  In  height  he  measured  about 
5  ft.  8  in.,  and  was  of  an  athletic  development,  with 
shoulders  powerful  and  slightly  rounded,  arms  and  legs 
muscular,  and  abdomen  somewhat  aldermanic.  He  had 
a  reputation  for  strength  and  agility  as  a  young  man. 
His  skin  was  white  and  clear,  without  blemish  whatsoever; 
his  features  regular  and  well  proportioned,  forehead  high, 
lips  firm,  chin  square,  ears  handsome,  wrists  and  ankles 
not  large;  hair  soft,  of  dark  brown  color,  slightly  bald  at 
vertex  at  last,  and  whiskers  sandy.  He  possessed  a  voice 
deep  and  sonorous,  and  yet  he  couldn't  sing  three  notes  of 
the  scale,  although  he  professed  to  enjoy  music  and  sing- 
ing. His  expression  was  frank,  cordial,  and  assuring; 
temperament  nervous  and  sanguine;  walk  measured.  Af- 
fectation and  dissimulation  were  absolutely  foreign  to  his 
nature.  In  dress  he  was  plain.  In  1846,  in  company  with 
his  brother  David,  he  boarded  a  steamer  at  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  disembarking  off  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  being  carried 
ashore  by  some  small  craft,  as  the  harbor  was  not  then 
navigable.  There  were  about  a  thousand  on  board.  Chicago  was  next  visited,  and 
the  country  from  there  to  Lake  Pepin,  Minn.,  traversed  by  wagon.  Their  first  break- 
down occurred  just  before  reaching  the  Des  Plaines  river,  west  of  Chicago.  This 
was  a  tour  of  inspection  simply.  In  1850  he  married  Lucy  Cordelia  Percy,  by 
whom  he  had  one  daughter,  who  died  young,  and  three  sons,  one  dying  in  childhood, 
and  two,  Eugene  Walcott  and  Duane  Percy,  surviving  him.  He  was  a  man  of  keen 
and  accurate  observation,  and  clear  and  definite  ideas.  In  conversation  he  was 
spirited  and  enthusiastic.  On  all  subjects  he  possessed  an  opinion  of  his  own  which 
he  presented  without  reserve.  If  it  were  well-founded,  in  his  own  belief,  he  clung  to 
it  tenaciously.  Firmness  bordering  on  obstinacy  was  a  leading  characteristic;  he 
could,  however,  be  convinced.  He  was  easier  coaxed  than  driven.  Whatever  his 
position  was  on  any  subject  it  was  always  clearly  defined,  and  people  knew  just 
where  to  find  him.  His  frankness  and  candor,  although  sometimes  lacking  policy 
in  their  expression,  were  always  admittedly  sincere  and  genuine.  As  a  host  he  was 
hospitable  and  cordial.     His  life  was   singularly  pure  and  upright.      He  had   abso- 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  493 

lutely  no  vices.  His  early  education — his  mother's  influence — made  a  strong  and 
lasting  impression  upon  him,  and  tobacco,  liquor,  cards  and  profanity  were  alinked  in 
his  aversion.  No  employe  was  allowed  to  use  profanity  in  his  presence.  His  daily 
life  was  a  constant  example  of  uprightness  and  good  citizenship  to  his  sons.  His 
influence  was  always  allied  with  the  best  element  in  society.  Church  support  and 
attendance  were  considered  paramount.  He  acted  as  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
8th  Presbyterian  church,  Chicago,  of  which  he  was  chairman  at  times,  for  many 
years,  and  was  what  is  commonly  designated  as  a  pillar.  He  went  down  into  his 
pocket  as  often  and  as  deeply  as  any  of  the  flock.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
this  church  society  and,  from  his  peculiar  adaptability,  was  chosen  chairman  of  the 
building  committee  when  the  present  edifice  was  erected.  His  occupations  were 
various.  From  a  boy  on  the  farm,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  tools  and  acted  as 
carpenter  and  cooper,  making  the  sap  buckets  and  repairing  everything,  for  which 
he  possessed  marked  ability — after  receiving  the  finishing  touches  of  his  educa- 
tion at  the  academy  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.— he  became  the  village  schoolmaster;  specu- 
lated in  farms  with  success,  built  the  first  grist  mill  and  tannery  in  Carthage,  N.  Y., 
with  partners,  and  conducted  a  general  store.  Selling  out  he  went  to  Uubuque,  la., 
and  owned  an  interest  in  a  flour  mill  a  year,  then  went  to  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
was  connected  with  a  foundry  and  storehouse.  Finally,  in  1861,  he  established  him- 
self in  Chicago  and  remained  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  made  considerable  money 
in  the  fur  and  wool  business.  At  various  times  he  was  a  member  of  different  firms 
dealing  at  wholesale  in  boots  and  shoes,  glassware,  groceries.  His  earnings  to  a 
certain  extent  were  invested  in  Chicago  real  estate  and  he  erected  a  number  of  build- 
ings. He  was  an  indefatigable  business  worker  and  pusher.  He  mastered  the  de- 
tails of  his  business,  but  the  management  of  the  finances  and  the  general  oversight 
of  the  books  fell  to  him  naturally.  It  was  business  first  and  everything  else  last;  it 
received  his  constant  attention  regardless  of  hours,  weather  or  health.  During  mid- 
dle life  a  vacation  was  a  curiosity  with  him,  although  his  family  enjoyed  them 
regularly.  He  never  slighted  anything  nor  left  it  until  it  was  well  done.  He  was  a 
close  figurer,  always  paying  and  exacting  the  last  cent.  His  penmanship  was  uni- 
form and  regular  and  plain,  but  characteristic.  He  showed  unusual  mechanical 
ability  and  knowledge  of  building.  Machinery  was  his  delight.  His  ability  to  fall 
asleep  throughout  life,  almost  the  moment  his  head  touched  ihe  pillow,  even  during 
great  mental  strain  and  excitement,  was  quite  unique.  It  was  this  faculty  that  pro- 
longed his  life.  When  not  at  business  he  was  at  home.  He  enforced  upon  his 
children  rigid  attendance  upon  school  and  afforded  them  every  opportunity  for  their 
education.  When  relievea  of  business  cares  he  was  rollicking  and  boyish  with  a 
large  bump  of  fun.  Although  possessed  of  a  vast  fund  of  anecdote,  he  never  on  any 
occasion,  related  one  that  even  intimated  an  indelicate  sentiment;  in  fine,  all  that  he 
said  could,  with  the  utmost  propriety,  be  recounted  by  any  family  fireside.  He  had 
faith  in  men  and  women  emanating  from  his  individual  purity  and  uprightness. 
Purity  of  mind  was  a  noble  and  pre-eminent  characteristic. 
He  was  impulsive  and  irascible.  He  never  cherished 
malice  and  was  devoid  of  vindictiveness.  When  he  was  in 
authority  he  maintained  it,  having  things  pretty  much  his 
way.  As  a  man  of  personal  purity,  business  ability,  general 
rectitude  and  intelligence  and  untiring  perseverance  and 
labor  he  was  much  above  the  average.  The  world  is  in 
need  of  citizens  of  his  character.  He  d.  Nov.  28,  1889,  at 
Wauwatora,  Wis.;  res.  Carthage,  N,  Y.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

7713.    i.  Eugene    Wolcott,  b.  Oct.,   1863;    M. 

D.;  res.  Eureka,  Utah.  Eugene  Wol- 
cott Whitney,  a  bachelor,  eldest  child 
of  Erastus  Hubbard  Whitney  and  Lucy 
Cordelia  Pierce,  was  born  in  Carthage, 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  4,  1853.  He 
was  named  Wolcott  for  his  grand- 
mother Whitney,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Clarissa  Wolcott,  a  descendant  of 
Henry  Wolcott,  one  of  the  founders  of  dk.  EroEXE  w.  whitney. 
the    Connecticut   colony.      His    home 

from  1864  to  1889  was  Chicago,  111.,  whence  he  removed  to  Utah 
on  account  of  ill  health,  and  he  now  resides  at  Salt  Lake  City 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  In  1871  he  completed 
his  preparation  for  college  at  the  Chicago  high  school,  entered 


494  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

the  academic  department  of  Yale  college  in  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year,  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1875.  The  study  of 
medicine  was  entered  upon  immediately  at  Rush  medical  col- 
lege, Chicago,  and  he  received  his  degree  three  years  later,  in 
1878.  Six  months  before  graduation  he  entered  a  competitive 
examination  for  the  position  of  interne  to  Cook  County  hospital, 
and  secured  first  place.  After  serving  on  the  house  staff  for 
eighteen  months — the  regular  term — he  went  to  Vienna,  Aus- 
tria, where  he  continued  the  study  of  his  profession  for  two  and 
one-half  years.  At  various  times  between  his  return  to  Amer- 
ica in  1881  and  his  departure  from  Chicago  in  1889  he  received 
the  following  appointments:  Attending  surgeon  to  the  Presby- 
terian hospital,  Chicago,  attending  surgeon  to  Cook  County  hos- 
pital, lecturer  on  surgery,  and  demonstrator  of  anatomy  and 
operative  surgery  in  Rush  Medical  college.  In  physical  char- 
acteristics he  resembled  his  father.  On  his  grandmother  Whit- 
ney's side,  nee  Clarissa  Wolcott,  he  is  a  kinsman  of  Oliver  Wol- 
cott,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  of  his 
son,  Oliver  Wolcott,  who  succeeded  Jno.  Hamilton  as  secretary 
of  the  treasury  under  Washington.  He  held  the  same  portfolio 
for  two  years  under  John  Adams. 

7714.  ii.         DuAKE  Percy,  b.  Apr.  12,  18-56;  m.  Diantha  Graham. 

7715.  iii.       Ella  Cordelia,  b.  May  11,  1862;  d.  Dec.  21,  1867. 

7716.  iv.       Fred  Hubbard,  b.  June  25, 1865;  d.  Dec.  23, 1867. 

4498.  Aaron  Stearns  Whitney  (William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  July  29,  180-3;  m.  Sept.  8,  1831,  Hannah  Bradish;  b.  Aug.  14,  1802, 
in  Weathersfield,  Vt.;  d.  Apr.  23,  1884. 

He  was  born  in  Washington  county,  Vt.,  to  which  county  his  father  had  emi- 
"grated  from  Westboro,  Mass.,  a  few  years  previous.  He  was  the  oldest  of  eight 
children.  In  1817  he  removed  with  his  father  to  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  and  settled 
on  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Champion.  In  1830  he  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres, 
partly  wild  land,  and  commenced  clearing  it  to  make  a  home  for  himself.  Sept.  8, 
1831,  he  married  Hannah  Bradish,  of  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  and  they  continued  to  reside 
on  the  farm  until  1846,  when  he  exchanged  it  for  a  larger  one  in  the  town  of  Den- 
mark, Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  which  he  resided  until  1877,  when  he  sold  it  and  removed 
to  peer  River,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  lived  with  his  oldest  son  (Nathaniel  B.) 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  Aug.  4, 1880.  He  led  a  very  active  lite.  Besides  man- 
aging his  large  farm,  he  was  an  extensive  stock  dealer,  buying  many  thousands  of 
cattle  in  western  New  York,  Ohio  and  Canada,  and  driving  them  to  the  eastern  mar- 
kets in  New  York  and  Albany.  In  this  business  he  amassed  a  considerable  fortune. 
He  was  strictly  honest,  and  a  man  of  much  influence  in  the  community  in  which  he 
lived,  where  he  was  highly  respected.     He  d.  Aug.  14,  1880;  res.  Champion,  N.  Y. 

7717.  ii.         Henry  Stearns,  b.  July  16,  1840;  m.  Hannah  Maria  Lawrence. 

7718.  i.         Nathaniel  Bradish,  b.  Mar.  13,  1838;  m.  Rhuby  H.  Houghton. 

7719.  iii.       James  E.,  b.  May  13,  1842;  m.  Marrian  A.  Lewis. 

7720.  iv.       JosiAH  DwiGHT,  b.  May  5,  1844;  m.  Nancy  Maria  Ryel. 

4501.  George  Sparrack  Whitney  (William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Feb.  28,  1809;  m.  Emaline  (Wright)  Whitney.  He  d.  June  30, 
1873;  res.  Champion,  N.  Y.;  s.  p.,  one  boy  adopted. 

4503.  David  Josiah  Whitney  (Willam  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Jan.  22,  1814;  m. Smith;  b. .  He  d.  1887;  res.  Ra- 
cine, Wis.,  and  Chicago,  111. 

7721.  i.  ISADORE,  b. ;  m. Black;  res.  Racine,  Wis. 

4507.  William  Henry  Whitney  (William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  June  16,  1821;  m.  Patience  Ryan  Johnson;  res.   Copenhagen, N.  Y. 

7722.  i.  Clarissa  Almira,  b.  June  16,  1848;  m.  June  28,  1871,  Horace 

Campbell;  res.  Denmark,  N.  Y.;  s.  p. 

7723.  iii.       William  Henry,  b.  Aug.  13,  1851;  m.  Maria  Jane  Hoxley. 

4509.  Edwin  Goldsmith  Whitney  (Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  30,  1812;  m.  July,  1834,  Maria  Carver.  He  was  for  many 
years  president  of  First  National  bank  there;  very  wealthy  and  influential  all  along 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  495 


the  Ohio  river  in  the  active  early  years  of  developments   in   that   region.     He  d. 
Dec.  3,  1880;  res.  Madison,  Ind. 

7724.  i.     Brainard  W.;  res.  New  York  City. 

4511.  Roland  A.  Whitney  (Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Mar.  20, 1817;  m.  July  81,  1849,  Eliza  Hicks;  b.  Mar.  16,  1822;  d.  Nov.  13, 
1855;  m.  2d,  Apr.  13,  1858,  Annie  E.  Lemon;  b.  Mar.  28,  1830. 

He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  for  over  fifty  years  has  resided  in  Louisville, 
Ky.;  for  thirty  years  he  was  in  the  merchandising  business,  and  for  the  past  twenty 
years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  jeans  and  woolens.  He  is  now 
(1894)  president  of  the  Falls  City  Jeans  and  Woolen  Co.,  incorporated,  manufacturers 
•of  Kentuky  jeans;  res.  Louisville,  Ky. 

7725.  i.  Roland  L.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1859;  m.  Betty  McGoodwin. 

7726.  ii.         LiBBiE,  b.  July  24,  1861;  m.  May  5,  1886,  Bushrod  W.  Tavlor;  b. 

Feb.  12,  1859;  res.  Louisville,  Ky.    Ch.:  Elise,  b.  Oct.  27,  1888; 
Roland  W.,  b.  July  7,  1894. 

7727.  iii.        Logan  R.,  b.  July  17,  1866;  m.  Florence  Woodruff. 

7728.  iv.       James  E.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1864.     He  was  born  in  Louisville,  and  has 

always  resided  there.     He  now  (1894)  is  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Kelley  Axe  Manufacturing  Co. 

7729.  v.         Fayett,  b.  Apr.  29,  1868;  d.  Jan.  11,  1869. 

4512.  Alexander  Nelson  Whitney  (Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham, 
IVIoses,  Richard,  John),  b.  at  Madison,  Ind.,  June  24,  1819;  m.  June  21,  1853,  at  Barre, 
Mass.,  Elvira  Augusta  Smith;  b.  Aug.  12,  1824. 

Alexander  Nelson  Whitney  was  born  in  Madison,  Ind.;  was  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Lowe  &  Whitney,  wholesale  dealers  in  boots  and  shoes,  in  Louisville;  self-edu- 
cated; fond  of  society  and  music;  kind  to  the  poor  and  unfortunate;  one  of  the  pillars 
in  his  church;  upright  and  honorable.  Was  afflicted  with  rheumatism  and  consump- 
tion, which,  after  he  traveled  through  the  N.  W.  and  the  south  in  endeavoring  to 
regain  health,  finally  caused  his  death.  He,  with  his  mother  and  two  grand  sons,  lie 
in  Cave  Hill  cemetery.  A  few  months  after  his  death  his  widow  moved  to  Madison, 
Ind.,  and  in  fall  of  1864  to  West  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  where  the  home  still  is.  He  d. 
July  20,  1858;  res.  Louisville,  Ky. 


7730. 
7731. 
7732. 


Nelson  O.,  b.  May  3,  1858;  m.  Mary  E.  Tainter. 
i.  Edwin  Bane,  b.  Apr.  28,  1854;  d.  Sept.  16,  1856. 
ii.       Willie  Frank,  b.  Oct.  23,  1855;  d.  May  2,  1870. 


4514.  Hon.  George  Henry  Whitney  (Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Framingham,  Mass.,  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  Apr.  25,  1844,  Susan  Glover 
5tickney,  b.  May  22,  1826. 

Hon.  George  H.  Whitney  was  one  of  the  noblest  and  most  honored  citizens  of 
Nashua.  He  was  a  native  of  Framingham,  Mass.,  but,  since  a  child  of  four  years, 
with  the  exception  of  one  year,  his  home  has  been  in  Nashua.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools.  In  1838  the  late  John  H.  Gage  started  a  machin- 
ery manufacturing  industry,  and  a  year  later  Mr.  Whitney  became  connected  with 
it,  a  connection  which  was  not  severed  to  his  death.  In  1851,  with  D.  A.  G.  Warner, 
Mr.  Whitney  was  given  an  interest  in  the  Gage  machinery  business,  and  in  1862  Mr. 
Gage  being  accidentally  shot,  the  firm  then  became  Warner  &  Whitney,  remaining 
so  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Warner  in  1873,  when  for  the  five  succeeding  years  Mr. 
Whitney  conducted  the  business  alone.  In  public  life,  as  well  as  in  business,  Mr. 
Whitney  was  very  prominent.  He  early  identified  himself  with  the  Whig  party,  but 
had  been  a  member  of  the  Republican  party  since  its  organization.  In  the  sessions 
of  1855  and  '56  he  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature.  In  1857  and  '58  he  was  a 
member  of  the  aldermanic  board  of  the  city.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
assessors  two  years,  and  also  for  two  years  was  one  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor;  in 
1875  he  was  mayor  of  Nashua.  He  had  been  a  trustee  in  the  Mechanics'  Savings 
hank,  and  served  on  the  directory  board  of  the  Second  National  bank  the  first  year 
of  its  organization.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  fraternal  organizations,  and  in 
Masonry  had  taken  all  the  degrees  up  to  and  including  the  32d.  For  nearly  twenty 
years  he  had  been  identified  with  and  was  a  member  of  the  Pilgrim  church.  In  pub- 
lic, private  and  business  life  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  true  American.  He  leaves  a  noble 
record  of  work  well  done,  of  duties  never  shirked,  of  all  that  is  best  in  manhood  ful- 
filled. In  his  family  he  was  a  model  husband  and  father.  The  city  loses  a  grand 
■citizen  and  a  man  of  the  strictest  integrity  by  his  death.     The  Nashua  paper  says: 


HON.  GEORGE  H.  WHITNEY. 


7733. 

7734. 

ii. 

7735. 

111. 

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"  Mr.  Whitney  has  been  a  conspicuous  citizen  and  an  indefatigable  worker  in  efforts 
to  advance  Nashua's  temporal  and  moral  interests;  in  fact,  it  may  be  truly  said  that 
no  man  within  her  borders  was  more  respected  in  all  the  walks  and  associations  of 
life."     He  d.  Mar.  7.  1895;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Geo.  Fred,  b.  Nov.  2,  1846;  m.  Elthea  A.  Davis. 

Clarence  Ringold,  b.  July  24,  1847;  d.  Oct.  8,  1868. 

Charles  H.,  b.  June  22,  1851;  m.  Eliza  J.  Centher  and  Anna  F. 
Fisher. 

7736.  iv.       Alice  Gertrude,  b.  Sept.  28,  1853;  m.  Sept.  27, 1881,  William 

H.  Sexton;  res.  Nashua.  Ch.:  Susan  Gertrude,  b.  July  6,  1883; 
Katherine  Bland,  b.  Sept.  6,  1886;  Marion  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug. 
13, 1890;  d.  Jan.  27,  1890. 

7737.  v.         Eugene  Prescott,  b.  Nov.  22,  1855;  m.  Elizabeth  Jobert  and 

Myra  White. 

7738.  vi.       Willis  Irving,  b.  Mar.  21,  1845;  d.  June  10,  1848. 

7739.  vii.      Susan  May,  b.  Dec.  23,  1859;  d.  Jan.  5,  1860. 

4518.  Edvi^ard  Payson  Whitney  (Jesse,Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  May  2,  1828,  in  Nashua,  N.  H.;  m.  Feb.  22,  1850,  Josephine  Stick- 
ney.  Edward  P.  Whitney  was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H.;  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools;  learned  the  trade  of  a  machinist  of  John  H.  Gage.  Soon  after, 
when  the  Mexican  war  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  navy,  and  sailed  in  the  Frigate 
"Cumberland"  for  Vera  Cruz,  Mex.;  remained  in  service  about  one  year,  than  resumed 
his  farming  business,  and  has  continued  it  most  of  the  time  since,  is  now  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Colt's  Armory  Works,  Hartford,  Conn.;  he  came  35  or  40  years  ago,  with 
others  from  the  armory,  went  to  London,  Eng.,  with  Col.  Colt,  to  establish  works  for 
manufacture  of  fire  arms,  in  the  old  Parliament  houses,  remained  about  two  years, 
then  returned  to  Hartford.  Some  16  years  ago  he  went  to  St.  Petersburg,  Russia, 
employed  by  the  Russian  government  for  one  year  to  instruct  the  soldiers  in  use  of 
the  Berdan  rifle,  made  at  the  armory;  he  now  resides  in  Hartford,  has  been  and 
now  is  somewhat  prominent  in  politics  (Republican),  is  alderman  and  has  held  other 
positions  of  trust,  etc.;  res.  55  Huyshope  Ave.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

7740.  i.  Helen  L.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1850;  d.  Oct.  8,  1860. 

7741.  ii.        Edward  P.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1854;  d.  Dec.  31,  1867. 

7742.  iii.       Elizabeth   A.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1856;  m.  Oct.  15,  1879,  Walter  Lee 

Cheney;  res.  H.  Ch.:  Rowena,  b.  July  8,  1887;  Amos  E.  and 
William  L.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1892. 

7743.  iv.        Harry  Otis,  b.  Apr.  15,  1858;  m.  Apr.  15, 1884,  Emma  E.  Cramer; 

d.  Oct.  9,  1888;  m.  2d,  Nov.  23,  1892,  Nellie  J.  Rice;  res.  H.  He 
was  b.  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  Colts  Meadow.  Never  knew  anything 
until  he  was  8  years  of  age,  at  that  time  he  commenced  to 
attend  the  public  school  in  what  is  called  the  "Flat  Iron"  buil- 
ding; life  uneventful  except  for  school  boy  pranks  until  14th 
year,  when  he  considered  that  he  knew  more  than  his  teachers; 
gave  up  going  to  school  and  went  to  work  for  Hill's  Archimedean 
Lawn  Mower  Co.  in  1872;  on  Aug.  8,  left  there  and  went  to 
work  for  Mr.  Frege  a  contractor  in  Colt's  Pistol  factory;  in  1880 
left  home  and  went  to  Bridgeport,  where  he  worked  for  the 
Frary  Cutlery  Co.:  with  them  until  June  11,  same  year,  when  he 
moved  to  New  Haven  and  went  to  work  for  the  'Winchester  Re- 
peating Arms  Co.,  where  he  has  worked  ever  since,  except  7 
months  in  1883,  when  he  went  on  a  working  trip  to  Cincinnati, 
O.;  no  work  there,  as  expected;  from  there  to  Cleveland,  O.,  then 
to  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  worked  for  the  Detroit  Novelty 
Manufacturing  Co.  for  7  weeks;  from  there  went  to  Chicago,  111., 
worked  one  week  for  the  Eldredge  Sewing  Machine  Co.,  then 
went  further  west  to  Cedar  Rapids,  la.;  homesick  and  disgusted 
with  the  west,  came  back  to  New  Haven  in  1883. 

7744.  v.        Josephine   A.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1861;  m.  Nov.  9,  1882,  Harrv  R.Knox; 

res.  H.  Ch.:  James  W.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1883;  Clarence  M.,  b.  Sept. 
16,  1885. 

4519.  Charles  Frederick  Whitney  (Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec.  26,  1829,  Helen  L.  Blaisdell;  b.  Lowell. 
Mass.    Charles  F.  Whitney  was  born  in  Nashua;  educated  in  public  schools  there; 


498  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


learned  the  machinist's  trade  in  his  brother's  works;  has  worked  for  the  Walworth 
Mfg.  Co.,  Boston,  a  number  of  years,  and  is  now  employed  at  his  brother's,  George 
M.,  works  at  Nashua;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

4520.  Eugene  Francis  Whitney  (Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Feb.  7,  1834;  m.  there  Mar,  1,  1860,  Carrie  H. 
Clark;  b.  Nov.  14,  1831.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  at  Nashua.  At  the 
age  of  17  commenced  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  molder  of  machinery  castings;  at  the 
age  of  21  had  charge  of  a  boiler  and  foundry  works  in  New  York  City.  In  1887 
worked  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  Knoxville,  Tenn.  From  there  had  a  call  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Nashua  Foundry  Co.  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  which  position  he  has  held 
"26  years.  Has  held  important  offices  in  the  city,  minor  offices,  besides  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education,  common  council  2  years,  1  year  as  president  of  the  board, 
■2  years  as  alderman  and  now  chairman  of  the  board  of  assessors,  which  position 
he  has  held  for  6  years  and  re-elected  for  a  term  of  2  years.  He  is  prominent  in 
the  various  financial,  charitable  and  other  institutions  in  the  city,  is  highly  honored, 
and  has  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens.  Republican  in  politics;  res. 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

7745.  i.         Lizzie  Adams,  b.  Jan.  15,  1861;  m.  Aug.  15,  1881,  W.  V.  Gilman; 

res.  Springfield,  Mass. 

4522.  Richard  Dexter  Whitney  (Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Oct.  26,  1836;  m.  Nov.  24, 1858,  Laura  A.  Ingraham, 
b.  May  17,  1888,  at  Williamsville,  Vt. 

Richard  Dexter  Whitney  is  a  native  of  Nashua.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  there;  learned  the  machinist  business  under  the  superintendence 
•of  his  brother,  George  M.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion  he  went  into  the 
employ  of  the  government  at  the  armory  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  to  manufacture  guns 
for  the  army,  remaining  there  some  two  years.  Afterward  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Hayden  Mfg.  Co.,  and  later  in  the  optical  works  at  Springfield.  At  the  present  time 
is  superintendent  of  the  Walworth  Mfg.  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  Mr.  Whitney  is  a  very 
-energetic  and  persevering  man,  and  very  popular  with  his  associates,  and  never  lets 
the  grass  grow  very  much  under  his  feet;  res.  763  E.  Broadway,  South  Boston,  Mass. 

7746.  i.  Helen  Louise,  b.  June  6,  1860;  res.  Boston. 

7747.  ii.         Wm.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  29,  1862;  m.  Oct.  1,  1890;  res.  s.  p.  Spring- 

field, Mass. 

7748.  iii.       Frank  Ratkburn,  b.  June  13,  1868;  res.  768  E.  Broadway,  So, 

Boston. 

4523.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1840;  m.  Jan.  7,  1872,  in  Boston,  Josephine 
Swain  Osgood,  b.  June  7,  1850. 

He  was  born  in  Slow  on  the  farm  purchased  by  his  father,  Isaac,  where  he  is 
now  residing,  and  where  he  has  always  lived  with  the  exception  of  two  years,  when 
he  was  in  Delaware  and  following  tht  sea;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

7749.  i.  William  Everett,  b.  Apr.  30, 1873. 
Laura  Josephine,  b.  Mar.  13,  1874. 
Eugene  Henry,  b.  Sept.  16, 1876. 
Elsie  Jane,  b.  Mar.  13,  1880. 
Alice  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  18,  1881. 
Florence  Swain,  b.  Sept.  19, 1884;  d.  May  8,  1891. 

4524.  Isaac  Nelson  Whitney  (Isaac,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  26, 1844,  in  Stow,  Mass.;  m.  Jan.  1,  1868,  Lourana  C.  Maston; 
"b.  May  12, 1838.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Bridgeville,  Del. 

■  Mary  L.,  b.  June  3,  1869. 

Wm.  H.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1871. 
Josephine,  b.  Feb.  20,  1876. 
Geo.  E.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1800. 

4543.  Abraham  Whitney  (Christopher,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  28,  1837;  m.  July,  1865,  Mary  Elizabeth  Swan;  b.  July  25, 1844; 
<i.  Feb.  28,  1874;  m.  2d,  Eliza  Whitcomb;  res.  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  and  Lynn,  Mass. 

7759.  i.  Dolly  M.,  b.  July  4,  1872. 

7760.  ii.        Louis  A.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1874. 

7761.  iii.       ,  b.  in  1877. 


7750. 

ii. 

7751. 

in. 

7752. 

iv. 

7753. 

V. 

7754. 

VI. 

77.55. 

7756. 

ii. 

1  lOI. 

iii. 

7758. 

iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


499 


4548.  Davis  S.  Whitney  (Salmon,  Salmon,  Jonas.  Jonas.  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Oct.  2,  1824;  m.  May  24,  1883,  Mrs.  Sarah  T.  Belcher;  b.  May  5,1830; 
res.  5  Puritan  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

4664.  George  Henry  Whitney  (Justin,  Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  July  18,  1839;  m.  at  Worcester,  July  2,  1870.  Sarah  C. 
Gould;  b.  Oct.  21,  1840.  He  is  a  druggist;  s.  p.;  res.  Jefferson,  Mass.,  and  Ontario, 
Cal. 

4567.  Nathan  Whitney  (Nathan,  Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Nov.  3,  1816;  m.  at  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Apr.  29,  1845,  Nancy 
Augusta  Hay,  b.  May  28,  1821;  d.  Aug.  3,  1893.  He  was  a  contractor.  He  d. 
Sept.  4,  1886;  res.  Dublin,  N.  H.,  and  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Albert  Raymond,  b.  Mar.  25,  1846;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 
Engelin   Mazota,   b.   May  28,   1848; 

m. Shepley;     res.     Waverly 

House,  Boston,  Mass. 
Emeline   Frances,    b.  Aug.  9,   1850; 

m. Briggs;  res.  Montpelier,  Vt. 

Clara  Mehala,  b.  June  24,  1853;  m. 
H.    W.    Raymond;    res.    13    Wesley 
Park,  Somerville,  Mass. 
William  Edwin,  b.  Nov.  23,  1856;  res. 

Union  Sq.,  Somerville,  Mass. 
Elmar  Hale,  b.  Dec.  29,  1858;  m.  Ida 

W.  Gregg. 
Edgar  Hay,  b.  Dec.  29, 1858;  unm.    He 
is  manager  of  a  manufacturing  com- 
pany; res.  155  Congress  St.,  Boston. 
Ada  Molissa,  b.  Feb.  12,  I860;  m.  C. 

H.   Norton;  res.  Egypt,  Mass. 
Harry    Loring,  b.  July  4,  1863;  ad- 
dress, 319  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

4569.  Newton  Whitney  (Nathan,  Salmon,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  July  26,  1820;  m.  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  in  1848,  Mary 
P.  White,  b.  1829;  d.  Aug.  9,  1849;  m.  2d  in  1868  Mary  L.  Hayward.      He  is  a  farmer; 


7762. 
7763. 

i. 
ii. 

7764. 

iii 

7765. 

iv 

7766. 

v. 

7767. 

vi 

r768.     vii. 


7769.    viii. 


7770. 


IX. 


EDGAR  H.  WHITNEY. 


res.  Chicopee,  Mass.,  P.  O.  box  60 


7771.     i 


7772. 
7773. 


n. 
iii. 


Myron  B.,  b.   Apr.  11,  1849;  m.  at  St.  Anthonv  Park,  Minn.,  Sept. 

4,  1887,  Henrietta  H,  Gould,  b.  Oct.  6,  1858;  res.,  s.  p.,  at  St. 

Anthony  Park.     He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder. 
Charles  N.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1869;  res.  C. 
George,  b.  Apr.  10,  1875;  res.  C. 


4580.     Cyrus  P.  Whitney  (Peter,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
1).   Feb.  12,    1843;  m.  Sept.  3,   1865,  Cynthia    L.   Davenport,  b.  May   9,  18:38;  res. 


Malone,  N.  Y. 

7774.  i. 

7775.  ii. 

7776.  iii. 

7777.  iv. 


Eva  Maria,  b.  Nov.  15,  1866. 

Charles  Leonard,  b.  May  5,  1868;  m.  Mattie  E.  Irish. 
Carl  Cushing,  b.  Feb.  24, 1873;  d.  May  10,  1876. 
Floy  Fisk,  b.  July  20,  187.7. 


4581.     Byron  A.  Whitney  (Peter,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
t.  Dickinson,  N,  Y.,  Jan.   14,  1845;  m.  at  Malone,  Apr.  17,  1868,  Sally  R.  Hazen,  b. 
Jan.  17,  1850.     He  is  an  insurance  agent  and  music  dealer;  res.  Norwood,  N.  Y. 
7778.    i.  Melvin,  b.  Jan.  7,  1871 ;  d.  Sept.  28,  1874. 

Lena,  b.  Aug.  20,  1875;  d.  Mar.  18,  1878. 
Leighton,  b.  Nov.  22,  1878;  d,  Mar.  22,  1883. 
Grace,  b.  Feb.  10,  1881;  d.  Apr.  16,  1884. 
Vera,  b.  May  6,  1879;  d.  Mar.  29,  1883. 
Olin  H.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1884. 

4584.  Warren  Whitney  (Garv,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  July  17,  1838;  m.  Jan.  1,  1859,  Delia  Martin,  b.  1840;  m.  2d,  July  8,  1872,  Mary  E. 
Bisbee,  b.  Oct.  18,  1854;  res.  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  1417  Broadway. 


7779. 

ii. 

7780. 

ni. 

7781. 

iv. 

7782. 

V. 

7783. 

vi. 

500  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7784.  i.  John C,  b.  May  24,  1861;  m.  Bertha  George;  res.  Kansas  City. 

7785.  ii.         Grenville,  b.  1877. 

7786.  iii.       Florence,  b.  1881. 

4587.  L.  Grenville  Whitney  (Gary,  Israel.  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses.  Richard^ 
John),  b.  Dec.  25,  1847;  m.  Oct.  24,  1879,  Ida  H.  Lincoln,  b.  July  24,  1852.  He  is  in  the 
insurance  business;  res.  Atlanta,  Ga. 

7787.  i.  Ethel  S.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1880. 

4590.  Elisha  Gerry  Whitney  (Sealand,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  North  Hero,  Vt.,  May  19,  1828;  m.  at  Pittsford,  Vt.,  Dec.  26,  1854,  Eliza 
A.  Hitchcock;  b.  Nov.  11,  1884;  d.  July  17,  1868;  m.  2d,  Dec.  1,  1870,  Mrs.  Mary  Clark 
McMann;  b.  Apr.  15,  1822;  d.  Nov,  4,  1891;  m.  3d.  July  30,  1892,  Mary  Elizabeth  Mor- 
gan, b.  June  18,  1851. 

He  was  born  in  North  Hero  on  the  west  shore  of  the  island  which  forms  this 
town.  He  grew  up  on  the  shore  of  the  lake  and  on  the  farm,  a  student  and  lover  of 
home  and  nature;  was  trained  to  work,  to  respect  the  Sabbath,  to  keep  good  com- 
pany, to  be  honest  and  truthful,  to  use  no  bad  language,  rum  or  tobacco.  Attended 
district  school,  and  when  seventeen  years  of  age  went  to  Bakersfield  academy; 
taught  district  school  several  winters;  in  1848  went  to  West  Poultney,  Vt.,  and 
secured  a  position  as  Assistant  Pupil,  and  remained  as  regular  teacher  in  Troy  con- 
ference academy  some  time  after  graduation;  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Eliza 
A.  Hitchcock,  of  Pittsford,  Vt.,  also  a  graduate  of  the  same  institution,  and  married 
her.  In  September,  1855,  began  teaching  a  private  school  in  the  city  of  Albany, 
N.  v.,  remained  there  about  four  years,  and  then  moved  to  Malone,  N.  Y.;  taught 
several  years  in  Franklin  county,  and  finally  settled  on  a  farm  near  Malone,  where 
he  now  resides,  following  the  profession  which  gives  competence,  ease,  freedom, 
health,  rest  and  satisfaction.  He  has  the  good  will  of  his  neighbors,  the  love  of  his 
family  and  the  respect  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives;  res.  Malone,  N.  Y. 

7788.  i.  Charles  Gerry,  b.  July  28,  1861;  m.  Grace  H.  Barnard. 

7789.  ii.         James  Adams,  b.  July  '8,  1868;  res.  Malone.     He  was  born  in 

Malone,  N.  Y.,  July  8,  1863;  was  only  five  years  of  age  when  he 
lost  his  best  friend  in  the  death  of  his  mother.  Kind  friends 
have  done  what  they  could  to  repair  the  loss  he  thus  sustained, 
and  he  has  become  a  strong,  able-bodied  man,  of  good  habits 
and  sound  principles.  While  not  disliking  agricultural  pursuits, 
he  had  a  strong  desire  for  mechanical  engineering,  and  left  the 
farm  for  a  time  to  become  a  locomotive  engineer  on  the  O.  & 
L.  C.  division  of  the  Central  Vermont  railroad;  has  since  left 
the  railroad  and  returned  to  farming.  "  May  he  never  have 
cause  to  regret  it." 

7790.  iii.       Franklin  Leonard,  b.  May,  1868;  d.  July  14, 1868. 

4591.  Rev.  Seymour  Bangs  Whitney  (Sealand,  Israel,  Tonas,  Jonas,  Moses^ 
Richard,  John),  b.  North  Hero,  Vt.,  June  5,  1837;  m.  Buck's  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  2, 
1862,  Calista  M.  Coburn;  b.  Oct  31,  1836;  d.  Apr.  16,  1889;  res.  Bridgewater,  So.  Dak., 
Oswego,  Kas. 

7791.  i.         MiLO  S.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1864. 

7792.  ii.        S.  Jay,  b.  July  14,  1869. 

4592.  Rev.  Buel  Langdon  Whitney  (Sealand,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  North  Hero,  Vt.,  Dec.  10,  1845;  m.  at  Hampton,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  28, 
1869,  Esther  E.  Harris;  b.  Oct.  8,  1847. 

Buel  Langdon  Whitney  was  born  on  North  Hero,  an  island  in  the  northern  part 
of  Lake  Champlain,  Dec.  10,  1845.  Later  the  family  removed  to  Alburgh,  on  the 
peninsula  of  the  same  name,  so  that  the  first  twelve  years  of  his  life  were  spent  near 
the  beautiful  lake.  About  this  time  the  family  moved  to  Malone,  in  northern  New 
York,  where  they  resided  till  the  death  of  the  parents  and  the  scattering  of  the  sons 
to  other  homes  broke  up  the  home  ties.  The  family  of  growing  boys  had  here  the 
double  advantage  of  the  wholesome  farm  life  and  the  excellent  school  privileges 
which  the  town  afforded.  After  leaving  school  Mr.  Whitney  taught  for  several  years 
in  the  public  schools,  both  in  northern  New  York  and  in  the  vicinity  of  his  early 
home  on  Lake  Champlain,  whose  natural  beauties  held  a  strong  charm  for  him  through 
all  his  life.  In  1869  he  married  Miss  E.  E.  Harris,  of  E.  Poultney,  Vt.,  and  after  two 
years"  residence  at  the  homestead  in  Malone,  moved  to  central  New  York  near  Syra- 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  501 

■cuse.  Not  long  after  he  was  appointed  president  of  the  New  York  and  Pennsylvania 
■conferences  of  Seventh-day  Adventists,  with  which  body  he  had  long  been  connected 
This  office  he  held  for  ten  years,  until  in  1883  he  received  an  appointment  to  the 
mission  of  this  denomination  in  Basle,  Switzerland.  The  death  of  the  director  of  this 
mission  soon  left  the  local  responsibility  of  the  work  upon  Mr.  Whitney.  During  his 
connection  with  the  mission  a  large  publishing  house  was  built  and  equipped,  the 
work  of  publication  which  had  previously  been  conducted  only  in  the  French  lan- 
guage was  extended  to  the  German,  Italian  and  Roumanian  languages,  and  the 
work  of  the  mission  otherwise  enlarged  and  organized.  All  this  involved  not  only 
the  care  of  the  work  at  home,  but  almost  constant  travel  through  the  various  coun- 
tries of  Europe  in  the  interests  of  the  work,  from  the  Scandinavian  countries  to 
southern  Italy  and  from  England  to  the  borders  of  Russia,  and  across  the  Atlantic  to 
the  homeland.  His  health  failed  after  a  little  more  than  four  years  abroad  and  he 
returned  with  his  family  to  America,  and  died  at  Battle  Creek,  April  9,  1888.  Mr. 
Whitney  was  an  indefatigable  worker,  an  earnest  Christian,  a  genial  and  constant 
friend,  and  a  devoted  husband  and  father.  He  was  a  man  of  large,  generous  nature, 
quick  sympathy  and  ready  tact,  which  with  an  unswerving  integrity  of  character, 
won  and  held  for  him  many  friends,  both  in  social  and  business  relations.  His  death 
in  the  prime  of  manhood  seemed  untimely  to  the  many  who  mourned  him;  but  the 
triumph  with  which  he  met  the  "  last  enemy  "  and  the  peace  in  which  he  feU  asleep 
were  a  fitting  close  to  a  life  of  earnest  Christian  activity.  He  d.  Apr.  9,  1888;  res. 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

7793.  i.         Jeanne  C,  b.  Feb,  26,  1872:  res.  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

7794.  ii.        Laura  E.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1873;  res.  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

4594.  Rev.  Edward  Wilbur  Whitnev  (Sealand,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  North  Hero,  Vt.,  Oct.  1,  1850;  m.  Ridge  Road,  N."Y.,  Lizzie  E. 
Taylor;  b.  Oct.  26,  1853;  res.  Boulder,  Col. 

7795.  i.  Lizzie  Wilberta,  b.  Ian.  11,  1877. 

7796.  ii.        Leon  P.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1878. 

7797.  iii.       Gary  M.,  b.  Feb.  14,  1893. 

4598.  Col.  George  Whitney  (Amos,  Levi,  Jonas,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Royalston,  Mass.,  Sept.  21,  1817;  m.  Apr.  20,  1842,  Eliza  Jane  Simpson;  b. 
Sept.  26,  1823;  d.  Dec.  31,  1884;  m.  2d,  Aug.  21,  1890,  Mary  Evelyn  Carter;  b.  June 
17,  1849. 

Col.  George  Whitney  is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  successful  business 
men  of  Worcester  county.  He  has  achieved  success.  He  was  brought  up  on  a  farm, 
and  drove  a  team  on  the  highway  for  ten  years.  In  1858,  soon  after  the  death  of 
Rufus  Bullock,  he  bought  the  woolen  mill  at  South  Royalston,  although  he  already 
owned  a  chair  shop,  and  had  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  chairs  since  the 
year  1848.  He  thus  became  the  head  of  two  important  manufacturing  interests.  He 
employs  more  than  one  hundred  hands  in  both  factories,  and  during  the  past  years 
of  depression  and  widespread  "  panic  "  has  moved  steadily  on,  keeping  the  full  quota 
of  help  in  both  the  mill  and  chair  shop.  Col.  Whitney  has  held  the  position  of  depot- 
agent  continuously  since  the  establishment  of  a  depot  at  South  Royalston;  has 
represented  his  town  in  the  legislature,  both  in  the  house  and  senate.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  governor's  council  for  the  years  1873-74-75-76,  and  1877, 
five  consecutive  years,  when  he  declined  to  stand  longer  as  a  candidate  for  the  office. 
The  vote  at  the  election  in  1875,  to  serve  in  1876,  as  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
secretary  of  state  is:  George  Whitney,  24,318;  scattering,  7.  The  vote  at  the  election 
in  1876,  to  serve  in  1877,  recorded  as  above  is:  Geo.  Whitney,  33.354,  and  no  vo;e 
against  him.  We  venture  to  say  that  no  other  public  man  in  the  commonwealth  has 
a  like  record  of  unanimity  at  any  election  where  30,000  or  more  ballots  have  b:en 
cast;  res.  Royalston,  Mass. 

Sophia  Elizabeth,  b.  May  2,  1844;  d.  Julv  15,  1844. 
Charles,  b.  Dec.  28,  1845;  d.  Sept.  17,  1861. 
Mary  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  11,  1847;  d.  Oct.  27,  1865. 
George  Ellis,  b.  Jan.  30,  1864;  m.  Dec.  14, 1889,  Elizabeth  Clark 
Esterbrook;  res.  s.  p.  West  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

4601.  George  Frederick  Whitney  (Samuel,  Lemuel,  Ephraim,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Brattleboro,  \'t.,  Dec.  24,  1821;  m.  in  Woodstock,  Jan.  7, 
1849,  Augusta  P.  Eaton;  b.  July  21,  1826. 

He  was  born  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  but  his  early   manhood   was   passed  in  Wood- 


7798. 

7799. 

ii. 

7800. 

iii 

7801. 

IV, 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  503 

stock,  where  he  was  married.  For  several  years  he  kept  hotel,  and  in  1856  moved  to 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  after  a  residence  of  ten  years  he  died.  After  his  death  the 
family  returned  to  Woodstock,  Vt.    He  d.  Dec.  6,  1866;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

7802.  i.  Harry,  b.  Mar.  5,  1852;  m.  Jessie  Corwin;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

7803.  ii.         Mary   Augusta,  b.  Sept.  5,   1853;   m.  June  12,  1878,  James   C. 

Barrett;  b.  Dec.  26,  1851;  d.  Feb.  15,  1887;  res.  15  Pleasant  St., 
Rutland,  Vt.  He  was  a  lawyer.  Ch.:  Fred'k  Jas.,  b.  Nov.  25,. 
1879;  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  12,  1881. 

7804.  iii.       Ellen  Amelia,  b.  Aug.  31,  1864;  m.  Oct.  28,  1885,  Dr.  Deane 

Richmond;  res.  Windsor,  Vt.  He  was  b.  Aug.  20,1862.  Ch.: 
Whitney  J.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1887;  Robert  K.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1889;  How- 
ard K.,  b.  June  2,  1891. 

4606.  Charles  Lemuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Lemuel,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Cavendish,  Vt..  Feb.  23,  1832;  m.  in  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  27, 1857, 
Frances  J.  Gore;  b.  Nov.  9,  1835;  d.  Nov.  17, 1872,  in  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

He  was  born  in  Proctorsville  in  the  town  of  Cavendish,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt.;  lived 
there  about  six  weeks,  then  went  to  White  River;  lived  there  about  two  years,  then 
went  to  Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  his  father  and  mother  died.  Lived  there  till  he  was 
about  sixteen  years  old.  After  that  he  was  clerk  in  the  old  Stage  house,  at  Brattle- 
boro, Vt.,  working  for  Major  Henry  Smith.  Afterwards  was  in  the  Revere  house, 
Boston,  Mass.,  for  a  time;  also,  was  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  in  the  Windsor  house,  for  J.  H. 
Simonds.  He  kept  the  Central  house,  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  from  1853  to  1856,  three 
years,  then  went  to  Toledo,  O.,  and  had  charge  and  opened  the  Island  house.  Stayed 
there  about  a  year,  then  took  the  Kingsbury  house,  with  Mr.  J.  Brown;  afterwards 
sold  out  to  him.  He  went  to  Brattleboro  for  a  while.  Then  traveled  with  James 
Fisk,  Jr.,  for  a  year  or  two  on  the  road,  and  was  with  him  when  he  failed,  just  before 
he  went  in  with  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.,  of  Boston.  Then  he  went  to  Rutland,  Vt.,  and 
was  with  E.  Foster  Cook,  in  the  Bardwell  house,  for  three  years.  Then  went  to 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  and  took  his  wife's  father's  business  in  making  mowing  machines 
for  a  few  years.  He  was  tuning  for  the  Estey  Organ  Company,  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  for 
two  years,  then  went  to  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  had  charge  of  the  tuning  depart- 
ment in  B.  Shoninger's  organ  factory  for  three  or  four  years,  afterwards  with  the  New 
Haven  Organ  Co.  for  a  year  or  so;  then  was  back  to  Brattleboro  for  a  few  years,  and 
then  went  with  O.  B.  North  &  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  extensive  makers  of  saddlery 
and  carriage  hardware,  as  traveling  salesman,  whene  he  has  been  for  the  last  twelve 
years;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn. 

7805.  i.  Alice  Chase,  b.  Feb.  21,  1868;  res.  15  Pleasant  St.,  Rutland,  Vt.. 

7806.  ii.         Fred'k,  b.  June  19,  1859;  d.  Jan.  20,  1860. 

4608.  Charles  Marsh  Whitney  (Edward  W.,  Samuel  W.,  Ephraim,  Jonas,. 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Dummerston,  Vt.,  Feb.  10,  1828;  m.  at  Fairfax,  Vt ,  Oct.  7, 
1850,  Delia  Minerva  Safford;  b.  May  13,  1831. 

Charles  Marsh  Whitney  left  Albany  in  1840,  going  to  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y., 
where  he  clerked  in  the  store  of  his  uncle  Charles  Marsh.  From  this  point  he  went 
to  Bangor,  N.  Y.,  engaging  in  mercantile  pursuits,  for  a  period  of  three  years,  when 
he  went  to  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  in  1857,  engaging  in  the  lumber  business  with  Sher- 
man, Griswold  &  Co.  On  the  completion  of  the  La  Crosse  &  Milwaukee  railroad  (now 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul),  he  entered  its  employ,  being  chief  clerk  and 
general  agent  at  La  Crosse;  was  also  secretary  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  La  Crosse 
&  Minnesota  Steam  Packet  Co.,  later  known  as  the  Davidson  or  "  White  Collar  Packet 
Line."  He  shipped  the  first  bar  of  railroad  iron  and  locomotive  into  the  state  of 
Minnesota,  and  claims  to  have  bought  and  shipped  the  first  bushel  of  wheat  from  the 
state  of  Minnesota.  From  1865  to  1871  he  was  in  the  steamboat,  grain  and  lumber 
business, having  mills  on  the  Chippewa  river,  warehouses  on  the  Southern  Minnesota 
railway,  Rumsey's  Landing  and  Eau  Claire,  Wis.  From  1871  to  1873  was  financial 
manager  of  the  La  Crosse  Republican  a)id  Leader.  From  1873  to  1879  was  in  Chicago 
as  business  manager  for  John  Servis,  board  of  trade.  From  1879  to  1885  steamboat, 
grain  and  commission  business  at  Canton,  Mo.  From  1885  to  the  present  time  assist- 
ent  cashier  and  cashier  of  the  First  National  bank  of  Faribault,  which  latter  position 
he  now  holds.  In  politics  "  Democrat  to  backbone  three  inches  in  the  marrow;"  res.. 
Faribault,  Minn. 

Harry  E.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1851;  m.  Mary  Van  Viliet. 

Geo.  Safford,  b.  Dec.  9,  1858;  m.  Lillian  Francis  Lathrop. 

Child,  b.  May  10,  1852;  d.  May  13, 1852. 

Child,  b.  Sept.  10,  1853;  d.  Nov.  1, 1853. 


7807. 

7808. 

ii. 

7809. 

iii. 

7810. 

iv. 

504  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4609.  Elias  Bemis  Whitney  (Edward  W.,  Samuel  W.,  Ephraim,  Jonas, 
Moses, .  Richard,  John),  b.  Bangor,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  2,  1821;  m.  at 
Ridgebury,  Conn.,  Kate  Craft;  d.  June,  1860;  m.  2d  at  Brookfield,  N.  H.,  June  1,  1861, 
Rhoda  S.  Burleigh.  He  is  a  furrier  at  16  Milk  St.;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  24  Apple- 
ton  St. 

7811.  i.  Harry  Elias,  b.  July  17, 1874;  res.  24  Appleton  St.,  Boston. 

7812.  ii.        Elizabeth,  d.  ae.  13. 

7813.  iii.       Three  children  died  young. 

4622a.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Ephraim,  John,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 

John),  b.  Oct.  31,  1835;  m. ;  res.  in  Vermont. 

7813a.  i.  Cora  Lizzie,  b.  June  12,  1868;  d.  July  12,  1883. 

7814a.  ii.         Annie  L.,  b.  1870;  res.  Bartonsville,  Vt. 

4623.  Hon.  Giles  Henry  Whitney  (Abel,  Abel,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Boston.  Mass.,  Jan.  18,  1818;  m.  Nov.,  1850,  Lydia  Ann  Davis;  b. 
Northboro,  Feb.  16,  1825;  d.  Dec.  28,  1891. 

Giles  Henry  Whitney,  the  son  of  Abel  and  Abigail  H.  (Townsend)  Whitney, 
of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  was  born  in  Boston,  Jan.  18,  1818.  His  father  kept  for 
many  years  a  popular  and  successful  private  school  for  boys  in  that  city.  His 
mother  died  when  her  son  Giles  was  only  five  years  old,  and  in  his  record  in  the 
classbook  he  deplores  the  loss  of  her  guiding  influence.  He  entered  the  Latin 
school  when  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  remained  there  till  he  was  thirteen,  and  there 
finished  his  preparation  for  college  under  Mr.  Frederic  P.  Leverett.  "  That  one  year's 
instruction  was  worth  all  I  have  received  in  college."  His  health  in  his  younger  days 
was  such,  he  tells  us,  that  school  was  noplace  for  him,  for  he  was  incapacitated  for 
hard  study,  and  he  carried  this  indisposition  to  severe  intellectual  labor  to  college  with 
him.  "Whenever  the  prescribed  studies  were  difficult  I  neglected  them  and  con- 
tented myself  with  the  idea  that  I  could  do  without  them."  He  frankly  acknowl- 
edges his  mistake  and  his  regret  at  not  having  pursued  a  more  studious  course;  not 
because  he  failed  like  many  others  to  obtain  college  honors,  but  on  account  of  the 
mental  discipline  and  training  he  had  missed.  He  had  much  to  learn,  like  the  rest 
of  us,  before  he  could  shape  his  course  to  his  entire  satisfaction,  but  his  subsequent 
career  has  shown  us  that  our  confidence  in  his  general  ability  and  our  respect  for 
his  manly  independence  and  integrity  of  purpose  was  not  misplaced.  He  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  George  F.  Farley,  of  Groton.  and  Washburn  &  Hartshorn  of 
Worcester,  and  also  in  the  law  school  at  Cambridge.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  September,  1842,  and  commenced  practice  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  where  he 
remained  till  April,  1846,  when  he  removed  to  Templeton.  In  June,  1865,  he  went  to 
Winchendon,  where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  Mr.  Whitney  was  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  senate  in  1851  and  of  the  house  in  1864,  1866  and  1881.  His  sight 
began  to  fail  him  two  years  before  his  last  election  to  the  house,  and  since  then  he 
has  been  unable  to  read  or  write.  He  was  married  to  Lydia  A.  Davis,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Joseph  Davis,  of  Baldwinsville  (Templeton).  By  this  marriage  he  has  had  six 
children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living.  [Memorials  of  the  class  of  1837  of  Harvard 
college.]     He  d.  Jan.  12,  1888;  res.  Westminster  and  Winchendon,  Mass. 

Abby  L.,b.  Templeton,  Jan.  28,  1852;  d.  Aug.  18,  1853. 

Elizabeth  W.,  b.  Templeton,  Apr.  7,  1854;  unm.;  res.  W. 

Alfred  H.,  b.  Winchendon,  Oct.  1,  1855;  unm.;  res.  W. 

Andrew  J.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1857;  d.  May  15,  1863. 

Ella  A.,  b.  T.,  Jan.  10,  1853;  d.  T.,  Aug.  18,  1853. 

Mary  D.,  b.  Apr.  1860;  d.  Mar.  31,  1877. 

4625.  George  Timothy  Whitney  (Timothy,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Essex,  Vt.,  Apr.  4, 1819;  m.  in  Lowell,  July  4, 1847,  Charlotte  Maria 
Brigham,  b.  Mar.  23,  1822;  res.  309  Bridge  street,  Lowell,  Mass. 

7820.  i.  Lottie  J.,  b.  Apr.  19, 1850;  m. Fitts;  res.  17  Pleasant  Ave., 

Somerville. 

7821.  ii.         George  B.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1858;  res.  224  Avon  street,  St.  Paul. 

7822.  iii.       Adaline  S.,  b.  Jan,  14,  1866;   m.  Patterson;  res.  24  W. 

6th  St.,  Lowell. 

4627.  George  Reddington  Whitney  (Simon,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Duxbury,  Mass.,  May  27,  1829;  m.  in  Provincetown,  June  27,  1852, 
Pg,uline  Brown  Hilliard,  b.  Feb.  28,  1833,  dentist  and  music  dealer;  res.  No.  Bridge- 
water  and  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Washington  street. 


7814. 

7815. 

ii. 

7816. 

iii. 

7817. 

iv. 

7818. 

V. 

7819. 

vi. 

78^3 

7824. 

7825. 

111. 

7826. 

IV. 

7827. 

V. 

7828. 

vi. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  605 

George  Hillard,  b.  July  4,  1853;  m.  Addie  May  Ellis. 

Frank  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  18,  1866;  m.  Marianne  Macauley. 

Arthur  Wilson,  b.  Jan.  16,  1858;  m.  Rowena  Locke;  res.  Lowell. 

Charles  B.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1860;  m.  Clara  B.  Clark  and  Kate  Portis. 

Fred  Holmes,  b.  Oct.  12,  1862;  m.  Aug.  22,  1891;  res.  Haverhill. 

Lena  Leonard,  b.  Nov.  1,  1865;  m.  at  Bay  City,  Mich.,  Jan.  1, 
1890,  William  A.  Welcome;  res.  Pittsfield,  Mass.  He  was  b. 
Jan.  16, 1863;  is  in  the  clothing  business.  Ch.:  Arthur  Whitney, 
b.  May  14,  1891;  Harold  Holmes,  b.  Feb.  22,  1893. 

7829.  vii.      Addie  May,  b.  Apr.  20,  1876;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

4632.  Charles  Kellogg  Whitney  (George,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Petersham,  Mass.,  June  4,  1828;  m.  Jan.  1,  1849,  Westford,  \'t., 
Hannah  P.  Haselton;  b.  Apr.  19,  1826;  d.  Apr.  7,  1860;  m.  2d,  Apr.  22,  1862,  Chastina 
Hodge;  res.  Essex,  \'t.,  and  Round  Lake,  N.  Y. 

7830.  i.  George  W.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1850;  m.  L.  Abbie  Huntington. 

7831.  ii.         Fred  H.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1852;  m.  Abbie  E.  Thomas. 

7832.  iii.       Lewis  H.,  b.  July  20,  1864;  res.  Waterford,  N.  Y. 

4638.  Solomon  Blair  Whitney  (Solomon  B.,  Peter,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Nov.  29,  1809;  m.  Feb.  5,  1839,  Amanda  Martin;  d. 
May  26,  1845;  m.  2d  Sarah  M.  Kyle;  d.  Nov.  6,  1862;  m.  3d  Sophia  A.  Ray;  b.  Mar. 
18,  1829. 

He  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  his  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  U.  S.  army. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  joiner,  but  has  always  followed  agricultural 
pursuits.  He  has  resided  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  Ogdensburg  and  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
and  in  Detroit,  Franklin  and  Nelson,  Mich.  He  served  in  the  late  war,  and  was 
postmaster  in  his  town  for  some  years;  res.  Detroit,  Nelson  and  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 

7833.  i.  Mary  Amanda,  b.  Nov.  14.  1839;  m.  Nov.  12, 1860,  Geo.  W.  De 

Con;  res.  Nelson.     Ch.:  Jas.  C,  b.  Oct.  23,  1861;  Elmer  S.,  b. 

Aug.  8,  1866;  Julia  Anna,  b.  Oct.  1,  1872;  res.  Cedar  bprings, 

Mich. 
Nancy  Maria,  b.  Mar.  8,  1842;    m.   June  20,   1862,  Norman  J. 

Painter;  res.  \'andalia,  Mo. 
Solomon  Martin,  b.  Apr.  7,  1844;  d.  unm.  Sept.  22,  1863.     He 

was  shot  through  the  body  at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  near 

Chattanooga  and  died  two  days  after.     He  was  buried  in  the 

National  cemetery. 
William  Robert,  b.  Oct.  16,  1852. 
Cynthia  Florence,  b.  July  12,  1856;  m.  May  11, 1872,  Emmet  L. 

Harder;  res.  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 
Charles  John,  b.  Jan.  30,  1868. 
Geo.  Fred'k,  b.  Julv  6,  1859. 
Anna  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  6,  1860. 
Laura  Eliza,  b.  Nov.  8,  1861. 

4642.  William  Emerson  Whitney  (Solomon  B.,  Peter,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Houndstield,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9,  1821;  m.  June  9,  1847,  at  Birmingham, 
Mich.,  Hannah  Lapham  Pratt,  of  Macedon,  N.  Y.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1824.  He  has  been 
justice  of  the  peace  for  over  20  years;  res.  Rockford,  Mich. 

7842.  i.  Eugene  CorEll,  b.  July  11, 1848;  ni.  Emma  A.  Lewis. 

7843.  ii.         Phila  Cynthia,  b.  Mar.  9,  1862. 

4650.  Charles  Baker  Whitney  (Richard,  Timothy,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Lanesboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  6,  1827;  m.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Mar.,  1864, 
Laura  L.  Sherman,  b.  Mar.,  1828;  d.  July  16,  1865;  m.  2d  at  Dorchester,  June  6,  1867, 
Abbie  Glover  Pope,  b.  Oct.  1,  1840. 

He  was  born  in  Lanesboro,  on  the  old  Whitney  place,  where  he  resided  for  many 
years.  For  a  long  time  he  was  manager  of  the  Briggs  iron  works  there,  until  his 
removal  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  d.  Apr. 
13,  1872;  res.  Lanesboro,  Mass. 

7844a.  i.  Geo.  Arthur,  b.  July  4,  1856;    unm.;   res.  592  Adams  St.,  Dor- 

chester, Mass. 
7846a.  ii.         Frank   Pope,  b.  July  20,  1869;    res.  592  Adams  St.,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 
83 


7834. 

ii. 

7835. 

iii. 

7836. 
7837. 

iv. 

V. 

7838. 
7839. 
7840. 
7841. 

vi. 
vii. 
viii 
ix. 

506  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4650a.  William  Hopkins  Whitney  (George,  Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  May  14,  1818;  m.  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  May, 
1844,  Matilda  Irwin,  b.  1826.  He  was  a  journalist.  He  d.  Aug.  11,  1863;  res.  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

7844.  i.  Ann  Parmela,  b.  Pittsburgh,  1845;  d.  aged  18  months. 

7845.  ii.         Geo.  Irwin,  b.  Nov.  24,  1847;  m.  Annabel  McCall. 

7846.  iii.       Cornelia,  b.  Pittsburgh  in  1849;  d.  before  1850. 

4651.  George  Fenn  Whitney  (George,  Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  29,  1820;  m.  there,  Apr.  23,  1845,  Mary  E.  Lynch, 
dau.  of  Dea.  Reuben  Lynch;  b.  Sept.  22,  1825. 

He  was  born  on  the  old  place  in  Stockbridge.  At  the  early  age  of  six  his  father 
died  and  he  resided  with  his  uncle  William  until  his  marriage  in  1845.  He  has  been 
a  very  quiet  home  body,  temperate,  industrious  and  highly  esteemed.  His  death 
was  quite  sudden.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  for  thirty-live 
years.     He  d.  Oct.  14,  1893;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

7847.  i.  Mary  Ives,  b.  Apr.  13,  1848;  m.  Oct.  14, 1873,  Henry  C.  Byington; 

res.  Stock.  He  was  b.  Feb.  16,  1837;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.:  Lucy 
Mamre,  b.  Aug.  7,  1875;  Grace  Whitney,  b.  Feb.  18,  1878;  Alice, 
b.  Nov.  2,  1880. 

7848.  ii.         Sarah   Hosford,  b.  Mar.  4,  1854;  m.  Apr.  23,  1879,  Byron  Sted- 

man;  res.  Hudson,  N.  Y.  He  was  born  at  Lee,  Mass.,  Nov.  13, 
1851;  is  a  druggist.  Ch.:  Grace,  b.  Apr.  5,  1881;  Mabel,  b. 
Mar.  7,  1884;  Edith,  b.  Apr.  23,  1886;  Louise,  b.  Mar.  30,  1890. 

7849.  iii.        Geo.  Herbert,  b.  Aug.  19,  1863;  m.  Martha  McGiffert. 

7850.  iv.        Pamela  Fenn,  b.  May  1,  1861;  res.  Stock. 

7851.  v.  Chas.  Wm.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1865;  m.  Minnie  E.  Hayes. 

4657.  Joseph  Lorenzo  Whitney  (Paul,  Hezekiah,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Salisbury,  Conn.,  June  16,  1819;  m.  at  Cornwall,  Conn.,  Sept.  12, 
1849,  Elizabeth  Moulton  Swift;  b.  Nov.  30,  1826;  d.  Dec.  29,  1868.  He  was  a  mariner 
until  he  was  thirtv  years  of  age;  res.  Cornwall,  Conn. 

7852.  i.       '  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  25,  1851;  m.  Apr.  14,  1872,  William 
Samuel  Palmer;  res.  New  Milford,  Conn. 

Fred'k  Lorenzo,  b.  May  22,  1853;  d.  July  11, 1853. 
Mary  Jane,  b.  June  29,  1854. 
Catherine  Lucretia,  b.  Apr.  2, 1856. 
Joseph  Ernest,  b.  Feb.  27,  1858. 

4678.  Mile?  Franklin  Whitney  (Erastus  M.,  Jonas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Otis,  Mass.,  Mar.  25, 1838;  m.  there  June  26, 1859,  Sarah  Jane  Blunt; 
b.  Mar.  1,  1842.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  West  Otis,  Mass. 

Frederick  P.,  b.  Sept.  12, 1860;  m.  1889,  Florence  B.  Pierce;  res. 

So.  Sandisfield,  Mass. 
Sarah  E.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1862;  m.  1881,  Frank  M.  Bliss;   res.  No. 

Blandford,  Mass. 
Albert  F.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1864;  m.  1883,    Amanda   Crittenden;  res. 

Hartsville,  Mass. 
Edward  D.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1865;  m.  Nov.  29,  1893,  Nancy  A.  Heath; 

res.  Hartsville,  Mass. 
Charles  E.,  b.  June  8,  1867;  m.  1888.  Julia  E.  Ward;  res.  Mont- 

ville,  Mass. 
W^ilbur  L.,  b.  May  25,  1871;  d.  June  27,  1872. 
Marcus  H.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1873;  m.  Nov.  29,  1893,  Gertrude  S.  Heath; 

res.  West  Otis,  Mass. 
Lucy  S.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1875;  m.  1892,  Irving  W.  Bentley;  res.  New 

Boston,  Mass. 
Katherine  B.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1876;  res.  at  home. 
Lucius  M.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1879;  res.  at  home. 

4679.  William  H.  Whitney  (Silas  N.,  Jonas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  East  Otis,  Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1828;  m.-at  Springfield,  July  1,  1855,  Mary  M. 
Keys;  b.  July  23,1835;  d.  Oct.  11,  1881.  He  was  connected  with  the  Springfield  fire 
department,  and  was  foreman  of  one  of  the  companies.  He  d.  Jan.  27,  1872;  res. 
Springfield,  Mass. 


7853. 

ii. 

7854. 

in. 

7855. 

IV. 

7856. 

v. 

7857. 

i- 

7858. 

ii. 

7859. 

iii. 

7860. 

iv. 

7861. 

V. 

7862. 
7863. 

vVz. 
vi. 

7864. 

vii. 

7865. 
7866. 

viii. 
ix. 

7867. 

i. 

7868. 

ii. 

7869. 

111. 

7870. 

IV. 

7871. 

V. 

7872. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  £07 

Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  12,  1858;  d.  Oct.  1.  1859. 
William  E.,  b.  Apr.  4, 1856;  d.  Oct.  14,  1863. 
James  H.,  b.  Nov.  1-3,  1860;  d.  Oct.  18,  1863. 
J.  Frank,  b.  July  17,  1862;  m.  Mary  L.  Sheehan. 
Joseph  H.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1865;  d.  Aug.  15,  1866. 

Jane    A.,  b.  Mar.   14,  1867;    m.  Simon  J.  Griffin;  res.    Merrick, 
Mass. 

7873.  vii.      Carrie  S.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1869;  m.  Frank    Guertin;    res.    Merrick, 

Mass. 

7874.  viii.      Wm.  E.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1871;  res.  Merrick,  Mass. 

4685.  Edwin  Ruthven  Whitney  (Caius  C,  Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Bolton,  P.  Q.,  May  28,  1838;  m.  at  Magog  P.  Q.,  Arretta  F.  Hoyt; 
b.  Apr.  14,  1847. 

He  was  born  in  Bolton,  P.  Q.  and  received  a  common  school  education.  His 
mind  was  of  an  inventive  turn  and  for  the  past  thirty-two  years  he  has  been  an 
inventor.  His  first  invention  was  the  first  automatic  car  coupler  used  by  the  railways 
in  coupling  cars.  It  has  been  used  with  great  success.  He  next  invented  an  auto- 
matic cord  grain  binder,  the  first  binder  that  ever  tied  with  a  cord.  Since  then  he 
has  devoted  his  time  to  electricity  and  perfected  many  valuable  inventions.  His 
present  business  is  the  manufacture  of  electrical  measuring  instruments,  which 
include  voltmeters.ammeters  for  electric  railway  power  and  laboratory  use,  made  at  his 
two  factories  at  Penacook,  N.  H.,  and  Sherbrook,  P.  Q.  He  is  also  vice-president  of 
the  Standard  Electric  Company  of  \'ermont,  which  manufactures  dynamo-electric 
machines  and  lamps,  arc  and  incandescent  lighting,  by  the  Whitney  system,  at  St. 
Johnsbury,  \t.,  with  headquarters  at  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Manchester,  N.  H.  He  is 
now  organizing  a  company  on  a  new  system  of  storage  batteries  which  he  patented 
Mar.  1.3,  1894,  and  which  shows  the  only  battery  which  can  be  built  up  of  many  cells 
and  only  have  two  binding  posts  for  transmission  of  power.  His  patents  have  all 
been  valuable  and  practical  and  from  them  he  has  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune. 
He  is  well  known  throughout  the  country,  especially  among  the  electricians,  and  no 
one  is  more  highly  esteemed  and  respected  among  the  many  manufacturers  in  his 
adopted  State  of  New  Hampshire;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  754  Chestnut  St. 
787.5.    i.         Edwin  Hoyt,  b.  May  21,  1878. 

4686.  Enos  B.  Whitney  (Caius  C,  Paul,  Timothv,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  P.  Q.,  Nov.  20,  1846;  m.  Oct.  7,  1873,  Alwilda  A.  Hoyt;  b.  June  24,  1845; 
res.  Magog,  P.  Q. 

7876.  i.  Susie  A.,  b.  ]an.  9.  1875. 

7877.  ii.        Jessie  A.,  b.'jan.  17,  1883. 

4689.  Ira  Jefferson  Whitney  (Caius  C,  Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  North  Troy,  Vt.,  Nov.  12,  1855;  m.  at  Magog,  P.  O.,  Sept.  27, 1876,  Jennie 
Maria  Rexford,  b.  Apr.  2,  1860.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Magog,  P.  Q. 

7878.  i.  Ethel  Jennie,  b.  June  21,  1877. 

7879.  ii.         Elnora  Maud,  b.  "lune  11, 1879. 

7880.  iii.       Raymond  Warren,  b.  May  10,  1888. 

7881.  iv.       Grace,  b.  Jan.  28,  1891. 

4697.  James  Paul  Whitney  (Marcus  T.  C,  Paul,  Timothv,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Mar.  26,  1847;   m:  Dec.  30,  1874,  Linnie  M.  Drew;   res.  West 

Gr'CE  M.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1876. 

Guy  Claude,  b.  Apr.  25,  1876;  d.  May  9,  1893. 

Myrtie  Mary,  b.  May  16,  1878. 

Victor  Drew,  b.  July  13,  1879. 

Daisey  Belle,  b.  Oct.  5,  1882;  d.  Sept.  13, 1883. 

4709.  William  Clarence  Whitney  (William  W.,  Paul,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Oct.  21,  1858;  m.  July  2,  1882,  Mary  Lvde  Marks;  b.  Aug. 
•7,  1867. 

After  leaving  Missisquoe  college,  he  learned  the  printer's  trade,  and  worked 
several  years  in  the  Green  Mountain  Freeman  office,  Alontpelier,  \'t.  In  1877  he 
left  Montpelier,  thinking  well  of  Horace  Greeley's  advice,  going  west  by  way  of  New 
York,  Niagara,  and  Chicago,  to  St.  Louis.     From  there  went  to  Lebanon,  111.,  to  visit 


Derbv,  \"t. 

7882. 

j. 

7883. 

ii. 

7884. 

iii. 

7885. 

iv. 

7886. 

V. 

508 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


•WILLIAM    C.   WHITNEY. 


his  sister's  family,  and  went  with  them  by  boat  to  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  from  there  to 
Minneapolis,  where  he  remained  all  summer,  until  the  18th  of  December,  when  he 
went  back  to  St.   Louis,  and  took  a  position  with  the  limes  Printing  Co.     In  May, 

1879,  he  went  to  Shreveport,  La.,  and  took  charge  of  the 
Standard  job  office,  the  only  large  office  in  the  city.  His 
health  was  bad  all  the  time  he  was  in  Shreveport,  and  he 
left  there  in  June,  1880,  and  went  to  Marshall,  Tex.,  and 
went  to  work  for  Jennings  Bros.,  the  largest  book  and  job 
printing  establishment  then  in  Texas.  It  was  said  that  he 
was  the  best  job  printer  in  the  state,  and  the  fastest  com- 
positor. On  June  2,  1882,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  Lyde  Marks,  of  Marshall,  Tex.  The  Herald 
had  the  following  to  say  of  her:  "The  bride,  who  is  the 
daughter  of  Mrs.  N.  E.  Marks,  is  an  interesting  young 
lady  of  only  fourteen  years,  possessed  of  those  gentle 
qualities  of  heart  and  mind  which  win  the  love  of  all  who 
know  her,  and  adorned  with  that  native  modesty  which 
needed  not  the  bridal  veil  to  increase  its  charm  and  attrac- 
tion." In  1883  he  went  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  was  for 
four  or  five  years  working  at  job  printing  part  of  the  time 
and  part  of  the  time  assistant  foreman  of  the  Daily  States. 
He  returned  to  Marshall  in  1887,  where  he  again  took  the 
foremanship  of  Jennings'  office,  and  where  he  has  since 
been.  In  January,  1894,  he  started  the  Senatorian,  which  is  slowly  increasing  in 
prosperity;  res.  Marshall,  Tex.,  s.  p. 

4713.  George  Washington  Whitney  (Samuel  D.,  Paul,  Timothv,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1833;  m.  there  Aug.  27,  1856,  Marion 
Murray;  b.  Aug.  25,  1837;  d.  May  14,  1890.     He  is  a  farmer. 

George  Washington,  b.  Feb.  5,  1833,  in  South  Williston,  Vt.,  the  second  son  of 
his  parents,  is  residmg  on  the  homestead  farm  where  he 
has  passed  most  of  his  life.  He  spent  the  winter  ol  1894 
in  California  and  several  seasons  in  New  Orleans  during 
his  brother's  residence  there.  Here  he  attended  the  Louisi- 
ana university,  a  law  school,  for  one  year,  and  under  Presi- 
dent Grant  held  two  offices  as  inspector  and  weigher  of 
customs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  Tensas 
Parish  and  for  two  years  assessor  and  collector  of  the  same. 
He  was  a  loving  and  dutiful  son  to  his  mother  in  her  widow- 
hood, and  was  sent  to  the  Williston  academy  and  to  Troy 
Conference  academy,  Poultney,  Vt.  He  married  Marion^ 
Murray,  of  Williston,  whom  he  had  known  from  childhood 
and  to  them  was  born  one  son,  Murray  D.  For  many  year, 
he  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  in  Williston,  also  an  active 
member  of  the  grange.  In  his  calling  his  specialty  is  rais- 
ing dairy  cows.  For  more  than  thirty  years  be  has  been  a 
member  of  the  L-niversalist  church.  He  is  of  fair  com- 
plexion though  of  heavy  build,  like  his  father.  He  has 
a  mental  temperament  combined  with  a  kind  and  gentle 
disposition.  From  boyhood  he  showed  a  love  for  books  and  study,  and  is  well  known 
in  his  vicinity  as  a  public  speaker;  res.  Williston,  Vt. 

7887.  1.         Murray  D.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1857;  m.  Ella  C.  Miller. 

4734.  Harry  Fletcher  Whitney  (Samuel  F.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  May  3,  1853;  m.  Aug.  22,  1877,  Harriett  T.  Goddard;  res. 
Harvard,  .Mass. 

7888.  i.         Ralph  Goddard,  b.  Oct.  20, 1878. 
78«9.    ii.        Ruth,  b.  Oct.  28,  1880. 

4737.  Dr.  Samuel  William  Whitney  (Samuel  F.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass,  Feb.  23,  1859;  m.  in  Boston,  Apr.  16,  1882,  Alice 
H.  Hames;  b.  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Jan.  17,  1859. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  completed  his  education  at  the  Dean  academy  at  Franklin,  Mass.,  and  at 
Lawrence  academy,  Groton,  Mass.     He  was  graduated  at'the  Boston  Dental  college 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  509 

in  1882  and  immediately  moved  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  has  since  resided  there  and  built  up  a  largi  and  lucrative  business;  res. 
Albanv,  N.  Y.,  343  State  St. 

7890.  i.  Child,  b.  Jan.  7,  1885;  d.  Jan.  13,  1891. 

4746.  Martin  Whitney  (Leonard,  Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Sherborne,  Vt.,  July  18,  1838;  m.  Mar.  10,  lSb9,  Xancv  E.  Rand;  b.  Mt. 
Vernon,  N.  H.,  Jan.  6,  1834;  res.  Hillsboro,  Upper  Village,  N.  H. 

7891.  i.  Arthur  M.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1866;  m.  July  12, 1890,  Maud  P.  Beam;  res. 

H.  U.  V. 

7892.  ii.        Charles,  b.  1864;  d.  1866. 

7893.  iii.        Miranda  Lucinda  Ann,  b.  Oct.  20,  1873;  m.  Feb.  5,  1891,  John 

Davis;  res.  Hillsboro.  Ch.:  Earl  L.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1891;  John,  b. 
Dec.  25,  1892. 

7894.  iv.        Edgar  Rand,  b.  Jan.  19,  1861;  m.  Emma  P.  Harvey. 

4749.  Joel  Whitney  (Urial,  Urial,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  No. 
Yarmouth,  Me.,  May  4,  1829;  m.  at  Portland,  June  24,  1857,  Ophelia  J.  Tukey.  He 
•was  a  carpenter.     He  d.  Dec.  10,  1886;  res.  Portland,  Me. 

1^9b.    i.         SrEPHEN  H.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1866;  unm.;  res.  48  Pinckney  St.,  Boston. 

7896.  ii.        William  J.,  b.  May  3,  1869;  unm.;  res.  69  Franklin  St.,  Portland. 

7897.  iii.       Frank  Joel,  b.  Sept.  16,  1859;  m.  Laura  Jackson. 

4763.  Amaziah  Whitney  (Abner,  Amaziah,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  27,  1848;  m.  Feb.  9,  1^76,  Martha  Eckerson;  b.  Jan.  21, 
1853.     He  is  a  contractor  and  builder;  res.  Wilber,  Neb. 

7898.  i.         Robert  F.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1877. 

7899.  ii.        Wm.  A.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1880;  d.  Feb.  26,  1882. 

7900.  iii.       Carl  H.,b.  Nov.  11,  1882. 

7901.  iv.       Leslie  E.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1891. 

4779.  George  Riley  Whitney  (Nathaniel  R.,  Amaziah,  Abner,  John,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Oct.  16,  1851;  m.  Dec.  24,  1884,  Ursula  Warren.  He  d.  Nov.  27, 
1886;  res.  Missouri  Valley,  la. 

7902.  i.         Harriett,  b.  Sept.  16,  1885. 

4787.  Alvin  Whitfield  Whitney  (Ephraim,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Corinth,  Me.,  May  27,  1838;  m.  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Aug.  17,  1867, 
Maria  Louise  McDonald;  b.  Apr.  14,  1840;  d.  Apr.  11,  1870.  He  is  superintendent  of 
gold  mines  and  mills;  res.  Crescent  Mills,  Cal. 

7903.  i.         Alvin  W.,  Jr.,  b.  July  27,  1870;  d.  May,  1871. 

4793.  Orrin  Whitney  (William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard,  John), 
b.  Anson,  Me.,  Aug.  18,  1815;  m.  at  Presque  Isle,  Me.,  Nov.  16,  1840,  Hannah  Far- 
banks;  b.  1810;  d.  July  5,  1881;  m.  2d,  Mar.  10,  1889,  Rebecca  CariU;  b.  1828.  He  is 
a  farmer;  res.  Kingston,  Minn. 

7904.  i.         Augustus  E.,  b.  June  19,  1834;  m.  1866,  Nettie  Depity;  res.  Brain- 

erd,  Minn. 

7905.  ii.        Winfield  S.,  b.  June  4,  1846;  m.  Ellen  Phay. 

4794.  Benjamin  P.  Whitney  (William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Corinth,  Me.,  Oct.  3,  1834;  m.  Apr.  9,  1865,  Sarah  M.  McMurray,  b.  1848. 
He  is  a  blacksmith;  res.  Los  Alamos,  Cal. 

7906.  i.  Stillman  E.,b.  Mar.  3,  1856;  res.  Rockport,  Mendocino  Co.,  Cal. 

7907.  ii.         Emma  J.,  b.  July  13,  1866;  m.  at  San  Luis  Obispo,  June  1,  18j;!9; 

Jacob  A.  Biren;  res.  Los  A.  He  was  b.  Mar.  3,  1862.  Ch.: 
Fred  N.,  b.  in  Los  Alamos,  Mar.  2,  1890;  Cecelia  A.,  b.  in  Los 
Alamos,  May  14,  1892. 

7908.  iii.       John  S.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1870;  res.  Suisun,  Solano  Co.,  Cal. 

7909.  iv.        Fred  E.,  b.  Oct.  24, 1872;  res.  Los  A.     He  was  born  in  California; 

received  an  excellent  common  school  education,  htted  for  col- 
lege, and  by  teaching  part  of  the  time  worked  his  way  through; 
res.  Los  Alamos. 

4795.  Albion  Paris  Whitney  (William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Jackson,  N.  H.,  Sept.  15,  1825;  m.  Feb.  21,  1850,  in  Limestone,  Me.,  Susan 


7910. 

7911. 

n. 

7912. 

111. 

7913. 

IV. 

510  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

D.  Eastman,  b.  Mar.  28,  1832.  He  was  a  merchant  in  California  from  1862  until  his 
death.     He  d.  Feb.  10,  1884;  res.  Petaluma,  Cal. 

Calvin  E.,  b.  Aug,  23.  1851 ;  m.  Fannie  Boruck. 

Arthur  L.,  b.  May  26,  1867;  m.  Anna  St.  John. 

Albion  Harvey,  b.  Apr.  10,  1870;  res.  Pet, 

Chora  Melissa,  b.  Jan.  1,1864;  m.  Aug.  12,1873,  Fred  Howlett;  res. 
Berkeley.  Cal.  Ch.:  Albion  Walter,  b.  Nov.  27, 1874;  Leona  May, 
b.  Aug.  15, 1876;  d.  Oct.  24, 1876;  Eugene  Elbert,  b.  June  6. 1878; 
Frederick  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  26,1879;  d.  Feb,  21,  IbSl;  Harold 
Eastman,  b.  Dec.  22,  1890;  d.  May  20,  1891, 

7914,  V,         Nancy  Jane,  b.  Sept,  17,  1856;  m.  Apr.  20,  1881,  Geo.  P,  Morrow 

res,  39  Clay  street,  San  F.  Ch.:  George  Whitney,  b,  Aug.  15, 1883 
Rachel  Millicent,  b.  Sept.  5, 1885;  Arthur  Leslie,  b.  Apr.  29, 1887 
d.  Nov.  10,  1888. 

7915,  vi,       Leona  Merrill,  b.  Apr.  12, 1864;  d.  Oct.,  1865, 

7916,  vii.       MARCELLA.b.  Apr.  23.1866;  m.  Oct.  19, 1892,  Charles  B,  Wheaton. 

7917.  viii.     Clara,  b.  May  21,  1873;  m,  Feb.  21,  1893,  Lewis  Spear, 

4796.  Rev,  Ephraim  H.  Whitney  (William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Freeman,  Me.,  Dec.  30,  1813;  m.  July  25, 1844,  at  East  Branch,  Me., 
Jane  H.  Hunt;  b.  Carthage,  Me.,  Jan.  2,  1825;  she  m.  2d,  1893,  Geo.  L.  Cooper;  res, 
1001  10th  Ave.,  s,  St,  Cloud. 

He  was  born  in  Freeman,  Me.,  but  soon  moved  to  Corinth  with  his  parents.  He 
attended  school  at  Charleston  in  his  earlier  manhood.  His  attendance  was  somewhat 
irregular  from  the  fact  that  his  services  were  required  by  his  father — he  being  the 
oldest  boy — who  wa§  m  poor  health.  Ephraim  began  teaching  on  attaining  his  ma- 
jority, and  while  so  engaged  attended  a  religious  revival  at  Corinth  conducted  by  Rev. 
Geo.  Pratt,  of  the  Maine  conference,  and  experienced  religion.  At  first  he  was  a 
Universalist  but  later  joined  the  Methodists,  first  as  an  exhorter  and  finally  as  a  local 
preacher.  He  received  his  certificate  at  West  Hampden,  Conn.,  Apr.  19,  1840,  from 
Presiding  Elder  Husten.  He  joined  the  Maine  conference  and  was  granted  a  certifi- 
cate as  deacon  in  1844,  two  years  later  Bishop  Beverly  Waugh  appointed  him  elder. 
The  first  year  of  his  labors  was  in  connection  with  A.  F.  Soule  on  the  circuit  above 
Oldtown.  The  next  year  he  traveled  as  a  missionary  on  what  was  then  called 
Aroostook,  an  extent  of  sparsely  settled  country,  so  much  so  that  he  made  his  ap- 
pearance at  the  first  appointment  only  once  afterward,  and  that  was  when  on  his  way  to 
conference.  He  was  one  of  the  preachers  whose  lot  fell  to  the  East  Maine  conference. 
He  labored  at  the  following  places,  Corrinna,  Dover,  Atchison,  Bear  Hill,  Kirkland, 
Lincoln,  North  Bangor  (now  Viezie),  Upper  Stillwater,  and  Brewer -a  new  church 
and  good  revival  at  the  latter  place.  He  located  at  the  conference  held  at  Bucksport. 
At  the  close  of  that  conference  year  went  west;  located  at  Clearwater,  Minn.;  preached 
every  Sunday  during  the  time  of  his  stay.  Grasshoppers  took  everything  he  put  on 
the  land  which  he  had  taken  there  and  he  went  in  the  sprmg  to  Kingston,  Meeker 
Co.,  and  ran  a  grist  mill  for  A.  P,  Whitney  until  the  latter  sold  out  and  went  to 
California.  After  that  ran  the  same  mill  for  Hiram  Hall.  He  was  appointed  post- 
master, which  office  he  held  during  the  Indian  outbreak  and  at  the  close  of  the  war 
he  removed  back  to  Clearwater,  sold  his  place  there  and  put  the  money  into  a  grist 
mill  in  company  with  James  Campbell,  where  after  two  years  his  health  broke  down 
and  he  took  a  homestead  at  a  place  in  the  timber  country,  in  Benton  Co.,  which 
name  he  gave,  and  it  was  organized  as  the  town  of  Glendorado.  All  of  the  places 
named  received  first  of  all  his  labors  for  Christianity  and  the  public  school  cause.  At 
this  latter  place  his  health  broke  down  to  such  an  extent  he  gave  his  business  and 
place  into  the  hands  of  his  son  Melville  Clement.  His  daughter  Clara  bought  a  resi- 
dence in  the  city  of  St.  Cloud  for  a  home  for  her  parents,  and  there  in  a  pleasant, 
restful  home  he  finished  his  course  in  peace,  under  the  preaching  of  Methodist  doc- 
trine, and  in  the  church  which  he  never  ceased  to  love.  Conscious  to  the  very  last, 
only  the  pain  of  parting  with  wife  and  children  disturbed  his  closing  hour.  The  last 
words  uttered  were,  "All  things  work  together  for  good  to  them  that  love  God."  He 
d.  Jan.  14,1892;  res.  Freeman,  Me.,  and  St.  Cloud,  Minn.,  1001  10th  Ave.,  south, 

7918,  v.         OSMO  Cadv,  b.  May  2,  1862;  d.  Nov.  26, 1881. 

7919.  vi.       LiBBY  LESTiNA.b.  July  3,  1867;   m,  Nov.  1,  1883,  Charles  S.Allen; 

res.  St.  C,  1001  10th  Ave.,  south.    Ch.:  Warren  Hildreth,  b,  Feb, 
11,  1886, 

7920.  i,         Allison  O.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1852;  m.  Eupheuse  Jane  Wright. 

7921.  ii.        Jane  Nizolla,  b.  Sept.  30,  1857;   m.  Sept.  30, 18—   George  E. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  511 

Lewis;  res.  Bismarck,  N.  D.    Ch.,  Eddie  Burbank  and  Frank 
Allison. 

7922.  iii.        Melville   C,  b.  Oct.  23,  1858;    unm.;  res.  Hope,  N.  D.     He  is 

supt.  of  schools  there. 

7923.  iv.       Clara  Electa,  b.  Mar.  27,  1860;  unm.;  res.  B. 

4805.  George  Whitney  (Asa,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Oct.  28,  1823;  m.  Mar.  29,  1853,  Sarah  P.  Barnard;  b.  Harvard, 
Apr.  13,  1830.     He  d.  May  1,  1871;  res.  Stow,  Mass. 

7924.  i.  Fred'k  A.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1858;  unm.;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

7925.  ii.         Georgianna,  b.  June  21, 1871 ;  m.  July  30,  1892,  Jeremiah  P.  Cala- 

han. 

4809.  Artemas  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1815;  m.  Nov.  11,  1847,  Lucy  Pease;  b.  Dec. 25,  18i6; 
res.  Maynard,  Mass. 

7926.  i.  Daniel  Alpheus,  b.  July  13,  1849;  m.  Minnie  Henry;  res.  Fonda, 

Iowa. 

7927.  ii.         Frank  Foster,  b.  Oct.  31,  1851;  m.  Fannie  Parker;  res.  M. 

7928.  iii.        Lucv  Jane,  b.  Jan.  22,  1854;  m.  Wm.  Bradford  Case;  res.  M. 

7929.  iv.       Edwin  Parker,  b.  Oct.  31,  1856;  d. . 

7930.  V.         Calvin  Artemas,  b.  Dec.  3,  1858;  m.  Matilda  Fix  and   Ethel 

Jones;  res.  M. 

7931.  vi.        Geo.  Edmund,  b.  June  1,  1863;  m.  Harriett  Cahoon  and  Maggie 

Dean;  res.  M. 

7932.  vii.       Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  May  31,  1867;  m.  James  Reed  Bent;  res.  M. 

4812.  John  M.  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Stow,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1822;  m.  Feb.,  1847.  Elizabeth  G.  Walcott;  d.  Feb.  7, 
1849;  m.  2d,  Mar.,  1850,  Hannah  E.  Whitmarsh;  b.  June  16,  1818;  d.  Mar.  13,  1887; 
res.  Maynard,  Mass. 

7933.  i.  Elizabeth  W.,  b.  May  30, 1848;  unm.;  res.  M. 

7934.  ii.         John  H.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1851;  m.  Mar.  25,  18—,  Margaret  Dawson.  He 

d.  Dec.  13,  1887.     She  res.  in  Milford,  Mass. 

7935.  iii.        Hannah  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  2,  1852;  unm.;  res.  M. 

7936.  iv.       Charles  Daniel,  b.  May  16,  1856;  m.  Nov.  27,  1877,  Addie  F. 

Walcott.     He  d.  Mar.  15,  1881;  res.  .Maynard. 

7937.  v.        Geo.  Archibald,  b.  Nov.  17, 1857;  m.  June  7,  1879,  Emma  Sharp; 

res.  Maynard. 

4814^.  Ephraim  Whitney  (Daniel,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),b.Ashby,  Mass.,  Sept.  19.1817;  m.  in  Still  River,  Mass.,  July  22,  1850,  Mary 
Haskell;  b.  Dec.  6,  1825;  res.  Still  River,  Mass. 

7938.  i.         Herbert  H.,  b.  Oct.  19, 1851;  m.  May  8,  1882;  res.  Grafton. 

7939.  ii.         Helen  F.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1854;  m.  Mar.  22,  1893,  Royal  Chenev;  res. 

S    R 

7940.  iii.        Arthur  S.,  b.  May  16,  1856;  d.  in  Stow,  Apr.  17,  1877. 

7941.  iv.        William  H.,  b.  Aug.  14, 1859;  m.  Sept.  18, 1888,  Bertha  M.  Mason, 

b.  Aug.  5,  1869;  res.,  s.  p.,  Potsdam,  N.  Y.;  is  a  gardner  and 
plant  grower  owning  large  greenhouses. 

7942.  V.         Alfred  R.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1862;  d.  Feb.  25, 1883. 

7943.  vi.        Edward  H.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1869;  m.  Aug.  31,  1894,  Mary  L.  Taylor,  b. 

May  28,  1866;  res.,  s.  p.,  21  Townsend  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

7944.  vii.      Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1871;  res.  S.  R. 

4825.  Samuel  Whitney  (Joseph,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  15,  1819;  m.  in  Surry,  N.  H.,  May  3,  1849,  Mary  Jane 
Carpenter;  b.  May  3,  1829;  d.  June  20, 1858;  m.  2d  at  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  Aug.  12, 1858, 
Zebuda  Foster;  b.  Dec.  12,  1822. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Boston  in  1819.  His  father  died  when  he  was  but 
nine  years  of  age,  in  his  thirty-sixth  year.  Samuel  then  went  to  live  with  his  father's 
brother,  Richard  in  Winchendon,  Mass.  After  living  two  years  with  his  uncle  he 
went  to  live  with  Benjamin  B.  Morse  with  whom  he  learned  the  tanner's  trade.  At 
the  age  of  25  he  paid  a  visit  to  his  mother,  and  while  there  was  taken  ill  with  typhoid 
fever  from  which  he  linally  recovered  after  a  long  illness.    Afterward  he  took  a 


7945. 
7946. 

ii. 

7947. 

111. 

7948. 

iv. 

7949. 

V. 

612  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

stock  of  gloves  and  mittens  and  went  to  see  his  cousin  John,  a  few  miles  from  Can- 
ton, O.,  where  he  was  taken  down  with  inflammation  of  the  bowels,  after  which  for 
more  than  three  months  he  could  not  step  over  a  log  six  inches  high  without  lifting 
the  limb  with  the  hand.  Then  he  went  to  Surry,  N.  H.,  and  engaged  in  the  tanning 
and  trimming  business,  and  married  Mary  Jane  Carpenter  of  Surry.  After  she  died 
he  removed  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  where  he  married  Zebuda  Foster,  in  1868.  He 
had  two  sons  by  the  first  wife;  res.  Surry,  N.  H.  and  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

Charles  Edward,  b.  Apr.  29,  1860;  m.  Jennie  Bliss. 

Geo.  Henry,  b.  May  30, 1862;  m.  Lizzie  Brown. 

Laura  Frances,  b.  Aug.  17,  1860;  d.  May  7, 1870. 

Mary  Jane,  b.  Sept.  6,  1863;  res.  F. 

John  Manning,  b.  Mar.  22, 1866;  res.  F. 

4837.  George  Henry  Whitney  (John,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  in  Cambridge  Aug.  26,  1822;  m.  Apr.  13,  1862,  Priscilla  Gallup,  b.  June 
21,  1831;  d.  June  8,  1877.     Res.  So.  Sudbury,  Mass. 

7960.  i.  George  Henry,  b.  Sept.  6,  1854;  res.  Cal. 

7961.  ii.         Isabelle,  b.  June  21,  1856;  res.  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

7962.  iii.        Priscilla  Alden,  b.   Feb.  16,  1861;  m.  Apr.  7,  1885,  John  O. 

Nicolson,  U.  S.  N.;  res.  Washington,  D.  C. 

7953.  iv.       Edward  Gallup,  b.  Aug.  25,  1858;  d.  Dec.  11,  1861. 

7954.  V.        Albert  Gallup,  b.  Dec.  26,  1861;  res.  Zanesville,  O. 

4838.  John  Whitney  (John,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b 
Boston,  Oct.  16,  1807;  m.  there  Dec.  22,  1828,  Mary  Baldwin  Holt,  b.  Oct.  13,  1806;  d. 
July  7,  1877,  in  Lancaster,  Mass. 

He  was  born  in  Boston;  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  at  Harvard  college. 
He  was  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  until  1867.  From  that  time  until  his 
death  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  old  Boston  &  Worcester  railroad  as  commercial 
agent.     He  d.  May  24,  1861;  res.  Brighton  and  So.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

7955.  i.  Mary    Baldwin,  b.  Nov.  14,  1833;  m.  in  Boston  June  15,  1859, 

George  Lee  Thurston,  b.  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Jan.  16,  1831;  d. 
Dec.  16, 1862;  m.  2d.  Sept.  12, 1870,  Henry  Stedman  Nourse,  edu- 
cator and  civil  engineer;  b.  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Apr.  9,  1831; 
graduate  Harvard  college,  1853;  A.  M.;  professor  of  ancient 
languages  at  Phillips  Exeter  academy;  adjutant  66th  Illinois 
infantry,  1862;  captain,  1863;  asst.  commissary  of  musters  17th 
Army  Corps,  1864-66;  engineer  of  construction  and  superintend- 
ent Pennsylvania  Steel  Works,  1867  to  1874;  member  house  of 
representatives,  Mass.,  1883;  senate,  1885-86;  member  American 
Antiquarian  society  and  Massachusetts  Historical  society.  Mili- 
tary Historical  society.  Loyal  Legion,  etc.,  etc.;  author  of  "  Early 
Records  of  Lancaster,"  "  Military  Annals  of  Lancaster,"  "The 
Story  of  the  55th  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,"  "The  Birth,  Mar- 
riage and  Death  Register  of  Lancaster,"  "The  History  of  Har- 
vard, Mass.,"  etc.,  etc.;  member  Massachusetts  Free  Public  Li- 
brary commission;  a  trustee  of  the  Worcester  Lunatic  Hospital. 
Ch.:  Wm.  Lee,  b.  Mav  3,  1860;  now  (1894)  traveling  in  Europe. 
Alice  Clary,  b.  Aug.  12, 1862;  d.  Jan  4, 1864;  Elizabeth,  b.  July  7, 
1872;  d.  July  9,  1872. 
7966.     ii.         Benjamin  H.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1843;  m.  Kate  L.  Goodman. 

7957.  iii.       John,  b.  Apr.  9,  1831;  d.  s.  p.  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  May  16,  1891. 

He  served  in    the  regular  army  from   1861   to   1883,  and  was 
retired  as  brevet  lieut.-col. 

7958.  iv.       Susan  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  31, 1846;  d.  Aug.  11,  1845. 

7959.  V.         Edward  Mellen,  b.  July  17,  1849;  d.  Aug.  13,  1849. 

4845.  John  Francis  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Daniel.  Richard,  Richard,  Richard. 
John),  b.  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Feb.  27,  1819;  m.  Jan.  18,  1844,  Julia  Ann  Andrews,  b. 
Sept.  29,  1826;  d.  Dec.  16,  1845;  m.  2d,  July  7,  1846,  Maria  Hook,  b.  Aug.  25,  1828;  res. 
Dorchester  Al3.ss 

7960. '  \.       '  Julia  F.,  b.  1848;  m.  W.  W.  Palmer;  res. .     Ch.:  Gertie,  b. 

;  Wm.,  b. . 

7961.     ii.         John  P.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1849;  m.  Annie  M.  Williams  and  Mamie  E. 
Pomar. 


7962. 

iii. 

7963. 

iv. 

7964. 

V. 

7966. 

VI. 

7966. 

Vll 

7967. 

vii 

7968. 

ix. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  51.j 

JosiAH  O.,  b.  July  10,  1853;  d.  May  31,  1878. 
Silas  G.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1855;  m.;  has  four  ch. 
Alice  G.,  b.  July  3,  1857;  m.  John  W.  Mance. 
Everett  C,  b.  July  4,  1859;  m.,  and  is  s.  p. 
Theo  H.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1861;  m.,  and  has  three  ch. 
Geo.  a.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1868;  d.  Apr.  11,  1888. 
Helen  Maria,  b. ;  d. . 

4846.  Ephraim  A.  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  1816;  m.  in  Boston,  Johanna  A.  Hook,  b.  1826;  d.  1864;  res.  Boston 
and  Stoughton,  Mass. 

7969.  1.  William  H.,  b.  Mar.  11, 1846;  m.  Clara  E.  Snowdell. 

7970.  ii.         Ophelia  V.,  b.  1850;  m.  William  I.  Hatch;  res.  Lyndon,  Mass. 

4847.  Charles  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Sept.  15,  1805;  m.  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  6,  1826,  Lydia  AI.-Ennery; 
b.  Concord,  Feb.  24,  1808;  d.  Dec.  12,  1884. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Whitney,  of  the  Highlands,  reached  the  fifty-eighth  anni- 
versary of  their  marriage,  Friday,  June  6,  1884.  Mr.  Whitney  started  from  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  June  5,  1826,  at  sunrise,  and  arrived  at  Chichester,  N.  H.,  at  sundown,  in 
a  chaise,  a  distance  of  about  seventy  miles.  The  following  morning  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Lydia  Maria  Emery,  having  seen  her  but  twice,  their  courtship  being 
done  mostly  by  proxy.  And  that  they  have  lived  together  so  long  and  happily  proves 
that  long  courtships  are  not  always  necessary.  Mr.  Charles  Whitney,  a  gentleman 
highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him,  died  on  Sunday,  at  his  home  on  Melrose 
street,  aged  79  years.  It  was  only  16  days  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  with  whom  he 
had  been  wedded  nearly  59  years.  It  seemed  a  beautiful  mercy  of  the  Almighty  that 
death  should  not  long  divide  them,  and,  although  their  departure  is  sorrowful  to  the 
mourners  bereft,  yet  they  were  sheaves  fully  ripe,  and  God  has  garnered  them. 
^Melrose  Jour7ial.'\     He  d.  Dec.  27,  18S4;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

7971.  i.         Louisa  M.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1827;  m.  Benjamin  F.  Peakes;  res.  8  Cod- 

man  Park,  Roxburv,  Mass. 

7972.  ii.        Augusta  G.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1829;  m. Weissbuga.     She  d.  Apr. 

22,  1860. 

7973.  iii.       Mary  Eliza,  b.  Nov.  5,  1831;  m.  Edgar  B.  Fox.      She  d.  Apr.  23, 

1874,  in  Berlin,  Wis.  Ch.:  Edgar  Augustus,  b.  June  7,  1852;  m. 
Bertha  Sweet;  res.  Berlin,  Wis.;  Harold  Sumner,  b.  June  16, 
1856;  m.  Addie  Easton;  res.  Berlin;  George  Julian,  b.  May  4, 
1858;  m.  Emma  Seelye;  res.  Berlin;  Fannie  Louise,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1864;  m.  Frank  C.  Roberts;  res.  Braintree,  Mass.;  Annie  Alice 
Lydia,  b.  Sept.  7,  1868;  m.  A.  Adelbert  Doty;  Edgar  Bernard, 
Jr.,  b.  Dec.  9,  1872;  res.  Berlin. 

7974.  iv.       Fannie  E.,  b.  May  14,  1837;  m.  Henry  G.  Washburn;  res.  8  Cod- 

man  Park. 

7975.  v.        Helen  S.,  b.  July  18,  1849;  res.  8^  Beethoven  St.,  Roxbury. 

7976.  vi.       Charles  J.,  b.  May  15,  1843;  m.  Mary  E.  Dunbar,  and  Helen  E. 

Fuller. 

7977.  vii.      Helen  S.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1834;  d.  1843. 

7978.  viii.     Charles  J  ,  b.  Jan.  15,  1839;  d.  Feb.,  1839. 

7979.  ix.       Charles  J.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1840;  d.  1842. 

4850.  Silas  Gore  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1800;  m.  Sarah  S. .  Silas  Gore  was  the  Vene- 
zuelan consul  at  Boston  for  several  years;  also  vice-consul  at  Puerto  Cabelo, 
Venezuela,  S.  A.     He  d.  July,  1854;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

Henry,  b. . 

Sarah  V.,  b. 


7980. 

7981. 

ii. 

7982. 

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7983. 

iv 

Mary,  b. ;  m.John  Q.  A.  Williams. 

Joseph  A.  P.,  b. ;  res.  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

4854.  Daniel  Ward  Whitney  (Emory,  Jacob,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  Nov,  18,  1820;  m.  at  Annin,  Pa.,  Feb.  23,  1852, 
Sarah  Ann  Manning,  b.  Mar.  20,  1818;  d.  Feb.  17,  1853;  m.  2d,  July  2,  1854,  Mrs,  Mary 
Ann  (Henry)  Ball,  b.  Feb.  4, 1834;  d.  May  16,  1866. 

He  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  went  to  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  in  the  year  1835, 


514  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

When  of  age  he  learned  the  trade  of  carriage  painting  and  worked  at  it  until  1844; 
then  went  to  Pennsylvania  and  bought  a  place  at  Newell  Creek,  but  sold  that  a  few 
years  later;  then  bought  the  place  he  now  lives  on  at  Turtle  Point,  then  a  wilderness. 
He  is  a  man  of  very  strict  habits;  never  drank  a  glass  of  liquor  in  his  life.  He 
never  enjoyed  very  good  health.  At  present  (1893)  he  is  helpless,  he  has  had 
three  paralytic  shocks;  also  asthma  and  spasmodic  bronchitis.  He  d.  Oct.  11,  1894;. 
res.  Turtle  Point,  Pa. 

7984.  ii.        William  Locke,  b.  May  1,  1855;  m.  Frances  Maria  Wing. 

7985.  iii.       Angeline  Melvina.  b.  Sept.  13,  1861;  res.  Turtle  Point. 
79-6.    i.         Eloit  Manning,  b.  Feb.  3,  1853;  d.  Feb.  3,  1853. 

4858.  Reuben  Fairbanks  Whitney  (Elias,  Jacob,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, Richard,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Feb.  3, 1823;  m.  at  Gilsum,  N.  H.,  Nov.  10, 
1845,  Jane  L.  Tubbs,  b.  Mar.  13,  1825.  He  d.  Jan.  28,  1864;  res.  Upton,  Mass.,  Stod- 
dard and  Marlow,  N.  H. 

7987.  i.         Christopher  F.,  b.  July  7, 1856;  m.  Nellie  L.  Todd. 

7988.  ii.        Ellen  Maria,  b.  May  11,  1847;  m.  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Nov.  20, 1867, 

Benjamin  W.  Eames,  shoe  cutter  by  trade;   res.  15  Tirrell  St., 
Worcester,  Mass.     He  was  b.  Nov.  18,  18^8.    Ch.:  Nellie  M.,  b. 
■    -       Sept.  7,  1871 ;  d.  Jan.  1,  1877;  Gertrude  L.,  b.  Dec.  19, 1872;  Flor- 
ence A.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1874. 

7989.  iii.       Josephine  Arabella,  b.  Mar.  9, 1849;  d.  Sept.  28, 1849. 

7990.  iv.        Geo.  Clement,  b.  Aug.  12,  1850;  m.  Ada  Maria  Wheeler. 

7991.  V.         Anna  Jane,  b.  Dec.  9,  1852;  m.  Elwin  J.  Marsh;  res.  Keene,  N.  H. 

7992.  vi.       Mary  Frances,  b.  Aug.  6,  1854;  m.  Geo.  W.  Fisher;  res.  147  School 

St.,  Keene,  N.  H. 

7993.  vii.      Milton  Henry,  b.  Nov.  30, 1857;  d.  Aug.  1,  1859. 

7994.  viii.     Edward  Arthur,  b.  Marlow,  N.  H.Aug.  31, 1860;  m.  Nov.  23, 1881,. 

Georganna  Nichols,  b.  Nov.  17,  1858,  s.  p.;  res.  So.  Attleboro,. 
Mass.  He  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Sunny  Point  greenhouses  and 
is  an  extensive  dealer  in  cut  flowers. 

4868.  Levi  Whitney  (Levi,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,. 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Apr.  25,  1818;  m.  Susan . 

His  will  is  dated  Mar.  6,  1852,  and  was  probated  at  Worcester,  Mar.  1, 1853.  His 
wife  Susan  was  executrix  and  his  only  sister  Drusilla  was  the  wife  of  Edward  Brig- 
ham,  of  Northboro.     He  d.  Feb.  28,  1853,  s.  p.;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

4874.  James  Lawton  Whitney  (Richard,  James,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1817;  m.  at  H.,  Mar.  27, 1867,  Ann  Doherty. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  always  resided,  an  extensive  farmer  and 
highly  respected  citizen.  From  1851 — 53  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen. 
He  d.  Aug.  29,  1882;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

7995.  i.         Sarah  A.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1864. 

7996.  ii.        Elizabeth  Mary,  b.  Nov.  7,  1865. 

7997.  iii.        Susan  L.,  b.  May  23,  1867;  d.  Oct.  11,  1867. 

7998.  iv.       Abby  Turner,  b.  Nov.  30,  1868. 

4877.  Gen.  James  Scolly  Whitney  (Stephen,Josiah,Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,. 
Richard,  John),  b.  So.  Deerfield,  Mass.,  May  19, 1811;  m.  Somers,  Conn.,  Nov.  23, 1836, 
Laurinda  Collins,  b.  July  6,  1810. 

Gen.  James  S.  Whitney.  [A  paper  read  by  S.  O.  Lamb,  Esq.,  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Pocumtuck  Valley  Memorial  Association,  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  24, 
1891.]  James  S.  Whitney  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  most  active,  enterprising,, 
energetic  and  successful  business  men.andoneof  the  most  prominent,  influential  and 
highly  respected  citizens  of  Franklin  county.  He  was  also  called  from  time  to  time 
to  high  positions  in  his  party,  and  in  the  state  and  national  governments,  which  widely 
extended  knowledge  or  his  name  and  reputation  through  his  own  state  and  the  country. 
It  is  therefore  eminently  proper  that  there  should  be  some  memorial  of  him  in  the 
proceedings  of  this  association  in  which  he  ever  felt  a  warm  interest,  and  of  which  he 
was  a  life  member.  James  S.  Whitney  was  born  in  that  part  of  Deerfield  then  called 
"Bloody  Brook,"  now  South  Deerfield,  May  19,  1811.  He  was  son  of  Stephen  Whit- 
ney, Esq.,  formerly  of  Nelson,  N.  H.,  a  prominent  merchant  at  Bloody  Brook.  Gen. 
Whitney's  mother,  Mary  Burgess,  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Burgess.  An 
elder  sister  of  Mrs.  Whitney  married  Mr.  Mitchell  Dawes,  of  Cummington,  and  was- 


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the  mother  of  Hon.  Henry  L.  Dawes.  The  early  education  of  James  S.Whitney  was 
such  as  he  was  able  to  obtain  at  home  from  the  teaching  of  his  parents.  At  an 
early  age  he  entered  the  store  of  his  father,  in  the  capacity  of  a  clerk,  and  by  his 
industrious  habits,  his  strict  attention  to  his  duties  and  his  ready  tact  in  dealing 
with  customers,  soon  established  a  good  business  character.  In  1832,  when  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  he  became,  by  purchase  from  his  father,  the  proprietor  of 
the  business  and  carried  on  the  same  at  South  Deerfield  till  about  the  first  of  January, 
1838,  when  he  removed  to  Conway.  In  that  period  of  his  life,  though  actively  em- 
ployed in  his  private  business,  he  took  a  deep  interest  and  active  part  in  public 
affairs,  and  especially  in  the  movement  at  that  time  in  which  his  father  also  took  an 
efficient  part,  for  the  organization,  or  the  reorganization  of  the  militia  of  the  state, 
which,  in  the  words  of  a  journal  of  the  day,  "was  in  a  deplorable  condition."  He 
entered  into  this  work  with  that  zeal  and  energy,  and  with  such  good  judgment  and 
success  as  gave  him  a  marked  prominence  in  military  circles,  and  in  1836,  when  only 
twenty-four  years  of  age,  he  was  honored  with  an  election  and  commission  as  brig- 
adier-general of  the  second  brigade  and  fourth  division  of  Massachusetts  militia.  By 
that  title  of  general  thus  early  and  honorably  earned  and  worthily  conferred,  he  was 
known  in  all  the  following  years  of  his  life.  He  was  an  efficient  and  popular  military 
officer.  One  who  well  remembers  him  says:  "He  was  a  superb  horseman,"  and 
was  never  seen  on  a  poor  horse.  One  interesting  incident  in  his  military  experience 
is  worthy  of  mention.  He  commanded  the  infantry  escort  that  headed  the  proces- 
sion at  the  celebration  of  Capt.  Lothrop's  battle  at  South  Deerfield,  Sept.  30,  1835, 
and  it  is  said  that  Hon.  Edward  Everett,  who  delivered  the  oration  on  that  occasion 
and  was  a  candidate  for  governor,  was  so  favorably  impressed  by  his  soldierly 
deportment  and  the  efficient  performance  of  his  duty,  that  soon  after  his  inauguration 
as  governor  and  of  his  own  motion  he  forwarded  to  Gen.  Whitney  a  commission  as 
justice  of  the  peace.  The  fact  that  the  General  qualified  by  taking  and  subscribing 
the  oath  of  office  on  the  10th  day  of  May,  1836,  tends  to  corroborate  the  statement. 
Gen.  Whitney  removed  from  South  Deerfield  about  the  first  of  January,  1838,  and 
then  engaged  in  business  in  Conway,  in  company  with  his  brother-in-law,  Mr,  Anson 
Shepard,  under  the  firm  name  of  Shepard  &  Whitney.  They  soon  gained  an  extensive 
and  profitable  country  trade.  There  are  those  yet  living  who  remember  well  that 
good  old-fashioned  country  store,  and  the  old  stove  around  which  the  gcod  citizens 
of  Conway  discussed  and  settled,  in  their  own  minds,  the  most  important  questions 
and  measures  affecting  the  destinies  of  their  town,  state  and  country,  and  around 
which,  as  one  who  well  remembers  it  has  recently  said,  "selectmen,  assessors  and 
constables  were  made  and  unmade."  The  firm  of  Shepard  &  Whitney  was  in  time 
followed  by  that  of  Whitney  &  Wells,  Mr.  Charles  Wells  being  the  junior  partner, 
-and  that  by  "  Whitney,  Wells  &  Co."  The  enterprising  public  spirit  of  Gen.  Whit- 
ney, his  general  intelligence,  his  capacity  for  business,  and  his  superior  tact  in  the 
management  of  men  and  affairs  soon  established  his  position  as  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  and  citizens  of  the  town.  In  1843  he  was  chosen  town  clerk,  and  was 
kept  lin  that  office  till  1852.  That  was  the  only  town  office  that  he  held,  although  he 
was  frequently  chosen  as  agent  for  the  town  in  important  matters, and  in  all  cases 
he  was  vigilant  for  the  interests  of  his  constituents.  Gen.  Whitney  represented  Con- 
way in  the  legislature  of  1851,  and  again  in  1854.  The  legislature  of  1851  was  con- 
trolled by  that  memorable  coalition  of  the  Democratic  and  Free-soil  parties  of  the 
state  which  placed  Charles  Sumner  in  that  seat  in  the  senate  of  the  United  States 
which  he  held  until  his  death  in  1874,  and  passed  many  important  measures  in  the 
line  of  reform  and  progress.  Among  those  measures  may  be  mentioned  the  act  to 
■establish  a  board  of  bajik  commissioners;  an  act  relating  to  joint  stock  companies, 
known  as  the  general  corporation  law,  which  was  especially  advocated  by  Gen.  Whit- 
ney; "an  act  to  change  the  organization  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  University 
at  Cambridge;"  an  "act  to  provide  for  the  better  security  of  the  ballot,"  known  as 
the  "  secret  ballot "  law  of  1851,  a  law  quite  as  effectual  and  more  simple  than  the 
present  law  for  the  same  purpose;  an  "act  to  amend  some  of  the  proceedings, 
practice  and  rules  of  evidence  of  the  courts  of  the  commonwealth;"  an  "act  relating 
to  the  calling  a  convention  of  delegates  for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  constitu- 
tion; "  an  act  to  exempt  from  levy  on  execution  the  homestead  to  the  value  of  8500, 
-of  a  householder  having  a  family,  known  as  the  homestead  law;  an  act  to  secure  to 
mechanics  and  laborers  their  payment  for  labor  by  a  lien  on  real  estate,  known  as  the 
mechanics'  lien  law;  and  an  act  providing  for  the  election  of  presidential  electors  by 
a  plurality  instead  of  a  majority  vote  and  extending  the  same  provision  to  the  elec- 
tion of  representatives  in  congress,  after  a  failure  to  elect  on  the  first  trial.  In  the 
discussions  concerning  those  measures,  and  in  all  the  proceedings  of  the  house,  Gen. 


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Whitney  took  an  active  and  influential  part,  and  displayed  an  acquaintance  with 
public  affairs,  an  understanding  and  appreciation  of  the  true  principles  of  legislation 
and  government,  and  a  readiness  and  power  in  debate  that  placed  him  among  the 
first  in  ability  and  influence  in  a  body  which  comprised  among  its  members  dis- 
tinguished men  who  were  well  known  through  the  state  and  who  participated 
in  the  debates  and  proceedings  of  the  house.  The  election  of  Charles  Sumner  to  the 
senate  of  the  United  States,  with  which  the  name  of  Gen.  Whitney  was  at  the  time 
so  often  mentioned,  was  an  event  of  too  much  importance  and  interest  to  be  passed 
without  special  notice.  Probably  no  election  of  a  senator  in  Massachusetts  was  ever 
attended  with  more  intense  feeling  and  excitement.  Mr.  Sumner  was  exceedingly 
popular  with  the  Free-soil  party,  and  in  the  arrangements  of  the  coalition  it  was 
understood  that  he  was  to  be  elected  United  States  senator  for  the  term  which  began  on 
the  4th  of  March,  1851.  The  Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  who  was  eminently  worthy 
of  the  confidence  and  support  of  his  party  was  the  Whig  candidate.  The  election  of 
senator  was  then  made  by  the  concurrent  vote  of  the  two  branches  of  legislature,. 
without  vote  in  joint  convention.  In  the  senate  the  coalition  had  the  majority  and 
Mr.  Sumner  was  elected  on  the  first  ballot.  In  the  house  the  contest  was  protracted 
and  attended  with  much  excitement.  Several  Democrats  refused  to  vote  for  Mr. 
Sumner;  Gen.  Whitney  was  one  of  them.  He  was  a  Democrat  of  the  Jackson  school 
and  ever  had  the  courage  to  stand  by  his  principles.  He  was  no  friend  of  the  sys- 
tem of  American  slavery,  but  he  was  an  earnest  supporter  of  the  constitution  of  the 
United  States,  and  regarded  the  agitation  of  the  slavery  question  in  congress  as 
detrimental  to  the  peace  and  interests  of  the  country.  He  regarded  Mr.  Sumner  as 
an  anti-slavery  agitator  and  cast  his  vote  for  a  Democrat,  in  some  twenty  or  more 
ballotings.  In  the  meantime  efforts  were  made  to  convince  him  that  he  was  mistaken 
in  his  views  of  Mr.  Sumner's  character  and  purposes.  Mr.  Sumner  and  Gen.  Whitney^ 
apparently  by  accident,  met  in  the  state  library  for  the  purpose  of  an  interview,  and 
without  any  express  promise  or  pledge  Mr.  Sumner  assured  Gen.  Whitney  in  substance 
that  he  was  not  disposed  to  act  the  part  of  an  agitator  in  the  senate.  The  result  of  the 
interview  was  reasonably  satisfactory  to  Gen.  Whitney,  but  knowing  that  the  Dem- 
ocrats of  Conway  were  generally  opposed  to  the  election  of  Mr.  Sumner,  and  had 
approved  his  own  course  thus  far,  he  decided  to  refer  the  matter  to  them  for  advice. 
He  accordingly  came  to  Conway;  a  meeting  of  the  Democrats  was  called, at  which  he 
stated  fully  and  candidly  the  situation  in  the  house.  After  a  free  conference,  the 
voice  of  the  meeting  was  that  he  should  vote  for  Mr.  Sumner.  With  this  expression 
of  the  sentiments  of  his  constituents,  he  returned  to  Boston.  The  26th  ballot  was 
taken  by  the  secret  ballot  system,  the  ballot  of  each  member  being  put  into  an  envel- 
ope, the  envelopes  being  uniform  in  size  and  appearance,  which  was  then  sealed  and 
deposited.  The  result  was,  whole  number  of  ballots,  384;  necessary  for  a  choice,  193,. 
Charles  Sumner  had  193,  and  was  formally  declared  duly  elected.  It  was  said  that 
he  was  elected  by  the  vote  of  Gen.  Whitney.  In  due  time  he  took  his  seat  in  the 
senate,  and  an  examination  of  the  records  will  show  that  for  some  time  his  course 
was  in  perfect  accordance  with  the  assurance  given  to  Gen.  Whitney.  In  May,  1851, 
Gen.  Whitney  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Franklin  county.  He  held  the  office  about 
two  years,  and  it  is  no  disparagement  of  the  other  able  and  popular  gentlemen,  who 
have  so  well  served  the  county  in  that  position,  to  say  that  the  duties  of  the  office  were 
never  discharged  by  any  one  in  a  more  courteous,  dignified,  efficient  and  acceptable 
manner.  In  1853  the  town  of  Conway  honored  itself  and  Gen.  Whitney  by  electing  him 
as  a  delegate  to  the  convention  of  delegates  of  the  people  for  the  purpose  of  revising 
the  constitution  of  the  commonwealth.  Examination  of  the  published  proceedings  of 
the  convention  shows  that  Gen.  W' hitney  took  and  maintained  a  conspicuous  and  hon- 
orable position  as  one  of  its  most  able,  industrious,  practical  and  useful  members. 
In  1854,  Gen.  Whitney  was  interested  and  efficient  in  procuring  the  charter,  and  in 
the  organization  of  the  Conway  bank,  in  which  he  was  a  director  while  he  remained 
in  Conway.  In  the  same  year  he  took  an  active  part  in  procuring  the  charter  and  in 
the  organization  of  the  Conway  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  corporators  and  the  first  president.  He  also  procured  the  passage  of  the 
act  providing  for  the  combination  of  stock  and  mutual  departments,  and,  subse- 
quently, for  the  passage  of  an  act  authorizing  the  separation  of  the  two  departments, 
and  the  removal  of  the  business  of  the  stock  department  to  Boston,  He  identified 
himself  with  all  the  public  affairs  of  the  town,  and  was  ever  prompt  to  aid  with  word  and 
mfluence,  with  heart  and  hand,  every  enterprise  that  tended  to  promote  the  prosper- 
ity and  best  interests  of  Conway.  But  while  Gen.  Whitney  was  thus  devoting  his 
time  and  abilities  to  the  management  of  his  extensive  private  business  and  the  affairs 
of  his  immediate  vicinity,  events  were,  without  thought  on  his  part,  preparing  for  him 


518  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

a  different,  and  in  some  respects  more  public  field  of  labor.  By  an  act  of  congress 
early  in  1854,  the  president  of  the  United  States  was  required  to  appoint  a  civilian 
as  superintendent  of  the  national  armory  at  Springfield,  Mass.  The  situation  was 
peculiar,  and  a  source  of  anxiety  to  President  Pierce,  who  found  it  difficult  to 
make  an  entirely  satisfactory  selection  from  the  several  candidates.  Gen.  Caleb 
Gushing  was  then  a  member  of  the  cabinet  as  attorney-general  of  the  United  States. 
He  was  well  acquainted  with  Gen.  Whitney,  with  whom  he  served  in  the  legislature 
of  1851;  Gen.  Whitney,  whose  name  bad  not  been  mentioned  in  connection  with  the 
superintendency  of  the  armory,  was  one  day  surprised  by  a  letter  from  Gen.  Gushing, 
stating  that  the  president  wished  to  see  him  in  Washington  at  an  early  day,  in  regard 
to  a  matter  of  business,  the  nature  of  which  was  not  suggested.  Gen.  Whitney,  of 
course,  went  to  W^ashington  and  was  agam  surprised  when  the  president,  after  some 
conversation  relative  to  the  state  affairs  at  the  armory,  tendered  to  him  the  position 
of  superintendent.  In  response  to  the  offer  and  request  of  the  president,  Gen.  Whit- 
ney said  he  would  consider  the  matter  and  give  an  early  answer,  and  after  delibera- 
tion and  consultation  with  friends,  he  decided  to  accept  the  appointment.  He  was 
appointed  on  the  13th  and  took  charge  of  the  armory  on  Oct.  19,  1854.  The  first 
public  mention  of  his  name  in  connection  with  the  appointment  was,  so  far  as  I  am 
aware,  in  the  Springfield  Rcpiib  lie  an  of  Oct.  16,  which  said:  "We  have  informa- 
tion to  the  effect  that  Gen.  James  S.  W^hitney,  of  Conway,  is  to  receive  the  appoint- 
ment of  superintendent  of  the  United  States  armory  here.  He  has  been  in  Washington, 
made  application  (this  was  a  mistake;  he  made  no  application),  and  been  successful. 
*  *Gen.  Whitney  is  a  politician  of  considerable  ability  and  a  gentleman  of  popular 
manners.  He  is  probably  indebted  to  Caleb  Cushing's  influence  united  to  his  own  early 
advocacy  and  defense  of  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  compromise  for  his  service  in  this 
matter."  The  manner  in  which  the  appointment  was  received  in  Springfield  is  shown 
by  the  announcement  in  the  Republican  of  Oct.  18,  that,  "A  salute  is  to  be  fired  to-day 
in  rejoicing  over  the  selection  of  Gen.  Whitney  as  superintendent  of  the  armory.  The 
expectants  of  the  fat  places  are  expected  to  pay  for  the  powder.  It  must  be  quite 
gratifying  to  the  general  to  know  how  popular  his  appointment  is.  Though  not 
ten  persons  in  the  city  probably  had  dreamed  of  him  in  connection  with  the 
place  until  his  selection  was  announced  in  the  Republican  of  Monday,  we  believe  it 
is  now  conceded  to  be  just  the  appointment  that  all  the  dissatisfied  wanted."  Gen. 
Whitney  continued  in  charge  of  the  armory  till  Mar.  1,  1860,  when  he  resigned  the 
superintendency,  having  been  called  to  a  higher  position.  To  say  that  his  adminis- 
tration of  the  affairs  of  the  armory  was  successful,  in  the  broadest  and  best  sense  of 
the  term,  is  no  more  than  just  praise.  It  was  eminently  successful.  Upon  this  point 
the  public  expressions,  made  at  the  time,  of  those  whose  acquaintance  and  knowledge 
well  qualified  them  to  judge,  are  both  conclusive  and  interesting.  On  Mar.  3,  1860, 
in  pursuance  of  previous  arrangements,  the  officers  and  armorers  of  the  armory  met 
Gen.  Whitney,  to  present  to  him  a  testimonial  of  their  respect  and  esteem.  There 
was  a  full  meeting.  The  testimonial  was  a  very  elegant  set  of  silver  ware,  described 
as  follows:  A  pitcher  and  fine  goblet,  all  lined  with  gold,  of  original  and  unique  pat- 
tern, elaborately  ornamented,  and  altogether  the  most  superb  set  of  the  kind  ever 
seen  in  Springfield.  Upon  the  pitcher  was  this  inscription:  "Presented  to  Gen. 
James  S.Whitney  by  the  officers  and  armorers  of  the  United  States  armory,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  on  his  retirement  from  the  superintendency,  Feb.  22,  1860."  Each  goblet  bore 
the  following:  "Gen.  James  S.  Whitney,  from  the  officers  and  armorers,  Feb.  22, 1860." 
The  Springfield  Republican  of  Mar.  5  gave  a  full  report  of  the  proceedings  on  this 
occasion.  It  said  that  "  they  were  creditable  to  all  parties,"  and  that,  "  Few  testimo- 
nials of  esteem,  few  exchanges  of  compliments  between  parties  having  such  relations 
to  each  other,  have  the  heart  in  them  that  these  contained.  It  was  easy  for  the 
spectator  to  see  and  feel  that  on  both  sides  it  was  no  hollow  farce,  but  that  each 
meant  all  they  said.  Gen.  Whitney's  course  as  superintendent  was  singularly  suc- 
cessful, both  outwardly  and  inwardly.  It  has  introduced  great  improvements  in  the 
buildings  and  the  grounds,  in  the  machinery  and  in  the  guns,  and  it  has  brought 
peace,  order,  harmony,  and  universal  good  feeling  to  the  armory  and  the  community, 
where  before  for  years,  had  raged  bitter  controversies  full  of  all  manner  of  personal 
collisions  and  unkindness.  It  is  enough,  however,  to  say  of  his  administration  that 
though  he  was  the  first  representative  of  the  restored  civil  system,  after  a  long  and 
hard  contest  with  the  military  government,  the  friends  and  representatives  of  the 
latter  joined  as  warmly  in  his  praise  as  anybody;  and  although  he  was  the  political 
appointment  of  a  Democratic  administration  and  has  ever  kept  his  political  armor 
buckled  on  and  bright,  no  political  distinctions  have  been  made  in  the  employment 
of  workmen,  and  Republicans  are  as  ready  to  do  him  honor  as  the  Democrats." 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  519 

The  Republican  on  the  9th  of  February,  1860,  announced  the  appointment  of  Gen. 
Whitney  as  collector  of  the  port  of  Boston,  and  said:  "Though  not  seeking  the  office, 
we  presume  he  will  accept  it,  as  both  in  political  honors  and  personal  protit  it  is  a 
much  higher  and  more  desirable  position  than  he  has  at  the  armory.  The  appoint- 
ment is  but  a  just  recognition  of  Gen.  Whitney's  leadership  in  the  party,  and  places 
him  substantially  at  the  head  of  the  Democratic  organization  in  New  England,  and 
his  sagacity  and  influence  will  undoubtedly  enable  him  to  retain  it  not  only  through 
the  remainder  of  Mr.  Buchanan's  administration,  but  a  further  and  full  term  if  the 
Democratic  party  again  succeed  in  maintaining  its  supremacy  in  the  government. 
The  armory  and  our  citizens  generally  will  regret  to  lose  Gen.  Whitney  from  his 
present  position.  He  has  been  popular  and  efficient  in  his  superintendence  of  that 
establishment,  and  the  announcement  of  his  successor  will  be  awaited  with  intense 
anxiety,  lest  the  perils  of  political  appointments  shall  be  illustrated  in  his  career,  as 
they  have  not  been  in  that  of  Gen.  Whitney's."  The  following  from  the  New  York 
Journal  of  Cojnmerce,  not  a  partisan  paper,  shows  how  it  was  regarded  in  commer- 
cial circles:  "It  is  eminently  fit  that  we  should  give  the  president  due  praise  for  the 
selection  of  a  new  incumbent,  so  popular,  so  correct  in  his  business  habits,  and  so 
sound  on  the  national  questions  of  the  day  as  the  gentleman  who  has  been  nominated 
for  the  collectorship.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  we  presume,  of  his  confirmation." 
Gen.  Whitney's  administration  of  the  business  affairs  of  the  Boston  Custom  House 
was  efficient  and  satisfactory  to  the  government,  as  well  as  to  all  who  had  direct 
dealings  with  the  collector  or  his  subordinates,  but  it  was  cut  short  by  the  success  of 
the  Republican  party  in  the  election  of  1860.  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the 
office  about  the  first  of  March,  1860,  and  was  removed  very  soon,  I  think  within  30 
-days  after  the  inauguration  of  President  Lincoln,  on  the  4th  of  March,  1861.  After 
his  removal  from  the  collectorship,  Gen.  Whitney  engaged  in  business  in  Boston, 
and  soon  became  identified  with  enterprises  of  large  extent  and  importance.  He 
was  for  some  years,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  president  of  the  Boston  Water 
Power  Company  and  of  the  Metropolitan  Steamship  Company,  whose  steamers 
formed  the  "outside  line"  from  Boston  to  New  York,  By  his  sagacity,  energy  and 
sound  judgment,  he  soon  gained,  and  maintained  a  high  reputation  as  a  business 
man  among  business  men  of  the  highest  character.  The  facts  that  Gen.  Whitney 
represented  Conway  in  the  legislature  of  18-51  and  18.54  and  that  he  was  a  delegate  in 
the  constitutional  convention  in  1853,  have  been  mentioned.  It  is  to  be  said  further 
that  in  1849  he  was  a  Democratic  candidate  in  Franklin  county  for  state  senator;  that 
in  1852  he  was  one  of  the  Democratic  candidates  for  presidential  electors  at  large. 
Col.  Charles  G.  Greene,  for  many  years  the  well-known  editor  of  the  Boston  Post, 
being  the  other;  that  in  1856  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national  conven- 
tion that  nominated  James  Buchanan  for  president;  that  in  1860  he  was  a  delegate 
at  large  to  the  Democratic  national  convention  which  met  at  Charlestown,  adjourned 
to  Baltimore  and  divided  on  candidates;  that  in  that  year  he  acted  with  those 
Democrats  who  supported  John  C.  Breckinridge  for  president;  that  in  1872  he  repre- 
sented the  first  Norfolk  district  in  the  state  senate;  that  in  1876  he  was  president  of 
the  Democratic  state  convention  that  nominated  Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams  for 
governor  of  Massachussetts;  and  that  in  1878  he  presided  over  the  Democratic 
state  convention  in  Faneuil  Hall,  Boston,  which  nominated  Hon.  Josiah  G.  Abbott 
for  governor,  in  opposition  to  Hon.  B.  F.  Butler,  who  had  received  a  nomination 
from  Democrats  at  Worcester.  On  the  last  named  occasion  he  made  an  able  and 
powerful  speech  which  attracted  much  attention.  That  was  the  last  public  effort  of 
his  life,  but  there  was  nothing  in  it  nor  in  his  personal  appearance — hearty  and  vig- 
orous— that  indicated  that  he  was  very  near  the  end  of  his  earthly  career.  He  was 
active  in  his  attention  to  his  extensive  business  interests  in  Boston  till  and  on  the 
24th  day  of  October,  1878.  On  that,  day  he  had,  in  the  forenoon,  been  in  consulta- 
tion with  other  gentlemen  concerning  the  affairs  of  the  Boston  Water  Power  Com- 
pany, to  which  labor  he  applied  himself  very  closely.  He  was  in  his  customary 
health  at  noon,  made  a  call  at  the  headquarters  of  the  Democratic  State  com- 
mittee and  manifested  his  usual  interest  in  the  progress  of  the  pending  political 
campaign.  Later  in  the  afternoon  he  heard  of  the  sudden  death  of  Mr.  James  L. 
Thorndyke,  a  friend  and  business  associate.  Still  later,  he  met  a  friend  on  the 
street,  to  whom  he  said  that  he  had  intended  to  go  to  the  Democratic  meeting  in 
Fanueil  Hall  that  evening,  but  had  just  heard  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Thorndyke  and 
■concluded  to  go  home  and  keep  quiet,  instead  of  subjecting  himself  to  the  excite- 
ment of  a  political  assemblage.  He  said,  "I  am  getting  to  be  an  old  man  and  per- 
haps better  take  care  of  myself."  The  two  separated  shortly  before  6  o'clock. 
Gen.  Whitney  took  a  car  on  his  way  to  his  home  in  Brookline,  where  he  had   resided 


520  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

since  his  removal  from  Springfield  in  1860.  When  near  the  end  of  the  car  route  he 
became  faint  and  was  assisted  from  the  car  to  a  store  near  at  hand.  While  cross- 
ing the  street  he  asked  that  aid  be  sent  for.  Doctors  were  at  once  called,  but  before 
they  arrived  life  was  extinct.  Heart  disease  was  the  cause  of  his  death.  On  Mon- 
day, Oct.  28,  private  funeral  services  were  held  at  his  house,  followed  by  public  serv- 
ices in  the  Harvard  church,  every  seat  in  which  was  occupied  by  his  friends  and 
associates,  among  whom  were  many  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of  Boston  and 
Brookline.  The  services  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Reuben  Thomas,  who  pronounced 
an  impressive  and  appropriate  eulogy.  While  fortunate  and  successful  beyond  most 
men  in  his  business  and  public  life.  Gen.  Whitney  was  also  eminently  happy  in  his 
family  and  private  relation.  He  married  early  in  life  and  "his  home  was  a  charming 
and  happy  place  for  him."  At  his  death  he  left  a  widow,  two  sons,  and  four  daugh- 
ters, who  still  survive.  The  sons,  Hon.  William  C.  Whitney,  an  eminent  member  of 
the  legal  profession  in  New  York  City,  and  secretary  of  the  navy  during  the  adminis- 
tration of  President  Cleveland,  and  Henry  M.  Whitney,  Esq.,  of  Brookline,  the  able 
president  of  the  West  End  Railway  Company,  are  well  known  in  all  circles  of  busi- 
ness men.  In  concluding  this  imperfect  sketch  of  the  life  of  Gen.  Whitney,  I  feel 
that  it  can  be  truly  and  should  in  justice,  be  said  that  in  all  the  active  and  busy 
walks  of  life,  as  well  as  in  the  quiet  home  circle  his  conduct  was  most  exemplary. 
No  question  was  ever  raised,  no  doubt  was  ever  suggested  as  to  his  integrity  and 
honor  in  his  dealings  with  his  fellow  men  either  in  public  or  private  capacity.  He 
was  temperate  in  all  his  habits,  and  the  open,  avowed  friend  of  temperance  and 
good  order,  of  industry  and  economy  and  ot  all  the  virtues  that  tend  most  to  pro- 
mote the  prosperity  and  true  welfare  of  a  community.  As  to  his  worth  as  a  neigh- 
bor and  friend,  the  general  voice  of  those  among  whom  he  dwelt  for  the  greater  part 
of  his  life  was  explicit  and  satisfactory.  In  relation  to  this  we  have  the  testimony 
of  one  who  was  for  many  years  his  fellow  townsman  and  associate  to  some  extent  in 
business  affairs,  who  knew  him  well,  who  himself  stood  high  in  the  estimation  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  who,  after  a  life  of  usefulness,  has  gone  to  his  own  reward.  He 
d.  Oct.  24,  1878;  res.  Conway,  Mass.,  and  Brookline,  Mass.,  cor.  Beacon  and  Pleasant 
Sts. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1837;  unm.;  res.  Brookline. 
Henry  Melville,  b.  Oct.  22,  1839;  m.  Margaret  F.  Green, 
William  Collins,  b.  July  5,  1841;  m.  Flora  Payne. 
Susan  C,  b.  Mar.  27,  1845;  m.  Sept.  5,  1867,  Henry  Farnum 
Dimock;  res.  66  W.  37th  St.,  New  York  Citv.  He  was  b.  Mar. 
28,1842.  Ch.:  Susan  Maria,  b.  Nov.  16,1869.  Htnry  Farnum 
Dimock  was  born  at  South  Coventry,  Conn.;  was  graduated  at 
Yale  college  in  the  class  of  1863.  Studied  law  at  the  Harvard 
law  school  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  city  of  New  York 
in  1865.  Practiced  law  in  partnership  with  Wm.  C.  Whitney, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Dimock  &  Whitney,  until  1870.  At  that 
time  he  took  charge  of  the  Metropolitan  Steamship  Co.,  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  and  has  continued  in  the  management  of 
that  company  ever  since.  In  1875  he  was  appointed  a  commis- 
sioner of  docks  in  that  city,  and  held  that  office  for  more  than 
six  years.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Tilden  in  1875  a 
member  of  a  commission  to  devise  a  plan  for  the  government 
of  the  cities  of  the  state  of  New  York,  and  served  on  that  com- 
mission during  its  life.  He  is  at  the  present  time  a  director  of 
the  Metropolitan  Steamship  Co.,  and  treasurer  of  that  company; 
a  director  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.  Co.;  of  the  Knicker- 
bocker Trust  Co.,  of  the  city  of  New  York;  of  the  Bank  of  North 
America,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  and  of  the  New  York  Loan 
and  Improvement  Co.,  and  of  the  Dominion  Coal  Company, 
Limited,  of  Boston. 

8003.  V.  Etta  P.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1847;  unm.;  res.  Highland  and  Fountain  Sts., 
West  Newton,  Mass. 

8004.  vi.       Twin  Brother,  b.  Apr.  6, 1847;  d.  Apr.  9,  1847. 

8005.  vii.  LauRinda  C,  b.  July  4,  1852;  m.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Oct.  20, 
1875,  Charles  Tracy  Barney;  res.  101  East  38th  St.,  New  York 
City.  He  was  b.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  27,  1851.  Ch.:  Ashbel 
H.,  b.  Julv  29,  1876;  James  Whitnev,  b.  May  8,  1878;  Gardiner 
Tracy,  b.  June  25,  1880;  d.  Jan.  24, 1887;  Helen  Tracy,  b.  Feb.  1, 


7999. 

8000. 

ii. 

8001. 

ni 

8002. 

IV, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  521 

1882;  Katharine  Lansing,  b.  Feb.  6,  1885.  Mr.  Barney's  home 
has  been  in  New  York  City  since  he  was  a  small  boy.  His  sum- 
mer residence  is  at  Southampton,  L.  L 

4S!*1.  Joseph  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  iMar.  25,  1811;  m.  Feb.  28,  1841,  Mary  Abbott  Newcomb,  b.  Jan.  27.  1820. 

He  was  born  at  Nelson,  N.  H.;  is  a  farmer;  has  been  superintendent  of  schools, 
town  clerk  and  selectman;  res.  Sullivan,  N.  H. 
8u06.     i.  Ransel  N.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1842. 

8007.  ii.         Laurette  A.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1847. 

8008.  iii.        SCOLLEY  J.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1863;  d.  June  1,  1856. 

4882.  George  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  in  Nelson,  N.  H.,  Oct.  6,  1809;  m.  Sept.  12,  183.3,  Nancy  Nims,  b.  May  21, 
1809;  d.  Dec.  4,  1870.     He  d.  June  24,  1868;  res.  Keene,  N.  H. 

8009.  i.  George  Theodore,  b.  June  18,  1835;  d.  unm.  Mar.  12,  1865;  was 

in  war. 

8010.  ii.         Sarah  Abba,  b.  Dec.  20,  1836;  res.  Keene,  N.  H. 

8011.  iii.        Josiah  Hood,  b.  Aug.  27,  1838;  d.  Mar.  3,  1841. 

8012.  iv.        Henry  Albin,  b.  June  30,  1840;  d.  Dec.  28,  1851. 

8013.  V.         Frances  Adelaide,  b.  Apr.  26,  1842;  m.  June  22,  1871,  Geo.  H. 

French;  res.  Malone,  N.  Y. 

8014.  vi.        Josiah  Lee,  b.  May  19,  1844;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

8015.  vii.       Leonard,  F.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1848;  m.  Ellen  T.  Gaguin. 

4884.  Charles  H.  Whitney  (Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Nov.  18,  1819;  m.  Jan.  3,  1843,  Lucy  C.  Nims,  h.  Feb.  5,  1.820. 

Charles  H.  Whitney  was  born  in  Nelson,  N.  H.,  where  he  lived  more  than  fifty 
years,  then  moved  to  Keene,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  ever  since.  When  he  resided 
in  Nelson  his  main  business  was  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes,  together  with 
town  and  other  legal  business.  Since  he  came  to  Keene  he  has  been  in  the  insurance 
business  and  doing  other  writing,  such  as  deeds,  wills,  etc.  He  was  first  commis- 
sioned as  justice  of  the  peace  for  Cheshire  county  in  1848;  afterward  was  made  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  quorum  throughout  the  state,  and  now  holds  that  office.  In  1853 
w;.s  elected  town  clerk  of  Nelson,  which  office  he  held  for  twenty  years  in  succession, 
or  until  he  moved  to  Keene.  While  in  Nelson  held  various  offices  of  trust  in  town 
business,  selectman,  auditor,  collector,  etc.,  and  was  elected  to  represent  the  town  in 
general  court  four  years,  viz.,  18.55-6  and  in  1869-70.  In  1874  he  was  elected  countv 
commissioner  for  Cheshire  county  for  three  years'  term;  was  two  years  a  member  and 
clerk  of  council  city  of  Keene,  and  in  1889  was  chosen  delegate  from  \\'ard  2  in 
Keene  to  the  constitutional  convention  to  amend  the  state  constitution.  Has  been  a 
member  of  Congregational  church  over  fifty-three  years  and  officer  therein;  res. 
Keene,  N.  H. 

8016.  i.  Charles  R.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1846;  m.  Mattie  A.  Page  and  Elizabeth 

L.  Hanna. 

8017.  ii.         Ellen  R.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1854;  d.  Mar.  5,  18.55. 

4890.  John  Henry  Whitney  (Henry  H.,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  21,  1838;  m.  Sept.  10,  1862,  Jane  M.  Nutting;  res.  New 
Ipswich,  N.  H. 

8018.  i.  Charles  G.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1869;  res.  East  ]a£frey,  N.  H. 

8019.  ii.         Leslie  H.,  b.  Mav  20,  1877;  res.  Highlands,  N.  C. 

8020.  iii.        Allen,  b.  Feb.  14,  1882;  res.  Highlands,  N.  C. 

4894.  George  L.  Whitney  (Dwell,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Mar.  10,  1833;  m.  1858.  Caroline  E.  Willard,  b.  Sept.  2,  1837.  He 
d.  and  she  m.  2d  Geo.  W.  Milliken,  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.  Mr.  Whitney  served  in  the 
civil  war  in  the  Fourth  Mass.  Heavy  Artillery.  He  d.  in  Winchendon,  Mass.;  res. 
Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

4896.  Edwin  Whitney  (Dwell,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  June  6,  1836;  m.  1860,  Eliza  Jane  Cross,  b.  1842;  d.  Sept.  27,  1867;  m.  2d, 
June  16,  1868,  Elizabeth  F.  Wheeler;  res.  Ashbv,  Mass. 

8021.  i.  Fred  L.,  b.  1862;  m.  1886,  Laura  Curtis.     She  d.  1889.     He  res. 

S.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 
84 


622  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

4897.  Lewis  Whitney  (Dwell,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard,. 
John),  b.  July  9,  1838;  m.  Nov.  26,  1866,  Martha  Jane  Lawrence,  b.  Mar.  19,  1844;  res. 
res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

8022.  i.  Frank  M.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1866;  m.  Jan.  1,  1890;  res.  214  West  St., 

Worcester,  Mass. 

8023.  ii.         Charles  L.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1868;  res.  Worcester. 

4898.  Lemuel  Whitney  (Dwell,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Oct.  30,  1840;  m.  Mar.  19,  1868,  Sarah  Isabel  Ward,  b.  May  16,  1847. 
He  res.  in  Ashby,  Mass.,  for  several  years,  but  finally  moved  to  Providence,  R.  L 
Durinsj  the  war  he  served  two  years  in  the  21st  Mass.  Regt.;  res.  Pawtucket,  R.  L, 
28  Cherry  St. 

8024.  i.         Arthur  Edwin,  b.  June  11, 1881. 

4900.  Augustus  G.Whitney  (Dwell,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Sept.  26.  1846;  m.  May,  12,  1869.  Martha  S.  Robbins,  Sept.  14,  1840. 
He  is  proprietor  of  the  Ashburnham  and  Fitchburg  stage  line;  res.  Ashburnham, 
Mass.,  s.  p. 

4902.     Newton  O.  Whitney  (Otis,  Lenmel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  June  8,  1844;  m  ,  1869,  Jennie  A.  Henshaw;  res.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 
8026.     i.         Cora  A.,  b.  1870;  m.  1888, Petts;  res.  N.  I. 

8026.  ii.        Waldo  D.,  b.  1873. 

8027.  iii.       Myron  O.,  b.  1876. 

4904.  Charles  P.  Whitney,  (Otis  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Dec.  8,  1848,  in  Ashburnham;  m.  Oct.,  1871,  Mary  O.  Thomas;  res.  22  Snow 
St.,  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

8028.  i.         Lottie  G.,  b.  Feb.,  1872. 

4905.  Herbert  W.  Whitney  (Otis,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Sept.  6,  1846;  m.  June,  1869,  Emma  Marble;  d.  Nov.  1876;  res.  New  Ips- 
wich, N.  H. 

8029.  i.        Melvin  B.,  b.  Mar.,  1871. 

4910.  Albert  L.  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Jan.  22,  1861;  m.  Dec.  9,  1876,  Lucy  M.  Wyatt;  res.  Riverside,  Cal. 

8030.  i.  Leslie  Albert. 

8031.  ii.         Mabel  Almina. 
80.32.    iii.       Alice  .\rvilla. 

8033.  iv.       Frank  Clinton,  b.  Mar.,  1886;  d.  Mar.,  1892. 

8034.  v.         Elsie  Frances,  b.  Nov.  12,  1887;  d.  1888. 

8035.  vi.       Henry  Hudson,  b.  1889;  d.  1889. 

4911.  Frank  William  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Nov.  3,  1852;  m.  Dec.  31,  1875,  Mary  Emma  Bass, 
b.  Dec.  6,  1858;  res.  Warwick,  Mass. 

Charles  Frank,  b.  Apr.  17,  1877. 

Earnest  Eliot,  b.  Nov.  23,  1882;  d.  May  8,  1884. 

Nellie  May,  b.  Feb.  12,  1889. 

Eddie,  b.  Apr.  7,  1890. 

Laura,  b.  Feb.  22,  1893. 

4916.  IvERS  E.  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Jan.  16,  1863;  m.  Nov.  24,  1884,  Martha  E.  Gardner,  b.  Nov.  24,  1866;  res. 
Athol,  Mass. 

8041.    i.         Charles  Ervin,  b,  Nov.  10, 1885. 

4918.  Edward  Marshall  Whitney  (Josiah  ^L,  Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard, 
Richard,   Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  3,  1846;  m.  June  29,  1875,  Florence  C.  Long. 

Edward  M.  Whitney  for  five  years  past  has  been  in  the  undertaking  business. 
For  the  years  1887,  1888  and  1889  he  held  the  office  of  president  of  Board  of  Civil 
Service  Commissioners  for  Long  Island  City,  and  for  years  1890,  1891,  to  June  15, 
1892,  the  office  of  registrar  of  vital  statistics  of  Long  Island  City  under  P.  J.  Gleason; 
res.  Astoria,  N.  Y. 

8U42.    i.  Marshall  L.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1876.     ~ 

8043.    ii.        Martha  L.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1878. 


8036. 

]  , 

8037. 

11. 

8038. 

iii. 

8039. 

iv. 

8040. 

V. 

8044. 

111. 

8046. 

IV. 

8046. 

V. 

8047. 

VI. 

8048. 

VII. 

8049. 

VUl 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  523 

John  Edward,  b.  Sept.  17,  1879. 

Floren-ce  Louise,  b.  Jan.  20,  1882;  d.  Feb.  15,  1883. 

Mildred,  b.  Sept.  28,  1884. 

Walter  Ottman,  b.  Sept.  4,  1886. 

Majorie,  b.  Aug.  27,  1889. 

Frank  Austen,  b.  Mar.  29,  1892. 

4920.  Halsev  Whitney  (Josiah  M.,  Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Richard,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Jan.  6,  1849;  m.  June  8,  1881,  Anne  Stoue. 

Halsey  Whitney  was  born  in  Astoria,  N.  Y.  He  never  held  any  political  posi- 
tion. Is  at  the  present  time  clerk  in  the  wholesale  book  house  of  Appleton  &  Co.,  in 
New  York  City;  res.  Astoria,  N.  Y. 

8050.  i.  Geo.  Stowe,  b,  Apr.  6,  1882. 

4923.  Josiah  Hamilton  Whitney  (Josiah  M.,  Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, Richard,  John),  b.  July  4,  1854;  m.  Oct.  1875,  Maria  Long.  He  d.  Apr.  28,  1881; 
res,  Astoria,  N.  Y. 

8051.  i.  Dudley  Edward,  b.  Apr.  3, 1876. 

8052.  ii.         Mabel,  b.  Dec.  1878. 

8053.  iii.       Josiah,  b.  Nov.  3,  1880. 

4928.  William  Minot  Whitney  (William  M.,  Daniel,  Josiah,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  New  York  City,  Aug.  1,1861;  m.  June  9,  1886,  Jessie 
Douglass  Scott;  res.  .\lbany,  N.  Y. 

8054.  i.         Lelia  Douglass,  b.  May  3,  1884. 

8055.  ii.        William  M.,  b.  June  5,  1888. 

8056.  iii.       Prudence,  b.  Oct.  15,  1890. 

4988.  Benjamin  Nichols  Whitney  (Oliver,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Rochester,  Vt.,  1815;  m.  May  21,  1840,  Lovina  R.  Lowell,  b.  Nov. 
13,  1822.  He  has  been  a  farmer  all  his  life,  is  a  good  Republican,  hard  worker, 
honest,  and  is  respected  bv  everybody;  res.  Rochester,  Vt. 

8057.  1.         Martin  D.,  b.  May  25,  1841 ;  m.  Ora  A.  Shultz. 

8058.  ii.        A'arnum  Bruce,  b.  Sept.  11,1844.     He  was  orderly  sergeant  of 

the  First  \'ermont  Heavy  Artillery,  and  promoted  for  bravery  at 
Petersburg.  Was  taken  prisoner  at  Weldon  Gap  and  died  in 
Florence,  S.  C. 

8059.  iii.       Julius  Lowell,  b.  Oct.  26,  1847;  m.  Lucy  Austin. 

8060.  iv.       Herbert,  b.  Nov.  6,  1850;  m.  Mary  Traffarn. 

8061.  v.        Alice  Jane,  b.  June  13,  1856;  m.  1878,  Hiram  Bliss  Morgan;   res. 

W.  Chesterfield,  N.  H.  Ch.:  Mary  and  Herbert,  who  d.  in 
infancy, 

4940.  Joshua  Whitney  (Oliver,  Joshua,   Caleb,  Jonathan,    Richard,  Richard, 

John),  b.  in"  Rochester,  Yt.,  Feb.  25,  1813;  m.  Oct.  16,  1839, ,  b.  in  Clarendon, 

Oct.  3,  1816.     He  d.  Sept.  11,  1888;  res.  Rochester,  Vt. 

Erastus  a.,  b.  July  21,  1839;  d.  Mar.  23,  1841. 

John  O.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1844;  d.  New  Orleans,  La.,  June  13,  1862. 

Robert,  b.  Aug.  15,  1841;  m. ;  res.  Forrestdale,  Vt. 

Sidney  C,  b.  Mar.  9,  1849;  farmer;  unm.;  res.  R. 

Ida  J.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1846;  m.  Nov.  24,  1864,  E.  A.  Whitmore;  d. 
June  24,  1881;  m.  2d,  Oct.  4,  1884,  Amasa  Lovewell;  res.  Gard- 
ner, Mass.  Ch.:  Oscar  E.  Whitmore,  b.  Aug.  24,  18(i8;  Cliffe  A. 
Whitmore,  b.  Dec.  13,  1870;  d.  July  2,  1882;  Ernest  A.  Lovewell, 
b.  April  15.  1886. 
•  8067.  V.  Celestia  Ann,  b.  Mar.  26,  1854;  m.  Dec.  25,  1878,  H.  W.  Kins- 
man; res.  R. 
8068.    vi.        Mary  E.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1857;  m.  Nov.  11,  1878,  C.  E.  Jones;  res.  R. 

4941.  William  P.  Whitney  (Oliver,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, John),  b.  Feb.  12,  1825,  at  Rochester;  m.  Sept.  22,  1852,  Roxa  A.  Kinsman;  res. 
Rochester,  \'t. 

.     8069.     i.  Hattie  E.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1853;  m.  Sept.  6, 1873,  Charles  Bowman. 

8070.     ii.         Ernest  L.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1855;  m.  Ella  Patrick;  res.  Williamsburg, 
Kan. 


8062. 

vii. 

8063. 

1. 

8064. 

IV. 

8065. 

HI. 

8066. 

ii. 

524  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8071.  iii.       Arthur  H.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1858;  m.  Mamie  Ivey;  address  Williams- 

burg, Kan. 
8072a.  iv.        Willie  B.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1860;  unm.;  res.  Rochester,  Vt. 
8073a.  V.         Emma  Luella,  b.   June   4,   1866;  m.  Edgar  Eddy;  address  So. 

Gardner,  Mass. 
8074a.  vi.        Eula  B.,  b.  May  22,  1876;  unm.;  res.  Rochester,  Vt. 

4946.  Joshua  Avery  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Feb.  28,  1814;  m.  in  Westminster,  June  29,  1841,  Mehita- 
ble  C.  Gibbs,  b.  Aug.  27,  1818;  d.  Apr.  29,  1863;  m.2d,  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Sept. 9,  1863, 
I\lrs.  Elvira  Hildreth  Ross,  b.  Nov.  9,  1813;  d.  Sept.  26,  1890;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

8072.  i.  Julia  Ann,  b.  Aug.  31,  1842;  m.  May  3,  1862,  Henry  Grimes;  res; 

So.  Gardner,  Mass. 

8073.  ii.         Laura  Jane,  b.  May  22,  1844;  d.  July  28,  1857. 

8074.  iii.        Mary  Emergene,  b.  Apr.  16,  1851;  m.  Apr.  15,  1880,  Walter  W. 

Sanderson;  res.  So.  Deerfield,  Mass. 

8075.  iv.        AuREN  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  23.  1853;  m.  Dec.  25,  1884,  Mary  C.  Wel- 

lington; res.  Franklin,  N.  J. 

8076.  V.         Myra  Abbie,  b.  Aug.  16,  1855;  m.  Mar.  18,  1875,  Julian  Hildreth. 

She  d.  May  28,  1884. 

8077.  vi.        Madelia  Elvira,  b.  June  12,  1846;  m.  1871,  Charles  L.  Hayden; 

res.  So.  Deerfield,  Mass. 

8078.  vii.      Hamlin  Avery,  b.  Feb.  27,  1860;  res.  unm.  Gardner. 

8079.  viii.     Jennie  M.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1^63;  d. . 

4956.  Frederic  Parker  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Feb.  17,  1833;  m.  there  Nov.  23,  1858,  Mary  W. 
Merriam,  b.  Mar,  2,  1839;  is  a  chair  maker  by  trade;  res.  5  St.  Charles  St.,  Boston, 
IMass 

8080.  i.  Edson  L.,  b.  Nov.  3.  1861;  m.  Florence  L.  Carter. 
805^1.    ii.         Harry  Clifford,  b.  Sept.  28,  1863;  d.  Sept.  24,  1864. 

4957.  Harvey  Brooks  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Sept.  29,  1^36;  m.  at  Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
1,  1860,  Ellen  R.  Bennett,  b.  Jan.  18,  1836. 

He  was  born  in  Gardner,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.  His  father's  name  was 
Joseph  Whitney,  and  his  mother's  Nancy  Sawin  Whitney.  He  was  the  youngest 
of  twelve  children  of  said  parents,  eleven  of  whom  grew  to  adult  age.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  and  academies  of  New  England;  for  several  years  was 
employed  as  teacher  in  the  public  schools  and  as  mechanic  in  the  chair  shops  of 
Gardner.  In  1867  he  moved  to  Elwood,  N.  J.,  and  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
New  Jersey  until  1890.  Having  passed  successfully  the  civil  service  examination  he 
"was  appointed  clerk  in  the  Pension  Bureau  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in  Nov.,  1890, 
which  position  he  still  occupies.  While  a  resident  of  New  Jersey  he  served  on  the 
board  of  township  committee  for  a  time,  also  on  the  county  board  of  chosen  freehold- 
ers for  two  vears;  res.  400  Ninth  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

8082.  'i.  Clarence  B.,  June  11,  1861;  m.^Eliza  H.  Scull. 

8083.  ii,         Ellsworth  Sherman,  b.  July  19,  1864;  unm.;  res.  Winchester, 

Mass. 

8084.  iii.       Flora    Goodridge,   b.  July    21,  1873;  res.  400  9th  St.,  N.  E.. 

Washington,  D.  C.  She  graduated  at  the  Salem,  Mass.,  Normal 
school  in  1?<92,  and  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  in 
Washington,  D.  C. 

4959.  Joseph  S.  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Sterling,  Mass.;  m.  Hannah  Chase;  shed,  in  1871  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

8085.  i.  Annie,  b.  Jan.  24,  1865;  m.  July  28,  1883,  Herbert    L.Browning; 

res.  E.  Templeton,  Mass.  He  was  b.  in  1858;  is  a  farmer.  Ch.: 
Lorena  May,  b.  1884;  Alice  Emma,  b.  1886. 

8086.  ii.        Minnie  A.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1855;  m.  May  18,  1870,  Henry  Finegar;  res. 

164  Linden  St.,  near  Central  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  was  b. 
Mar.  4,  1849;  is  a  book-keeper.  Ch.:  Joseph  Henrv,  b.  June  2, 
1872;d.  June  2,  1872;  Emma  Francis,  b.  Apr.  25,  1873;  Harry, 
b.  Dec.  23,  1878;  d.  Aug.  22,  1879. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  525 

8087.  iii.       Emma  E.,  b. ;  m. Mason;  res.  E.  Templeton,  Mass. 

8088.  iv.       Willie  Francis,  b. ;   is  a  member  of  the  Third  Artillery 

at  San  Antonio,  Tex. 

4960.     Eleazer   Spalding  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,   Caleb,   Jonathan 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Apr.  8,  1825;   m.  in   Dana,   Lucy   Peck- 
■  ham,  b.  June  19,  1827;  res.  E.  Templeton,  Mass. 

8089.  i.         Elmer  Eleazer,  b.  Mar.  19,  1849;   m.  Mav  30,  1871,  Louisa  A. 

Day,  b.  May  5.  1852.     He  d.  at  E.  T.  June'5.  1885,  s.  p. 

8090.  ii.        Alfred  jENKS.b.  July  9,  1851;  d.  Sept.  10,  1853. 

8091.  iii.       Charles  Alfred,  b.  Sept.  10,  1853;  m.  Rebecca  B.  Hinckley. 

8092.  iv.      Walter  Mason,  b.  Feb.  8,  1856;  d.  Julv  31,  1868. 

8093.  V.        Herbert  Jonathan,  b.  July  20,  1859;  d.  Oct.  28.  1861. 

8094.  vi.       Florence  Amy,  b.  July  23,  1863;  m.  in  Palmer,  Mass.,  Sept.  23, 

1882,  Daniel  S.  Merrill;  d.  May  4,  1883. 

4962.  Hezekiah  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Templeton,  Mass.,  Sept.  16,  1832;  m.  at  Rockton,  111.,  Caroline 
Spurling;  b..  May  3,  1833;  res.  Freeport  and  Chicago,  111. 

8095.  i.  Carrie  A.,  b.  1861. 

8096.  ii.         Charles  M.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1863;  m.  Elizabeth  McCall. 

8097.  iii.       Mary  Elinor,  b.  1868. 

8098.  IV.        Wm.  J.,  b.  1877. 

4982.  William  Montague  Whitney  (Isaac,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard.  John),  b.  Aug.  28,  1818,  in  Harperstield,  N.  Y.;  m.  in  Lafayette, 
Wis.,  May  6,  1846,  Augusta  Hawley  Marsh;  b.  Apr.  21,  1826;  res.  Fairfax,  la. 

8099.  i.  Harriett  Lovie,   b.    Feb.  18,  1847:  m.    Mar.  9,  ls65,  Andrew- 

Jackson  Waters;  d.  Oct.  16,  I860;  m.  2nd,  June  26, 1872,  Wilfred 
Henry  De  Berard;  res.  Fairfax,  la.  Nellie  Lovie  Waters,  b. 
Dec.  2,  1865;  Wilfred  Willis,  b.  Oct.  31,  1874;  Harry  Isaac, 
b.  Nov.  7,  1876;  Arthur  Merle,  b.  Dec.  25,  188U;  Walter 
Montague,  b.  Oct.  10,  1882;  Nellie  Lovie  Waters  m.  Apr.  24, 
1886,  Otis  Harrison  Mayhew. 

8100.  ii.         Frank  W.m.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1855;  m.  Florence  L.  Cleveland. 

8101.  iii.       Isaac  Eugene,  b.  May  25,  1858;  d.  Feb.  9,  1876. 

8102.  iv.       Laura  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  16,  1849;  d.  Mar.  10,  1850. 

4984.  Russell  Rawson  Whitney  (Isaac,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  30,  1823;  m.  Sept.  23,  1849.  at  Brad- 
ford, Wis.,  Emily  Steele,  b.  Aug.  20,  1830;  d.  Oct.  17,  1881.  He  was  at  one  time  en- 
gaged in  the  provision  business  in  Moingona,  la.,  and  later  at  Sioux  City.  He  d. 
Apr.  26,  1890;  res.  Sioux  City,  la. 

8103.  i.  Helen  L.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1850;  d,  Oct.  5,  1854. 

8104.  ii.         Laura  E.,  b.  Apr.  30,  1854;  m.  June  20,  1873,  F.  F.  Fletcher,  and 

d.  Nov.  1,  1881,  in  Sioux  City,  la. 

8105.  iii.        Ella  L.,  b.  June  19,  1855;  m.  July  25,  1872,  Hugh  Kountz,  and  d. 

Feb.  25,  1882;  res.  Sioux  City,  la.,  one  child,  \'ick  Bernard. 

8106.  iv.        Harriett  Steele,  b.  Oct.  17,  1871;  m.  Aug.  14,  1890,  James  L. 

Gibbons;  res.  411  Cook  St.,  Sioux  Citv,  la.  He  was  b.  Sept.  9, 
1863.    Ch.:  Leah  Emily,  b.  Aug.  30,  1894. 

4985.  Henry  Milton  Whitney  (Isaac,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Eben- 
ezer, Richard,  John),  b.  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  24,  1825;  m.  East  Troy,  Wis.,  Sept.  9, 
1856,  Louisa  Mason,  b.  Aug.  9,  1830. 

He  was  born  in  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  for  some  time,  finally  coming 
•west.  For  five  years  he  resided  in  Chicago,  later  locating  in  Kilbourn  City, 
W^is.,  in  Nov.,  1854,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  a  carpenter  and  contractor 
bv  occupation;  res.  Kilbourn  Citv,  Wis. 

8107.  i.  Labelle,  b.  Oct.  2-5,  1858;  m.  Mar.  8,  1884,  Charles  Wallace:  res. 

s.  p.,  Shelton,  Neb. 

8108.  ii.         Edith,  b.  Apr.  24,  1^61;  unm.;  res.  at  home. 

8109.  iii.        Maude,  b.  July  9,  1868;  m.  Sept.  1,  1888,  Wm.  Boardman  Shute; 

res  s.  p.,  612  Hawthorne  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


4990.  Hiram  Whitney  (Emory,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Ebenezer, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Johnstown,  Ont.,  'Mav  21,  1826;  m.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
25,1857,  Ah-nira  Bixby,  b.  Isle  of  Mott.'Lake  Champlain,  Vt.,  Feb.  3,  1829.  While 
living  with  an  uncle  at  Smith's  Falls,  Can.,  he  learned  the 
trade  of  pattern  maker.  Later  he  resided  in  Ottawa,  Can., 
Watertown  and  Edwards,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1861  moved  to  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  where  he  now  resides  at  29  North  Irving  place; 
res.  Chicago,  111. 

8110.  i.  Florence  May,  b.  Feb.  8,  1859;  d.  Dec. 

28,  1865. 

8111.  ii.         Franklin,  b.  Aug.  17,  1863;  d.  Jan.  20, 

1864. 

8112.  iii.       Abraham  Lincoln,  b.  May  6,  1865;  d. 

Jan.  7,  1889. 

8113.  iv.        Hiram  B.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1867;  res.  at  home 

unm. 

4992.  John  Whitney  (Emory,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah, 
Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Johnstown,  Can., 
Aug.,  1834;  m.  Sept.  22,  1856,  Mary  McMillen,  b.  Mar.  9, 
1834.     He  IS  a  farmer;  res.  San  Jose,  Cal. 


HIRAM  WHITNEY. 


8115. 

ii. 

8116. 

iii. 

8117. 

IV. 

8118. 

v. 

8119. 

vi. 

8114.     i.  Carrie,  b.  Aug.  4,  1857;  res.  unm.,  29  N. 

Irving  Place,  Chicago,  111. 
George,  b.  Apr.  4.  1859;  res.  San  Jose,  Cal. 
Jane,  b.  Oct.  15,  1861;  res.  Kemptville,  Ont. 
Annie  Laura,  b.  Oct.  8,  1863;  res.  Kemptville,  Ont. 
John,  b.  Dec.  5,  1865;  res.  San  Jose..  Cal. 
Robert  Emery,  b.  Aug.  20,  1868;  res.  Kemptville,  Ont. 

5002.  AppoLLr.s  H.  Whitney,  (Appollus,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard,  John)  b.  Leverett,  ]NIass.,  Oct.  22,  1824;  m.  1857,  Julia  Elvira 
Smith,  b.  Jan.  25,  1833;  d.  Dec.  23,  1875.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Sept.  3,  1884;  res. 
Sunderland,  Mass. 

8120.  1.  Frank  Hamilton,  b.  Jan.  3,  1862;  m.  Nov.  29,  1888,  in  Florence, 

Mass.,  Eva  R.  Mack,  of  Windsor,  Conn.;  res.  W.,  s.  p. 

8121.  ii.         Elvira  Louise,  b.  Mar.  28,  1858;  m.  Nov.  29,  1888,  at  Florence, 

Albert  Weston  Huxlev,  b.  Julv  17,  1865.  He  is  station  agent  for 
the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.  R.,  at  West  Cheshire,  Conn.  Ch.: 
Albert  Weston,  b.  Mar.  30,  189U;  Ralph  Hamilton,  b.  Aug.  21, 
1891. 

5003.  Collins  R.  Whitney  (Appollus,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Eben- 
ezer, Richard,  John),  b.  Sept.  2,  1828;  m.  Esther  Darling;  res.  Bellows  Falls,  ^'t. 

8122.  i.  Charles  M.,  b.  ;  res.  Maiden,  Mass. 

5006.  Emery  Judson  Whitney  (Appollus,   Ebenezer,   Zachariah,  Zachariah, 

Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  July  5,  1835;  m. Gilbert.     He  d.  Sept.  14,  1891; 

res.  Orange,  Mass. 

8123.  i.  ViNNiE  May,  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

5007.  Otis  Rawson  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Leverett,  Mass.,  Sept.  26,  1839;  m.  at  Norwich,  Conn., 
Aug.  10,1861,  Angeline  M.  Hall,  b.  Aug.  14,  1841;  res.  Montague,  Mass. 

8124.  i.  Fannie  A.,  b.  Septt  13,  1862;  m.  Feb.  22, 1879.  Geo.  W.  Champion; 

m.  2d,  D.  D.  Pierce;  res.  s.  p.  Montague. 

8125.  ii.         Edward  E.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1865;  m.  Clara  Fairman, 

5008.  Ebenezer  E.  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Leverett,  Mass.,  Mar.  22.  1841;  m.  Feb.  8,  1866,^manda 
J.  Remington,     He  d.  Sept.,  1882;  res.  Montaeue,  Mass. 

8126.  i.         George  E.,b.  Dec.  12,  1868. 

8127.  ii.         Mabel  v.,  b.  July  8,  1870;m.  D.  H.Burnell;  res  Westfield,  Mass. 

8128.  iii.        Hattie  D.,  b.  Nov.  21, 1872. 

5009.  Alvin  E.  Whitney  (Joseph  M  ,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Eben- 
ezer, Richard,  John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  Aug.  1,  1851;  m.  there  Nov.  27,  1872,  Flora 
E.  Bartlett,  b.  Mar.  10,  1853. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  527 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  select  schools  of  Montague,  afterward  tak- 
ing a  commercial  course  at  Wilbraham  academy,  from  which  school  he  received  his 
diploma  in  1869.  He  learned  the  tailor's  trade  of  his  father  and  followed  that  occu- 
pation most  of  the  time  until  1875.  Two  years  later  he  took  a  contract  with  the 
Miller's  Falls  company,  remaining  with  them  until  1889,  when  he  received  an  offer 
to  go  to  Boston  to  superintend  the  work  of  a  new  company  just  starting.  Later  he 
was  cashier  and  book-keeper  for  other  companies  until  ^Iarch,  1894,  when,  with 
others,  he  purchased  the  New  England  Mantel  company,  in  which  business  he 
was  quite  successful,  and  which  he  afterward  disposed  of  to  his  associates.  He 
united  with  the  Baptist  church  but  later  joined  the  Congregational  denomination. 
Fur  many  years  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  Sunday-school  work,  and  held  many 
responsible  positions.  For  the  past  eighteen  years  he  has  been  musical  director,  and 
given  many  concerts  and  cantatas;  res.  Beechmont,  Revere,  Mass. 

8129.  1.  Ernest   A.,   b.  Sept.  16,  1873;  with  Oliver  Ditson  Co.,  the  well 

known  music  publishers  of  Boston. 

8130.  ii.         Prentice  M,  b.  Sept.  4,  1880;  d.  July  17,  1881. 

5013.  Henry  S.  Whitney  (William,  Enoch,  David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  June  1,  1808;  m.  at  Lunenburg,  Nov.  27,  1832,  Susan  Whit- 
ney, b.  Harvard,  Jan.  23,  l8ll.     (See.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  June  1,  1808,  being  the 
oldest  son  of  William  and  Betsy  (Farnsworth)  Whitney.  At  the  early  age  of  ten 
year?,  having  had  but  a  limited  chance  for  "  schoolin',"  he  went  to  live  with  his 

mother's  brother, Farnsworth  (first  name  not  known),  at  Crown   Point,  N.  Y. 

He  remained  there  several  years,  attending  school,  working  on  the  uncle's  farm, 
or  at  brickmaking  as  he  chose,  and  when  he  left  there  he  went  to  follow  the  latter 
business  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  Later  he  found  employment  in  Lowell,  and  there  he 
met  Susan  Whitney,  whom  he  married  Nov.  27, 1832.  'They  lived  on  a  farm  in  Lunen- 
burg, Mass.,  near  her  father's,  for  three  years,  then  returned  to  Lowell  for  a  brief 
time,  and  from  there  they  moved  to  Manchester,  N.  H.,  to  grow  up  with  the  prospec- 
tive city.  Their  goods  were  sent  by  canal  boat,  while  they,  with  their  two-year  old 
little  girl  Augusta,  traveled  in  the  stage  coach.  Here  Henry  became  superintentlent 
of  the  Land  and  Water  Power  company,  and  his  training  in  the  brick  yards  had  well 
prepared  him  for  the  selection  of  brick  for  the  mills  built,  and  the  knowledge  gained 
on  the  farm  served  him  in  choosing  suitable  trees  to  decorate  the  streets  of  the  cor- 
poration property,  now  the  city  streets  and  parks.  This  position  he  held  until  July, 
1852,  when  he  engaged  in  the  plumbing  business  for  himself,  following  it  ever  after- 
wards. In  Manchester  the  other  five  children,  George,  Susan,  William,  Augustus, 
and  Nellie,  were  born,  and  there  are  buried  all  of  the  children  except  William  and 
Nellie.  Politically  he  was  a  Whig,  and  the  change  of  name  to  Republican  party  did 
not  alter  his  opinions.  In  1842  he  united  with  the  Methodist  church,  and  was  always 
a  great  worker  in  its  interests  while  health  allowed.  The  last  two  years  of  his  life 
he  was  much  of  an  invalid.     He  died  Feb.  28,  1888;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Augusta  M.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1834:  d.  Aug.  2.  1846 

Geo.  H.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1836;  d.  Oct.  13,^1838. 

Susan  M..  b.  May  1,  18.39;  d.  Sept.  4,  1841. 

W.M.  H.  H.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1841;  m.  Alberta  S.  McGowan. 

Augustus  O.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1848;  d.  Nov.  24, 1863. 

Nellie  M.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1852;  unm.;  res.  151  Worcester  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

5015a.  Ebenezer  Whitney  (Ebenezer,  Ebenezer,  Ebenezer,  Ezekiel,  Eben- 
€zer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Millbury,  Mass.,  May  16,  1818;  m.  in  New  York  City,  Eliza 
Ann  Robinson,  b.  Sept.  20,  1820.  Ebenezer  "Whitney  united  with  the  First  Congre- 
gational church,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  June  5,  18-53.  '  Acted  as  chorister  in  our  choir 
for  several  years  with  good  success.  He  also  taught  singing  in  the  reform  school, 
Meriden,  Conn.,  and  later,  in  1861,  was  connected  with  the  reform  school  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  1.;  res.  Patchogue,  L.  I. 

8137a.  i.  George  Henry,  b. ;  d.  aged  15  months. 

5021.  Edward  C.  Whitney  (David,  Isaac,  David,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  Oct.  28,  1828;  m.  at  Barnet,  Vt„  Sept.  5,  1855,  Mary  Jane 
Winn,  b.  Sept.  12,  1832;  res.  Ashbv,  Mass. 

8137.     i.  Etta  Jane,  b.Feb.  5,  1865;  m.  Sept.  8,  1886, Bugbee;  res. 

W.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 


8131. 

i. 

8132. 

11. 

8133. 

iii. 

8134. 

IV. 

8135. 

V. 

8136. 

VI. 

528  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5022.  Newton  James  Whitney  (David,  Isaac,  David,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  Mar.  14,  1816;  m.  Mary  C.  Billings;  m.  2d 
Sarah  DivoU;  m.  3d,  Feb.  1,  1855,  at  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Mary  J.  Redding,  b.  June  23, 
1832;  res.  VValpole,  N.  H. 

8188.    i.  Geo.  N.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1856;  m.  Apr.  12,  1882,  Mrs.  Ella  Huntley;  res. 

Keene,  N.  H. 
•    8139.    ii.         Nellie  M.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1858;  m.  Dec.  21,  1876,  Austin  T.  Gay;  res. 

Keene,  N.  H.    Ch.:  Ernest  A.,  b. ;  res.  K.    She  d.  Apr. 

'  25  1889 

8140.    iii.     '  Charles" A.,  b.  Dec.  24, 1860;  m.  Aug.  9,  1888,  Etta  E.  Caldwell; 
res.  Drewsville,  N.  H. 
'  B141.     iv.        John  A.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1863;  res.  Drewsville,  N.  H. 
.  .     - ,  8142.     V.         HOBART  L.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1869;  d.  Mar.  16,  1885. 

''5029.  James  Hervey  Whitney  (Moses,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Thomas.  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Massachusetts,  Aug.  4,  1808;  m.  Newark,  111.,  July  25,  1841,  L. 
Mirie  Southworth,  b.  Camden,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  21,  1820;  d.  Dec.  15,  1893,  at  A. 

He  was  born  in  Shelburne  and,  after  the  death  of  his  father,  went  to  live  with 
his  uncle  Jesse  Smead,  in  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.,  who  married  his  mother's  sister.  He 
lived  there  six  years  and  then  went  to  Oswego,  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  1835  he  started  west, 
working  at  his  trade,  that  of  carpenter,  in  Cincinnati,  and  also  in  Natchez,  Miss.  In 
the  spring  of  1836  he  went  to  Newark,  111.,  where  he  resided  for  30  years,  until  he 
moved  to  Adrian,  Mo.,  in  1867;  res.  Adrian,  Mo. 

8143.  i.  Sanford  S.,  b.  June  10,  1844;  m.  Margarett  Neff. 

8144.  ii.        Franklin  A.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1846;  m.  Aug.  8,  1869;  res.  Newark,  111. 

8145.  iii.       Lydia Cornelia, b.Dec.29,l847;m.May9,1867, Marshall  Bagwill; 
.    r  Shed.  Nov.,  1888.     He  was  b.  June   4,  1842;  is  a  farmer;   res. 

y  .  ,  Millington,  111.     Ch.:  Ashley  Mills,  b.Mission,  La  Salle  Co.,  111., 

.•^':''  :  Jan.  1,   1869;   Edith,  b.  same   as  above,   Dec.  3,   1871;  Ernest 

■■•■;■..  Cyril,  b.  town  of  Fox,   Kendall   Co.,   111.,   Apr.   25,   1875;  Wm. 

James,  b.  same  place  as  last,  June,  1882;  P.  O.  of  all  Millington, 

'     '•  Kendall  Co.,  111. 

8146.  iv.       Thirza  Delia,  b.  Dec.  29,  1847;  m.  Nov.  8,  1866,  George  Neff;  res. 

Millington,  111.  He  was  b.  June  27,  1838;  is  acarpenter;  res.  Mill- 
ington^ 111.    Ch.:  Nina,  b.  Sept.  29,  1869;  m.  lulv  4,  1890, — 

Schults,  Millington,  111.;  Alice,  b.  Mar.  29,  1870;  m.  Apr.  9,  1890, 

Scofield,  Millington, 111.;  Millie, b.  Sept.  22,1873;  m.  Sept. 

3,  1891, Aldrich,  Millington,  111.;  Stella,  b.  Julv  30,  1876, 

Millington.  111.;  Miles  G.,  b.  June  13,  1880,  Millington',  III;  Guy 
W.,  b.  Apr.  20,  1886,  Millington,  111. 

8147.  V.        William  P.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1850;  m.  Emma  J.  Moss. 

8148.  vi.       Alice  Marie,  b.  Dec.  31, 1852;  m.  Jan.  1.5,  1870,  Harvey  Boynton; 

res.  Kingston,  Wash.  He  was  b.  Feb.  1,  1836;  was  a  farmer, 
deacon  of  the  church,  and  d.  Oct.,  1893.  Ch.:  Pliny  Allen,  b. 
Oct.  4,  1871,  present  P.  O.,  Kingston,  Wash.;  at  his  father's 
death  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  church  in  his  father's  place; 
Maude  Mazie,  b.  Apr.  14,  1875;  d.  Aug.  31,  1875;  Marshall,  b. 
Oct.  26,  1876;  d.  Mar.  12,  1877;  Charles  Arthur,  b.  May  28,  1881, 
Kingston,  Wash.;  Ashlev  Mills,  b.  Feb.  22,  P.  O.  'Kingston, 
Wash. 

8149.  vii.       Mills  Henry,  b.  Sept.  15,  1855;  m.  Maude  Askew. 

8150.  viii.      Martha  Jane,  b.  Aug.  25,1859;  m.  July  15,1879, — • ; 

she  d.  Nov.  14,  1891. 

5033.  Richard  Whitney  (David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  1785;  m.  in  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Sept.  6,  1810,  Jannet  McCoy.  He 
d.  May  15,  1857;  res.  Clarendon,  W. 

8151.  i.         Monroe,  b. . 

5036.  Noah  Whitney  (David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Clarendon,  \'t.,  Mav  1,1791;  m.  in  Brattleboro,  Dec.  2,  1813,  Mercy  French,  b. 
Feb.  26,  1794;  d.  Oct.  1,  1871,  in  Phillipston,  Mass. 

He  was  born  in  Clarendon,  Vt.  His  father  dying  when  he  was  quite  young  he 
was  obliged  to  take  care  of  himself  when  most  youths  were  obtaining  an  education. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  mechanic,  reared  a  family  of  nine  children,  always  provided 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  529 

well  for  his  family,  and  when  he  passed  away  left  quite  a  little  estate.  He  and  his 
wife  lived  together  for  fifty-seven  years.  He  was  a  noble  Christian  man,  and  lived 
to  a  good  old  age.     He  d.  Jan.  20,  1876;  res.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  and  Phillipston,  IMa?s. 

8152.  i.  Mercy  Maria,  b.  Apr.  7,  1815;  m.  Sept.  19,  1842,  Merrick  H. 

Gibbs.  She  d.  Dec.  8,  1892.  He  was  b.  Dec.  21,  1815;  d.  June 
17,  1879;  chair  maker;  res.  Gardner,  Mass.  Ch.:  M.  Wallace,  b. 
July  18,  1846;  m.  Lydia  A.  Whitman.  He  d.  Oct.  7,  1^78;  Kate 
M.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1848;  m.  T.  Edward  Gates;  res.  Gardner, 
Mass. 

8153.  ii.         Noah  Francis,  b.  Aug.  19,  1817;  m.  June  S,  1843,  and  d.  Dec, 

1892;  a  son,  Francis;  res.  Phillipston. 

8154.  iii.       Chester  French,  b.  Feb.  11, 1820;  m.  Persis  B.  Herrick. 

8155.  iv.        Henry  Asa,  b.  Nov.  19,  1822;   m.  Sarah  C.  Ward  and  Lizzie  E. 

Stewart. 

8156.  V.        Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  July  8, 1825;  m.  Apr.  4,  1854,  at  Brattleboro, 

Vt.,  Elbridge  C.  Twitchell;  res.  So.  Royalston,  Mass.  He  was 
b.  Apr.  4,  1832.  Ch.:  Herbert  L.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1854;  d.  July  13, 
1855;  Helen  R.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1863;  m.  July  18,  1889,  John  Stuart; 
res.  So.  R.;  Eugene  G.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1867;  m.  Apr.  25,  1893;  res. 
So.  R. 

8157.  vi.        Eliza  Sophia,  b.  Mar.  27,  1828;  m.  North  Dana,  Mass.,  Aug.  6, 

1871,  Simon  E.  Pike,  b.  June  26,  1810;  res.  s.  p.,  Phillipston, 
Mass. 

8158.  vii.      Sarah  Elvira,  b.  Aug.  29, 1830;  m.  Nov.  30,  1854,  Noyes  B.  Her- 

rick. She  d.  Dec.  5,  1872.  He  was  b.  Sept.  21,  1833.  Is  a 
mechanic.  Ch.:  Addie  L.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1855;  d.  Sept.  20,  1856; 
Frederic  Z.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1859;  d.  May  30,  1863;  Alice  M.,  b.  July  2, 
1863;  res.  Morristown,  N.  J.;  Arthur  E.,  b.  May  5,  1867;  m.  Nov. 
21, 1892;  address  187 >^  Lincoln  St.,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Ralph  W., 
b.  July  25,  1871 ;  d.  June  19,  1873. 

8159.  viii.     William  Wallace,  b.  Mar.  28,  1833;  m.  Harriett  R.  Whitnev. 

8160.  ix.       Chauncey  Hall,  b.  July  14,  1836;  m. and  Mary  F. 

Hager. 

5037.  Nathan  Whitney  (David,  Silas,  David.  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  in  1793;  m.  there  Abigail  Whitney;  d.  Sept.  18,  1849. 

He  was  born  in  Clarendon,  Vt.,  but  moved  to  Canada  with  his  parents  when 
quite  young.  He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  St.  Armand,  Canada,  until  his  return 
to  the  states,  when  he  settled  in  Franklin,  Vt.  He  was  a  Christian  gentleman  and  a 
friend  to  every  one.     He  d.  Apr.  7,  1848;  res.  St.  Armand,  Canada,  and  Franklin,  Vt. 

8161.  i.  Edward  C.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1817;  m.  Elvira  T.  Yaw,  Eunice  Brewster 

and  Martha  York. 

81 62.  ii.         Olive,  b.  Dec.  15,  1819;  m.  at  Franklin,  Vt.,  Oct.  17, 1840,  William 

Heyer,  b.  Dunham,  P.  Q.,  June  29,  1820;  d.  June  25, 1889;  was 
a  farmer.  She  d.  1854.  Ch.:  Julia  Elmina,  b.  Feb.  1,1844;  m. 
H.  H.  Eldred,  Nov.  28,  1861;  res.  East  Enosburgh,  Vt.;  Sarah 
Allen,  b.  June  7,  1849;  m.  Dr.  O.  W.  Roberts,  Aug.  20,  1867;  res. 
24  Thompson  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

8163.  iii.       Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Rev.  John  B.  Searles;  res.  Kent,  N.  Y.,  has 

one  son  and  two  daus.,  all  m. 

8164.  iv.        Oliver  C,  b.  Apr.  26, 1826;  m.  Harriett  R.  Williams  and  Joseph- 

me  A.  Parnell. 

8165.  V.         Harriett  Rebecca,  b.  May  6,  1834;  m.  Feb.  13,  1855,  Rev.  Wil- 

liam Whitney;  res.  Linlithgo,  N.  Y. 

8166.  vi.       John,  b . 

8167.  vii.       Nathan,  b. . 


5038.  Solomon  Whitney  (David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Jan.  3,  1795;  m.  Jan.  15,  1822,  Besheba  Clow,  b.  Sept.  1,1793; 
d.  June  26,  1854.     He  d.  Mar.  21,  1840;  res.  Highgate  Springs,  Vt. 

8168.  i.         Roderick.  B.,  b.  Sept.  28,  1825;  m.  and   res.  Highgate  Center, 

Vt.;   left  a  son  Phillip,  whose  widow  res.  at  H.  C. 

8169.  ii.        Stephen  S.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1827;  d.  May  8,  1866. 

8170.  iii.       James  D.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1829;  d.  Oct.  24,  1844. 

8171.  iv.       Andrew  C,  b.  Aug.  11,  1833;  m.  Mary  G.  Todd. 


-530  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8172.  V.        Giles  E.,  b.  Mar.  4,  1836;  m.  Adaline  P.  Davis. 

8173.  vi.       Melvin  R.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1839;  m.  and  res.  Fort  Dodge,  la. 

8174.  vii.      Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1831;  d.  May  12,  1869. 

6043.  Henry  Mason  Whitney  (David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Jan.  19, 1807;  m.  July  4,  1837,  Maria  A.  Wood,  b. 
T)ec.  31,  1812.  He  was  born  at  Clarendon,  Rutland  Co.,  Vt.  In  his  early  life  he 
learned  the  shoemaker's  trade,  which  he  followed  for  about  thirty  years,  when  he 
took  up  farming  and  left  his  trade,  it  being  too  confining;  moved  to  Schroon,  Essex 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  lived  a  number  of  years;  thence,  he  came  to  Rochester,  X.  Y., 
where  he. married,  and  for  a  time  lived  at  Erie,  Penn.,  also  at  Painesville,  O.,  and 
Chardon,  O.,  and  finally  purchased  a  farm  in  Hampden,  Geauga  Co.,  O.,  where  he 
lived  for  many  years  and  died  at  the  age  of  71  years,  Nov.  12,  1878.  He  was  a  man 
of  marked  integrity,  temperate  and  modest  in  his  habits,  and  liberal  to  a  fault  in  the 
alleviation  of  the  sufferings  of  mankind.  He  owned  his  own  home  at  his  death  and 
left  surviving  a  widow  and  five  children.     He  d.  Nov.  12,  1878;  res.  Hampden,  O. 

8175.  i.         Sarah    M.,    b.   Apr.   1,   1836;  m.  Oct.  11,  1860,  Z.  C.  Sisson,  b. 

Mav  15,  1822;  res.  Blue  Earth  Citv,  Minn.  Ch.:  Ida,  b.  Oct.  4, 
186i;  m.  Jan.  21,  1885,  William  T.  Ackerman,  who  d.  Mar.,  1888. 

8176.  ii.         Orin  H.,  b. ;  d.  unm.  in  the  Civil  war. 

8177.  iii.       Emma    L.,  b.  May  19,  1851;  m.  Dec.  3,  1872,  Richard  G.  Welford; 

res.  Jefferson,  la.  He  was  b.  Dec.  15,  1850.  Ch.:  F.  Hollis,  b. 
Apr.  27,  1876;  d.  Nov.  6,  1887;  Claude  E.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1882;  d. 
Aug.  27,  1890;  Rav  G.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1887;  d.  Aug.  16,  18.^7;  Rov 
G.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1887';  d.  Aug.  22.  1887;  Nellie  E.,  b.  Sept.  15, 1878. 

8178.  iv.       Albert  E.,  b.  July  19,  1853;  m.  Mary  C.  Cochran. 

8179.  V.         RiLEV,  b. ;  res.  Marshaltown, 'la. 

8180.  vi.       Abbv  a.  b. . 

5044.  Oliver  Whitney  (Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Clarendon,  A't.,  in  1787;  m.  in  Arlington,  Vt.,  Rebecca  Leonard,  b.  1788;  d. 
ae.  26,  at  St.  Armand,  Canada,  Dec.  11,  1814;  m.  2d  . 

He  was  born  in  Clarendon,  ^'t.,  but  moved  to  Canada  with  his  father  when  quite 
young.  He  was  married  the  first  time  at  Arlington,  A't.  She  died  at  St.  Armand, 
Canada.  He  was  a  farmer  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits  all  his  life.  He  d. 
Aug.  21,  1824;  res.  Philipsburgh,  Canada,  and  St.  Armand,  P.  Q. 

8181.  i.  Leonard,  b.  Ian.,  1811;  d.  Jan.  19,  1877,  s.  p. 

8182.  ii.        Abel,  b.  in  1808;  d.  Apr.  23, 1838. 

8183.  iii.       Maria,  b.  in  1814;  m. .    She  died  in  June,  1873,  leav- 

ing one  child,  Eliza  Jane,  who  took  the  name  of  Whitnev,  b. 
Aug.  29,  1830;  m.  July  4,  1851,  Henry  Clement,  b.  Jan.  16,  1826; 
res.  Frelighsburg,  Canada.  He  is  a  tanner  and  currier.  She 
d.  in  April,  1894.  Ch.:  Sarah  F.,  b.  May  22.  1852;  d.  Sept.  30, 
1872;  John  K.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1850;  Archie  L.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1865;  m. 
Mariam  Holland;  res.  Chicago,  111.;  Annie  Bell,  b.  Apr.  26, 1868; 
Ernest  H.,b.  July  17, 1872. 

8184.  iv.       John  K.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1813;  m.  Philura  Hubbard. 

5045.  Capt.  Bartholomew  Whitney  (Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Clarendon,  \'t.,  Dec.  30,  1792;  m.  at  Frelighsburg,  P.  Q.,  Jan.  9, 
1811,  Sarah  Safford,  b.  Apr.  2,  1792;  d.  Feb.  6,  1854;  m.  2d,  Sept.  1,  1854,  Fidelia  F. 
Homes,  b.  Feb.  19,  1812;  d.  Nov.  4,  1890. 

Bartholomew  Whitney  went  from  Clarendon,  Vt.,  in  1812,  and  settled  in  Frank- 
lin, in  the  same  state;  he  was  a  farmer  and  hotel  keeper  on  the  province  line.  Was 
captain  of  the  local  militia  company,  and  received  his  commission  from  Robert 
Skinner,  governor  of  \'ermont,  in  1823.  He  was  quite  popular,  and  was  offered  the 
colonelcy  of  his  regiment,  but  declined.  He  d.  June  26,  1860;  res.  Swanton  and 
Franklin,  Vt. 

8185.  i.  Alloway,  b.  Mar.  23,  1814;    m.   Lorinda   Pratt,  and    Elizabeth 

Dewing. 

8186.  ii.        Bartholomew,  b.  Mar.  8,  1826;  m.  Sarah  Towie  Pearson. 

8187.  iii.       Azuba,  b.  May  3.  1818;   m.  Dec.  27,  1835,  Freeman  Bridge;  res. 

Franklin,  Vt.     He  was  b.  May  30,  1806;  d.  Mar.  10,  1862;  was  a 

farmer.     Ch.:    Lovina,  b.   Feb.  6,  1837;   m. Armstrong; 

res.  Newport  Center,  Vt.;    Eleanor,  b.  Dec.  25,  1839;  m.  twice, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  531 

second  time  June  23,  1893, Connell;  res.  N.  C;    Oren,  b. 

Dec.  14,  1844;    res.  Franklin   Center;  Eunice,  b. ;  m.  E. 

Phillips,  res.  F.  C;  Chauncey  R.,  b. ■ — ;  res.  East  Franklin, 

Vt. 

8188.  iv.       Harriett  Ellen,  b.  Nov.  27,  1834;   m.  in  F.,  Feb.  8,  1855,  Towle 

Pearson;  res.  W.  Berkshire,  \'t.  He  was  b.  Feb.  23,  1832.  Is  a 
farmer.  Ch.:  Phebe  Adelle,  b.  Nov.  24,  1855;  m.  Harvey  01m- 
stead,  Oct.  25,  1876,  East  Franklin,  Vt.:  Mary  Emma,  b.  fuly 
24,  1859;  m.  Gardner  Olmstead,  Sept.  15,  1880,  Franklin  Center. 
Yt.;  William  A.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1865;  unm.;  Luna  Bertha,  b.  Nov. 
27,  1870;  unm. 

8189.  V.        Elvira  R.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1824;  m.  Sept.  27,  1842,  Richard  Ro^-ers,  b. 

July  2,  1816;  d.  July  11,  1879;  m.  2d,  Nov.  17,  18sy,  Robert  Stan- 
hope; res.  Enosburg  Falls,  Vt.  Ch.:  Harriett,  m.  to  J.  Demoe, 
West  Berkshire;  Saphrona,  m.  to  A.  W.  Chase,  Cambridge,  \'t.; 
Freeman,  m.  to  Lizzie  West,  East  Franklin;  Lynda,  d.  Apr.  27, 
1866;  Libbie,  m.  to  Lote  Marsh,  North  Troy;  Annie,  m.  to 
Homer  Walker,  North  Troy;  Sherman,  m.  to  Abbie  Gaens, 
Berkshire  Center;  Ellie  A.,  m.  to  Maynard  Burlison,  W.  Berk- 
shire. 

8190.  vi.       Ci'RTis  C,  b. ;  res.  Frelighsburg,  P.  Q. 

8191.  vii.      Sarah  Paulina,  b.  May  30,  1856;   m.  Sept.  11,  1878,  Rufus  W. 

Rogers;  res.  Berkshire,  \"t.  He  wash.  Feb.  11,  1^57.  Is  a  farm- 
er.^ Ch.:  Heman,  b.  lune  30,  1879;  Pearl  F.,  b.  Ian.  11,  15<83; 
d.  Mar.  20,  1883;  Otis  W.,  b.  June  1,  1884;  Harold"  Whitnev,  b. 
Mar.  24,  1889;  Frank  Lee,  b.  Oct.  15,  1892. 

5046.  John  Whitney  (Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Johni, 
b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Dec.  18,  1790;  m.  at  P>elighsburg,  C.  E.,  ]ulv  7,  l!^ll,  Lucv  Leonard, 
b.  St.  A.,  July  7,  1794;  d.  June  30,  1863. 

He  was  a  native  of  Clarendon,  Yt.,  and  early  in  life  moved  to  Canada  with  his 
parents.  He  had  a  fine  farm  and  managed  it  well,  but  he  was  more  of  a  speculator 
than  farmer,  trading,  buying  and  selling  and  making  more  money  in  this  way  than 
from  the  farm.     He  d.  Sept.  7,  1864;  res.  St.  Armand,  C.  E. 

8192.  i.  Hannibal  H.,  b.  July  9,  1814;  m.  and  res.  Montreal,  Canada.    He 

d.  Jan.  29, 1877.     His  wid.  and  son  res.  Seattle,  Wash. 

8193.  ii.         Rebecca  Leonard,  b.  Aug.  15,  1817;  m.  Dec.  14,  1887,  at  St.  A.. 

Dr.  William  H.  Ellsworth.  He  was  b.  Sept.  12,  1815;  d.  Feb.  10, 
1864;  res.  Greenville,  Mich.  Ch.:  Julia  Caroline,  b.  Mav  11, 
1840;  m.  Sept.  4,  I860,  to  Alexander  McPherson,  Detroit,  Mich.; 
Mary  Elisabeth  Susan,  b.  Oct.  30,  1841;  m.  to  Charles  Jesse 
Church,  Nov.  19, 1860;  res.  Greenville,  Montcalm  Co.,  Mich.;  John 
Charles,  b.  Aug.  24, 1847;  address  Fowlerville,  Mich.;  m.  Feb.  28, 
1874;  Gertrude,  b.  May  17, 1855;  m.  to  C.  F.  Morgan,  M.  D.,  June. 
8, 1875. Dr.  William  H'.  Ellsworth,  late  of  Greenville,  Mich.,"d.  at 
Michigan  City,  Ind.,  1864,  of  typhoid  pneumonia.  Dr.  Ells- 
worth was  b.  in  Berkshire,  Franklin  Co.,  \'t.,  in  the  year  1815; 
studied  medicine  with  his  father.  Dr.  William  C.  Ellsworth; 
attended  the  medical  college  of  his  native  state,  at  Wondstock, 
for  some  time, but  completed  his  professional  education  in  Mon- 
treal, Can.  He  settled  in  his  native  village  where  he  was 
obliged  not  only  to  compete  with  his  father,  a  distinguished 
physician  of  long  experience,  but  with  many  other  justly  cele- 
brated physicians,  yet  he  soon  succeeded  in  establishing  for 
himself  a  reputation  equal  to  anv  around  him.  In  1855  the 
doctor  went  to  Michigan  and  settled  in  Greenville,  Montcalm 
Co.,  and  immediately  entered  upon  the  ])ractice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  in  a  remarkably  short  time  acquired  a  large  practice, 
which  he  retained  until  his  death.  By  his  unwearied  attention 
and  kind  sympathies  toward  the  sick  and  suffering,  he  won  the 
confidence  and  love  of  a  vast  number,  and  to  a  wonderful 
degree,  which  was  strikingly  exhibited  by  the  tearful  eyes  that 
gathered  around  his  lifeless  remains  when  they  were  borne  back 
to  his  home  by  his  stricken  companion.  Only  a  few  weeks 
before  the  doctor  went  south  with  his  brother,  Maj.  C.  C.  Ells- 


632  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

worth,  to  visit  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  on  his  return 
home  was  seriously  injured  by  a  railroad  accident,  which 
occurred  in  the  state  of  Indiana,  and  which  induced  the  disease 
of  which  he  died.  Dr.  Ellsworth  was  in  the  very  prime  of  life 
and  in  the  midst  of  his  greatest  usefulness.  This  strange  prov- 
idence  has  cast  a  deep  gloom  over  the  entire  community,  and 
his  loss  will  be  long  and  heavily  felt. 

8194.  iii.        Nathanial  S.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1820;  m.  Helen  I.  Mills. 

8195.  iv.        Lucy   Ann   Hibbard,  b.  July  27,   1824;  m.  Feb.  10,  1845,  Rev.. 

Aaron  Slaght,  the  son  of  Aaron  Slaght  and  Catherine  White- 
head, and  was  b.  in  Townsend,  Co.  of  Norfolk,  Province  of 
Ontario,  Can.,  in  the  year  1822,  on  Aug.  18.  He  was  m.  at 
St.  Armand,  Province  Quebec,  by  the  Rev.  F.  N.  Jersey,  Bap- 
tist minister.  She  d.  May  25,  1849,  at  Waterford,  C.  W.  She 
was  an  active  member  of  the  church  and  worked  quite  actively 
among  the  young  people,  with  whom  she  was  a  great  favorite. 
Her  remains  were  interred  at  the  cemetery  near  that  place.  The 
first  child  was  Lucy  Annabelle,  b.  June  8,  1846;  the  second  child 
was  Mary  Helen,  b.  June  15,  1848;  was  m.  April  12, 1872,  to  John 
Bostwick  Backus,  M.  D.,  at  London,  Ontario,  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Cooper,  then  pastor  of  the  London  Baptist  Church.  She 
removed  to  Braidwood,  111.,  with  her  husband,  and  d,  there  on 
Mar.  30, 1874,  leaving  one  daughter  six  days  old,  who  is  living  and 
at  present  at  school  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  named  Helen  Whitney 
Backus.  On  Aug.  23,  1876,  Lucy  Annabelle  Slaght  was  m. 
to  John  Bostwick  Backus,  M.  D.,  at  Waterford,  Ontario,  by  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Cameron,  pastor  of  the  Brantford  Ontario  Church. 
There  are  two  children  of  this  union,  Grace  Constance,  b.  June 
8,  1878,  and  Erie  Waters,  b.  July  28,  1879,  both  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. Mrs.  Backus  was  noted  for  her  gentleness  of  demeanor,, 
kindliness  of  disposition  and  purity  of  character,  and  was  en- 
deared to  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  at  her 
demise.  John  Bostwick  Backus,  M.  D.,  is  the  son  of  John  A, 
Backus  and  Sarah  M.  Bostwick  (both  deceased),  b.  Apr.  27,1845, 
at  Simcoe,  Norfolk  Co.,  Ontario,  Can.;  attended  McGill  college, 
Montreal,  and  graduated  in  medicine  in  1870.  He  practiced 
a  few  months  in  Simcoe  and  then  later  at  Braidwood,  111., 
where  he  still  resides. 

5051.  Aaron  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,. 
John),  b.  Jamaica,  Vt.,  Julv  26,  1800;  m.  there  May  21,  1822,  Esther  Maynard,b.  Apr. 
4,  1803;  d.  May  10,  1891.  He  was  a  shoemaker.  He  d.  Feb.  26,  1848;  res.  Jamaica, 
Vt.,  and  Edinburg,  N.  Y. 

8196.  i.  Henry  C,  b.  Mar.  2,  1823;  d.  Dec.  13,  1879. 

8197.  ii.         Martha  A.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1826;  m.  Jan.  12,  1848,  Augustus  Wilder, 

d.  Dec.  22,  1848. 

8198.  iii.        Ora,  b.  Feb.  27,  1830;  d.  July  2,  1831. 

8199.  iv.       Oscar  O.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1832;  m.  Sarah  R.  Steel. 

8200.  V.         Mary  C,  b.  Dec.  14,  1834;  m.  Jan.  11,  1855,  Charles  Van  Pelt,  b. 

Mav  9,  1826.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Scotia,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  Esther  |., 
b.  Dec.  28,  1856;  Frank  M.,  b.  Mav  30,  1862;  m.  Dec.  24,  1884; 
Cora  M.,  b.  July  26,  1868;  d.  Nov.  1,  1884;  Ella  Mav,  b.  Nov.  1, 
1S72. 

5053.  Reuben  Parmenter  Whitney  (Samuel,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Jamaica,  ^'t.,  Apr.  25,  1806;  m.  June  2,  1831,  at  Ware, 
Mass.,  Rachel  Ann  Pierce,  b.  Feb.,  1801;  d.  Nov.  7,  1847;  m.  2d,  Hannah  Williams 
Wilson;  m.  3d,  Mary  Wallace. 

He  was  born  in  Jamaica,  Vt.,  but  early  moved  to  Mass.  Soon  after  his  marriage 
he  moved  to  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  where  he  died.  On  account  of  continued  sickness  in 
his  family  he  was  not  able  to  accumulate  much,  but  he  was  noted  for  his  sterling  and 
unswerving  honesty,  and  a  character  highly  prized  by  his  descendants.  He  d.  Oct, 
31,  1871;  res.  Southbridge,  INIass. 


8201. 
8202. 
8203. 


Geo.  Parmenter,  b.  Oct.  7,  1833;  d.  Dec.  19,  1855. 
i.         Arthur  Pierce,  b.  Jan,  20,  1842;  m.  Margaret  Jane  Milburn. 
ii.       Jos.  Augustus,  b. ;  d. . 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  533 

8204.  iv.       Martha  Elizabeth,  b. ;  d.  Feb.  27,  1871. 

8205.  V.         Marv  Dana,  b. ;  d.  1  year  old. 

8206.  vi.        Henry   Algernon,  b. ;   res.  Woonsocket,   R.  I.,  86  Sum- 

mer St. 

5075.  Isaac  Whitney  (Xewhall,  Benjamin,  Solomon,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Durham,  C.  E.,  Dec.  15,  1^39;  m.  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  in  1876, 
Helen  T.  Chapman,  b.  Feb.  24,  1854;  res.  4  Hereford,  PI.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

8207.  i.  IvEY  Lillian,  b.  Nov.  20,  1878. 

8208.  ii.         Emma  M.,  b.  18s6;  d.  1887. 

5076.  Artemas  Chushen  Whitney  (Newell,  Benjamin,  Solomon,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Durham,  C.  E.,  Dec.  2,  1838;  m.  at  Wheelock,  \'t..  Mar. 
13,  1866,  Sarah  E.  Stark,  b.  July  5,  1839. 

He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Canada,  but  early  moved  to  the  states,  locating  at 
Wheelock,  Yt.,  where  he  was  married.  Later  he  moved  to  St.  Johnsbury  Center, 
■where  he  has  since  resided  on  his  farm.  During  the  war,  from  1861  to  1865  he  was 
one  of  the  selectmen;  res.  St.  Johnsbury  Center,  Vt. 

8210.  i.  INDA  M.,  b.  Jan.  19, 1867;  m.  Jan.  1,  1890,  B.  A.  Farnham;  res.  St.  J. 

8211.  ii.         Charles  Newhall,  b.  Sept.  6, 1868;  m.  Mar.  24,  1892;  res.  St.  J. 

Center. 

8212.  iii.       Jennie  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  16,  1874;  res.  St.  J. 

.''082.  David  Austin  Whitney  (Samuel,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Shrewsburv,  Mass.,  Aut;.  1,  lsl6;  m.  Jane  Kirbv;  res.  Walla 
Walla,  W.  T.  '  ^ 

8213.  i.         Charles  E.,  b. . 

8214.  li.         Fred,  b. . 

8215.  iii. ,  b. . 

5083.  William  Whitney  (Samuel,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1818;  m.  Oct.  1851,  Margaret  Beath,  b.  Feb.  2*^, 
1825.     He  d.  Apr.  1,  18^6;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  351  Jackson  Boul. 

8216.  i.  Jeneatte  Miller,  b.  Aug.  26,  1853;  m.   Geo.  Harper;  res.  351 

Jackson  Boul. 

8217.  ii.         Robert,  b.  Aug.  20,  IS-A;  d.  young. 

8218.  iii.        William  B  ,  b.  Nov.,  18-55;  m.  Kittie  McGeary. 

8219.  iv.        Robert,  b.  Aug.  6,  ls59;  unm.;  res.  Chicago;  is  a  traveling  sales- 

man for  Edson  Keith  &  Co. 

8220.  v.         Fannie  Hudson,  b.  Oct.  1,  1861;  m.  Julv  2,   \m).  Geo.  D.  B. 

Dods,  b.  Oct.  28,  1859;  res.  394  Hermitage  Ave..  Chicago,  111. 
Ch.:  Margaret  Whitnev,  b.  Apr.  26,  1891;  Geo.  D.,  b.  Sei>t.  1, 
1892;  d.  Apr.  15,  1^<93. ' 

8221.  vi.        James  A.,  b.  Oct.,  1865;  d.  188.5. 

8222.  vii.       Frank  Atwell,  b.  Aug.  28,  1866;  unm.;  res.  351  Jackson  Boul.; 

is  emploved  at  Edson  Keith  &  Co.'s. 

8223.  viii.      Elizabeth  B.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1867;  d.  1868. 

5088.  George  Francis  Whitney  (Samuel,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  June  18,  1834;  m.  Lucy  M.  Rice,  of  Westboro. 
After  his  death  she  married  a  Mr.  Seaver,  and  res.  in  Worcester.  His  widow  was 
appointed  administratrix  of  his  estate,  Feb.  3,  1863.  He  d.  1863;  res.  Shrewsbury, 
Mass. 

5096.  David  Whitney  (Nathan.  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  Feb.  10,  1833;  m.  at  Worcester,  Dec.  6,  1860,  Harriett,  L. 
Howland,  b.  Nov.  6,  1833.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Auburn,  Mass. 

8224.  i.  Henry  H.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1862;  m.  Carrie  Adell  Morse. 

8225.  ii.         Fannie  L.,  b.  June  29,  1^67;  m.  June  11,  1891,  Edward  H.  White; 

res.  A.  He  was  b.  Oct.  20,  18b9.  Ch.:  Ralph  Howard,  b.  Jan. 
27,  1894. 

5100.  Nathan  H.  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas. 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  June  27,  1842;  m.  at  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Aug.  1,  1865, 
Abbie  Ninette  Lovejoy,  b.  Jan.  27,  1845;  d.  Feb.  4,  1875.  He  is  superintendent  and 
treasurer  of  the  Gurney  carriage  factorv,  17  Randolph  St.;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

8226.  i.  Harry  M.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1866;  m.  Jan.  31,  1894,  Annie  Coffee;  res. 

S.  Framingham,  Mass. 


534 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


822^ 


11. 


8230. 
8231. 
8232. 


11. 

iii. 

iv. 


Lucy  Marian  Abbie,  b.  Mar.  22,  1868;  m.  Oct.  2, 1887,  Edmund 
M.  Purdy;  res.  Wilton,  N.  H. 

8228.  iii.       Arthur  Moses,  b.  Nov.  22,  1870;  d.  Jan.  2,  1871. 

5102.  Frederick  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas' 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Townsend,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1849;  m.  at  Westboro,  May  2,  1871'- 
Susan  ^Iaria  Warren,  b.  Apr.  8,  1848.  He  is  a  carriage  and  sleigh  manufacturer;  res* 
Athol  and  Ayer,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

5104.  Henry  Austin  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Boston,  Oct.  6,  1826;  m.  Mar.  3,  1852,  Fanny  Lawrence,  b.  Aug.  19, 
1828;d.  Jan.  28,  1883. 

A  Boston  paper  published  the  following  obituary:  "  President  H.  A.  Whitney. 
Death  of  a  noted  financier  and  railroad  operator.  Henry  A.  Whitney,  the  banker 
and  ex-president  of  the  Boston  &  Providence  railroad,  died  Feb.  21,  1889,  at  6  o'clock 
at  his  residence,  261  Marlboro  street.  Mr.  Whitney  was  born  in  this  city  in  1826,  and 
after  receiving  a  public  school  education  entered  early  in  life  into  a  course  of  com- 
mercial training.  Entering  Harvard  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1846.  He  be- 
came a  banker,  and  invested  his  capital  in  railroad  shares.  He  was  a  large  holder 
in  the  Boston  and  Providence  railroad,  and  succeeded  W.  W.  Woolsey  as  president 
of  the  corporation.  Last  summer  the  road  was  absorbed  by  the  Old  Colony  system. 
Mr.  Whitney  was  a  very  able  man."  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Historical  Society,  and  has  privately  printed  the  following  works:  "A 
Brief  Account  of  the  Descendants  of  John  and  Eleanor  Whitney,"  1857;  "Incidents 
in  the  Life  of  Samuel  Whitnev,"  1860;  "An  Account  of  the  First  Settlers  of  Hing- 
ham;"  he  d.  Feb.  21,  1889;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

8229.  i.         Henry   Lawrence,  b.   Oct.  27,  1853;  accidentally  shot,  d.  Oct. 
23,  1866. 

Joseph  Cutler,  b.  Dec.  7,  1856;  m.  Georgianna  Hayward. 
Ellerton  Pratt,  b.  Aug.  21,  1858;  res.  Blue  Hill,  Mass. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  23,  1860;  m.  1884,  Dr.  James  Jackson  Minot; 

res.  188   Marlboro  St.,  Boston.      Ch.:  George  Richards,  b.  Dec. 

2,  1885;  James,  b.  Oct.,  1891.    He  was  b.  Oct.  11,  1852.  graduated 

at  Harvard  college,  1874,  A.  B.;   Harvard  college,    1878,  M.  D.; 

physician  Carney  Hosp.;  physician  to  out-patients  Mass.  Gen. 

Hosp. 
Constance,  b.  May  11, 

1865;     m.    Sept.'  11, 

1890,  Franz  Edouard 
Zerrahn;  res.  Blue 
Hill,  Mass.  Ch.:  Con- 
stance,   b.   June    21, 

1891.  He  was  b.  in 
Boston,  1857;  studied 
architecture  at  the 
Boston  Institute  of 
Sociology;  architect 
by  profession. 

Hugh,  b.  Sept.  7,  1870; 
res.  Blue  Hill,  Mass. 


5105.  John  Perkins  Whitney 
(Thomas  H.,  Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Ben- 
jamin, Thomas,  Thomas,  lohn),  b.  Nov. 
30,  1854;  m.  Apr.  8,  1885,  E.  T.  Steven- 
son; res. . 

8235.  i.         Josephine,  b.  Sept.  6, 

188X. 

5106.  Thomas  Heston  Whitney 
(Thomas  H.,  Ebenzer,  Samuel,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  June  29,  1856; 
m.  Jan.,  1877,  May  Owen;  res. . 

8236.  i.         Geo.  Parmlev,  b. 

8237.  ii.         Thomas  H.,  b. 

8238.  iii.       Herbert  0.,b. 


8233. 


8234. 


VI. 


SAMDEL  A.  WHITNEY. 


5109.    Samuel  Austin   Whitney  (Thomas  H..  Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Benjamin, 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  535 

Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Aug.  5,  1864;  m.  Feb.,  1693,  Louise  Thompson,  dau.  of 
Col.  R.  S.  Thompson,  of  Chicago;  res.  Glassboro,  N.  J. 

6118.  Rev.  Leonard  Whitney  (Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Williston,  Vt.,  Oct.  23,  1812;  m.  in  Bennington,  Vt.,  Sept.  18, 
1842,  Ann  Jennett  Harwood;  b.  Jan.  12,  1825. 

Leonard  Whitney  was  born  in  Williston,  Vt.,  the  son  of  Otis  and  Sarah  Whitney. 
With  such  a  parentage  he  received  vigor  of  body  and  mind.  In  such  a  home  his 
native  qualities  developed  healthfully.  He  grew  to  an  active  boy,  and  became 
leader  of  all  the  sports  and  mischief  in  the  neighborhood.  He  was  strong,  quick,  im- 
pulsive, wayward,  generous.  He  was  by  no  means  distres- 
singly "good"  in  the  Sunday-school-library-book  style.  His 
garents  and  his  teachers  found  him  difficult  to  manage, 
iut  he  was  the  friend  of  the  weak.  He  responded  readily 
to  what  was  generous,  just  and  kind.  The  district  school 
and  the  academy  gave  him  his  early  education,  which  his 
father  urged  the  restless  boy  to  continue  by  going  to  col- 
lege. But  he  had  dreams  of  adventures  amid  strange  scenes, 
fostered,  perhaps,  by  the  seatales  of  his  grandfather,  Joseph 
Edmunds,  the  old  privateersman.  When  sixteen  years  old 
he  went  to  Boston,  and  shipped  for  a  voyage.  But  before 
the  vessel  sailed  he  had  seen  enough  of  the  charms  of  sea- 
life  to  change  his  mind.  He  succeeded  in  getting  free  from 
the  engagement,  and  never  after  had  a  return  of  the  longing 
for  the  sea.  The  experiences  of  his  Boston  trip,  acting  on 
a  mind  singularly  receptive,  turned  his  attention  to  the  sober 
purposes  of  life.  He  worked  with  interest  on  his  father's  eev.  leonaed  whitney. 
farm.     He  attended  school  at  Hinesburg,  Vt.,  and  made  good 

progress  in  his  studies.  He  choose  the  profession  of  law  as  his  work  for  life,  and  for 
several  years  gave  himself  to  its  study.  In  August,  1835,  he  was  admitted  to  practice 
at  the  Chittenden  county  court,  Burlington,  Vt.,  "by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  bar." 
He  spent  several  years  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  at  Auburn,  N. 
Y.  He  was  not  by  nature  fitted  in  mind  and  morals  to  succeed  in  any  but  the  higher 
fields  of  law  practice,  and  circumstances  never  allowed  him  to  enter  those  fields. 
Work,  study,  anxiety  brought  him  poor  health,  and  he  went  to  Saratoga  Springs  to 
rest.  While  there  he  visited  not  infrequently  at  the  home  of  an  old  family  friend, 
who  was  settled  near  by  as  the  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Union  Village — the 
Rev.  William  Arthur,  father  of  the  late  President  Arthur.  His  old  friend  had  a 
strong  influence  over  the  young  lawyer.  During  the  summer  he  united  with  Mr. 
Arthur's  church,  decided  to  give  up  law,  and  to  become  a  Baptist  minister.  That 
fall  he  began  his  ministerial  work  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Bennington,  in 
his  native  state.  He  afterwards  preached  at  Penton,  \'t.,  Reading,  Pa.,  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  later  at  Peoria,  111.,  and  finally  at  Keokuk,  la.  He 
accepted  the  latter  call,  and  became  its  minister  in  October,  1853.  He  had  been  only 
a  short  time  in  Keokuk  when  he  had  an  invitation  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Unitarian 
church  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  which  he  declined.  His  society  in  Keokuk  erected  a 
building  which  was  dedicated  in  1856,  and  Mr.  Whitney  entered  upon  his  years  of 
valuable  service.  His  geniality  as  a  man,  his  generosity  as  a  friend,  his  eloquence  as 
a  preacher,  his  power  as  a  thinker,  and  the  genuine  religiousness  of  his  nature  called 
into  his  church  a  company  of  men  and  women  of  remarkable  ability.  He  sought 
and  obtained  the  appointment  of  chaplain  to  the  Eleventh  Illinois  Cavalry,  of  which 
R.  G.  Ingersoll  was  colonel.  He  gave  up  his  parish  and  joined  his  regiment  with 
enthusiasm.  For  this  work  he  was  peculiarly  fitted.  He  was  genial  inspirit;  he 
met  all  men  in  a  happy  way.  He  had  an  appreciation  of  man;  he  could  detect  the 
divine-human  through  the  lowliest  and  most  smful  guise.  He  was  unselfish;  he  gave 
gladly  his  last  crust  to  the  suffering.  He  was  entirely  without  sanctimonious  pre- 
tense; he  went  among  the  men  as  a  brother,  a  friend,  a  sympathetic  helper.  The 
officers  and  men  were  drawn  to  him  at  once.  The  relations  between  him 
and  them  were  cordial  and  brotherly.  He  was  their  minister  in  the  true 
sense — their  helper,  their  leader  in  the  best  things.  Of  the  appreciation 
in  which  he  was  held  in  the  regiment  the  following  letter  from  his  honored  colonel 
gives  generous  testimony : 

New  York,  January  6, 1888. 
Rev.  O.  Clvte. — My  Dear  Sir : — It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  write  a  few 
words  in  reference  to  the  Rev.  Leonard  Whitney.     He  was  one  of  the  best,  one  of 


536 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


the  purest,  one  of  the  noblest  men  I  ever  knew.  He  was  in  the  highest  sense  a 
deeply  religious  man — that  is  to  say,  he  lived  in  accordance  with  his  ideal.  There 
was  about  him  neither  cant  nor  hypocrisy.  He  did  not  pretend  to  be  better  than 
others — he  wished  only  to  make  others  better. 

While  1  knew  him,  his  entire  time  was  occupied  in  doing  good  to  others.  He 
was  a  perpetual  consolation  to  the  sick  and  wounded — -an  example  for  all.  He  won 
the  respect  of  every  man  who  knew  him,  and  his  influence  was  only  good. 

He  was  a  thorough  believer  in  the  religion  of  good  works,  and  he  lived  in  exact 
accordance  with  his  belief. 

He  as  truly  gave  his  life  for  his  country,  as  though  he  had  died  on  the  field  of 
battle.  "Vours  truly, 

R.  G.  Ingersoll. 
Mr.  Whitney  died  in  the  prime  of  life,  died  regretted  and  mourned  by  the  popu- 
lation of  an  entire  city,  died  without  an  enemy,  and  his  loss  was  an  irreparable  one. 
The  admirers  and  appreciators  of  Mr.  Whitney  were  not  confined  to  his  society. 
He  had  frequent  hearers  from  the  other  denominations.  His  efforts  were  mostly  argu- 
ments. He  had  a  natural  gift  in  argument,  which  may  have  been  confirmed  by  his 
study  of  law.  This  style  was  attractive  to  inquirers  outside  of  his  immediate  people. 
As  a  preacher  he  was  far  above  the  average.  His  power  was  the  result  of  great 
ability  coupled  with  evident  sincerity.  He  never  descended  to  hair  splitting 
niceties,  but  always  grasped  the  vital  questions  touching  the  subject  in  hand.  He 
had  no  patience  with  arguments  founded  on  isolated  passages  of  Scripture.  He  died 
June  12,  1862;  res.  Keokuk,  la. 

Harwood  Otis,  b.  Apr.  17,  1844;  m.  Helen  J.  Hay. 

Chas.  Edmund,  b.  Oct.  6,  1846;  d.  Feb.  9,  1864. 

Leonard  S.,  b.  June  20,  1850;  d.  young. 

Jennett,  b.  Feb.  7,  1858;  d.  Oct.  16,  1858. 

Carleton  p.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1860;  unm.;  res.  Keosauqua,  la. 

5120.  Edmund  Whitney  (Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  Nov.  5,  1818;  m.  at  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Mav  1,  1839,  Esther 
Flagg,  b.  Sept.  10,  1820;  d.  June  14,  1862;  m.  2d  Mary  Elizabeth  'Seaton.  He  is  a 
farmer;  res.  Williston,  Vt. 


8239. 

8240. 

11  ■ 

8241. 

in 

8242. 

IV 

8243. 

V. 

8244. 
8245. 
8246. 


8247. 

8248. 


1. 

ii. 

iii. 


IV. 
V. 


Henry  Otis,  b.  Dec.  26,  1840;  d.  Mar.  1,  1869. 

Wm.  F.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1842;  m.  Zeruah  F.  Brownell. 

Ellen  Josephine,  b.  Jan.  4,  1845;  m.  Jan.  10,  1875,  Dr.  Isaac  D. 

Alger;    res.    Minneapolis,    Minn.      Ch.:    Edmund   Whitney,  b. 

June,  1877. 
Edmund  B.,  b.  June  19,  1848;  m.  Juliet  Hood. 
Zenas  B.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1853;  m.  Aiida  Porter. 


5122.     Solon  Whitney  (Chester,  Aaron,  Nathan,   Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Waterbury.  Vt.,  1810;  m.  Lucy  B.  Noble;  m.  2d  Emeline  Butler;  d.  1852. 

He  was  born  in  Waterbury,  \'t.,  about  1810,  and  moved 
from  that  state  to  Illinois  about  1835,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  near  Shockoken,  in  Hendej^son  county,  across 
the  Mississippi  river  from  Burlington,  la.  He  also  owned 
a  steam  ferryboat  and  was  engaged  in  ferrying  the  Cali- 
fornia emigrants  across  the  river  at  that  place  in  an  early 
day.  His  first  wife  died  childless  soon  after  marriage.  He 
died  in  1851,  leaving  a  widow  and  several  small  children, 
viz.,  Chester,  Otis  and  Emeline.  In  1853  the  children  went 
to  live  with  their  uncle  Baxter  in  Vermont.  He  d.  1851; 
res.  Shockoken,  111. 


8249. 
8250. 
8251. 

8252. 
8253. 


I. 

ii. 

fii. 

iv. 

V. 


;  d.  young. 

young, 
d.  1857;  injured  by 


Elisha  Green,  b. 

Mary,  b.  ;  d. 

Chester,  b.  1840; 
falling  on  the  ice. 

Amelia,  b. ;  d.  young. 

Otis,  b.  Apr.  30,  1847;  res.  unm.  Cos- 
mopolis.  Wash.  He  was  born  in 
Shockoken,  111.  His  father  dying 
when  he  was  young  he  went  to  live 
with  his  uncle  Baxter  in  Vermont. 
1866,  when  he  moved  to  Riley,  Kan. 


OTIS  WHITNEY. 


There  he   resided  until 
In  1868  he  engaged  in 


farming  on  his  own  account.     In  the  spring  of  1873  he  started 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  537 

for  Arizona,  where  he  arrived  in  August  and  at  once  engaged 
in  farming  and  mining.  Later  he  moved  to  Washington,  where 
he  has  since  resided. 

8254.  vi.        Emeline,  b.  July  4,  1850;  m.  July  4,  1868,  Orlando  B.  Heath,  and 

d.  Dec.  22,  1882.  Ch.:  Herbert  J.,  Clinton  Otis,  Orlando  Baxter, 
one  d.  young. 

5123.  Baxter  Whitney  (Chester,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Waterbury,  Vt.,  May  27,  1812;  m.  there.  May  8,  1836,  Mary  A.  Kneeland,  b. 
June  27,  1814;  d.  at  Topeka,  Kan.,  Oct.  15,  1887. 

He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Waterbury  and  resided  with  his  parents,  while  his 
only  brother  left  his  home  to  seek  his  fortunes  in  the  west.  Soon  after  his  marriage, 
in  1838,  he  left  on  a  visit  to  his  brother  in  the  west,  going  via  the  Erie  canal.  He 
was  absent  eight  months.  In  1859  he  went  west  to  the  extreme  border  of  civilization 
at  that  time,  twenty  miles  beyond  Manhattan,  Kan.,  much  nearer  the  Indians  than 
was  comfortable.  In  1877  he  moved  to  Topeka  and  died  there.  He  d.  Apr.  17,  1889; 
res.  Waterbury,  Vt.,  and  Topeka,  Kan. 

8255.  i.  Katherine  A.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1838;  m.  Nov.  15, 1858,  Albe  B.  Whit- 

ing; res.  Topeka,  Kan.  He  was  b.  Nov.  10,  1835;  res.  1157  Fil- 
more  St.  Ch.:  Harris  L.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1861;  m.  Aug.  18,  1885, 
Georgia  L.  Murdock,  of  Cambridgeport,  Mass.;  Mary  Helen,  b. 
July  12,  1863;  m.  Nov.  15, 1883,  H.  L.  King,  702  N.  5th  Ave.,  Atchi- 
son. Kan.;  Katharine  L.,  b.  July  22, 1866;  m.  June  1, 1892,  Talmage 
S.  Hand,  7  W.  19th  St.,  New  York  City;  Lillian  B.,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1868;  m.  Jan.  3,  1889,  Hampton  L.  Shirer,  1157  Filmore  St., 
Topeka,  Kan.;  Annie  T.,  b.  July  16,  1872;  d.  July  28,  1876;  baby 
boy,  b.  Oct.  17,  1864;  d.  Oct.  29,  1864. 

8256.  ii.         Geo.  Baxter,  b.  Apr.  11,  1837;  d.  Dec,  1851. 

8257.  iii.        Emeline  B.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1844;  m.  Dec.  25,  1865.  Montgomery  Wis- 

ner;  res.  Bozeman,  Mont.  He  was  b.  Oct.  7,  1839.  Ch.:  Lewis 
Baxter,  b.  July  12,  1867;  Irenaeus  Kneeland,  b.  Sept.  28,  1872. 

8258.  iv.  •     Wm.  Wallace,  b.  July  7, 1840;  d.  in  the  army  from  the  hardships 

of  war  in  the  fall  of  1864. 

8259.  v.         Arthur  B.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1846;  m.  Emma  J.  Patch  and  Carrie  M. 

Tyler. 

5133.  Dr.  Albert  B.  Whitney  (Elijah,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer.. 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Hudson,  O.,  Dec.  11,  1837;  m.  Nov.  24,  1874,  Cordelia  C.  Hurd,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Albert  B.  Whitney,  second  son  of  Elijah  Whitney,  was  born  in  Hudson,  O.^ 
where  his  father  was  engaged  as  a  Christian  minister,  when  he  returned  east  and 
settled  in  the  city  of  Providence.  He  received  in  this  latter  city  his  boyhood's  edu- 
cation. At  the  age  of  14  he  came  with  his  father  and  the  family  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,. 
and  then  to  New  York  City,  his  education  being  continued  in  the  grammar  schools 
of  these  two  cities  and  then  in  Columbia  college,  where  he  graduated  in  1861.  Two 
years  later  he  graduated  in  medicine,  his  father  having  been  a  practicing  physician 
m  New  York.  He  has  practiced  medicine  from  his  early  student  days  till  the  pres- 
ent time  and  is  still  continuing  it.  Has  been  connected  with  the  Northwestern  Dis- 
pensary of  New  York  City  and  with  the  Eclectic  Medical  Society,  and  professor  in 
one  of  its  colleges;  is  fond  of  the  literature  and  learning  of  his  profession,  and  has 
not  held  public  offices  or  other  stations,  except  a  railroad  directorship  for  a  short 
time.  His  intention  is  to  continue  his  profession  as  his  life  work;  res.  New  York 
City,  N.  Y.,  148  W.  77th  St. 

8260.  i.         Mary  Louise,  b.  Oct.  12,  1875. 

8261.  ii.        Albert  Oscar,  b.  Apr.  17,  1879. 

5134.  Horace  P.  Whitney  (Elijah,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Spencertown,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  18.  1834;  m.  at  Brooklyn,  Oct.  18,  1859,  Mrs. 
Annie  Ringwood  (Johnson)  Taylor,  b.  Feb.  22,  1839. 

He  went  with  his  father  and  mother  to  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  where  his  father 
was  minister  to  the  Congregational  church.  He  was  also  with  his  father  while  residing 
in  Providence,  R.  I.,  as  minister  to  the  Congregational  church  of  that  city.  In  Prov- 
idence he  entered  business  for  himself  at  the  age  of  18.  Upon  the  entrance  of  his 
father  into  the  medical  profession  in  N.  Y.,  Horace  entered  the  advertising  business 
on  his  own  account  and  soon  thereafter  became  partner  of  Wm.  Cauldwell  in  the 
35 


538  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

publication  of  the  New  York  Mercury.  He  was  well  known  to  the  citizens  of  New 
•York  and  Brooklyn,  and  was  born  in  Columbia  county.  Mr.  Whitney  went  to  New 
York  in  1856,  and  the  year  following  became  associated  in  the  management  of  the 
Sunday  Mercury  and  New  York  Mercury  with  the  present  proprietor,  the  business 
association  being  continued  until  1876.  In  that  year  failing  health  compelled  his 
retirement  from  active  pursuits,  though  he  retained  the  presidency  of  the  Harlem 
Bridge,  Morrisania  &  Fordham  Railway  until  the  time  of  his  decease.  A  man  of 
remarkable  business  ability,  enterprising  and  successful  in  whatever  he  undertook, 
it  was  a  great  hardship  for  Mr.  Whitney  to  be  laid  aside  by  sickness  while  yet  in  the 
prime  of  his  life;  but  he  bore  his  suffermgs  uncomplainingly,  and  his  courage  and 
patience  kept  at  bay  for  years  the  enemy  to  whom  most  other  men  would  have  suc- 
cumbed. In  his  declining  years  Mr.  Whitney  traveled  extensively  and  was  thus 
removed  from  the  circle  of  his  old  friends  and  associates.  In  his  travels  he  was 
accompanied  by  his  devoted  wife,  with  three  children.  Mr.  Whitney  leaves  an 
estate  which  will  handsomely  provide  for  the  future  of  his  family.  He  resided  on 
Brooklyn  Heights,  Brooklyn,  and  afterwards  on  5th  Ave.,  N.  Y.  City.  He  held  polit- 
ical offices  but  rarely.  He  d.  Litchfield,  Conn.,  Aug.  23,  1884;  res.  Columbus  Ave., 
cor.  76th  St.,  New  York  City. 

8262.  i.         Horace  Pratt,  b.  Oct.  10,  1866;  unm.;  res.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  P.  O. 

box  245. 

8263.  ii.        GiRARD    Nelson,  b.   Feb.   16,   1871;    m.   May  29,   1894,   Emily 

Alwaise  Spratlev;  res.  60  W.  76th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 

8264.  iii.       Annie  Ruth,  b. ;  res.  60  W.  76th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 

5186.  Samuel  Curtis  Whitney  (David,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas.  John),  b.  Westbcro,  Feb.  10,  1822;  m.  Nov.  25,  1847,  Harriett  Sophia  Pren- 
tice, b.  Grafton,  Oct.  18,  1828;  d.  Feb.  15,  1892;  res.  Athol,  Mass.,  P.  O.  Box  520. 

Samuel  Edgar,  b.  Nov.  4,  1848;  d.  Sept.  9,  1849. 

Arthur  W.m.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1850;  m. , 

Abbie  Sophia,  b.  Dec.  12,  1856. 


8265. 

8266. 

8267. 

111. 

8268. 

IV. 

8269. 

V. 

Elmer  Curtis,  b.  Apr.  6,  1859;  m.  Anna  E.  Delra. 
Hattie  S.,  b.  Apr.  1,  1868;  m.  Mar.  25,  1886,  in  Warwick,  William 
L.  Hayden,  b.  May  80,  1861;  s.  p.;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

8270.  vi.        Frank  Melvin,  b.  July  2,  1871. 

5139.  RuFUS  Havden  Whitney  (David,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Westboro,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1826;  m.  Apr.  7,  1844,  in  Thompsonville, 
Conn.,  Emily  B.  Stevens. 

He  was  born  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  and  remained  on  a  farm  until  thirteen  years  of 
age,  then  went  into  a  provision  and  grocery  store  until  seventeen,  when  he  went  to 
Boston  with  J.  W.  Blodget  &  Co.,  importers  and  wholesale  dry  goods  jobbers. 
Remained  with  them  four  years,  then  went  with  White,  Brown,  Davis  &  Co.;  worked 
-on  a  salary  for  four  years,  then  was  taken  in  as  a  partner,  and  remained  for  six  years, 
then  went  into  business  with  two  other  gentlemen;  name  of  firm,  Whitney,  Crain  & 
Marr.  They  did  the  importing  and  jobbing  business  of  dry  goods  and  made  lots  of 
money  and  after  that  they  lost  heavily  by  the  advance  of  gold  and  hard  debts,  and 
were  obliged  to  compromise  with  their  creditors.  He  then  went  with  A.  Hamilton  & 
Co.  at  a  salary  of  §8,000  per  year  as  buyer  both  in  Europe  and  here;  in  two  years  was 
taken  in  as  partner.  The  big  fire  came  and  the  loss  was  large  and  they  lost  all. 
After  settling  with  their  creditors,  he  went  into  his  present  business  of  commission 
broker  and  has  done  very  well;  has  been  in  since  1879.  He  has  always  called  Boston 
his  home  since  1849,  still  his  family  lived  in  Europe  for  several  years  and  in  New 
York  for  about  two  years,  but  his  business  has  been  in  Boston  all  the  time;  res.  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  address  75  State  St. 

8271.  i.  Harry  F.,  b. ;  d.  Bainbridge,  Ga.,  Dec.  20,  1891. 

8272.  ii.         Lizzie  H.,  b. . 

8273.  iii.       Helen  M..  b. . 

8274.  iv.        Kate  V.,  b. . 

5141.  George  David  Whitney'  (David,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Westboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1828;  m.  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  June  10, 
1862,  Sarah  J.  Garfield,  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Oct.  2,  1831;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

827.5.     i.  George  R.,  b.  June  10,  1865. 

8276.     ii.         Charles  A.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1867. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  539 


6162.  Bartholomew  W.  Whitney  (William  K.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dana,  Mass.,  July  19,  1825;  m.  June  4,  1850,  Rhoda  Long, 
b.  Rutland,  Vt.,  July  23, 1825;  res.  Royalston,  Mass. 

8277.  i.  Miranda  L.,  b.  Dec.  11,  1851;  d.  Apr.  3,  1862. 

8278.  ii.         Flora  M.,  b.  Mav  1,  1855;  d.  Apr.  3,  1862. 

8279.  iii.        Emma  C,  b.  May  26,  1857;  m.  Aug.  22,  1876,  Henry  D.  Smith;  res. 

Winchester,  N.  H.  He  was  b.  June  6,  1855.  Ch.:  Edith  M.,  b. 
July  10,  1877;  Bertha  I.,  b.  Aug.,  1883;  Chester  A.,  b.  Apr.  20, 
1890. 

8280.  iv.        Mary  S.,  b.  Nov.  11,  1859;  d.  Jan.  23,  1888. 

8281.  V.         Nora  M.,  b.  June  1,  1863;  d.  Sept.  29,  1887. 

8282.  vi.       Annie  M.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1871;   m.  Aug.  8,  1891,  Wm.  O.  Emery,  of 

Winchester,  N.  H. 

6167.  Adin  Whitney  (Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Dana,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1820;  m.  at  Palmer,  Apr.  25,  1843,  Julia  Moores;  d. 
July  18, 1869;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Abbie  Daniels.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Aug.  16,  1891; 
res.  Ludlow,  Mass. 

8283.  i.  William  H.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1848;  m.  Emma  F.  Havnes. 

8284.  ii.         EsTELLA  Inez,  b.  Mar.  25,  1855;  m.  Aug.  3,  1873,  Frank  D.  Bram- 

ble; res.  Monson,  Mass.  He  was  b.  Feb.  17,  1855;  is  a  lumber 
dealer.  Ch.:  Lena  Juliaette,  b.  Oct.  4,  1876;  Arthur  Dwight,  b. 
Aug.  5,  1879;  Ida  Estella,  b.  Nov.  1,  1«84;  Vina  Mabel,  b.  Feb. 
16,  1890. 

5168.  Alexander  Whitney  (Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Dana,  Mass.,  Oct.  25,  1824;  m.  at  Ludlow,  Nov.  28,  1846,  Maria 
Hayden,  b.  Dec.  9,  1824;  d.  May  28,  1881;  m.  2d,  Dec.  14,1882,  Mrs.  Lucy  Plumly 
Keith,  b.  May  8,  1828.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  No.  Wilbraham,  Mass. 

8285.  i.  RosETTA,  b.  Sept.  15,  1847;  d.  Mar.  10,  1848. 
82>!6.     ii.         Chas.  M.,  b.  June  20,  1854;  d.  Nov.  1854. 
8287.     iii.       Clara,  b.  Dec.  28,  1856;  d.  June  13,  1863. 

5169.  ZuRi  Whitney  (Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Dana,  Mass.,  Jan.  29,  1823;  m.  at  Ludlow,  Dec.  18,  1845,  Sarah  S.  Alden,  b. 
Mar.,  1822;  d.  June  10,  1888.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Ludlow  Center,  Mass. 

8283.     i.  Charles  M.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1852;  m.  Lillian  C.  Arnold. 

6171.  Merrick  Whitney  (Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Mass.,  May  8,  1832;  m.  at  Palmer,  Dec.  25,  1856,  Han- 
nah Tourteilott;  d.  Dec.  6,  1857;  m.  2d,  Apr.,  1859,  Maria  Peters.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant.    He  d.  Mar.  14, 1888;  res.  Hartford,  Conn. 

8289.  i.  Mabel,  b. ;  d.  young. 

5173.  Lorenzo  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  May  4,  1817;  m.  Marlboro,  Mass.,  May  10, 1848, 
Sarah  Hall,  b.  Aug.  10,  1836.  He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Shrewsbury,  Mass.;  P.  O.  West- 
boro. 

8290.  i.  Lucie  M.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1850;  m.  Oct.  10,  1870,  Frank  G.  Crocker,  of 

East  Templeton,  and  d.  Mar.  8,  1872. 

5188.  Imri  S.  Whitney  (Asa,  Eleazer,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Henniker,  N.  H.,  Sept.  20,  1824;  m.  at  Nashua,  Nov.  13, 1848,  Zeviah  C.  Web- 
ster, b.  Newport,  N.  H.,  Oct.  9,  1828;  d.  Riverdale,  Sept.  19, 1891;  m.2d,  May  15, 1894, 
Mrs.  Lenora  Whitney,  b.  Henniker,  Oct.  17,  1836. 

At  an  early  age  he  gave  signs  of  great  love  for  music  and  was  an  apt  scholar  at 
his  first  school.  When  twenty  years  of  age  he  taught  his  first  singing  school  in  his 
native  town.  In  1848  he  began  a  regular  course  of  musical  studies  at  Nashua,  N.  H., 
and  then  composed  his  first  song,  "My  Cottage  Home,"  which  was  very  popular  and 
sold  extensively.  In  1849  he  began  his  successful  career  of  teaching  juvenile  classes. 
Since  then  he  has  accomplished  quite  as  much  in  the  line  of  concerts  with  children 
as  well  as  adults  as  any  man  in  the  country,  having  taught  hundreds  of  juvenile 
classes,  varying  from  fifty  to  eight  hundred  in  a  class.  He  has  given  hundreds  of 
juvenile  concerts  and  a  large  number  with  adult  classes,  and  has  taught  in  many  of 
the  towns  of  New  Hampshire  between  the  Merrimack  and  the  Connecticut  rivers. 


540  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Mr.  Whitney  settled  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Dec,  1855,  where  he  was  first  employed 
to  teach  a  singing  school  and  to  lead  the  choir  for  the  then  Elm  St.  Baptist  church, 
now  the  Merrimack  St.  Society.  During  the  years  of  1856-57-58  and  1859  he  was 
engaged  to  teach  music  in  the  "Teachers' institutes"  of  the  state.  Here  he  advo- 
cated what  he  has  since  shown  in  the  city  of  Manchester,  that  vocal  music  can  be 
successfully  taught  in  the  public  schools.  After  laboring  with  the  school  committee 
of  Manchester  every  way  possible,  to  induce  them  to  try  vocal  music  in  the  city 
schools,  they  at  last  engaged  Mr.  Whitney,  Sept.,  1860.  for  one  term,  to  try  the  exper- 
iment. After  training  the  children  some  three  months,  he  brought  together  some 
fifteen  hundred  of  them  for  a  public  exhibition.  This  task  was  no  small  matter  for 
one  man  to  undertake.  The  thing,  however,  was  done,  and  successfully.  A  public 
exhibition  was  given,  and  the  people  were  astonished  that  so  many  children  could  be 
made  to  sing  together  in  good  tune  and  time.  So  well  were  the  school  committee 
pleased,  that  they  engaged  Mr.  Whitney  for  another  term,  and  appointed  him  teacher 
in  the  public  schools.  Mr.  Whitney  has  had  very  large  experience  in  teaching  both 
juvenile  and  adult  singing  classes.  In  this  department  of  music  he  stands  at  the 
head  of  his  profession.  Many  years  of  constant  training  has  made  him  famous  as  an 
instructor  of  children.  He  has  always  been  a  close  student  and  a  hard  working  man. 
As  a  teacher  of  music  Mr.  Whitney  has  become  extensively  known.  He  has  never 
labored  to  become  a  public  performer  upon  any  instrument,  or  to  become  a  public 
singer,  and  yet  there  are  few  men  better  qualified  in  the  various  departments  of 
music  than  he  is.  He  has  thoroughly  studied  and  had  a  large  experience  in  all 
branches  of  the  science,  has  published  some  popular  compositions,  and  has  a  good 
collection  of  original  music  in  manuscript.  In  Nov.,  1883,  he  bought  a  farm  at  Riv- 
erdale.  He  resides  in  New  Boston;  his  son-in-law  in  Weare.  After  going  there  he 
continued  his  profession  and  business  in  Manchester,  going  to  and  from  Manchester, 
eleven  miles  by  rail,  as  suited  his  convenience,  until  July,  1888,  when  he  sold  out  his 
business  and  gave  up  his  profession  as  a  teacher  of  music  on  account  of  failing 
health.  He  held  the  office  of  superintendent  of  schools  for  New  Boston  for  the  year 
1884.  Since  July,  1884,  he  has  also  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  Hills- 
boro  countv.  He  resigned  his  position  as  teacher  of  music  in  the  public  school 
of  Manchester,  July  1,  1871,  having  given  eleven  years  of  very  hard  work  to  establish 
a  system  of  teaching  music  in  the  school  of  the  city.  The  same  system  is  continued 
to-day  by  the  teacher  who  was  his  successor.  He  was  noticed  by  the  Mirror  and 
Ajnerican,  the  leading  papers  of  the  city,  as  the  father  of  music  in  the  public  schools 
of  Manchester.  Jan.,  1872,  he  commenced  to  publish  a  musical  paper  called  "  Whit- 
ney's New  Hampshire  Journal  of  Music,"  which  he  is  now  (1895)  publishing;  res. 
Riverdale,  N.  H. 

8291.    i.         Adah  Clarissa,  b.  Oct.  1,  1861;  m.  Jan.  23,  1883,  at  Manchester. 
N,  H.,  Harry  Hobson  Simons.  Ch.:  Mildred  Whitney. 

5189.  Jason  H.  Whitney  (Asa,  Eleazer,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  June  19,  1826;  m.  Feb.  13,  1855,  Lenora  A.  Wood,  b.  Oct.  17,  1836;  res.  Hen- 
niker,  H.  H. 

Mary  Lizzie,  b.  June  2,  1856;  m.  John  Gilchrist. 

E.MMA  P.,  b.  July  20,  1858. 

Fred'k,  b.  Feb.  27,  1861. 

Infant,  b.  Oct.  23,  1869;  d.  Oct.  24,  1869. 

5195.  Jacob  S.  Whitney  (Asa,  Eleazer,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Nov.  3,  1841;  m.  June  4,  1868,  Lottie  B.  Marsh,  b.  Jan.  26,  1845;  d.  Aug.  8, 

1869;  m.  2d,  Jan.  23,  1872,  Susan  L.  Webster,  b.  Oct.  13,  1850;  d. ;  res.  Henni- 

ker   N   H. 

8296.  i.         Walter  N.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1873. 
8297a.  ii.         Dora  L.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1879. 

5207.  Stephen  J.  Whitney  (Stephen  P.,  Stephen,  Alexander,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Newport,  N,  H.,  July  14,  1863;  m.  at  Antrim  July  14,  1883,  Emma 
E.  Holt;  res.  >sewport,  N.  H. 

8297.  i.         Gertrude  M.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1886. 

5213.  Austin  Lorenzo  Whitney  (Lorenzo  C.,  John,  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1858;  m.  there  Martha  L.  Sheldon,  b. 
Jan.  29,  1858;  d.  July  27, 1888;  m.  2d,  Oct.  15,  1889,  Martha  A.  Webb,  b.  Dec.  20,  1855; 
res.  Monterey,  Mass. 

8298.  i.  Ella,  b.  July  14,  1888. 


8292. 

i. 

8293. 

11. 

8294. 

Ill 

8295. 

iv, 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


541 


6217.  Hiram  E.  Whitney  (Edward  A.,  John,  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Montville,  Mass.,  Dec.  5, 1849;  m.  Nov.  1, 1879,  Susan  A.  Lamson;  res.  Mont- 
ville,  Mass. 

8299.    i.         Cora  E.,  b.  Dec. 22,  1884. 

8800.    ii.        Dora  A.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1884. 

5218.  Wilbur  L.  Whitney  (Edward  A.,  John,  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Eleazer,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Apr.  23,  1851,  in  Montville,  Mass.;  m.  May  22,  1870,  Maria  Robinson;  res. 
Waterbury,  Conn. 


8301. 
8302. 
8303. 
8304. 
8305. 
8306. 
8307. 


1. 
ii. 
iii. 
iv. 

V. 

vi. 

vii. 


LiBBiE  J.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1870. 
Minnie  E.,  b.  May  14,  1872. 
Waldo  B.,  b.  July  1,  1874. 
George  E.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1876. 
Robert  Z.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1879. 
Bessie  M.,  b.  Aug.  25, 1881. 
Ruth  E.,  b.  July  30,  1886. 


5223.  George  Ernest  Whitney  (Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Elnathan,  Elnathan, 
Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  23,  1861;  m.  Mar.  6, 1889,  Adonelle  Eaton,  b.  June  10, 
1863;  res.  Goffstown  Center,  N.  H. 

8308.  i.  Mary  Sylena,  b.  June  18,  1891. 

5227.  Theodore  Train  Whitney  (Seth  D.,  Moses,  Jacob,  Jonas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Milton,  Mass.,  Apr.  26,  1846;  m.  in  Framingham,  Oct.  6,  1880. 
Ch.:  Annie  Caroline  Mann;  res.  Milton,  Mass. 

8309.  i.  Theodore  Train,  b.  at  Carondelet,  Mo.,  July  22,  1881. 

8310.  li.         Seth  Dunbar,  b.  at  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  Mar.  17,  1883;  d.  Mar., 

1885. 

8311.  iii.       Mary  Adeline,  b.  Apr.  13, 1885, 

8312.  iv.        Annie  Leslie,  b.  July  9,  1887. 

8313.  V.         Elinor,  b.  Dec.  27,  1889. 

5232.  John  Baker  Whitney  (lackson,  Abraham,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Hartford,  Vt.,  Jan.  17,  1835;  m.  Feb.  11,  1869,  F.Elizabeth  Cald- 
"welj,  b.  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Mar.  18,  1850;  res.  So.  Braintree,  Mass. 

8314.  i.  William  E.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1870. 

8315.  ii.         Ella  May,  b.  May  19,  1872;  m.  Aug.,  1894,  Frank  Nelson;  res. 

Mattapan,  Mass. 

5233.  Cyrus  O.  Whitney  (Benjamin  H.,  Abraham,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Hartford,  Vt.,  Nov.  17,  1838;  m.  at  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Lydia  H.  Gold- 
smith, b.  Feb.  24,  1845. 

George  L.,  Henry  H.  and  Cyrus  O.  enlisted  in  1861  in 
the  6th  Regt.  \'t.  \'ols.;  were  discharged  and  re-enlisted  as 
veterans  in  same  company  and  regiment.  George  and 
Henry  were  killed  in  May,  1864.  Cyrus,  with  his  regiment, 
particiiiated  in  twenty-three  battles,  was  four  times 
wounded,  and  has  two  honorable  discharges;  res.  Wilton, 
N.  H. 

Henry  Goldsmith,  b.  Apr.  20,  1870. 

Everett  James,  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 

Herbert  Stephen,  b.  Aug.  28,  1879. 

Ira  Almaron,  b.  ivlar.  17,  1888. 

5244.  Charles  P.  Whitney  (John  B.,  Jacob,  Abner, 
Jonas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass., 
July  14,  1866;  m.  at  Creston,  111.,  in  1888,  Grace  E.  Lewis, 
b.  Jan.  15,  1867. 

Chas.  Pratt,  son  of  John  Brooks  and  Katherine  Pratt 
Whitney,  born  at  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  removed  to  Chi- 
cago (with  parents),  1874,  and  educated  in  public  schools  of 
that  city.  At  the  age  of  14  he  started  in  the  fire  insurance  business  as  office  boy, 
and  eight  years  afterward  was  made  a  member  of  the  insurance  firm  of  Granger, 
Smith,  Miller  &  Co.,  of  which  firm  he  has  now  been  a  member  seven  years  Mar- 
ried in  1^88  to  Grace  Elizabeth  Lewis,  of  Creston,  111.  Fall  of  1893  built  at  Edge- 
water,  where  he  now  resides.     He  is  vice-president   Chicago  Athletic  association. 


8316. 

i. 

8317. 

li. 

8318. 

iii. 

8319. 

iv. 

CHARLES   P.   WHITNEY. 


542  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

secretary  and  treasurer  of  Massachusetts  society  in  Chicago,  member  of  the  Sons  of 
American  Revolution,  and  other  societies;  res.  Chicago,  111.;  address  with  Granger 
Smith,  Miller  &  Co.,  172  La  Salle  St. 

8320.  i.         Lewis  Husted,  b.  Feb.  8,  1892. 

8321.  ii.        Charles  Pratt,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1898. 

5253.  Watson  H,  Whitney  (Harrison  H.,  Abner,  Abner,  Jonas,  Eleazer, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Turner  Falls,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1841;  m.  Jan.  26,  1865,  Lucretia  A. 
Davis,  b.  June  22,  1842.     He  d.  July  31,  1882;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

8322.  i.         Walter  C,  b.  July  27,  1868. 

8323.  ii.         Harrison  H.,  b.  July  7,  1873. 

8324.  iii.        Geo.  F.,  b.  July  7,  1873;  d.  Oct.  27,  1873. 

5262.  Benjamin  McNeal  Whitney  (Amos,  Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Thomas.  John),  b.  Dixon,  111.,  Mar.  24,  1855;  m.  there,  May  30,  1878,  Clara  Sthare; 
d.  Apr.  18.  1886;  m.  2d,  Sept.  5,  1888,  Grerena  Waldon. 

He  was  born  in  Dixon,  111.,  and  was  engaged  in  the  coopering  business  with  his 
father  till  he  moved  to  Minneapolis.  He  is  still  in  the  same  business,  but  was  iu 
Duluth  one  year  in  the  commission  business,  but  left  on  account  of  the  climate,  and 
is  now  one  of  the  stock  owners  in  the  Hennepin  Co.  Barrel  Works  at  Minneapolis; 
res.  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  care  Hennepin  Co.  Barrel  Works. 

8325.  i.  Emeltne  Grace,  b.  Aug.,  1879;  d.  Sept.,  1879. 

8326.  ii.         Arthur  C,  b.  Mar.  18,  1882;  d.  May,  1886. 

8327.  iii.        Lavina,  b.  May  29,  1884. 

8328.  iv.       Clara,  b.  Mar.  25,  1886. 

5265.  George  G.  Whitney  (Cyrus  J.,  Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Feb.  6,  1840;  m.  in  Ky.,  Oct.  14,  1872,  Elizabeth  Bowl,  b.  Hull,  England, 
Aug.  3, 1852.    He  was  a  soldier  in  the  late  war;  res.  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  Antrim,  N.  H. 

8329.  i.  Emma  M.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1874,  noted  singer,  leading  soprano  M.  E. 

church,  Louisville. 

8330.  ii.         Granville  G.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1880. 

5267.  Cyrus  J.  Whitney  (Cyrus  J.,  Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Sept.  27,  1844;  m.  Oct.  17,  1875,  Louisa  E.  Allds,  b.  June  25,  1845. 

Cyrus  J.  Whitney  is  a  well  to  do  farmer  at  Antrim  Center,  N.  H.  His  wife  was 
born  in  Antrim,  educated  there,  and  graduated  in  1872  from  the  Tilton,  N.  H.,  sem- 
inary.    P'or  several  years  she  was  a  school  teacher;  res.  Antrim  Center,  N.  H. 

8331.  i.  Roscoe  Alvin,  b.  Mar.  18,  1877. 

5268.  Charles  F.  Whitney  (Cyrus  J.,  Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Sept.  20,  1847;  m.  July  4,  1881,  Mrs.  Sarah  Somers;  res.  Antrim,  N.  H. 

8332.  i.  Ellen  E.,  b.  June  2,  1882. 

8333.  ii.         Charles  F.,  b.  Oct.  1886. 

5273.  Frederick  A.  WHiTNEY(Cyrus  J.,  Jonah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Jan.  4,  1864;  m.  Sept.  19,  1883,  Mary  Shea,  of  Hancock,  N.  H.;  res.  Han- 
cock, N.  H. 

8334.  i.         Anna  Belle,  b.  July,  1884. 

8335.  ii.         Freddie,  b.  Aug.,  1886. 

8336.  iii.        Harry  A.,  b.  Feb.  1891. 

5281.  William  L.  Whitney  (Lovell,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Mar.  12,  1822;  m.  Sarah  P.  Whitney  (dau.  of  John)  (see),  b.  Apr.  16,  1827. 
He  was  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  discharged  for  disability  Dec.  26,  1862;  res. 
W.  Rindge,  N.  H. 

Lizzie  S.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1859. 

Wayland  J.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1853. 

Emma  H.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1860. 

Ida  S.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1865. 

5284.  Hon.  Charles  Whitman  Whitney  (Charles  W.,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Troy,  N.  H.,  Nov.  26,  1827;  m.  Sept.  2,  1850,  Sarah  Frances 
Taylor,  b.  Oc^  23,  1829. 

He  was  born  in  Troy,  and   with  the  exception  of  living  three  years  in  Fitzwil- 


8337. 

i. 

8338. 

ii. 

8339. 

111. 

8340. 

iv 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


543 


liam,  and  three  years  in  Boston  in  a  wholesale  dry  goods  store,  he  has  spent  his 
time  in  mercantile  business  in  Troy.  Coming  home  Irom  nine  months'  service  as 
commissary  clerk  on  the  James  river,  in  1865,  he  bought  out  the  stock  of  goods  and 
the  brick  store  of  D.  W.  Farrar,  in  Troy,  and  has  been  in 
busmess  in  that  place  since.  Held  the  office  of  postmaster 
twenty-five  years;  a  number  of  town  offices;  represented 
the  town  in  legislature  in  1871  and  1872;  three  years  was 
master  of  Monadnock  Lodge  F.  &  A.  M.;  member  of  Hugh 
De  Payens  commandery,  Keene,  N.  H.;  res.  Troy,  N.  H. 


8341. 


8342. 


8384. 


u. 


HI. 


Ella  Fran'CES,  b.  Apr.  1, 1851 ;  m.  Aug. 

21,  1887,  Geo.   F.   Kimball;   res.  Troy. 

Ch.:  Edward  Whitney,  b.  July  11,  1878; 

Marv  F.,  b.  July  28,  1879;  d.  Aug.  21, 

1880.' 
Cora  Mabel,  b.  July  28,  1854;  m.  Jan.  26, 

1881,  Dr.  Melvin  T.  Stone;  res.  Troy. 

Ch.:    Mary  Frances,  b.   Apr.  30,  1886; 

d.  Apr.  15,  1891 ;  Mildred  T.;  b.  Mar.  17, 

1889. 
Charles  W.,  b.  Mar.  14,  1861;  m.  Lizzie 

L.  Heywood. 


8344. 

i. 

8345. 

n. 

8346. 

iii. 

8347. 

iv. 

8348. 

V. 

8349. 

VI. 

8350. 

vn 

HON.  CHARLES  W.  WHITNEY. 

5285.    Samuel  Griffin  Whitney  (Charles  W.,  Isaiah, 
Isa'ah,   Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Trov,  N.  H.,  Sept.  20,  1819;   m.   Mav  ^4, 
1842,  Abbie  N.  Whittemore,  b.  May  29,  1820;  d'.  Feb.  25,  1894.     He  was  a  merchant 
in  earlv  life,  but  many  years  past  has  been  a  farmer;  res.  Monticello,  la. 

Sarah  A.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1843;  d.  Apr.  11,  1858. 

Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1845;  d.  June  20,  1863.     He  was  in  the 
31st  Regt.  of  Iowa  \'ols.  during  the  war. 

W.M.  A.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1S47;  m.  Eliza  Chandler. 

William  A.,  b.  July  9,  1850;  m.  Lucy  L.  McAllaster, 

Lemuel  P.,  b.  Aug.  23,  1851;  d.  Oct.  29,  1872. 

Edward  G.,  b.  Aug.  17,  1856;  d.  Aug.  31,  1857. 

Mary  A.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1860;  d.  Sept.  16,  1866. 

5292.  George  Isaiah  Whitney  (Henry,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Burlmgton,  Vt.,  Dec.  14,  1833;  m.  Oct.  2,  1865,  Emily  E.  Sweet,  b.  Sept.  21, 
1845. 

He  attended  the  local  school  and  in  1852  went  to  California  and  1855  was  one  of 
the  first  to  honor  the  overland  route.  While  in  the  west  he  was  in  the  mines  of 
California  and  British  Columbia,  and  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  enlist  in  the  army  of 
1861,  and  was  afterwards  sutler  in  army.  He  has  lived  in  Brooklyn  twelve  years  and 
is  in  the  express  business;  res.  497  Green  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
8351.    i.  Waldo  H.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1868. 

5294.  Charles  H.  Whitney  (Henrv,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Apr.  23,  1839;  m.  Nov.  26,  1868;  Mary  Jane  Kelley,  b.  Feb.  1,  1847;  d.  Mar. 
19,  1889.  Had  7  children  and  all  died  at  an  early  age;  res.  Burlington,  Vt.,  103 
Church  St. 


5304.  Solon  Franklin  Whitney  (Benjamin  F.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Aug.  22,  1831  in  Harvard;  m.  Sept.  1,  1859,  Charlotte  Corday 
Wilder,  b.  Sept.  2,  1832.  Charlotte  C.  Wilder  is  a  granddaughter  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Samuel 
Young,  whose  maiden  name  was  Pierce.  Mrs.  Sarephina  Young's  father,  Joseph 
Pierce,  was  in  the  Revolutionary  war  in  a  Worcester  company,  under  command  of 
Col.  Timothy  Bigelow.  She  was  born  in  Athol,  Mar.  20,  1786,  and  d.  in  Harvard, 
Dec.  28,  1871,  leaving  a  son  and  daughter,  now  dead. 

Solon  was  born  in  Harvard,  where  he  lived  with  his  parents  about  five  years,  then 
moved  with  them  to  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  residing  there  nearly  ten  years,  where  most 
of  his  schooling  was  obtained.  He  fitted  nearly  for  college  at  the  village  academy, 
and  at  the  private  school  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ackley,  an  Episcopal  clergyman.  Returning  to 
his  native  town  in  1845  for  a  season,  he  then  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the  village 
stores  at  Acton  and  Littleton.  He  had  always  assisted  in  his  father's  store  in 
Seneca  Falls,  had  taken  care  of  the  district  school  library,  of  which  his  father  was 
librarian,  and  had  wandered  quite  widely  in  travel,  history  and  philosophy.  While 
in  a  store  serving  his  employers,  he  spent  three  or  four  years  learning  the  carpenter's, 


544  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

then  the  woodcarver's  trade.  Having  accumulated  some  money,  he  decided  to 
spend  it  in  bettering  his  education.  Spent  two  years  at  a  normal  school,  and  one 
in  teaching  as  assistant  in  the  Fall  River  High  school,  fitting  for  college  in  the 
meantime;  entered  Brown  University  in  Sept.,  1855,  graduating  in  1859  with  the 
degree  of  A.  M.,  and  election  of  O.  R.  K.  of  the  Brown  Chapter.  Accepted  position  of 
first  assistant  in  the  Brookline  High  school,  then  in  1862  as  assistant  in  the  Bridge- 
water  Normal  school;  left  this  in  1866  to  take  charge  of  the  Watertown  High 
school.  In  1872-85  he  was  one  of  the  sub-masters  of  the  Cambridge  High 
school.  In  1872  he  entered  Harvard  college  as  special  student  in  chemistry 
with  Louis  Agassiz.  While  teaching  in  Cambridge  he  continued  to  reside  in  Water- 
town,  where  he  had  taken  great  interest  in  helping  to  start  and  manage  the  free 
public  library,  of  which  he  has  had  continuous  charge  for  25  years.  His  best  thought 
and  life  has  gone  into  this  little  village  library;  it  has  been  his  dream  by  night, "his 
work  in  vacations  and  spare  moments  until  now  it  has  absorbed  for  the  last  ten  vears 
much  of  his  time  and  strength.  It  is  large  and  successful  for  so  small  a  town — 
the  books  on  the  shelves  show  an  average  use  of  each  twice  in  the  year  for  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  the  town;  a  lot  and  a  building  worth  845,000,  with  about 
21,500  volumes,  and  27,()00  pamphlets  and  papers,  which  they  are  now  rapidly  put- 
ting into  binding.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Watertown,  of  which  he  was  the  first  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  of  which  he  is 
now  librarian  and  custodian.  Is  member  of  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  of 
the  Appalachian  Club,  of  the  American  Library  Association.  Was  member  for  ten 
years  of  American  Association  for  Advancement  of  Science;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 

8352.  i.         Lottie  Louise,  b.  July  22, 1861. 

8353.  ii.        Margarett  Blanchard,  b.  May  30,  1872. 

5306.  James  Harris  Whitney  (Benjamin  F.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  Aug.  16,  1835;  m.  Apr.  11,  1860,  Addie  Thomas 
of  Boston;  d.  of  consumption  Dec.  31,  1864.  James  H.,  went  to  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y., 
when  an  infant  in  1836,  returned  to  Acton,  Mass.,  in  1845,  and  to  Harvard  in  1848. 
He  spent  a  portion  of  his  boyhood,  1845-49,  with  his  father  farming;  in  1849  in  Wor- 
cester, 1850-53  in  a  store  in  Shirley,  Mass.;  1853-54  at  Normal  Institute,  Lancaster, 
Mass.;  1854-61  in  a  furniture  and  upholstery  business,  Boston,  Mass.;  1861-91  in 
charge  of  upholstery  department  at  Stewart's  and  afterwards  at  Arnold,  Constable  & 
Co.'s  in  New  York  City.  During  these  30  years  he  had  occasion  to  cross  the  ocean  to 
and  from  Europe  many  times  (nearly  90)  to  buy  goods,  traveling  over  a  large  part  of 
Europe  in  search  of  the  finest  goods  known  to  the  trade.  Since  1891  he  has  returned 
to  Harvard  and  for  a  time  at  least,  is  quietly  cultivating  his  paternal  acres,  as  a  gen- 
tleman farmer;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

8354.  i.         George  Clarenxe,  b.  Nov.  5,  1861;  d.  Oct.  3,  1888.    He  lived 

most  of  his  life  and  was  educated  in  New  York  City,  spent  two 
years  in  Columbia  College,  went  into  the  oil  broker's  business, 
had  a  seat  in  Exchange,  traveled  in  Europe  for  his  health,  but 
returned  not  much  improved,  went  as  far  west  as  Minneapolis, 
but  failing  rapidly  returned  to  New  York  City,  to  die  of  con- 
sumption, which  he  probably  inherited  of  his  mother. 

8355.  ii.         Minnie,  b.  1863;  d.  1864  of  consumption. 

5311.  William  Ellery  Channing  Whitney  (Benjamin  F.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  Apr.  11,  1851;  m.  Oct.  6,  1881, 
Alma  C.  Walker,  b.  Jan.  22,  1854. 

He  was  graduated  at  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  college  in  the  class  of 
1872.  Studied  architecture  in  Boston  until  1877,  when  he  went  to  Minneapolis,  where 
he  has  since  resided  practicing  his  profession;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

8356.  i.  Marion,  b.  Aug.  19,  1882. 

8357.  ii.         Katherine,  b.  Mar.  16,  1888. 

5320.  Hon.  Edward  Livingston  Whitney  (Richard  H.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Adrian,  Mich.,  Sept.  7,  1840;  m.  May  2,  1864,  at  Natchez, 
Miss.,  Eliza  J.  Curry,  b.  Dec.  26,  1846. 

Edward  Livingston  Whitney,  born  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Sept.  7,  1840;  in  1860  he 
went  to  Madison,  Wis.,  and  organized  what  was  known  as  the  Madison  Hardee  Cadets, 
a  military  organization  of  great  merit  of  which  he  was  captain.  In  1862  he  enlisted 
in  the  12th  Wisconsin  Regiment  as  a  private,  participated  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh; 
went  to   Holly  Springs  and  Vicksburg  with  Grant,  and  was  appointed  captain  and 


8358. 
8359. 
8360. 

i. 

li. 

iii. 

8361. 

8362. 
8363. 
8364. 

iv. 

V. 

vi. 

vii 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  545 

commissary  of  the  post  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  in  1863-64,  and  was  an  honored  officer 
there  under  General  Camby,  commander  at  New  Orleans,  La.  He  married  Eliza  J. 
Curry  of  Natchez,  Miss.,  in  1863,  to  whom  there  were  born  7  children.  Edward  L. 
Whitney  in  1865  purchased  of  Judge  Snyder  of  St.  Joseph,  La.,  a  plantation  of  1,200 
acres,  and  removed  his  family  on  to  this  plantation,  and  was  a  successful  planter, 
also  taking  a  prominent  place  in  the  politics  of  the  parish  of  Tensas,  La.,  having 
been  elected  to  the  position  of  sheriff,  then  to  parish  judge  and  for  one  term  served 
as  senator  in  the  Louisiana  legislature.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  will  and  determi- 
nation and  large  influence  among  men  with  whom  he  had  to  deal,  and  was  regarded 
as  a  father  by  the  300  colored  people  who  made  their  home  upon  his  plantation.  He 
■died  of  pneumonia  Jan.  4,  1886,  and  left  an  estate  valued  at  §75,000;  res.  St.  Joseph, 
Tensas  Parish  La. 

Clara  H.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1865. 

Richard  H.,  b.  Nov.  26,  1870. 

Katie  C,  b.  Dec.  29,  1866;  m.  Jan.  25,  1888,  B.  F.  Young;  res.  St. 
Joseph,  La. 

Edward  L.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1878. 

Annie  L.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1880. 

Eliza  A.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1885. 

India  B.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1875. 

5321.  Channing  Whitney  (Richard  H.,  Cvrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Adrian,  Mich.,  Dec.  28, 1842;  m.  Sept.  26,  1867,  Nellie  M.  Cornell,  b.  June  21, 
1844,  at  Adrian. 

Channing  Whitney,  born  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Dec.  28,  1842;  was  married  to  Ellen 
M.  Cornell,  and  have  born  to  them  one  son.  Channing  Whitney  entered  the  mer- 
cantile life  as  merchant  tailor  in  1865,  and  continued  until  1875,  when  he  entered  into 
the  banking  business  and  organized  the  Commercial  Exchange  bank  of  Adrian,  and 
is  still  engaged  in  that  business  at  this  time,  1895.  He  has  been  a  prudent,  hard  work- 
ing, successful  business  man,  and  has  accumulated  a  fortune  of  8100,000,  and  steadily 
gaining.  He  is  a  member  of  and  a  faithful  worker  in  the  First  Baptist  church  of 
Adrian,  and  for  years  has  been  engaged  in  the  Sunday-school  work,  and  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  prominent  men  in  the  city;  res.  Adrian,  Mich. 

8365.    i.  Charles  Seward  Colfax,  b.  IVIar.  21,  1870. 

5322.  Charles  Carroll  Whitney  (Richard  H.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Adtian,  Mich.,  July  4,  1844;  m.  Oct.  13,  1870,  Emma  L.  Lapham, 
b.  Feb.  2S,  1850. 

Charles  Carroll  Whitney, born  July  4,  1844;  was  married  to  Emma  L.  Lapham,  of 
Adrian,  Mich.,  to  whom  were  born  two  children,  at  Alpena,  Mich.  Charles  C.  Whit- 
ney entered  the  drug  store  of  Fred  Steans,  of  Detroit,  in  1^65,  and  remained  withhmi 
until  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Alpena  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business  himself, 
but  removed  to  Bay  City  in  1874  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  crackers  for  the 
wholesale  market,  at  which  he  made  money  rapidly.  In  1887  he  was  instrumental  in 
organizing  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Bay  City,  and  was  elected  as  the  1st  vice-presi- 
-dent  of  that  bank,  which  position  he  still  holds,  and  the  bank  is  a  success.  He  has 
been  successful  in  his  business  enterprises  and  at  this  date,  1^95,  is  honored  and  re- 
spected, and  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  city,  and  worth  about  850,000,  and  is  a 
working  Christian  man,  being  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Bay  City,  Mich; 
res.  Alpena  and  Bay  City,  Mich.,  521  N.  Washington,  St. 

8^66.    i.  LvLu'F.  Carroll,  b.  June  4,  1873. 

8367.    ii.         Harry  Livingston,  b".  May  6,  1880. 

5323.  Dr.  Aaron  Augustus  Whitney  (Richard  H.,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Adrian,  Mich.,  Feb.  7,  1850;  m.  Apr.  25,  1872,  Clintma  S. 
Curtis,  of  Wilton,  N.  H.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1854. 

Aaron  Augustus  Whitney,  born  Feb.  7,  1850,  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  and  married 
Clintina  S.  Curtis,  of  Wilton,  N.  H..  in  1872;  they  have  no  children.  A.  A.  Whitney 
entered  the  medical  college  of  Bellevue  hospital.  New  York,  in  1868,  and  graduated 
from  that  institution,  and  has  been  a  practicing  physician  since  that  time,  meeting 
with  a  fair  success,  first  at  his  old  home  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  then  at  Port  Huron,  Mich. 
He  has  stood  well  in  the  communities  where  he  has  lived,  but  has  never  made  much 
of  a  success  in  a  business  way.  He  is  an  earnest  Christian  worker,  being  a  member 
•of  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Port  Huron,  and  always  ready  to  do  the  work  when  duty 
■calls.     Has  been  interested  in  fraternal  societies  and  joined  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 


8368. 

ii. 

8369. 

IV. 

8370. 

j. 

8371. 

iii. 

8372. 

V. 

546  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Honor,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  and  half  a  dozen  other 
orders.  Has  held  important  official  positions  in  these  orders,  and  is  at  present  grand 
trustee  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Knights  of  Honor  for  Michigan;  res.  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
and  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  3000  Locust  St.,  s.  p. 

5327.  Edwin  H.  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John), 
b.  Harvard,  Sept.  10,  1851;  m.  June  6,  1875,  Mary  E.  Albert,  b.  Jan.  14,  1847. 

Edwin  H.  Whitney  was  born  at  the  old  homestead  on  Sept.  10,  1851,  and  lived 
there  contmuously  until  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  then  lived  with  his  sister  and 
attended  the  high  school  in  Marlboro,  Mass.,  for  a  fewmonths.'and  after  a  few  months 
at  home  went  to  the  Westbrook  seminary  at  Portland,  Me.,  for  one  term.  In  the  fall 
of  1868  he  entered  the  first  class  at  the  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  graduating 
from  there  in  1871  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.,  having  taken  the  course  in  mechanical 
engineering.  He  remained  in  Worcester  until  1875,  some  three  years  being  in  the 
railroad  office  of  the  master  mechanic  of  the  Worcester  &  Nashua  railroad.  In  the 
summer  of  1875  he  married  and  moved  to  Keokuk,  la.,  and  worked  one  year  as  chief 
clerk  of  the  general  superintendent  of  the  Keokuk  &  Des  Moines  railway.  Then 
returned  east  and  during  1877  and  '78  was  at  Harvard  and  in  the  machine  shops  in 
Lowell  and  Worcester,  Mass.  In  1879  he  went  to  Providence  as  draughtsman  for  the 
master  mechanic  of  the  Providence  &  Worcester  railroad.  In  1882  went  to  work 
for  the  American  Ship  Windlass  Company,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  has  since  been 
in  their  employ  as  draughtsman,  superintendent,  mechanical  and  constructing  engi- 
neer; the  latter  position  he  now  occupies.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  associate  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Naval 
Architects;  res.  Rumford,  R.  1. 

Charlotte  E.,  b.  May  26,  1877. 

George  Walter,  b.  July  12,  1880. 

Eddie  Lee,  b. ;  d.  infancv,  1876. 

Marv  Cornelia,  b.  July  12,  1880;  d.  Sept.  4,  1880. 

Harry  Albert,  b.  July  4, 1883;  d.  Oct.  20,  1883. 

5329.  Charles  G.  Whitney  (Isaiah,  Cyrus,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
Johni.b.  June  24, 1854;  m.  Nov.  17, 1881,  Jessie  C.  Keating,  b.  Quincy,  Mass.,  1849;  res, 
Waltham,  Mass.,  3  Stow  St. 

8373.  ii.        Gertrude  E.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1887. 

8374.  i.  Elizabeth  Gove,  b.  Mar.  7,  1885;  d.  Sept.  10,  1885. 

5339.  Augustus  Luke  Whitney  (Luke,  Lulher,  Israel,  Elijah;  Isaiah,  Thomas, 
John),  b.  Harvard,  Mass.,  June  19,  1845;  m.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  May,  1, 1877,  Addie  H. 
Hassey,  b.  Feb.  27,  1859. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard  and  remained  at  home  and  worked  on  the  home  farm  until 
he  was  eighteen  years  old,  in  1862,  and  went  to  Worcester  Mass.,  to  learn  the  machinist's 
trade  of  Lucius  W.  Pond.  For  three  years  he  served  his  apprenticeship  and  received 
his  diplomas  in  1865.  He  worked  for  A.  G.  Prouty  at  New  Worcester,  making  the 
first  card  cloth  machine  that  was  made  and  placed  in  the  World's  Exhibition.  That 
one  went  to  Paris  in  1866.  He  afterwards  contracted  to  build  vises  and  planer 
chucks  for  the  New  England  \'ise  Co.,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.  Later  became  superin- 
tendent for  three  years.  He  then  went  to  work  for  Putnam  Machine  Co.,  of  Fitch- 
burg, as  assistant  foreman  for  J.  Q.  Wright;  worked  there  four  years.  Then  went  to 
work  for  the  American  Watch  Co.,  Waltham,  Mass.,  and  worked  in  the  machine 
shop  seven  years.  He  moved  to  Leominster  and  has  had  charge  of  Harwood  Mfg. 
Co.'s  leather  bed  and  chair  seating  works  as  their  superintendent  ever  since.  Has 
been  president  of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Association  for  four  years;  director 
of  the  Leominster  Club  for  seven  years,  which  includes  the  wealthiest  residents  in 
that  place,  and  at  present  its  president;  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  of 
which  he  has  been  for  two  years;  member  of  the  board  of  health,  and  superintend- 
ent of  the  National  Fiber  Board  Company,  of  which  the  capital  stock  is  §1,000,000. 
He  is  highly  respected,  owns  a  fine  residence  and  proposes  to  make  Leominster  his 
residence;  res.  Leominster,  Mass.. 

8375.  i.  Minnie  Pearl,  b.  July  31,  1881;  d.  Sept.  22, 1881. 

8376.  ii.        Ralph  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  15,  1884. 

5360.  Albert  Whitney  (John,  John,  John,  Abraham,  Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b, 
Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Dec.  29,  1863;  m.  in  Manchester,  Sept.  13, 1884,  Georgia  F.  Sever- 
ance, b.  Sept.  21,  1860;  res.  W.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  48  Clinton  St. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  547 

8377.     i.         Ethel  May,  b.  Jan.  16, 1886. 
8;-!78.     ii.         Lewis  Albert,  b.  Jan.  23,1888. 

8379.  iii.       J.  Frank,  b.  June  20, 1890. 

5371.  Warren  E.  Whitney  (Elhanan  W.,  Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah, 
Thomas.  John),  b.  Nov.  29,  1852;  m.  Sept.  2,  1877,  Anna  C.  Rowe,  b.  Feb.  1,  1857.  He 
d.  Apr.  21,  lt'82;  res.  Sarnia,  Ont. 

8380.  ii.         Eldora  J.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1879. 
83S1.     iii.        Beulah  A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  le81. 

8382.  i.  Frank  W.,  b.  June  1,  1878;  d.  July  3,  1878. 

5372.  Terry  H.  Whitney  (Elhanan  W.,  Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Sept.  11,  1854;  m.  Oct.  1, 1872,  Fannie  B.  Barnum,  b.  June  27, 1855; 
res.  Ypsilanti,  Mich. 

8383.  i.         Howard  E.,  b.  July  14,  1873. 

8384.  ii.         Gilbert  L.  b.  Jan.  4,  1875. 

8385.  iii.       Madge,  b.  Oct.  1,  1889. 

5373.  James  L.  Whitney  (Elhanan  W.,  Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Nov.  17,  1857;  m.  Dec.  21,  1890,  Lizzie  Eugenia  Barnard,  b.  Apr.  5, 
1858.     From  1879-81  was  a  member  of  the  school  committee;  res.  Harvard,  Mass. 

8386.  i.  Warren,  b.  Jan.  29,  1892;  d.  Jan.  29,  1892. 

5374.  Eustace  B.  Whitney  (Elhanan  W.,  Simeon,  Abraham,  Abraham,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  3,  1862;  m.  Dec.  22.  1883,  Edda  A.  Whitehouse.  b.  Apr.  14, 
1863;  res.  Hartland,  Me. 

8387.  i.  Harry  E.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1885;  d.  Sept.  3,  1887. 

8388.  ii.  Pearl,  b.  Sept.  10,  1886. 

8389.  iii.  Carrie,  b.  Sept.  5,  1889. 

8390.  iv.  Sarah  M.,  b.  July  26,  1892. 

5382.  Charles  D.  Whitney  (Sidney  S.,  Samuel,  Elijah,  Abraham,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Apr.  6,  1844;  m.  Oct.  12,  1868,  at  Cambridgeport,  Hannah  S.  Eaton, 
b.  Mar.  3,"  1850;  d.  Aug.  31,  1884;  res.  Allston,  Mass. 

8391.  i.  LoiiSA  F.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1869;  d.  June  20,  1877. 

8392.  ii.         Charles  O.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1872;  res.  A. 

5388.  George  Whitney  (Asa,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Oct.  17,  1819;  m.  Sept.  25,  1849,  Marv  Jerusha  Ely,  d.  Apr.  17,  18o4.  He  d.  Mar.  6, 
1885;  res.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

8393.  i.  Mary  Ely,  b.  July  27,  1850;  m.  Alex.  E.  Outerbridge,  Jr.;  she  d. 

May  19,  1885.     Ch.:  George  Whitney,  b.  May  12,  1881;  res.  Ger- 
mantown,  Pa. 

5392.  John  Randall  Whitney  (Asa,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  m  Brownsville,  X.  Y.,  Oct.  21,  1828;  m.  Mar.  8,  1853,  Louisa  Caldwell  Butler, 
b.  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  Apr.  16,  1829;  d.  in  Phil,  Mar.  19,  1863;  m.  2d  in  New  York  City, 
Nov.  10,  1864,  Mary  Graham  Young,  b.  Oct.  1,  1834;  res.  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

8394.  i.  Bessy  Butler,  b.  June  9,  1856;  m.  Aug.  31,  1882,  in  London,  Eng., 
Dr.  Arthur  A.  \'an  Harlingren;  res.  Rosemont,  Pa. 

William  Wallace,  b.  Aug.  17,  1858;  res.  B.  M. 
Charles  Henry,  b.  July  11,  1861;  res.  B.  M. 
Lewis  B.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1863;  m.  Mary  Ella  Head. 
Anna  Temple,  b.  Aug.  31,  1865. 
Frances  Graham,  b.  Sept.  19,  1868. 
John  Drayton,  b.  Nov.  25,  1869. 

5393.  James  Shields  Whitney  (Asa,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  2,  1830;  m.  at  New  Berlin,  N.  J.,  Sept.  6,  1860,  Eliza- 
beth Field  Knap,  b.  Dec.  22,  1837. 

He  was  born  at  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  removed  thence  to  Schenectady  in  1831,  where 
his  father,  Asa,  had  been  appointed  assistant  superintendent  on  the  Mohawk  &  Hud- 
son railway  (from  Albany  to  Schenectady,  now  a  part  of  the  New  York  Central).  In 
1836  his  father  went  to  Smithfield  furnace,  near  Newburg,  N.  Y.,  to  take  charge  of  a 
furnace,  and  the  family  removed  thither.  In  1837  they  returned  and  his  father 
resumed  his  position  on  the  railroad,  where  he  had  been  made  superintendent  in 
1832.     In  1839  he  removed  to  Albany,  where  he  remained  till  1842,  his  father  being 


8395. 

ii. 

8396. 

iii. 

8397. 

iv. 

8398. 

v. 

8399. 

VI. 

8400. 

vii- 

-548  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

one  of  the  canal  commissicners  of  the  state.  He  attended  the  Albany  academy  there. 
In  the  fall  of  1842  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  his  father  entering  into  partnership 
-with  Mr.  M.  W.  Baldwin,  in  the  Baldwin  Locomotive  works.  There  he  attended  the 
public  schools,  graduating  at  the  high  school  in  1848.  He  then  went  into  the  car 
-wheel  foundry  business,  which  his  father  and  brother  George  had  established  in 
1847,  and  became  a  partner  in  1855.  At  present  he  is  carrying  on  this  business  as 
sole  proprietor,  under  the  old  name  A.  Whitney  &  Sons.  He  was  married  Sept.  6, 
1860,  at  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Field  Knap,  of  that  place;  removed  to 
Wallingford,  twelve  and  one-half  miles  out  of  Philadelphia,  in  1892;  was  a  member 
•of  the  board  of  public  education,  Philadelphia,  from  1873  to  1879,  and  from  1885  to 
1889,  when  he  resigned  (both  times),  otherwise  has  never  held  any  public  office;  res. 
Wallingford,  Pa.;'  address,  1816  True  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

8401.    i.  Asa  Williams,  b.  May  31,  1861;  m.  Helen  F.  Stebbins. 

8402x.  ii.         Anne  Knap,  b.  Nov.  12,  1862. 

8403x.  iii.        Tho.mas  Brown,  b.  June  19,  1869. 

8404x.  iv.       Emma  Seiler,  b.  Apr.  7,  1873. 

5395.  Samuel  Whitney  (Samuel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  July  20,  1817,  in  Townsend,  Mass.;  m.  Jan.  8,  1840,  Lydia  Stowell,  b.  Aug.  24,  1818. 

Samuel  Whitney  was  born  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  July  20,  1817.  For  many  years 
he  was  mechanic  for  the  Nashua  Mfg.  Co.,  and  like  his  father  was  a  skillful  and 
ingenious  workman,  inventing  not  a  few  labor-saving  devices  which  he  did  not 
patent.  In  May,  1864,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  American  Watch  Co.,  at  Wal- 
tham,  from  which  he  retired  in  1888.  He  has  been  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been  a  generous  helper 
in  religious  and  philanthropic  causes.     He  d.  Oct.  17,  1894;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

8405x.  i.  Geo.  W.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1843;  m.  Lucy  Harrington. 

8406x.  ii.         Frank  A.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1846;  d.  July  23,  1^49. 

8407x.  iii.        Elbert  W.,  b.  Dec.  8,  1849;  m.  Mary  F.  French. 

8408x.  iv.       Charles  H.,  b.  June  19,  1860;  res.  Waltham. 

5396.  Jonathan  Wallace  Whitney  (Samuel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Townsend,  Mass.,  May  13,  1819;  m.  there  Oct.  3,  1844,  Mary  A. 
Brooks,  b.  June  10.  1821. 

Jonathan  Wallace  Whitney  learned  his  trade  at   Chelmsford,  Mass.,    in  1843  re- 
moved to  So.  Woburn,  now  Wmchester.    A   member  of  the  board  of  selectmen  in 
1860.     Moved  to  Providence  m  1861.     He  d.  Apr,  16,  1889;  res.  Providence,  R.  I. 
8409x.  i.         Melbourne  W.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1846;  m.  Abby  F.  Lee. 
8410x.  ii.        Ellis  Brooks,  b.  June  2,  1848;  m.  Addie  A.  Rhodes  and  Mrs. 
Elvira  A.  Ayer. 

5401.  Arthur  Eastman  WhiTney  (Joel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel.  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  July  5,  1847,  in  Winchester;  m.  Nov.  12,  1878,  Alice  Fletcher,  b.  Aug. 
15,  1853. 

Arthur  E.  Whitney  was  born  in  So.  Woburn,  now  Winchester,  Mass.  Educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Winchester.  Was  librarian  of  the  public  library  when  16 
years  old.  Entered  his  father's  employ  (mechanical  engineer  and  machinist)  in 
1864.  Early  developed  the  family  taste  for  invention.  To  present  date  Mr.  Whitney 
has  taken  out  twenty-two  patents,  all  of  which  have  proved  successful  and  have 
been  adopted  as  useful  and  labor  saving.  Most  of  Mr.  Whitney's  inventions  have 
been  made  in  the  line  of  leather  making  machinery  and  they  are  well  known  to  the 
leather  trade  all  over  the  United  States  and  somewhat  in  England.  Mr.  Whitney  is 
at  the  present  time  a  successful  inventor  and  manufacturer.  His  factory  is  at  Win- 
chester, where  he  lives.  Mr.  Whitney  has  been  elected  to  offices  of  trust  and  honor 
by  his  townsmen,  although  his  taste  is  not  in  that  direction.  He  served  three  years 
on  the  board  of  selectmen;  one  year  as  chairman.  He  has  served  as  a  trustee  of  the 
town  public  library  nine  consecutive  years  and  has  served  on  a  great  many  impor- 
tant committees  for  doing  town  work.  Mr.  Whitney  has  always  been  interested  in 
historical  matters  and  has  written  important  historical  articles  on  local  history.  He 
is  a  life  member  of  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society;  vice- 
president  of  the  Winchester  Historical  Society;  life  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Horticultural  Society;  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Winchester  Home  for  Aged  People, 
■etc.,  etc.;  res.  3  Mystic  Ave.,  Winchester,  Mass. 

8411x.  i.         Robert  Fletcher,  b.  Sept.  29,  1879. 
84r2x.  li.        Harold  Treadwell,  b.  Apr.  25,  1886. 


ARTHUR  E.  WHITNEY. 


549 


550 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


5405.  Fred  Milton  Whitney  (Joel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Oct.  27,  1856;  m.  Apr.  15,  1888,  Elmira  T.  White. 

He  was  educated  in  the  Winchester  public  schools,  and  was  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  millinery  and  dry  goods  business  when  he  died.  He  was  quiet  and  retir- 
ing in  his  manner  of  living,  and  had  no  taste  for  public  life.  He  d.  Aug.  7, 1890,  s.  p.; 
res.  Winchester,  Mass. 


o410.    Charles  Henry  Whitney  (Levi,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Jan.  30,  1829;  m. .     He  d.  Apr.  26,  1867:   res.  Calais,  Me. 

8413x.  i.         Charles,  b. . 


8414x.  ii.        Ella,  b. 


m. 


Hinds;  res.  Calais,  Me. 


o427.  Luke  Henry  Whitney  (Luke,  Aaron,  Levi.  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
John ),  b.  Saco,  Me.,  May  5, 1840;  m.  June  6, 1867,  Marv  Ellen  Edwards,  b.  Oct.  6, 1847. 
He  is  a  trader,  Episcopalian  and  Republican;  res.  No.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

8415x.  i.         Arthur  Henry,  b.  Apr.  13,  1868;  d.  Aug.  .3,  1868. 

8416x.  ii.        Herbert  Fales,  b.  Nov.  1,  1869;  d.  Aug.  1,  1870. 


5429.    Amos  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
b.  Biddeford,  Me.,  Oct.  8,  1832;  m.  Sept.  8,  1856,  Laura  Johnson,  b.  Nov.  9,  1837 

He  was  born  in  Biddeford,  Me.  Some  of  his  younger 
years  were  spent  in  Saccarappa,  where  he  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  moved 
to  Exeter,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  four- 
teen. He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Essex  Machine 
Company,  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  learned  the  machinist's 
trade.  He  went  to  Hartford  when  he  was  about  nineteen 
years  of  age  and  was  employed  by  the  Colts  Fire  Arms 
Comjiany  for  a  few  years,  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Phoenix  Iron  Works.  In  1860,  with 
Francis  A.  Pratt,  he  founded  in  a  small  way  what  is  now 
the  Pratt  &  Whitney  Co.,  manufacturers  of  machinist's 
tools,  special  machinery,  etc.,  now  one  of  the  largest  con- 
cerns of  the  kind  in  this  country.  It  is  well  known  in  this 
country  and  abroad.  He  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  politics, 
but  being  of  a.very  retiring  disposition  never  takes  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs;  res.  231  Lawrence  St.,  Hartford, 
Conn. 

8417x.  i.         Nellie  Hortense,  b.  Oct.  5,  1860;  d. 
June  8,  1865. 

841Sx.  ii.        Nettie  Louise,  b.  Nov.  8,  1865. 

8419x.  iii.       Clarence  Edgar,  b.  Nov.  26,  1869. 


John), 


AMOS   WHITNEY. 


5430.  John  Webster  Perkins  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jona- 
than, Jonathan,  John),  b.  Biddeford,  Me.,  July  12,  1835;  m.  Mar.  22,  18-55,  Olive  Eliza- 
beth Springer,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  S.  Springer,  b.  Mar.  22,  183S.  He  was  an  engraver. 
Mrs.  W.  is  an  artist;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Melrose. 

8420x.  i.  John  Frank,  b.  Dec.  22,  1856;  m.  Anna  P.  Robinson. 

8421x.  ii.  Fred'k  Augustus,  b.  Mar.  6,  1860;  unm.;  res.  New  York  City, 
care  Eimer  &  Amend,  205-11  Third  Ave.  He  was  graduated 
with  distinction  from  Harvard  university  in  the  class  of  1884. 
His  tastes,  as  his  chosen  profession  of  chemistry  would  indicate, 
are  strongly  scientific. 
8422x.  iii.        Geo.  ELi,"b.'june  10,  1862;  m.  Ida  Tufts  and  Annie  M.  Savory. 


5432.  George  Quimby  Whitney  (Aaron,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Apr.  22,  1843;  m.  Oct.  27,  1870,  Isabelle  Gaylord,  b.  Feb.  14,  1851. 

George  Q.  went  to  Hartford  when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  and  has  lived  there 
since.  He  is  a  machinist  by  trade,  and  is  employed  by  the  Pratt  &  Whitney  Com- 
pany. He  served  in  the  late  war;  was  slightly  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Antietam, 
and  was  later  taken  a  prisoner  of  war,  and  remained  about  eight  months  in  the 
Andersonville  prison.  He  was  discharged  a  short  time  before  the  close  of  the  war; 
res.  Hartford,  Conn.,  s.  p. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  551 

5439.  James  Holbrook  Whitney  (John,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Boston,  1804;  m.  Mary  R.  Rutgers. 

He  was  born  in  Boston  and  early  engaged  in  the  hardware  trade;  finally  moved 
to  New  York  City  and  formed  the  firm  of  Whitney  &  McFarland,  and  then  failed 
in  1837  and  took  up  iron  brokerage  business  and  was  in  it  all  his  life  and  was  quite 
successful;  res.  New  York  City. 

8423x.  i.  Charles  W.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1881;  m.  Victoria  Lockwood. 

8424x.  ii.         Marv  H.,  b.  1832;  d.  1846. 

8425x.  iii.        John  Henry,  b.  1833;  res.  N.  Y.  C. 

8426x.  iv,        Alfred  R.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1835;  m.  Adaline  P.  Nesbitt  and  Mary  L. 

Freeman. 
8427x.  V.         Cornelia, b.  1837;  d.  1841. 
8428x.  vi.       Clementina,  b.  1839;  d.  1842. 

5450.  Lyman  Whitney  (James,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John)  b. 
Sherborn,  Mass.,  June  1,  18U8,  m.  Mary  Leland,  b.  Nov.  13, 1815;  d.  Nov.  13,  1855;  m. 
2d  Parmelia  O.  Lenter.  He  was  selectman  1852-53-54;  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Aug.  1, 
1880;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

8429x.  i.  Anne  Maria,  b.  1841;    m. Hoo-er;  res.  So.  Framingham, 

Mass. 
8430x.  ii.         Mary  E.,  b.  1843;  m.  Geo.  H.Young.     She  d.  Jan.  20, 1877.     Ch.: 

Edwin  C,  b.  Julv  18,  1866;  m.  Oct.  23, 1890,  No.290  Quincy  St.. 

Boston,  Mass.;  Carrie  A.,  b.  Apr.  12,  18'.9,  No.  25  Catawba  St., 

Roxbury,   Mass.;    Arthur  W.,  b.  Nov.,  1871;  George  H.,  b.  Nov.. 

1873,  No.  18  Richards  Ave.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.;  Mary  E.  (youngest 

and  died  aged  about  3  years). 
8431x.  iii.        Daniel  L.,  b.  1845;  m.  and  res.  So.  F. 
8432x.  iv.        Geo.  L.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1848;  m.  Martha  A.  Fleming. 

5451.  Sylvester  Whitney  (James,  John,  James,  Tames,  John,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Sherborn,  Mass.,  Apr.  12,  l&^lU;  m.  there  May  2, 1833,  Fanny  Sanger,  b.  May  15,  IblO. 
He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

8433x.  i.          John,  b.  Mar.  17, 1837;  res.  unm.,So.  Framinirham. 
8434x.  ii.         Mary  F.,b.  Dec.  8, 1839;  m.  June  15,  I860,  " ;  res.  So.  Fram- 
ingham. 

5454.  James  Whitney  (James,  John,  James,  Tames,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Sherborn,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1816;  m.  May  9,  1844,  Mary  Ann  Clark,  b.  Jan.,  1816. 

He  was  a  well  known  and  respected  citizen  of  Natick  and  for  17  yeai-s  was  treas- 
urer of  the  five-cent  savings  bank  there.     He  d.  July  21,  1889,  s.  p.;  res.  Natick,  Mass. 

5458.  Ezra  Slack  Whitney  (Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  1808;  m.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1833,  Lydia  Ann 
Butcher,  b.  Mar.  12, 1812;  d.  Apr.  7, 1^88. 

Ezra  Slack  was  born  in  the  city  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  1808;  was  in  business 
m  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  he  married  Lydia  Anna  Dutcher,  of  that  place,  June  4,  1833. 
After  residing  there  a  number  of  years  he  moved  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  did  busi- 
ness in  New  York  City;  was  also  at  Washington,  D.  C,  postoffice  department,  under 
Lincoln's  administration,  where  he  lived  five  years,  then  with  his  family  moved  back 
to  Brooklyn.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  a  Baptist  for  over  forty  years.  He  was  con- 
verted under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  B.  O.  Welch,  at  the  Pear  St.  Baptist  church, 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  of  which  church  he  was  clerk  until  he  moved  to  Brooklyn.  He  moved 
to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  16,  1885,  and  died  in  that  city  Jan.  2,  18?:'6.  He  showed 
himself  the  same  earnest  working  Christian,  doing  whatever  he  could  for  the  good  of 
the  church  and  the  glory  of  God.  He  was  peculiarly  apt  in  Biblical  quotations,  hav- 
ing a  retentive  memory,  coupled  with  thorough  knowledge  of  the  Bible.  He  was  the 
first  recording  secretary  of  the  Bible  Union,  and  his  interest  was  deep  and  sincere  in 
all  movements  to  advance  the  Bible  cause.  He  was  a  severe  sufferer  during  closing 
sickness,  but  was  patient  to  the  end.  When  the  end  came  it  was  all  peace.  He 
fell  asleep  in  the  arms  of  the  Saviour,  whom  he  had  loved  for  many  years.  He  was 
the  father  of  nine  children,  six  bovs  and  three  girls.  He  lived  to  celebrate  his  golden 
wedding,  June  4,  1883,  at  Hackensack,  N.  J.  He  d.  Phila.,  Pa.,  Jan.  2,  188!6;  res. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  Bayou  Grape,  La. 

8435x.  i.  Robert  Fuller,  b.  Aug. 31, 1834;  d.  Albanv,  Aug.  7,1835. 

8436x.  ii.         Anna  Sarah,  b.  July  6, 1836;   m.  Aug.  28, 18.53,  John  W.  Watkins. 
He  d.  Baltimore,  Julv  12,  1882.     He  was  b.  Aug.  21, 1829.    Ch.: 


562  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Ettie  Louise,  b.  July  27, 1854;  d.  Aug.  23. 1856;  Charles  Whitney,. 
b.  May  14,  1856;  d.  Feb.  21,1875;  Edward  Rosseau,b.  Nov.  12,. 
1857;  P.  O.  address  Fort  Washington,  Pa.;  William  Woodward, 
b.  May  21, 1860;  d.  Dec.  18, 1862;  Blanche,  b.  May  8, 1863;  address 
7  W.  65th  St.,  New  York. 

8437x.  iii.        Henry  E.,  b.  Dec.  29, 1838;  m.  Helen  C.  Lester. 

8438x.  iv.        Fred'k  A.,  b.  July  10. 1841 ;  m.  E.  Louise  Hunt. 

8439x.  V.  Lydia  Dutcher,  b.  Feb.  13,  1844;  m.  Aug.  29,  1867,  Dr.  Rollin  B. 
Gray,  b.  June  4, 1840;  res.  108  W.  103d  St.,  New  York  City.  Ch 
Anita,  b.  Apr.  29, 1868,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  m.  Mar.  27, 1893,  to  George 
H.  Linsz,of  Phila..  Pa.;  Marion, b.  Oct. 26, 1869,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Lillian,  b.  Jan.  5, 1871,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  d.  Apr.  12, 1876,  Brooklyn 
N.  Y.;  Elizabeth,  b.  June  12,  1872,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  d.  Mar.  9^ 
1872,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Rollin  B.  Gray,  doctor  in  medicine,  was 
born  in  Randolph,  Pa.  He  passed  his  childhoood  in  Buffalo  and 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  his  father  practicing  at  those  places.  He  was 
educated  at  Alfred  university  and  by  a  private  tutor.  He  was 
a  law  and  medical  student  at  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  in 
1861,  residing  in  St.  Louis.  Served  in  the  capacity  of  lieutenant 
in  a  Missouri  (Union)  regiment  during  three  months'  service;  was 
at  battles  at  Camp  Jackson  and  Fulton,  and  at  expiration  of 
three  months'  service  went  to  Europe,  whence  he  returned  in 
August,  1862,  and  was  appointed  lieutenant  18th  Inf.,  Mo.  Vols., 
and  served  as  such  during  balance  of  war.  Was  graduated  in  med- 
icine from  St.  Louis  Med.  college  and  licensed  by  law  of  state 
of  New  York,  by  examination,  and  finally  granted  diploma  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  by  New  York  Horn.  Med.  college.  Was 
formerly  Pres.  L.  I.  Med.  Soc.  and  now  member  New  York  Co. 
Med.  Soc,  etc.;  practices  in  New  York  City. 

8440x.  vi.  Wm.  Ezra,  b.  May  18,  1846;  res.,  unm.,  at  Columbus,  O.,  care 
Standard  Oil  Co.;  res  1289  Forsythe  Ave.  He  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  18,  1846;  received  a  public  school  educa- 
tion in  this  same  city;  was  converted  at  the  age  of  fourteen 
years,  and  united  with  the  Strong  Place  Baptist  church  in 
November,  1861,  of  Brooklyn.  Lived  in  the  city  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  for  three  years;  went  back  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  June,. 
1869;  was  for  same  year  collector  in  two  collecting  companies  in 
New  York;  being  an  active  member  at  one  time  of  the  Brook- 
lyn and  Washington  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations.  He 
was  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Band  of  Hope,  at  Hack- 
ensack,  N.  J.,  his  former  residence.  He  was  one  of  the 
members  who  helped  to  organize  this  society.  He  was  the 
correspondent  of  the  Bergen  County  Index,  of  that  place,  for  a 
number  of  years,  until  he  made  Philadelphia  his  home.  While 
living  there  he  took  a  great  interest  in  the  Prohibition  move- 
ment in  1882,  and  wrote  a  number  of  articles  for  the  paper. 
Was  correspondent  of  five  papers,  and  manager  of  the  Christian 
Endeavor  paper  and  editor  of  the  "  Church  News."  While  a 
resident  of  Philadelphia  was  assistant  chairman  of  the  Young 
"Men's  Christian  Association,  Germantown,  Phila.,  over  three 
years,  an  active  member  of  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  of  Niatum  Bap- 
tist church,  of  that  city,  holding  office  as  vice-president,  and 
chairman,  at  one  time  of  the  lookout  and  prayer  meeting  com- 
mittees, having  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  all  religious 
work.  He  is  at  present  the  president  of  the  Baptist  Young 
People's  Union  of  the  Russell  Street  Baptist  church,  of  Colum- 
bus.    In  politics  he  is  Republican. 

8441x.  vii.      Sameul  Colgate,  b.  Sept.  14,  1848;  d.  Brooklyn,  July  23,  1867. 

8442x.  viii.     Charles  Clarence,  b.  June  15,  1851;  d.  Apr.  1, 1854. 

8443x.  ix.  Carrie  Louise,  b.  Jan.  9,  1854;  m.  Mar.  24,  1880,  John  B.  Fitch. 
He  was  b.  July  25,  1841;  is  a  salesman  for  the  Standard  Oil  Co.; 
res.  Cleveland,  O.  Ch.:  Blanche,  b.  Apr.  9, 1881;  Salem  Dutcher,. 
b.  Aug.  26,  1882;  Wm.  Whitney,  b.  July  25,  1885;  Frederick 
Augustus,  b.  Jan.  9,  1889;  John  B.,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1891. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  558 

5462.  John  S.  Whitney  (Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Eastport,  Me.,  Aug.  4,  1819;  m.  June  6,  1850,  Mary  E.  Gellusseora  at  Therville  Par- 
ish, La.,  b.  Feb.  2'6,  1827.  He  has  been  postmaster  for  about  25  years;  res.  Orange 
Lake  Fla. 

'8444x.  i.  Henry  Ezra,  b.  Mar.  7,  1851;  d.  Dec.  12,  1852. 

8445x.  ii.         Chas.  A.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1858;  m.  Cora  B.  Harrington. 

844fix.  iii.        John  A.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1855;  m.  Beulah  S.  Clement. 

8447x.  iv.        \Vm.  p.,  b.  July  17,  1857;  m.  Martha  C.  Young. 

8448x.  V.         Walker  S".,  b.  Oct.  11,  1859;  d.  June  1,  1881. 

8449x.  vi.        Augustus  G.,  b.  June  15,  1865;  m.  Nora.Hickson. 

8450x.  vii.      Walter  S.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1867;  unm. 

5466.  Oliver  A.  Whitney  (Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b. 
Perry,  Me.,  Oct.  24,  1829;  m.  at  Ottawa  Centre,  Mich.,  Julia  A.  Comlor.  He  is  a 
farmer;  res.  Gilroy,  Cal. 

8451x.  i.  Ezra,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  G. 

8452x.  ii.         Arthur,  b. ;  unm.;  res.  G. 

5474.  Warren  Whitney  (Isaac,  James,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan. 
John),  b.  Sherborn,  June  16,  1819;  m.  Mar.  29,  1845,  Ann  E.  Watson,  b.  Feb.  2,  1823. 
He  was  selectman  in  1850-51-52  and  1853.     He  d.  May,  1888;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

8453x.  i.  Julia,  b. ;  m. Hosmer;  res.  So.  Framingham. 

8454x.  ii.         Joel  T.,  b. ;  res.  So.  Framingham. 

5475.  James  R.  Whitney  (Isaac,  lames,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Sherborn,  Feb.  24,  1821;  m.  there  Mav  15,  1845,  Susan  A.  Clark,  b.  Nov.  2, 
1822;  d.  Feb.,  1878.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Oct.,  18s0;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

8455x.  i.  Frank,  b.  Feb.  12,  1846;  m.  Elizabeth  Coolidge. 

8456x.  ii.         Ella,  b.  Dec.  15,  1848;  res.  S.;  unm. 

5478.  Hon.  Felix  Grundy  Whitney  (Martin,  James,  Benjamin,  James,  John, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  X.  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1818;  m.  Oct.,  1848,  Catherine  G. 
Briggs,  b.  June  26,  1827;  d.  June  23,  1886. 

Mr.  Whitney  spent  his  boyhood  in  his  native  village.  He  enjoyed  the  advan- 
tages of  attendance  on  its  public  schools  with  a  supplementary  course  in  the  then 
famous  Day's  academy  at  Wrentham.  He  early  showed  a  spirit  of  enterprise  that 
distinguished  him  through  life.  When  about  15  he  left  the  parental  roof  and  entered 
a  wholesale  grocery  store  on  Bromfield  street,  Boston.  He  succeeded  well,  but  his 
career  as  a  grocer  closed  suddenly,  and  in  this  wise.  Young  Whitney  had  a 
friend  who  was  going  away  on  a  voyage  and  he  improved  one  evening  by  going  down 
to  the  wharf  to  see  him  off.  He  returned  a  little  late  to  the  house  of  his  employer, 
where,  after  the  manner  of  those  days,  he  made  his  home.  The  old  gentleman  could 
not  brook  such  a  grave  offense  in  the  youth  and  recommended  that  he  report  at  N. 
Attleboro.  But  instead  the  spirited  apprentice  loaded  his  trunk  into  a  wheelbarrow, 
and  started  for  the  wharf.  For  ten  years  Mr.  Whitney  followed  the  sea.  He  went 
on  several  long  voyages  and  experienced  his  share  of  the  vicissitudes  of  a  sailor's 
life.  On  one  hapless  Wednesday  his  ship  was  burned  to  the  water's  edge  and  he 
was  picked  up  next  day  by  a  vessel  which  was  itself  wrecked  the  following  Saturday. 
Mr.  ^Vhitney  in  his  second  shipwreck  made  safe  landing  on  an  island,  and  the  hrst 
vessel  that  touched  refused  him  passage,  because  his  story  of  two  shipwrecks  in  four 
days  was  too  improbable  even  for  ears  accustomed  to  the  varied  fact  and  fiction  of 
the  sea.  He  succeeded  better  the  next  time,  and  after  a  rough  passage,  during 
which  the  ship  came  near  going  ashore  on  Cape  Hatteras,  he  arrived  safely  in  Boston. 
Several  of  his  voyages  were  in  company  with  the  late  Capt.  Abraham  Hayward.  His 
career  as  a  sailor  ended  as  unexpectedly  as  it  had  begun.  He  had  shipped  as  first  mate 
under  a  Capt.  Chace,  for  a  long  voyage,  and  went  to  the  old  homestead  in  N.  Attle- 
boro, to  await  the  summons  of  his  captain.  Days  passed  and  no  news  came.  Finally 
it  was  discovered  that  the  latter  had  been  detained  ten  days  at  E.  Attleboro,  and  the 
ship  had  sailed  without  first  mate  Whitney.  This  incident,  enforced  by  the  entrea- 
ties of  his  friends  that  he  would  leave  the  ocean,  and  possibly  by  considerations  not 
unconnected  with  his  speedy  and  happy  marriage,  wooed  him  from  the  sea.  One  of 
his  first  enterprises,  and  one  that  his  landsman  neighbors  discouraged,  was  the  open- 
ing of  Orne  street,  the  first  street  opened  off  the  main  thoroughfare  of  Washington 
street.  It  was  named  after  Mr.  Whitney's  mother.  He  worked  a  while  for  his  brother 
George,  then  for  H.  M.  Richards,  the  prosperous  jeweler.  In  Sept.,  1849,  he  started 
86 


554  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

for  himself.  He  sold  his  business  to  his  sons,  Geo.  B.  and  E.  F.  Whitney,  who  have 
retained  the  old  firm  name  unchanged.  In  his  business  as  jeweler,  Mr.  Whitney  was 
distinguished  for  his  advanced  ideas  in  regard  to  methods  and  his  ingenuity  in  designs. 
He  was  one  of  the  exhibitors  at  the  Paris  exposition, and  opened  an  office  in  London 
soon  after,  keeping  it  open  until  about  two  years  ago.  He  crossed  the  ocean  many 
times  in  the  interests  of  his  large  export  trade  and  on  his  last  visit  in  1882,  noted  with 
interest  the  same  London  pier  where  he  had  tied  his  ship  forty  years  before!  A  pro- 
gressive man,  Mr.  Whitney  was  active  in  all  public  affairs.  He  was  interested  in 
starting  the  North  Attleboro  library,  and  served  in  many  district  offices  and  town 
committees.  In  politics  he  was  a  life-long  Democrat,  and  in  1874  represented,  largely 
by  the  assistance  of  Republican  votes,  the  first  Bristol  representative  district  in  the 
general  court.  He  was  once  director  of  the  North  Attleboro  National  Bank  and  of 
the  Attleboro  Branch  railroad.  Mr.  Whitney  married  Catharine  J.  Briggs,  daughter 
of  Rufus  Briggs  and  sister  of  Wm.  Briggs  of  Attleboro  and  Mrs.  Walter  Ballou  of 
N.  Attleboro.  They  had  sons  of  whom  all  save  two  died  in  childhood.  Their 
married  life  was  singularly  happy.  Then  only  did  the  •\icissitudes,  the  labor,  the 
reverses  of  years  demand  reprisals  of  his  vigorous  constitution  and  have  their  claims 
allowed.  Age  seems,  in  a  measure,  to  rob  success  of  its  intoxication,  failure  of  its 
pangs,  honor  of  its  allurements,  and  to  reduce  life  to  Longfellow's  simple  creed,  "To 
live  for  those  that  love  us."  And  when  his  lifelong  companion  was  taken,  Mr.  Whit- 
ney expressed  a  willingness  to  follow.     He  d.  Nov.  7,  1887;  res.  N.  Attleboro,  Mass. 

8457x.  i.  Henry  F.,  b.  June  11,  1851;  d.  May  21,  1853. 

8458x.  ii.  Geo.  Barbour,  b.  Nov.  6,  1852;  m.  Annie  L.  Norton  and  Mary  L. 
Bickford. 

8459x.  iii.        Frank  R.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1854;  d.  Oct.  12,  1856. 

8460x.  iv.       Edwin  F.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1856;  m.  Annie  A.  Davenport. 

8461x.  v.         Wm.  Orne,  b.  Jan.  16,  1862;  d.  Sept.,  1871. 

5479.  Dr.  James  Orne  Whitney  (Martin,  James,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jon- 
athan. John),  b.  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Mar.  2,  1823;  m.  at  Lincoln,  R.'I.,  Apr!  20,  1^50, 
Elisabeth  Slack  Miller,  b.  Jan.  29,  1816. 

Dr.  Whitney  was  born  in  Attleboro.  When  a  boy  12  years  of  age  and  exceed- 
ingly active  and  athletic  he  went  skating  one  day,  but  overdid  to  such  an  extent  that 
hip  disease  set  in,  partially  disablmg  him  for  life.  He  was  attended  during  this 
trouble  by  Dr.  Thaddeus  Phelps  of  Attleboro,  and  from  that  time  he  adopted  the 
study  of  medicine  as  his  life  work.  Later  he  studied  under  Dr.  Phelps  and  in  1845 
graduated  from  the  medical  academy  at  Berkshire.  He  commenced  practice  in  that 
village,  but  in  a  few  years  removed  to  Pawtucket  where  he  resided.  About  fourteen 
years  ago,  after  an  unusually  happy  and  prosperous  summer  he  broke  down  from 
overwork.  About  five  years  ago  an  abscess  which  had  formed  in  his  side  some  years 
before  was  lanced,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been  out  of  his  bouse  but  very  little. 
Dr.  Whitney  was  a  strong  alopathic  supporter,  and  was  regarded  by  physicians  as 
an  exceptionally  acute  diagnostician,  his  judgment  in  this  regard  being  well  nigh 
infallible.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  the  first  physician  of  the  Pawtucket 
dispensary,  and  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts  Medical  societies. 
At  the  time  of  the  war  he  endeavored  to  enter  the  service  as  hospital  surgeon  at 
Washington, but  was  not  admitted,  owing  to  his  infirmity.  He  was,  however,  examin- 
ing surgeon  under  the  draft  act.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical 
Society,  a  stanch  supporter  of  Trinity  church,  where  he  was  vestryman  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  a  member  of  Union  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  has  written  a 
number  of  articles  for  medical  journals  throughout  the  country,  and  has  introduced 
a  number  of  original  surgical  appliances  into  the  profession.  He  d.  Jan.  24,  1895; 
res.  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

8402.    i.         Anna  Russell,  b.  Feb.  8,  1851;  res.  P. 

8408.  ii.  Mary,  b.  Nov.  28,  1852;  m.  Mar.  1,  1887,  Dr.  Charles  Crawford 
Carter;  res.  Rock  Island,  111.  He  is  a  well-known  physician  at 
Rock  Island,  111.,  is  surgeon  in  the  Third  Brigade  Illinois 
Militia.  Ch.:  James  Orne,  b.  Feb.  6,  1888;  d.  Dec.  12,  1889; 
Charles  Crawford,  b.  Sept.  5, 1889;  lived  only  three  weeks;  Rich- 
ard Whitney,  b.  Aug.  14,  1890. 

8404.  iii.        Sylvie,  b.  Dec.  31,  1854;  m.  Oct.  18, 1881,  Winthrop  Carver  Dur- 

fee;  res.  Jamaica  Plains,  Mass.  Ch.:  Walter  Chaloner,  b.  Jan. 
29,  1883;  Pauline  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  11,  1885;  Phihp  Sherwood, 
b.  June  11, 1891. 

8405.  iv.       James  Orne,  b.  Aug.  18, 1860;  d.  Aug.  11, 1861. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY,  555 

5484.  George  O.  Whitney  (George,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  1824;  m.  Abby  T.  Rich;  res.  New  Orleans,  La. 

8406.  i.         Caroline,  b.  1849. 

5505.  Daniel  James  Whitney  (James,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  in  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  June  9, 1840;  m.  in  No.  Woodstock,  Conn.,  May  10,  I860, 
Nancy  Child,  b.  Apr.  6,  1841;  d.  Dec.  25,  1868;  m.  2d  at  East  Douglass,  Oct.  11,  187U, 
Miranda  White,  b.  June  21,  1850.  He  ran  an  overland  express  from  Farnumnsville  to 
Worcester,  Mass.;  res.  Farnumnsville,  Mass. 

8407.  i.         Nancy  L.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1867;  m.  in  Grafton,  Mar.  11,1888,  Everett 

B.  Clark;  res.  Webster,  Mass.     Ch.:  Maud  Atkins,  b.  June  17, 
1890;  Nelson  Whitney,  b.  June  27,  1892. 

8408.  ii.        D.  Elwyn  Hovey,  b.  Nov.  6,  1887. 

5506.  Chandler  Briggs  Whitney  (James,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John  1,  b.  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  June  23,  184.3;  m.  Mar.  Id,  1870,  Harriett  Cowle^;  d. 
Apr.  23,  1875;  m.  2d,  Oct.  21,  1875,  Clara  G.  Cowles.  He  is  a  traveling  salesman; 
s.  p.;  res.  Barnet,  Vt. 

.5515.  George  P.  Whitney  (Micah,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  in  Thompson,  Conn.,  Sept.  22,  1839;  m.  at  Woodstock,  Nov.  7,  1865,  Lucy  M.  Lyon, 
b.  June  5,  1841.  He  is  a  retail  boot  and  shoe  dealer;  res.  Providence,  R.  I.,  997 
Westmmster  St. 

8409.    i.         Earnest  M.,b.  Aug.  11,  1876. 

5516.  Charles  H.  Whitney  (Micah,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John  I,  b.  Thompson,  Conn.,  Apr.  2,1838;  m.  at  Dudley  Hill,  Mass.,  Lydia  A.  Perry, 
b.  Au'fi.  27,  1838.     He  was  an  mnkeeper.     He  d.  June  17.  1878;    res.  Webster,  Mass. 

8410.  i.         Bertha  A.,  b.  July  23,  1864;  m.  Oct.  30,  1884,  Elmer  J.  Coleburn, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1861;  res.  Webster,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

8411.  ii.        Charles  S.,  b.  May  8,  1861;  m.  Apr.  8,  1890,  Addie  Blanding,  11 

Central  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

8412.  iii.       Minnie  H  ,  b.  Aug.  2,  1869;  m.  Jan.  31,  1894,  Ellis  Batten;    res. 

Lockport,  N.  Y. 

8413.  iv.       LuLA  J.,  b.  June  14,  1876;  res.  101  Sumner  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

5517.  Sergt.  James  D.  Whitney  (Daniel,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  Mar.  16,  1838;  m.  at  Grafton,  \"ictoria  Kay,  b.  Mar.  17,  1839. 

He  was  born  in  Grafton,  and  was  well  known  in  Worcester  county.  He  was  a 
good  soldier,  generous  and  brave;  having  a  magnificent  physique  and  bearing,  he 
was  often  detailed  to  be  one  in  any  hazardous  enterprise,  or  when  an  act  of  immi- 
nent peril  was  deemed  necessary.  On  the  eve  of  the  fieht  at  Roanoke  Island,  at 
Gen.  Reno's  request,  with  three  comrades,  they  penetrated  the  lines  of  the  enemy, 
and  his  report  to  the  commanding  general,  with  that  of  Capt.  Josiah  Picket,  in  com- 
mand of  Co.  A,  2.5th  regiment,  had  much  to  do  in  the  plans  of  that  victorious  battle. 
It  was  in  the  charge  on  the  Cypress  Swamp  fort  of  the  following  day  that  Comrade 
Whitney  with  his  tent  mate.  Officer  Addison  March,  of  Worcester  police  force,  on  the 
right  of  the  company,  were  disabled  by  wounds  in  the  last  volley  as  the  colors  struck 
the  crest  of  the  fort  and  the  regiment  went  over  the  ramparts.  In  the  fight  at  Fred- 
ericksburg, Dec.  13,  1862,  Comrade  Whitney  stopped  the  fragment  of  a  shell  at  the 
farthermost  point  on  Marye  Heights,  just  as  his  regiment  lay  down  to  escape  the 
terrible  storm  of  shot  and  shell,  the  missile  striking  him  in  the  neck.  The  thick  col- 
lar of  his  overcoat  saved  him  from  serious  injury,  but  the  iron,  intent  on  its  mission, 
ploughed  a  furrow  through  cape  and  coat  from  top  to  bottom.  It  was  a  most  miracu- 
lous escape  from  death.  Antietam  was  another  in  which  he  showed  his  courage  and 
bravery.  Whenever  courage  was  needed  for  perilous  undertakings,  he  was  always  a 
volunteer  or  chosen  by  the  commander.  He  was  a  favorite  with  his  commander  and 
comrades  throughout  the  entire  campaign.  Comrade  Whitney  was  for  a  while  on 
the  Woonsocket  police,  but  his  last  years  were  spent  at  his  trade  or  on  the  paternal 
estate  in  Grafton.     He  d.  Dec,  1893;  res.  Grafton,  Mass. 

8414.  i.         Charles  D.,b.  June  29,  1874;  res.  G. 

8415.  ii.        Ruth  A.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1860;  m.  at  Grafton,  Frank  White;  res.  G. 

He  was  b.  Jan.  17,  1857.     He  is  a  painter,      Ch.:  Isabella  A.,  b. 
Feb.  3,  1883;  Fred  E.,  b,  Aug.  19,  1885. 


556  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5521.  George  Schuyler  Whitney  (Otis,  James,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Aug.  26,  1847;  m.  Jan.  9,  1870,  Anna  Mae  Wilkinson,  b.  Nov.  4,  1848;  res. 
Milford,  Mass. 

8416.  i,         Florence  E.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1871. 

8417.  ii.        Hester  M.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1886. 

5525.  John  Andros  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Moses,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1811;  m.  at  Waltham,  Apr.  6,  1837,  Eliza 
Wellington,  b.  Aug.  3,  1804;  d.  July  11,  1893.  He  was  in  the  railroad  business.  He 
d.  Nov.  22,  1892;  res.  Newton  and  Ashland,  Mass. 

8418.  i.  Frances  Maria,  b.  Nov.  4,  1839;  m.  Nov.  22,  I860,  Wm.  A.  Web- 

ber, b.  June  27,  1840;  res.  13  Cook  Ave.,  Meriden,  Conn.;  s.p.  He 
is  a  musician. 

8419.  ii.         Theo.  W.,  b.   Apr.  8,   1843;    m.   Emma    Frances    Folsom    and 

Amanda  Condon. 

5529.  Samuel  Albert  Whitney  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Ezra,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  in  Monson,  Mass.,  May  17,  1819;  m.  in  Ware,  Sept.  2, 1845,  Sarah  Ellen 
Clark,  b.  Dec.  13,  1824. 

He  was  born  in  Monson,  Mass.,  and  went  with  his  parents  to  the  wilderness  of 
Maine  in  1820.  They  settled  near  Moose  Head  lake;  in  a  few  years  a  town  was  incor- 
porated and  called  Monson,  in  honor  of  his  birthplace.  After  a  residence  of  twelve 
years  there,  the  family  returned  to  Massachusetts.  He  was  married  in  Ware  and 
later  resided  in  Ware  and  Brimfield,  Mass.,  and  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  for  the  past 
thirty-seven  years  in  Norwich,  Conn.  His  business  has  been  that  of  a  merchant  and 
for  a  few  years  he  held  the  office  of  selectman  and  assessor,  and  for  many  years  was 
notarv  public;  res.  Norwich,  Conn. 

8420.  i.  Mary  Abeie,  b.  Dec.  31,  1854;d.  May  5,  1856. 

5534.  Albert  Galiton  Whitney  (Wait,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Danville.  O.,  May  3,  1847;  m.  Nov.  9,  1871,  Elnora  Radenbaugh,  of 
Champaign,  111.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1849. 

He  was  born  in  Danville,  O.,  and  worked  on  a  farm  until  eighteen  years  of  age, 
attending  the  district  school  as  opportunity  presented.  Later,  until  his  majority,  he 
attended  the  \'ermillion  institute,  a  Presbyterian  college  at  Hayesville,  O.  After 
graduating,  for  the  following  three  years  he  taught  school  in  Amity,  O.,  and  in  Illi- 
nois. Entering  school  at  Champaign  he  attended  five  terms,  teaching  during  vaca- 
tions. Later  he  was  principal  of  school  at  Salem,  111,  He  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1873.  In  1876  he  moved  to  Saline,  Kan.,  and  since  then  has 
resided  in  New  Mexico,  Champaign,  111.,  and  Beatrice,  Neb.  In  1890  he  moved  to 
Chicago  and  since  then  has  practiced  his  profession  there;  res.  695  Fletcher  St., 
Chicago,  111. 

8421.  i.         Cleveland,  b.  Oct.  13,  1872. 

8422.  li.        Lillian,  b.  Dec,  1876. 

842.3.    lii.       Albert  R.,  b. . 

8424.    iv.       Oliver  F.,  b. -. 

5536.  Jacob  Franklin  Whitney  (Wait,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Kno.x  Co.,  O.,  Jan.  4,  1835;  m.  Apr.  30,  1857,  Rebecca  Frisby,  b.  1838; 
res.  Centerville.  la. 

Frances, b.  1858;  m. Smith. 

Curtis,  b.  1859. 
Wait,  b.  1861. 

Elnora,  b.  1864;  m. Ingraham;  res.  Gandy,  Neb. 

Addie,  b.  1866;  m. —  Chaneller;  res.  C. 

Ollie,  b.  1868;  res.  C. 
Marvin,  b.  1872;  res.  C. 

5537.  Thomas  Hart  Benton  Whitney  (Wait,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Danville,  O.,  1840;  m.  1861,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  b,  Aug.  12,  1845. 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Aug.,  1879;  res.  Millwood,  O. 

William,  b.  Jan.  3,  1863;  res.  M. 

Harry  Clay,  b.  Dec.  1,  1864;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

Mary  Frances,  b.  1868;  m.  Norman  H.  Welton;  res.  M. 

Benton,  b.  Mar.,  1866;  res.  Akron,  O. 

Minnie  B.,  b.  1871;  m.  June,  1893,  William  Anderson;  res.  M. 


8425. 

i. 

8426. 

n. 

8427. 

iii. 

8428. 

iv. 

8429. 

V. 

8430. 

vi. 

8431. 

vn 

8432. 

8433. 

8434. 

iii. 

8435. 

IV. 

8436. 

v. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  567 


5542.  Hon.  Lewis  Cass  Whitney  (Wait,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Danville,  O.,  June  20,  1851;  m.  Centerville,  la.,  June  3u,  1877, 
Mamie  Eunice  Best. 

Lewis  Cass  Whitney,  born  June  20,  1851,  in  Brown  township,  Knox  Co.,  O.  Born 
with  the  measles.  Attended  one  term  of  school  at  Hayesville  academy,  at  Hayes- 
ville,  O.  At  fourteen  went  west  to  Iowa.  Xext  year  went  to  Denver,  Col.;  same  year 
went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Through  the  aid  of  his  brother,  A.  G.  Whitney,  he  entered 
the  1.  I.  universitv  at  Champaign  City,  111.,  in  the  year  1868;  attended  three  years; 
taught  school  several  terms  in  Illinois;  went  back  to  Iowa  in  1871;  studied  law  with 
Judge  Joseph  C.  Knapp  at  Keosauqua,  Van  Buren  Co.,  la.;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1872;  commenced  practice  at  Centerville,  la.  Was  a  Democrat  in  politics;  took  an 
active  part  in  the  politics  of  Iowa.  Was  elected  mayor  of  Centerville  four  terms. 
Was  married  to  Mamie  Eunice  Best  at  Centerville,  la.,  June  80,  1877.  Moved  to 
Sedan,  Kan.,  1885.  Was  a  Democrat  candidate  for  county  attorney  of  Chautauqua 
Co.,  Kan.,  in  the  year  1887,  and  again  in  1889;  defeated  both  times  by  a  small  major- 
ity, the  last  time  by  seventeen  votes.  The  county  was  several  hundred  Republican. 
Removed  to  Snohomish,  Wash.,  1891.  Was  a  candidate  for  county  attorney  on 
Democratic  ticket  in  1892  for  Snohomish  county;  was  defeated  in  a  three-cornered 
fight  by  the  Peoples'  Party  candidate  by  forty-three  votes.  His  marriage  was  an 
unfortunate  one,  both  for  his  wife  and  himself;  it  was  unhappy  from  the  first;  was 
ended  by  his  wife  getting  a  divorce,  practically  by  agreement,  in  1889.  Of  this  mar- 
riage three  children  were  born;  all  boys.  His  wife  is  still  living  and  is  now  Mrs.  L. 
G.  McPherson;  re?.  Sedan,  Kan.  At  Snohomish  he  formed  a  copartnership  in  the  law 
business  with  the  Hon.  J.  W.  Frame,  one  of  the  leading  Democrats  of  the  state. 
Their  firm  have  taken  a  high  standing  at  the  bar;  res.  Snohomish,  Wash. 
8437.     i.  Cfxil,  b.  Dec.  17,  1878. 

843^.     ii.         Hansel,  b.  Sept.  20,  1880. 

8439.  iii.        MoNFORT,  b.  Aug.  6,  1882. 

5548.  Edward  Eli  Whitney  (Ebenezer  I.,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  West  Hartford,  \'t.,  Nov.  5,  1X3"-';  m.  in  Knox  Co.,  O.,  Jan.  17,1864, 
Lettia  Jane  Parrish;  res.  Danville,  O. 

8440.  i.  Willie  Lincoln,  b. . 

8441.  ii.         Channing  Phceni.x,  b. . 

8442.  iii.        Mary  A.manda.  b. . 


5551.  Gl  RDON  Boar  DM  AN  Whitney  (Ebenezer  J.,  Thoma=,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Brown,  O.,  Nov.  29,  1839;  m.  there  Jan.  12,  1860,  Ann  Ilgenfrieg. 
He  served  in  the  civil  war  as  a  private  in  Co.  B.,  142d  Regt.  Ohio  National  Guard 
and  died  .^ug.  4,  1864,  in  the  Balfour  U.  S.  General  hospital  at  Portsmouth,  \'a.,  of 
camp  diarrhtea,  and  was  buried  there  in  the  U.  S.  cemetery;  res.  Brown,  O. 

8443.  i.        Ida  Lucinda. 

5556.  Joseph  Robert  Whitney  (John  J.,  Thomas,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jon- 
athan, Jnhn),  b,  Loudonville,  O.,  Nov.  2,  1851;  m.  in  Peru,  O.,  Mav  25,  1881,  Carra  E, 
Hoskins,  b.  Feb.  20,  1857. 

He  was  born  at  the  Whitney  homestead,  east  of  Loudonville;  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  that  town  since,  the  farm,  since  his  brother's  death,  and  the  care  of  his 
mother  occupying  his  time.  In  the  spring  of  1881  he  married  Miss  Carra  Hoskms, 
of  Xorwalk,  northern  Ohio.     Thev  have  one  son;  res.  Loudonville,  O. 

8444.  i.         John  Wright!  b.  July  25, 1>^82. 

5580.  Ansel  Dewey  W'hitney  (Zabad,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Royalton,  Vt.,  Aug.  2,  1827;  m.  there  Jan.  27,  1853,  Jerusha  F. 
Crandall,  b.  Sept.  27,  1831;  he  is  a  cabinet  maker;  res.  Worcester,  Slass. 

8445.  i.         Alma  T.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1853;  d.  Apr.  12,  1861. 

8446x.  ii,        Walter  Scott,  b.  Mar.  14,  1858;  m.  Annie  F.  Keenan. 

8447.  iii.       Helen  G.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1867;  m.  Nov.  10,  1887,  Vinal  S.  Wright; 

res.  7  Jaques  St.,  Worcester. 

5582.  Charles  Carroll  Whitney  (Zebina,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  July  30,  1836;  m.  Mar.  2,  1862,  Hattie  M.  Perham, 
of  Bethel.  He  was  first  lieut.  of  Co.  E,  2d.  Regt.  Vt.  \'ols.,  during  the  war;  res. 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  and  E.  Bethel,  Vt. 

8448.  i.         Willis  Ward,  b.  Jan.  16,  1863;  m.  Emma  Sanborn. 


558  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8449.    ii.        Charles  Perham,  b.  Sept.  12,  1864. 
8460.^   iii.       Geo.  W.  Tapley,  b.  Jan.  12,  1871. 

5584.  Lucius  Cornelius  Whitney  (Zebina,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Apr.  30,  1833;  m.  Oct.  28,  1855,  Sarah  M.  Wright; 
res.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  and  E.  Bethel. 

8451.  i.         Sarah  Maria,  b.  Feb.  17,  1857. 

5588.  James  A.  Whitney  (James  M.,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Bethel.  Vt.,  Sept.  12,  1849;  m.  there  Sept.  14,  1872,  Augusta  A.  Diamond, 
b.  Oct.  31,  1851. 

He  was  educated  at  the  common  schools;  worked  with  his  father  as  a  mechanic 
until  21  years  of  age.  Since,  he  has  been  employed  as  a  commercial  traveler,  which 
business  he  still  follows.  In  politics  he  is  Republican,  and  decidedly  American  in 
principal,  believing  that  Americans  should  rule  America;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

8452.  i.  Phil  S.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1878;  res.  No.  T. 

8453.  ii.         Ned  L.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1884;  res.  No.  T. 

5590.  Ohel  E.  Whitney  (Albert  R.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Rootstown,  Ohio,  Jan.  1,  1842;  m.  at  New  Albany,  Ind.,  Dec.  23,  1865,  Sarah 
Hayes,  b.  ;  d.  May  16,  1886;  m.  2d,  May  30,  1887,  Mary  E.  Askren. 

He  was  born  in  Rootstown,  O.;  his  father  died  when  he  was  10  years  of  age; 
Apr.  25,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  7th  Ohio  Infantry,  at  Ravenna,  Portage  Co.,  O., 
and  re-enlisted  as  a  veteran  on  Jan.  14,  1864,  at  Bridgeport,  Ala.,  and  was  discharged 
at  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  1,  1865.     He  is  a  mason  by  trade;  res.  Birmingham,  Iowa. 

8454.  i.  Edward  E.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1868;  m.  Lilly  S.  Moore  and  Nora  M. 

Gillette. 
Mark  M.,  b.  Aug.  11, 1873. 
Mary  M.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1875;  d.  Mar.  3,  1891. 
Frank  B.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1877. 
Lilly  L.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1888. 
Lottie  L.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1890. 
Mirtie  M.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1892. 
Dolly  E.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1894. 

5594.  Azro  B.  Whitney  (Benjamin,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Mar.  11,  1840;  m.  Nov.  1,  1865,  Emma  A.  Hackett; 
b.  Aug.  4,  1845;  res.  Jessup,  la. 

Myron  Edson,  b.  Jan.  7,  1867;  res.  Jessup,  la. 

Cora   M.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1869;  m.   May  12,  1886,  E.    H.   Rice;  res. 

Dunkerton,  la. 
Aurie  E.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1871 ;  res.  Jessup. 
Mark  H.,  b.Apr.  13,  1876. 
Don  F.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1881. 
Nellie  M.,  b.Dec.  11,1886. 

5595.  William  Whitney  (Benjamin,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  A't.,  Sept.  3,  1837;  m.  Apr.  3,  1867,  in  Jefferson,  Wis., 
ISIarietta  Curtis;  b.  Jan.  23,  1843;  res.  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis. 

8468.     i.         William  C,  b.  Aug.  15,  1868;  he  is  a  locomotive  engineer.;  unm; 
res.  1329  Park  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Frank  E.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1869. 
Mary  E.,  b.  May  18,  1872. 
Clara  C,  b.  July  8, 1874. 
David  C,  b.  July  3,  1876. 

5596.  Mark  C.  Whitney  (Benjamin,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Apr.  23,  1851;  m.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  Sejit.  28, 
1874,  Rachel   P.   Carrigan;  b.  Aug.  4,   1855;  res.  Lowell,  Mass.;  Barclay,   la.,   and 


8455. 

ii. 

8456. 

iii. 

8457. 

iv. 

8458. 

v. 

8459. 

vi. 

8460. 

vii. 

8461. 

viii. 

8462. 

i. 

8463. 

ii. 

8464. 

iii 

8465. 

iv 

8466. 

v. 

8467. 

vi 

8469. 

ii. 

8470. 

iii. 

8471. 

iv. 

8472. 

V. 

Volga,  So.  Dak. 


8473. 

i. 

8474. 

11. 

8475. 

iii. 

8476, 

iv. 

8477. 

V. 

Benjamin  C,  b.  Nov.  23,  1876. 
Bertha  MAY,b.  Jan.  21,  1878. 
Fay  Bean,  b.  Apr.  16,  1881. 
Edith  Jane,  b.  Feb.  4,  1885. 
Rachel  Adell,  b.  June  9,  1890. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  559 

5603.  Daniel  Frank  Whitney  (Daniel,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  \'t.,  May  16,  1846;  m.  June  2,  1874,  at  Dayton,  la., 
Maggie  Dianna  Edwards;  b.  Dec.  2,  1851;  res.  Sumner,  la. 

8478.  i.         Julia  E.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1876. 

8479.  ii.        Wallace  H.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1877. 

8480.  iii.       Lottie  E.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1879. 

8481.  iv.       Mary  R.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1880. 

8482.  V.        Emma  R.,  b.  July  8,  1881. 

8483.  vi.       Daniel  L.,  b.  Aug.  24,  1882;  d.  Aug.  21,  1483. 

8484.  vii.      Mintha  M.,  b.  Mar.  10,  1884. 

8485.  viii.     Maggie  L.,  b.  Nov.  18,  185<5. 

8486.  ix.       INA  S.,  b.  July  17,  1890. 

5609.  David  Whitney  (Daniel,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Brookfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  21,  1844;  m.  Sept.  27,  1871,  at  Jessup,  la.,  Mary  Jane 
Cutshall;  res.  Sibley,  la. 

8487.  i.         Walter  Eugene,  b. 


8488.  ii.  Clarence  Arthur,  b. . 

8489.  iii.  Orvill  Eli,  b.  — — . 

8490.  iv.  Mabel,  b. . 

8491.  V.  Bertha,  b. . 

8492.  vi.  Frank,  b. . 


8497. 

8498. 

8499. 

in 

8500. 

IV, 

8501. 

V. 

8493.  vii.  Fred,  b. . 

8494.  viii.  Emma,  b.  . 

8495.  ix.  David,  b. . 

8496.  X.  Charley,  b.  . 

5611.  Cyrus  H.  Whitney  (Daniel,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Brookfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  12,  1852;  m.  Jan.  15,  1874,  Luthera  S.  Spra^ue,  b.  East 
Randolph,  Feb.  2.3,  1850;  res.  East  Brookfield,  Vt. 

Daniel  A.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1875. 
David  D.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1878. 
S.  Lee  RoY.b.  June  24,  1886. 
Gladys  L.,  b.  Mar.  19.  1888. 
AUDRA  D.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1890. 

5612.  Dr.  Walter  E.  Whitney  (Daniel,  David,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Brookfield,  Vt.,  Sept.  12,  1856;  m.  Nov.  1,  1882,  Sarah  G.  Skillin, 
b.  Mar.  9,  1861. 

He  was  born  in  the  Green  Mountain  state,  came  west,  and  entering  Rush  Med- 
ical college,  was  graduated  in  1881.  He  immediately  began  practice  at  Tripoli,  la., 
and  continued  in  his  profession  until  his  death.  He  was  also  a  registered  pharmacist, 
and  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Tripoli.     He  d.  Julv  14,  1894;  res.  Tripoli,  la. 

8502.  i.  Floyd  E.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1883. 

8503.  ii.         Cora  F.,b.  Feb.  21,1886. 

5619.  Albert  Whitney  (George,  Abel,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Tunbridce,  Vt..  Mar.  21,  1840;  m.  Sept.  14,  1865,  Ann  M.  Hackett,  b.  June 
24,  1843;  res.  No.  tunbridge,  Vt. 

8504.  i.  Minnie  A.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1866;  m.  Jan.  22,  1889,  Frank  T.  Folsome; 

res.  Randolph,  Vt. 

8505.  ii.         Orlando  B.,  b.  Mar.  28, 1870;  d.  June  4,  1874. 

8506.  iii.        Sadie  A.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1878;  res.  No.  T. 

5630.  James   Pierce   Whitney   (Joseph,    Abel,   Benjamin,    Joseph,    Joseph, 

Jonathan,  John),  b.  ;  m.   Mar.  28,   1876,  Rosa  Goodale;  res.  Tunbridge,  Vt., 

Sanduskv  or  Granville,  Vt. 

8507.  i.  Emma  A.,  b.  May  4,  1877. 

5631.  Martin  ^L  Whitney  (Charles  F.,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  \t.,  June  26,  1837;  m.  Jan.  1,  1866,  Lucy  Church,  b. 
May  8,  1841.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Barton,  Vt. 

8508.  i.  Nellie,  b.  Dec.  20,  1866;  res.  1013  University  Ave.,  S.  E.,  Minne- 

apolis. 

8509.  ii.         Carrie,  b.  Feb.  27, 1870;  res.  B. 


8517. 

8518. 

8519. 

iii 

8520. 

iv 

560  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8510.  iii.        Laila,  b.  Aug.  20,  1875;  d.  Aug.  16,  1881. 

8511.  iv.        Flora, -b.  Mar.  19,  1878;  res.  B. 

5632.  Abijah  Fitch  Whitney  (Charles  F.,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b  Feb.  28,  1840,  at  Tunbridge,  \'t.;  m.  at  Plainfield,  Vt.,  Dec.  7, 
1865,  Rosette  L.  Smith,  b.  1845.     He  is  in  the  lumber  business;  res.  Morrisville,  Vt. 

8512.  i.  Lillian  Jane,  b.  Mav  30,  1870. 

8513.  ii.        Gertrude  May,  b.  (Dct.  27, 1878. 

5688.  Mark  Whitney'  (David,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Chelsea,  Vt.,  July  13,1848;  m.  July  3,  1866,  at  Cold  Spring,  Wis.,  Maria 
Stannard,  b.  Sept.  6,  1846;  res.  Keosauqua,  la. 

8514.  i.  Everett  E.,  b.  June  23,  1869. 

8515.  ii.         Lewis  Elton,  b.  June  14,  1874. 

8516.  iii.       Mark  Wilbur,  b.  Apr.  14, 1887. 

5639.  Lewis  Whitney  (David,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Washington,  Vt.,  June  17,  1845;  m.  at  Janesville,  Wis.,  Oct.  16,  1878,  Sarah 
Jane  Ludwig.     He  is  a  painter;  res.  Whitewater,  Wis. 

Ethel  Claire,  b.  Sept  9, 1879. 
Wildon  Forrest,  b.  Feb.  18, 1881. 
Beatrice,  b.  July  29,  1887. 
David  Rolland,  b.  Sept.  12,  1889. 

5640.  Rev.  Austin  DeWitt  Witney  (David,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Washington,  Vt.,  Jan.  17,  1847;  m.  Oct.  24,  1877,  Mary 
Etta  Lynch,  b.  1850. 

Austin  D.Whitney  was  born  in  Washington,  A't.,  Jan.  17,  1847.  Went  to  Wis- 
consin when  but  four  years  of  age.  His  first  recollections  of  Wisconsin  are  playing 
along  the  streams  near  Ft.  Atkinson  with  cousins — members  of  Captain  Whitney's 
family — feeding  fish  as  they  sprang  from  the  clear  brooks  to  catch  the  bits  of  bread 
thrown  by  childish  hands.  Having  a  bilious  temperament  malaria  soon  produced 
fever  and  ague.  The  remedy  often  bemg  packed  in  a  cold  wet  sheet,  afterward 
the  inevitable  chologogue..  The  first  ten  years  were  spent  in  the  common  schools 
where  the  writer  mastered  the  common  branches  and  was  honored  with  a  certificate 
entitling  him  to  teach  in  Jefferson  Co.  He  spent  some  time  in  the  State  Normal 
school  at  Whitewater,  Wis.  He  taught  six  terms  of  school.  In  1864  he  enlisted  in 
the  40th  Regt.  Wis.  Vol.  Inft.  and  served  four  months,  came  home  with  the  sick  of 
his  regiment  and  was  honorably  discharged  at  Madison,  Wis.  Was  converted  in 
June,  1867,  and  soon  after  entered  the  ministry  of  the  United  Brethren  church.  He 
has  served  his  conference  in  the  relation  of  presiding  elder  seven  years.  Has  been 
three  times  elected  as  delegate  to  the  general  conference  of  his  church,  and  two 
years  held  the  position  of  conference  evangelist.  Is  treasurer  of  the  missionary 
society  and  always  identified  with  the  educational  interests  of  the  church;  res.  Burr, 
Wis. 

Grace,  b.  Jan.  20,  1881. 

ESTELLE,  b.  Feb.  10,  1887;  d.  Feb.  23,  1887. 

DoRE,  b.  June  21,  1889;  d.  July  12,  1889. 

Beryl,  b.  Nov.  16,  1893. 

5641.  Rev.  Dennis  John  Whitney  (David, Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Orange  Co.  Vt.,  Nov.  8,  1848;  m.  Apr.  29,  1869,  Nancy  Almeda 
McCune,  b.  Dec.  27,  1849;  d.  Dec.  6, 1875;  m.2d,  Feb.  19,  1888,  Idagene  Lacy,  b.  July 
2,  1858. 

He  was  born  in  Washington,  \'t.,  and  when  but  three  years  of  age  his  parents 
moved  to  Jefferson  Co.,  Wis.,  settling  on  a  farm  where  he  resided  until  eighteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  began  teaching,  which  he  followed  for  some  time.  He  began 
preaching  in  the  winter  of  1867  and  was  ordained  an  elder  in  the  church  of  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ  in  1873.  He  followed  other  occupations  after  this.  Was 
inspector  for  Washburne  &  Moen  Manufacturing  Company  in  Pittsburg  and  Johns- 
town, Pa.,  in  barb  wire  factories  in  1888.  Since  that  has  been  working  at  carpenter 
work,  also  preaching  and  teaching.  He  spent  some  time  in  Valley  Co.,  Neb.,  in  1884. 
Then  in  Butler  Co.  in  winter  and  spring  of  1884  and  1885,  carpentering.  Returned 
to  the  old  home  in  Whitewater,  Wis.,  in  spring  of  1885;  then  in  May,  1885,  returned 
to  Butler  Co.,  Neb.,  and  worked  at  his  trade.     From  there  went  to  Oberlin,  Kan.,  and 


8521. 

i. 

8522. 

ii. 

8523. 

111. 

8524. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  561 


8525. 

i. 

8526. 

11. 

8527. 

111. 

8528. 

iv. 

8529. 

V. 

8533. 

ii. 

8584. 

lii. 

8535. 

iv. 

8536. 

V. 

took  a  homestead  and  timber  claim  in  Sherman  Co.,  Kan.  In  the  fall  of  1885  went 
to  Voltaire,  Sherman  Co.,  Kan.,  to  make  settlement  on  his  homestead.  After  this 
returned  to  Butler  Co.,  Neb.,  and  taught  school  during  the  winter  of  1885  and  1886. 
In  spring  of  1886  returned  to  his  homestead  at  Voltaire,  Kan.,  and  took  up  his  trade 
and  also_ continued  preaching;  res.  Goodland  and  Russell,  Kan. 

LuRA  Mabel,  b.  May  II,  1875;  res.  Whitewater,  Wis. 

John  Lacey,  b.  June  26,  1889. 

Austin  Von  Piekre.  b.  Aug.  27.  1891. 

Marie  Louise,  b.  Dec.  16, 1892;  d.  Apr.  8,  1894. 

Jennie  \'ida,  b.  Aug.,  1894. 

5647.  Willis  Wilber  Whitney  (John,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  at  Tunbridge,  \'t.,  Mar.  29,  1851;  m.  Nov.  3,  1877,  Adelia  R.  Bea- 
man,  of  Washington,  Vt.,  b.  1853;  d.July  4,  1879;  m.  2d,  Oct.  16,  1883,  Lucy  M.  Allen, 
b.  Oct.  15,  1866.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Tunbridge  and  Williamstown,  \'t. 

8530.  i.  Ella  May,  b.  Mar.  5,  1887. 

5649.  Charles  A.  Whitney  (John,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Williamstown,  Vt.,  May  19,  1854;  m.  in  Stow,  Mass.,  Aug.  29,  1887, 
Alice  Brown.     He  d.  Dec.  10,  1890;  res.  Maynard,  Mass. 

8531.  i.  Grace  S.,  b.  Feb.  9,  189U. 

5650.  Fred  H.  Whitney  (John,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  \\'illiamstown,  \'t.,  Aug.  18,  1856;  m.  Mar.  2,  1882,  Lizzie  B.  Webster,  b.  Sept. 
30,  1855;  res.  Williamstown,  \'t. 

8532.  i.  Susie  E.,  b.  May  16,  1883. 
Harry  F.,b.  Sept.  11,  1884. 
Emma  E.,  b.  Apr.  27,  1889. 
Aura  E.,  b.  June  5,  1891. 
Ora  E.,  b.  June  5,  1891. 

5658.  Orson  Whitney  (Aaron  P.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  No.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Jan.  4.  1^43;  m.  at  Corinth,  Nov.  8, 1869,  Emily  M.  Han- 
son, b.  Feb.  22,  1843;  d.  Jan.  14,  1875;  m.  2d,  Feb.  1,  1876,  at  So.  Royalton,  Laura  F. 
Jones,  b.  May  13,  1851;  res.  No.  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

8537.  i.  Warren  S.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1877. 

5663.  Aaron  Whitney  (Aaron  P.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  No.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Apr.  16,  1851;  m.  May  10,  1886,  Nellie  Hatch,  of  Straff- 
ord; res.  Tunbridge,  \'t. 

8538.  i.  Harry  S.,  b.  Apr.  21,  1887. 

5666.  Abijah  Parker  Whitney  (Aaron  P.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  No.  Tunbridge,  \'t..  May  22, 1857;  m.  June  30,  1885,  at  Chelsea, 
Clara  M.  Farnham,  b.  Sept.  11,  1862;  res.  No.  Tunbridge,  \'t. 

8539.  i.         Marion  S.,  b.  Mav  16,  1886. 

8540.  ii.        Elsie  E  ,  b.  Jan.  16,  1888. 

8541.  iii.       Abbie  M.,  h.  Dec.  26,  1889. 

8542.  iv.       Archie  Paul,  b.  Oct.  23,  1891. 

5667.  Horace  Greeley  Whitney  (Aaron  P.,  Aaron,  Benjamin.  Joseph,  Jo- 
seph, Jonathan,  John),  b.  No.  Tunbridge,  Dec.  14,  1858;  m.  Nov.  26,  1883,  Jennie  Cox; 
res.  So.  Royalton,  Vt. 

8543.  i.         Guy  Harrison,  b.  June  2, 1888. 

5670.  Byron  W.  Whitney  (William  F.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Nov.  10,  1860;  m.  Mar.  18,  1884,  Lydia  Tucker;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  3 
McDonald  Ave. 

8544.  i.         Mabel  A.,  b.  June  28,  1885. 

8545.  ii.        Jetta  G.,b.  Oct.  4,1887. 

8546.  iii.       Glen  E.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1890. 

5671.  Edward  T.  Whitney  (William  F.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Nov.  10,  1864;  m.  Feb.  25,  1889,  Clara  Jinkins; 
res.  Oakland,  Cal.,  856  Broadway. 

8547.  i.         William  Edward,  b.  May  8, 1893. 


8552. 

iii. 

8553. 

iv. 

8554. 

V. 

8555. 

vi. 

562  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

5672.  Nelson  C.  Whitney  (William  F.,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Sept.  6,  1868;  m.  May  30,  1891,  Sadie  Clark;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H., 
46  Hanover  St. 

8548.  i.         Christie  B.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1892. 

5680.  Frank  T.  Whitney  (Alvah  W.,  Isaac  W.,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Chelsea,  Vt.,  Aug.  26,  1856;  m.  Feb.  11,  1877,  at  West  Fairlee,  Adah 
M.  Blakely,  b.  Mar.  2,  1857.  He  is  sheriff  and  jailor  of  his  county;  is  a  well-known 
and  prominent  citizen;  res.  Chelsea,  Vt. 

8549.  i.  Florence  Ethel,  b.  Oct.  27,  1879. 

5688.  Alonzo  Asaph  Whitney  (Asaph  S.,  Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Nov.  11, 1834;  m.  there  Sept.,  1858;  Sarah  Parker,  b.  1838; 
d.  May  30,  1862;  m.  2d,  May  25,  1868,  Emily  Taylor  Hadley,  b.  Oct.  19,  1834;  res. 
Plymouth,  Vt. 

8550.  i.  Ella  M.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1855;  m.  1875,  Leander  M.  Carlisle,  b.  Jan.  27, 

1850;  res.  Tyson,  Vt.    Ch.:  Sarah  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1876;  Lewis 
A.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1885;  d.  May  5.  1886. 

8551.  ii.         Clara  A.,  b.  July  27,  1857;  m.  at  Charleston,  N.  H.,  W.  J.  Walker; 
m.  2d  Wm.  Hoyles,  s.  p.     She  d.  Mar.  9,  1891. 

Allen,  d.  ae.  5. 

Georgie,  d.  ae.  1, 

Charles  D.,  b  1874;  res.  Cavendish,  Vt. 

Edward  A.,  b. ;  d.  ae.  19. 

5700.  Henry  A.  Whitney  (Calvin,  Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Aug.  28,  1836;  m.  Jan.,  1868,  Mary  A.  Brown,  of  Wells,  N.  Y. 
He  d.  Jan.  12,  1890;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 

8556.  i.  Frank,  b.  Jan.,  1871. 

8557.  ii.         Roxanna  A.,  b.  1874. 

8558.  iii.        Effie,  b.  1877. 

8559.  iv.        Leroy,  b.  1882. 

5701.  RoswELL  O.  Whitney  (Calvin,  Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Aug.  29,  1«38;  n.  in  New  Bedford.  Mass.,  Aug.,  1859, 
Phiebe  Reynolds,  b.  1839;  d.  1878.  He  is  a  mason  by  trade,  but  of  late  years  has  been 
in  the  real  estate  business;  res.  Providence.  R.  1. 

8560.  i.  Fred  R.,  b.  May,  1861. 

8561.  ii.        A.  Elmore,  b.  Sept.  1867. 

5704.  Charles  W.  Whitney  (Calvin,  Daniel,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Oct.  25.1844;  m.  there  Mar.  14,  1865,  Charanda  Ellerson,  b. 
Dec.  19,  1847;  d.  June  24,  1889.     He  is  a  farmer  and  carpenter;  res.  Sudbury,  Mass. 

8562.  i.  Eva  M.,b.  May  16,  1866;  m.  May,  1884,  Mr.  Brigham.    Ch.:  Persis 

■    E.,b.  Apr.,  1886;  Alice  R.,  b.  Jan.  21,   1887;  Mabel  F.,  b.  July  4, 

1888;  Cora  M.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1890;  res.  Hudson,  Mass. 
Cora  F.,  b.  Sept.  22,  1870;  res.  S. 
Edgar  O.,  b.  July  8,  1873;  res.  S. 

Ida  M.,  b.  June  23, 1876;  m.  June  8,  1893,  Mr.  Noyes;  res.  Sudbury. 
Julia  A.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1878. 
Charles  H..  b.  May  19,  188i; 
Francis  E.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1883. 
Roy  a.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1884. 

5710.  Augustus  Whitney  (Hiram,  Daniel  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Mar.  22,  1842;  m.  in  Toledo,  O.,  Mar.  19,  1864,  Mary  Berg- 
stresser,  b.  Apr.  25,  1843.     He  is  a  painter  and  paper  hanger;  res.  Fremont,  O. 


8563. 

ii. 

8564. 

iii. 

85t  5. 

IV. 

8566. 

v. 

8567. 

vi. 

8568. 

vii. 

8569. 

vni. 

8570. 

Willie  Augu 

STUS. 

8576. 

vii. 

Andrew  J. 

8571. 

ii. 

Verga. 

8577. 

viii. 

Henry  J. 

8572. 

iii. 

Jeffie. 

8578. 

ix. 

LillieB. 

8673. 

iv. 

Frank. 

8579. 

X. 

Nettie. 

8574. 

V. 

Wallace. 

8580. 

xi. 

Hazel  K. 

8575. 

vi. 

Albert. 

5716.  George  F.  Whitney  (Orange,  Jazamiah,  James,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Lenapee,  N.  H.,  Feb.  9,  1839;  m.  at  Newport,  May  11,  1864,  Azubah 
C.  Wheeler,  b.  Aug.  25,  1838.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Newport,  N.  H. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  563 

8581.     i.         Frank  C,  b.  Mar.  11,  1865;  m.  Nov.  20,  1888,  Carrie  Newell,  b. 
May  5,  1868;  he  res.  at  Newport;  s.  p. 

5724.  John  W.  Whitney  (Lemuel,  John,  John,  James,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John  ), 
b.  Belvidere,  111.,  Aug;.  6,  1851;  m.  at  Montevideo,  Mmn.,  Nov.  10,  1880,  Julia  D.  Gra- 
ham, b.  Dec.  29,  1855;  res.  Hector,  Minn. 

8583.  i.         Ralph  S.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1881;  d.  Mar.  1.  1884. 

8584.  ii.        Fay  John,  b.  Mar.  8,  lb83. 

8585.  iii.       Alma  Gale,  b.  Aug.  30,  1885. 

8586.  iv.       Bessie  E.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1887. 

8587.  V.        Bert,  b.  1889. 

5728.  Oscar  L.  Whitney  (Lemuel,  John,  John,  lames,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  John), 
b.  Belvidere,  III,  Mar.  29,  1847;  m.  at  Fillmore,  Minn".,  Nov.  15,  1871,  Ann  M.  Riley, 
b.  May  1,  185U.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Hector,  Minn. 

8588.  i.         Charles  J.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1872. 

8589.  ii.         Nellie  F.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1874. 

8590.  iii.        R.  R.,  b.  May  30,  1877. 

573^  Francis  Marion  Whi-tney  (James,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sciola,  la.,  May  4,  1861;  m.  Nov.  19,  1882,  Hattie  B.  Chandler,  b. 
June  28,  1864. 

He  was  born  in  Montgomery  Co.,  la.,  and  remained  on  the  farm  of  his  father 
until  he  was  eighteen  years  oi  age,  when  he  taught  school  for  three  years.  When 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  at  Sciola,  and 
after  three  years  moved  to  Cumberland  where  he  is  engaged  in  general  merchandis- 
ing; res.  Sciola,  la.,  and  Cumberland,  la. 

8591.  i.  Gurney  Orville,  b.  Jan.  28,  1884. 

8592.  ii.         Floyd  Harrold,  b.  June  28,  1886. 

8593.  iii.       Lucia  Leona,  b.  Apr.  4,  1890. 

5734.  James  Alexander  Whitney  (James,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Sept.  27,  1866;  m.  Feb.  27,  1889,  Eva  Taylor,  b.  Feb.  5,  1869. 

He  is  a  native  of  Montgomery  Co.,  la.,  and  was  born  on  a  farm.  Remaining 
with  his  parents  until  attaining  his  majority  he  soon  engaged  in  business.  At  pres- 
ent he  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Whitney  Bros.,  general  merchants  at  Cumberland, 
la.;  res.  Sciola  and  Cumberland,  la. 

8594.  i,         Orvil  Robert,  b.  Feb.  1,  1890. 

5754.  C.  Lincoln  Whitney  (Calvin  F.,  Calvin,  Jonathan,  James.  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Dec.  13,  1860;  m.  Aug.  11,  1887,  in  Chicago,  Catherme  McAleer,  b. 
Cmcinnati,  O.,  Julv  19,  1863;  res.  Riverside,  111. 

8595.  i.        'Paul  Cleveland,  b.  June  11,  1888. 

8596.  ii.         Catherine  May,  b.  June  17,  1891. 

5756.  William  E.  Whitney  (Calvin  F.,  Calvin,  Jonathan,  James,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Camden,  Me.,  Sept.  5,  1866;  m.  at  Lincolnville,  Me.,  June  9,  1887, 
Alice  M.  Shiblee,  b.  July  1,  1866.     He  is  in  the  liverv  business;  res.  Thomaston,  Me. 

8597.  i.         Ura  M.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1888. 

8598.  ii.        Bertha  J.,  b.  Apr.  11,  1890. 

5770.  Capt.  William  Glennv  Whitney  (Ruluff,  Christopher,  William,  Wil- 
liam, William,  Joshua,  John),  b.Dryden,  N.  Y.,  Apr,  11,  1811;  m.  Oct.  20, 1836,  Melvina 
Fleming,  b.  June  14,  1814;  d.  Apr.  29,  1847;  m.  2d,  Mar.  20,  1850,  Elcey  F.  M.  \'an 
Vobrhees,  b.  May  5,  1823.  She  is  a  direct  descendant  of  Steven  Coerte  van  voor 
Hess  who  came  from  Holland  in  1660  and  settled  at  Flatlands,  L.  I.  She  d.  Feb.  8, 
1889. 

He  was  a  man  of  medium  height,  compactly  built,  but  with  no  spare  flesh;  dark 
brown  bright  eyes  and  black  hair.  He  worked  for  and  with  his  father  from  the  time 
he  was  large  enough  to  cook  and  wait  on  the  men  digging  coal,  gradually  becoming 
the  responsible  head  of  the  family.  He  became  part  owner  and  commander  of  a 
steamboat  plying  between  Port,  and  Cinti.,  and  it  is  not  known  whether  he  took  his 
title  "  Capt."  from  this  or  the  militia  company  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  captain. 
He  retained  the  grocery  up  to  1859,  also  carrying  on  a  commission  business.  Coming 
into  possession  of  a  canal  boat  through  going  security,  he  decided  to  run  it  in  con- 


664  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

nection  with  his  commission  (grain)  business,  and  finding  there  was  money  in  it 
built  a  line  of  boats  and  gave  his  whole  attention  to  buymg  the  grain  of  the  Scioto 
valley  and  shipping  it,  until  the  building  of  the  railroad.  Corrupt  legislation  against 
keeping  up  the  canal,  and  ill  health  ruined  his  fortunes.  He  was  no  politician 
and  never  sought  office,  but  filled  a  few  unremunerative  city  offices  to  oblige  his 
fellow  citizens.  In  party  he  was  a  Whig  until  after  the  war,  when  he  voted  Repub- 
lican. In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian.  All  his  life  was  given  to  the  service  of 
his  family,  and  a  long  invalidism  was  borne  with  patience  and  gentleness.  His 
purity  of  life  always  was  a  most  remarkable  part  of  his  character.  A  filthy  jest, 
slang,  or  profanity  or  rough  manners  were  his  abhorrence.  His  creed  was  "to  live 
and  let  live;"  not  meaning  by  that  self-indulgence,  but  a  belief  in  making  use  of  the 
good  things  of  this  life,  but  at  the  same  time  giving  everybody  else  a  chance,  even 
if  one  must  forego  some  advantage  to  do  it.  He  never  resided  anywhere  but  Ports., 
O.,  after  going  there  with  his  father  in  1821.  He  d.  Feb.  5, 1889;  res.  Portsmouth,  O., 
429  Waller  St. 

8699.  v.  IS.A.BELLA  Olive,  b.  July  4,  1851;  res.  at  home  unm. 
8600.  vi.  Mary  Jane,  b.  July  23,  1853;  m.  Aug.  30,  1876,  Charles  Edwin 
Jewell,  b.  Apr.  14,  1851;  d.  June  14,  1889.  Ch.:  Elsie  H.,  b.  Sept. 
4,  1877;  Charles  G.,  b.  June  28,  1880;  Susie  M.,  b.  Dec.  18,  1883; 
d.  June  12,  1884;  Tom  Whitney,  b.  June  14,  1889.  Whitney 
genealogy  of  Elsie  Howard,  Charles  Gordon  and  Tom  Whit- 
ney Jewell  through  their  father,  Charles  Edwin  Jewell,  as  shown 
by  "Jewell  Register"  and  book  of  Wm.  L.  Whitney,  of  Potts- 
ville,  Pa.  Richard  Whitney,  son  of  John  and  Elenor  Whitney, 
of  Watertown,  Mass.,  b.  England,  1626;  had  Moses,  by  wife 
Martha  Coldam,  b.  Watertown,  Aug.  1,  1655.  Moses  m.  Stow, 
Mass.,  Sarah  Knight;  had  among  other  children  Abraham,  b. 
May  29,  1692.  AlDraham  had  daughter  Mary  who  m.  Silas 
Jewell,  Jr.,  Nov.  22,  1748;  had  among  other  children  Silas  C,  b. 
Sept.  9,  1751;  d.  Marlboro,  Mass.;  m.  Abagail  Garfield;  had 
Lewis,  b.  Apr.  11,  1781;  m.  1st  Lucv  Goodwin,  1810;  had  Silas 
T.,  b.  May  23,  1812;  Silas  T.  resided  Harmar,  O.;  had  by  his  2d 
wife  Harriet  Howard,  Chas.  Edwin,  who  m.  Mary  Jane  Whit- 
ney, Ports.,  O. 
RuLUFF,  b.  Aug.  26,  1837;  m.  Ellen  M.  Cassiday  and  Mary  Louis 

Adams. 
Susannah,  b.  Sept.  5,  1840;  m.  July  31,  1887,  John  S.  Womble,  b. 

N.  Carolina,  May  4,  1841;  res.  s.  p.,  Oviede,  Orange  Co.,  Fla. 
Wm.  Fle.ming,  b.  Nov.  2,  1843;  m.  Lizzie  M.  Jones. 
James,  b.  Apr.  23,  1847;  d.  Apr.  25,  1847. 
Elsie  G.,  b.  June  6,  1858. 
Martha  W.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1860;  d.  July  18,  1862. 
Teresa,  b.  Mav  3,  1863;  m.  Nov.  25,  1886,  at  Des  Moines,  la., 
Allan  C.  McA'rthur,  b.   Mar.  4,  1854;  res.  Circleville,  O.     Ch.: 
Dorothy,  b.  Nov.  18,  1887. 

5771.  John  Whitney  (Ruluff,  Christopher,  William,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Solon,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,1801;  m.  Parnell  Fitch,  dau.  of  Elias  and  Rachel,  b. 
Salisbury,  Conn.,  June  29.  1812;  d.  s.  p.,  Aug.  11,  1839;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Arenia  (Fleming) 
Kellev,  b.  Ky.,  June  14,  1814.     He  d.  Dec.  25,  1854;  res.  Portsmouth,  O. 

8608.  i.         John  Nesbit,  b.  Mar.  7,  1845;  d.  unm.  July  2,  1884. 

8609.  ii.        James  G.,  b.  Apr.  22,  1847;  m.  Linda  Delia  Carr. 

5781.  Dr.  Benajah  Ticknor  Whitney  (Billa,  Christopher.  William,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  1813;  m.  1840,  Sarah  E. 
Hathaway,  d.  in  1872. 

Benajah  T.  Whitney  was  born  in  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  1813.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-four  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  a  Dr.  Perry, 
nephew  of  Commodore  Perry,  of  Cumberland,  in  the  state  of  Maryland;  but  com- 
pleted the  required  time  of  pupilage  with  Drs.  Goodyear  and  Hyde,  in  Cortland 
village,  in  New  York,  and  received  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine  from  the  Fair- 
field Medical  college  in  the  spring  of  1840.  While  in  attendance  upon  the  lecture 
course  at  Fairfield,  a  Dr.  McNaughton,  then  of  Saratoga,  was  practicing  and  giving 
instructions  at  that  place,  in  the  art  of  dentistry,  and  thinking  better  to  qualify  him- 
self for  the  general  practice  of  medicine,  Dr.  Whitney  availed  himself  of  the  instruc- 


8601. 

i. 

8602. 

ii. 

8603. 

iii. 

8604. 

iv. 

8605. 

vii. 

8606. 

VIII 

8607. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  565 

tions  of  tliis  gentleman,  who  laid  the  foundation  of  his  subsequent  successful  career 
as  a  practitioner  of  this  specialty  of  the  healing  art.  Immediately  after  his  gradua- 
tion he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  in  Norwich,  Chenango 
county,  and  united  with  the  general  practice  of  medicine,  that  of  dentistry,  which  he 
continued  until  the  summer  of  1848.  About  this  time  ill  health  admonished  him  that 
some  change  of  climate,  mode  of  life,  and  business  was  necessary,  and  he  accord- 
ingly removed  to  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  dentistry  alone, 
to  which  from  that  time  he  devoted  his  exclusive  interest.  While  in  Tennessee,  he 
became  connected  with  the  Mississippi  \'aney  Association  of  Dental  Surgeons,  one 
of  the  first  societies  if  not  the  first  of  the  kind  organized  in  this  country,  and  con- 
tributed several  valuable  papers  on  subjects  connected  with  dental  science.  Here 
it  was  he  first  became  interested  in  the  elevation  and  advancement  of  the  dental  pro- 
fession by  means  of  organizations  known  as  dental  societies,  which  since  that  time 
have  accomplished  so  much  in  the  diffusion  of  knowledge  and  the  advancement  of 
dental  science.  Dr.  Whitney  remained  about  two  years  in  Tennessee,  and  then  re- 
moved to  California,  where  he  spent  about  one  year.  In  1851  he  returned  and  went 
to  Buffalo,  and  soon  after  associated  himself  with  Dr.  Charles  W.  Harvey,  which  con- 
nection was  continued  until  1856,  after  which  time  he  continued  the  practice  of  den- 
tistry alone.  During  the  summer  of  1860  he  perfected  and  introduced  an  improved  vul- 
canizing machine  and  flask  which  still  bear  his  name,  and  by  which  he  is  known 
through  this  country  and  Europe  wherever  vulcanite  plates  are  made  for  artificial 
teeth.  In  1865,  finding  his  health  impaired  by  the  confinement  consequent  upon 
carrying  on  both  his  dental  and  vulcanizer  business,  he  associated  with  himself  Dr.  A. 
P.  Southwick,  in  whose  favor  he  relinquished  his  dental  practice  entirely  in  May, 
1867.  About  this  time  Drs.  B.  T.  Whitney,  George  E.  Hayes,  George  B.  Snow  and 
Theodore  G.  Lewis  formed  an  association  for  the  manufacture  of  various  appliances 
connected  with  dentistry,  under  the  name  of  the  Buffalo  Dental  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, and  to  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  this  company  Dr.  Whitney  devoted  his 
time  and  attention  until  continued  ill  health  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  relinquish 
all  business  cares,  and  seek  rest  and  recreation  in  a  pleasure  trip  to  Europe,  which 
occupied  the  summer  months  of  1871,  affording  him,  however,  but  temporary  relief 
from  the  effects  of  the  insidious  disease  which  eventually  terminated  his  life.  After 
his  return  from  Europe  in  October  last,  his  health  gradually  but  steadily  declined, 
and  since  the  first  of  January  he  had  been  confined  to  his  house,  and  for  the  most 
part  to  his  bed.  Death  relieved  him  of  his  suffering  on  Sunday  afternoon,  Jan.  28, 
at  about  three  o'clock.  About  1848  Dr.  Whitney  united  himself  with  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  in  whose  communion  he  ever  after  remained  an  active,  de- 
voted and  consistent  member.  For  many  years  he  was  connected  with  Trinity 
church,  but  upon  taking  up  his  residence  in  a  somewhat  distant  portion  of  the  city 
he  worshipped  with  the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  of  which  he  became  a  vestryman, 
holding  that  of^ce  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Not  only  to  the  many  friends  and 
acquaintances  of  Dr.  Whitney  will  his  death  prove  a  serious  loss,  but  the  dental  pro- 
fession both  here  and  throughout  the  state  will  be  pained  to  hear  of  his  decease. 
His  influence  for  good  was  felt  in  whatever  circle  he  moved,  whether  professional, 
religious  or  social.  He  was  prominent  and  indefatigable  in  all  movements  looking 
toward  the  progress  of  dental  science  in  this  state,  and  considered  it  a  duty  to  be 
present  at  all  meetings  held  for  that  object  within  any  reasonable  distance.  To  his 
efforts  especially  are  we  indebted  for  the  present  state  law  relating  to  dentistry.  He 
successively  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  Buffalo  Dental  Association,  the  Dental 
Association  of  Western  New  ^ork,  the  Eighth  District  Dental  Society,  and  the  Den- 
tal Society  of  the  state  of  New  York,  all  of  which  he  very  ably  filled.  Dr.  Whitney 
retained  his  connection  with  his  medical  brethren  and  always  evinced  a  warm  inter- 
est in  matters  relating  to  general  medicine  by  being  present  at  their  meetings.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Erie  County  Medical  Society.  In  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow 
men  he  was  very  genial  and  friendly,  and  was  governed  by  the  strictest  principles  of 
honesty  and  integrity.  In  short  he  was  everywhere  esteemed  as  the  true  type  of  a 
Christian  gentleman.  Mrs.  Whitney,  his  wife,  died  childless.  This  is  the  end  of  a 
family  that  a  short  time  ago  occupied  a  high  social  position  in  Buffalo,  the  head  of 
whom  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  his  profession  in  the  state.  Not  long 
before  his  death  Dr.  Whitney  returned  from  Europe,  through  which  he  traveled,  in 
hopes  of  finding  relief  from  the  fatal  disease  which  was  preying  upon  him.  Mrs. 
Whitney  was  the  companion  of  her  husband,  watching  him  with  the  most  unwearied 
solicitude.  He  returned  to  his  native  country,  only  to  linger  a  few  weeks  and  then 
goto  a  better  world.  The  death  of  her  husband  was  a  terrible  shock  to  Mrs  Whit- 
ney.    Like  one  of  old  she  mourned  and  refused  to  be  comforted.    She  left  Buffalo, 


566  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

with  a  view  of  spending  some  time  at  the  home  of  her  youth  in  Cortland.  Shortly 
after  her  arrival  there  she  was  attacked  by  what  her  physicians  termed  nervous  pros- 
tration, brought  on  by  excessive  grief.  From  this,  however,  she  so  far  recovered  as 
to  be  able  to  write  to  her  friends  in  Buffalo  and  elsewhere  that  she  was  convalescent. 
She  suffered  a  relapse  which  terminated  fatally.  Rev.J.  E.  Robie,  of  Buffalo,  a  distin- 
guished clergyman  and  editor,  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Mrs.  Whitney,  who  supported 
her  almost  fainting  form  as  she  stood  by  the  coffin  of  her  husband.  Upwards  of  twenty- 
five  years  before,  amid  all  that  made  life  happy,  Mr.  Robie  united  her  in  holy  wedlock 
to  the  husband  of  her  youth,  now  the  silent  inmate  of  that  coffin.  It  is  strange,  indeed, 
that  these  three  persons  connected  by  so  many  ties,  by  such  long  and  pleasing  asso- 
ciations, should  within  so  short  a  time  all  be  laid  in  the  tomb.  Mrs.  Whitney  was  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Gen.  S.  G.  Hathaway,  of  Cortland,  and  a  sister  of  Col.  Samuel 
G.  Hathaway,  of  Elmira.  She  was  also  a  sister-in-law  of  Mrs.  L.  B.  Proctor,  of  Dans- 
ville.     [Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  paper.]     He  d.  s.  p.  Jan.  28,  1872;  res.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

5785.  John  Ticknor  Whitney  (Christopher,  Christopher,  William,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  Johnt,  b.  Hinsdale,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  14,  1830;  m.  at  Franklinville,  Sept. 
7,  1851,  Mandana  McClure,  b.  Mar.  3,  1831.  He  is  a  manufacturer  of  harness,  and 
served  during  the  war  as  regimental  saddler  of  the  6th  N.  Y.  cavalry;  res.  Franklin- 
ville, N.Y. 

8610.  i.  Christopher,  b.  Apr.  14,  1852;  m.  Dec.  15,  1876,  Dell  Wiese; 

res.  F. 

8611.  ii.         Emma,  b.  Dec.  22,  1853;  m.  Albert  L.  Smith;  res.  West  Bay  City, 

Mich. 
8G12.     iii.        Fred,  b.  Dec.  2,  1856;  m.  Oct.  21,  1880,  Ellen  Bush;  res.  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

8613.  iv.        Mandana,  b.  Apr.  26,  1859;  m.  Mar.  30.  1880,  Vale  C.  Smith;  res. 

Olean,  N.  Y.  He  was  b.  June  24,  1857.  Ch.:  Beulah  L.,  b.  May 
25,  1881;  Fred  G..  b.  Dec".  9,  1883. 

8614.  v.         Nettie,  b.  Sept.  29,  1861;  m.  July  27, 1883,  William  F.  Showalter; 

res.  Niagara  Falls,  Ont.  He  was  b.  Apr.  14,  1859.  Is  a  carpen- 
ter. Ch.:  Clinton  Harry,  b.  May  17,  1884;  Lida  Whitney,  b. 
July  27,  1886. 

8615.  vi.       Addie,  b.  Aug.  15,  1864;  d.  Aug.  28,  1866. 

5786.  Rev.  Lyman  Whitney  (Christopher,  Christopher,  William,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Locke,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6.  1806;  m.  Aug.  24,  1828,  Elizabeth 
Weatherby,  b.  Sept.  16,  1811;  d.  at  Troy,  O.,  Apr.  12,  1894. 

He  studied  for  the  ministry  at  the  school  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  going  there  from 
Hinsdale,  N.  Y.,  in  the  .year  1836.  In  1840  he  moved  to  Ohio;  in  1843  he  went  to 
Bloomington,  111.;  in  1846  he  went  back  to  Ohio,  having  charge  of  churches  in 
Seville,  Greenfield,  Painesville  and  other  places.  For  a  while  he  also  had  charge  of 
a  church  in  Carrollton,  111.  In  the  fall  of  1856  he  went  to  St.  Anthony's  Falls,  Minn., 
and  remained  one  year.  From  there  he  went  to  Illinois;  thence  to  Kansas.  From 
Kansas,  in  the  year  1877,  he  came  to  California,  living  at  Los  Angeles,  where  he 
died.     He  d.  Aug.  20,  1889;  res.  Hinsdale,  N.  Y.,  and  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

8616.  i.  Albertus  L.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1829,  m.  Cornelia  L.  Tozer;  res.  Los  An- 

geles, Cal. 

8617.  ii.        Albert  B.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1830. 

5788.  RUFUS  Leroy  W^hitnev  (Christopher,  Christopher,  W^illiam,  W^illiam, 
W^illiam,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Homer,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  16,  1819;  m.  Feb.  24, 1848,  Maria  Louise 
Moses.     He  served  during  the  late  war;  res.  New  Scandia,  Republic  Co.,  Kan. 

8618.  .  i.    Lee,  b. . 

5797.  John  Fuller  Whitney  (Ruluff  D.,  Cornelius,  William,  William,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Sheffield,  Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1816;  m.  there  Oct.  23,  1837,  Sylvia  Lee; 
res.  Freedom,  O. 

8619.  i.  Amelia  L.,  b.  May  10,  1839;  m.  May  10,  1858. 

8620.  ii.         Mary  J.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1849;  m.  Nov.  25,  1871. 

8621.  lii.       John  C,  b.  Apr.  15,  1844;  m.  Oct.  18,  1866,  Anna  L.  Loomis,  b. 

Aug.  29,  1845.  He  enlisted  in  Battery  A,  First  Artillery,  Ohio 
Vols.,  was  wounded  in  the  head  at  Stone  River,  and  the  ball  is 
still  in  his  skull.  He  was  captured  by  the  rebels  and  was  for  a 
while  in  Libby  prison. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  567 

6808.  Virgil  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  1796;  m.  Nov.  30,  1819,  Marcia  L.  Doly.  He  d. 
Feb.  11,  1889;  res.  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

8622.  i.  Chas.  Frederick,  b.  Dec.  18,  1820;  d.  New  Orleans,  Dec.  8, 1844. 

8623.  ii.         Adeline,  b.  May  16,  1823;  m.  Apr.  10, 1844,  Rodnev  A.  Ford;  res. 

B.  Ch.:  Charles  Wallace,  b.  June  9, 1845;  m.  July  10, 18«3,  Kate 
Stockdale.  She  d.  Oct.  9,  1888,  at  Ninevah,  N.  Y.;  Charlotte 
Augusta,  b.  Nov.  14,  1846;  m.  Feb.  16,  1871,  Charles  Junius 
Knapp,  b.  June  30,  1845;  ch.,  Frederick  Percy,  b.  Jan.  17,  1872; 
Elliott  Carleton,  b.  Feb.  13,  1873;  d.  Dec.  4,  1874;  Helena  Ade- 
line, b.  Apr.  1,  1874;  Rodney  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  13, 1875;  Charles 
Egbert,  b.  Feb.  8,  1877;  d.  Oct.  23,  1882;  Bessie  Louise,  b.  July 
13,  1880;  Emily  Bertie,  b.  Apr.  27,  1882;  all  b.  at  Deposit,  N.  Y.; 
Mvra  Gaines,  b.  Aug.  26,  1848;  m.  Oct.  14,  18—  Bolivar  Rade- 
ke'r,  b.  July  3,  1830,  at  Colchester,  N.  Y.;  ch.,  IMarv  Elizabeth,  b. 
Sept.  2,  1880;  Carlton  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  28,  1882;  d.  July  25, 
1883;  Grace,  b.  June  2,  1885;  d.  Aug.  28,  1885;  Virgil  Whitney, 
b.  Nov.  4.  1851;  d.  Apr.  29,  1889;  m.  Oct.  15, 1876,  Delia  Shepard, 
b.  July  20,  1855;  ch.,  Frederick  Whitney,  b.  Dec.  24,  1877;  Rod- 
ney Augustus,  b.  Feb.  20,  1880;  d.  Oct.  9,  1881;  Alfa  Louise,  b. 
July  17,  1883;  Rodney  Augustus,  b.  June  28,  1887;  Mary  Louise, 
b.  Apr.  29,  1854;  d.  Mar.^14,  1888;  Frederick  Augustus,  b.  June 
7,  1860;  d.  Apr.  14,  1864;  George  Hunter,  b.  Feb.  2_',  18G5;  Helen 
Josephine,  b.  Nov.  13,  1866;  Edmund  Augustus,  b.  July  13,  1868; 
m.  Sept.  5,  1889,  Maude  E.  MacDonald,  b.  Sept.  25,  1871;  one 
ch.,  Helen  LaVergue,  b.  July  20,  1890. 

8624.  iii.        Robert  B.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1826;  d.  Dec.  1,  1858. 

8625.  iv.        Virgil,  b.  Aug.  18,  1833;  d.  Jan.  2,  1^63.     He  m.  Parmela  Whit- 

ney, Jan.  1,  1856. 

5809.  Gen.  \'incent  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William, 
Joshua,   Johnj,  b.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  12,  1799;  m.  Susan  Harper. 

He  was  a  member  of  legislature  1832-33;  brig.-gen.  of  militia  of  New  York 
state  1832.     He  d.  Feb.  14,  1861;  res.  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

8626.  i.  JuLl.A,  b. ;  m.  ^ Porter;  res.  B. 

5810.  George  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  18ul;  m.  July  25,  1824,  Sophia  Silk  Evans, 
b.  Kidderminster,  England,  May  28,  1806;  d.  Mar.  22,  1886.  He  d.  June  27,  1863;  res. 
Chenango,  N.  Y. 

8627.  i.  May  Elizabeth,  b.  July  1,  1825;  m.  July  24,1846,  Charles  White. 

She  d.  s.  p.,  Honesdale,  Pa.,  June  19,  1841. 

8628.  ii.         WiLLiA.M  Henry,  b.  July  10,  1827;  m.  Julia  Clarissa  Freeman. 

8629.  iii.        Sophia,  b.  May  10,  1830;  m.  Jan.  8,  1857,  Dr.  Thomas  Webb.     She 

d.  Feb.  24,  1860,  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.     He  was  grad.  at  the 
Geneva  Med.  college. 

8630.  iv.       Jane,  b.  Apr.  18,  1833;  m.  Mar.  26,  1859,  Oliver  Orby  Keeler;  d. 

Oct.  31,  1875,  at  Port  Dickinson,  N.  Y. 

8631.  V.         James  Evans,  b.  Jan.  18,  1836;  m.  Alice  M.  Angell. 

8632.  vi.       George,  b.  Feb.  12,  1839;  m.  Flora  A.  Paddock  and  M.  Louise 

Stoddard. 

8633.  vii.      Thomas  Water.man,  b.  June  18,  1840;  was  a  jeweler;  d.  unm. 

Apr.  3,  1887. 

8634.  viii.     Franklin,  b.  Oct.  30,  1844;  d.  Nov.  24,  1844. 
.    8635.     ix.        Rhoda,  b.  Jan.  11,  1847;  unm.;  res.  B. 

5811.  Washington  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  July  22,1803;  m.  Caroline  Park.  He  d.  Mar. 
14,  1875;  res.  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

8636.  i.         Franklin,  b. ;  res.  82  Murray  St.,  New  York  City, 

5813.  Joshua  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  17,  1805;  m.  Mar.  4,  1830,  Zara  Silk  Evans,  b.  July 
20,  1810.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  May  3,  1891 ;  res.  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

8637.  i.  Zara,  b.  May  15,  1832;  m.  Oct.  18,  1855,  Rev.  James  Winchell 


568  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Capen,  clergyman  in  the  M.  E.  church.     She  d.  s.  p.,  May  28, 
1857,  at  Richfield  Springs,  N.  Y. 

5815.  William  Wallace  Whitney  (Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Bin^hamton,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1810;  m.  1832,  Myra 
Clark;  b.  N.  O.,  La.,  1805;  she  m.2U  1839,  Maj.-Gen.  Edmund  Pendleton  Gaines;  b. 
1817;   d.  1849. 

Myra  Clark,  heiress,  born  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  in  1805;  died  there  Jan.  9,  1895; 
is  known  from  the  extraordinary  lawsuit  with  which  her  name  is  associated.  Her 
father,  Daniel  Clark,  born  in  Sligo,  Ireland,  about  1776,  immigrated  to  New  Orleans, 
where  he  inherited  his  uncle's  property  in  1799.  He  was  U.  S.  consul  there 
before  the  acquisition  of  Louisiana,  and  represented  the  territory  in  congress  in 
1806-8.  He  died  in  New  Orleans  Aug.  16,  1813,  and  his  estate  was  disposed  of  under 
the  provisions  of  a  will  dated  May  20,  1811,  which  gave  the  property  to  his  mother, 
Mary  Clark,  who  had  followed  him  to  the  United  States,  and  was  living  at  German- 
town,  Pa.  His  business  partners,  Relf  and  Chew,  were  the  executors.  Clark  was 
reputed  a  bachelor,  but  was  known  to  have  had  a  liaison  with  a  young  French 
woman  of  remarkable  beauty,  Quline  Des  Granges,  during  the  absence  of  her  re- 
puted husband  in  Europe.  Two  daughters  were  born  ot  this  connection,  one  at 
Philadelphia  in  April,  1802;  the  other  (Myra)  in  New  Orleans  in  1805.  The  latter 
was  taken  to  the  home  of  Col.  Davis,  a  friend  of  Clark's;  nursed  by  a  Mrs.  Harper, 
and  in  1812  went  with  Davis'  family  to  reside  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  passed  by 
the  name  of  Myra  Davis.  In  1803,  Davis  then  being  in  the  legislature,  sent  home 
for  certain  papers,  and  Myra,  in  searching  for  them  discovered  letters  that  partially 
revealed  the  circumstances  of  her  birth.  In  1832  she  married  W.  W.  Whitney,  of 
New  York,  who,  in  following  up  the  discovery,  received  from  Davis  an  old  letter  that 
contained  an  account  of  a  will  made  by  Clark  in  1813,  just  before  his  death,  giving 
all  his  large  estate  to  Myra,  and  acknowledging  her  as  his  legitimate  daughter. 
Whitney  and  his  wife  went  to  Matanzas,  Cuba,  saw  the  writer  of  the  letter  and, 
after  collecting  other  evidence,  instituted  suits  to  recover  the  estate,  which  included 
some  of  the  most  valuable  in  New  Orleans.  On  the  trial  of  one  of  these  cases  Mrs. 
Harper  testified  that  four  weeks  before  his  death  Clark  showed  her  the  will  he  had 
just  made  in  favor  of  Myra,  permitting  her  to  read  it  from  begmning  to  end,  and 
acknowledged  the  child's  legitimacy.  Baron  Boisfontaine  testified  that  Clark  told 
him  the  contents  of  the  will  and  acknowledged  the  child.  On  this  and  other  similar 
evidence  the  lost  or  destroyed  will  was  received  by  the  Supreme  court  of  Louisiana 
(Feb.  18,  1856,)  as  the  last  will  of  Daniel  Clark,  though  of  the  document  itself  no 
vestige  had  ever  appeared.  But  by  the  law  of  Louisiana  a  testator  can  not  make 
devises  to  his  illegitimate  child.  It  was  proved  by  the  testimony  of  two  sisters  of 
Myra's  mother,  one  of  v.hom  swore  she  was  present  at  the  ceremony,  that  Clark 
privately  married  her  in  Philadelphia  in  1803,  a  Catholic  priest  officiating;  she  hav- 
mg  previously  learned  that  Des  Granges,  her  supposed  husband,  had  a  prior  wife 
living,  and  was  therefore,  not  legally  her  husband.  Clark's  contemplated  acknowl- 
edgement of  the  marriage  was  said  to  have  been  frustrated  by  suspicions  of  her  fidelity, 
and  deserted  by  him  she  contracted  a  third  marriage.  In  another  suit  the  V.  S. 
supreme  court  decided  that  the  fact  of  the  marriage  and  legitimacy  was  established. 

Mrs.  Whitney  survived  her  husband,  married  Gen.  Gaines  in  1839,  and  survived 
him  also.  In  1856  he  filed  in  the  Supreme  court  of  the  United  States  a  bill  in  equity 
to  recover  valuable  real  estate  there  in  the  possession  of  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and 
a  decision  in  her  favor  was  rendered  at  the  December  term  of  1867.  The  value  of  the 
property  claimed  was  estimated  in  1861  at  §35,000,000,  of  which  Mrs.  Gaines  had  up  to 
1874  obtained  possession  of  86,000,000,  and  numerous  actions  for  ejectment  were  still 
in  progress.  Only  a  small  part  of  this  came  into  the  possession  of  the  claimant, 
the  rest  having  been  swallowed  up  in  the  interminable  legal  proceedings  that 
preceeded  the  final  victory.  In  April,  1877,  Judge  Billings,  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit 
court  at  New  Orleans,  rendered  a  decision  in  which  he  recognized  the  probate  of  the 
will  of  Daniel  Clark  of  1813.  The  decree  commanded  the  city  of  New  Orleans  and 
other  defendants  to  account  to  a  master  in  chancery  for  all  the  income  from  the 
property  during  their  possession,  and  deprived  them  of  their  titles  and  of  all  ac- 
cumulation therefrom.  The  master  made  a  report  from  which  an  appeal  was  taken 
and  in  May,  1883,  judgment  was  again  given  in  favor  of  Mrs.  Gaines  for  $1,925,667, 
with  §566,707  as  interest.  From  this  decision  a  fresh  appeal  was  taken  to  the  U.  S. 
supreme  court  in  the  month  of  June  following,  and  thus  the  matter  stood  at  her 
death.  Under  a  previous  decision  Mxs.  Gaines  could  have  turned  out  of  their  homes 
over   400   families   occupying  land  and  holding   titles  from  the  city,  but  although 


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greatly  in  need  of  money,  she  preferred  obtaining  judgment  against  the  city  to  taking 
harsh  measures.  With  this  view  she  steadily  declined  several  tempting  offers  of 
money  from  those  who  would  have  shown  little  mercy  to  the  innocent  holders  of  the 
disputed  property.  Although  wealthy  at  the  time  of  Gen.  Gaines' death,  his  widow- 
spent  her  entire  fortune  in  the  effort  to  free  her  mother's  name  from  stain,  and  secure 
the  millions  that  were  finally  decided  to  be  rightfully  hers.  See  Wallace's  "Cases 
Argued  and  Adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States." 

Gen.  Edmund  Pendleton  Gaines,  soldier,  b.  in  Culpepper  county,  Va.,  March  20, 
17T7;  died  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  June  6,  1849.  James  Gaines,  his  father,  commanded 
a  company  in  the  Revolutionary  war;  was  a  member  of  the  North  Carolina  legisla- 
ture, and  took  part  in  the  convention  that  ratified  the  Federal  constitution.  Edmund 
early  showed  a  preference  for  a  military  life.  Having  joined  the  U.  S.  army  he  was 
appointed  second  lieutenant  of  the  6th  Infantry  on  Jan.  10,  1799,  and  in  April,  1802, 
was  promoted  to  first  lieutenant.  He  was  for  many  years  actively  employed  on  the 
frontier,  and  was  instrumental  in  procuring  the  arrest  of  Aaron  Burr.  He  was  collector 
of  the  port  of  Mobile  in  1805,  and  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1807.  About  1811  he  re- 
signed from  the  army  intending  to  become  a  lawyer,  but  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  of 
1812  returned,  and  became  Major  on  March  24.  He  became  colonel  in  1813  and  at 
Chryslor's  field  on  Nov.  11,  covered  with  his  regiment  the  retreat  of  the  American 
forces.  Later  m  the  same  year  he  was  made  adjutant-general,  with  the  rank  of 
colonel.  He  was  promoted  to  brigader  general  March  9,  1814,  and  for  gallant  con- 
duct in  the  defense  of  Fort  Erie,  m  August,  1814,  where  he  was  severely  wounded, 
"repelling  with  great  slaughter  the  attack  of  a  British  veteran  army  superior  in  num- 
ber;" he  was  brevetted  major-general,  and  received  the  thanks  of  congress,  with  a 
gold  medal.  Similar  honor  was  done  him  by  the  states  of  \'irginia,  of  Tennessee  and 
of  New  York.  He  was  appointed  in  1816  one  of  the  commissioners  to  treat  with  the 
Creek  Indians.  He  was  in  command  of  the  southern  military  district  in  1817  when 
the  Creeks  and  Seminoles  began  to  commit  depredations  on  the  frontiers  of  Georgia 
and  Alabama,  and  having  moved  against  them  was  in  desperate  straits,  when  he  was 
joined  by  Gen.  Jackson,  a  circumstance  which  may  be  regarded  as  the  initiative  of 
those  measures  which  in  1820  added  Florida  to  the  United  States.  In  the  troubles 
which  arose  with  the  Seminoles  in  1836,  and  which  cost  Gen.  Thompson  his  life,  he 
was  again  engaged  and  was  se\'erely  wounded  at  Ointhlacoochie.  When  the  Mexican 
war  began,  some  ten  years  later,  he  made  himself  trouble  with  the  government  by 
assuming  the  liberty  of  calling  out  a  number  of  the  southern  militia  without  orders, 
and  was  tried  by  court-martiai,  but  not  censured.  He  was  a  man  of  simplicity  and 
integrity  of  character.  He  d.  Sept.  13,  1837;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.,and  New  Orleans, 
La. 

8638.  i.         James  G.,  b. ;  he  was  murdered  by  his  brother-in-law,  James 

Y.  Christmas,  in  1882. 

5822.  Joshua  Whitney  (Thomas,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William,  loshun, 
John),  b.  Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y.,  July  16,  1810;  m.  Mar.  13,  1838,  Elizabeth  M.  Bell, 
b.  Dec.  17,  1819;  res.  Atlanta, .Ga. 

8639.  i.         Mary  Frances,  b.  Dec.  25,  1828. 

8640.  ii.        Julia  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  21,  1842;  d.  Ga.,  Feb.  21,  1871, 

5824.  Henry'  Tho.mas  Whitney  (Thomas,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  June  21,  1815;  m.  Feb.  14,  1850,  Elizabeth  Park,  b.  Aug.  20,  1819; 
res.  Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y. 

8641.  i.         Charlotte  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  28,  1852. 

8642.  ii.        Thomas  Henry,  b.  June  3,  1854;  d.  Sept.  20,  1863. 

8643.  iii.       Jennie  Frances,  b.  Apr.  10,  1857. 

5835.  Charles  Snow  Whitney  (Wolcott,  Joseph,  Elijah,  John.  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1830;  m.  at  Northfield,  O.,  Apr.  2,  1854;  b.  Apr. 
8,  1832.     He  d.  Feb.  11,  1891 ;  res.  Akron,  O. 

8644.  i.         W.  W.,  b.  Dec.  5,  1855;  res.  Cleveland,  O. 

8645.  ii.        Daniel  L.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1860;  m.  Lillie  V.  Cariher. 

8646.  iii.       Nellie  V.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1878;  res.  Akron. 

5838.  Orla  H.  Whitney  (Norman  K.,  Joseph,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  24,  1839;  m.  Nov.,  1860,  at  Downer's  Grove,  111.,  Elvira 
Edgerly,  b.  June  30,  1837.     He  is  a  broker;  res.  11  Fairfield  Ave  ,  Chicago,  111. 

8647.  i.         Norman  Knox,  b.  Dec.  31,  1861;  m.  Eunice  Kelley. 

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670  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8648.  ii.        Hattie  B.,  b.  Nov.  24,  1863;  m.  Aug.  14,  1884,  L.  Tiffany;  res.  719 

W.  Lake  St.,  Chicago. 

8649.  iii.       Mary  A.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1869;   m.  Oct.  21,  1890,  George  Oliver;  res. 

721  W.  Lake  St. 

5842.  Rev.  Alfred  Brown  Whitney  (Samuel  B.,  William,  Elijah,  John,  Will- 
iam, Joshua,  John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  14,  1847;  m.  Tiffin,  O.,  Nov!  2,  1882,  Theo- 
dosia  Elizabeth  Beilharz,  b.  Oct.  19,  1847. 

Rev.  Alfred  Brown  Whitney  was  born  in  Boston,  the  son  of  Samuel  Brown  and 
Sarah  (Brown)  Whitney.  She  was  a  native  of  Edgecomb,  Me.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  in  Boston,  graduated  from  the  English  High  school,  studied  at  the 
Boston  Latin  school  for  college,  attended,  also,  the  Massachusetts  Inst,  of  Technol- 
ogy, to  prepare  for  civil  engineering,  but  afterward  entered  Brown  university  at 
Providence,  R.  I.,  to  ht  for  the  ministry.  He  subsequently,  in  1881,  was  graduated 
from  the  Newton,  Mass.,  Theol.  institution.  Dec.  13,  1863,  he  enlisted  for  the  war, 
and  went  to  the  front  in  the  11th  Mass.  Battery,  of  which  his  father  was  also  a  mem- 
ber. This  was  attached  to  the  9th  corps  (Gen.  A.  E.  Burnside's),  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  Their  first  engagement  was  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness.  They  were 
with  Grant  near  Appomattox,  when  Lee  surrendered.  He  was  in  some  dozen  battles 
and  the  siege  of  Petersburg  for  nine  months.  With  his  father,  he  was  discharged  in 
1865,  when  he  returned  to  school.  In  1874,  his  mother  and  two  sisters  having  died, 
and,  being  in  poor  health,  he  went  west,  teaching  school  in  Nebraska  and  Colorado. 
In  1875  he  was  ordained  pastor-elect  of  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Greeley,  Col. 
Subsequently  he  was  a  general  missionary  in  southwest  Colorado  under  the  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.  In  1882  he  was  married  to  Miss  Theo  E.  Beilharz, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Beilharz,  of  Tiffin,  O.  He  is  now  pastor  of  the  South  Street  Bap- 
tist church,  Indianapolis;  res.  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  53  Fletcher  Ave.,  s,  p. 

5848.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Henry  J.,  William,  Elijah,  John,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  New  Orleans,  La.,  May  14,  1847;  m.  in  N.  O.,  Nov.,  1872,  Lilly  McAn- 
drew  Eraser,  b.  May  1, 1850.  He  is  a  clerk  in  the  Penn.  railroad  offices;  res.  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

8650.  i.  Ross  Peterson,  b.  Dec.  29,  1875. 

8651.  ii.         Donald  Eraser,  b.  Aug.  19,  1878. 

5851.  Frank  R.  Whitney  (Alfred,  William,  Elijah,  John,  William,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  25,  1853;  m.  1872,  Ella  Pinto,  of  Kennebunk,  Me.;  res.  Boston,  Mass., 
add.  150  Commercial  St. 

8652.  i.  Alfred  M.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1874. 

8653.  ii.        Freddie  C,  b.  Sept.  13,  1879. 

8654.  iii.       Frank  H..  b.  Aug.  7,  1885;  d.  Oct.  20,  1885. 

5868.  Eli  Geddings  Whitney  (Theodore  A.,  Archibald,  Lebbeus,  Caleb, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  May  2,  1842;  m.  Sept.  4,  1866,  Josephine  B.  Huggins, 
b.  Feb.  8,  1848,  in  North  Carolina.  He  d.  Sept.  2,  1890;  res.  Wilmington,  N.  C; 
Charleston,  S.  C.,  and  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Annie  McLeod,  b.  July  29,  1866. 

Eliza  Brown,  b.  Jan.  '^9,  1868. 

Florence  Huggins,  b.  Jan.  19,  1872. 

Wm.  a.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1874. 

Hall  Geddings,  b.  Oct.  11, 1875. 

Theodore  Arthur,  b.  July  7,  1877. 

Phcebe  May,  b.  May  27,  1882. 

Grover  Cleveland,  b.  Nov.  4,  1884. 

Bessie  Miller,  b.  Dec.  11,  1888. 

Robert  Gary,  b. ;  d.  June  27,  1882. 

5924.  William  Henry  Whitney  (James  J.,  John  M.,  James  R.,  Caleb,  William, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Fayette,  Miss.,  Dec.  31,  1862;  m.  Feb.  18, 1881,  Naomi  Burch  Camp- 
bell.    He  d.  Apr.  24,  1886;  res.  Fayette,  Miss. 

8666a.  i.  Camille,  b.  June  21,  1884;  d.  Sept.  21,  1885. 

8667a.  ii.        Eabl  Frost,  b.  June  30,  1885. 

6931.    James   McCaleb  Whitney  (Prosper   K.,   John   M.,  James   R.,   Caleb, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Fayette,  Miss.,  Dec.  12,  1860;  m.  Nov.  6,  1882,  Delia 
Stevens;  d.  Dec,  1886;  m.  2d,  Aug.,  1887,  Katie  Mayberry;  res.  Longview,  Tex. 
8666.    i,         Katie  Juanita,  b.  Jan.  12,  1884. 


8655. 

8666. 

ii. 

8667. 

HI. 

8668. 

IV. 

8659. 

v. 

8660. 

VI. 

8661. 

vn. 

8662. 

vni. 

8663. 

IX. 

8664. 

X. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  571 


8667. 
8668. 

i. 
ii. 

8669. 

111. 

8670. 

IV. 

8671. 

V. 

5952.  Julius  Oliver  Whitney  (Oliver  C,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Mar.  25,  1832,  in  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  m.  in  Chicago,  Cordelia 
Watrous,  b.  Dec.  28,  1832;  res.  1047  W.  Taylor  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

8666.    i.  Nellie  Edith,  b.  Feb.  4,  1862;  res.  at  home, 

5953.  RiL^Y  Whitney  (Orrin,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mex'i3,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  1819;  m.  Jan.  5,  1842,  Ruth  S.  Green;  res.  Mexico, 
N.  Y. 

Leonard  Ames,  b.  Nov.  27, 1842;  m.  Jennie  E.  Rich. 
Frances  E.mertie,  b.  Apr.  6,  1845. 
Albert  Ceylon,  b.  June  22,  1849. 
Sarah  Fidelia,  b.  Oct.  11,  1852. 
Laura  Josephine,  b.  July  80,  1859. 

5955.     Henry  Milton  Whitney  (Orrin,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Corne- 
lius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1824;  m.  in   New  Haven,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28, 
1846,  Rhoda  Ann  Halladav,  b.  Aug.  27,  1827.     He  is  a  contractor;  res.  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
8672.     i.  Rosa  Emeline,  b.  Oct.  23,  18.52;  d.  July  7,  1853. 

•  8678.     ii.         Orla   Jesse,  b.   Nov.  8,  1854;    m.  June  10,  1886;  res.  120  East 
Bridge  St.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

8674.  iii.        Geo  Henry,  b.  Sept.  8,  1857;  m.  Mar.  22, 1883;  res.  112  E.  Bridge 

St.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

5957.     Edwin  Whitney  (Orrin,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Joshua, 

John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1830;  m.  Jan.  10,  1856,  Mary  Jewett.     She  d. ; 

m.  2d,  Feb.  25,  1867,  in  Syracuse,  Anna  Winkworth.  b.  Apr.   12,   1839;  res.  Oswego, 
N.  Y. 

8675.  i.  Jessie,  b.  June  20,  1871. 

8676.  ii.         Irving,  b.  June  9,  1880. 

5966.  Dr.  Grove  Dutton  Whitney  (Alvin  L.,  James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Pavilion,  N.  Y.,  Mav  8, 1842;  m.  at  Rochester,  Mich.,  Dec.  23, 
1867,  Rebecca  B.  Whitney,  b.  Oct.  11,  1843. ' 

He  is  a  doctor;  studied  medicine  at  University  of  Michigan  186.V70.  Served  as 
a  private  in  Co.  A,  140th  Regt.  N.  Y.  S.  \'ols.;  was  in  many  engagements  and  twice 
wounded;  discharged  Julv  8,  1865;  res.  Pavilion,  N.  Y. 

8677.  i.  Mary' Eliza,  b.   Jan.  25,  1870;  m.  May  10,  1893,  W.  J.  Malette; 
res.  Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 

Geo.  Cephas,  b.  Jan.  26,  1873;  res.  P. 

Effie  Aroline,  b.  Jan.  4,  1875;  d.  Aug.  18,1878. 

Lutine  Day,  b.  Sept.  21, 1877. 

Bessie  Aroline,  b.  Sept.  29, 1879. 

5968.  Rev.  Edavin  James  Whitney  (Alvin  L.,  James,  Cornelius,  Matthias, 
Cornelius,  Joshua,  Johni,  b.  Pavilion,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  10,  1847;  m.  at  Le  Roy,  June  27, 
1871,  Almira  C.  Bentley,  b.  Oct.  14,  1849. 

He  remained  at  his  parents'  home  in  Pavilion  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  broom  making,  which  he  followed  for  several  years, 
until  he  was  27,  when  he  was  received  into  the  Genessee  conference  of  the  M.  E. 
church  as  a  probationer  in  the  traveling  connection  as  preacher,  being  appointed 
at  Parma  Center,  Monroe  Co  ,  N.  Y.,  as  first  circuit,  Sept.,  1874.  His  following 
appointments  have  been:  1877  to  1879,  Newfane,  N.  Y.;  1879  to  1881,  Kendall,  N.  Y.; 
1881  to  1884,  East  Clarkson;  1884  to  1885,  Chili,  N.  Y.;  1885  to  1888,  North  Parma,  N. 
Y.;  1888  to  1893,  Waterport,  N.  Y.,  and  in  October,  1893,  he  was  stationed  at  Castile, 
where  he  now  lives.  He  is  a  son  of  Alvin  Whitney,  who  was  born  m  Granville, 
Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  September,  1803,  moving  to  Pavilion  in  1825,  marrying  Miss 
Betsev  Cook,  December,  1826.    Alvin  died  Feb.  4,  1883;  res.  Castile,  N.  Y. 

Wm.  F..  b.  May26, 1872. 

Minnie  M.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1874;  res.  12  King  St.,  Rochester. 

Edwin  M.,  b.  Mar.  17,  1877. 

Alvin,  b.  Nov.  10,  1879. 

Yale  B  ,  b.  Jan.  22,  1884. 

Case  Ward,  b.  Aug.  4,  1890. 

5971.  Orville  Howard  Whitney  (Chauncey  B.,  James,  Cornelius,  Matthias, 
Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  21,  1828;  m.  there  Sept.  29, 1859,  Clara 


8678. 

ii. 

8679. 

iii. 

8680. 

IV. 

8681. 

v. 

8682. 

i. 

8688. 

ii. 

8684. 

ni. 

8685. 

iv. 

8686. 

V. 

8687. 

vi. 

572  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


Graham,  b.  May  11,  1841.     He  was  a  volunteer  in  the  late  war;  is  a  painter  by  trade; 
res.  ]\Icxico  ^.  Y. 

8688.  'i.  *     '  Chaunxey  O.,  b.  June  26,  1861;  m.  1881;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

8689.  ii.         Emma  S.,  b.  July  2,  1865;  m.  1888, Sherwin,  res.  Mexico. 

8690.  iii.       Geo.  H.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1867;  m.  1888;  res.  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

8691.  iv.       George  ANN  A,  b.  Oct.  14,  1867;  m.  1889, — ^pplegate;  res. 

Atlantic,  la. 

5972.  Addison  P.  Whitney  (Chauncey  B.,  James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Corne- 
lius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Mexico,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1830;  m.  Jan.,  1856,  Clara  Sprague;  res. 
Goodman  place,  Hartford,  Conn. 

8692.  i.  Geo.  Willie,  b.  Apr.  14,  1858;  d.  June  5,  1871. 
8698.     ii.         Erwin  Lester,  b.  Oct.  14,  1864;  res.  N.  Y.  City. 

8694.  iii.       Genevieve  E.,  b.  1868;  d.  1868. 

5982.  William  Kirk  Whitney  (James  P.,  James,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Corne- 
lius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Romeo,  Mich.,  July  17,  1838;  m.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Feb.  11, 
1865,  Caroline  Stimson;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

8695.  i.  Narisse  Crittenden,  b. ;  unm. 

8696.  ii.         Ethel  Stuart,  b. ;  unm. 

8697.  iii.       James  Proctor,  b.  Aug.  16,  1872;  unm.;  commercial  traveler;  res. 
901  Filmore  St.,  San  F. 


Matthias,  Cor- 
Y.,  Feb.  19, 


5988.  Harry  Cyrus  Whitney  (Cyrus,  Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1862;  m.  Dec.  11,  1889,  Georgia 
Story,  b.  Aug.  15,  1865.  He  is  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the  Watertown  gas 
works;  res.  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

5992.  Charles  L.  Whitney  (Lyman  E.,  Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Nov.  27,  1851,  Mexico,  N.  Y.;  m.  Dec.  18,1872,  Mary  Adams, 
b.  Dec.'25,  1847;  res.  Welhvood,  N.  Y. 

8699.  i.  William  L.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1873;  res.  Palermo,  N.  Y. 

8700.  ii.         Glenn,  b.  Apr.  11,  1877;  res.  Palermo,  N.  Y. 

5995.  George  B.  Whitney  (James  R.,  Eliphalet,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Feb.,  1847;  m.  Ellen  Munger;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

8701.  i.  Lucy,  b. . 

8702.  ii.         Herbert,  b. , 


6006.  Orson  Silas  Whitney  (Silas,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Centerville,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1849;  m.  in  Harlan,  la.,  Feb.  29,  1872, 
Mary  Baird,  b.  May  22,  1854;  res.  Coleridge,  Neb. 

Gertrude,  b.  Nov.  28,  1872;  unm. 
Mary  E.,  b.  June  2,  1876;  d.  Mar.  11,  1880. 
Orson  D.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1879;  d.  Aug.  21, 1889. 
Ralph  B.,  b.  May  29, 1883. 
Ruth  L.,  b.  Oct.  13, 1885. 
Roy  M.,  b.  Sept.  17, 1888. 

6007.  Oscar  Cross  Whitney  (Silas,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Centerville,  N.  Y.,  June  27,  1851;  m.  in  Atlantic,  la.,  Feb.  6,  1876, 
Onona  M.  Bliss,  b.  Mar.  21,  1856;  res.  Coleridge,  Neb. 

8709.  i.  Bertha  Harriett,  b.  Mar.  26,  1877. 

8710.  ii.  Grace  Lorette,  b.  Mar.  16,  1879. 

8711.  iii.  AlbertOscar,  b.  Feb.  13,  1882. 

8712.  iv.  Elsie  Myrtle,  b.  Mar.  17,  1887. 


8703. 

i. 

8704. 

n. 

8705. 

111. 

8706. 

IV. 

8707. 

v. 

8708. 

VI. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  573 


6009.  Henry  B.Whitney  (  Lucius,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Sand  Bank,  N,  Y.,  May  2,  1838;  m.  Apr.  28,  1861,  Martha  H.  Smith, 
b.  Sept.  22, 1840. 

"  When  he  was  about  four  years  old  his  father  moved  to  Chaumont,  Jefferson  Co., 
N.  Y.;  from  there  he  moved  to  La  Forgeville,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.;  from  there  to  Red- 
field,  Oswego  Co.;  then  to  Sandy  Creek,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.;  there  Henry  began  to 
learn  the  carriage  maker's  trade.  In  1857  he  moved  to  Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  and  has 
resided  there  ever  since.  Aug.  6,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  B.,  110  N.  Y.  V.  I.,  Col. 
Littlejohn  in  command;  reached  Baltimore,  Md.  Co.  B  was  detailed  to  guard  the 
railroad;  joined  the  regiment  and  embarked  on  the  U.  S.  transport  "Ericsson;" 
Nov.  4,  1862;  landed  at  Ship's  Island  Dec.  16,  1862;  left  there  Dec.  25;  landed  at 
Carrolton,  La.;  went  in  camp  Jan.  2,  1863;  went  to  Baton  Rouge  in  March;  was  in 
action  when  Farragut  run  the  Port  Hudson  batteries;  then  down  the  river  to  Algiers; 
by  railroad  to  Berwick  bay;  Apr.  13  and  14  was  in  the  battle  of  Bisland;  at  Opelusas, 
La., the  company  was  detached  with  three  other  companies;  on  their  return  to  13erwick 
were  attacked  by  Gen.  Dick  Taylor's  army  and  quite  a  number  killed  and  wounded. 
We  were  hurried  to  Port  Hudson  by  railroad  and  steamboat,  landing  at  Springfield, 
May  29.  The  next  day  they  were  in  our  position  about  the  center  of  the  line;  was  put 
in  the  charge  on  June  14.  June  20  we  crossed  the  river  and  joined  the  regiment  guard- 
ing that  side  of  the  river,  until  Port  Hudson  surrendered,  July  9;  went  in  the  hos- 
pital Aug.  22;  joined  the  company  again  Nov.  17  at  New  Iberia,  La.;  Jan.  4  marched 
to  Franklin.  He  was  detailed  in  the  Div.  Q.  M.  office;  went  to  duty  again  Feb.  19; 
regiment  arrived  at  Fort  Jefferson,  Fla.,  Feb.  28;  remained  there  until  Aug.,  when 
he  embarked  for  home,  leaving  a  good  many  of  our  comrades,  who  died  from  the 
fevers  of  that  climate.  Since  his  arrival  at  home  he  has  worked  at  his  trade  in  this 
village;"  res.  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

8713.  i.  Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1862;  d.  Apr.  30,  1863. 

8714.  ii.         Fred  G.,  b.  Mar.  19,  1868;  res.  P. 

8715.  iii.       Earnest  A.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1872. 

6013.  William  Sanford  Whitney  (Eseck,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias, 
Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Pineville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  27,  1845;  m.  Feb.  26,  1871,  Harriett 
Ophelia  Strong,  b.  Feb.  25,  1853;  res.  Massena,  la. 

8716.  i.  Etta  M.,  b,  Mav  20,  1873. 
Nina  D.,  b.  Oct.'21,  1875. 
Leon  E.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1878. 
ViRA  R.,  b.  June  14,  1880. 
Lloyd  W.,  b.  Aug.  11,1884. 
Meda  M.,  b.  July  16,  1888. 

6015.  Cheanev  Orley  Whitney  (Thomas,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias, 
Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Centerville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  20,  \><b2;  m.  at  Elkhorn,  la.,  Feb. 
1,  1882,  Carrie  B.  Christensen,  b.  .\'ew  Denmark,  Wis.,  July  21,  1853.  He  is  an  engi- 
neer and  builder;  res.  516  Alton  St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

8722.  i.  Lester  L.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1883. 

8723.  ii.         Mabel  Sophia,  b.  Aug.  2,  1886. 

8724.  iii.       Thomas  Frederick,  b.  Dec.  7,  1888. 

6016.  Walter  J.  Whitney  (Thomas,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  3,  1847;  m.  at  Rockford,  HI.,  Sept.  1,  1868,  Har- 
riet Chase,  b.  Dec.  17,  1848.     He  is  a  veterinary  surgeon;  res   Exira,  la. 

8725.  i.  Orley  H.,  b.  Oct.  25,  1868;  d.  May  30,  1877. 

8726.  ii.         Jessie  M.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1871;  m. Poage;  res.  Exira. 

8727.  iii.       Leonard  J.,  b.  May  22,  1873;  res.  Ex. 

6017.  George  W.Whitney  (Thomas,  Cornelius,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  1848;  m.  July  30,  1869,  in  Shelby  Co.,  la.,  .^lice  Castle, 
b.  1856.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Gibbon,  Neb. 

8728.  i.  Daniel  S.,  b.  1871. 

8729.  ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1872;  m.  1890, Marshall;  res.  Aurora,  Neb. 

8730.  iii.  Jennie,  b.  1886. 

8731.  iv.  Edith,  b.  1876;  d.  1889. 

6021.  James  Grant  Whitney  (Franklin  H.,  John,  Cornelius,  Matthias,  Cor- 
nelius, Joshua,  John),  b.  Whitneyville,  Cass  Co.,  la.,  Jan.  20,  1864;  m.  at  Atlantic,  Feb. 
12,  18f<9,  Nellie  M.  Milner,  b.  Nov.  13,  1863. 


8717. 

ii. 

8718. 

in. 

8719. 

IV. 

8720. 

V. 

8721. 

VI. 

8736. 

ii. 

8736. 

III. 

8787. 

IV. 

8738. 

V. 

8739. 

vi. 

8740. 

Vll. 

8741. 

viii. 

8742. 

ix. 

574  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

He  was  born  Jan.  20,  1864,  in  Whitneyville,  Cass  County,  la.  In  a  short  time  his 
parents  removed  to  Lewis,  same  county,  and  from  there  to  Atlantic,  where  most  of 
his  hfe  has  been  spent.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  entered  the  Atlantic  bank  as 
assistant  bookkeeper.  He  is  now  junior  partner  in  the  firm,  and  also  cashier.  On 
Feb.  12,  1889,  he  was  married  to  Nellie  M.  Milner;  res.  Atlantic,  la. 
8732     i.         Elinor  Marie,  b.  May  15,  1891. 

8733.  ii.        Grace  Evelyn,  b.  Nov.  15,  1892;  d.  Feb.  19,  1893. 

6037.  Elkanah  Whitney  (William  M.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Matthias,  Cornelius, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Rush,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  24,  1832;  m.  in  Cottage  Grove,  Ore.,  Jan.  8,  1861, 
Mary  Ann  White,  b.  Oct.,  1839.  He  is  a  farmer  and  stockraiser;  res.  Lane  and 
Gale,  Ore. 

8734.  i.  Albert  Vine,  b  Oct.  7,  1861.  He  is  engaged  in  stockraising,  is 
unm.;  res.  Cottage  Grove,  Ore. 

Phebe  Jane,  b.  June  20, 1863;  d.  Sept.  20, 1867. 
Wm.  Perry,  b.  Jan.  18,  1865. 
Daniel  Merion,  b.  Jan.  10,  1868, 
Caroline,  b.  July  13,  1872. 
Jerome,  b.  Oct.  25. 1874. 
Johnston,  b.  Sept.  20,  1877. 
Martha  Ann,  b.  Dec.  20,  1880. 
RosiNA  Jane,  b.  Jan.  10,  1884. 

6095.  Asa  H.  Whitney  (Edward  B.,  Asa,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Forrestville,  N.  Y.,  June  2,  1850;  m.  June  6,  1883,  Ida  M.  Vrooman,  b.  July  21, 1860. 
He  is  a  dry  goods  merchant;  res.  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  612  Central  Ave. 

8743.  i.         Howard  Vrooman,  b.  Apr.  24,  1887. 

8744.  ii.        Julia  Marie,  b.  Apr.  12, 1893. 

6100.  Horace  Porter  Whitney  (Thomas  P.,  Noah  A.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Sept.  19,  1836,  in  Toledo,  O.;  m.  there  June  30, 1863,  Mary  Bishop. 
He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  Mar.  24,  1885;  res.  Toledo,  O. 

Alice  May,  b.  July  22,  1867. 

Mabel  Blanche,  b.  Jan.  25,  1872. 

SvRA  Irene,  b.  July  3,  1874. 

Herbert  Porter,  b.  July  21, 1877 

6104.  Walter  James  Whitney  (George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Pavilion,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6,  1830;  m.  Oct.  3,  1854,  Margaret  E.  Dow,  b. 
Mar.  21,  1833.     He  is  a  contractor;  res.  463  So.  Robey  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

8749.  i.  Geo.  Walter,  b.  July  22,  1855;  m.  Emma  Davis. 

8750.  ii.         Chas.  Wm.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1857;  m.  Ella  M.  Warner. 

8751.  iii.        Henry  L.,  b.  Mar.  24,  1862;  unm.;  res.  Motto  Grosso,  Brazil,  S.  A. 

6105.  William  Colt  Whitney  (George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  11,  1832;  m.  Naperville,  111.,  1856,  Helen 
M.  Wilcox,  b.  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Apr.  7,  1837.  He  d.  May  29, 1872;  res.  Naperville, 
III.,  Toledo,  O.,  and  Downeyville,  Cal. 

8752.  i.  Fred,  b.  Feb.  24,  1857;  m.  Mary  Marshall. 

8763.  ii.  Flora  Sierra,  b.  Jan.  26,  1859;  m.  1878,  at  Aurora,  111.,  F.  X. 
O'Brien.  Ch.:  Frank  L.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1879;  d.  Aug.  28,  1871; 
Annie  H.,  b.  July  30,  1883;  m.  2d,  June  3,  1889,  James  L.  Riland, 
b.  May  5,  1857;  res.  Leadville,  Col. 

6107.  George  Keyes  Whitney  (George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Pavilion,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  8,  1838;  m.  at  York,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9,  1864,  Jane 
R.  Stewart,  b.  Nov.  18,  1842.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

8754.    i.  Mary  S.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1866;  m.  Oct.  19,  1887,  Myron  A.  Bow. 

8765.  ii.         Jennie  N.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1868;  m.  May  8,  1890,  James  J.  Gilmore;  res. 

York,  N.  Y. 

8766.  iii.       Walter  W.,  b.  July  29,  1872;  m.  June  22, 1893,  Olive  Sherwood; 

res.  Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

6109.  Thaddeus  E.  Whitney  (George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  York,  N.  Y.,  Sept  21,  1844;  m.  there  Dec.  12,  1877,  Jennie  Hunter,  b. 
Apr.  16,  1861.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  York,  N.  Y. 


8745. 

8746. 

8747. 

in. 

8748. 

iv. 

8757. 

j. 

8758. 

ii. 

8759. 

in. 

8760. 

IV. 

8761. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  575 

George  Field,  b.  Sept.  6,  1879. 
John  Hunter,  b.  May  21,  1881. 
Ralph  Harrlson,  b.  July  9,  1884. 
Mary  Helen,  b.  May  18,  1886. 
Thaddeus  Edward,  Jr.,  b.  July  2,  1888. 

6113.  John  B.  Whitney  (George  W.,  Shubael,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Cleveland,  O.,  Oct.  31,  1848;  m.  in  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  Dec.  7,  1881,  Rebecca 
Colvin,  b.  July  7,  1854. 

He  was  born  in  Cleveland,  O.,  but  soon  after  his  marriage  located  in  Chicago, 
where  he  is  at  present  senior  member  of  the  well  known  firm  of  Whitney,  Chris- 
tenson  &  Co..  manufacturers  and  jobbers  of  pants.  His  factory  and  general  sales- 
rooms are  at  254  Monroe  St.;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  5486  Washington  Ave. 

8762.  i.  Helen  Althea,  b.  Sept.  5,  1883. 

8763.  ii.        Arthur  Colvin,  b.  May  19.  1885. 

6120.  James  Watrous  Whitney  (George  R.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Parma,  O.,  Sept.  2,  1843;  m.  in  Ripley,  O.,  May  13,  1869,  Lizzie 
Torbet,  b.  Jan.  10,  1846. 

Jas.  W.  Whitney  was  born  in  Cuyahoga  Co.,  O.,  Sept.  2,  1843.  Attended  school 
at  Baldwin  university,  Berea,  O.  Enlisted  in  Battery  D,  1st  O.  V.  Y.  Lt.  Artillery 
Aug.  15,  1862.  Was  in  thirty-one  engagements  and  eleven  hard  fought  battles;  once 
taken  prisoner;  honorably  discharged  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  June  10,  1865,  the  war 
being  over.  Engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  bent  carriage  wood  work  at  Berea  and 
La  Grange,  O.,  for  fifteen  years.  Moved  to  Anderson,  Ind.,  in  1881 ;  engaged  in  the  hard- 
wood lumber  business  for  four  years.  Moved  to  Denver,  Col.,  in  April,  1886,  and  is 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  res.  Denver,  Col.,  1725  Arapahoe  St. 

■"8764.     i.  Carrie  May,  b.  Apr.  13,  1870;  d.  Feb.  5,  1875. 

8765.  ii.         And  one  other  child  that  died  young. 

6121.  George  Appleton  Whitney  (George  R.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua, 
David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Berea,  O.,  Nov.  28,  1838;  m.  in  Elyria,  O.,  Dec.  2,  1869,  Mary 
Arabella  Patterson,  b.  May  10,  1850. 

He  was  born  in  Berea,  O.  He  was  educated  at  Berea,  O.,  and  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  for  the  Union.  After  the  war  closed  he  engaged  in  manufacturing  business 
in  Berea.  He  seems  to  have  inherited  a  natural  mechanical  genius  from  some  source, 
possibly  from  the  same  fountain  head  from  which  Eli  Whitney,  the  inventor  of  the 
cotton-gin,  received  his.  He  has  had  several  inventions  patented.  He  is  now  a 
manufacturer  at  \'andalia.  III.;  res.  Defiance,  O.,  and  Vandalia,  111. 

8766.  i.  Grace  Mildrid,  b.  May  2,  1874;  d.  Aug.  9,  1881. 

8767.  ii.         Ethel  Sophia,  b.  Feb.  26, 1879. 

6122.  George  E.  Whitney  (Albert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  June  2,  1836;  m.  July  30,  1858, ,  b.  Jan.  22,  1839;  res.  Des  Moines,  la. 

8768.  i.  David   Arthur,   b.  June  8,  1859;   m.  Laura  B.  Hicks  and  Rutli 

Ann  Morris. 

8769.  ii.         Mary  Claire,  b.  Feb.  23,  1864;  m.  Apr.  27, 1891,  Abel  L.  Bishop; 

res.  1631  E.  Walnut  St..  Des  Moines. 

8770.  iii.       Albert  Ervin,  b.  Nov.  6,  1860;  res.  1631  E.  Walnut  St. 

6123.  Albert  Appleton  (Whitney)  Fay  (.'\lbert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua, 
David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Oct.  2,  1844;  m.  Dec.  11,  1867,  Catherine  Haight,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1845.  He  had  his  name  changed  to  Fay.  He  is  a  dealer  in  coal,  wood  and  flour;  res. 
Brockton,  N.  Y. 

8771.  i.  Mary  Elma,  b.  Apr.  18,  1871;  m.  June  14,  1893,  Vernon  Mathews; 

res.  B. 

8772.  ii.         Luke  Haight,  b.  Dec.  14,  1873. 

8773.  iii.        Geo.  Albert,  b.  Mar.  27,  1875. 

6124.  Robert  Shaw  Whitney  (Albert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua,  David, 

Joshua,  John),  b.   ,   Mass.,  Sept.  14,  1835;   m.  in  Elyria, O.,  June  2,  1855,  Emily 

Hicks,  b.  Loraine  Co.,  O.,  May  13,  1837.  She  m.  2d,  Dec.  5,  1877,  Augustus  I.  Garnsey. 
She  res.  at  Burnside  Crossing,  Cook  Co.,  111.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  carriage  man- 
ufacturer. He  d.  Jan.  29, 1875;  res.  Brighton  and  La  Grange,  O.,  and  Burnside  Cross- 
ing, 111. 

8774.  i.  Martha  E.,  b.  May  5,  1856;  d.  Nov.  5,  1858. 

8775.  ii.         Robert  R.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1858;  m.  Rozella  White. 

8776.  iii.        Neville  E.  b.  Oct.  23,  1860;  m.  Sarah  E.  Cornish. 


8785; 

i. 

8786. 

ii. 

8787. 

iii. 

8788. 

iv. 

8789. 

V. 

8790. 

vi. 

8791. 

vii. 

8792. 

vni 

676  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8777.  iv.       James  A.,  b.  Apr.  6,  1863;  d.  Apr.  29,  1864. 

8778.  V.         Susan  Janette,  b.  June  13,  1867;  m.  Nov.  29, 1886,  John  C.  Minch; 

res.  Amherst,  O.  Ch.:  J.  Bertie,  b.  Sept.  11,  1887;  d.  Sept.  7, 
1888;  Mary  Emilv,  b.  Sept.  12,  1888;  Leland,  b.  Sept.  11.  1891; 
Leon,  b.  Sept.  11,  1891. 

8779.  vi.       Salmon  D.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1870;  unm.;  res.  Burnside  Crossing,  111. 

8780.  vii.      Geo.  E.,  b.  June  8,  1875;  d.  July  3,  1875. 

6128.  Milton  Whitney  (Asa  W.,  Milton',  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b. 
Pittsfield,  O.,  Aug.  18,  1839;  m.  at  Oberlin,  Dec.  4,  1862,  Susan  L.  Ware,  b.  Aug.  2, 
1841.     He  is  a  carpenter  and  blacksmith;  res.  Alta,  Cal. 

8781.  i.  Francis  L.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1868;  unm.;  res.  1935  Geary  St.,  San  Fran- 

cisco. 

8782.  ii.         Harriett  N.,  b.  Mar.  2, 1871;  unm.;  schoolteacher;  res.  425  Pine 

St.,  Spokane,  Wash. 

8783.  iii.       Chas.  M.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1873;  res.  1935  Gearv  St. 

8784.  iv.       Agnes  E.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1874;  res.  1935  Geary  St. 

6130.  Edward  Whitney  (Asa  W.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Pittsfield,  O.,  Sept.  12,  1844;  m.  Dec.  25,  1870  at  Wellmgton,  O.,  Celia  Adelaide 
Spicer,  b.  June  27,  1848.     He  is  a  machinist;  res.  Pittsfield,  O. 

Nettie  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  17,  1872;  m.  Aug.  19,  1893,  James  E. 

Hughes;  res.  P. 
Nora   Edna,  b.  Jan.  29,  1874;  m.  Feb.  2,  1890,  Charles  Hulert 

Nason. 
LvDiA  Emily,  b.  Feb.  2,  1876. 
Carlos  Alva,  b.  Aug.  6, 1878. 
Henry  Rollin,  b.  Aug.  29,  1880. 
Edward,  b.  June  18,  1882;  d.  same  day. 
Frank  Clarence,  b.  July  4,  1884. 
Frances  Clara,  b.  July  4, 1884. 

6133.  James  Jay  Whitney  (Asa  W.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John), 
b.  Pittsfield,  O.,  Aug.  16,  1858;  m.  at  Bellevue,  Dec.  20,  1879,  Alice  Amelia  Stout,  b. 
Nov.  6,  1861;  res.  Fremont,  O. 

8793.  i.  Edna  IsABELL.b.  Dec.  11,  1881. 

8794.  ii.  Stella  Marion,  b.  1883;  d.  young. 

8795.  iii.  Elmer  Daniel  Austin  Appleton,  b.  Nov.  28, 1884. 

8796.  iv.  Alton  Eugene,  b.  Aug.  13,  1886. 

8797.  V.  James  Clayton,  b.  June  11, 1891. 

6134.  Frederick  C.  Whitney  (Asa  W.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Pittsfield,  O.,  Aug.  le.  1854;  m.  Oct.  7,  1875,  Emma  J.  HoUinsworth,  b. 
Feb.  26,  1856.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Brooklyn  Village,  O. 

"  Lottie  Bell,  b.  Sept.  22,  1877. 

Geo.  C,  b.  Oct.  28,  1879. 
Albert  Richard,  b.  Oct.  17,  1883. 
Lewis  Wm.,  b.  Oct.  29.  1885. 
Mirtie  May,  b.  Jan.  10,  1890. 

6139.  Arthur  Eustace  Whitney  (Silas  D.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Pittsfield,  O.,  Dec.  19,  1843;  m.  at  Cleveland,  Oct.  29,  1872,  Kathe- 
rine  Heimerdinger,  b.  July  23,  1853.  He  conducts  an  extensive  music  store  at  St. 
Paul;  res.  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

8803.  i.         John,  b.  Sept.  30,  1880. 

6143.  Frank  Stoughten  Whitney  (Charles  H.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Pittsfield,  O  ,  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.  at  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  May  29,  1870, 
Margaret  Orilla  Karns,  b.  Jan.  3,  1850.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Junction,  Mont. 

8804.  i.  Ira  Lewis,  b.  Mav  20,  1871. 

8805.  ii.         Elvira  MARTHA.'b.  Sept.  8,  1872;  d.  Mar.  15,  1874. 

8806.  iii.       Charles  Albert,  b.  Apr.  22,  1877. 

8807.  iv.       Orilla  Karns,  b.  Sept.  23.  1885. 

6148.  James  Milton  Whitney  (Charles  H.,  Milton,  Asa,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Knoxville,  la.,  Aug.  14,1855;  m.  Jan.  17,  1883,  Elizabeth  Bow,  b. 
May  24,  1860;  d.  June  13,  1887;  m.  2d,  Feb.  12,  1890,  at  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  Mrs.  Anna 
Stewart,  b.  Apr.  19,  1852.     He  owns  a  large  stock  farm;  res.  Uva,  Wyo. 


8798. 

8799. 

8800. 

iii 

8801. 

iv 

8802. 

v. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


577 


8808.  i.  Stephen  Henry,  b.  Oct.  30,  1883. 

8809.  ii.         Frank  Cornell,  b.  Mar.  31,  1886. 

6150.  George  Whitney  (Charles,  David,  Samuel,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),b.  Rochester,  Minn.,  Mar.  25,  1856;  m.  Feb.  17,  1889,  Louise  Jones,  in  Adelade, 
Australia;  artist;  res.  Lakeside,  111.,  s.  p. 

6152.  Frank  Whitney  (Charles,  David,  Samuel,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Rochester,  Minn.,  Apr.  7,  1860;  m.  Nov.  23,  1882,  Cora  Nesbit,  in"Alber- 
<juerque,  N.  M.;  artist;  res.  Lakeside,  111.,  s.  p. 

6172.  Carson  Willard  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon, 
David,  Joshua,  lohn),  b.  Van  Buren,  Ind,,  Nov.  19,  1858;  m.  at  White  Pigeon,  Mich., 
June  16;  1881,  Minnie  Rathfon,  b.  Mottville,  Mich.,  June  7,  1862. 

He  was  born  in  Van  Buren,  La  Grange  Co.,  Ind.;  by  the  death  of  his  mother  he 
was  left  without  maternal  care  at  the  early  age  of  one  year.  He  lived  with  his 
grandparents  for  five  years,  and  subsequently  with  some  of  his  uncles.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  learned  telegraphy,  and  soon  became  connected  with  the  Lake  Shore 
&  Michigan  Southern  Railway  at  \'istula,  Ind.  Later  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Chicago  &  Western  Indiana  R.  R.,  and  is  now  employed  by  this  company;  res. 
Hammond,  Ind. 

8810.  i.         Loren  Lloyd,  b.  Sept.  4,  1883. 

8811.  ii.        Celon  Carson,  b.  Dec.  3,  1890. 

6175.  Albert  R.  Whitney  (Rufus,  Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Mar.  21,  1851;  m.  Feb.  9,  1878,  Louisa  Fitch,  d.  1884;  m.  2d,  Feb.  1885,  Jane 
Dav,  d.  Jan.  1893;  m.  3d,  Feb.  23,  1893,  Emma  Kidwell;   res.  North  Enid,  Oklahoma. 

8812.  i.         Glenn,  b.  June  9,  1879. 

8813.  ii.         RuFis,  b  July  10,  1881. 

6176.  Bruce  E.  Whitney  (Rufus,  Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David,  Joshua, 
John),  b.  Nov.  22,  1857;  m.  Feb.  22,  1886,  Mary  Lee,  b.  Feb.  21,  1862;  res.  Chesaning, 
Mich. 

8814.  I.         Willis,  b.  Nov.  27,  1887. 

6178.  Belden  Lester  WHITNE^  (  Rufus,  Solomon,  Tarball,  Solomon,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Grand  Blanc,  Mich.,  Apr.  20,  1865;  m.  Dec.  25,  1889,  Bertha  Edella 
Findlev,  b.  July  8,  1870.     He  is  a  farmer;  les.  Chesanmg,  Mich. 

8815.  1.         Lina  Belle,  b,  Apr.  18,  1893. 

6185.  Erwin  F.  Whitney  (Newton,  Solomon,  Solomon,  Solomon,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Deep  River,  la.,  Sept.  12,  1860;  m.  Oct.  8,  1884,  at  Brook- 
Ivn,  la..  Ella  M.  Adair,  b.  Apr.  29,  1861.     He  is  a  retail  druggist;  res.  Des  Moines,  la. 

8816.  i.  Helen  Shirland,  b.  Sept.  6,  1885. 

6204.  Franklin  Whitney  (Thomas  R.,  Thomas  G.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  John, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Apr.  2,  1847;  m.  Aug.  25,  1871,  Ella  S.  Pullen;  res.  Chicago,  111., 
117  N.  Sheldon  St. 

8817.  i.  Camilla  M..  b.  Julv  15,  1874. 

8818.  ii.        Geneva  L.,  b.  1878.' 


FEAKKLIX  WHITNEY. 


CAMILLA  M.  WHITXEY. 


578  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6232.  Col.  Jophanus  Henderson  Whitney  (Abram  H.,  James,  Jacob,  Benja- 
min, John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Avon,  Me.,  Jan.  15,  1846;  m.  in  Medford,  Mass.,  Dec. 
5,  1869,  Martha  Lydia  Ann  Flanders,  b.  July  15,  1848. 

After  his  father's  decease  he  attended  the  common  school  until  the  civil  war, 
when  at  the  age  of  16  he  enlisted  in  Company  C,  39th  Regiment  Massachusetts 
A'olunteers,  and  served  for  a  term  of  three  years;  wounded  in  left  hip  at  battle  of 
Five  Forks  April,  1865;  the  latter  part  of  the  term  as  color  bearer  of  the  said  regi- 
ment. After  his  return  to  Medford  he  learned  the  trade  of  house  painting;  then 
went  into  the  cigar  manufacturing  business  in  the  city  of  Boston,  still  residing  in 
Medford.  While  thus  engaged  in  said  business  he  became  interested  in  the  police 
business  in  Medford,  and  studied  criminal  law,  and  in  1876  was  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  police  department  in  Medford,  where  he  continued  until  1887,  when  he 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  detective  department  of  the  Massachusetts  District 
Police  by  Governor  Ames,  where  he  is  engaged  at  the  present.  Since  his  return 
from  the  civil  war  he  has  been  connected  with  the  militia  of  the  state,  holding  a  com- 
mission as  field  officer  in  the  5th  regiment,  and  lately  elected  lieutenant-colonel;  res. 
Medford,  Mass. 

8819.  i.  Mary  Evelyn,  b.  Dec.  19,  1871;  d.  Dec.  24, 1872. 

8820.  ii.         Orville  Jophanus,  b.  Dec.  31,  1874. 

8821.  iii.        Nancy  Isabel,  b.  June  25,  1880. 

6234.  Dr.  Charles  Alvano  Whitney  (Benjamin,  Christopher  A.,  Jacob,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Oct.  21,  1860;  m.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1885, 
Belle  Armstrong,  b.  Sept.  27,  1861;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  17  Hotel  Pelham. 

8822.  i.  Lloyd,  b.  Aug.  10,  1888. 

€243.     Stephen  F.  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Harrison,  Me.,  May  15,  1821;  m.  there  May  4,  184.5,  Catherine 
Brown,  b.  Aug.  28,  1820.     He  is  a  farmer  and  veterinary  surgeon;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 
Mary,  b.  Apr.  10,  1846;  d.  infant. 
Irene  I.,  b.  June  10, 1847  d.  June  2-3,  1865. 
Ann  E.,  b.  July  11,  1849;  m.  May  25,  1880,  George  E.  Tarbox, 

of  Harrison. 
Frances  D.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1851;  m.  Apr.,  1872,  Daniel  Woodsun, 

of  H. 
Charles  S.,  b.  May  6,  1853;  m.  Anna  Ridlon. 
Wm.  H.,  b.  May  12,' 18-55;  m.  Nellie  Whitney. 
Stephen  H.,  b.  Aug.  24,  18.57;  m.  Hattie  Rodick. 
Fred  A.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1859;  m.  Mabel  Wheeler. 
Kate   E.,   b.    Oct.  20,    1861;   m.  Sept.,  1882,  Andrew  J.  Ricker, 

of  Portland. 

6244.  James  G.  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  in  Harrison,  Dec.  20.  1822;  m.  Jan.  3,  1847,  Betsey  H.  Carsley, 
b,  Jan.  5,  1825;  d. ;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 

8832.  i.         Charles  F.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1847;  m.  and  res.  H. 

8833.  ii.        Horace  K.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1849;  m.  Jan.  12,  1885,  Esther  L.  Tarbox, 

b.  May  16,  1846;  res.  s.  p.  Olympia,  Wash. 

8834.  iii.       Eleazer  P.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1851;  m.  Sept.  25,  1876,  Mary  E.  Dwyer, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1841;  res.  s.  p.  Green  River,  Wash. 

6245.  Edward  K.  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Harrison,  Me.,  Sept.  9,  1824;  m.  there  Oct.  29,  1848,  Arvilla  Cas- 
well, b.  Aug.  9,  1827. 

He  is  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  Harrison,  and  one  of  the  most 
progressive  agriculturists  there.  He  has  engaged  largely  in  stockraising,  and  fruit 
growing,  and  takes  an  active  position  in  all  agricultural,  educational,  political  and 
religious  movements;  he  is  well  informed  on  general  topics,  and  is  an  honorable 
and  highly  respected  citizen;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 

8835.  i.         Edward,  b.  Aug.  19,  1851;  m.  Mary  Eliza  Stone. 

8836.  ii.        Harrison,  b.  Oct.  15,  1858;  unm,;  is  a  physician;  res.  New  Haven, 

Conn. 

8837.  iii.       Fairfield,  b.  Feb.  20,  1892;  m.  Aug.  4,  1891,  Alma  M.  Brackett, 

b.  Nov.  30,  1857.      He  is  a  teacher  at  the  Greely  Institute  in 
Cumberland,  Me. 

8838.  iv.       Mary  F.,  b.  Apr.  28, 1866. 


8823. 

i. 

8824. 

11. 

8825. 

iii. 

8826. 

iv. 

8827. 

V. 

8828. 

vi. 

8829. 

VII. 

8830. 

vin. 

8831. 

ix. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  579 

6246.  George  F.  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Jan.  12,  1826;  m.  Nov.  16,  1848,  Mary  A.  Bailey,  b.  Oct.  17,  1822. 
He  resides  on  the  farm  first  settled  by  his  great-grandfather,  Moses;  res.  Har- 
rison, Me. 

8839.  i.         George  F.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1850;  m. . 

8840.  ii.        Frank  H.,  b.  May  30,  1852;  m. . 

8841.  iii.       Mary  Ella,  b.  Aug.  15, 1855;  m.  Sept.  27, 1873,  Charles  E.  Roberts; 

res.  H.  Ch.:  George  V.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1874;  Edna  W.,  b.  Feb.  23, 
1878;  Ralph  W.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1882;  Ruth  E.,  b.  July  26,  1885; 
Joseph  and  Leonia  E.,  b.  June,  1886;  Jos.  d.  Oct.,  1886. 

6247.  Eleazer  K.  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  May  13,  1828;  m.  Jan,  6,  1867,  Mrs.  Olive  (Tibbitts)  Green;  res. 
Harrison,  Me. 

8842.  i.         Ernest  F.,  b.  July  17,  1867;  res.  Gorham. 

6248.  William  Lyman  Whitney  (Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Harrison,  Me.,  June  12,  1833;  m.  July  3,  1855,  Hannah 
Maria  Simpson,  b.  Aug.  14,  1832;  res.  127  Magazine  St.,  Cambridge,  ^iass. 

8843.  i.  Lizzie  Emma,  b.  July  25,  1866;  m.  Sept.  15,  1887,  Elmer  C.  Wil- 

lison;  res.  127  Mag.  St.,  Camb.  Ch.:  Howard  Whitney,  b.  Jan, 
24,  1891. 

6254.  Joseph  F.  Whitney  (William  G.,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Lee,  Me..  Dec.  3,  1841;  m.  Sept.  19,  1875,  Delanah  H.  Spencer, 
b.  Mar.  6,  1849;  res.  Lee,  Me. 

8844.  i.  Bertha  A.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1877. 

8845.  ii.        Joseph  G.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1880. 

8846.  iii,        Mary  H.,  b.  July  28,  1883. 

8847.  iv,        William  G.,  b.  July  23,  1888. 

6257.  Adelbert  Whitney  (Henry,  Samuel,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Waldo,  Me.,  May  29,  1864;  m.  Mar.  23,  1890,  Lena  M.  Haney,  b.  June 
12,  1871;  res.  Big  Timber,  Mont.' 

8848.  i.  Charles  W.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1892, 

6260.  Ebenezer  Augustus  Whitney  (Silas,  Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Oct.  6,  1840;  m.  at  Skowhegan,  ^Ie.,  May  24,  1866,  Ellen  J.  Wood- 
cock, b.  Nov.  22,  1844.     He  is  a  contractor  and  builder;  res.  Madison,  Me. 

8849.  i.  Geo.  Ansel,  b.  June  21,  1868;  gr.  Orono,  Me,,  State  college, 

8850.  ii.         Georgie  Ardell,  b.  June  21,  1868;  res.  at  home. 

8851.  iii,        Clifton,  b.  Oct.  21,  1886;  res.  at  home. 

6263,  Josiah  Francis  Whitney  (Silas,  Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Gorham,  Me.,  Mar.  23,  1825;  m.  at  Long  Pond,  Me.,  May  14,  1850,  Mary 
Moore,  b.  Concord,  Me.,  Mar.  15,  1833.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Solon,  Me. 

8852.  i.  Seth  Harding,  b.  July  2,  1851;  m,  Apr.  26,  1889,  Hannah  Get- 

chell;  res.  N.  Vassalboro,  Me. 

8853.  ii,         Helen  A.,  b.  July  16,  1852;  m,  1884,  E.  J.  Abbott;  res.  Roch- 

ester, N.  H, 

8854.  iii.        Delara  A.,  b.  Feb,  22,  1854;  m.  Feb,  24,  1879,  A.  C.  Stevens,  res. 

Lowell   jVIsss 

8855.  iv.        George'  W.,  b.  Nov,  23,  1855;  m.  Dec.  26,  1879,  Azzettia  Wood; 

res,  Norridgewock,  Me. 

8856.  v.         Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1857;  m.  July  25,  1880,  W.  B.  Fletcher;  res. 

Chelmsford,  Mass. 

8857.  vi.        William  H.,  b.  Mar.  25,  1859;  m.  June  10,  1884,  Eva  Longley; 

res.  Solon,  Me. 

8858.  vii.       Josiah  F.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1860;  m.  Susie  E.  Bray  and  Florence  E. 

Cameron;  res.  Keene,  N.  H. 

8859.  viii.      Mellen  A.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1862;  m.  Aug.  10,  1892,  Eva  Judkins;  res. 

Solon. 

6274.  Edward  P.  Whitney  (Asa  P.,  George  W.,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Oct.  29,  1843;  m.  Dec.  24,  1866,  Carrie  Whiting,  b.  July  25,  1846. 
He  d,  Jan.  25,  1874;  res.  Harri^n,  Me. 


580  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8860.  i.  Edward  G.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1867;  m.  Oct.  29,  1891,  Esther  J.  Mans- 

field, b.  Nov.  28,  1869.  He  is  a  druggist,  and  res.  Townsend, 
Mass. 

6275.    Charles  C.  Whitney  (Asa  P.,  George  W.,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 

Benjamin,  John),  b.  Mar.  20,  1846;  m.  Nov.  29,  1866,  Mattie  M.  Hogle,  b.  ;  d. 

June  8,  1877;  m.  2d,  May  1,  1879,  Nellie  A.  Johnson;  res.  Marshall,  Minn. 

6277.  Hon.  Henry  Clay  Whitney  (Alfred  M.,  Samuel,  Asa,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Detroit,  Me.,  Feb.  23, 1831 ;  m.  Aug.  5,  1857,  at  Urbana, 
III.  Sarah  Anna  Snyder,  b.  Dec.  21,  1841. 

He  attended  Augusta  college,  Ky.,  and  Farmer's  college,  O.  At  the  latter  his 
classmates  were  President  Harrison,  Bishop  Nalden  (Methodist),  and  Murat  Hal- 
stead.  He  attended  the  Cincinnati  Law  college  and  Chicago  Law  school  (at  its  first 
session).  He  read  law  at  Cinti.  with  Jolliffe  &  Getchell.  President  Hayes  had  his 
headquarters  there.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Carroll  Co.,  Va.,  in  1853;  commenced 
to  practice  in  Urbana,  111.,  in  June,  1854;  was  atty.  for  111.  Cen.  R.  R.  from  1855  to 
1861;  was  paymaster  U.  S.  A.  throughout  the  war;  was  state  senator  in  Kan.  from 
16th  dist.,  embracing  Allen,  Woodston,  Neosho,  Labette,  Wilson,  Montgomery,  and 
Howard.  Was  a  candidate  for  the  U.  S.  senate  when  Caldwell  was  elected.  Is  a 
Methodist  in  religion  and  Republican  in  politics;  has  been  a  Free  Mason  since  1855, 
first  of  Urbana  lodge,  then  of  Western  Star  lodge,  both  in  Illinois;  then  of  Acacia 
lodge  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  and  next  of  Cleveland  lodge.  111.  Lived  in  Chicago  from 
1854  to  1862,  then  from  1873  till  the  present.  He  still  lives  there,  but  is  temporarily 
in  Beechmont,  Mass.;  res.  Urbana,  111.,  141  So.  Western  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.,  and  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

8861.  i.  Henry  Strong,  b.  Sept.  1,  18.58;  m.  Harriett  J.  Hambrook. 

8862.  ii.         Anna  Mary,  b.  Jan.  7,  1861;  m.  Nov.  24,  1885,  Charles  B.  Pelton; 

Lake  Helen,  Fla.  He  was  b.  June  27, 1858.  Ch.:  Jessie  Strong, 
b.  Oct.  23,  1886,  at  Lake  Helen,  Volusia  Co.,  Fla.;  Henry  Whit- 
nev,  b.  Jan.  7,  1889,  at  Lake  Helen,  Fla.;  Anna  Hattie,  b.  Nov. 
6,  1890,  at  Lake  Helen,  Fla.;  d.  Oct.  27,  1891. 

8863.  iii.        Lucinda  Aseneth.  b.  Sept.  18,  1864;  m.  Nov.  27,  1884,  William 
W.  Walker;  res.  Beachmont,  Mass. 

Carrie  Lizzie,  b.  Sept.  19,  1866;  d.  Mar.  5,  1867. 
Frank  Alfred,  b.  Mar.  10,  1868;  res.  Chicago;  lawyer. 
Sarah  Carrie,  b.  Sept.  10,  1870;  d.  Aug.  21,  1884. 
Harriett  Strong,  b.  July  1,  1874;  res.  Beachmont,  Mass. 
Jessie  Ring,  b.  Mar.  21, 1881;  d.  Dec.  26,  1881. 

6285.  John  Howard  Whitney  (Nelson,  John,  Asa,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Newport,  Me.;  m.  at  Indianola,  la.,  Mary  E.  Tarleton;  res.  Indianola,  la. 

8869.  i.  Wirt  Nelson,  b.  Dec.  6,  1873;  res.  I. 

6287.  Rev.  Reuben  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Standish,  Me.,  June  23, 1794;  m.  Jane  Whitmore,  b. ;  d. 

;  m.  2d  Phebe  Dearborn,  b.  Nov.  16,  1794;  d.  Jan.  8,  1865.     He  was  a  preacher, 

a  farmer  and  in  the  war  of  1812.     He  d.  Nov.  23,  1837;  res.  Sebago,  Me. 

8870.  i.  ZiLPHA  A.,b.Jan.ll,1819;  m.  Dec.  29, 1844,  Benjamin  F.  Cutler, b. 

Apr.  19,  1822;  res.  Wash.,  D.  C,  6:34  A  St..  N.  E.     Ch.:  Clara  L., 

b.  Aug.  9,  1846;  m.  Oct.  1,   1866,  Thos.   E.   Roach;  Mary  A.,  b. 

Apr.  26, 1850;  Jennie  W.,  b.  Dec.  22, 1858.     He  is  a  surveyor  and 

lumber  manufacturer. 
Sarah  H.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1823;  d.  Sept..  1832. 
Jane,  b.  Apr.  28,  1830;  d.  Sept.,  1832. 
Susan  D.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1831. 
Brazill  H.,  b.  May  21,  1837;  m.  Jane  S.  Lord. 

62^8.  Simeon  Whitney  (Nathaniel,  Nathaniel.  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Apr.  12,  1799;  m.  at  Standish,  1824,  Joanna  Shaw.  b.  Oct.  3,  1803;  d. 
Dec.  4,  1884.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1873;  res.  Standish  and  Harrison,  Me. 


8864. 

iv. 

8865. 

V. 

8866. 

vi. 

8867. 

vn. 

8868. 

viii 

8871. 

ii. 

8872. 

m. 

8873. 

iv. 

8874. 

V. 

8875. 
8876. 
8877. 
8878. 


Marshall  S.,  b.  Aug,  21,  1825;  m.  Sarah  M.  Wentworth. 
i.         Mary  Jane,  b.  Apr.  13,  1827;  m.  Seth  Kneeland;  res.  Har. 
ii.        Harriett,  b.  May  6,  1829;  d.  1830. 
V.       Albion,  b.  Mar.  29,  1831;  d.  1831. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  581 


8882. 

1. 

^883. 

11. 

8884. 

iii. 

8885. 

iv. 

8886. 

V. 

(<887. 

VI. 

8888. 

vii. 

8889. 

viii. 

8890. 

ix. 

8891. 

X. 

8892. 

XI. 

8^98. 

xu. 

8894. 

XIU. 

8895. 

XIV. 

889G. 

XV. 

8879.     V.         Rhoda  E.,  b.  June  18,  1832;  d.  Feb.,  1834. 
88KU.    vi.        Alonzo,  b.  Mar.  28,  1836;  d.  Dec.  20,  1858. 
8881.    vii.       LoviNA  A.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1838;  d.  Mar.  26,  1860. 

6293.  Levi  Whitney  (Reuben,  Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Litchfield,  Me.,  Nov.  27,  180U;  m.  1st  at  Litchfield,  Hannah  Whitney; 

m.  2d,  1835,  at  Bowdoinham,  Me.,  Mary  Hutchings,  b.  Apr.  25,  1815;  d. .     He 

was  a  cooper  by  trade.     He  d.  Feb.  20,  1881;  res.  Richmond,  Me. 
Nancy  Maria,  b.  Feb.  13,  1823. 

Otis,  b.  Dec.  22, 1824;  m. and  Emma  Saunders    He 

d.  1880.     Ch.:  Clara;  res.  Richmond. 

Isaac  Smith,  b.  Sept.  14,  1826;  m.  Lizzie  Mitchell;  res.  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  12,  1828;  m.  Jane .    He  d.  1876;  a  dau., 

Mary  res.  22  Pine  St.,  Portland. 

Jane  Allen,  b.  Aug.  29,  1831;  m.  Frank  Thomas  and  d.  1883. 

Wm.  Hutchings,  b.  Apr.  11,  1836;  m.  Laura  E.  Small;  res.  Rich- 
mond, Me. 

Hannah  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  25, 1840;  m.  David  L.  Davis;  res.  20 
Exchange  St.,  Gloucester,  Mass. 

Levi  Lincoln,  b.  Feb.  12,  1843;  m.  Ellen  M.  Moore.     He  d.  Mav, 
1890;  a  dau.,  Edith,  res.  R. 

Graham  Horatio  Babscn,  b.  June  1,  1845;  m.  Henrietta  Rogers. 

Mary  Frances,  b.  May  5,  1847;  res.  R. 

Eliza  Howes,  b.  June  17,  1849;  d.  1851. 

Jt)HN  Horace,  d.  in  infancy. 

Ira  Scott,  d.  in  infancy. 

H.arriett  Alma,  d.  in  infancy. 

Winifred  Louise,  d.  in  infancy. 

6301.  Abel  Whitney  (Levi,  Nathaniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Mar.,  1810,  in  Standish,  Me.;  m.  Sarah  Cole,  b.  1811;  d.  1853.  He  d.  in  1884; 
res.  Naples,  Me. 

8897.  i.  Henry  C,  b.  Jan.  25,  1844;  unm.;  res.  16  Chapman  PL,  Boston. 

6310.  Henry  Augustus  Whitney  (Beriah,  Ephraim,  Joel,  Abel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  St.  Stephens,  N.  B.,  Feb.  11,  1834;  m.  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Dec.  13, 
1861,  Margaret  Jane  Lindsay,  b.  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,  May  11,  1841;  d.  at  Shediac,  N.  B., 
May  22,  1872.  He  was  mechanical  superintendent  of  the  Intercolonial  railway;  res. 
Shediac,  N.  B. 

8898.  i.  Horace  Stanley,  b.  Oct.  29,  1862. 

8899.  ii.         Willie,  b.  June  11,  1865. 

8900.  iii.       Etta  Merrick,  b.  July  4, 1869. 

8901.  iv.       Maggie  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  30,  1872. 

6330.  Francis  Whitney  (Abner,  Jessie,  Daniel,  Abel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Me.,  Oct.  24,  1836;  m.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Sept.  2,  1858,  Margarrette  L.  Rix, 
b.  Aug.  21,  1839.  He  is  a  mechanical  engineer;  is  in  the  hardware  business;  res. 
Chicago,  111.,  301  Francisco  Ave. 

8902.  i.  Frank  M.,  b.  June  30,  1864;  m.  Cornelia,  A.  Fames;  res.  Strat- 

ton,  Me. 

6334.  Augustus  Hervey  Whitney  (Zachariah  L.,  Isaac  L.,  Isaac,  Isaac,  Na- 
thaniel, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Raymond,  Me.,  Oct.  14,  1835;  m.  Sept.,  1867,  Fannie  M. 
Garland. 

He  was  born  in  Raymond,  Me.,  and  early  showed  a  fondness  for  literature  and 
music.  From  early  age  he  has  been  a  close  student  and  is  now  recognized  as  a 
thoroughly  educated  musician.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  went  to  Portland,  Me.,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  organ  making  and  at  once  embarked  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  After  being  in  business  in  Montreal  and  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  he  moved  to 
Quincy,  111.,  and  estalalished  the  Whitney  &  Holmes  Organ  Co.,  with  which  he  has 
been  very  successful.  He  possesses  many  agreeable  qualities  and  is  a  pleasant 
social  companion.     (U.  S.  Biog.  Die).     He  d.  Aug.  26,  1891;  res.  Quincy,  111. 

8903.  i.  Frances  Hervey,  b.  May  21, 1870. 

8904.  ii.         Joseph  Walter,  b.  Jan.  11,  1872. 


8907. 

8908. 

ii. 

8909. 

111. 

8910. 

IV. 

8911. 

V. 

8912. 

VI. 

682  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6335.  Joseph  Newell  Whitney  (Zachariah  L.,  Isaac  L.,  Isaac,  Isaac,  Nathan- 
iel, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Raymond,  Me.,  Sept.  14,  1836;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov. 
23,  1865,  Charlotte  S.  Burroughs;  res.  Washington,  D.  C,  s.  p.  Chief  clerk  of  bureau 
of  statistics. 

6338.  Dr.  Walter  I.  Whitney  (Zachariah  L.,  Isaac  L.,  Isaac,  Isaac,  Nathan- 
iel, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Raymond,  Me.,  Oct.  20,  1844;  m.  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  Apr.  22, 
1893,  Hattie  L.  Lamond,  b.  Dec.  5,  1858;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  marine  hospital,  s.  p. 

6341.  Ralph  Waldo  Whitney  (John  C,  Sewell  P.,  Barnabas,  Isaac,  Nathan- 
iel, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Green  Lake  county.  Wis.,  July  12,  1865;  m.  at  Hector,  Minn., 
Jan.  22,  1886,  Carrie  B.  Richards,  b.  July  9,  1864;  res.  Stewartville,  Minn. 

8905.  i.         Claude  Lester,  b.  Feb.  14,  1889. 

8906.  ii.         Harold  Charles,  b.  Nov.  23,  1893. 

6353.     Nelson  Whitney  (Ethan,  Hachaliah,   Jesse,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Milford,  Mass.,  May  5,  1811;  m.  Millbury,  Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1836,  Ruth 
Morse  Guild,  b.  May  16,  1813;  d.  in  Bellingham,  Nov.  2o,  1893.     He  was  a  boot  and 
shoe  maker.     He  d.  Oct.  17,  1882,  in  Bellingham;  res.  Milford  and  Millbury,  Mass. 
Alonzo  Nelson,  b.  June  2,  1837;  m.  Ellen  Amanda  Hancock. 
Melissa  Ruth,  b.  Mar.  12,  1839;  d.  Dec.  25,  1843. 
Augustus  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  6,  1840;  d.  Jan.  9, 1844. 
Elbridge  Green,  b.  Nov.  13,  1842;  m.  Emma  A.  Barney. 
Betsey  M.  G.,  b.  Oct.  17.  1844;  d.  Aug.  6,  1848. 
Melissa  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  28,  1847;  m.  Nov.  9,  1866,  Milton   F.  Hol- 
brook;    res.   Bellingham.     He  was  b.   Medway,   ?vlass.,  July  9, 
1845.     Is  superintendent  of  a  mill.     Ch.:  Mabel  W.,  b.  in   Bell- 
ingham, Nov.  2,  1867;  Edwin   N.,  b.  in   Franklin,  Mass.,  Ian.  15, 
1870;  d.  Oct.  1,  1876. 

8913.  vii.       Laura  Ann,  b.  June  18,  1849;  d.  Nov.  21,  1849. 

8914.  viii.     Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  25,  1851;  m.  Jan.  16,  1894,  George 

D.  Nourse,  b.  July  26,   1852;  res.  Bellingham,  Mass.     He  is  a 
farmer,  s.  p. 

6356.  Dexter  Whitney  (Ethan,  Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Jon- 
athan, John),  b.  Milford,  Mass.;  m.  in  Bellingham,  Adeliza  Cook,  b.  1813;  d.  May  22, 
1887,  in  B. 

Dexter  Whitney  was  born  in  Milford,  Mass.,  but  lived  in  Bellingham  many 
years,  and  died  there  about  1877;  by  occupation  he  was  a  bootmaker.  He  married 
Adeliza  Cook;  they  had  three  children;  the  daughter  died  in  infancy;  the  second 
child  was  Henry  A.  Whitney,  and  the  third,  Lewis  E.,  who  was  killed  in  the  civil 
war.  He  was  prominently  connected  with  the  Baptist  church  in  Bellingham  for 
many  years.     He  d.  Feb.,  1877;  res.  Bellingham,  Mass. 

8915.  Henry  A.,  b.  July  2, 1851;  m.  Helen  A.  Holbrook. 

6362.  George  Whitney  (Luther,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benja- 
min, John),b.  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  1,  1808;  m.  Mar.  20, 1834,  Dolly  Barden.b.  Dec.  10, 
1808;  d.  Mar.  20, 1893.  She  was  the  oldest  daughter  of  George  and  Dolly  Barden,  and 
was  born  in  Benton,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  her  age  she  united  with 
the  Baptist  church  at  Benton.  For  sixty-six  years  she  was  a  faithful  and  true  Chris- 
tian; never  for  a  moment  did  her  faith  and  trust  in  her  Savior  waver.  In  the  spring 
of  1834  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  George  Whitney,  of  Seneca,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.. 
and  in  May  of  that  year  went  to  Michigan  and  with  her  husband  settled  in  the  town- 
ship of  York,  Washtenaw  Co.  In  1841  the  family  moved  to  Wheatland,  Hillsdale 
Co.,  where  she  has  since  lived.  She  was  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  a  true  and  faith- 
ful friend,  a  woman  of  noble  Christian  character,  denying  herself  that  she  might  help 
others.  She  met  the  sorrows  and  trials  of  life,  of  which  she  had  an  uncommon  share, 
with  rare  courage  and  fortitude,  bravely  doing  her  duty  to  the  end.  None  knew  her 
worth  so  well  as  those  who  loved  her  best;  res.  Hudson,  Mich. 

Jane  E.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1835;  unm. 

George  Barden,  b.  Dec.  9,  1837;  unm. 

Emily  M.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1839;  unm. 

Martin,  b.  Apr.  18,  1841.  He  died  Mar.  12,  1893.  He  was  born 
in  the  township  of  York,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich.,  and  moved 
with  his  parents  to  their  home  in  Wheatland  when  only  three 


8916. 

i. 

8917. 

11. 

8918. 

iii, 

8919. 

IV 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  583 

weeks  of  age,  wherq  his  entire  life  since  that  time  has  been 
passed.  His  health  had  been  poor  the  early  part  of  winter,  but 
he  had  improved  somewhat,  when  he  rode  to  Pittsford  one 
intensely  cold  day.  He  took  a  severe  cold,  from  the  effects  of 
which  he  never  recovered,  failing  gradually,  and  passed  quietly 
away  Sunday  morning.  Mar.  12.  He  bore  his  sufferings,  which 
at  times  were  great,  uncomplainingly  and  with  wonderful  forti- 
tude. He  knew  he  was  going  to  die,  and  was  very  composed 
and  resigned. 

6364.  Nathan  Whitney  (Luther,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1812;  m.  Oct.  14,  1839,  Betsey  E.  Scotford,  b. 
Oct.  14,  1809;  d.  Jan.  16,  1880.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Dec.  13,  1867;  res.  Wheat- 
land and  DeWitt,  Mich. 

8920.  i.  Mary  C,  b.  June  24,  1841 ;  m.  Dec.  26, 1858,  Francis  T.  Flewelling, 

b.  Jul v  26,  "1831.  Ch.:  Frank  Luther,  b.  Apr.  14,  1860;  m.  Nov. 
11,1^80;  res.  439  W.  Superior  St.,  Cleveland,  O.;  Ralph  Tyler, 
b.  Nov.  23,  1871;  m.  Aug.  16,  1893;  res.  Alma,  Mich. 

8921.  ii.         Ezra  Parker,  b.  Apr.  22,  1843;  d.  Jan.  5.  1876. 

8922.  iii.        Etta,  b.  Apr.  23,  1848;  m.  Tucker,  and  d.  s.  p.,  Aug.  5, 

1871. 

6372.  Columbus  C.  Whitney  (Otis,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9,  1819;  m.  July  3,  1847,  Evealine  Yeaklev,  b. 
Aug.  2(1,  1822;  d.  Mar.  3U,  1848;  m.  2d.  May  14,  1849,  Jane  Yeakley,  b.  Sept.  2.  1819; 
d.  June  14,  1882;  m.  3d,  Apr.  24,  1884,  Elizabeth  E.  Brown,  b.  Dec.  8,  \><--M;  res. 
Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

8923.  1.  Eva  Y.,  b.  June  6,  1850;  m.  Feb.  12,  1871,  Morris  Van  Gelder,  b. 

Dec.  23,  1843.  She  d.  Oct.  12,  1883,  in  Sacramento,  Cal.  Ch.; 
Homer,  b.  Aug.  2U,  1873;  d.  July  15,  1876;  Claude  W.,  b.  Nov.  14, 
1877;  res.  Acampo,  Cal. 

8924.  ii.         Hobart  J.,  b.  Ai:)r.  14,  1853;  unm.;  res.  C.  S. 

8925.  iii.       Jessie  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  15,  1857;  d.  Oct.  8,  1865. 

6-375.  Capt.  Otis  Whitney  (Otis,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  June  13,  1821;  m.  Oct.  4,  18-54,  in  Monterey,  N.  Y., 
Harriett  Newell  Barnes,  b.  Sept.  14,  1829. 

Otis  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  June  13,  1821,  in  the  town  of  Seneca,  Ontario  Co., 
state  of  New  York,  where  he  lived  till  nearly  thirty  years  of  age,  working  on  the  farm, 
attending  school  and  studying  law;  was  admitted  to  the  practice  in  the  supreme 
court  of  the  state  of  New  York  at  a  gener.il  term  of  the  court  held  in  the  city  of 
Auburn,  county  of  Cayuga,  on  the  first  day  of  November,  1847,  but  never  engaged 
actively  in  practice,  having  no  relish  or  respect  for  it.  He  traveled  and  taught 
school  for  three  years,  and  then  went  into  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Tyler 
H.  Abbey,  who  was  a  successful  merchant  at  Watkms,  Schuyler  Co.,  state  of  New 
York,  and  continued  in  business  up  to  the  fall  of  18-54,  when  he  caught  the  western 
fe\er  and  decided  to  take  the  advice  of  Horace  Greeley  to  "go  west  and  grow  up 
with  the  country."  Before  leaving  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  the  daughter  of 
Dr.  Enos  Barnes,  in  western  New  York,  a  well  known  and  popular  physician  and 
surgeon,  and  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  on  the  west  side  of  Seneca  Lake.  The  newly 
married  couple  started  immediately  on  the  journey  west,  and  finally  located  in  Quas- 
queton,  Buchanan  Co.,  state  of  Iowa,  where  he  purchased  two  hundred  acres  of 
land,  intending  to  make  a  farm  of  it,  but  finding  more  satisfactory  employment  in 
town  never  settled  on  the  land.  Most  of  the  time  up  to  1^62  was  spent  in  clerking, 
overseeing  flour  and  saw  mills,  and  acting  justice  of  the  peace,  for  which  office  his 
previous  study  of  law  was  especially  helpful.  In  the  fall  of  1862  he  went  into  the 
army  as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  H,  Twenty-seventh  Regiment  Iowa  \'olunteer 
Infantry.  In  camp  of  instruction  he  was  familiar  with  the  drill,  etc.,  as  he  had  been 
studying  the  tactics  from  the  commencement  of  the  war  and  in  command  of  and 
drilling  a  company  of  home  guards  for  more  than  a  year.  In  a  few  weeks  the  regi- 
ment was  ordered  to  the  field,  or  as  the  popular  phrase  is,  to  the  front,  and  not  more 
than  half  drilled  or  disciplined.  On  Apr.  10,  1863,  he  became  captain  of  the  company 
by  reason  of  resignation  of  Capt.  Jacob  M.  Miller,  the  previous  captain,  who  became 
disabled  and  unable  to  endure  active  field  service.  Whitney  was  captain  of  the 
company  up  to  the  close  of  the  war,  and  was  discharged  with  the  company  and  regi- 


584  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

ment  at  Clinton,  la.,  Aug.  8,  1865.  He  returned  to  his  home  in  Quasqueton,  which  he 
had  not  seen  in  three  years,  worn  out,  run  down,  and  weak  from  constant  diarrhtta 
for  three  years,  and  which  continued  for  more  than  fifteen  years  after  the  war.  Find- 
ing no  place  of  business  obtainable  he  with  his  family,  wife  and  two  children,  went 
on  a  visit  to  the  old  folks  at  home  in  the  state  of  New  York.  While  on  this  visit  he 
was  induced  to  engage  m  an  enterprise  to  be  consummated  at  Richmond,  Ya.,  in  the 
establishment  of  a  dairy  farm.  The  project  was  a  complete  failure,  and  mindful 
still  of  the  advice  of  Greeley  he  again  went  west  with  his  family  to  grow  up  again, 
locating  on  government  land  in  Oswego  Township,  Labette  Co.,  Kas.,  in  the  spring 
of  1867.  Upon  this  place  he  lived  seventeen  years,  when  he  sold  out  and  moved  into 
the  city  of  Oswego,  two  and  a  half  miles  distant.  The  land  sold  for  $31.25  per  acre, 
costing  from  the  government  §1.25  per  acre.  He  has  continuously  lived  in  Oswego 
up  to  date,  Oct.  20,  1894,  aged  seventy-three  years  four  months  and  seven  days.  He 
has  no  regular  business  of  his  own,  but  spends  most  of  his  time  assisting  his  son-in- 
law  in  a  coal,  wood,  flour  and  feed  store;  res.  Quasqueton,  la.,  and  Oswego,  Kas. 

8926.  i,  E.MMA  Hawlev,  b.  Aug.  2.  1855;  m.  Oct.  1,  1876.  Lafayette  Baker, 

b.  Sept.  19,  1851;  res.  Oswego.  Ch.:  Roy  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  22, 
1877;  d.  Nov.  12,  1877;  Clifford  Otis.  b.  June  12,  1879;  d.  Aug., 
1882;  Edward  Lafayette,  b.  Feb.  10,  1883;  Florence  Eva,  b.  Mar. 
5,  1885;  Emma  Louise,  b.  Aug.  17,  1890;  Viola,  b.  June  22,  1893. 

8927.  ii.         Edward  Otis,  b.  May  29,  I860;  m.  Laura  M.  Norris. 

6382.  Edward  Webster  Whitney  (Otis,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Benjam.n,  John),  b.  Oct.  2,  1834;  m.  Oct.  2, 1869,  Kate  Chapin.  He  d.  Feb.  29, 
1884;  res.  Marysville,  Cal. 

8928.  i.  Frank  Chapin,  b.  June  6,  1870;  d.  Nov.  21,  1876. 

8929.  ii.         Edward  Otis,  b.  Dec.  3,  1875. 

6384.  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  15,  1824;  m.  in  Bergen,  N.  Y.,  Julv  17,  1842,  Eme- 
line  Pollay,  b.  Oct.  20,  1822. 

He  was  born  in  Albion,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  his  wife  in  Erie  Co.,  in  the  same 
state.  He  resided  in  Albion  until  1869,  and  followed  his  trade,  that  of  harness 
maker.  He  moved  to  Iowa  and  Kansas  in  1890;  res.  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  and  Lone 
Elm,  Kan. 

8930.  i.  Louisa  Jeanette,  b.  Sept.  16,  1843;  m.  Jan.  10,  1866,  F.  Chatter- 

don;  res.  Lone  Elm,  Kan.     They  have  3  sons. 

8931.  ii.         Herbert  Jonas,  b.  Julv  5.  1853;  m.  Mary  E.  Kelly. 

8932.  iii.        Frank  Pollay.  b.  Feb.'3, 1857;  m.  July  26, 1882,  Stella  A.  Schisca; 

res.  Lee  Co.,  111.;  3  ch. 

8933.  iv.        Charles  Murray,  b.  Sept.  20, 1845;  m.  Julia  A.  Nelson. 

6393.  Alexas  R.  Whitney  (Nathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Feb.  22,  1824;  m.  Aug.  14,  1851,  Mary  J.  Oakley,  b.  Hillsdale, 
N.  Y.,  Aug.  14,  1830. 

Alexas  R.  Whitney  was  born  in  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  was  but  fourteen  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  migrated  to  Lee  county.  Aug.  14,  1851,  he  was  married  to 
Mary  J.  Oakley.  His  sons  are  married,  associated  with  the  father  in  the  extensive 
business  of  the  culture  and  shipping  of  fruit  and  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  cider. 
He  is  prominently  identified  with  horticultural  matters  in  this  state,  and  is  associ- 
ated with  Frank  Dysart,  ex-president  of  the  state  board  of  agriculture  and  present 
postmaster  at  Franklin  Grove.  Mr.  Whitney  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture,  forty  years  ago,  and  has  been  connected  with  it  ever  since. 
Mr.  Whitney  has  steadfastly  refused  to  hold  office  of  any  kind,  and  is  the  only  sur- 
viving organizer  of  the  board  who  has  not  filled  some  position;  res.  Franklin 
Grove,  111. 

Sarah  J.,  b.  June  24,  1852;  d.  Sept.  9,  1853. 
Jesse  R.,  b.  Mar.  14.  1854;  m.  Ida  M.  Dysart. 
Carrie  L.,  b.  Sept.  21.  1855;  d.  Dec.  30,  1857. 
Carrie  L.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1857;  m.  June  24, 1879,  Albert  N.  Crawford. 
Ch.:  Olive  M.,  b.  Mar.  28, 1880;  John  R.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1882;  Albert 
N.,  b.  July  19,  1884;  Robert  D.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1886;  Charlie  L.,  b. 
Mar.  12,  1889;  res.  F.  G. 
8938.     V.         Nathan  A.  b.  Dec.  6,  1859;  m.  Hattie  M.  Timothy. 
S939.    vi.        Mary  J.,  b.  Jan.  31,  1866;  m.  June  19,  1889,  Clinton  L.  Booth;  add. 
228  Equitable  Bldg.,  Denver,  Col. 


8934. 

i. 

8935. 

ii. 

8936. 

iii 

8937. 

iv 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  585 

6396.  Daniel  H.  Whitney  (Cheeney,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  19,  1819;  m.  May  lo,  1850,  Susannah  Ue 
Graff,  b.  Jan.  6,  1830;  d.  Dec.  '^1,  1861;  m.  2d,  June  7,  1855,  Martha  Van  Gelder,  b. 
Aug.  31,  1834;  d.  Oct.  26,  1876;  m.  3d,  Mar.  4,  1381,  Sarah  Van  Gelder,  b.  Feb.  28, 
1832;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

8940.  i.  Clara  A.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1856;  m.  Sept.  5,  1877,  Charles  S.Bond;  res. 

Luverne,  Minn.  Ch.:  Claude  H.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1883;  Carrie  E.,  b. 
Apr.  8, 1886. 

8941.  ii.         Hattie,  b.  Dec.  31,  1862;  d.  Nov.  13,  1863. 

8942.  iii.        Mabel  A.,  b.  June  9,  1868. 

8943.  iv.       Frank  E.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1872. 

6398.  Hachaliah  Whitney  (Cheeney,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  30, 1822;  m.  May  15,  1843,  Matilda  Vrooman, 
dau.  of  William,  b.  July  21,  1825;  d.  Oct.  26,  1867;  m.  2d,  Jan.  10,  1869,  Hannah  C. 
Stevens,  b.  June  14,  1832;  res.  .Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

8944.  i.  Frances  Matilda,  b.  Apr.  28,  1844;  m.  Nov.  13,  1865,  Francis 

Henry  Carr,  b.  Oct.  25, 1841 ;  (1894)  res.,  s.  p.,  Clifton  House,  Chi- 
cago, 111.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  three  miles  east  of  Canandaigua, 
N.  Y.;  was  educated  at  the  public  schools,  and  followed  agricul- 
tural pursuits  until  25  years  of  age.  In  1865  he  went  to  Detroit, 
Mich.,  as  agent  for  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson  Sewing  Machine  Co. 
Since  then  he  has  been  in  the  hotel  business,  and  is  now  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Carr  &  Reeve,  owners  of  the  Clifton 
House,  and  the  Normandie,  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  the  Bryant,  at 
Flint,  Mich. 

6399.  Sidney  Whitney  (Cheeney,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  v.,  Aug.  20,  1824;  m.  May  16,  1850,  Amelia  \'an 
Gelder,  b.  Sept.  4,  1824;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

8945.  i.  Willis,  b.  Nov.  19,  1854;  unm. 

8946.  ii.         Burritt  Gray,  b.  Feb.  27,  1859;  unm.     Both  sons  live  at  home 

and  work  on  the  farm.  Burritt  is  a  good  blacksmith.  Willis 
has  invented  a  corn  husker  but  has  never  got  it  patented;  both 
are  ingenious  boys. 

6402.  Byron  Whitney  (Cheeney,  Nathan,  Jonathan  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  4,  1830;  m.  there,  Aug.  22,  1854,  Mary  C. 
Leeson,  b.  Apr.  28,  1835;  res.  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y. 

8947.  i,  Julia  E.,  b.  June  27,  1855;  m.  Dec.  26,  1878,  Prescott  Crosby;  res. 

S.  C,  s.  p. 

6404.  Cheeney  Parkhurst  Whitney  (Cheeney,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  lohn),  b.  June  10,  1836,  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.;  m.  Nov.  26,  1861,  Mary 
C.  Chapman,  b.  Oct.  28,  1835;  res.  Orleans,  N.  Y. 

8948.  i.  Margaret  Olive,  b.  Apr.  7,  1864;  m.  Sept.  3,  1890,  William  F, 

Chapman,  res.  125  West  Chester  Park,  Boston,  Mass. 

8949.  ii.         Almon  Chap.man,  b.  Apr.  15,1867. 

8950.  iii.       Mary  Matilda,  b.  Nov.  11,  1870. 

8951.  iv.       John  Cheeney,  b.  Apr.  3,  1875. 

6403a.  Oscar  Whitney  (Joel,  Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Sept.  26,  1817;  m.  Aug.  15,  1839,  Elizabeth  R.  Crosbv.  Address  of  living 
child,  Mrs.  Lorain  F.  McCook,  Kenilworth,  111.     He  d.  Oct.  29,'l890. 

6405.  Lemuel  Parkhurst  Whitney  (Joel,  Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3,  1820;  m.  there,  Sept.  2,  1841,  Elmira  Col- 
well,  b.  Jan.  30,  1812;  d.  Oct.  16,  1888. 

He  was  born  in  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  until  1840,  when  he  moved  to 
Hudson,  Mich,  where  he  has  since  resided,  engaged  in  farming  and  lumbering.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church;  res.  Hudson,  Mich. 

8952.  i.  Joel  Colwell,  b.  Dec.  14,  1843.     He  was  born  at  Hudson,  Mich.; 

educated  at  the  public  schools  there  and  at  Hillsdale  college, 
and  while  at  the  latter  place  enlisted  in  the  army  in  the  summer 
of  1862  in  Co.  C,  Berdan's  Sharpshooters,  and  served  until  1863. 
38 


586  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

That  year  he  went  to  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  with  Gen.  Edwin 
McCook,  as  chief  clerk  of  the  supply  agency  for  the  Army  of  the 
Cumberland.  He  was  there  when  the  war  closed,  when  he  at  once 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  and  grocery  business.  In 
1873  he  came  to  Chicago  and  at  present  is  interested  with  J.  W. 
Doane  &  Co.,  importers  and  wholesalers  of  teas  and  coffees. 
This  firm  has  one  of  the  largest  trades  in  this  line  in  the  coun- 
try. He  is  unmarried,  and  his  address  is  45  Wabash  Ave. 
8953.    ii.         Daniel  Oliver,  b.  Mar.  15,  1850;  d.  June  26,  1860. 

6407a.  ^  Wells  W^hitney  (Joel,  Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 

John),  b.  Sept.  24,  1823;  m.  June  11,  1845,  Demis  Holmes,  b. ,  d. ;  m.  2d 

Laura  Potter,  b. ,  d. ;  m.  3d,  June,  1873,  Emeline  Shattuck.     He  d.  April 

18,   1887.    Address  of  living  child,    Mrs.  Robert  J.  Berry,  Reading,  Hillside  Co., 
Mich. 

6411a.  Charles  Carroll  Whitney  (Joel,  Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2,  1832;  m.  Nov.  25,  1857,  Marion  Clarke,  b. 
Mar.  17,  1839,  d.  Jan.  11,  1873;  m.  2d,  Sept.  23,  1878,  Julia  L.  Brown,  b.  Nov.  26,  1848. 
He  was  born  in  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.  Graduated  at  Williams  College  in  1853. 
Subsequently  engaged  in  the  telegraph  business,  and  was  manager  of  the  Western 
Union  office  at  Indianapolis  during  the  war.  Was  assistant  secretary  of  the  Frank- 
lin Life  Insurance  Company  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  in  1874.  In  1876  he  became  pri- 
vate secretary  of  Wm.  H.  Beers,  vice-president  and  actuary  of  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Company,  and  retained  that  position  with  him  when  he  became  president. 
He  was  elected  secretary  of  the  company  in  1892,  the  office  having  been  created  for 
that  purpose.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Manhattan  Safe  Deposit  and  Storage 
Company;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  add.  346-348  Broadway. 

8954a.  i.  Annette,  b.  Apr.  24,  1859;  m.  Mar.  3, 1879,  Wm.  H.  Dall;  res.  1119 
12lh  St.,  n.  w.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

895.5a.  ii.        Marion,  b.  Mav  14,  1862;  d.  Feb.  3,  1867. 

89.56a.  iii.       Lizzie,  b.  Feb. '18,  1863;  res.  27  W.  128th  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 

8957a.  iv.       Robert  Edwin,  b.  Sept.  9,  1865;  ad.  115  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 

8958a.  V.        Esther,  b.  May  21,  1882;  res.  170  Carroll  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

6413a.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Joel,  Joel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Apr.  28,  1837;  m.  Apr.  25,  1864,  Lavina  H.  Fiero;  res.  Geneva, 
N.  Y.     P.  O.  box  377. 

6406.    John  Whitney  (Theodore.  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  24,  1828;  m.  Apr.  6, 1848,  Elizabeth  A.  Garrett,  b. 
June  6,  1825;  res.  Suspension  Bridge,  N.  Y. 
■  Ellen  E.,  b.  Sept.  3,  1849. 

Frederick  G..  b.  Mar.  22,  1852. 

Margaret  Experiance,  b.  Oct.  8,  1854. 

John  Warner,  b.  Nov.  18,  1856;  d.  luly  12,  1857. 

Mary  Sophia,  b.  May  26, 18-58;  m.  Oct.  18,  1876, Vogt. 

Emma  Electa,  b.  Dec.  13,  1860. 

Eliza  Bryant,  b.  May  11,  1863. 

Frances  Kate,  b.  Feb.  13,  1866. 

George  Warner,  b.  Oct.  2,  1868. 

6410.  Charles  Field  Whitney  (Theodore,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  22,  1831;  m.  Oct.  4,  1854,  Char- 
lotte W.  Crittenden,  b.  Apr.  30,  1835;  res.  Mineral  Ridge,  O. 

8963.  i.         Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  13,  1855;  m.  Oct.  14,  1874,  W.  H. 

Warner;  res.  Mineral  Ridge,  O.  Ch.:  Whitney,  b.  June  3, 1878; 
Hugh  L.  b.  Dec.  25,  1880. 

8964.  ii.         Frances  A.,  b.  June  22,  1857;  m.  Sept.  15, 1876,  Rev.  J.  J.  Graham; 

res.  Perry ville,  Va.  Ch.:  Alice  Frances,  b.  May  23,  1877;  Wm. 
Charles,  b.  Sept.  5,  1880;  Lottie  Crittenden,  b.  June  14,  1882; 
Paul  Edgar,  b.  July  30,  1885. 

8965.  iii.        Abbie  W.,  b.  July  26,  1858;  res.  M.  R. 

8966.  iv.       Charles  Edward,  b.  Apr.  16,  1866;   m.  Feb.  14,  1891,  Annie 

Elizabeth  Helnig;  res  M.  R.  She  was  b.  Nov.  30,  1866;  s,  p. 
He  is  a  clerk. 


8954. 

1, 

8955. 

11. 

8956. 

HI. 

8957. 

IV. 

8958. 

v. 

8959. 

VI. 

8960. 

vu. 

8961. 

vin 

8962. 

IX. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  587 

8967.  V.         Ami  E.,  b.  Sept.  18, 1861 ;  d.  Apr.  24, 1874. 

8968.  vi.        Nellie  T.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1864;  d.  Dec.  15,  1887. 

8969.  vii.       Kate  E.,  b.  Nov.  17, 1871 ;  m.  Oct.  8, 1890,  R.  A.  Woods;  res.  Pasa- 

dena, Cal.     Ch.:  Donovan  Whitney,  b.  Jan.  17,  1893. 

8970.  viii.     J.  F.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1874;  res.  M.  R. 

6413.  Ami  Whitney  (Theodore,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  May  24, 1837;  m.  Aug.  25,  1862,  Catherine  Rose  Mills;  b. 
Sept.  2, 1844;  d.  Jan.  25, 1866. 

He  was  born  in  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  for  many  years.  He  was  united 
in  marriage  in  Plainwell,  Mich.,  where  he  was  engaged  for  some  time  in  the  retail  boot 
and  shoe  busmess.  Was  county  clerk  there  for  some  time.  For  a  few  years  before 
his  death  he  was  in  very  poor  health,  and  was  obliged  to  spend  his  winters  in  the 
south  or  west.     He  d.  Apr.  14,  1873;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

8971.  i.  Alice  K.,  b.  June  18,  1864;  res.  100  East  Ave.,  R. 

8972.  ii.         Mary,  d.  infancy. 

8973.  iii.        George,  d.  infancy. 

6415.  Erastus  Frank  Whitney  (Jasper,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Thompson,  O.,  Aug.  31,  1836;  m.  Aug.  8,  1860,  Lucinda  Ham- 
burger, b.  Feb.  'z2,  1840;  d.  June,  26,  1876;  res.  Bowling  Green,  O. 

8974.  i.  Rosa  Etta,  b.  1863;  m.  John  G.  Benkie.     They  had  three  ch. 

She  d.  North  Judson,  Ind.,  in  1891,  leaving  two  ch.    He  m.  again 
and  res.  Koutz,  Ind. 

8975.  ii.         Adelbert  Ezra,  b.   Sept.  10,  1865,  res.  unm.  205   Illinois   St., 

Chicago,  111.;  clerk  in  post  office. 

8976.  iii.        Lester  Elihu,  b.  May  7,  1872;  res.  with  Adelbert. 

8977.  iv.       Willis  Clark,  b.  Dec.  2,  187y;  res.  B.  G. 

6416.  Ezra  A.  Whitney  (Jasper,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Seneca  Co.,  O.,  Aug.  12,  1840;  m.  at  Fostoria,  O.,  Nov.  12,  1866,  Mary  E. 
Decker,  b.  May  14,  1846;  res.  Tacoma  and  Puyallup,  W.  T. 

8978.  i.  Alva  D.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1867;  unm;  res.  Tacoma. 

8979.  ii.         Nettie  M.,  b.  June  18,  1869;  teacher;  unm.;  res.  at  home. 

8980.  iii.        O C,  b.  Dec.  29,  1870;   school  principal;  unm.;  res  at  home. 

6417.  A.Mi  Whitney  (Jasper,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Seneca  Co.,  O.,  Apr.  19,  1842;  m.  Apr.  10,  1862,  Julia  Damschroder,  b.  Apr. 
5,  1845.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  d.  May,  26,  1891;  res.  Hessville,  O. 

8981.  i.  Mary  M.,b.  Aug.  24,  1863;    m.  Sept.  21,  1893,  A.  H.  Arnold;    res. 

Hessville,  O. 

8982.  ii.         Adela  M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1865;  m.  Nov.   30,  1882,  Louis   Schneider; 

res.  Hessville,  O. 

6422.  Edwin  G.  Whitney  (Jasper,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  at  Flat  Rock,  O.,  Mar.  26,  1827;  m.  Ian.  5,  1851,  at  Gibsonburg,  O., 
Margaret  Garns,  b.  Jan.  12,  1834.     He  d.  Nov.  23,  1862;  res.  Gibsonburg,  O. 

8983.  i.  Emma  E„  b.  Nov.  28,  1^51;  d.  Dec.  18,  1851. 

8984.  ii.         Malissa,  b.  April  19,  1853;  d.  Sept.  17,  1853. 

8985.  iii.        Francis,  b.  May  9,1854;  m.  Apr.  18,  1875,  Margaret  Ickes;  res. 

Gibsonburg,  O.;   four  ch. 

8986.  iv.        Samuel  J.,  b.  Mar.  23,  1856;  d.  Dec.  6,  1871. 

8987.  v.         Ella  E.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1859;  m.  Jan.  13, 1878,  Peter  J.  Powers;   res. 

G. ;  four  boys  living. 

8988.  vi.        Milan  J.,  b.  Jan.  13. 1861;  res.  G.;  farmer  and  school  teacher. 

8989.  vii.       Mary   A.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1862  ;    m.  Mar.  30,  1887,  Moses  Warner. 

She  d.  June 7,  1889;  one  girl;  res.  975  W.  Lake  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

6427.  Ami  Whitney  (Isaac  A.,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Dec.  27,  1838;  ui.  July  4,  1864,  Emma  C.  Strong,  b.  May  21,  1845;  d.  June  27, 
1887;  m.  2d,  July  23,  1890,  Marv  Mellon;  res.  Quincv,  Mich. 

8990.  i.  MANSFiELD,'b.  Nov. 20,  1865;  m.  June  1,  1893,  Alice  King,  b.  May 

8,  1868;  res.  Quincv,  Mich. 

8991.  ii.         Frank,  b.  Dec.  27,  1868;  m.  Dec.  25,  1890,  Effie  McGinnis;  res. 

Quincy,  Mich. 

8992.  iii.        Nellie  E.,b.  June  21,  1875;   m.  Mar,  13,  1892,  Harry  Greening; 

res.  Q. 


588  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


6433.  J.  Shearman  Whitney  (Ami,  Ami,  Jonathan.  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),  b.  Flint  Creek,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  7,  1847;  m.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Feb.  24,  1875, 
Emma  C.  Crozier. 

He  resided  with  his  parents  at  Flint  Creek  until  1871,  when  he  removed  to  Well- 
ington, Kan.  After  two  years  he  returned  to  his  former  home.  After  marriage,  he 
resided  on  a  farm  in  Gorham,  N.  Y.,  until  1880,  when  he  removed  to  a  farm  in  Flint 
Creek,  N.  Y.  After  living  at  this  place  for  eight  years  he  moved  to  Hall's  Corner's, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  for  a  short  time.  In  May,  1889,  he  went  to  El  Cajon,  Cal., 
where  his  family  followed  him  in  the  following  August.  In  1894  he  returned  to  Hall's 
Corner's,  N.  Y.;  res.  El  Cajon,  Cal.,  and  Hall's  Corner's,  N.  Y. 

8993.  i.  Wm.  Ami  Jefferson,  b.  Jan.  15,  1876. 

8994.  ii.         George  C,  b.  June  11,  1877. 

8995.  iii.        Anna  Belle,  b.  Dec.  6,  1879;  d.  Dec.  24,  1879. 

6435.  Thomas  Densmore  Whitney  (Ami,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin  John),  b.  Apr.  20,  1852;  m.  Feb.  1,  1880,  at  Seneca  Castle,  N.  Y.,  Jane  Ann 
Potter,  b.  Jan.  22,  18-;  res.  Stanley.  N.  Y. 

8996.  i.  Frank  Robert,  b.  Nov.  1,  1881. 

8997.  ii.         Charlotte  Ann,  b.  Aug.  14,  1883. 

8998.  iii.        Zillah  Margaret,  b.  Mar.  14,  1885. 

6436.  Charles  Wjlliam  Whitney  (Ami,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  May  5,  1854;  m.  Nov.  23,  1881,  at  Osawatomie,  Kan.,  Emma  M. 
Parker,  b.  London,  Eng.,  June  27,  1858;  res.  Osawatomie,  Kan. 

8999.  i.  Frances  Ann,  b.  Jan.  21,  1884. 
8000.     ii.         Fred  A.  H.,  b.  July  28,  1885. 

9001.  iii.        Ernest  Frank,  b.  June  22,  1887. 

9002.  iv.        Thomas  Shearman,  b.  Dec.  8,  1889. 

6437.  Frank  Ami  Whitney  (Ami,  Ami,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Benja- 
min, John),  b.  June  4,  1858;  m.  Nov.  14,  1887,  at  Salem,  Ore.,  Ada  F.  Parker,  b.  Mai- 
den, Eng  ,  Aug.  26,  1864;  druggist;  res.  Osawatomie,  Kan. 

9003.  i.         Shearman  Parker,  b.  Sept.  27,  1888. 

6440.  Drake  Whitney  (Solon  M.  W.,  Parkhurst,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  23,  1843;  m.  Dec.  21, 1871,  Grace 
V.  Oatman. 

Drake  Whitney  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
23,  1843;  educated  at  Niagara  in  private  schools,  the  public 
schools  and  Porter's  academy,  and  at  Dr.  Reed's  Walnut  Hill 
school,  Geneva,  N.  Y.  Was  graduated  with  degree  civil 
engineer,  in  1864,  at  the  Renselaer  Polytechnic  Institute, 
Troy,  N.  Y.  Is  a  member  of  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  college 
fraternity.  Delta  Chapter,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.  Studied  in  Europe 
from  June.  1865,  to  May,  1869,  at  the  University  of  Got- 
tingen,  Hanover,  at  the  Freiberg  Mining  Academy,  Frei- 
berg, Saxony,  and  at  the  Ecole  des  Mines,  Paris,  France. 
Was  in  Colorado  and  California  in  1870.  Was  for  a  while 
an  assistant  engineer  on  the  Erie  R.  R.;  also  a  resident 
engineer  on  the  Canada  Southern  R.  R.,  and  on  the  Mich- 
igan Midland  R.  R.  Was  assistant  engineer  during  the 
changing  of  the  new  Suspension  Bridge  from  wood  to  iron. 
DBAKE  WHITNEY.  Was  fourteen  years  corporation  engineer,   before   1892,  of 

Niagara  Falls,  and  is  also  engaged  in  general  practice.  Ran 
the  best  levels  ever  taken  for  the  great  tunnel.  Is  a  member  of  Niagara  Frontier 
Lodge  No.  132,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Royal  Arch  Chapter  No.  200.  and  Genesee  Commandery 
No.  10,  of  Lock  port,  N.  Y.;  res.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  335  Buffalo  Ave. 

9004.  i.         Grace  Oatman,  b.  Apr.  28.  1873. 

9005.  ii.        Frances  Ethel,  b.  Apr.  19.  1877. 

9006.  iii.       Edwin  Bullinger,  b.  Jan.  22,  1881. 

* 
6446.     Benjamin  Rush  Whitney  (David.  Jonathan,  David,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Shelburne,  Mass.,  Apr.  27.  1832;    m.  at  Utica,  Mo.,  Nov.  25,  1858, 
Mary  Anne  Conrad,  b.  Newry,  Pa.,  Mar.  8,  1838. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


589 


9007. 

i. 

9008. 

11. 

9009. 

iii. 

9010. 

iv. 

9011. 

V. 

9012. 

VI. 

9013. 

VII. 

9014. 

VI 11 

9015. 

IX. 

9016. 

X. 

BENJAMIN    R.   WHITNEY. 


1894. 


He  was  born  in  Shelburne,  Mass.,  Apr.  27,  1832.  While  an  infant  his  parents 
removed  to  western  New  York,  and  in  1845  to  Madison,  Ind.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation at  Hanover  College,  Hanover,  Jeff.  Co.,  Ind.,  taking  the  degree  of  B.  A.,  Sept. 
18,  1858.  Taught  school  in  Shelby  Co.,  Ky.,  and  Lafayette, 
Ind.,  for  the  next  two  years,  and  in  Sept  ,  1852,  joined  a 
party  of  civil  engineers  on  the  Ohio  and  Miss.  '  Railway, 
and  has  practiced  the  profession  of  civil  engineer  ever 
since.  Went  to  Missouri  in  May,  1856,  and  was  assistant 
engineer  on  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph  R.  R.  for  two  years. 
Married  Nov.  25,  1858,  and  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo  ,  July, 
1860,  when  work  was  commenced  on  the  west  end  of  the 
Mo.  Pacific  Ry.,  and  has  made  his  permanent  home  in 
Kansas  City  ever  since.  Was  city  engineer  of  Kansas 
City  in  1885-86,  but  his  practice  has  been  mainly  in  rail- 
way construction,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  the  positions 
from  chairman  to  chief  engineer,  having  served  in  the 
states  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Loui- 
siana, Colorado  and  California  and  the  territories  of  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona;  res.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  628  Harrison 
street. 

Mary,  b.  Aug.  22,  1859;  d.  Nov.  24, 1876. 

Benj.   R.,  b.   Feb.  24,   1861;    m.  Lillian 
White. 

David  V.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1864;  m.  Minnie  May  Shively. 

LrcY  Gertrude,  b.  Nov.  28,  1867. 

Pai-l,  b.  June  24,  1.^70. 

Arthur  Avery,  b.  Mar.  15,  1872. 

Mari  Francis,  b.  Oct.  22,  1875;  res.  Cassel,  Germany, 

Mary  Elinor,  b.  July  11,  1881. 

Beatrice  Fanny,  b.  Aug.  10,  1885. 

Four  Others,  d.  in  infancy. 

6447.  Dr.  David  Victory  Whitney  (David,  Jonathan,  David,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Canisteo,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1888;  m.  Ellen  Ralston. 

Dr.  David  \".  Whitney  was  born  in  Canisteo,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1838.  He  read  med- 
icine with  Dr.  C.  E.  Parker,  of  Beardstown,  111.,  and  took  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  St. 
Louis  early  in  1862.  Immediately  on  receiving  his  degree  he  was  appointed  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  Missouri  state  militia — a  body  of  troops  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  government  in  the  state  of  Missouri — and  about  three  months  afterward  was 
promoted  to  surgeon  of  the  regiment  commanded  by  Col.  Geo.  H.  Hall,  of  St.  Joseph, 
now  of  Deadwood,  S.  D.  This  regiment  participated  in  the  second  battle  of  Spring- 
field, Mo.,  and  Dr.  Whitney  was  director  of  the  Central  General  hospital  of  Missouri, 
located  at  that  place.  In  1863  he  accompanied  his  regiment  to  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and 
while  there  resigned  his  commission  in  the  army  and  was  appointed  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  U.  S.  navy.  After  serving  about  three  years,  mostly  in  the  gulf  ports,  he 
left  the  service  of  the  government.  A  natural  disposition  to  roam,  increased  by  his 
government  service  took  him  west,  and  in  1886  he  went  to  Helena,  Mont.,  with  a  mule 
train,  starting  from  Atchison,  Kan.  After  various  adventures  there  he  started  alone 
down  the  Missouri  river,  making  short  stops  in  the  scattered  settlements  and  among 
the  different  tribes  of  Indians  then  living  in  those  regions,  and  reached  Kansas  City 
in  the  summer  of  1868.  After  practicing  medicine  for  the  next  two  years  in  Marma- 
ton  and  Sedgewick,  Kan.,  he  again  went  west  and  lived  a  life  of  adventure  in  Colo- 
rado, New  Mexico  and  Utah,  as  miner,  prospector,  deputy  U.  S.  marshal,  and  what- 
ever else  fell  in  with  his  roving  inclinations.  He  finally  settled  down  to  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Wyoming;  was  appointed  physician  to  the  company  operating  the 
coal  mines  of  the  L^.  P.  R.  R.,  and  was  elected  member  of  the  Wyoming  legislature. 
He  married  here  and  in  1878  moved  to  St.  Edward,  Neb.,  where  he  established  him- 
self in  the  practice  of  medicine,  and  died  there  Sept.  17,  1882.  He  was  a  man  of 
brilliant  natural  endowments  and  excellent  acquirements,  but  of  eccentric  habits;  res. 
St.  Edward,  Neb. 

■9017a.    i.         Elizabeth  Bessie,  b. ;  res.  Columbus,  Neb. 

6449.  Charles  Edward  Whitney  (Elias,  Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Oct.  24,  1836;  m.  Sept.  13,  1859,  Mary  Elizabeth  Onion,  b.  Apr. 
30,  1840. 


9019. 

iii. 

9020. 

iv. 

9021. 

V. 

9022. 

vi. 

9023. 

vii 

590  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

He  is  justice  of  the  peace,  bail  commissioner,  and  first  special  justice  of  the  third 
district  court  of  southern  Worcester.  Is  secretary  of  Montgomery  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  res.  Milford,  Mass.,  16  Grant  St. 

9017.  i.  Horace,  b.  Oct.  19.  1861;    m.  May  22,  1890,  Cora  Lee  Snell,  b. 

Mar.  9, 1868.     He  is  a  dentist  and  res.  in  Milford,  s.  p. 

9018.  ii.         Alice  E.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1864;  m.  Sept.  24,  1884,  David  A.  Wescott; 
res.  Hopedale,  Mass. 

Julia  E.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1867;  res.  Milford. 
Mary  E.,b.  Feb.  2,  1870;  res.  Milford. 
Amy  L.,b.  Apr.  24.  1872;  res.  Milford. 
Cora  May,  b.  Feb.  21,  1876;  res.  Milford. 
Chas.  E.,  b.  Oct.  12, 1879. 

6451.  Charles  Emour  Le  Baron  Whitney  (Charles  B.,  Jonathan,  Elias, 
Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Nov.  10,  1839,  Wrentham,  Mass.;  m.  Aug.  14, 
1864;  Augusta  G.  Nichols,  b.  Saco,  Me.,  Sept.  9, 1841;  res.  Medway,  Mass. 

9024.  i.  Maud  Miller,  b.  Nov. 27. 1866. 

9025.  ii.        Bessie  Nichols,  b.  Mar.  15,  1868. 

9026.  iii.       Charles  Albert,  b.  Dec.  6,  1869. 

6452.  George  W.  Whitney  (Charles  B.,  Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias.  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, John),b.  Milford,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1844;  m.  in  Chelsea,  May  1, 1866,  Jennv  True, 
b.  Dec.  31,  1843;  res.  Stoneham,  Mass. 

9027.  i.         Gertrude  B.,  b.  May  7,  1868. 

64."3.  Frank  Le  Prelate  Whitney  (Charles  B  ,  Jonathan,  Elias,  EHas,  Jona- 
than. Benjamin,  John),  b.  Baltimore,  Md.,  July  6,  1862;  m.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass., 
June  9,  1881,  Mary  E.  Brooks,  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1853.  He  is  a  retail  boot 
and  shoe  dealer;  res.  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

9028.  i.         Frank  Edwin,  b.  May  28,  1882. 

6465.  Elias  Whitney  (George,  Jonathan,  Elias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Jan.  21,  1849;  m.  Sept.  11.  1872.  Mary  Elizabeth  Gleason,  b.  Feb.  21,  1852. 

The  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Milford,  Mass.;  moved  to  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.,  where  he  now  resides,  in  Apr..  1882;  received  a  common  school  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Milford;  graduated  from  Bryant  &  Stratton  Commer- 
cial college  in  1866,  since  which  time  has  been  engaged  in  various  mercantile  pur- 
suits, and  at  present  a  stockholder  and  closely  identified  with  the  E.  P.  Gleason 
Mfg.  Co.,  extensive  manufacturers  of  gas  and  electric  light  supplies,  181  to  189  Mer- 
cer St.,  New  York  City,  and  93  to  99  Commercial  St.,  Brooklyn.  During  the  last  ten 
years  of  his  living  in  Milford  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Milford  brass  band;  was 
made  an  Odd  Fellow  inTisquantum,  Lodge  No.  46,  Sept.  4, 1871, at  Milford;  joined  Mil- 
ford Lodge  No.  692,  Knights  of  Honor,  in  1878;  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  a 
member  of  Mecca  Temple  A.  A.  O.  M.  S.  of  New  York  City.  In  Mar.,  1891,  he  was 
the  recipient  of  a  valuable  past  master's  jewel  from  the  brethren  of  Enterprise  Lodge 
No.  228  of  Masons  of  New  York  City;  res.  132K  Noble  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

9029.  i.         Charles  Wilfred,  b.  Apr.  3, 1881 ;  d.  Apr.  4, 1881. 

9030.  ii.        Gladys  Louise,  b.  Sept.  14, 1885. 

6458.  Henry  E.  Whitney  (Lemuel,  Laban,  F.lias,  Elias,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  in  Milford.  Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1859;  m.  Apr.  27,  1884,  Mary  Smith,  b.  Nov.  12, 
1864;  res.  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 

9031.  i.         Gertrude  Ethel,  b.  Apr.  29, 1886;  d.  Aug.  2,  1886. 

9032.  ii.         Maud  Estelle,  b.  Mar.  27,  1888. 

6469.     Isaac  A.  Whitney  (Erastus,  Isaac,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin,  Ben- 

jamm,  John),  b.  Apr.  12,  1816;  m.  Sept.  10,  1840,  Jane  Waters,  b. ;  d.  Mar.  7, 

1858;  m.  2d,  July  4,  1858,  Hattie  Crowl.     He  d.  Feb.  18,  1890;  res.  Maquoketa,  la. 

9033.  i.  Amon  a.,  b. ;  res.  Beatrice,  Neb. 

6471.  WiLLARD  Wedlock  Whitney'  (Erastus,  Isaac,  Jonathan.  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1823;  m.  July  27,  1850, 
Fanny  P.  Orton,  b.  Feb.  19,  1831;  d.  Feb.  9,  1878.  He  d.  May  15,  1891;  res.  Maquo- 
keta, la. 

9034.  i.  Ursula  E.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1851;  m.  John  E.  Coope;  res.  Imlay  City, 

Mich. 


9037. 

9038. 

ii. 

9039. 

iii. 

9040. 

IV. 

9041. 

V. 

9042. 

VI. 

9043. 

VII 

9044. 

1. 

9045. 

11. 

9046. 

111. 

9047. 

IV. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  591 

9035.  ii.     •    Oliver  H.,  b.  Mar.  27,  1855;  m.  Emma  Hunter. 

9036.  iii.        Sarah  Jane,  b.  June  28,  1857;  m.  Feb.  14,  1883,  Cyrus  Traver,  b. 

Nov.  21,1825;  res.  Elvira,  la.     Ch.:  Percy  C,  b.  Feb.  14,1886; 
Ray,  b.  Aug.  22,  1888;  d.  Jan.  14, 1889;  Creon  A.,b.  Apr.  28, 1890; 

6472.  James  E.  Whitney  (James  M.,  Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Aug.  18, 1848;  m.  July  4,  1872.  Narcassa  M.  Mead,  b.  Nov.  4, 1853, 
res.  Chicago,  111.;  address  115  Dearborn  St.,  r.  82. 

Inez  M.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1875;  d.  Apr.  18,  1875. 

Jasmine  G.,  b.  Aug.  27, 1876. 

Grace  W.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1878. 

Ira  M.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1880;  d.  Aug.  5,  1882. 

Iris  E..  b.  July29,  1885. 

Asaph  E.,  b.  Apr.  28,  1891. 

Claude  L.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1893. 

6474.  Marcus  W.  Whitney,  (James  M.,  Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Amboy,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  15,  1852;  m.  June  18,  1876,  Ella  E. 
Bradly,  b.  Dec.  6,  1851;  res.  Piano,  111.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  202  Fullerton*Ave., 
Chicago,  111. 

Harriett  G.,  b.  Apr.  12.  1877. 

Alice  A.,  b.  July  25,  1878. 

Katella  L.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1880. 

Litta  M.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1887. 

6480.  David  Dewane  Whitney  (George  W.,  Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Galena,  111.,  Mar  22,  1846;  m.  Feb.  17,  1873,  Ada  B. 
Halpin,  b.  Feb.  13,  1848. 

He  was  born  in  Galena,  111.,  Mar.  22,  1846.  Spent  the  first  ten  years  of  his  life 
at  Syracuse  and  Camillus,  N.  Y.,  and  the  next  five  years  in  St.  Anthony,  now  Minne- 
apolis. The  next  ten  years  were  spent  in  Chicago,  111.,  and  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  during 
which  time  he  learned  the  trunk  trade,  and  the  sash,  door  and  blind  business,  the 
former  of  which  he  has  worked  at  and  carried  on  a  manufactory  in  Minneapolis 
up  to  1881.  Since  that  date  he  has  been  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  Chicago,  111.,  in  which  line  of  business  he  is  still 
(1893).  He  is  located  perminently  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  at  his  old  business,  trunk 
manufacturing;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  add.  301  Title  &  Trust  Bldg.,  Chicago,  111., 
and  344  No.  Main  St.,  Los.  Angeles,  Cal. 

"'      "  Jesse  v.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1874. 

Arthur  D.,  b.  May  20,  1875. 

Fred  J.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1877. 

Irving  D.,  b.  Jan.21.  1881. 

Frankie  G.,  b.  May  7,  1884. 

6486.  Grant  U.  Whitney  (George  W.,  Asaph,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  at  Galena,  111.,  Apr.  17,  1864;  m.  Jan.  7,  1891,  Mary  T.  Hentrich,  b. 
Jan.  29,1868.  He  is  with  D.  D.  Whitney,  trunk  manufacturer,  and  was  formerly  with 
the  Bijou  Trunk  Company,  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  344  No.  Main  St.,  s.  p. 

6512.  George  L.Whitney  (Horace  I.,  Jesse,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Feb.  14,  1865;  m.  Oct.  1890,  Lizzie  Curry;  res.  Bad  Axe,  Mich. 

9053.  i.         Jessie  M.,  b.  May,  1891. 

6513.  William  H.  Whitney  (Horace  L,  Jesse,  Isaac,  Jason,  Mark,  Benjamin, 
John),  b.  Jan.  8,  1868;  m.  Oct.  5,  1891,  Lucy  E.  Mason;  res.  Washington,  Mich. 

9054.  i.  Bert,  b.  Mar.  3,  1893. 

6524.  Lorenzo  Henry  Whitney  (Samuel  D.,  James  W.,  Fisher,  Jason,  Mark, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Kingston,  111.,  Mar.  28,  1863;  m.in  Chicago,  Aug.  24, 1885,  Maggie 
Reitzel,  b.  Apr.  3,  1864.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Belvidere,  111. 

9055.  i.  Wren,  b.  Oct.  7,  1887. 

9056.  ii.         Rena,  b.  Mar.  18,  1889. 

9057.  iii.        Dean,  b.  May,  1893. 


9048. 

i. 

9049. 

ii. 

9050. 

iii. 

9051. 

iv. 

9052. 

v. 

592  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

6525.  Charles  Linxoln  Whitney  (Samuel  D.,  James  W.,  Fisher,  Jason,  Mark, 
Benjamin,  John',  b.  Kingston,  111.,  Feb.  28,  1867;  m.  Mar.  4,  1886,  in  Beloit,  Wis., 
Carrie  Thurston;  res.  Belvidere,  111. 

9058.  i.  Maida  L.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1886. 

9059.  ii.         Hazell  I.,  b.  May  3,  1889. 

9060.  iii.        Dudley  Dean,  b.  Feb.  2,  1892. 

6546.  Charles  Freeman  Whitney  (Joseph  L.,  Freeman  S.,  George,  Jason, 
Mark,  Benjamin,  John),  b  Natick,  Sept.  5,  1869;  m.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Sept.  3, 
1891,  Edith  Ward  Savage,  b.  Mar.  27,  1870.  He  is  a  dealer  in  teas  and  coffees;  res. 
Natick,  Mass. 

6549.  John  Heath  Whitney  (John  H.,  Elisha,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Feb,  24,  1838;  m.  Harriett  A.  Bates.  He  d.  Sept.  19, 1887;  res.  Boston, 
Mass.,  rear  of  7  Monument  Sq. 

9061.  i.  Richard,  b.  Jan.  27,  1874. 

9062.  ii.         Ralph  Holyoke,  b.  Sept.  25,  1876. 

9063.  iii.       Robert  Bates,  b.  Apr.  11,  1879. 

6553.  Theodore  Davis  Whitney  (Nathaniel  D.,  Elisha,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  July  2,  1847;  m.  Feb.  7,  1876,  Annie  Isabelle 
Richardson;  res.  Brookline,  Mass. 

9064.  i.         William,  b.  Dec.  10,  1877. 

6563.  Benjamin  Whitney  (Benjamin  D.,  Asa,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  is  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  Jan.  15,  1864;  m.  June  11,  1888,  Annie  Dexter 
Perry,  b.  Aug.  31,  1867.     He  is  a  painter  and  decorator;  res.  West  Medford,  Mass. 

9065.  i.         Annie,  b.  Dec.  31,  1890. 

9066.  ii.         Benjamin  Perry,  b.  Oct.  15,  1892. 

6567.  Hammond  Moore  Whitney  (Asa  H.,  Asa,  Elisha,  Elijah,  Daniel, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Hampton,  Va.,  July  28,  1851;  m.  in  Boston,  Nov.  13,  1879, 
Catherine  Howard  Reed,  b.  1854. 

He  was  born  in  Hampton,  Va.,  July  28,  1851.  Moved  to  N.  Y.,  1855,  and  to  New- 
town about  1857,  and  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  at  the  death  of  his  father  in  1859.  In 
1862  he  went  to  live  with  an  aunt,  on  a  farm  at  Leicester,  Mass.,  attending  the 
Leicester  Military  academy  two  winters,  and  working  on  the  farm  at  other  times, 
until  1865,  when  the  family  moved  to  Lancaster,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  to 
work  on  a  farm,  except  in  winter,  until  1867,  when  he  went  to  work  in  a  cotton  mill, 
and  continued  there  until  1869,  when  he  went  to  Oxford,  Mass.,  and  worked  in  a 
woolen  mill  until  early  in  1870,  when  he  went  to  Boston  and  went  to  work  in  a  whole- 
sale paper  store,  where  he  remained  until  1885,  at  which  time  he  became  connected 
with  one  of  the  oldest  paper  manufacturing  concerns  in  the  country,  and  in  1889  was 
made  vice-president,  which  office  he  now  holds.  He  served  in  the  state  militia  six 
years;  res.  39  Carlton  St.,  Brookline,  Mass. 

9067.  i.         Catherine,  b.  Sept.  28,  1881. 

9068.  ii.        Margaret,  b.  Dec.  28, 1887. 

6579.  John  Whitney  (William,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Sophiasburg,  Ont.,  Mar.  1,  1834;  m.  Nov,  6,  1854,  Hannah  E.  Spafford, 
b.  Dec.  20,  1833;  res.  Petersboro,  Ontario. 

9069.  i.         William   Albert,  b.  Nov.  20,  1855;  unm.;  res.  Grand  Forks,  N. 

Dakota. 

9070.  ii.        Maggie  Ludema,  b.  Aug.  3,  1858;   m.  Fred  Sweetman;   res.  Chi- 

cago Lawn,  111. 

9071.  iii.       Herbert  Henry,  b.  Oct.  31, 1861;  m.  Harriett  Lucina  Baker. 

9072.  iv,       Helen  Louise,  b.  May  6,  1863;  res.  Peterboro,  Ont. 

6580.  Henry  Lambert  Whitney  (William,  Bartholomew,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Sophiasburg,  Ont.,  Mar.  2,  1841;  rti.  Sept.  30,  1860, 
Lettitia  Ann  Sprung,  b.  Feb.  12, 1842;  she  res.  at  Goodrich.  He  is  a  farmer;  res. 
Sophiasburg,  Canada  and  Goodrich,  Ont. 

9073.  i.         Albert  E.,  b. .     9077.    v.        Hariett  H.,  b. . 

9074.  ii.        Richard,  b. .        9078.    vi.       Bertha,  b. . 

9075.  iii.       Alvin,  b. .  9079.    vii.      Latita. . 

9076.  iv.       Geo.  Morris,  b. . 


9081. 

i. 

9082. 

11. 

9083. 

IV, 

9084. 

V. 

9085. 

vi 

9086. 

VII 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  593 

6581.  Daniel  Whitney)  William,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Ontario,  Jan.  8,  1836;  m.  June  25,  1856,  Nancy  De  Long,  b.  Sept.  14, 
1837.     He  d.  Aug.  16,  1868;  res.  Ameliasburg  and  Brighton,  Ont. 

9080.    iii.        David  Henry,  b  Oct.  1,  1860,  Ameliasburg,  Ont. 
Nartisha,  b.  June  25,  1857. 
Sarah  Catherine,  b.  Aug.  10,  1859. 
BiANCA  Permelia,  b.  May  12,  1862. 
Hiram  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  6,  1863. 
John  Stanley,  b.  Julv  4,  1865. 
MiNA  Victoria,  b.  Dec.  25,  1866. 

6582.  Paul  Lambert  Whitney  (William  B.,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Prince  Edward  Co.,  Ont  ,  Aug.  30,  1851;  m.  there  June 
13,  1867,  Hannah  Elizabeth  Hubbs,  b.  June  10,  1846;  m.  2d  Annie  Barton,  b.  Nov.  19, 
18 — .     He  is  connected  with  a  railroad  companv  in  Canada;  res.  Smithville,  Ont. 

9087.  i.  Genette,  b.  Dec.  8,  1868. 

9088.  ii.  Daniel,  b.  Apr.  22,  1870;  m.  Jan.  20,  1894;  res.  S. 

9089.  iii.  Stanley,  b.,  Jan.  17,  1871. 

9090.  iv.  Henry,  b.  Feb.  8,  1878. 

9091.  V.  LoRNA,b.  Feb.  4,  1885. 

6589.  Isaac  Whitney  (Samuel,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Sophiasburg,  Ont.,  July  1,  1834;  m.  in  Brighton,  Ont.,  in  1859,  Laura 
Pufifer,  b.  Nov.  17,  1835.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Oak  Lake,  Ont, 

Jesse,  b.  Jan.  9,  1863;  m.  Alice  Post. 

Victoria  Ann,  b.  June  15,  1860;  m.  Sept.  9,  1880,  L.  A.  Short;  res. 

Oakdale,  Stanislaus  Co.,  Cal.     He  was  b.  Mar.   16,  1853;    is  a 

farmer. 
NoRRis,  b.  Apr.  13,  1865;  res.  Oak  Lake,  Ont. 
Henry,  b,  Oct.  17.  1867;  res.  Oak  Lake,  Ont. 
WiLLARD,  b.  1869;  res.  Oak  Lake,  Ont. 
Malissa  Jane,  b.  1871;  m.  1893. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  1874. 
May,  b.  1876. 

6590.  Simon  Lawrence  Whitney  (Samuel,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tim- 
othy, John,  John,  John),  b.  Prince  Edward  Co.,  Ontario,  July  28,  1832;  m.  Feb.  26,1852, 
Minerva  Phillips,  b.  Aug.  12,  1834.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Feb.  19, 1894;  res.  Cod- 
rington,  Ont. 

9100.     V,         Homer  C,  b.  Apr.  12,  1869;  m.  Jan.  25,  1893,  Eliza  Gertrude  Mc- 
Kenney,  b.  Dec.  29,  1872;  res.  Codrington,  Ont. 
William  Harris,  b.  Apr.  6,  1862. 

Harry  Dennis,  b. . 

Samuel,  b.  Apr.  26,  1854. 
Nancy  jANE,b.  Nov.  12,  1856. 
Geo,  Henry,  b.  July  1,  1859. 

6591.  Albert  Whitney  (Samuel,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John), b.Mastings,  Ont.,  June  12,1844;  m.Apr.26,  1866,  Mahala  Jane  Phillips, b. 
Mar.  22,  1848.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Narmora,  Canada, 

Eli,  b.  Aug.  16,  1867. 
Joshua,  b.  Sept.  10,  1868. 
Drucilla,  b.  July  13, 1871. 
Herman,  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 
Sherman,  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 
Ethel,  b.  Dec.  14. 1882. 

6595.  Nelson  Whitney  (Norman,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  11,  1826;  m.  at  Dalles,  Ore.,  Oct.,  1873,  Jennie 
Chamberlin,  b.  1848;  res.  Goldendale,  Wash. 

9112.  i.  Fred'k  Norman,  b.  Sept.  29,  1874. 

9113.  ii.         Mabel  LuELLA.b.  1876. 

9114.  iii.       Stella  May,  b.  1878. 

6596.  Henry  J.  Whitney  (Norman,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  11,  1828;  m.  at  Glen  Falls,  N.  Y.,  in  1849,  Julia 


9092. 

i. 

9093. 

11. 

9094. 

iii. 

9095. 

IV. 

9096. 

v. 

9097. 

VI. 

9098. 

Vll. 

9099. 

Vlll 

9101. 

iv. 

9102. 

vi. 

9103. 

1. 

9104. 

ii. 

9105. 

111. 

9106. 

9107. 

ii. 

9108. 

Ill 

9109. 

iv, 

9110. 

V. 

9111. 

vi. 

9119. 

9120. 

ii. 

9121. 

111. 

9122. 

IV. 

594  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Van  Dusen;  b.  1834.     He  is  a  lumber  dealer  and  sash  manufacturer;  res.  Morean, 
N.  Y.,  and  Stevens'  Point,  Wis. 

9116.    i.  James  Henry,  b.  Nov.  5,  1864;  m.  Anna  Robbins. 

6698.  Daniel  Whitney  (Norman,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  1833;  m.  at  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  Margaret 
Satchell.     He  is  a  printer;  res.  West. 

9116.  i.         Bertha  Ella,  b.  . 

9117.  ii.         Nelson,  b. . 

9118.  iii.        Four  Ch.  d.  infancy. 

6603.  Charles  Whitney  (Norman,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  16,  1844;  m.  at  Burlington,  Vt.,  Feb.,  28,  1866, 
Rhoda  Pnelps;  b.  Oct.  7,  1842.  He  is  a  contractor  and  builder;  res.  Burlington,  \'t., 
86  Grant  St. 

Geo.  R.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1866. 

Alton  C,  b.  Dec.  3, 1869. 

Mary  M.,  b.  July  6,  1876. 

Harry  E.,  b.  July  23,  1877;  d.  May  12,  1878. 

6611.  Rev.  George  Armstrong  Whitney  (Daniel  M.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Sept.  29,  1838;  m.  Aug.  13,  1867, 
Marian  Josephine  Sherwood;  b.  May  5,  1842. 

He  was. born  at  Green  Bay,  Brown  Co.,  Wis.,  Sept.  29,  1838;  his  early  life  was 
passed  there  with  the  exception  of  two  years  at  school  in  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  White- 
hall academy.  Prof.  Werden  Reynolds  being  the  principal.  In  the  fall  of  1858  he 
entered  Nashotah  Theological  seminary,  Wisconsin,  as  a  preparatory  student  under 
the  Rev.  James  DeKoven,  D.  D.,  and  afterwards  completed  his  collegiate  course 
under  him  at  Racine  college,  taking  in  due  time  his  master's  degree  from  that  insti- 
tution. His  theological  studies  were  taken  up  and  finished  at  Nashotah  where  he  was 
ordamed  to  the  diaconate  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  D.  D.,  first  Bishop  of 
Wisconsin.  He  was  also  advanced  to  the  priesthood  by  Bishop  Kemper  in  old 
St.  Paul's  church,  Milwaukee,  in  1866.  Since  then  has  been  engaged  in  his  work, 
holding  charges  in  Wisconsin,  Michigan  and  Illinois,  being  for  the  past  eight  years 
until  going  to  Iowa,  in  the  diocese  of  Chicago;  res.  Maquoketa,  la. 

9123.  i.  George  Sherwood,  b.  May  14,  1868;  res.  west  side,  Chicago,  111., 

is  pastor  of  a  parish. 

9124.  ii.        Mabel  Sherwood,  b.  Aug.  28,  1881. 

6612.  Henry  Eugene  Whitney  (Daniel  M.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  July  16,  1843,  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.;  m.  July  8,  1868,  at  Oconomo- 
woc,  Mary  Emily  Brown;  d.  July  1,  1888;  m.  2d,  Feb.  9,  1892,  Marion  \'.  Roberts;  res. 
648  Alton  St.,  Appleton,  Wis. 

9126.    i.         Grace  Emily,  b.  July  4,  1869;  d.  Sept.  29, 1869. 

9126.  ii.        Mary,  b.  Sept.  17,"1873. 

9127.  iii.        ANNiE,b.  July  12,  1876. 

6615.  Edwin  H.  Whitney  (John  C,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  July  22,  1864;  m.  at  New  London,  Wis.,  Caroline 
Borngesser,  b.  Oct.  27,  1869.  He  is  in  the  general  merchandise  business;  res.  Wey- 
auwega.  Wis. 

9128.  i.  Guy  E.,  b.  Apr.  12,  1881. 

9129.  ii.        Byron  J.,  b.  May  22, 1892. 

6617.    James  H.Whitney  (John  C,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 

John  John),  b.  Stockbridge,  Wis.,  Feb.  2.  1847;  m. ;  d.  1877;  m.  in  1878,  Louise 

Schultz,  b.  in  1863.     He  is  a  drayman;  res.  Weyauwega,  Wis. 

9130.  i.  Abbie,  b.  1=73. 
91L'l.    ii.        Lilley,  b.  1880. 

9132.  iii.       Edna,  b.  1884. 

9133.  iv.       Erma,  b.l889. 

66)8.  William  Clark  Whitney  (John  C,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis  ,  Sept.  19,  1860;  m.  Aug.  27,  1876,  Ella  Har- 
mon, b.  May  2,  1854.     He  is  a  painter  and  paper  hanger;  res.  Tomahawk,  Wis. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  595 

9134.  ii.        Carrie  Lavina,  b.  Oct.  27,  1880. 

9135.  i.  Florence  B.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1878. 

9136.  iii.        Myrtle  Faye,  b.  July  26,  1885. 

6619.  John  L.  Whitney  (John  C,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Weyauwega,  Wis.,  Oct.  1,  1856;  m.  Nov.  3,  1877,  Emma  J.  Patterson, 
b.  Jan.  25,  1859. 

He  was  born  in  Weyauwega,  Wis.,  resided  there  and  married  his  wife  there.  A 
few  years  after  marriage  he  entered  into  business,  furniture,  sewing  machines  and 
musical  merchandise,  at  Weyauwega;  after  four  years  he  sold  and  moved  with  his 
family  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in  1886,  and  in  1887  removed  to  Azusa,  which  is  twenty- 
one  miles  east  of  Los  Angeles;  there  he  built  a  store  and  engaged  in  general  mer- 
chandise. After  two  years  he  sold  and  removed  to  Hoquiam,  Wash.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business,  and  remained  there  until  Sept.  17,  1893,  when  with 
his  family  he  went  east  visiting  Chicago,  Washmgton,  D.  C,  New  York  and  Niagara 
Falls.  At  present  (1894)  he  resides  at  Colorado  Springs,  Col.;  res.  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 
and  Colorado  Springs,  Cal. 

9137.  i.  Mabel  I.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1878.     ■ 

6620.  Frank  W.  Whitney  (John  C,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Lind,  Wis.,  Sept.  2,  1858;  m.  in  Aberdeen,  Wash.,  1888,  Lizzie  Curtis, 
b.  Aug.  2,  1869.     He  is  deputy  sheriff;  res.  Montesano,  Wash. 

9138.  i.  Hazel  E.m.ma,  b.  Dec.  22,  1890. 

9139.  ii.         Fred  Curtis,  b.  June  23, 1892. 

6629.  Hermon  Leroy  Whitney  (Lyman  B.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tim- 
othy, John,  John,  John),  b.  Chesterheld,  N.  V.,  Dec.  12,  1852;  m.  Sept.  22,  1875,  Alice 
Hanna.     He  is  a  machinist;  res.  Burlington,  Vt. 

9140.  i.         William  L.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1876;  d.  Aug.  24,  1876. 

9141.  ii.         Hattie  L..  b.  Apr.  5,  1878. 

9142.  iii.        Bertha  M.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1880. 

9143.  iv.        Geo.  L.,  b.  June  27,  1883;  d.  Dec.  12,  1888. 

9144.  v.         Arthur  L.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1890. 

6630.  Albert  Augustus  Whitney  (Lyman  B.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tim- 
othy, John,  John,  John),  b.  Cadyville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  2L  1855;  m.  at  Burlington,  \'t.,  Apr. 
4,  1877,  Mary  A.  Baker,  b.  Nov.  23,  J 851;  d.  Jan.  8,  18^1;  m.  2d,  May  25,  1892,  Louise 
A,  Millham,  b.  Dec.  1,  1865;  res.  Burlington.  \'t. 

9145.  i.  Ella  M.,  b.  Dec.  27,  1887;  d.  Jan.  2,  1888. 

6633.  Thomas  Deyks  Whitney  (Luther,  Luther,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy, 
John,  John,  John),  b.  Kenosha,  Wis.,  July  1,  1859;  m.  at  Muskegon,  Mich.,  Mar.  24, 
1891,  Julia  Lucy  Hills;  b.  Oct.  6,  1868;  he  was  with  his  brother  tor  some  time,  but  is 
now  auditor  for  Armour  &  Co.;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

9146.  i.         Margaret  Jane,  b.  Oct.  1,  18S2. 

6636.  Luther  H.  Whitney  (Edgar,  Luther,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1849;  m.  at  Trenton,  Mo.,  Sept.  30, 
1874,  May  Gibeant;  b.  Dec.  1,  1858.  He  is  a  machinist;  res.  Trenton  and  Eden- 
burg,  Mo. 

Edgar  C,  b.  June  26,  1875, 

Edna  B.,b.  Dec.  26,  1878. 

Lillian  H.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1880;  d.  Sept.  14, 1881. 

Joseph  G.,b.  Apr.  6,  1883. 

Luther  H.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1886. 

Julian  W.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1891. 

6661.  Merrill  Whitney  (Daniel,  John,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John,  John, 
John),  b.  Compton,  111.,  Jan.  18,  1867;  m.  Feb.  4,  1893,  at  Kenosha,  Wis.,  Josie  L. 
Murphy;  b.  St.  Charles,  111.,  Feb.  12,  1872;  res.  Wasco,  Kane  Co.,  111.,  s.  p. 

6695.  Frank  J.  Whitney  (Mark  J.,  Jarvis,  Palmer,  Joseph,  Timothy,  John, 
John,  John),  b.  Mar.  2,1868;  m.  Sept.  17,  1889,  Ruth  Yarnell;  b.  Aug.  10,  1865;  res. 
Fresno,  Cal. 

9153.  i.         Roy  Yarnell,  b.  Apr.  8,  1891. 

9154.  ii.        Matilda  Bell,  b.  Oct.  1,  1892. 


9147. 

9148. 

ii. 

9149. 

Ill 

9150. 

IV. 

9151. 

V. 

9152. 

vi 

596  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7029.  William  Flanagan  Whitney  (Moses,  Ephraim,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  Upton,  Mass.,  Jan.  17,  1815;  m.  there  Nov. 
10,  1840,  Harriett  N.  Morse;  b.  Aug.  24,  1817;  d.  Nov.  27,  1892. 

He  was  born  on  the  old  Ephraim  Whitney  farm  in  Upton,  and  passed  his  life  fol- 
lowing agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  a  pleasant,  social  man.  In  the  old  house, 
which  is  still  standing,  can  be  seen  the  old-fashioned  fireplace  used  for  over  a  hun- 
dred vears;  res.  Upton,  Mass. 

'9155.    i.         Henry  A.,  b.  July  24,  1841;  served  in  the  25th  Regt.   Mass.  Vols, 
during  the  civil  war  and  d.  Mar.  16,  1867. 

9156.  li.        Sarah  R.,  b.  July  26,  1844;  d.  May  8,  1872. 

9157.  iii.       Eli  H.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1847;  m.  Elvira  J.  Stowe. 

9158.  iv.       Clara  C,  b.  Jan.  16.  1850;  m.  May  8,  1868,  Edward  A.  xXeale.  Ch.: 

Nellie  J.,  b.  Eeb.  1870;  went  west. 

9159.  v.         Ella  Maria,  b.  Mar  7,  1852;  d.  June  18, 1852. 

9160.  vi.       John  F.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1854;  m.  Matilda  F.  Pendleton. 

7038.  Daniel  Whitney  (Amos,  Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  1814;  m.  Jan.  6,  1835,  Louisa  Brown.  He  d. 
June  6,  1891. 

9161.  i.  Everett,  b.  in  1836;  m.  Jane  Balcome. 

9162.  ii.         Daniel  W.,  b.  Aug.,  1838;  m.  Mary  Pond. 

9163.  iii.       ANGiNETTE,b.  June  16,  1841;  m. Gould.     She  d.  Nov.  1886, 

leaving  one  child,  Eva,  who  m.  a  Call  and  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

9164.  iv.        Laura  Eveline,  b.  Feb.,  1845;  m.  John  Robbins,  s.  p. 

9165.  V.        Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.,  1848;  d.  Nov.,  1848. 

9166.  vi.       Andrew  Rockwood,  b.  Oct.  30,  1860;  d.  July,  1877. 

7039.  Sylvester  Whitney  (Amos,  Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  June  2,  1819;  m.  there  Oct.  12, 1843,  Anna  Marie 
Fiske,  b.  June  24,  1821,  He  is  a  farmer  and  resides  on  the  old  place;  res.  Upton, 
Mass. 

9167.  i.         Charlotte  Marion,  b.  Nov.  5,  1844;  m.  Nov.  14,  1866,  Walter 

Bryant  Clapp;  res.  Upton,  Mass.  Ch.:  Edwin  Blake,  b.  July  27, 
1872. 

9168.  ii.         Alfred  Langdon,  b.  Jan.  22,  1848;  res.  Upton,  Mass.;  unm. 

9169.  iii.        Edward  Rice,  b.  Apr.  24,  1851;  d.  May  7,  1851. 

9170.  iv,       Jennie  Eveline,  b.  Apr.  9,  1858;  m.  Sept.  26,  1878,  Estus  Warren 

Harback;  res.  Upton.  Ch.:  Frank  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  13,  1879; 
Maud  Ella,  b.  July  9,  1880;  Nellie  May,  b.  Aug.  24,  1886;  Fred 
Warren,  b.  Sept. '7,  1889;  Charles,  b.  Nov.  3,  1891;  d.  July  31, 
1892;  a  son,  b.  Sept.  7,  1893. 

7044.  Albert  T.  Whitney  (Joel,  Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1836;  m.  there  Mar.  31,  1858,  Mary  A. 
Rockwood,  b.  Jan.  20,  1840.  He  is  in  the  provision  business,  s.  p.;  res.  34  Cutter  St., 
Worcester,  Mass. 

7050.  Daniel  Stockwell  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1834,  m.  Maria  Fisher; 
m.  2d,  Celia  Hewett.     He  d.  Sept.  29,  1877;  res.  Hopkinton,  Mass. 

9171.  i.         Oscar  D.,  b. . 

9172.  ii.        Lizzie  Maria,  b. 


9173.  iii.       Warren  Stockwell,  b. . 

7051.  Joseph  Jerome  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  July  25,  1836;  m.  at  Uxbridge, 
Matilda  Arnold,  b.  I8£t4.     He  is  a  mechanic;  res.  Hopkinton,  Mass. 

9174.  i.         Joseph  Stewart,  b.  May  21, 1863;  res.  H. 

7053.  William  Harrison  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  May  6,  1840;  m.  Apr.  22, 
1861,  Abbie  A.  Hubbard,  of  Millbury,  b.  July  13,  1844;  res.  Grafton,  Mass.,  and  5 
Howes  St    Dorchester   Al3.ss 

9175.'    i.  Anna  Frances,  b.  Sept.  16,  1861;  m.  June  29,  1886,  Frank  E. 

Stackpole;  s.  p.;  res.  5  Howes  St. 
9176.    ii.         George  W.  W.,  b.  June  27, 1864;  m.  Alice  Frances  Fineran. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  697 

7055.  Fred  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1845;  m.  Louisa  Gardner;  res.  City 
Point,  Boston,  Mass.,  Atlantic  Ave.  Edson  Electric  Co. 

9177.  i.  Frank,  b. .  9179.     iii.       Joseph,  b. , 

9178.  ii.         Louise,  b. .  918U.    iv.       ,  b. . 

7063.  Luther  Warren  Whitney  (Nathaniel  G.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  2,  1834,  in  Grafton,  Mass.;  m.  Apr.  7, 
1856,  Ruth  E.  Tefft,  b.  Oct.  1,  1837;  res.  Newton  Center,  Mass.,  and  Walnut  Hill, 
Dedham,  Mass. 

9181.  i.  Henry  N.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1856;  m.  Ellen  L.  Thompson. 

9182.  ii.         Nellie  Frances,  b.  May  24,  1858;  m.  May  10,  1879,  G.  G.  Mor- 

rell,  b.  Jan.  1,  1858;  res.  Walnut  Hill.  Mass. 

9183.  iii.        Charlotte    Lvcina,    b.  Aug.  28,  1861;  m.  Jan.  5,    1881,  Prof. 

Edward  S.  Cobb;  res.  W.  H.     He  was  b.  May  21.  1858.     Ch.:  E. 
Whitnev,  b.  Nov.  30,  1881;  Irene  Mabel,  b.  July  10,  1883. 

9184.  iv.        Ernest  N.,  b.  July  26,  1865;  unm.;  res.  W.  H. 

7064.  George  Thompson  Whitney  (Nathaniel  G.,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Nathan- 
iel, Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Northbridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  11,  1838;  m.  Nov. 
23,  1864.  Mary  Eliot  Putnam,  dau.  of  Jasper,  b.  May  1,  1842;  d.  Dec.  6,  1874;  m.  2d, 
Mrs.  Augusta  P.  (Aldrich)  Kenyon.  He  is  an  officer  at  the  Worcester  county  jail; 
res.  Northbridge,  Mass.,  and  135  Chandler  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

9185.  i.  Alice  Augusta,  b.  Se"pt.  11,  1865;  d.  Grafton,  July  18,  1867. 

9186.  ii.         Harland  K.,  b.  May  7,  1868;  res.  Worcester;  clerk  in  a  shoe 

store;  unm. 

9187.  iii.        Geo.  Howard,  b.  Mar.,  1870;  d.  1872. 

9188.  iv.       Arthur  Kimball,  b.  Mar  23,  1873;  add.  r.  5, 18  Post-office  square 

Boston,  Mass. 

7069.  Eli  Whitney,  Jr.  (Eli,  Eli,  Eli,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John- 
John),  b.  Jan.  22,  1847,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.;  m.  there  Oct.  22,  1873,  Sarah  Sheffield 
Farnum,  b.  Sept  27,  1850. 

He  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  where  he  has  always  resided;  was  educated 
at  the  public  schools  there  and  later  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1869  at  Yale 
college.  He  has  held  various  local  offices  and  at  present  (1894),  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education.  Is  also  president  of  the  New  Haven  Water  Company;  res. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

Anne  Farnum,  b.  Sept.  20,  1874. 

Henrietta  Edwards,  b.  Feb.  27,  1876. 

Sarah  Tracy,  b.  Sept.  18,  1877. 

Elizabeth  Fay,  b.  Apr.  3,  1879. 

Louise  Huntington,  b.  Feb.  20,  1881. 

Susan  Breavster,  b.  Mar.  16,  1885. 

Frances  Pierrepont,  b.  Aug.  19,  1891. 

7071.  David  Merrill  Whitney  (William  A.,  Moses,  Samuel,'  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  lohn,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  June  16,  1814;  m.  May  27,  1837, 
Emily  Eddy,  b.  Jan.  19,  1810;  res.  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

7072.  Dr.  Hamilton  Franklin  Whitney  (Russell,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  5,  1814;  m.  MaY  31,  1841,  Laura  E.  Bush- 
nell,  b.  Sept.  2,  1821,  d.  June  15,  1848;  m.  2d,  Apr.  21,  1849,  Eunice  E.  Tiffanv,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1823. 

Laura  Bushnell's  mother  was  Sally  Hurlburt.  There  was  born  at  Goshen,  Conn., 
Mar.  26, 1788,  a  triplet  of  girls  who  made  one  of  the  most  remarkable  records  known. 
They  were  Sibyl,  Sarah  (or  Sally)  and  Susan,  children  of  Gideon  and  Anna  (Beach) 
Hurlburt.  For  the  period  of  87  years  this  triplet  was  unbroken,  Sibyl  dying  first  at 
that  age  June,  1875.  Her  wedded  name  was  Luddington.  In  October  of  the  next  year 
Susan  (Mrs.  Grennell)  died  at  the  age  of  88.  Sarah  lived  to  the  age  of  95,  dying  Jan. 
11,  1883.  These  sisters  looked  so  much  alike,  particularly  Mrs.  Grennell  and  Mrs. 
Bushnell,  that  up  to  75  or  80  years  of  age  it  was  difficult  for  their  most  intimate 
friends  to  tell  them  apart.— [From  Northern  Christian  Advocate,  Feb.  10,  1887.] 

Dr.  Hamilton  Franklin  was  born  in  Vt.  Aug.  5,  1814.  Studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Strong,  of  Honesdale,  Pa.      Afterwards  entered  Jefferson  Medical  college  at  Phila- 


9189. 

i. 

9190. 

11. 

9191. 

iii. 

9192. 

IV, 

9193. 

V. 

9194. 

vi. 

9195. 

vii. 

ELI  WHITNEY,  JR. 


598 


9197. 

in 

9198. 

11. 

9199. 

IV, 

9200. 

V. 

9201. 

9202. 

ii. 

9208. 

HI. 

9204. 

IV. 

9205. 

V. 

9206. 

VI. 

9207. 

VII 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  599 

delphia,  Pa.,  where  he  graduated  with  honors  March,  1844.  Practiced  at  Tona- 
wanda,  N.  Y.,  Gibson  and  Jackson,  Pa.,  with  much  success,  and  died  at  the  latter 
place.  Was  buried  in  the  Lamb  cemetery,  near  Jackson.  He  d.  Mar.  30,  1855;  res. 
Jackson,  Pa. 

9196.     i.  Annette  W.,  b.  Feb.  20,  1844;  m.  Apr.  5,  1877,  Albert  D.  Saxon, 

b.  Feb.  20,  1849,  s.  p.;  res.  West  Torrington,  Conn.;  a  dairy  farmer. 

CoYDON  E.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1850;  m.  Marian  C.  Frith. 

Laura  B.,  b.  Mar.  28,  1848;  d.  Sept.  18,  1848. 

Elbert  C.b.  Jan.  1852;  d.  Oct.  15,  1852. 

Frank  H.  b.  Oct.  1855;  d.  Mar.  7.  1858. 

7077.  CoYDON  L.  Whitney  (Russell,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa.,  Oct.  26,  1823;  m.  Feb.  22,  1861,  Fannie  A. 
Pope,  b.  May  22,  1837.  He  is  a  farmer;  has  been  four  terms  president  of  the  town 
council;  res.  Honesdale,  Pa. 

Lizzie  H.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1862. 

Minnie  E.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1865;  m.  Aug.  27,  1890,  Walter  J.  Adams. 

Russell  T.,  b.  Jan.  18,  1868. 

Hattie  E.,  b.  July  1,  1872;  d.  Dec.  20,  1872. 

Nellie  B.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1873;  d.  Jan.  1,  1874. 

Grace  A.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1877. 

Blanche  L.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1882. 

7078.  Allis  Whitney  (Torrev,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Nov.  13,  1816,  in  Harford,  Pa.;  m.  Oct.  18,  1842,  Elizabeth  Welch,  b. 
Oct.  6,  1819^  d.  July  4,  1873;  m.  2d,  Jan.  28.  1878.  Jane  Aunger;  b.  Sept.  25,  1841. 

Allis  Whitney  was  born  in  Harford.  Pa.  He  settled  in  1835  in  the  then  thriving 
town  Honesdale  and  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  until  his  health  failed  and  phy- 
sicians advised  him  to  follow  an  out  of  door  business.  In  1849  he  started  in  the  livery 
business  in  a  small  way  and  built  up  a  prosperous  trade  to  which  his  sons  George  and 
Horace  finally  succeeded.  He  added  farming,  having  three  large  farms  in  his  pos- 
session at  his  death.  For  many  years  he  was  a  director  in  the  Wayne  County  Agri- 
culturaj  society.     He  d.  Oct.  2,  1889;  res.  Honesdale,  Pa. 

Horace  Torrey,  b.  May  30,  1844;  m.  Isabella  E.  Palmer. 

Charles  Allis,  b.  June  16,  1846;  res.  H. 

George  Henry,  b.  July  18,  1848;  res.  H. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  10,  1850. 

Walter  Merrick,  b.  Jan.  5,  1879. 

7079.  Merrick  T.  Whitney  (Torrey,  Moses.  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Nov.  20,  1818;  m.  Nov.  26,  1842,  Fostina  L.  Wheaton;  b.  Aug. 
25,  1818. 

Merrick  T.  Whitney  was  born  in  Jackson,  Pa.,  and  settled  on  the  farm  in  1842 
where  he  ever  after  lived  in  Thompson.  In  1862  he  enlisted  forty-six  of  his  neighbors 
and  friends  and  with  them  entered  Co.  B,  17th  Regt.  Pa.  Cavalry;  at  its  organization 
he  was  chosen  first  lieut.,  but  failing  health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  commission 
in  Jan.,  1863.  That  he  was  held  in  high  regard  by  his  townsmen  is  shown  by  his 
holding  all  but  one  of  the  offices  in  Thompson.  In  1878  he  was  elected  county  com- 
missioner on  the  Republican  ticket  and  re-elected  in  1881.  He  d.  Mar.  24,  1887;  res. 
Thompson,  Pa. 

9213.  i.  LovELL  M.,  b.  Mar.  31,  1844;  d.  Oct.  20,  1846. 

9214.  ii.         Newell  De  Lancy,  b.  Jan.  16,  1847;  enlisted  in  the  war  at  17  and 

served  till  July  25,  1865,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged. 
Studied  law  with  Judge  Griswold  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870;  was  lieut.  of  Battery  A,  6th  Div. 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  lieut. -col.  on  Gov.  Hoffman's  stafT;  d.  at 
Thompson,  Mar.  25,  1874. 

9215.  iii.        Orville  C,  b.  Oct.  13,  1849;  m.  Mary  S.  Severy.  - 

9216.  iv.       Ann  M.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1851;  m.  Nov.  26,  1870,  Edwin  A.  French;  b. 

1836.     She  d.  Nov.  1,  1875. 

9217.  V.         Charles  F.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1858;  m.  Rena  A.  Fletcher. 

7080.  Joel  Barnard  Whitney  (Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  5,  1823;  m.  May  6,  1842,  Lucy  Ann  Babcock. 

He  was  born  in  Jackson,  Pa.,  Jan.  5,  1823,  enlisted  in  the  war  Feb.  29,  1864,  and 


9208. 

9209. 

11. 

9210. 

III. 

9211. 

IV. 

9212. 

V. 

600 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


served  until  discharged  June  13,  1865,  in  Co.  F,  60th  N.  Y.  Engineers.     He  d.  May  9, 
1889;  res.  Thompson,  Pa. 


9218. 


9219. 
9220. 
9221. 


9222. 


n. 
iii. 

iv. 


Amorette  E.,  b.  May  2,  1844;  m.  Mar.  24,  1861,  Wm.  Henry 
Truax;  res.  Thompson.  Ch.:  Lovell,  b.  Feb.  21,  1863;  Lillian 
I.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1864;  Adelbert  H.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1867;  d.  Mar.  16, 
1869;  Myron  C,  b.  Oct.  27,  1871 ;  d.  Feb.  1,  1875. 

Leander  B.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1846;  m.  Jennie  M.  Rogers. 

Alonzo  E.,  b.  May  27,  1850;  m.  Delia  F.  Simpson. 

Emma  C,  b.  Aug.  1-5,  1856;  m.  July  3,  1881,  Charles  Brink,  b.  Dec. 
11,  1856;  res.  New  Milford,  Fa.  Ch.:  Edna  M.  K.,  b.  Aug.  12, 
1882;  Archie,  b.  Nov.  23,  1885;  Clyde,  b.  July  25,  1887;  Cora  E., 
b.  Aug.  17, 1889. 

Eva  M.,  b.  Aug.  15, 1856;  m,  Nov.  18,  1877,  Henry  Stafford,  b.  Apr. 
8, 1852;  res.  West  Lawrence,  N.  Y.  Ch.:  May  S.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1878; 
John  L.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1882;  Clayton,  b.  May  25,  1888. 

7081.  Russell  Velasco  Whitney  (Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Gibson,  Pa.,  Jan.  29,  1832;  m.  Dec.  24,  1852,  Melissa  C. 
Wheaton,  b.  June  15,  1830. 

Russell  \'elasco  Whitney  is  a  farmer  in  Thompson,  Pa.  For  some  time  he  was 
in  the  grocery  business  with  his  son-in-law  at  Susquehanna,  Pa.  During  the  war  was 
Sergt.  in  the  17th  Penn.  Cavalry;  res.  Thompson,  Pa. 

9223.     i.  Ella  A.,  b.  Apr.  9,  1854;  m.  June  15,  1879,  Edwin  J.  Mathews,  b. 

Mar.  13,  18.54.     Is  a  marble  dealer  in  Susquehanna,  Pa.;  is  Supt. 
of  the   M.  E.  Sunday  school.     Ch.:     Ruth  E.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1884; 
Ina  L.,  b.  Sept.  24,  1889. 
ii.        William  M.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1855;  m.  Ida  E.  Hamlin, 
iii.        Edwin  S.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1862;  m.  Emma  E.  Larrabee. 

7082.  Joseph  Winchester  Whitney  (Stephen,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro.  \'t..  Mar.  26,  1820;  m.  Feb.  22,  1847, 
Lucia  Halladay,  b.  Mar.  20.  1822;  d.  June  30,  1880;  res.  Williamsville,  Vt. 

9226.  i.  Stephen  \'ELASco,b.  July  10,  1849. 

9227.  ii.         Helen  Adelle.  b  July  8,  1863;  res.  West  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

7085  Carley  Pkescott  Whitney  (Stephen,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, Nathaniel,  John,  lohn),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Sept.  9,  1834;  m.  Dec.  3,  1857,  Olive 
Rosella  Mather,  b.  May  7,  1838,  dau.  of  Cotton  Mather,  Esq.;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 


9224. 

9225. 


9228. 
9229. 
9230. 
9231. 


1. 
ii. 

V. 


7092. 


iel 


Anneite  Estelle,  b.  lune  6, 1863. 

Ernest  Mather,  b.  Dec.  11,  1870. 

RossiE  Mather,  b.  Mav  15,  1866;  d.  Dec.  10, 1867. 

Mabel  Sabrina,  b.  Apr'.  21,  1877;  d.  Sept.  6,  1883. 

Dr.  John  Morgan  Whitney  (Moses  A.,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
Nathaniel,John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  \'t.,  Oct.   1,  1835;  m.  in  Oberlin,  O.,  Aug.  5, 

1869,Mary  Sophronia  Rice,  b.  Nov.  29,  1837. 

John  Morgan  Whitney  was  born  in  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Oct. 
1,  1835,  in  the  home  of  his  grandfather.  At  two  years  of 
age  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Strongsville,  O.,  but  on 
the  death  of  his  mother  soon  after  their  arrival,  he  was 
brought  back  to  his  uncle,  Stephen  Whitney,  in  Marlboro, 
where  he  remained  two  or  three  years.  He  then  went  to 
live  with  his  father  in  Strongsville,  O.  After  his  father's 
second  marriage  his  older  brother,  Locke,  was  brought 
from  his  uncle,  William  Whitney's,  in  Rowe,  Mass.,  and 
for  the  first  time  they  knew  each  other  as  brothers.  A 
few  years  of  school  and  the  father  took  his  family  to  the 
new  state  of  Illinois.  The  home  was  not  far  from  the  river 
DuPage;  upon  its  meadows  deer  were  then  more  plentiful 
than  cattle,  so  that  scarcely  an  hour  in  the  day  during  the 
summer  there  could  not  be  seen  several;  often  thirty  or 
forty  were  counted  at  a  time.  In  the  waters  were  found 
the  most  enticing  fish  that  ever  inveigled  a  boy  from  work. 
The  first  school  of  three  months  was  taught  by  the  father. 
The  next  three  months  the  following  year  was  taught  by  a  young  man  who  sat 
with  his  cap  on  with  a  rod  by  his  side  long  enough  to  reach  the  head  of  the 
farthermost  boy,  and  when  any  one  disturbed  him  in  his  reading  "  Fame's  Age  of 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  601 

Reason"  and  similar  works,  he  was  given  a  cut  across  the  head  and  shoulders, 
and  the  reading  continued.  The  next  year  a  school-house  was  built  and  an  excel- 
lent teacher  was  engaged.  After  the  father's  death,  the  two  boys  went  back  to 
Strongsville  to  their  guardian's,  Mr.  Jubal  Whitney.  Here  they  enjoyed  the  privileges 
of  excellent  schools  and  were  by  them  prepared  to  enter  the  preparatory  department 
of  Oberlin  college.  By  teaching  winters,  with  some  assistance  they  easily  carried  for- 
ward their  education.  During  the  summer  vacation  of  1856,  Locke  being  in  Strongs- 
ville, the  town  was  visited  with  dysentery  as  an  epidemic.  The  scourge  was  so  fatal 
that  none  dare  venture  to  care  for  the  sick  outside  of  the  family.  One  family  could 
find  no  one  to  care  for  them,  and  he  volunteered  his  help,  and,  being  overworked  by 
his  studies,  soon  fell  before  the  destroyer,  in  the  twenty-tirst  year  of  his  age — a  young 
man  of  great  promise.  The  complete  failure  of  John's  health  compelled  him  to  relin- 
quish study  for  several  years.  During  the  war  he  obtained  a  clerkship  in  the  quar- 
termaster's department  of  Tennessee,  and  was  there  until  the  war  closed.  He  came 
home,  studied  dentistry  under  Dr.  J.  F.  Siddall,  of  Oberlin,  O.,  and  graduated  from  the 
dental  college  of  Pennsylvania.  During  the  summer  of  1869  he  was  married  to  Mary  S. 
Rice,of  Oberlin,and  took  for  his  weddingtour  atrip  to  Honolulu, Hawaiian  island.  Here 
he  commenced  the  practice  of  dentistry.  After  four  years  he  returned  with  his  wife  to 
Columbus,  O.,  where  he  took  a  course  and  graduated  from  the  Starling  Medical  col- 
lege of  that  city.  He  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  dentistry  in  Cleveland, 
where  he  had  two  children  born  to  him.  Finding  the  weather  too  severe  for  health, 
in  the  fall  of  1876  he  returned  with  his  family  to  Honolulu,  where  he  has  been  in  the 
successful  practice  of  his  profession  ever  since;  res.  Honolulu,  Hawaiian  Is. 

9232.  i.  Mary  Louise,  b.  Sept.  27,  1874;  d.  Dec.  13, 1879. 

9233.  ii.        Wm.  Locke,  b.  Feb.  8,  1876. 

9234.  iii.       Ada  Rice,  b.  July  25,  1877  (adopted). 

7096.  Guilford  ]\I.  Whitney  (Moses  A.,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Troy,  111.,  Mar.  9,  1849;  m.  Granville,  111.,  Sept.  1,  1880, 
Mary  C.  Harrison,  b.  Nov.  20,  1854.  He  is  a  dry  goods  merchant;  res.  Chicago,  111., 
352  Blue  Island  Ave. 

9235.  i.  Ruth,  b.  Dec.  19,  1885. 

9236.  ii.        Guilford  Harrison,  b.  Apr.  21,  1888. 

7101.  Henry  F.  Whitney  (Zenas  H.,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  \'t.,  June  9,  1849;  m.  Nov.  27,  1877,  Metta  A. 
Hall,  b.  July  29,  1856;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

9236a.  i.  Perry  Z.,  b.  Sept.  21. 1879. 

9237.  ii.         Alice  V.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1881. 
923>!.    iii.       Ardelle  M.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1883. 

9239.  iv.        Mary  B.,  b.  July  25,  1885. 

9240.  v.        Hazel  A.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1890. 

7116.  Joshua  Kimball  Whitney  (Newel  K.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Feb.  13,  1835;  m.  Bee.  10,  1856,  Ann  Logstroth,  b.  July 
15,  1837.     Farmer,  Mormon  and  Democrat;  res.  Mendon,  Utah. 

9241.  i.  Newel  K.,  b.  Sept.  13,1857;  res.  226  No.  2d  W.  St.,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah. 

John  K.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1859;  m.  Oct.  3,  1884;  res.  Roxbury,  Idaho; 

P.  O.,  Kainbuck. 
Ann  E.,  b.  Nov.   9,  1861;  m.  June  28,  1883,  G.  N.  Sanders;  res, 

Mendon. 
James  H.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1863. 
Marion,  b.  Oct.   17,  1866;  m.  June  12,  1889,  E.  W.  Dunn;   res. 

Brigham  Citv,  Utah. 
Luella,  b.  Nov.  8,  1868;  m.  E.  S.  Kimball;  res.  Logan  City,  Utah. 
Bradley,  b.  July  5,  1871;  d.  Jan.  5,  1874. 
Herbert,  b.  May  3,  1874. 
Edmercica,  b.  Dec.  5,  1879. 

7121.  Jethro  H.  Whitney  (Newel  K.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Omaha,  Neb.,  May  8,  1848;  m.  May  28,  1876,  Jane  S.  Gib- 
son, b.  May  12,  1858;  res.  Park  City,  Utah. 

9250.  i.         Jethro  G.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1877. 

9251.  ii.        Olive  J.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1878. 

89  V 


9242. 

ii. 

9243. 

iii. 

9244. 
9245. 

iv. 
v. 

9246. 
9247. 
9248. 
9249. 

vi. 
vii. 
viii 
ix. 

602  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

9252.  iii.       Jeannette,  b.  Oct.  6.  1879. 

9253.  iv.       Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  9, 1881. 

9254.  V.         Melvina  B.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1885. 

7124.  Horace  Kimball  Whitney  (Newel  K.,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John.  John),  b.  Kirtland,  O.,  July  25,  1823;  m.  in  Nauvoo,  111.,  Feb. 
3,  1846,  Helen  Mar  Kimball,  b.  Aug.  20,  1828;  m.  2d,  at  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  Oct.,  1850, 
Lucy  Bloxam,  b.  1832;  d.  Sept.,  1851;  m.  3d,  Dec.  1,  1856,  Mary  Cravath,  b.  Sept.  8, 
1838. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  eldest  child  of  Newel  K.  and  Elizabeth  Ann 
Whitney,  and  was  born  at  Kirtland,  Geauga  Co.,  O.,  on  the  25th  of  July,  1823.  He 
early  evinced  a  great  love  for  books,  and  throughout  his  life  was  an  almost  incessant 
reader.  His  parents  being  well  to  do  and  desirous  that  their  children  should  learn, 
he  had  ample  opportunity  to  gratify  his  taste  for  reading,  and  even  m  his  boyhood 
became  quite  a  prodigy  among  his  mates,  owing  to  his  scholarly  attainments.  His 
anxious  father,  fearful  that  his  son  might  injure  his  health  by  excessive  study,  would 
often  take  the  light  from  his  room  at  night,  lest  he  should  read  after  retiring.  Hor- 
ace at  such  times,  with  a  Henry  Kirke  White  persistency,  would  open  his  window,  and 
thrusting  his  head  and  book  out  into  the  moonlight  read  on  by  Luna's  pale  beams 
until  tired  nature  insisted  upon  repose.  When  Joseph  Smith,  the  Mormon  leader, 
founded  at  Kirtland  schools  for  the  study  of  ancient  languages  and  science,  Horace 
K':  Whitney  was  in  the  front  rank  of  pupils  enrolled,  and  being  an  apt  grammarian, 
with  a  prodigious  memory  'and  a  quick  mtellect,  soon  acquired  a  proficient  knowl- 
edge of  Hebrew,  Greek  and  Latin.  He  was  also  an  expert  mathematician.  "Ask 
Horace,"  became  a  by-word  among  his  companions  in  later  years,  whenever  informa- 
tion was  desired.  They  styled  him  "  the  walking  dictionary."  He  was  not  only  lit- 
erary, but  musical  in  his  tastes.  He  sang  melodiously,  and  played  the  flute  like  a 
master.  Horace,  in  his  early  years,  was  very  fond  of  manly  sports;  particularly 
swimming.  Among  his  schoolmates  was  a  larger  boy  who  often  played  the  bully, 
and  was  especially  hard  upon  young  Whitney,  bwing  perhaps  to  his  proficiency  at 
school,  which  would  naturally  make  him  a  favorite  with  his  teacher,  and  consequently 
an  object  of  dislike  to  envious  companions.  One  day  the  boys  were  "in  swimming," 
and  IVIr.  Bully  dove  and  did  not  come  up  again.  General  alarm  prevailed,  when 
Horace,  who  was  an  expert  in  the  water,  plunged  in  and  rescued  the  drowning  lad, 
whose  head  he  found  entangled  in  some  ugly  roots  at  the  bottom  of  the  deep  mill- 
pond.  It  is  perhaps  needless  to  add  that  the  gratitude  of  the  rescued  boy  knew  no 
bounds,  and  that  he  was  the  firm  friend  thereafter  of  the  youth  who  had  saved  his 
life.  Horace  removed  with  his  parents  from  Kirtland  in  the  fall  of  1838,  and  spent 
the  ensuing  winter  at  Carrolton,  Greene  Co.,  111.;  their  journey  to  Missouri,  whither 
the  main  bidy  of  their  people  had  preceded  them,  being  intercepted  by  the  news  of 
the  expulsion  of  the  Mormons  from  that  state.  In  order  to  help  support  the  family 
Horace  applied  to  the  trustees  of  the  school  district  in  which  he  resided  for  a  situa- 
tion as  teacher.  A  mature  age — say  over  twenty-one — was  required  in  an  applicant. 
He  was  in  his  sixteenth  year,  but  was  large  of  his  age,  and  appeared  somewhat  older. 
Havmg  answered  every  question  satisfactorily  to  the  examiners  the  chairman 
remarked,  "I  should  take  you  to  be  about  twenty-three,  Mr.  Whitney."  "You 
needn't  guess  again,"  was  the  shrewd  answer,  and  the  young  scholar  was  forthwith 
engaged.  At  Nauvoo,  after  the  family  removed  to  Illinois,  Horace  learned  the  print- 
ers' trade,  and  in  Salt  Lake  Valley  was  among  the  force  of  compositors  who,  in  1850, 
set  the  first  type  for  the  Dcserct  Xai'S,  which  still  lives,  the  oldest  newspaper  in  the 
Kocky  Mountains.  Horace,  as  stated  elsewhere,  was  with  his  people  in  their  exodus 
from  Nauvoo  into  the  western  wilderness.  He  was  one  of  the  original  Mormon  pio- 
neers, who,  on  the  24th  of  July,  1847,  entered  the  valley  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake  and 
founded  on  its  desolate  shores,  since  redeemed  and  made  to  blossom  like  an  Eden  in 
the  desert,  what  is  universally  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  beautiful  cities  in  the 
world.  His  life  here  was  peaceful  and  comparatively  uneventful.  He  was  a  great 
lover  of  the  drama,  and  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Deseret  Dramatic  Associa- 
tion, playing,  on  the  local  stage,  purely  for  amusement,  various  parts,  with  recog- 
nized ability.  He  subsequently  performed  for  several  years  in  the  Salt  Lake  theater 
orchestra.  During  almost  his  entire  life  in  Utah  he  was  a  bookkeeper  in  the  of^ce  of 
President  Brigham  Young,  a  situation  which  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
never  aspired  to  official  life,  and  as  he  grew  older  his  love  of  quietude  and  distaste 
for  publicity  of  any  kind  became  more  and  more  apparent.  He  was  never  so  con- 
tented as  when  seated  in  his  a.m  chair,  devouring  with  eager  mind  Bulwer,  Scott, 
Cooper,  Dickens,  Thackeray,  or  any  of  the  great  masters  of  literature,  or  applauding 


9255. 

9256. 

ii. 

9257. 

111. 

9258. 

IV. 

9259. 

V. 

9263. 

viii. 

9264. 

IX. 

92^ 

X. 

'^2^^ 

XI. 

9267. 

Xll. 

9268. 

Xlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  ))) 

at  the  Temple  of  Thespis  the  efforts  of  genius  before  the  footlights.     Horace  Ki   i 
ball  Whitney,  an  honest  man,  and  a  brilliant,  though  unassuming  and  unambitious 
spirit,  died  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  on  the  22d  of  November,  1884;  res.  Nauvoo,  111., 
and  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Helen  Rosabell,  b.  May  6,  1847;  d.  May  6,  1847. 

Wm.  Howard,  b.  Aug.  17,  1848;  d.  Aug.  23,  1848. 

Horace  Kimball,  b.  Sept.  1,  1849;  d.  Sept.  1,  1849. 

ViLATE  Murray,  b.  June  2,  1853;  d.  Feb.  5,  1870. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  b.  Nov.  27,  1857;  m.  Nov.  9,  1886,  Robert  T. 
Paton;  res.  285  C  St.,  Salt  Lake  Citv,  Utah.  Ch.:  Joseph  Whit- 
ney, b.  May  24,  1888;  d.  July  13,  1889. 

9260.  vi.  Genevieve,  b.  Mar.  13,  1860;  m.  Dec.  29,  1886,  Edward  Lee  Tal- 
bot, b.  Dec.  25,  1862;  res.  285  C  St.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Ch.: 
Edward  Lee,  b.  Dec.  4,  18S7;  Florence,  b.  Mav  28,  1890. 

9261.  vii.  Helen  Kimball,  b.  Mar.  24,  1862;  m.  Oct.  30,  1883,  George  Tay- 
sum  Bourne,  b.  Sept.  1,1857;  res.  Salt  Lake  City.  Ch.:  Helen 
Vilate,  b.  Aug.  15.  1884;  George  Bradford,  b.  Sept.  30, 1886;  Gen- 
evieve, b.  Dec.  27,  1888;  Horace  K.,  b.  June  14,  1891. 

Charles  Spaulding,  b.  Nov.  21,  1864;  d.  Aug.  4,  1886. 
Florence  Mariam,  b.  Apr.  4,  1867;  m.  Sept.  21,  1887,  Henry  M. 

Dimoody,  b.  Mar.  4,  1866;  res.  326  S.  1st  West  St.,  Salt  Lake 

City,  Utah.;  s.  p. 
Phebe  Isabel,  b.  Sept.  24,  1869;  d.  July  23,  1874. 
Orson  Ferguson,  b.  July  1,  1855;  m.  Zina  Beal  Smoot. 
Horace  Gibson,  Id.  Jan.  6,  1858;  m.  Marion  M.  Beatie. 
Ella  Eliza,  b.  Mar.  22,  1859;  m.  Jan.  14,  1878,  R.  V.  Decker,  b. 

Sept.  4,  1848;  res.  18  E.  No.  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  City.     Ch.: 

R.  LeRoy,  b.  Dec.  5,  1878;  Mary  G.,  b.  Mav  30,  1886. 

9269.  xiv.         Emmaretta  Smith,  b.  Mar.  23,  1861;  m.  Sept.  24,  1884,  George 

D.  Pvper,  b.  Nov.  21,  1860;  res.  Salt  Lake  City.     Ch.:  Emma- 
retta,'b.  Nov.  3,  1885;  George  Whitney,  b.  July  6,  1887. 

9270.  XV.       Joshua  Rodolphus,  h.  Mar.  8,  1864;  m.  Emeline  L.  World. 

9271.  xvi.      Laura  Maria,  b.  Dec.  2,  1865;  m.  Apr.  30,  1888,  William  George 

Rynders,  b.  Feb.  26,  1866;  res.  26  E.  No.  Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake 
City.     Ch.:  Whitney,  b.  Mar.  13,  1890. 

9272.  xvii.    Lucy  Helen,  b.  Mar.  4,  1867;  unm.;  res.  Salt  Lake  City. 

9273.  xviii.  Elizabeth  Sikes,  b.  Dec.  20.  1870;  d.  Aug.  3.  1872. 

9274.  xix.     Mary  Linda,  b.  Aug.  17,  1872;  unm.;  res.  Salt  Lake  City. 

9275.  XX.      Clark  Lyman,  b.  June  10,  1874;  unm.;  res.  Salt  Lake  City. 

9276.  xxi.     Samuel  Austin,  b.  Feb.  12,  1877. 

9277.  xxii.    Geo.  Washington,  b.  July  4,  1878;  d.  Sept.  4,  1878. 

9278.  xxiii.  Lafayette,  b.  July  4,  1878. 

9279.  xxiv.  Harriett,  b.  Apr.  14,  1883. 

9280.  xxv.   Newell,  b.  1851;  d.  1851. 

7131.  WiLLARD  Armes  Whitney  (Solomon,  Solomon,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  5,  1857;  m.  Mar.,  1879,  Abbie  L.  IBrowning. 
Willard  Armes  Whitney  was  born  in  Little  Compton,  R.  I.,  Oct.  5,  1857;  went  to 
Kansas  with  his  father  in  spring  of  1866,  being  then  nine  years  old  past;  attended 
district  school  at  College  Hill  schoolhouse  until  he  was  able  to  enter  the  State  Agri- 
cultural college  at  Manhattan,  where  he  studied  two  years,  standing  well  in  his 
classes  and  grading  well.  His  vacations  and  spare  time  were  devoted  to  assisting  his 
father  on  the  farm,  where  he  acquired  a  liking  for  the  work,  and  in  1879  he  married 
Miss  Abbie  L.  Browning,  which  marriage  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  eight  bright 
boys,  all  living  but  one.  He  is  settled  on  a  good  farm  of  his  own,  and  is  doing  com- 
paratively well,  and,  ordinarily  speaking,  has  a  bright  future  before  him.  Morals  good, 
habits  temperate,  and  is  highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him;  res.  Manhattan,  Kas. 
"""'      ■  Harry  B.,  b.  May  14,  1880. 

Ralph  C,  b.  Aug.  10,  1881. 

Geo.  E.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1883. 

Solomon,  b.  Dec.  15,  1885. 

Willard  Armes,  b.  Jan.  11, 1887. 

Asaph,  b.  Sept.  4,  1889. 

Raymond,  b.  Apr.  20,  1891. 

Truman,  b.  Apr.  20, 1891;  d.  Sept.  18,  1891. 


9281. 

i. 

9282. 

ii. 

9283. 

111. 

9284. 

IV. 

9285. 

v. 

9286. 

vi. 

9287. 

vii. 

9288. 

viii. 

604  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7136.  WiLLARD  Newton  Whitney  (Emory,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Sept.  3,  1828;  m.  May  15.  1855, 
Georgianna  Mather,  b.  Mar.  27, 1836,  dau.  of  Cotton  Mather,  Esq.  He  d.  Nov.  8, 1878; 
res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

9'z89.    i.         George  Emory,  b.  Dec.  4,  1857;    m.   Nov.  14,  1888,  Mary  Y. 

Stamps,  b.  Jan.  9,  1865,  s.  p.;  farmer;  res.  W.  Brat. 
929G.     ii.        Florence  M.,  b.  Nov.  25,  1864;   m.  Mar.  27,  1886, Seely; 

res.  Springfield,  111. 

9291.  iii.       Dorr  R.,  b.  July  30,  1866;  res.  Waterbury.  Conn. 

9292.  iv.       Lucy  M.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1870;  res.  Brat. 

7137.  Frederick  Alonzo  Whitney  (Emory  S.,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  June  23,  1833;  m.  Feb.  19,  1855, 
Eveline  Mason,  dau.  of  Emory,  b.  July  27,  1832. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  born  in  Marlboro  in  June,  1833,  being  one  of  the  children  of 
Emory  and  Serepta  (Hale)  Whitney.  His  grandfather  was  Nathaniel  Whitney,  and 
his  great-grandfather,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Whitney.  The  old  home  farm  where 
Nathaniel  Whitney,  the  founder  of  the  family,  originally  settled,  was  the  well-known 
place  on  the  Marlboro  South  road,  where  Joel  P.  Butterfield  now  lives.  The  house 
built  by  Nathaniel  Whitney  and  afterward  occupied  by  his  son  Nathaniel,  stood  on 
the  site  of  the  present  buildings.  When  Emory  Whitney  grew  up  and  married  he 
went  across  the  field  to  what  was  formerly  the  old  county  road,  where  he  lived  and 
where  his  children  were  born.  The  father  died  when  Alonzo  was  some  four  or  five 
years  old.  In  the  family  were  five  children,  of  whom  Brutus  M.,  of  Marlboro,  and 
Harriet,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  now  Mrs.  Shinnemann,  of  Pulaski,  111.,  are  the 
only  survivors.  One  son  died  at  an  early  age,  and  the  death  of  another  son,  Willard 
N.,  took  place  in  Brattleboro  a  few  years  ago.  After  attending  the  district  schools  in 
Marlboro  and  in  Halifax  young  Whitney  came  to  Brattleboro  at  the  age  of  about  17 
years  to  enter  the  employ  of  the  clothing  firm  of  Cune  &  Brackett.  Frank  S.  Brack- 
ett,  the  junior  member  of  the  firm,  was  Mr.  Whitney's  uncle  by  marriage.  Mr.  Whit- 
ney learned  the  tailoring  and  clothing  business  in  all  its  branches,  becoming  an  expert 
cutter.  After  Mr.  Cune's  retirement,  about  1861,  Mr.  Whitney  was  admitted  as  a 
partner  with  Mr.  Brackett.  In  1874  the  business  was  divided,  Mr.  Brackett  taking 
the  ready-made  branch  and  Mr.  Whitney  the  custom  department.  Mr.  Brackett  died 
late  in  1878,  and  the  following  spring  Mr.  Whitney  became  sole  proprietor  of  both 
branches  of  the  business,  under  the  style  of  F.  A.  Whitney  &  Co.  He  retired  in  Feb., 
1888.  No  merchant  in  Brattleboro  ever  enjoyed  a  higher  reputation  for  integrity  than 
F.  A.  Whitney.  His  customers  came  to  know  that  his  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond, 
and  it  was  because  of  this  faith  of  the  public  in  him,  coupled  with  the  fact  that  he 
knew  his  business  thoroughly  and  was  unceasing  in  his  work,  that  brought  him  suc- 
cess. He  possessed  agreeable  personal  and  social  qualities  and  had  a  kindliness  of 
heart  and  of  manner  which  made  him  universally  esteemed.  He  d.  Sept.  24,  1894, 
s.  p.;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

7138.  Brutus  Merrill  Whitney  (Emory  S.,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  Dec.  9,  1835;  m.  Jan.  1,  1857, 
Sylvia  A.  Thayer,  dau.  of  Col.  Ezra,  b.  July  21,  1837;  d.  Oct.  1,  1885;  res.  Brattle- 
boro, Vt. 

9293.    i.  Emma  J.,  b.  Apr.  26,  1866;  m.  Feb.  26,  1889, Fletcher.    Ch.: 

Chas.  L.,  b.  July  2,  1891;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

7141.  John  Stewart  Whitney  (John  S.,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Whitingham,  Vt.,  Nov.  18, 1855;  m.  at  Colraine, 
Mass.,  May  25,  1884,  Laura  Fidelia  Butterfield,  b.  at  Brattleboro,  May  2,  1862.  He  is 
a  farmer;  res.  Marlboro,  Vt. 

9294a.  i.  Cora  Emma,  b.  Aug.  16, 1885. 

9295a.  ii.        Harlan  Curtis,  b.  Aug.  5,  1887. 

9296a.  iii.       Blanche  Ann,  b.  Sept.  10, 1889. 

9297a.  iv.       Ella  Maria,  b.  Jan.  19,  1892. 

9298a.  v.        Lester  Merrill,  b.  Apr.  21,  1894. 

7150.  George  Myron  Whitney  (Cole  M.,  Phinehas,  Phinehas,  Joshua, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  27,  1845;  m.  there  Jan.  9,  1884, 
Josephine  Steber,  b.  Utica,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  13, 1851. 

He  was  born  in  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  for  27  years.    Was  educated  at 


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605 


GEORGE  M.  WHITNEY. 


the  public  schools,  and  for  some  time  was  bookkeeper  at  Remington's  Armory. 
During  the  year  1862  he  was  bookkeeper  at  Ford's  Armory,  at  Watertown,  where 
arms  were  made  for  the  Union  army.  In  1873  he  came  to  Chicago,  and  for  twenty- 
three  years  has  been  connected  with  Marshall  Field  & 
Co.,  wholesale.  At  the  present  time  he  is  manager  of  the 
silk  and  dress  goods  departments;  res.  Chicago,  111., 
care  of  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  wholesale. 

9293a.  i.  Dorothy,  b.  Feb.  25, 1892. 

7151.  Harvey  Alvin  Whitney  (Cole  M.,  Phine- 
has,  Phinehas,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  May  2,  1847;  m.  Jan.  12,  1891,  Katherine 
M.  Flynn,  b.  June  12,  1863.  He  is  a  speculator;  res. 
Frankfort,  N.  Y. 

9294b.  i.  Harvey  A.,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  13, 1891. 

9295b.  ii.        Geo.  E.,b.  Jan.  19,  1^94. 

7154.    George   Washington   Whitney   (Joel    F., 

iohn,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
,  Essex,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  1, 1864;  m.  May  5, 1890,  at  Aledo,  111., 
Josie  B.  Carey,  b.  Mar.  27,  1873;  res'  Kewanee,  111. 
9294.    i.         Mary  Emily,  b.  Aug.  20,  1891. 

7155.  Rev.  Joel  Fisk  Whitney  (John  R.,  John, 
Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  30,  1843;  m.  there  May  3, 
1871,  Louisa  Maretta  Bailey,  b.  Hebron,  N.  Y.  June  4, 
1844. 

Joel  Fisk  Whitney  was  born  at  Wadham's  Mills 
(town  of  Westport),  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  30,  1843; 
united  with  Congregational  church  June  1, 1856;  graduated 
at  Barre,  \'t.,  academy,  1864;  graduated  at  Middlebury 
college,  1868;  Andover  Theological  seminary,  1871;  or- 
dained to  gospel  ministry.  May  3,  1871;  missionary  A. 
B.  C.  F.  M.,  1871-81,  at  Ebon  and  Kusaie,  Micronesia; 
pastor  Congregational  church,  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y., 
1881-83;  Congregational  church,  Wolcott,  Vt.,  1883-86; 
St.  Johnsbury,  East,  Vt.,  1886-88;  Jamaica,  Vt.,  1888-90; 
Marshfield,  Vt.,  1890-92;  began  pastorate  at  Coventrvville, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  19,  1893;  married  Miss  Louisa  Maretta  Bailey, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Phinehas  Bailey,  late  of  Albany,  Vt.; 
res.  Marshfield,  Vt.,  and  Coventryville,  N.  Y. 

John  Russell,  b.  Oct.  31,  1874,  at  Ebon,  Marshall  Isls.,  Pacific 
Ocean. 

Edward  Fiske,  b.  Aug.  29,  1877,  as  above. 


HARVEY   A.    WHITNEY. 


9295. 


9296. 
9297. 


n. 
iii. 


Mary  Etta,  b.  June  15,  1882,  at  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 


9298. 

i. 

9299. 

n. 

9300. 

iii 

9301. 

IV 

9302. 

V. 

7162.  John  R.  Whitney  (John  R.,  John,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y.,  July  29.  1847;  m.  May  18,  1S75,  Lena  Groll,  b. 
Aug.  10,  1852,  at  Coblentz,  Germany.     He  is  a  retail  druggist;  res.  Garnett,  Kan. 

Wm.  Russell,  b.  July  26,  1876.     He  gr.  at  high  school  in  1893. 
Arthur  John,  b.  June  4, 1879.     He  gr.  grammar  school  in  1893. 
Louis  Alvis,  b.  July,  13,  1882;  d.  Nov.  25,  1882. 
Harry  Edward,  b.  July  1, 1885;  d.  Sept.  10,  1885. 
Chas.  Gleed,  b.  Mar.  11,  1887. 

7163.  Moses  Fisk  Whitney  (John  R.,  John,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Apr.  18,  1849,  at  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y.;  m.  Feb.  3,  1875,  Ella 
M.  Burt,  b.  Sept.  14,  1855.     He  is  a  dealer  in  country  produce;  res.  Walpole,  Mass. 

9303.  i.  Perrin  Burt,  b.  Oct.  20,  1876. 

9304.  ii.         Andrus  E.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1882. 

9305.  iii.       Elsie  May.  b.  May  12,  1889. 

7169.  RoLLiN  W.  Whitney  (William  W.,  Cvrus,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Mar.  30',  1848;  m.  Mar.  26,  1874,  Ann  E. 
Taylor,b.  Oct.  6,  1844. 

He  had  little  time  for  work  outside  that  required  by  his  farm  and  the  support  of 


606 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


9306. 

i. 

9307. 

ii. 

9308. 

iii. 

9309. 

IV. 

9310. 

V. 

9311. 

vi. 

9312. 

VII 

his  seven  children,  and  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Springfield  Grange,  and  a 
member  of  the  Vermont  Dairymen's  Ass.,  before  which  body  he  frequently  reads  a 
paper  of  interest  to  no  one  but  members  of  the  craft;  res.  Springfield,  Vt. 

Agnes  Taylor,  b.  May  13,  1875. 

Wm.  Spen-cer,  b.  Aug.  16,  1876. 

Walter  Rollin,  b.  Sept.  9,  1878. 

Philip  Henry,  b.  Mar.  21,  1881. 

Ruth  H.,  b.  Jan.  17,  1883. 

Hellen  L.,  b.  June  7,  1885. 

Anne  J.,  b.  Apr.  16,  1887. 

7189.  H.  Genio  Whitney  (Lucius,  Benjamin,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Essex,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1847;  m.  there,  May  10,  1877,  Nettie  E. 
Bellows,  b.  July  16,  1856.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Wadham's  Mills,  N.  Y. 

9313.  i.  Fred  Rupert,  b.  May  25,  It'SO. 

9314.  ii.        Mabel  Eunice,  b.  Dec.  23,  1882. 

9315.  iii,        Miriam  Andrie,  b.  Apr.  22,  1889. 

9316.  iv.        Bessie  Louise,  b.  June  20,  1892. 

7191.  Oliver  B.  Whitney  (Joseph  C,  Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  July  23,  1853;  m.  July  11,  1875,  Pauline  A.  Hyland;  res. 
Mmneapolis,  Minn. 

9317.  i.  Gertrude  P.,  b.  June  6,  1876. 

9318.  ii.         Joseph  H.,  b.  Jan.  5,  1880. 

9319.  iii.        Marion,  b.  Nov.  5,  1884. 

7196.  William  Elijah  Whitney  (Lemuel  G.,  Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  \'t.,  Nov.  1,  1835;  m.  May  25,  1874, 
Emma  Almira  Payn,  b.  Aug.  15,  1841;  res.  98  Pearl  St.,  Burlington,  Vt. 

9320.  i.  Eda  Almira,  b.  Jan.  13,  1877. 

7197.  Joseph  L.  Whitney  (Lamuel  G.,  Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  22,  1837;  m.  Jan.,  1873,  Mrs.  Betsey 
Garvin;  res.  Manton,  Mich. 

9321.  i.  William  Garvin,  b.  . 

9322.  ii.         Dayton,  b. ;  res.  Colfax,  Mich. 

7199.  John  Kingsbury  Whitney  (Lemuel  G.,  Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua, 
Nathaniel.  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  19,  1841;  m.  Oct.  20,  1875, 
Abigail   M.  Everett;  res.  Moore's  Forks,  N.  Y. 

9323.  i.         Carl  Everett,  b.  July  30,  l-<76. 

9324.  ii.        Lawrence  Luther,  b.  Jan.  16,  1881. 

7201.  Lemuel  Griffith  Whitney  (Lemuel  G.,  Joseph,  Lemuel,  Joshua, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  Johnj,  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  17,  1847;  m.  June  4,  1873, 
Fannie  Hay;  res.  Mocre's  Forks,  N.  Y. 

Frank  Hay,  b.  May  30,  1876. 

Edna  \'iola,  b.  Oct.  17,  1878. 

Caroline  Matilda,  b.  Sept.  21,  1880. 

Stella  Belle,  b.  Oct.  6,  1883. 

Myra  Augusta,  b.  Mar.  20.  1885. 

Leroy  Lemuel,  b.  Nov.  3,  1887. 

Harriett  Olive,  b.  June  1.3,  1890. 

7203.  Jonathan  Mather  Whitney  (Lemuel  G.,  Jo- 
seph, Lemuel,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John), 
b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  20,  1851;  m.  Sept.  30,  1872,  Lephe 
Allen;  res.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

9332.  i.         Frank.  9334.    iii.     .Allen. 

9333.  ii.        Glen.  9335.    iv.       Ethan. 

7206.  James  Warham  Whitney  (George  Jay,  War- 
ham,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  5,  1845;  m.  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 
8,  1870,  Pauline  Clark;  m.  2d,  Belle  Nott  Waring;  m.  3d, 
Mar.  17,  1892,  Effie  Lyle. 

He  runs  the  Whitney  grain  elevator  on  Brown  street.  He  is  senior  member  also 
of  the  firm  of  Whitney  &  Gibson,  grain  merchants  of  Buffalo;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
Clinton  place;  s.  p. 


9325.  ■ 

9326. 

9327. 

iii. 

9328. 

IV. 

9329. 

V. 

9330. 

VI. 

9331. 

vii 

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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  607 

7209.  Warham  Whitney  (James  M.,  Warham,  John,  Joshua,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  July  3,  1854;  m.  at  Elmira,  Apr.  16,  1885, 
Fanny  Palmer  Arnot,  b.  July  14,  1860. 

He  has  always  lived  in  Rochester,  going  to  its  schools.  After  leaving  school  he 
received  the  appointment  of  deputy  city  treasurer.  From  there  he  went  as  assistant 
bookkeeper  at  the  Rochester  Savings  bank  and  left  the  bank  to  become  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Whitney  &  Wilson,  proprietors  of  one  of  the  largest  flouring  mills  of 
that  city,  of  which  firm  he  is  still  a  member;  res.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

9336.  i.         Charlotte,  b.  Jan.  27,  1891. 

7223.  William  Whitney  (William,  William,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Templeton,  Mass.,  Aug.  25,  1821;  m.  at  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.,  1846,  Nabby  Day,  b.  Jan.  27,  1827;  d.  Mar.,  1885.  He  is  a  tub  and  churn 
manufacturer;  res.  Templeton,  Mass. 

9337.  i.  Ella  D.,  b.  1847.  9338.    ii.        Wm.  Leroy,  b.  1849. 

9339.  iii.        Lola,  b. ;  d.  ae.  18  in  Attleboro,  Mass. 

7229.  Austin  Whitney  (Seth,  William,  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Feb.  27,  1819;  m.  Dec,  1843,  Maria  Allen  of  Peters- 
ham. John  P.  Allen  of  Gardner  was  appointed  guardian  to  Ellen  Maria  in  Feb. 
1860.     He  d.  Oct.  1851;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

9340.  i.  Austin,  b.  June  2J,  1847;  d.  Julys,  1849. 

9341.  li.        Ellen,  Maria,  b.  Oct.  16,  1850;  m.  Mashall  Miles.    She  d.  Feb., 

1890. 

7338.  IvERS  Whitney  (Joseph,  William.  William,  William,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.;  m.  May  24,  1844,  Lucy  Whitney,  his  cousin,  b.  June 
22,  1821,  dau.  of  Seth  and  Sally  (Wood)  Whitney;  d.  Mar.  29,  1857;  m.  2d,  Apr.  16, 
1860,  Rhoda  Adams,  b.  Aug.  9,  1820. 

Ivers  Whitney  was  a  farmer  and  in  conipany  with  his  father  carried  on  the  farm- 
ing business.  In  1856  he  was  elected  one  of  the  assessors,  and  with  the  exception  of 
the  following  year  held  the  office  for  twenty-seven  consecutive  years  or  until  his 
health  would  not  admit  of  it.  He  also  held  the  office  of  overseer  of  poor  for  nineteen 
years,  besides  other  minor  offices.  He  was  noted  for  his  integrity,  and  generally 
respected  by  all  classes.     He  d.  Apr.  20,  1889;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

9342.  i.  Marcus,  b.  Sept.  13,  1846;  m.  Luella  Brooks. 

9343.  ii.         Emm.a.  Eliza,  b.  Mar.  29,  1856;  unm.;  res.  Gardner. 

9344.  iii.        Lucy  Ella,  b.  Sept.  11,  1863;  res.  Gardner. 

7241.  Charles  Whitney  (Amasa,  William,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Sept.  21,  1830;  m.  in  P'itchburg,  Dec.  2,  1857, 
Mary  Knowlton,  b.  May  19,  1836.  He  was  born  in  Gardner,  where  he  still  resides 
engaged  in  the  agricultural  pursuits.  For  many  years  he  has  been  an  overseer  of  the 
poor;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

9345.  i.  James  A.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1858;  d.  June  27,  1861. 

9346.  ii.         Charles  E.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1867;  m.  Fanny  A.  Lesure. 

7247.  Dudley  Whitney  (Joseph,  Joseph,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Aug.  10,  1836;  m.  there  Jan.  1,  1863, 
Mary  E.  Whitney;  b.  there  Jan.  27,  1835;  res.  754  Broadway,  Boston,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

7254.    William    Webster   Whitney  (Webster,    Amasa,  William,    William, 

William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May  5, 1833;  m.  Jan.  22,   1857, ;  res. 

Winchendon,  Mass. 

9347.  i.         Elisha  Murdock,  b.  June  22, 1861;  m.  Mary  M.  Whitney. 

7262a.  James  Osgood  Whitney  (Oreson,  Luke,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  31,  1831;  m.  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  m  1853,  Marie 
Drury;  b.  Feb.  16,1835;  d.  1869.  He  was  a  marble  worker.  He  d.  June  29,  1875; 
res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass.,  and  Rosewood,  Fl. 

9348a.  i.         Charles  Oreson,  b.  May  30,  1855;  m.  Rhoda  A.  Perry. 
9349a.  ii.        One  Child  d.  young. 

7263.  William  H.  Whitney  (Luke,  Luke,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  May  19,  1841;  m.  Mar.  3,  1867,  Mary  Ella 
Sweet;  b.  July,  1850;  res.  237  Spruce  St.,  Chelsea,  Mass. 


608  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

9348.  i.         Nellie  F.,b.  Dec.  23,  1867;  m.   Nov.  27,  1888,  Deane;  res. 

108  Hawthorn  St.,  Chelsea. 

9349.  ii.        William  A.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1869;  ns.  Chelsea. 

7276.  David  Rice  Whitney  (William  F.,  William,  Phinehas,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  10,  1828;  m.  Apr.  30,  1855,  Sophia  Paine  Dunn,  b.  Oct. 
31,  1834;  d.  Dec.  17,  1885. 

David  Rice  Whitney  was  born  at  Boston  on  the  10th  of  January,  1828,  and 
graduated  at  Harvard  university  in  the  class  of  1848.  After  an  extended  tour 
in  Europe,  he  returned  to  Boston  and  entered  at  once  into  commercial  pursuits. 
These  he  followed  until  1876,  when  he  retired  from  active  mercantile  business  and 
turned  his  attention  to  banking.  He  was  at  once  elected  president  of  the  Suffolk 
National  bank,  which  position  he  held  until  January  1,  1884.  During  his  presidency, 
having  free  access  to  the  records  of  the  Suffolk  bank,  for  many  years  known  as  the 
King  bank  of  New  England,  he  wrote  a  short  history  of  that  institution,  giving  an 
account  of  its  system  of  bank  note  redemption,  known  as  the  Suffolk  bank  system, 
of  which  it  was  the  originator  and  which  it  forced  upon  all  the  banks  of  New  Eng- 
land for  a  period  of  forty  years. 

Mr.  Whitney's  interest  in  financial  matters  has  always  been  very  deep;  and  at 
one  time,  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  president  of  the  Suffolk  National  bank,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  finance  committees  of  three  of  the  largest  banking  and  trust  insti- 
tutions in  his  native  city — the  New  England  Trust  Co.,  Provident  Institution  for  Sav- 
ings, and  Massachusetts  Hospital  Life  Ins.  Co.  In  1884  Mr.  Whitney  retired  from 
the  presidency  of  the  Suffolk  National  bank  to  become  the  head  of  the  New  England 
Trust  Co.,  the  first  institution  of  the  kind  chartered  in  New  England,  and  at  the 
present  time  the  largest  and  most  successful. 

In  addition  to  his  regular  occupation  Mr.  Whitney  has  found  time  to  give  to 
various  public  and  charitable  organizations.  For  many  years  he  was  the  treasurer 
of  the  Temporary  Home  for  the  Destitute;  also  one  of  the  trustees,  and  for  a  time 
treasurer,  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital.  He  also  served  for  a  long  period 
as  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Home  for  Aged  Women  and  as  a  member  of  the 
corporation  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  besides  which  he  served 
for  several  years  as  treasurer  of  Emmanuel  (Episcopal)  church,  of  Boston,  and  is  at 
the  present  time  one  of  the  trustees  of  donations  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
of  Massachusetts. 

Mr.  Whitney  has  never  held  any  political  office,  but  has  seldom  failed  to  vote  at 
every  election  for  the  candidate  whom  he  believed  to  be  best  fitted  for  the  office 
sought,  irrespective  of  political  party;  res.  68  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

9350.  i.  Frances  Elinor,  b.  June  21,  1857;  m.  May  18, 1876,  Walter  Bur- 

gess; res.  68  Com.  Ave.     Ch.:  Mabel  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  1,  1877. 

9351.  ii.        Mabel  Blanche,  b.  May  16,  1865. 

7280.  Prof.  William  Fiske  Whitney  (William  F., William,  Phinehas,  William, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Boston,  Mar.  26,  1850;  m.  at  Stockton,  Cal.,  Apr. 
26,  1888,  Louise  Elliot. 

He  was  born  in  Boston,  where  he  has  always  resided.  Educated  at  the  public 
schools,  he  fitted  for  college  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  the  class 
of  1871.  He  is  now  a  professor  in  the  Harvard  Medical  school;  res.  Boston,  Mass., 
228  Marlboro  St. 

9352.  i.  Lyman  Fiske,  b.  Jan.  28, 1889. 

9353.  ii.        William  Elliot,  b.  Nov.  30,  1893. 

7284.  William  Fiske  Whitney  (George  H.,  William,  Phinehas,  William, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  Nov.  24,  1844;  m.  there  June  10, 
1869,  Mildred  A.  Buckner,  b.  July  12,  1847. 

Mr.  Whitney,  like  most  men  who  have  done  great  service  to  the  agricultural  and 
livestock  interests,  was  farm-born.  He  first  saw  the  light  of  day  on  a  farm  near  St. 
Charles,  Mo.,  in  1844,  and  his  early  life  up  to  his  majority  was  spent  in  the  usual 
avocations  of  the  Missouri  farm  boy,  learning  what  farmers'  boys  usually  learn 
(which  to  a  bright  and  active  boy  is  no  little  education  in  itself),  and,  taken  in  con- 
nection with  that  vigor  which  is  the  result  of  early  farm  life,  is  of  inestimable  value 
in  later  years.  The  isolation  of  the  farm,  however,  begets  in  many  farm  boys  a 
wonderful  desire  to  see  the  world.  Mr.  Whitney  was  no  exception.  In  1865,  when  he 
had  attained  his  majority,  his  ambition,  as  that  of  many  a  farm  boy,  was  to  be  a  pilot 
on  a  steamboat  on  the  Missouri  river,  and  for  five  years  he  followed  this  life.   If  there 


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610  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


is  any  occupation  that  requires  close  observation,  discriminating  judgment  and  a  level 
head  it  is  that  of  a  pilot  on  a  steamboat  on  the  Missouri  river,  with  its  treacherous 
sand  bars,  its  changing  currents  and  its  constant  dangers.  It  has,  however,  its  draw- 
backs, and  the  man  who  wishes  to  have  a  home  of  his  own  and  enjoy  its  quiet,  and 
who,  besides,  has  decided  home  instincts,  will  not  choose  long  between  the  pilot 
house  and  the  home  when  a  young  lady  to  whom  he  is  devotedly  attached  points  the 
way  to  the  home.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mildred  A.  Buckner,  of  St.  Charles,  Mo., 
and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons  and  one  daughtei.  We  are  inclined  to  think 
the  good  lady  did  not  think  much  of  the  business  of  steamboating,  for  we  find  that  in 
the  fall  of  1874  the  family  removed  to  Mexico,  Mo.,  and  Mr.  Whitney  was  engaged 
during  that  fall  in  the  stock  business,  buying  and  shipping.  June  I,  1875,  he  went  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  clerk  of  the  committee  of  the  house  of  representatives 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  for  two  terms  was  clerk  of  the  banking  and  cuirency 
committee.  A  position  like  this  is  all  right  for  a  young  man  for  two  or  three  years, 
but  all  wrong  as  the  settled  business  of  life,  and  in  1880  Mr.  Whitney  resigned  his 
position  to  take  charge  of  a  farm  in  Saline  County,  Mo.,  ten  miles  southwest  of  Mar- 
shall, and  for  eleven  years  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stockraising,  handling 
mostly  beef  cattle.  When  cattle  began  to  decline  in  1886-87  he  sold  his  herds  and 
made  up  his  mind  to  become  a  breeder  of  Holstein-Friesians  and  a  breaker  up  of  the 
way  toward  making  Missouri  the  great  dairy  state  for  which  nature  intended  her. 
His  first  investment  was  in  12  head  of  cattle  costing  S2,800.  This  was  the  foundation 
of  the  present  herd,  which  now  numbers  over  one  hundred.  He  has  from  time  to 
time  added  such  individuals  as  in  his  judgment  would  bring  them  up  to  his  ideal 
standard,  and  as  a  result  he  has  a  herd  which  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading 
Holstein-Friesian  herds  in  the  west.  In  the  fall  of  1890  he  met  Mr.  M.  E.  Moore,  of 
Cameron,  Mo.,  at  the  Kansas  City  Exposition,  for  the  first  time,  and  after  discussing 
fully  the  necessity  for  a  state  Holstein  association  they  agreed  to  organise  it,  and 
the  following  spring  united  in  a  call  for  the  Holstein-Friesian  breeders  of  the  west 
to  meet  at  Marshall,  Mo.,  in  the  month  of  April.  The  beginning  was  small,  only  six 
breeders  being  present,  and  Mr.  Whitney  was  elected  secretary.  The  following 
October  another  meeting  was  held,  at  which  time  the  membership  had  increased  to 
twenty-seven,  and  it  was  then  named  the  Western  Holstein-Friesian  Association. 
The  second  annual  meeting  was  held  in  Kansas  City,  October  26,  1892,  when  the 
membership  numbered  ninety-six,  and  when  the  important  step  of  establishing  a 
herd  book  was  agreed  upon,  one  reason  being  that  they  believed  the  fees  charged  by 
leold  association  were  exorbitant.  In  the  hands  of  Mr.  Whitney  and  th  e  able 
board  of  directors,  the  association  has  become  a  verv  great  success,  and  now  numbers 
one  hundred  and  eighty-five  breeders,  distributed  through  twenty-six  states  of  the 
Union,  and  is  still  on  the  increase.  Mr.  Whitney  is  the  originator  of  the  present 
system  of  keeping  the  records,  which  is  regarded  by  many  as  the  most  complete  of 
the  kind  in  the  United  States;  res.  Mexico,  Mo. 

9353a.   i.  Aylette  Howe,  b.  Apr.  20,  1870;  m.  June  5,  1894,  Mabel  Robin- 

son; res.  M.;  is  a  druggist. 

9353b.   ii.         Arthur  Buckner,  b.  Jan.  5,  1877;  res.  M. 

9353c.    iii.       Mildred  Clark,  b.  Feb.  27,  1887;  res.  M. 

7288.  Claren'CE  Smyrna  Whitney  (Samuel,  Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Ashland,  Mass.,  Mar.  27,  1850;  m.  Feb.  18,  1875,  at 
Providence,  Martha  Watson  Hunt,  b.  June  7,  1849. 

He  was  born  at  Ashland,  Mass.,  where  his  father  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  paper.  After  an  excellent  common  school  education  he  entered  Phillips  academy, 
Andover,  Mass  ,  and  was  graduated  in  1870.  He  then  started  in  to  learn  the  paper 
business.  At  present  he  is  associated  with  his  brother  in  the  wholesale  paper  busi- 
ness at  63  and  65  Essex  St.,  Boston;  res,  Sutherland  Road,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Hyde 
Park,  Mass. 

9354.  i.  Mary  Erving,  b.  June  17,  1876. 

9355,  ii.         Laura  Noble,  b.  May  7,  1882. 

7290.  William  Erving  Whitney  (Samuel,  Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  North  Reading,  Mass.,  Aug.  9,  1855;  m.  in  Boston,  1878, 
Mary  E.  Fenn,  b.  Aug.  12,  1858. 

He  was  born  in  North  Reading,  Mass.;  fitted  for  college  at  the  Phillips  acad- 
emy, Andover,  Mass.;  entered  Yale  college  in  187.3,  and  was  graduated  in  1877.  He 
at  once  entered  into  the  wholesale  paper  business  with  his  brother,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Whitney  Bros,,  and  is  now  located  at  63  and  65  Essex  St.,  Boston,  Mass.; 
res.  453  Columbus  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass.;  s.  p. 


lip^^^^A 


•  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  611 

7292.  Fred'k  Waldo  Whitney  (Geo.  E.,  Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  8,1854;  m.  Sept.  6, 1876,  Celia  E.  Smith;  d.  Apr.  4, 
1883,  s.  p.;  m.  2d,  Sept.  9,  1884,  Emma  F.  Estabrook,  b.  July  11,  1855;  divorced;  res. 
Rapid  City,  S.  D.,  and  Blythebourne,  N.  Y. 

9356.  i.  Frederick  W.,  b.  Dec.  22, 1885. 

7300.  Dr.  Frank  Eugene  Whitney  (Nathan,  Smyrna,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  June  9,  1853;  m.Nov.  26,  1883,  Grace  M.  J.  Chase,  b. 
Apr.  26,  1860. 

His  early  childhood  was  spent  in  Westminster  and  Fitchburg,  Mass.  When 
about  ten,  his  father,  who  was  a  paper  manufacturer,  moved  to  Claremont,  N.  H., 
and  from  there,  about  two  years  afterwards,  to  Bennington,  N.  H.,  where  his  home 
has  been  ever  since.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Rochester  since  1881.  He  graduated 
at  Kimball  Union  academy,  Meriden,  N.  H., in  1874,  became  an  alumnusof  Dartmouth 
college  m  1878,  and  graduated  from  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  the 
city  of  New  York  in  1881,  and  has  been  practicing  there  ever  since.  He  is  a  church 
member  and  warden  of  the  Congregational  society  of  that  city,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  bemg  at  present  secretary  of  Temple  R.  A.  Chapter  of  that 
place.  He  is  especially  interested  in  music,  having  sung  tenor  in,  and  being  director 
of,  church  choirs  for  about  twenty-five  years;  res.  Rochester,  N.  H.;  s.  p. 

7310.  Franklin  M.  Whitney  (George  W.,  Jonas  W.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1842;  m.  June  12, 1868,  Fannie 
L.  Downe,  b.  Apr.  12,  1849;  res.  30  Orange  St.,  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

9357.  i.  Edith  L.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1869;  m.  Dec.  25,  1891,  Albert  R.  Fellows; 

res.  Fitchburg.     He  was.  b.  Dec.  25,  1868. 

9358.  ii.         Roy  Elliott,  b.  Mar.  16,  1874;  d.  July  21,  1875. 

9359.  iii.        Daisy  Christabel,  b.  Sept.  12,  1876;  res.  Fitchburg. 

7315.  Hon.  Wilbur  Fisk  Whitney  (John,  Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Dec.  9,  1839;  m.  July  17,  1866,  Emeline  S.  Jewell,  b. 
Dec.  27,  1839. 

He  was  born  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  chairs,  and  has  become  an  important  factor 
in  the  business  interests  oi  his  native  town.  He  was  schooled  in  the  business  from 
boyhood.  In  mechanical  skill,  in  a  clear  and  prompt  comprehension  of  the  growing 
demands  of  the  trade,  and  in  the  adoption  of  new  methods  to  meet  the  changing 
requirements  of  the  business,  he  has  advanced  to  a  prominent  position  among  the 
manufacturers  of  the  present  time.  In  the  personal  supervision  of  an  important 
industry  Mr.  Whitney  has  found  full  employment,  yet  he  has  been  an  efficient  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee  for  many  years,  and  has  labored  in  his  work  with  unfail- 
ing interest.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Ashburnham  National  bank,  and  of  the  Nashua 
Reservoir  Co.  In  1875  he  represented  his  district  in  the  legislature.  In  1878  he  was 
nominated  for  congress  by  the  Greenback  and  Independent  parties.  In  the  election 
he  received  7,000  votes.  He  was  renominated  in  1882  and  1884.  In  1876  and  1877 
he  was  nominated  for  state  treasurer,  and  in  several  instances  his  candidacy  was 
indorsed  by  the  Prohibitionists.  With  the  experience  of  years  he  has  joined  the 
fruits  of  an  attentive  study  of  the  social  and  political  problems  of  the  times.  His 
conclusions  are  intelligently  formed,  and  his  judgment  of  men  and  measures  is  free 
from  partiality  or  prejudice.  In  municipal  affairs  he  has  always  manifested  a  com- 
mendable interest,  and  at  all  times  has  maintained  an  advanced  position  among  his 
fellow  men.  In  his  daily  life  he  has  seldom  wounded  or  disapjiointed  his  friends, 
and  has  cultivated  no  enemies;  res.  South  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

9360.  i.  Oscar  Jewell,  b.  Jan.  22,  1871;  d.  Jan.  2,  1886.     In  his  brief  life 

was  developed  a  maturity  of  mind  and  character  that  com- 
manded the  respect  and  summoned  the  love  of  all  who  knew 
him.  If  young  in  years  he  was  manly  and  noble  in  habit;  his 
emotions  were  the  offspring  of  a  reflective  mind,  and  in  thought 
and  deed  his  kindness  to  his  friends  and  associates,  his  purity 
of  life  and  his  obedience  to  dutv  were  unfailing.     [Hist,  of  Ash.] 

Celena  Mower,  b.  June  24,  1873. 

LuELLA  CrsHiNG,  b.  May  4,  1875. 

Ethel  Eloise,  b.  June  2,  1881. 

Edith  Lillian,  b.  Jan.  1,  1883. 


9361. 

ii. 

9362. 

iii. 

9363. 

iv. 

9364. 

v. 

9366. 
9367. 

9368. 

ii. 
iii, 
iv 

9369. 

V. 

9370. 

vi. 

612  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7319.  Orange  Whitney  (John,  Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Mar.  16,  1849;  m.  June  5,  1875,  Laura  M.  Collester;  d.  Jan.  28, 1885. 

He  was  born  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  where  he  always  resided  until  1881,  when 
he  moved  to  Winchendon.  Like  his  father  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
chairs,  and  at  one  time  was  located  in  the  Burgess  mills,  in  A.  Has  many  town  offices 
of  trust  and  honor;  res.  Ashburnham  and  Winchendon,  Mass. 

7322.  Alfred  Merritt  Whitney  (John,  Joseph  G.,  Abner,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  June  14,  1856;  m.  June  3,  1884,  Susie 
W.  Davis.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Orange  Whitney  &  Co.,  chair  manufact- 
urers; res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

7327.  Jonathan  Lowell  Whitney  (Silas,  Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),b.  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  Mar.  14,  1828;  m.  in  Berlin,  Jan.  6, 
1848,  Hannah  T.  Moore,  b.  Sept.  15,  1829.  He  was  in  the  express  business.  He  d. 
Jan.  26,  1877;  res.  Leicester  and  Worcester,  Mass. 

9365.     i.  Lucy  Aroline,  b.  Apr.  4,  1849;  m.  H.  H.  Bowman.     She  d.  s.  p., 

Apr.  26,  1869. 
Charles  H.,  b.  May  22,  1853;  m.  Susie  E.  Blackmer. 
Wm.  Henry,  b.  Dec.  15,  1854;  m.  Mary  Brennan. 
Jenny  Abby,  b.  Sept.  2,  1857;  m.  Dec.  8, 1880,  Henry  Hunt  Brown- 
ing, b.  Apr.  11,  1856;  res.  59  Webster  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  s.  p. 
He  is  a  civil  engineer. 
Josephine  Hannah,  b.  Mar.  26, 1860;  m.  Sept.  29, 1880,  Frank  D. 

Hayden;  res.  19  Bellevue  St.,  Worcester. 
Margaret  Osgood,  b.  Apr.  23,  1864;  m.  Nov.  12,  1884,  Fred  W. 
Blackmer,  res.  27  Westminster  St.,  Worcester. 

7329.  Rev.  Joseph  Holbrook  Whitney  (David  C,  Silas,  Silas,  Samuel, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1834;  m.  Jan.  21,  1864, 
Mrs.  Mary  L.  (Hubbard)  Whitney,  b.  Sept.  17,  1889;  d.  Apr.  17,  1877;  m.  2d,  Oct.  14, 
1879,  Mrs.  Frances  S.  Gillespie,  wid.  of  Rev.  James  A.  Gillespie. 

Joseph  H.  Whitney  was  born  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1834.  Lived  with  his 
parents,  David  C.  and  Tyler  B.  Whitney,  in  Douglass,  Mass.,  and  Burrillville,  R.  I., 
until  1848,  when  removed  to  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  his  father's  native  town.  Obtained 
an  academic  education  by  working  at  his  trade,  that  of  chairmaker.  Admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec,  1860.  Entered  the  Union  service  in  May,  1861,  serv- 
ing two  years  and  ten  months  as  private,  sergt.,  sergt.-major,  and  2d  lieut.  in  4th  and 
21st  Regts.  Mass.  Vols.  Married  Jan.  21,  1864,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  (Hubbard)  Whitney, 
widow  of  his  brother,  Charles  Milton  Whitney.  Studied  for  the  Methodist  ministry 
at  Boston  university,  1867  and  1868.  Removed  to  Wisconsin  in  Apr.,  1868.  Was  a 
member  of  West  Wis.  Annual  Conf.  M.  E. church  from  that  time  until  1882,  with  the 
exception  of  three  years  spent  in  teaching  at  Central  Tenn.  college,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
On  account  of  failing  health  retired  from  the  active  work  of  the  ministry  in  1882. 
Was  asst.  adjt.-gen.  dept.  of  Wis.  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  from  1883  to  1885; 
in  adjt.-gen.  office  of  Wisconsin  from  1885  to  1891;  was  chaplain  of  Dept.  of  Wis. 
G.A.  R.  in  1882  and  1891;  res.  Baraboo  and  Madison,  Wis.,  s.  p. 

The  following  poem  was  written  by  Rev.  Joseph  Holbrook  Whitney: 

It's  eretting  rather  lonesome.    The  "boys"  that  used  to  stand 
So  close  in  line  together,  "for  God  and  native  land," 
Are  fighting  fortune's  battles,  witli  less  of  hope  than  pain  ; 
Or  sleeping  'neatii  the  blossoms,  till  the  bugle  sounds  again. 

I  would  risk  a  dozen  battles,  if  1  could  only  feel 
The  old-time  touch  of  elbows  beneath  the  shining  steel; 
And  see  the  loyal  colors  as  they  looked  to  you  and  me, 
When  we  followed  them  together,  and  shouted  "victory." 

It's  getting  rather  lonesome.    We  are  straggling  far  behind ; 
Yet  ever  pressing  forward  in  the  race  of  life,  to  find 
That  younger  generations  must  reap  the  golden  grain, 
And  cannot  stop  to  listen  to  the  sower's  sad  refrain. 

Why  struggle  on  in  sadness?    Why  murmur  and  repine? 
This  favored  generation  hath  no  memories  like  thine: 
No  memory  of  a  struggle  to  make  a  nation  free  ; 
No  memory  of  Gettysburg,  nor  "'  Sherman  to  the  sea." 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  613 


No  memory  of  the  friendships  that  only  we  can  know, 
Begotten  in  a  struggle  the  wrong  to  overthrow  : 
No  memory  of  liardstiip  and  pain  for  others'  good, 
No  memory  of  a  nation,  redeemed  with  loyal  blood. 

We  may  be  only  stragglers  ;  but  there  are  better  things 
Than  the  follies  of  the  present,  or  all  the  wealth  of  kings. 
These  memories  we  cherisl).  are  ours,  and  will  abide. 
Through  every  ill  unchanging,  whatever  may  betide. 

7330.  Charles  Milton  Whitney  (David  C,  Silas,  Silas,  Samuel,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  July  1-5,  1836;  m.  June  10,  1858,  Mary  L.  Hubbard,  b.  Sept. 
17,  1839;  she  m.  2d  her  brother-in-law;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass.  C.  M.  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Chantilly,  Va..  Sept.  1,  1862. 

9371.  i.         Tyla  Maria,  b.  Oct.  30,  1859;  m.  May  6,  1885,  James  H.  Spencer; 

res.  Necedah,  Wis. 

9372.  ii.        CHARLEsMcCLELLAN,b.  Sept.  18, 1861;  d.  Dec.  29,  1861. 

7336.  Lincoln  Whitney  (Merrick,  Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  July  1,  1834;  m.  Feb.  5,  1859,  Mary  Caroline  Mclntire,  b.  Dec.  28,  1837; 
res.  Ashburnham. 

9373.  i.         Jennie  A.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1862. 

7354.  Leonard  A.  Whitney  (Austin,  Samuel,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  June  16,  1858;  m.  Jan.  8,  1888,  Ida  M. 
Gibson,  b.  May  25,  1863;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  The  Ontario,  cor.  Ontario  and  State  Sts. 

9374.  i.         Austin,  b.  Aug.  28,  1889. 

7359.  Charles  W.  Whitney  (Jason,  Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Dec.  7,  1840;  m.  Aug.  13,  1865,  Ruana  Barrell,  b.  Nov.  7,  1842;  res. 
Ashburnham,  Mass. 

9375.  i.         William  C,  b.  May  27,  1866. 

9376.  ii.        Martha  E.,  b.  Apr.  23,  1869. 

9377.  iii.       Geo.  F.,  b.  Sept.  30.  1872;  d.  Sept.  11,  1874. 

9378.  iv.       Sarah  R.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1875. 

9379.  v.        Abbie  a.,  b.  Nov.  13,  1879. 

7371.  Walton  Brooks  Whitney  (Ohio,  Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Aug.  28,  1859;  m.  Jan.  14,  1886,  Sadie  B.  Sherburne,  of  Pel- 
ham,  N.  H. 

Walton  B.  Whitney,  youngest  son  of  Ohio  and  Mary  R.  (Brooks)  Whitney, 
graduated  from  Gushing  academy,  Ashburnham,  in  1881.  Elected  town  clerk  in 
1887,  which  office  he  still  fills.  Was  appointed  notary  public  by  Gov.  Brackett  in 
1890.     Is  proprietor  of  the  town  printing  oi^ce;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

9380.  i.         Harold  Parker,  b.  Julv  18,  1888. 

9381.  ii.        Melvin  Sherburne,  b.  Oct.  20,  1890. 

7373.  Dr.  Waldo  F.  Whitney  (Amos,  Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Apr.  22,  1844;  m.  Jan.  2, 1870,  Abbie  Hale.  Is  a  dentist;  res.  Newton, 
Mass. 

7374.  Albert  E.  Whitney  (Amos,  Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Jan.  20,  1847;  m.  1872,  Mary  E.  Lowe;  res.  Newton,  Mass. 

7382.  Frank  W.  Whitney  (Walter,  Ohio,  Silas,  Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  June  13,  1856;  m.  Dec.  25,  1882,  Georgia  Augusta  Taylor. 

He  was  born  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.;  he  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
that  city,  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1875,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
the  college  of  Liberal  Arts,  Boston  univ.,  in  1879.  In  1879  the  Boston  supervisors 
granted  him  their  "first-grade  certificate."  He  was  principal  of  Kingston  (N.  H.) 
academy  during  the  year  1879-1880.  In  the  year  1880-1881  he  was  principal  of  a 
Boston  evening  school  and  substituted  in  the  city  day  schools.  He  was  an  assistant 
in  the  chemistry  laboratory  of  the  Mass.  Institute  of  Technology  in  the  fall  of  1881. 
On  the  1st  of  Jan.,  1882,  he  became  the  principal  of  the  Palmer,  Mass.,  high  school, 
and  held  this  position  till  his  election  to  the  principalship  of  the  Chicopee,  Mass., 
high  school  in  July,  1884.    After  three  years  of  service  at  tne  head  of  this  school,  he 


614  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

was  elected  to  a  like  position  at  Dover,  N.  H.  He  is  now  completing  (1894)  his  eighth 
year  as  principal  of  the  high  school.  Mr.  Whitney  has  written  for  educational  pub- 
lications and  read  papers  before  New  Hampshire  teachers' associations  and  institutes. 
In  1892  he  was  elected  treasurer,  and  in  1893  president  of  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Teachers'  Association;  res.  Chicopee,  Mass.,  and  Dover,  N.  H. 

9382.    i.  Walter  Robinson,  b.  Feb.  24,  1887;  d.  July  24,  1888. 

7389.  Charles  Leavitt  Beales  Whitney  (John  M.,  Hananiah,  Hananiah, 
Samuel,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Springheld,  Mass.,  Oct.  21,  1860;  m.  at 
Charlestown,  Oct.  18,  1882,  Lottie  Jane  Byam,  b.  Sept.  19,  1854. 

He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  college  in  1871,  the  second  scholar  in  his  class. 
He  obtained  a  fellowship  and  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Harvard,  where  he 
obtained  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy.  He  then  studied  at  Leipsic,  in  Ger- 
many, for  something  over  a  year.  On  his  return  he  entered  the  Harvard  law  school, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1876.  He  then  entered  the  office  of  Jewell,  Field  & 
Shepard,  and  afterwards  had  a  brief  experience  in  the  actual  preparation  and  trial 
of  cases,  both  in  the  office  of  the  city  solicitor  of  Boston  and  that  of  the  United  States 
district-attorney.  In  all  these  places  he  showed  remarkable  legal  ability  and  faith- 
fulness, and  he  became  the  partner  of  ex-Gov,  Gaston  in  1879,  wiien  the  latter  re- 
sumed practice  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office.  This  partnership  continued 
until  recently,  when  the  condition  of  Mr.  Whitney's  health  compelled  him  to  abandon 
work.  He  was  m  every  way  a  marked  man  in  his  profession;  he  was  distinctively  a 
scholar,  and,  combined  with  profound  learning,  had  a  mind  analytical  and  logical, 
and  unusual  accuracy  and  grace  of  statement.  His  integrity,  as  a  man  and  a  prac- 
titioner, was  without  blemish;  and  his  success  in  the  trial  of  cases,  both  with  the 
court  and  the  jury,  was  remarkable.  He  was  42  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Lottie  J.  Byam,  daughter  of  Mr.  E.  G.  Byam,  of  Charlestown, 
who,  with  three  children,  survives  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Congre- 
gational church  in  Brookline.     He  d.  Sept.  14,  1892;  res.  Brookline,  Mass. 

9382a.  i.         Charles  Beale,  b.  Julv  9,  1883. 

93^3a.  li.         Mary  Leavitt,  b.  June'  13,  1885. 

9384a.  iii.        Byam,  b.  Mar.  15,  1887. 

7401.  Nelson  Whitney  (Alonzo  A.,  Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  John),  b.  Danby,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  5,  1823;  m.  in  Corning,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  31,  1845, 
Susan  Caro'me  Parcel,  b.  Mar.  11,  1824. 

He  is  a  farmer  and  proprietor  of  a  cheese  factory.  During  the  war  he  was 
quartermaster  of  the  3d  Pa.  \'ols.  Inftry.  He  then  later  raised  a  company  which  was 
organized  in  1861  in  the  state  service  and  later  in  the  U.  S.  service;  res.  Whitney- 
vilie.  Pa. 

VVm.  Edward,  b.  Sept.  20,  1846;  d.  Sept.  10,  1848. 

Mary,  b.  July  2.  1848;  m.  Apr.  26,  1869,  Abram  Tipple;  b.  July  14, 
1846;  res.  W. 

Frank,  b.  Aug.  31,  1850;  m.  Adeline  Schieffelin. 

Fanny,  b.  June  18,  1853;  m.  Jan.  20,  1872,  Otis  L.  Atherton; 
res.  W. 

Willis,  b.  Sept.  3,  1855. 

Seymour,  b.  Aug.  31,  1858. 

Nelly,  b.  Sept.  12,  1860. 

Jessie,  b.  July  14,  1863. 

lONE,  b.  Jan.  '30,  1867. 

7402.  Rev.  Edgar  Mortimer  Whitney  (James  L.,  Abraham  J.,  James,  Sam- 
uel, Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Newfield,  N.  Y.,  July  20,  1828;  m.  1850,  Harriett 
Westcott,  m  2d,  Mav  16,  1859,  Laura  Harris;  res.  Susquehanna  depot.  Pa. 

9392.  i.  Mary  Frances,  b.  May  19,  1865. 

9393.  ii  Edgar  M.,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  29,  1868. 

7403.  Oliver  Wilkinson  Whitney  (James  L.,  Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Newfield,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1830;  m.  at  Williamsport, 
Pa.,  Jan.  20,  1859,  Lucy  Brill  Burdick;  res.  Chippewa  Falls,  Wis. 


9383. 

i. 

9384. 

ii. 

9385. 

iii. 

9386. 

IV. 

9387. 

V. 

9388. 

vi. 

9389. 

vii. 

9390. 

viii. 

9391. 

IX. 

9394. 
9395. 
9396. 


Martha  Alice,  b.  Mar.  3,  1860. 
1.         Mary  Adelia,  b.  Mar.  4,  1863. 
ii.       Albert,  b.  July  29,  1872. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  615 

7407.  Abram  Johnson  Whitney  (James  L.,  Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel,  Sam- 
uel, Nathaniel,  John.  John),  b.  Caton,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  4,  1842;  m.  at  Elmira,  Aug.  10,  1862, 
Almira  Elizabeth  Broakman,  b.  Tioga,  Pa.,  May  12,  1846;  res.  Caton,  N.  Y. 

9397.  i.  Fanny  May,  b.  Mar.  13,  1868. 

7408.  William  Whitney  Cowan  (James  L.,  Abraham  J.,  James,  Samuel,  Sam- 
uel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Caton,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1853;  m.  at  Painted  Post,  N.  Y., 
July  26,  1870,  Priscilla  Emeline  Mead;  b.  Caroline,  N.  Y.,  May,  1853.  He  was  adopted 
by  his  aunt  Mrs.  Cowan,  and  his  name  changed  from  Whitney  to  Cowan;  res.  Gibson, 
N.  Y. 

9398.  i.  Frank  Le  Roy,  b.  Apr.  25,  1872. 

9399.  ii.         Edith  Maria,  b.  Mar.  26,  1875. 

7415.  Edwin  Emerson  Whitney  (Peter  I.,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Cascade,  Mich.  Aug.  14,  1843;  m.  Dec.  25,  1866,  Harriett 
Lucma  Button,  b.  Coldwater,  Mar.  1,  1848.  He  enlisted  in  1862  in  Co.  B,  6th  Regt. 
Mich.  Cavalry;  mustered  out  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  in  1865.  For  some  time  he 
was  a  scout,  emploved  by  Gen.  Phil.  Sheridan;  res.  Sand  Lake,  Mich. 

9400.  i.  Henry  Lowell,  b.  June  5,  1872. 

7416.  Zerah  Peter  Whitney  (Peter  I.,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, John,  John),  b.  Clarence  Hollow,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  21,  1836;  m.  at  Amboy,  111.,  Aug.  22, 
1860,  Charlotte  Catherine  McKenney,  b.  Nov.  9,  1833;  res.  Lewis,  la.,  s.  p. 

7417.  James  Porter  Whitney  (Peter  I,,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathan- 
iel, John.  John),  b.  Clarence,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12,  1838;  m.  at  Wayland,  Mich.,  Oct.  9,  1862. 
Anna  Grumman,  b.  Solon,  O.,  June  16,  1842;  res.  Sand  Lake,  Mich. 

9401.  i.  Effie  May,  b.  Nov.  3,  1864. 

9402.  ii.         Henry  Clare,  b.  Jan.  12,  1868. 

7419.  William  Bevins  Whitney  (Peter  I.,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Thornapple,  Mich.,  Mar.  27,  1842;  m.  at  Wayland,  Mich., 
Sept.  28,  1862,  Lovina  McBride,  b.  Dec.  12,  1842;  res.  Rock  Falls,  111. 

9403.  i.         Caroline  Betsey,  b.  July  9, 1867. 

9404.  ii.        Nelly,  b.  Jan.  II,  1870. 

7427.  George  B.  Whitney  (Oscar  F.,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Plainfield,  Mich.,  Nov.  12,  1838;  m.  Aug.  25,  1860,  Kate  Austin,  b.  July 
22,  1842;  res.  Lakcville,  Mich. 

9405.  i.  Mary,  b.  May  25,  1861;  m.  at  Rochester,  Mich.,  H.  L.  Atwell;  res. 
42  Beacon  St.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Oscar  N.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1865;  m.  Dec,  24,1884,  Mary  A.  Mussey;  res. 

Lakeville,  Mich. 
Fred  C,  b.  Feb.  3,  1867;   m.  Dec.  18,  1893,  Mary  Church;  res. 

Parkhurst  St.,  Pontiac,  Mich. 
Annie  E.,  b.  June  30,  1869;  res.  at  home. 
Frank  C,  b.  Aug.  12,  I87I;  res.  at  home. 
Chas.  W.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1873;  res.  at  home. 
Clara  W.,  h.  June  30, 1875;  res.  at  home. 
Robert  W.,  b.  Aug.  14, 1878;  res.  at  home. 

7428.  Frank  Whitney  (Oscar  F.,  Zerah,  James,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel, 
John,  John),  b.  Plainfield,  Mich.,  Mar.  7,  1840;  m.  there  .Mar.  8,  1874,  Carrie  M. 
Wrightman,  b.  Aug.  14,  1854;  res.  118  W.  Broadway,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

9413.  i.  Julia,  b.  Mar.  8,  1875. 

9414.  ii.         Maud,  b.  Dec.  9,  1877. 

9415.  iii.        Edwin,  b.  Nov.  23,  1879. 

7469.  Joseph  A.  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  John, 
Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Dec.  9,  1831;  m.  Mar.  27,  1855,  Elizabeth  Blanch- 
ard,  b.  Feb.  4,  1832;  res.  Athol,  Mass. 

9416a.  i.  Joseph  H.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1861;  m.  Feb.  2,  1881. 

9417a.  ii.         Henry  A.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1857;  d.  Feb.  8,  1859. 

9418a.  iii.        George  A.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1865;  res.  Athol  Centre. 

9419a.  iv.       Mary  E.,  b.  June  14,  1867;  d.  July  29.  1867. 


9406. 

ii. 

9407. 

iii. 

9408. 

iv. 

9409. 

v. 

9410. 

vi. 

9411. 

vn 

9412. 

vii 

616  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7470.  George  H.  S.  Whitney  (Joseph  H.,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Sept.  12,  1837;  m.  July  5,  1858,  Lucilla  H.  Elbridge,  b. 

;  d.  July  81, 1876;  m.  2d,  Sept.  19, 1877,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Abbott;  res.  Ashburnham, 

Mass. 

9420a.  i.  Geo.  Henry,  b.  Apr.  12.  1860;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

9421a.  ii.        Alfred  O.  L.,  b.  Sept.  18,  1862. 

9422a.  iii.        Eliza  Ann,  b.  Apr.  15,  1864;  m.  June  25,  1880,  Fred  Robbins. 

7473.  Aaron  Porter  Whitney  (Josiah  B.,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zachariah, 
John,  Joseph,  John.  John),  b.  Apr.  4,  1836;  m.  1858,  Mary  Conlon,  b.  May  7,  1838;  d. 
July  29,  1865;  m.  2d,  1867,  Mrs.  Maria  M.  Payne;  d.  s.  p.  Aug.,  1892.  He  d,  Apr.  1, 
1891;  res.  Lunenburg  and  Leominster,  Mass. 

9416.  i.  Aaron  Porter,  b.  Apr.  4,  1859;  unm.;  res.  814  S,  8th  St.  Denver. 

9417.  ii.         Hattie  M.,  b.  Jan.  12,  1861;  res.  38  Sumner  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

9418.  iii.        Daniel  C,  b.  Dec.  26,  1863;  res.  with  Aaron. 

7476.  Dr.  Henry  Thomas  Whitney  (Josiah  B.,  Zachariah,  Zachariah,  Zacha- 
riah, John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  Apr.  11,  1849;  m.  at  Fitchburg, 
July  15,  1876,  Louie  Ann  Seaver,  b.  Nov.  19,  1848. 

He  was  born  in  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  when  only  eight  years  of  age  moved  to 
N.  H.  He  followed  various  vocations  until  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  he  began  to 
fit  for  college.  In  1870  he  entered  Amherst  College;  1871  changed  to  Middlebury, 
Vt.,  and  in  1873  to  Burlington,  Vt..  college  to  the  medical  department.  Later  he 
entered  the  New  York  Medical  university,  and  was  graduated  \n  medicine  in  1874. 
He  opened  an  office  in  that  city,  but  was  soon  called  to  the  care  of  the  City  Insane 
Asylum  on  Ward's  Island.  From  1874  to  1876  he  was  superintending  the  Vt.  State 
Insane  Asylum  at  Brattleboro.  In  1876  he  went  into  general  practice.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  was  appointed  medical  missionary  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  to  Foochou, 
China,  and  has  been  connected  wiih  that  mission  ever  since.  He  has  had  charge  of 
hospitals  and  dispensaries,  treated  75,000  patients,  and  performed  5,000  operations, 
taught  medical  students,  learned  three  Chinese  languages  and  prepared  some  works 
in  Chinese.  Revised  Gray's  Anatomy  in  Chinese,  prepared  an  Anglo-Chinese  Med- 
ical Vocabulary  of  5,000  terms.  He  has  prepared  two  physiologies,  a  geography,  and 
International  Sunday-school  lessons  in  Chinese  for  ten  years.  He  has  been  a  college 
trustee  and  is  now  subeditor  of  two  medical  publications.  Res.  Oberlin,  O.,  2  No. 
Water  St. 

9419.  i.         John  Seaver,  b.  Dec.  8,  1877. 

9420.  ii.         Mary,  b.  July  18,  1879. 

9421.  iii.       Henry  Pierce,  b.  June  19.  1881. 

7480.  Charles  G.  Whitney  (Isaac  S.,  Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Jaffrev-N.  H.,  Julv  4,  1824;  m.  Mar.  1851,  Harriett  S.  Stowe,  b.  May  3, 
1832,  d.  Mar.  22,  1891/  He  d.  May  7,  1876;  res. . 

9422.  i.  Charles  F.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1856;  m.  Mattie  T.  Brigham. 
942.3.     ii.         George  H.,  b.  May,  1860;  d.  Mar.,  1861. 

9424.  iii.        Carrie  M.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1861;  m.  Apr.  8,  1885,  Eustace  H.  Brig- 

ham;  res.  Marlboro,  Mass.  Ch.:  Alice  \V.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1886; 
Nannie  Sophia,  b.  July  81,  1892. 

7481.  Zimri  Whitney  (Isaac  S.,  Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph,  John, 
John),  b. ;  m.  Susan  J. .     He  d.  1867;  res.  Marlboro,  Mass. 

9425.  i.  George  L.,  b.  Mar.  20,  1861. 

9426.  ii.         Fred'k  F.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1865;  res.  Waltham.  Mass. 

9427.  iii.       Lorenzo  Z.,  b.  Aug.  20,  1867. 

7490.  John  Shepperd  Whitney  (Hosea,  Zimri,  John.  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Cambridge.  Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1888;  m.  Sept.  1,  1861,  Irene  Richmond, 
b.  1837;  d.  Nov.  7,  1874;  m.  2d,  July  14.  1875,  Chloe  Whiting,  b.  Aug.  31,  1841.  He 
was  a  farmer;  res.  No.  Leominster,  Mass. 

9428.  i.  John  A.,  b.  July  14,  1862;  res.  Oxford.  Me. 

9429.  ii.         Martha  E.,  b.  Mar.  11,  1865;  m.  Nov.  25,  1886,  Elmer  Ellsworth 

House;  res.  399  Dorchester  St.,  South  Boston,  Mass.  He  was 
b.  Apr.  4,  1861.  Ch.:  Clarence  Ellsworth,  b.  Sept.  26,  1887; 
Grace  Whitney,  b.  Aug.  10,  1892. 


9430. 

i. 

9431. 

ii. 

9432. 

iii 

9433. 

iv 

9434. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  617 

7496.  Lorenzo  Peabody  Whitney  (Thomas  P.,  Zimri,  John,  Zachariah,  John, 
Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Charlestown,  Mass.,  May  21,  1841;  m.  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  Oct.  18, 
1866,  Elizabeth  Jane  Foxwell,  b,  Aug.  7,  1843.  He  is  a  salesman;  res.  Somerville, 
Mass.,  46 >^  Florence  St. 

DuANE  Thomas,  b.  July  16,  1867. 

Sara  Jane,  b.  Dec.  27, '1869. 

Frank  Irwin,  b.  Sept.  11,  1873;  d.  Dec.  24,  1877. 

Bessie  May,  b.  Apr.  11,  1875. 

Roy  Foxwell,  b.  July  23, 1880. 

7505.  Thomas  S.  Whitney  (Zachariah  F.,  John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Apr.  21,  1844;  m.  Mar.  3,  1869,  Abbie  S.  Everett;  d.  May  18,  1889.  He 
was  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  was  wounded  May  6,  1864;  mustered  out  at  the 
end  of  three  years;  res.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and  So.  Lancaster,  Mass. 

9435.  i.  Fannie  H.,  b.  June  4,  1870;  m.  June  15,  1889,  George  L.  Platts;  res. 

Marlboro,  N.  H.     He  d.  Sept.  25,  1892;  res.  So.  L. 

7509.  George  A.  Whitney  (Zachariah  F.,John,  John,  Zachariah,  John,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Peru,  \^t.,  Mar.  10,  1854;  m.  Oct.  1,  1879,  Allie  M.  Knapp,  b.  Dec.  27, 
1859;  res.  164  High  St.,  Clinton,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

7518.  Charles  Whitney  (David,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Watertown,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1828;  m.  in  Lowell  in  1851,  Sarah 
Kimball  Bradley,  b.  Apr.  8, 1827;  d.  Aug.  1,  1889. 

He  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  was  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  four  sons, 
all  of  whom  have  been  prominently  identified  with  the  lumber  interests.  He  at- 
tended school  at  Westford,  Mass.,  and  later  at  Lawrence  academy,  Groton.  In  1848 
he  went  to  Lowell  and  entered  the  employ  of  his  uncle,  Samuel  Horn,  as  clerk.  His 
father  and  brother,  David,  were  engaged  in  the  lumber  traffic  in  a  small  way,  and 
as  the  business  extended  Charles  left  Mr.  Horn  and  joined  them.  This  little  firm 
was  the  nucleus  of  what  eventually  proved  to  be  the  largest  lumber  concern  in  the 
United  States.  David  went  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  later  they  formed  a  combination 
of  the  large  firms  of  D.  N.  Skillings  &  Co.  and  Lawrence  Barnes  &  Co.,  and  opened 
an  office  in  Boston.  In  addition  to  the  immense  lumber  interests  he  was  a  large 
owner  of  land  in  the  Back  Bay  district,  in  Boston,  and  built  the  Hotel  \'endome,  a 
large  and  elegant  hotel  on  Commonwealth  Ave.  He  made  his  home  here  during 
the  winterfor  a  number  of  years.  He  was  president  of  the  Wamiset  National  Bank 
of  Lowell  for  more  than  twenty  years;  also  vice-president  of  the  Merrimack  River 
Savings  Bank,  and  director  of  a  Bank  in  Boston,  and  of  the  Union  Cotton  Mills  of 
Fall  River.  Personally  he  was  a  man  of  unobtrusive  manner  but  very  genial  and 
of  a  kindly  disposition.  He  was  emphatically  a  business  man  and  cared  nothing  for 
political  office.  He  was  very  charitable  and  a  good  friend  to  the  poor.  He  d.  Sept. 
18,  1887;  res.  Lowell,  Mass. 

9436.  i.         Ada  Medora,  b.   Nov.  23,  1853;   m.  Feb.  2,  1876,  George  Gilbert 

Davis,  b.  Aug.  30,  1844  He  is  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  ma- 
chinery; res.  in  the  winter  at  243  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  and  in  the 
summer  at  N.  Andover,  Mass.  Ch.:  Madeline,  b.  Dec.  10,  1878; 
Chas.  Whitney,  b.  Apr.  12,  1881;  Dorothy,  b.  Feb.  12, 1890.  Mr. 
Davis  is  a  son  of  the  late  Hon.  Geo.  ll.  Davis,  of  North  An- 
dover, was  born  in  that  town.  He  graduated  from  Phillips 
academy,  Andover,  and  from  the  Scientific  school  at  Harvard 
college.  He  then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Davis  & 
Furber,  a  firm  established  many  years  ago  for  the  manufactur- 
ing of  woolen  machinery  and  card  clothing. 

9437.  ii.        Katherine  A.,  b.  Nov.  27,  1861;  res.  Hotel  Vendome,  Boston, 

Mass. 

7520.  Hiram  Whitney  (David,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Joseph, 
John,  John),  b.  Acton,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  18:^3;  m.at  Westford,  Mass.,  June  10,  1868,  Mar- 
tha Elizabeth  Leland,  b.  July  6,  1845.  He  is  a  retired  lumber  dealer;  res.  Westford, 
Mass. 

94:38.    i.         Mabel  Elizabeth,  b.  July  10, 1875;  res.  W. 

9439.    ii.        Ethel  Leland,  b.  July  10,  1875;  d.  Aug.  20, 1875. 

7529.  George  Benjamin  Whitney  (Adams,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  Ben- 
jamin, Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1853;  m.  there,  Sept.  5,  1887, 

40 


618  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Annie  Louise  Tayler,  b.  Apr.  12,  1867.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.   Fitchburg,   Mass.,  Mt. 
Elam  road. 

9440.  i.         Leigh  Tayler,  b.  Aug.  16, 1888, 

9441.  ii.        Myron  Benj.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1890. 

9442.  iii.       Gladys  Bessie,  b.  Aug.  30,  1892. 

7537.  Charles  Abijah  Whitney  (Samuel  B..  Abijah,  Abijah,  Joseph,  Benja- 
min, Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Aug.  15,  1855;  m.  Nov.  1881,  Leila  Porter;  res.  Waltham, 
Mass. 

9443.  i.         Elsie  CHREHORE,b.  Mar.  5,  1883. 

9444.  ii.        Thos.  Lawrence,  b.  Oct.  13,1885. 

7542.  Louis  Henry  Whitney  (Charles  H.,  Nathan,  Abijah,  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Lincoln,  Mass.,  July  20,  1845;  m.  at  W^eston,  Jan.  31,  1874,. 
Martha  E.  Fiske,  b.  Sept.  4, 1849;  res.  Lincoln,  Mass. 

9445.  i.         Edith  Fiske,  b.  Nov.  30,  1875. 

9446.  ii.        Louis  Lincoln,  b.  Dec.  15,  1876. 

9447.  iii.       Clifford  Brigham,  b.  Sept.  5,  1880. 

7565.  Leon  Augustine  Whitney  (Augustine,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Nathan,  David^ 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Apr.  29,  1864;  m.  Nov.  30,  1892,  Geneva  Frad- 
ley,  b.  Apr.  13,  1864. 

He  was  born  in  Westminster,  was  graduated  at  the  technical  school  in  Worces- 
ter as  a  mechanical  engineer  and  is  now  a  draftsman  and  designer  in  a  large  machine 
shop;  res.  112  S.  Elliott  PI.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  Westminster,  Mass;  s.  p. 

7566.  Everett  Ellsworth  Whitney  (Jason  W.,  Reuben  P.,  David,  Nathan, 
David,  Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  May  8,  1861,  in  Hingham,  Mass.;  m.  Oct.  2,  1890, 
Katharine  J.  McCammon,  b.  Feb.  9,  1862. 

Everett  E.  Whitney,  son  of  Jason  W.  and  Lydia  A.  Davis  Whitney,  was  born  at 
Hingham,  Mass.,  May  3,  1861  (also  a  twin  brother,  Edward  C,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
four  months).  His  education  was  derived  from  the  public  schools  in  Hingham  and  a 
commercial  college  at  Boston.  Remained  with  his  father,  assisting  him  in  business, 
until  the  fall  of  1882,  then  accepted  a  position  in  Boston,  remainmg  nearly  a  year. 
W'ent  to  Tucson,  Ariz.,  Nov.  1,  18o3,  and  obtained  a  situation  with  J.  S.  Mansfeld,  pro- 
prietor of  the  largest  "  book  and  news  depot  "  in  the  territory,  remaining  with  him  until 
July  1,  1886,  then  returned  to  Massachusetts.  Accepted  position  of  auditor's  assistant 
with  the  Penna.  Steel  Co.,  at  Steelton,  Pa.,  the  first  part  of  the  following  September, 
about  two  months  after  returning  from  Arizona;  was  made  auditor  and  cashier  in 
February,  1890.  Married  Katharine  J.  McCammon  Oct.  2,  1890,  at  Middletown, 
Dauphin  Co.,  Pa.;  res.  Steelton,  Pa. 

9448.  i.         Jason  McCammon,  b.  Feb.  8,  1894. 

7580.  John  Allen  Whitney  (John  E.,  John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benjamin,. 
John,  John),  b.  Apr.  14, 1849;  m.  Nov.  29,  1876,  Susan  E.  Hibbard,  b.  May  8, 1852;  res. 
Grafton,  Mass. 

LuLA  E.,  b.  Dec.  20,  1877. 
Ellen  G.,  b.  Jan.  12, 1881. 
John  F.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1882. 
Oren  E.,  b.  June  27,  1886. 

7581.  Charles  Sumner  Whitney  (John  E.,  John,  John,  Nathan,  David,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Jan.  15,  1853;  m.  at  Winchendon,  Mass.,  May  30,  1873,  Etta  Jones^ 
b.  Rindge,  N.  H.,  June  29,  1854;  m.  2d,  Feb.  5,  1881,  George  A.  Tarbell;  she  m.  3d, 
Sept.  15,  1890,  John  Hale;  res.  17  William  St.,  Fitchburg,  Mass.  He  d.  July  23,  1876, 
res.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

9453.    i.  Amy  E.,  b.  Grafton,  Mass.,  Mar.  9, 1876;  d.  Sept.  11, 1877. 

7583.  Dr.  Sumner  Clark  Whitney  (Sumner  A.,  John,  John,  Nathan,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),b.  Portsmouth,  Va.,  Mar.  7, 1853;  m.  in  Worcester,  July  7,  1874, 
May  Olive  Hoyt,  b.  Mar.  7,  1853. 

He  was  brought  up  in  Worcester  and  attended  the  public  schools  and  the  mili- 
tary academy;  studied  dentistry  and  medicine  in  Philadelphia  in  1876  and  1877,  and 
practiced  dentistry  in  Worcester  till  March,  1891,  when,  owing  to  poor  health,  he  went 
to  New  Haven  in  hopes  of  finding  a  more  congenial  climate.     He  is  church  clerk  of 


9449. 

'• 

9450. 

ii. 

94.51. 

ni 

9452. 

iv, 

EVERETT  E.  WHITNEY. 


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620  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

the  First  Baptist  church,  member  of  several  temperance  organizations,  of  the  New 
England  Dental  Societies,  but  his  most  loved  work  is  in  connection  with  the  Boys' 
Brigade,  a  Christian  movement  for  the  best  interests  of  the  boys.  Is  president  of  the  6th 
New  Haven  Boys'  Brigade,  and  was  the  organizer  of  the  company;  res.  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  678  State  St. 

9454.  i.         Harry  Sumner,  b.  Wore,  May  18, 1876;  d.  Warren,  Aug.  26, 1878. 

9455.  ii.         Ernest  Sumner,  b.  War.,  Mar.  27,  1878. 

7592.  George  Frederick  Whitney  (John  M.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Ashby,  Mass.,  Nov.  20,  1841;  m.  at  Newtonville,  June  18, 
1874,  Josephine  I.  Bryant,  b.  June  11,  1844.  He  is  a  soap  and  wax  manufacturer  at 
59  Long  Wharf;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

9456.  i.  Ellerv  Waldo,  b.  Aug.  12, 1876;  res.  Arlington. 

9457.  ii.        Erving  Bryant,  b.  Apr.  14,  1879;  d.  Aug.  24,  1882. 

7598.  Frank  Ormond  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonas  P.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  John),  b.  Fitchburg,  July  21,  1851;  m.  Oct.  26,  1881,  at  Boston,  Anna 
Myrick  Snow,  b.  May  20,  1855;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  175  Humbolt  Ave. 

9458.  i.  Franklin  Snow,  b.  June  4,  1883. 

7604.  George  A.  Whitney  (Theodore  A.,  John  B.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  John),  b.  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  May  28,  1856;  m.  Jan.  4,  1887,  in  Wakefield, 
Minnieville  W.  Woodward,  b.  Jan.  5,  1862;  res.  Chelsea,  Mass. 

9459.  i.         James  Theodore,  b.  June  3,  1888. 

9460.  ii.        Charles  Everett,  b.  Mar.  16,  1890. 

9461.  iii.       Arthur  George,  b.  June  30,  1892. 

7610.  William  Lincoln  Whitney  (Myron  W.,  William,  Josiah,  Josiah,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  11,  1861,  m.  May  4,  1884,  Florence  J.  Roberts,  of  Flor- 
ence, Italy,  the  dau.  of  the  resident  English  doctor  and  pharmacist,  Henry  Roberts. 

Like  his  father  and  brother,  he  is  a  vocalist  of  enviable  reputation.  Ater  an 
excellent  education  in  the  schools  of  this  country,  and  graduating  at  the  Boston  Latin 
school,  he  spent  seven  years  under  the  best  teachers  in  Italy,  Germany  and  England, 
perfecting  his  musical  education.  He  spent  four  years  under  \'annucini,  the  noted 
Italian  vocal  teacher;  then  studied  in  Munich  one  year  with  Rhienberger  in  com- 
position, and  then  one  year  in  Frankfort  with  Stockhausen  in  vocal  training.  He 
then  studied  in  London  with   the  principal   teachers  one   year  and  returned  here 

Erobably  as  thoroughly  trained  a  musician  as  we  have.  He  has  a  beautiful 
ass  voice,  but  started  in  with  such  success  teaching  that  he  has  no  time  to 
spare  for  the  travel  vocal  work  demands,  and  being  modest  to  the  extreme  of  nerv- 
ousness, he  prefers  to  teach.  He  has  been  his  younger  brother's  only  teacher.  He 
was  a  most  careful,  conscientious  and  studious  pupil.  He  is  one  of  the  professors 
at  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  has  the  reputation  of  being  one  of 
the  very  best  teachers  in  this  country;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

9462.  i.         Myron  Henry,  b.  June  10,  1885,  in  Munich,  Germany. 

7614a.  Malcom  Russell  Whitney  (George,  Joseph  H.,  Joel,  Jonas,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Phillipston,  Mass.,  June  14,  1851;  m.  in  Waseca,  Minn., 
Catherine  L.  Wood,  b.  May  17,  1858;  res.  Phillipston,  Mass. 

9463.  i.  Freder ic  E.,  b.  July  24, 1884. 

7617.  George  Walter  Whitney'  (Horace  W.,  Horace,  Joel,  Jonas,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Mar.  17,  1862;  m.  June  29,  1891,  Cora 
V.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  2.  1868;  d.  May  18,  1892;  res.  563  Main  St.,  Cambridgeport, 
Mass.,  s.  p. 

7628.  Chester  C.  Whitney  (Harrison  B.,  Harrison  G.,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  1,  1871,  in  Westminster;  m.  Jan.  28,  1891,  Grace 
Demmic;  res.  80  Myrtle  St.,  Boston,  Mass.,  s.  p. 

7631.  Charles  P.  Whitney  (Charles  O.,  Charles,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Benja- 
min, John,  John),  b.  Sept.  6,  1861;  m.  June  27,  1888,  Armintia  Stewart,  b.  Apr.  18, 1867. 

He  is  an  engineer,  and  it  is  said  has  a  pair  of  eye  glasses  in  his  possession  which 
were  worn  by  John  Whitney  in  1635;  res.  So.  Superior,  Wis. 

9464.  i.         Mable,  b.  Jan.  12,  1890. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  621 

7642.  Dr.  Herbert  Baker  Whitney  (Francis  A.,  Joseph,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David, 
Benjamin,  John,  John),  b.  Leominster,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  i856;  m.  Mar.  L  1893,  Belle 
Boardman. 

Dr.  Whitnfy  was  born  in  Leominster;  lived  there  until  age  of  sixteen,  when  he 
entered  Harvard  (academic),  after  preparation  at  the  Leom.  high  school.  Graduated 
from  Harvard  in  class  of  1877,  at  age  of  twenty,  and  immediately  entered  the  Harvard 
Med.  school.  After  a  four  years'  course,  graduated  M.  D.,  "  cum  laude,"  was  interne 
at  the  Boston  City  hospital  for  a  year,  and  then  went  abroad,  studying  medicine  two 
years  in  German  hospitals  and  traveling  during  vacations  in  Germany,  France, 
Switzerland  and  Italy.  After  returning  to  America  began  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Boston.  At  end  of  two  years  considered  it  advisable  to  come  to  Colorado  on 
account  of  threatened  lung  difficulty  (had  just  been  appointed  an  instructor  in 
Harvard  Med.  school).  Went  to  Salida,  Col.,  and  after  a  "horseback  practice  "of  a 
year  and  a  half  in  that  town,  high  up  in  the  Rockies,  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he 
has  since  been  in  regular  practice.  Lectured  for  two  years  in  the  Denver  Uni- 
versity Med.  school,  and  have  also  given  several  short  courses  of  "emergency" 
lectures  at  the  Colorado  Chautauqua  and  elsewhere  in  Colorado.  Is  now  prof,  of 
children's  diseases  in  the  State  University  of  Colorado,  visiting  physician  to  Arapahoe 
County  hospital,  and  to  St.  Luke's  hospital  in  Denver;  res.  Denver,  Col.,  10  Masonic 
Temple. 

7643.  Frank  Judson  Whitney  (Francis  A.,  Joseph,  Jonas,  Jonas,  David,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  John),  b.  Leominster,  Mass.,  Oct.  11,  1858;  m.  Oct.  11,  1882,  Mary  A. 
Porter,  of  Leominster,  Mass.,  b.  Oct.  4,  1858.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Whitney- 
Blake  Book  &  Drug  Co.,  incorporated;  res.  Boulder,  Col. 

9465.  i.  Ai-sTiN  P.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1886. 

9466.  li.  Harold  F.,  b.  Apr.  24,  18^7;  d.  Apr.  24,  1891. 

9467.  iii.  Donald,  b.  Dec.  16,  1889;  d.  Apr.  l><,  1890. 

9468.  iv.  Mary,  b.  July  24,  1892. 

765.3.  Georgp:  H.  G.  Whitney  (George,  Peter,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Jamaica  Plains,  Mass.,  May  22,  1835;  m.  June  15,  lt'70,  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Lucinda  Chapman  Collins.  He  was  a  shipping  merchant.  He  d.  Jan.  9,  l^mj; 
res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

9469.  i.  Chanmng   Gray,  b.  Feb.  2'^,  1874.     He  is  a  clerk   in   auditor's 

office  of  the  N.  Y.  &  N.  E.  R.  R.,  and  res.  at  19  East  River  St., 
Hyde  Park,  Mass.;  unm. 

7655.  Edward  Herbert  Whitney  (George,  Peter,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  lohn),  b.  Sept.  14,  1841;  m.  May  8,  1^70,  Annie  M.  Fairbanks:  d.  March 
1878;  m.  2d,  July  26,  ls81,  Jennie  P.  Robinson,  b.  Texas. 

He  was  born  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  and  when  fifteen  years  of  age  went  to  Cuba,  where 
he  resided  for  twenty  years;  of  the  firm  of  Geo.  H.  Gray  &  Danforth,  of  Boston.  In 
1875  his  father-in-law,  J.  L.  Fairbanks,  importer  of  stationery  and  account  book  manu- 
facturer, died,  and  since  then  he  has  carried  on  the  business;  res.  Newton  Lower 
Falls,  Mass  ;  P.  O.  Box  1473,  Boston,  Mass. 

Russell,  b.  Feb.  11,  1871;  d.  Mar.  7,  1X75. 

Edith,  b.  May  15,  1878;  d.  Sept.  1,  1873. 

Joe  F.,  b.  Sept.  22, 1874. 

Stanley  Grey,  b.  June  22, 1876. 

Philip,  b.  Mar.  5,  1878. 

Elealer  Cabot,  b.  Apr.  22,  1882. 

Alice,  b.  Mar.  30,  1883;  d.  Sept.  11,  1883. 

Marion,  b.  Apr.  9,  1885. 

E.  Herbert,  b.  Apr.  8, 1889. 

7659.  William  Lambert  Whitney,  Jr.,  (William  L.,.'\bel,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  1,  1844;  m.  Nov.  12,  1872,  at  Mont- 
pelier,  Vt.,  Alpha  Matilda  Nutt,  b.  July  27,  1848. 

He  was  nearly  fitted  for  college  when  in  Aug.,  1862,  he  left  school  and  enlisted 
for  nine  months  in  Co.  E,  44th  Mass.  Infantry;  served  the  term  out  in  North  Caro- 
lina, returning  home  in  June,  1863.  His  parents  refusing  to  allow  him  to  re-enlist,  he 
engaged  with  a  wholesale  dry  goods  house  in  Boston  until  they  gave  their  consent 
to  his  accepting  a  commission  as  2d  lieutenant  in  the  54th  Mass.  Infantry,  a  colored 
regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Robert  G.  Shaw.  Commission  was  dated  Dec.  3,  1864. 
He  went  to  South  Carolina,  joined  the  regiment  and  served  with  them  until  the  regi- 


9470. 

9471. 

11. 

9472. 

iii. 

9473. 

iv. 

9474. 

V. 

9475. 

VI. 

9476. 

VI 1. 

9477. 

VIII 

9478. 

IX. 

622 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


ment  was  discharged,  Aug.  20,  1865,  at  Charleston;  was  acting  adjutant  for  several 
months  and  afterwards  promoted  to  1st  lieutenant.  He  went  into  the  hardware 
business  in  Boston  in  1865,  soon  after  coming  home;  at  the  end  of  two  years  sold  out, 
and  in  February,  1868,  went  into  the  china  and  glassware  business  in  Council  Bluffs, 
la.,  where  he  remained  till  August,  1881,  when  he  sold  out  and  went  to  Newton,  where 
he  is  now  living;  res.  Newton  Mass.,  74  Waban  Park. 

9479.  i.  Lambert  Nutt,  b.  Nov.  15,  1878. 

9480.  ii.        Geo.  Brackett,  b.  May  12,  1875. 

9481.  iii.       Wm.  Richardson,  b.  May  1, 1877;  d.  Feb.  16, 1878. 

9482.  iv.       Philip  Richardson,  b.  Dec.  31,  1878. 

7668.  George  Henry  Whitney  (Harrison  O.,  William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Quincy,  Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1852;  m.  at  Haverhill,  June  8,  1876, 
Ida  E.  Lake,  b.  Oct.  19, 1852. 

George  Henry  Whitney,  born  in  Quincy,  removed  to  Haverhill  when  about  ten 
years  old.  After  two  years  in  the  high  school  he  attended  for  one  year  a  commercial 
school  in  Boston,  and  then  engaged  with  his  father  in  the  box  business.  He  was 
married  in  June,  1876,  and  died  the  following  March,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five,  having  contracted  a  severe  cold  which  terminated  in  quick  consumption. 
He  possessed  a  keen  thirst  for  knowledge,  and  his  intellectual  ambition  no  doubt 
enriched  his  mind  at  the  expense  of  health  and  life.  There  was  also  a  sturdy  prin- 
ciple of  truth,  rectitude  and  integrity  running  through  his  whole  nature.  He  was 
very  proud  of  the  name  he  bore  and  was  an  honor  to  it.  He  d.  Mar.  14,  1877;  res. 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

9483.  i.  Georgia    Mayhew,  b.  May  26,  1877;    unm.;   res.  388  Main  St., 

Haverhill. 

7670.  DwiGHT  Adams  Whitney  (John  M.,  William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  July  25,  1848;  m.  May  16,  1872,  Adalia  R. 
Robbins,  b.  Mar.  14,  1844.  He  is  in  the  provision  business;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn., 
122  Poplar  St. 

Eva  Elizabeth,  b.  1873. 
Bernice  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  10, 1877. 
Viola  Winnifred,  b.  Apr.  12,  1879. 
Frank  Robbins,  b.  Jan.  10,  1873. 
Dwight  Norman,  b.  May  8,  1886. 

7671.  John  Andrew  Whitney  (John  M.,  William,  Peter,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Tolland,  Conn.,  Sept.  9,  1842;  m.  Dec.  26, 1867,Georgiana  Standish 
Bogue,  b.  Oct.  1,  1846;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn. 

9489.    i.         George  Andrew,  b.  Mar.  20,  1869;  m. 

Mary  E.  Thompson. 
Walter  Campbell,   b.  July  8,   1871; 

unm.;  res.  N.  H. 
Frederick  Kelsey,  b.  Oct.  1,  1873;  d. 

Jan.,  1874. 

7689.  Emery  Stone  Whitney  (Henry  M.,  Paul, 
Paul,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  July  14, 1855;  m.  Apr.  20,  1882,  Elizabeth  Seaver 
McLeod,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  McLeod,  of  Phil.,  b.  Aug.  7, 
1859;  res.  224  N.  4th  St.,  Allentown,  Pa. 

9491a.  1.  Emery  Stone,  b.  Feb.  6, 1883. 

Elizabeth  McLeod,  b.  Aug.  17,  1884. 

W^illiam,  b.  Sept.  6,  1886. 

Albert,  b.  Apr.  25,  1888;  d.  Aug.  31, 

1888. 
Jennie  Merrill,  b.  Dec. 31,  1889. 
Henry,  b.  Feb.  16, 1892. 

7714.  DuANE  Percy  Whitney  (Erastus  H.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Apr.  12,  1856;  m.  Oct.  7,  1885,  Diantha  Graham,  of  Detroit, 
Mich.,  b.  June  27,  1859;  res.  1024  Church  St.,  Evanston,  111.;  address,  160  Market  St., 
Chicago,  111. 

9492.  i.         Graham  Hubbard,  b.  Oct.  15, 1887;  d.  Mar.  22,  1888. 

9493.  ii.        Gertrude,  b.  Oct.  15, 1887;  d.  Jan.  28, 1888. 

9494.  iii.       Mildred  Graham,  b.  Aug.  4,  1889. 


9484. 
9485. 

9486. 

iii 

9487. 

iv 

9488. 

v. 

9490. 
9491. 


II. 


ni. 


9492a.  n. 
9493a.  iii. 
9495a.  iv. 

9496a.  v. 
9497a.  vi. 


DUANE  P.  WHITNEY. 


WHITNEY  CENEALOGY.  623 

7717.  Henry  Stearns  Whitney  (Aaron  S.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  July  16,  1840;  m.  Feb.  23,  1861,  Hannah  Maria  Lawrence;  res. 
Copenhagen,  N.  Y. 

9495.  i.  Nora  Belle,  b.  Apr.  7,  1867;  res.  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

9496.  ii.         Geo.  Alden,  b.  May  2,  1871;  res.  Sacket's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

9497.  iii.       Ella  Cordelia,  b.  Sept.  1,  1875;  res.  Potsdam,  N.  Y, 

7718.  Nathaniel  Bradish  Whitney  (Aaron  S.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron, 
Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Champion,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  13,  1838;  m.  Mar.  1,  1860, 
Rhuby  H.  Houghton,  b.  Feb.  14,  1836;  carriage  maker. 

Nathaniel  Bradish  Whitney  was  the  oldest  son  of  Aaron  Stearns  Whitney  and 
Hannah  Bradish,  and  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  the  town  of  Champion,  Jeffer- 
son Co.,  N.  Y.,  March  13,  1838.  In  1846  his  family  removed  to  the  town  of  Denmark, 
,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  settled  on  a  large  farm  near  the  village  of  Copenhagen.  He 
attended  the  public  school,  afterward  a  select  school  in  Copenhagen,  and  corn- 
pleted  his  education  at  the  Norwich  academy,  at  Norwich,  Conn.  He  married  in 
1860,  Rhuby  Houghton,  of  the  town  of  Denmark,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.  From  1862  to  1872 
he  was  engaged  quite  extensively  in  the  cheese  making  industry,  owning  and  oper- 
ating several  large  factories.  In  1873  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  carriages 
at  Deer  River,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  which  business  he  continued  until  1889,  when,  on 
account  of  failing  health,  he  removed  to  Santa  Ana,  Orange  Co.,  Cal.,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  same  business  at  this  writing  (1894);  res.  Tustin,  Cal. 

9498.  i.  Oscar  S.,  b.  May  23, 1861;  d.  Dec.  20,  1863. 

9499.  ii.         Oscar  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  25, 1866;  m.  at  Sterling,  Mass.,  July  14, 

1894,  Lilian  Walton,  b.  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Aug.  10,  1866;  res. 
Geneva,  N.  Y.  Born  near  village  of  Copenhagen,  town  of  Den- 
mark, county  of  Lewis,  state  of  New  York,  Jan.  25, 1866.  Moved 
with  parents  to  village  of  Deer  River,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1872, 
where  he  attended  common  school  until  age  of  fourteen.  Worked 
for  short  time  as  clerk  in  American  Express  office  at  Lowville, 
N.  Y.,  then  telegraph  operator  for  two  years  in  office  of  Utica  & 
Black  River  R.  R.,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  then  for  short  time 
clerk  in  American  Express  office  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  April  21, 
1884,  moved  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  until  Jan.  1,  1887,  filled 
various  positions  for  American  Express  Co.  On  last  named 
date  was  appointed  agent  for  American  Express  Co.  at  Geneva, 
N.  Y.,  serving  then  in  that  capacity  until  June  15,  1891,  when 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  position  with  the  People's  Building, 
Loan  &  Saving  Association,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  incorporators,  and  of  which  he  is  at  the  present  writ- 
ing a  director. 

9500.  iii.        Wm.  S.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1867;  m.  Alice  M.  Wiggins. 

9501.  iv.       Florence  Justine,  b.  Oct.  31, 1868;  res.  Bakersfield,  Cal. 

9502.  v.         Addie    E.,   b.   Mar.  12,  1871;    res.  Tustm,  N.  Y.;  m.  George  A. 

Morris;  res.  Bakersfield,  Cal. 

7719.  James  E.  Whitney  (Aaron  S.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Champion,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1842;  m.  Feb.  13,  1866,  Marian  A.  Lewis, 
b.  Mar.  24,  1846;  res.  Copenhagen,  N.  Y. 

9503.  i.  Cora   D.,  b.  Dec.  4,   1866;  m.  Nov.  23,  1887,  L.  F.  Loucks;  res. 

Copenhagen,  N.  Y. 

9504.  ii.         Mary  C,  b.  Sept.  4,  1874. 

7720.  JosiAH  DwiGHT  Whitney  (Aaron  S.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  5, 1844;  m.  Dec.  1,  1875,  Nancy  Maria  Ryel,  b.  Jan.  15, 
1851;  res.  Copenhagen,  N.  Y, 

9505.  i.  Wayne  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  10,  1885. 

7723.  William  Henry  Whitney  (William  H.,  William  H.,  Aaron,  Aaron, 
Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug.  13,  1851;  m.  Feb.  13, 1873,  Maria  Jane  Hoxley; 
res.  Champion,  N.  Y. 

9506.  i.  Herman  Allen,  b.  Julv  7,  1874. 

9507.  ii.         Leda  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  3,  1879. 

9508.  iii.       Linnie  May,  b.  Dec.  30,  1880. 

9509.  iv.       Nellie  Emeline,  b.  Nov.  18,  1882. 


624 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


7725.  Roland  L.  Whitney  (Roland  A.,  Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Louisville,  Ky.,  Mar.  4,  1859;  m.  Oct.  27,  188L  Betty  Mc- 
Goodwin,  b.  Aug.  L  1861. 

He  was  born  and  has  always  resided  in  Louisville;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  At  present  (1894)  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Falls  City  Jeans  & 
Woolen  Company,  incorporated,  manufacturers  of  Kentucky  jeans;  res.  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

9510.    i.  Evelyn,  b.  Aug.  22,  1882. 

7727.  Logan  R.  Whitney  (Roland  A.,  Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  17,  1866;  m.  May  7,  ls90,  Florence 
Woodruff,  b.  Nov.  6,  1866. 

He  has  always  resided  in  Louisville;  was  educated  at  the  public  schools.     He  is 
now  (1894)  engaged  in  public  works;  res,  Louisville,  Ky. 
9511'.     i.  Ethel,  b.  Apr.  30, 1891. 

7730.  Prof.  Nelson  O.  Whitney  (Alexander  N.,  Jacob,  Jacob,  Abraham, 
Abraham,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Aiken,  S.  C,  May  3,  1858;  m.  June  12,  1888,  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Mary  E.  Tainter,  b.  Sept.  10,  1858. 

Prof.  Whitney  attended  public  schools  until  1871; 
Saunders  academy  and  Hastings  academy  till  1874;  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  1874  to  1878  graduated  in  the  civil 
engineering  section  of  the  class  of  1878;  assisted  Prof. 
Haupt  as  instructor  in  civil  engineering  for  a  short  time 
and  taught  in  the  Pennsylvania  School  of  Industrial  Arts 
at  same  time;  with  Pennsylvania  railroad  1879  and  1880; 
with  the  Mexican  National  railroad  in  old  Mexico,  1881 
and  1882  as  locating  engineer  in  the  valley  of  Toluca; 
1883  to  1886  locating  engineer  South  Pennsylvania  rail- 
road in  Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  resident  engineer 
charge  Tuscarora  tunnel;  1886  to  1891  assistant  to  chief 
engineer  Pennsylvania  company;  member  Pilgrim  Con- 
gregational church,  Western  Society  Civil  Engineers,  etc. 
In  June,  1891,  was  elected  professor  of  railway  engineering 
at  University  of  Wisconsm,  Madison;  is  a  charter  member 
of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  He  has  filled 
the  chair  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin  with  great  ability,  pbof.  xelsox  o.  whitxf.y. 
and  is  one  of   the  leading   engineers   in    the    west.     The 

author  of  this  work  is  indebted  to  him  for  valuable  assistance;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  and 
Madison,  Wis. 

9512.  i.  Helen  Goldsmith,  b.  Mar.  21,  1884. 

9513.  ii.         Alden  Bradford,  b.  Dec.  1,  1885. 

9514.  iii.        Mary  Park,  b.  Oct.  10,  1888. 

9515.  iv.        Edward  Nelson,  b.  June  17,  1890. 

7733.  George  Fred  Whitney  (George  H.,  Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abraham, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Nov.  2,  1846;  m.  Nov.  15,1871,  Elthta  A. 
Davis,  b.  Sept.  13,  1848. 

George  Frederick  Whitney  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Nashua,  N.  H., 
and  after  his  graduation  went  into  iron  works  of  his  father  to  learn  the  business  or 
trade  of  a  machinist;  is  now  foreman  and  superintendent  of  his  works.  He  has  been 
prominent  in  city  affairs,  has  served  in  city  councils  as  alderman  a  number  of  times, 
and  has  held  other  important  positions  in  various  charitable  and  other  institutions  in 
that  city;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

9516.  i.  Ada  Mabel,  b.  Dec.  10,  1872;  m.  Sept.  12,  1894,  Arthur  F.  Cum- 

mings;  res.  N. 

9517.  ii.         Lottie  May,  b.  Aug.  6,  1878. 

9518.  iii.        FREDHENRY,b.  June  29,  1881. 

7735.  Charles  Henry  Whitney  (George  H.,  Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham.  Abra- 
ham, Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  June  22,  1851;  m.  in  1876,  Eliza  J. 
Genther,  d.  Mar.,  1883;  m.  2d,  Oct.  20,  1886,  Anna  F.  Fisher,  b.  Feb.  12,  1850. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Nashua,  N.  H.;  learned  the  trade  of 
an  iron  founder;  was  connected  with  the  Nashua  fire  department;  afterward  was 
appointed  chief  engineer  of  the  same.    At  the  present  time  holds  the  position  of 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


625 


He  also  holds  the  position  of  superin- 
cotton  mills)  in  Nashua;  res.  Nashua, 


chairman  of  the  board  of  fire  commissioners, 
tendent  of  machinery  at  the  Jackson  Mfg.  Co 
N.  H. 

9519.  i.         William  Everett,  b.  Feb.  20,  1876. 

9520.  ii.        Henry  Gage,  b.  Jan.  12,  1888. 

9521.  iii.       Fanny  Katherine,  b.  Mar.  10,  1890. 

7737.  Eugene  Prescott  Whitney  (George  H.,  Jesse,  Jacob,  Abraham,  Abra- 
ham, Moses.  Richard,  John),  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Nov.  22,  1855;  m.  Sept.  2fi,  1^83. 
Elizabeth  Jobert,  b. ;  d.  Nov.  19,  1887;    m.  2d  Myra  B.  White,  b.  Aug.  29,  1867. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Nashua,  N.  H.;  learned  the  trade  of 
a  machinist,  and  is  foreman  and  superintendent  of  the  Flather  Planer  Co.,  in  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  and  has  been  prominent  in  military  affairs  of  the  state;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H. 

9522.  i.         Clarence  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  80,  1893. 

7767.  Elmer  Hale  Whitney  (Nathan,  Nathan,  Salmon,' Jonas,  Jcmas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Dec.  29,  1K58;  m.  at  Buffalo,  N."V.,  Oct.  25,  18^8,  Ida 
Williams  Gregg,  b.  Oct.  13,  1863;  d.  Dec.  10,  1889.  He  is  an  insurance  agent;  res. 
Buffalo,  N.  v.,  319  Main  St. 

9523.  i.         RoLLiN  Gregg,  b.  Dec.  3, 1889. 

7775.  Charles  Leonard  Whitney  (Cvrus  P.,  Peter,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  5,  1868;  m.  Feb^  14,  1893,  Mattie  E.  Irish;   res. . 

9524.  i.      ■  GiFFoRD  Irish,  b.  Mar.  24,  1894. 

7788.  Charles  Gerry  Whitney  (Elisha  G.,  Sealand,  Israel,  Jonas,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  July  28,  1861,  at  Fort  Edward,  N.  "i'.;  m.  at  Silver  Lake,  \'t., 
July  14,  1^86,  Grace  H.  Barnard,  b.  July  14,  1866. 

He  was  born  at  Fort  Edward,  was  reared  on  a  farm,  had  ordinary  advantages  of 
school  and  home;  he  early  showed  signs  of  mechanical  skill,  and  when  about  eighteen 
years  of  age  went  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his  uncle  Charles  Hitchcock 
at  Pittsford,  \'t.  At  present  is  a  carpenter  and  builder,  an  honest  workman,  re- 
spected citizen  and  Christian  gentleman;  res.  Pittsford  Mills,  Vt. 

9525.  i.         Ethel  E.,  b.  Oct.  9,  1887. 

9526.  ii.         Mary  E.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1891. 

7802.  Harry  Whitney  (George  F.,  Samuel,  Lemuel,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Woodstock,  \'t.,  Alar.  5,  1852;  m.  in  Marlborough,  N.  Y,,  June  19, 
1889,  Jessie  Corwin,  b.  May  31,  1862. 

His  parents  moved  to  Brooklyn,  March,  1856,  and  he  continued  to  reside  there 
till  1867  (his  father  died  Dec.  6,  1866),  and  February  of  that  year  he  moved  back  to 
Woodstock.  September,  1869,  he  went  to  New  York  and 
went  in  the  employ  of  Schiltz,  Southwick  &  Co.,  leather 
merchants  in  the  "  Swamp,"  and  continued  with  them 
until  their  business  was  absorbed  by  the  United  States 
Leather  Company,  when  he  went  with  the  latter  company 
as  superintendent  of  their  storage  warehouse;  res.  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  237  Quincv  St. 

9527.  i.  Frederic  Corwin.  b.  Dec.  1,  1890. 


7807.  Prof.  Harry  E.  Whitney  (Charles  M.,  Ed- 
ward W.,  Samuel  W.,  Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Fort  Coyington,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  4,  1851 ;  m.  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  3,  1881,  Mary  Van  Viliet,  b.  Sept.  4, 
1851. 

Harry  Edward  Whitney,  born  at  Fort  Covington,  N. 
Y.,  removed   to  Bangor,  185',;  to  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  in  1857. 

Entered  Shattuck  school,  Faribault,  Minn.,  graduating  in     , ^ 

1871  as  valedictorian  of  class.    Entered    Trinity  college,    peof.  haery  e.  whitxey. 
Hartford,   Conn.,   Sept.,   1871,   graduating   in    June,   1874. 

Member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon,  Phi  Beta  Kappa  societies.  Entered  Shattuck  school  as 
professor  of  Latin  and  German,  which  position  he  has  held  for  twenty  successive 
years.  Has  been  quite  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  now  (1894)  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  V.  E.  Dep.  Grand  Commander  of  Minnesota,  Knights  Templar.  Is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  member  of  the  Episcopal  church;  res.  Faribault,  Minn. 
9528.     i.  Mary,  b.  Nov.  11,  1883. 


€26  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

7808.  George  Safford  Whitney  (Charles  M.,  Edward  W.,  Samuel  W., 
Ephraim,  Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Faribault,  Minn.,  Dec.  9,  1858;  m.  Jan. 
6,  1893,  Lillian  Frances  Lathrop,  b.  Mar.  26,  1858. 

George  S.  Whitney,  born  at  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  Dec.  9,  1858,  educated  at  Shat- 
tuck  school,  entered  mercantile  life  at  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  in  business  at  Canton,  Mo., 
and  Faribault,  Minn.;  res.  Faribault,  Minn.;  s.  p. 

7823.  George  Hillard  Whitney  (George  R.,  Simon,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  July  4,  1853;  m.  Sept.,  1889,  Addie 
May  Ellis,  b.  Aug.,  1871;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

9529.  i.         Fannie  Pauline,  b.  Apr.  25, 1892. 

7824.  Frank  Thomas  Whitney  (George  R.,  Simon,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1856;  m.  Jan.  15,  1885,  Marianne 
Macauley;  wholesale  jewelery;  res.  New  York;  address,  200  Broadway;  s.  p. 

7826.  Charles  Brown  Whitney  (George  R.,  Simon,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Brockton,  Mass.,  Oct.  4,  1860;  m.  Dec.  26,  1882,  Clara  Bird 
Clark,  b.  Aug.  2%  1861;  d.  Nov.  2, 1891;  m.  2d,  Jan.  11,  1893,  Kate  Portis,  b.  1871;  res. 
Chicago,  111. 

9530.  i.         Edith  Marion,  b.  Saco,  Me.,  Sept.  11,  1883. 

7830.  George  W.  Whitney  (Charles  K.,  George,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Essex,  Vt.,  Dec.  24,  1850;  m.  Oct.  22,  1872,  L.  Abbie  Hunt- 
ington, b.  Aug.  20,  1849;  bookseller  and  stationer;  res.  Burlington,  Vt. 


9531. 
9532. 
9533. 


Alfred  Huntington,  b.  Apr.  27,  1875. 
Samuel  Huntington,  b.  Oct.  31,  1877, 
Frances,  b.  Dec.  31,  1886. 


9534. 

i. 

9535. 

ii. 

9536. 

iii. 

9537. 

iv. 

9538. 

V. 

7831.  Fred  Haselton  Whitney  (Charles  K.,  George,  Simon,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Essex,  Vt.,  Mar.  14,  1852;  m.  Nov.  5,  1872,  Abbie  Elizabeth 
Thomas,  b.  Feb.  6,  1852;  res.  Essex,  Vt.,  and  moved  to  Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  in  1887. 

Guy  Thomas,  b.  Sept.  17,  1873. 

Chas.  Wm.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1875. 

Lucy  Cornelia,  b.  Sept.  27,  1877. 

Florence  Annette,  b.  Aug.  9, 1883. 

Marion  Isoude,  b.  June  14,  1885. 

7842.  Eugene  Corell  Whitney  (William  E.,  Solomon  B.,  Peter,  Timothy, 
Jonas,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Cannon,  Mich.,  July  11,1848;  m.  Jan.  1,  1870,  Emma 
A.  Lewis;  res.  Cannon,  Mich. 

9539.  i.  William  A.,  b.  Dec.  22, 1871. 

7845.  George  Irwin  Whitney  (William  H.,  George,  Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John), b.  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  24,  1847;  m.  in  New  York, Oct.  12,  1876, 
Annabel  McCall,  b.  Nov.  19, 1853;  d.  Jan.  28,  1883.  He  is  a  banker;  res.  57  4th  Ave., 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 

9540.  i.         William  Hopkins,  b.  Jan.  28,  1883;  d.  same  day. 

7849.  George  Herbert  Whitney  (George  F.,  George,  Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Aug.  19,  1863;  m.  in  Hudson,  N,  Y., 
Oct.  18,  1887,  Martha  McGiffert,  b.  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  3,  1865.  He  is  a  druggist; 
res.  Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.;  s.  p. 

7851.  Charles  William  Whitney  (George  F.,  George,  Silas,  Timothy,  Jonas, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1865;  m,  at  East  Hartland, 
Conn.,  Apr.  5,  1893,  Minnie  E.  Hayes,  b.  Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  June  26,  1867.  Is  a 
farmer;  res.  Stockbridge,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

7870.  J.  Frank  Whitney  (William  H.,  Silas  N.,  Jonas,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Springfield,  Mass.,  July  17,  1862;  m.  at  Turner's  Falls,  Mass.,  Apr. 
16,  1890,  Mary  L.  Sheehan,  b.  May  1,  1862.  He  is  a  locomotive  engineer;  res.  Mer- 
rick, Mass. 

9541.  i.         William  H.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1891. 

9542.  ii.        Henry  F.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1893. 


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7887.  Dr.  Murray  Don  Whitney  (George  W.,  Samuel  D.,  Paul,  Timothy, 
Jonas,  iMoses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  Nov.  27,  1857;  m.  at  Kansas  City,  Oct. 
20,  1887,  Ella  C.  Miller,  b.  Sept.  14,  1853.  He  is  a  farmer,  studied  medicine,  and 
practiced  for  some  time;  res.  Westminster  Depot,  Mass.;  s.  p. 

7894.  Edgar  Rand  Whitney  (Martin,  Leonard,  Lemuel,  Lemuel,  Lemuel, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Lyndeboro,  N.  H.,  Jan.  19,  1861;  m.  Dec.  5,  1885,  Emma  P. 
Harvey,  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  July  24,  1868;  farmer;  res.  Nelson  and  East  Sullivan, 
N.  H. 

9543.  i.         Frank  Allen,  b.  July  17,  1886. 

9544.  ii.        Hellen  Eva,  b.  Feb.  6,  1888. 

9545.  iii.       John  Edgar,  b.  Apr.  3,  1891. 

7897.  Frank  Joel  Whitney  (Joel,  Urial,  Urial,  Abner,  John,  Moses,  Richard, 
John),  b.  Portland,  Me.,  Sept.  16,  1859;  m.  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Feb.  11,  1882,  Laura 
Jackson,  b.  May  2,  1863.  He  is  a  locomotive  engineer;  res.  Portland,  Me.,  and  31 
Sydney  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

9646.     i.  Eva  O.,  b.  Nov.  21,  1883. 

9547.  ii.        Olive  E.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1886. 

7905.  Winfield  S.  Whitney  (Orrin,  William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John,  Moses, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Presque  Isle,  Me.,  June  4,  1846;  m.  Sept.  18,  1870,  Ellen  Phay,  b. 
Mar.  1,  1854;  res.  W^est  Branch,  Wash. 

9548.  i.  Bertha,  b.  Aug.  18,  1871;  m.  Oct.  11,  1888, McKeehen;  res. 

W.  B. 

9549.  ii.        Grace,  b.  Dec.  6,  1875. 

9550.  iii.       Daisy,  b.  Dec.  13,  1879. 

9551.  iv.       Fay,  b.  May  4,  1888. 

7910.  Calvin  Eastman  Whitney  (Albion  P.,  William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug.  23,  1851;  m.  Oct.  10,  1883,  in  San  Francisco,  Fannie 
Boruck.     He  d.  Nov.  29,  1891;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

9552.  i.         Marcus  Boruck,  b.  June  3,  1885. 

9553.  ii.        Lillian  May,  b.  July  13, 1887. 

9554.  iii.       Mildred  Marguerite,  b.  Aug.  19,  1890. 

7911.  Arthur  Leslie  Whitney  (Albion  P.,  William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  26,  1857;  m.  Nov.,  1882,  Anna  St.  John;  res.  3116 
Washington  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

9555.  i.         Albion  St.  John,  b.  May  31,  1884. 
9656.    ii.         Leslie  Denman,  b.  Feb.  23,  1887. 

7920.  Allison  O.  Whitney  (Ephraim  H.,  William,  Samuel,  Abner,  John, 
Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Maine,  Dec.  16,  1852;  m.  Apr.  4,  1874,  Eupheuse  Jane 
"Wright;  b.  Oct.  12,  1851;  he  is  a  farmer;  res.  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 

9557.  i.         Effie  May,  b.  Feb.  4,  1878. 

9558.  ii.        Mary  Jane,  b.  Dec.  27,  1886. 
9659.     iii.       Maebelle,  b.  June  4,  1888. 

7945.  Charles  Edward  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Surrey,  N.  H.,  Apr.  29,  1850;  m.  Dec.  22,  1875,  Jennie 
Bliss,  of  Otis,  Mass.;  b.  Dec.  22,  1849;  res.  Westport,  N.  H. 

Mabel  Emma,  b.  Dec.  27,  1876. 

Edward  Carpenter,  b.  June  3,  1878. 

Milton  Henry,  b.  Sept.  6,  1879. 

Annie  May,  b.  Feb.  6,  1881;  d.  Aug.  3,  1884.  Conway,  Mass. 

Nellie  Irene,  b.  July  8, 1882. 

Frank  Howard,  b.  Sept.  4,  1883. 

Susan  May,  b.  Jan.  1,  1885. 

Geo.  Samuel,  b.  Apr.  6,  1886;  d.  Sept.  8,  1886,  at  Conway,  Mass. 

Grace  Blanche,  b.  Dec.  13,  1888. 

Gertrude  Helen,  b.  Dec.  19,  1889. 

Harry  Staples,  b.  Apr.  20,  1891. 

7946.  George  Henry  Whitney  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Daniel,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  May  30,  1852;  m.  Oct.  6,  1885,  Lizzie 
Brown;  d.  Apr.  4,  1886. 


9560. 

9561. 

ii. 

9562. 

in. 

9563. 

iv. 

9564. 

v. 

9565. 

VI. 

9666. 

VII. 

9667. 

vni 

9668. 

ix. 

9569. 

X. 

9570. 

XI. 

628  WHITNEY  GENEALOGV. 

He  was  born  in  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.;  was  an  engineer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  in  the  employ  of  Doliber,  Goodale  (S:  Co.,  at  41  Central  Wharf,  Boston,  Mass., 
manufacturers  of  Mellen's  food  for  infants  and  invalids.  He  was  strictly  temperate, 
never  used  liquor  or  tobacco  in  any  form,  was  industrious  and  a  staunch  republican. 
He  d.  Apr.  1,  1886;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  1098  Washington  St.,  Madison  Hotel. 

9571.  i.  Lizzie  Irene,  b.  Mar.  15,  1886;  res.  above  address. 

7956.  Benjamin  Holt  Whitney  (John,  John,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Wayland,  Mass.,  Xov.  13,  1843;  m.  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Jan.  14, 
1874,  Kate  L.  Goodman,  b.  Aug.  8,  1845. 

B.  H.  Whitney  was  educated  at  Chauncy  Hall,  Boston,  served  three  years' 
apprenticeship,  1859-61,  with  the  publishing  house  of  Ticknor  &  Fields;  then  in 
employ  of  Boston  &  Worcester  railway  as  freight  agent,  1861-67,  at  Brighton,  Mass.; 
then  went  to  Toledo,  1867,  with  the  firm  of  H.  W.  Sage  &  Co.,  wholesale  lumber,  as 
bookkeeper,  manager  and  partner;  then  of  firm  of  Whitney  &  Tracy,  wholesale  lum- 
ber, now  manager  at  Toledo,  O.,  for  the  wholesale  lumber  firm  of  Geo.  X.  Fletcher 
&  Sons;'  res.  Toledo,  O.,  s.  p. 

7961.  John  Prescott  Whitney  (John  F.,  Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, Richard,  lohn),  b.  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Xov.  2,  1849;  m.  in  Elizabeth,  X.  J.,  Jan. 
22,  1874,  Annie  M.  Williams,  b.  Dec.  6,  1850;  d.  Jan.  1,  1878;  m.  2d,  at  St.  A.,  Apr.  4, 
1888,  Mamie  E.  Pomar;  res.  St.  Augustine,  Fla. 

9572.  i.  John  f^R.\N(:is,  b.  Oct.31,  lb74;  res.  St.  A. 

7969.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Ephraim  A.,  Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar.  11,1846;  m.  Xov.  8,  1883,  Clara  E. 
Snowdell,  b.  Sept.  li*.  1859.  He  is  a  sign  painter  and  musician;  res.  29  Russell,  St. 
Charleston  Dist.,  Boston,  Mass. 

9573.  i.  Jennie  Evelyn,  b.  June  23,  1889. 

7976.  Charles  J.  Whitney  (Charles,  Silas,  Silas,  Daniel,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  John),  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Mav  15, 1843;  m.  there  Mary  E.  Dunbar;  d.  Oct.  27, 
1874;  m.  2d,  Sept.  12,  1885,  Helen  E.'  Fuller,  b.  Oct.  7,  1858.  She  res.  1  Waterford 
St.,  Boston.  He  was  foreman  of  the  Vienna  Pressed  Yeast  Co.  He  d.  June  22,  1893; 
res.  Boston,  Mass.,  8  Codman  Park,  Ruxbury. 

9574.  i.  Charles  H.,  b.  Dec,  1866;  res.  at  home. 

9575.  ii.         Edith  L.,  b.  Mar.,  1871;  res.  at  home. 

7984.  William  Locke  W^hitney  (Daniel  W.,  Emory,  Jacob,  Richard,  Rich- 
ard, Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  1,  1^55;  m.  May  27,  1879,  Frances  Maria  Wing, 
b.  May  6,  1857;  d.  Aug.  19,  1888.  He  is  a  farmer,  and  also  conducts  a  wagon  and 
blacksmith  shop;  is  a  man  of  temperate  habits;  res.  Turtle  Point,  Pa. 

9576.  i.  Infant,  b.  Feb.  6,  1882;  d.  Feb.  28,  1882. 

9577.  ii.         Bruce  Leroy,  b.  Xov.  8,  1883. 

7987.  Christopher  Fairbanks  Whitney  (Reuben  F.,  Elias,  Jacob,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),b.  Stoddard,  X.  H.,  July  7, 1856;  m.  at  Keene,  June 

2,  1880,   Nellie  L.  Todd,  b.  Dec.  25,  1856.     He  is    of "  the  firm  of  Hill  &  Whitney, 
148-150  Pearl  St.,  Boston,  Mass.;  res.  Hartford,  Conn.,  Xewtonville,  Mass. 

9578.  i.         Helen  M.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1885. 

9579.  ii.        Mabelle  H.,  b.  Mav26,  1887. 

9580.  iii.       Bertha  X.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1889. 

7990.  George  Clement  W^hitney  (Reuben  F.,  Elias,  Jacob,  Richard,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John), b.  L'pton,  Mass.,  Aug.  12,1850;  m.  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Oct.  18, 
1876,  Ada  Maria  W'heeler,  b.  June  30,  1850;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  12  Brook  St.,  and 
Greenfield,  Mass. 

9581.  i.         Leon  D.,  b.  Julv  19, 1877. 

9582.  ii.        Ralph  F.,  b.  Ju'lv  11,  18^2;  d.  June  19,  1887. 
9588.    lii.       Agnes  I.,  b.  Feb'.  28,  ls85. 

9584.     iv.       Elwin'C,  b.  Apr.  8, 1889. 

8000.  Henky  Melville  Whitney  (James  S.,  Stephen,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John ),  b.  Conway,  Mass.",  Oct.  22,  1839;  m.  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  Oct. 

3,  1878,  Margaret  F.  Green,  dau.  of  Admiral  Green,  b.  Dec.  1856. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  629 

Henry  M.  Whitney,  the  Builder  of  the  West   End    Railway  System  of   Boston. 

BV    GEORGE    L.   AUSTIN. 

Standing  upon  a  public  platform  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  in  September,  1872,  Wendell 
Phillips  addressed  these  words  to  his  audience:  "  You  hear  a  man  talking  sometmies 
who  has  heard  that  his  brother  has  found  a  million  dollars,  and  he  says,  '  I  am  very 
much  disappointed.'  He  means  he  is  surprised.  You  hear  another,  who  has  heard 
that  a  noted  criminal  has  been  arrested,  and  he  says  he  is  surprised.  Now,  when  he 
is  disappointed,  it  means  that  a  man  falls  below  his  expectations.  To  be  surprised, 
means  that  a  man  gives  you  thought." 

I  have  thought  of  these  words  many  times,  while  following  the  progressive  course 
in  commercial  successes  of  Henry  Melville  Whitney,  more  widely  known  to-day  as 
the  president  of  the  West  End  Street  Railway  of  Boston,  Mass., — a  transit  system 
which  is,  at  this  writing,  without  a  peer  on  the  face  of  the  globe.  It  may  truly  be 
said,  however,  that  to  thousands  of  people,  who  are  familiar  with  his  name,  his  pub- 
lic addresses  and  the  great  work  which  he  has  accomplished,  Mr.  Whitney,  as  a  per- 
sonality, is  quite  unknown.  By  some  his  motives  are  misconstrued;  by  others,  they 
are  misunderstood,  and  the  reason  is,  undoubtedly,  they  do  not  know  the  man. 
This  is  not  because  he  is  unapproachable  in  his  manner  or  repelling  in  his  speech; 
or  because  he  is  in  the  habit  of  masking  his  official  identity  behind  "  red  tape,"  and 
can  never  be  found  when  wanted.  He  is  the  opposite  of  all  this,  and  his  demo- 
cratic respect  for  the  rights  of  his  fellow-men  is  as  marked  as  is  his  conscientious 
sense  of  business  integrity  and  justice.  Wherever  met  or  by  whomsoever 
approached,  Mr.  Whitney  is  always  the  same — a  type  of  manhood  eloquently  indi- 
cated by  his  portrait.  Few  men,  of  his  age,  have  ever  undertaken  and  carried  out 
to  completion  more  important  enterprises.  In  all  these  he  has  been  a  leader,  with 
courage  and  sagacity  unfailing.  For  a  period  of  at  least  five  years  he  has  held  a 
position  which  no  other  man  would  dare  even  to  covet,  much  less  to  occupy.  With 
such  a  character  as  this  confronting  us,  is  it  a  wonder  that  thought  is  suggested;  that 
those  who  know  him  best  are  surprised,  while  those  who  know  him  least  are  amazed? 

In  the  small,  hilly  town  of  Conway,  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.,  a  county  which  is  a 
part  of  the  ever-beautiful  Deerfield  valley,  Mr.  Whitney  was  born  on  Oct.  22,  1S39. 
At  the  time  of  his  birth  his  father,  General  James  S.  Whitney,  kept  a  good  old- 
fashioned  store;  and  the  old  stove  around  which  the  good  citizens  of  Conway  dis- 
cussed and  settled,  in  their  own  minds,  the  most  important  questions  of  the  day  is 
still  remembered  by  many.  The  enterprising  public  sjiirit  of  General  Whitney,  his 
broad  intelligence,  his  capacity  for  business  and  his  superior  tact  in  the  management 
of  men  and  affairs,  were  destined  to  leave  their  impress  upon  the  boy,  who  thus  grew 
up  in  a  home  made  happy  and  charming  by  the  presence  of  a  gO(jd  mother — Laurinda 
(Collins)  Whitney.  General  Whitney  was  a  stern  old  Democrat  of  the  Jacksonian 
type,  and  the  idol  of  the  community  in  which  he  dwelt.  He  served  two  years  in  the 
legislature,  where  it  is  stated,  his  vote  decided  the  election  of  Charles  Sumner  to 
the  U.  S.  Senate;  subsequently,  from  1854  to  1860,  he  was  superintendent  of  the  U.  S. 
Armory  at  Springfield,  ai:dwas  collector  of  the  port  of  Boston  for  one  year  preced- 
ing the  inauguration  of  President  Lincoln.     His  death  occurred  Oct.  24,  1878. 

Of  the  youthful  days  of  Henry  M,  Whitney  there  is  little  to  be  said.  In  the 
public  schools  of  the  town  he  acquired  his  first  rudiments  of  education;  and  then, 
while  still  in  his  teens,  he  was  sent  to  Williston  seminary  at  Easthampton.  He  was 
accompanied  by  an  elder  brother,  William  C.  Whitney,  since  famous  as  secretary 
of  the  navy  during  the  administration  of  President  Clevelanti.  At  that  renowned 
training  school,  the  boys  became  acquainted  with  another  lad,  of  about  the  same 
age  — Henry  D.  Hyde  —  to-day  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  the  Suffolk  bar. 

It  transpired,  however,  that  young  Whitney  was  not  much  given  to  book- 
learning,  but  was  rather  more  fond  of  fun  and  harmless  mischief.  His  term  at 
Williston,  therefore,  was  limited  to  one  year.  Returning  to  Conway  he  went  to  work 
in  the  store;  and  then,  for  three  years,  he  served  as  a  clerk  in  the  Conway  bank, 
where  he  developed  that  business  turn  of  mind  which  has  served  him  so  well 
ever  since. 

In  1860,  as  already  stated,  his  parents  removed  to  Boston,  where  General 
Whitney,  after  leaving  the  custom  house,  became  identified  with  enterprises  of 
large  extent  and  importance,  notably  with  the  Boston  Water  Power  company,  and 
with  the  Metropolitan  Steamship  company.  The  son,  in  the  meantime,  had  passed 
two  years  in  the  Bank  of  Redemption;  afterwards  as  a  clerk  in  the  naval  agent's 
office,  and  next  had  been  engaged  in  the  shipping  business  in  New  York  City.     In 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  631 

1866  he  became  Boston  agent  of  the  Metropolitan  Steamship  company;  and,  in  1879, 
after  he  had  obtained  possession  of  the  stock,  which  had  gradually  sunk  in  value, 
he  became  president,  holding  the  same  position  to  this  day.  From  that  time  to  1S87, 
Mr.  Whitney  was  recognized  by  all  who  knew  him  as  a  keen-witted  and  thrifty  busi- 
ness man  of  Boston.  His  mind  was  full  of  enterprises  of  various  kinds  and  char- 
acter; in  all  that  he  engaged  success  followed  him.  Indeed,  everything  to  which  he 
turned  his  attention  seemed  to  bring  him  gold. 

In  the  spring  of  1886  Mr.  Whitney,  who  had  long  foreseen  the  magnificent 
possibilities  of  that  section  of  Boston,  which  borders  on  the  suburban  town  of  Brook- 
line,  quietly  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  along  the  line  of  Beacon  street,  in  the 
last-named  place.  In  midsummer  of  the  same  year  he  became  conscious  that  he 
had  himself  put  not  less  than  $800,000  into  the  scheme,  and  that  it  was  likely  to  be 
too  heavy  a  load  to  carry  on  alone.  He  at  once  took  a  number  of  his  more  intimate 
and  wealthy  friends  into  his  confidence,  told  them  what  he  had  already  done,  and 
what  he  proposed  to  do  further,  and  then  invited  them  to  join  him.  That  they 
acceeded  promptly  is  a  striking  evidence  of  the  confidence  reposed  in  Mr.  Whitney's 
integrity,  wisdom,  and  tact.  The  syndicate  thus  formed  was  the  now  famous  West 
End  Land  company.  The  result  of  its  endeavors  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque 
boulevards  of  which  this  country  can  boast,  fringed  with  residences  and  suburban 
villas  of  rare  beauty  such  as  only  the  rich  can  afford. 

The  next  move  was  the  buildmg  of  a  street  railway  which  should  connect  Bos- 
ton with  Brookline  and  run  directly  through  this  territory,  by  another  corporation 
formed  and  headed  by  Mr.  Whitney.  The  length  of  the  road  was  about  eight  miles 
and  it  was  named  the  West  End  Street  Railway. 

This  line  had  been  in  operation  but  a  few  months  when  the  subject  of  street 
blockades  in  Boston  began  to  seriously  worry  the  public  mind.  At  the  time,  the  fol- 
lowing roads,  besides  the  West  End,  centered  in  Boston:  the  Metropolitan,  the 
Cambridge,  the  South  Boston,  and  the  Consolidated  (Middlesex  and  Highland). 
Popular  sentiment  decreed  that  the  incessant  clashing  of  interests  engendered  by  so 
many  distinct  companies  must  come  to  an  end,  and  that,  too,  speedily.  Mr.  Whitney 
and  the  mature  minds  associated  with  him  became  convinced  that  there  was  only 
one  way  out  of  the  chaos,  that  only  a  single  plan  could  solve  the  problem — that  was 
consolidation.  Such  a  plan  was  outlined  ana  was  agreed  to  by  the  various  roads.  In 
Sept.,  1887,  Mr.  Whitney  explained  the  policy  of  the  West  End  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany at  a  meeting  of  the  new  corporation  in  language  as  forceful  to-day  as  it  was 
prophetic  then.  The  address  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  important  ever  deliv- 
ered by  its  author.  One  passage  in  it  merits  reprinting  in  this  sketch.  Said  Mr. 
Whitney:  "  I  believe  that  this  company  is  destined  to  play  a  very  important  part  in 
the  lives  of  this  whole  community.  I  am  myself  deeply  sensible  of  the  responsibility 
which  this  organization  holds  in  this  community.  I  hope  and  believe  that  we  shall 
so  be  able  to  administer  our  affairs  that  not  only  shall  the  stockholders  be  proud  of 
the  organization  and  have  a  security  second  to  none,  but  that  every  employe  shall  be 
proud  to  belong  to  the  organization,  and  that  the  entire  community  will  point  to  it 
with  pride.  We  believe  that  we  can  do  something  for  the  comfort  and  happiness  of 
this  people  that  we  could  not  do  as  individual  corporations,  and  I  am  deeply  sensible 
of  the  responsibility  which  rests  upon  us  to  do  it.  I  hope  that  this  company  will  meet 
the  future  questions  connected  with  the  transportation  problem  in  the  broadest  way." 

No  words  were  ever  uttered  with  more  profound  sincerity,  and  that  they  have 
been  scrupulously  lived  up  to,  so  far  as  Mr.  Whitney  is  concerned,  no  one  can  deny 
who  is  knowing  to  all  the  facts  underlying  the  history  of  this  gigantic  enterprise  from 
that  date  to  the  present  moment.  That,  perhaps,  the  most  important  franchise  ever 
granted  by  the  state  and  city  to  a  private  corporation  was  placed  thus  in  safe  hands 
is  equally  true. 

I  am  forced  to  pass  over  many  events  which  have  transpired  during  the  last  half 
decade,  though  important  they  are  as  bearing  upon  Mr.  Whitney's  life,  and  come 
next  to  the  part  which  he  has  taken  in  giving  to  Boston  the  most  complete  system  of 
electric  railway  which  exists  anywhere  in  the  known  world. 

In  1887  the  electric  railway  in  Richmond,  Va.,  attracted  attention  far  and  wide. 
It  attracted  Mr,  Whitney,  who  went  to  that  city  to  study  its  merits.  He  returned  to 
Boston  impressed  with  the  conviction  that  electricity  was  indeed  the  power  of  the 
future.  He  decided  to  test  it  as  a  power  for  the  present  and,  as  the  result  of  his  con- 
victions, in  1888  an  electric  line  was  set  in  motion,  extending  from  Park  square,  Bos- 
ton, to  Oak  square,  in  the  Brighton  district,  a  portion  of  it  being  operated  by  an  under- 
ground conduit  and  the  remainder  by  the  trolley  system.  The  conduit  system  proved 
a  failure. 


•632  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

In  February,  1889,  a  line  of  twenty  motor  cars  from  Bowdoin  square,  Boston,  to 
Harvard  square,  Cambridge,  was  inaugurated,  and  so  successfully  by  the  Thomson- 
Houston  Electric  Co.,  that  Mr.  Whitney,  six  months  later  gave  an  order  for  600 
.additional  motors.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  great  electric  system,  which  is 
to-day  both  the  pride  and  the  boast  of  Boston. 

Since  then,  the  history;  of  the  West  End  Street  Railway  has  been  one  of  constant 
development  and  of  rapid  improvement.  Gigantic  power  stations  have  been  erected, 
which  are  marvels  of  engineering  skill;  more  modern  models  of  apparatus  have 
replaced  those  of  older  and  less  efficient  types;  nearly  16,000  horse-power  are  being 
daily  furnished  by  the  electric  generators  at  these  stations,  and  over  1,200  motors 
.are  under  469  electric  cars.  Although  but  100  miles  of  the  260  operated  by  the  com- 
pany are  equipped  with  the  electric  system,  suburban  property  reached  by  the  sys- 
tem has  appreciated  m  value  over  100  per  cent. 

To  this  grand  result  the  best  skill  of  this  country  has  contributed;  but,  to  the 
credit  of  the  company  it  should  be  added,  that  its  own  corps  of  engineers  have  super- 
vised the  work.  This  work  has  not  progressed,  however,  without  opposition.  Upon 
several  occasions  ignorance  and  prejudice  have  combined  to  stay  the  progress  of  the 
growth,  which  means  so  much  to  the  body  politic.  How  ably  this  opposition  has 
been  met  by  Mr.  Whitney  is  evidenced  by  the  numerous  addresses  which  he  has 
been  forced  to  make  within  the  past  two  years.  While  he  has  contested  for  rights 
which,  in  justice  to  his  corporation  and  to  himself,  are  vital  to  the  future  welfare  of 
the  enterprise,  he  has  never  yet  lost  sight  of  the  fact  that  argument  and  not  anger, 
courtesy  and  not  disdain,  are  the  best  weapons  to  use  in  dealing  with  an  enlightened 
public. 

Mr.  Whitney's  home  is  in  Brookline.  It  was  in  this  beautiful  but  quiet  town 
that  he  first  met  Miss  Margaret  Foster  Green,  to  whom  he  was  married  on  Oct.  3, 
1878.  The  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  one  son  and  four  daughters.  The 
summer  home  of  the  family  is  at  Cohasset. 

Mr.  Whitney's  success  in  life  has  been  phenomenal,  a  surprise  even  to  his  most 
intimate  friends.  The  West  End  enterprise  has  not  required"  the  whole  of  his  time 
by  any  means,  and  his  name  is  associated  with  several  other  prosperous  corpora- 
tions, notably  the  Hancock  Inspirator  Co.,  the  Never-Slip  Horseshoe  Co.,  the  Met- 
ropolitan Steamship  Co.,  and  several  others.  In  all  of  these  enterprises  he  has 
largely  invested  capital  and  actively  directed  their  policy. 

The  personal  appearance  of  Mr.  Whitney  is  clearly  indicated  by  his  portrait. 
There  is  no  mistaking  the  look  of  firmness  and  decision  which  his  eyes  flash  upon  all 
occasions;  but  it  is  a  look  tempered  by  refined  courtesy  and  kindness,  except  when 
it  confronts  a  man  unworthy  of  his  trust.  Frank,  outspoken  and  confiding  himself, 
Mr.  Whitney  regards  nothing  more  despicable  than  deceit.  He  is  of  medium  stat- 
ure, rather  stout  and  somewhat  inclined  to  stoop  when  walking.  He  appreciates  a 
sound  mind  in  a  sound  body  and  is  happily  blest  in  the  possession  of  both.  He  is 
quick  in  all  his  actions — perhaps  nervously  so — and  equally  as  quick  to  decide  a  ques- 
tion. In  social  intercourse  he  appears  to  be  more  a  good  listener  than  a  good  talker; 
and  yet  few  persons  can  recite  a  more  taking  anecdote  or  more  keenly  relish  one. 
As  is  generally  conceded,  he  is  a  most  impressive  public  speaker,  and  always  com- 
mands the  attention  even  of  his  opponents.  He  possesses  a  wonderful  memory,  a 
deep  sense  of  the  value  of  facts  and  figures,  and  rarely  advances  an  argument  that 
does  not  rest  on  such.  His  address  to  the  state  legislature,  in  March  1891,  is  an 
illustrious  example  of  this  assertion.  There  is  always  a  sincere  purpose  underlying 
his  speeches;  this  he  expounds  with  the  earnestness  of  Sumner  and  the  graceful  dic- 
tion of  Phillips. 

Mr.  Whitney  bears  a  big  heart,  filled  with  the  tenderest  sympathy  towards  those 
of  his  fellow-men  who  are  worthy  of  it.  His  generosity  is  proverbial,  his  charities 
are  dispensed  freely,  unostentatiously  and  with  discretion;  and  many  there  are  who 
to-day  are  indebted  to  him  for  their  success  in  life.  Happy  in  his  home,  true  to  his 
friendships,  appreciative  of  all  efforts  that  tend  to  uplift  humanity  and  ever  ready  to 
assist  them,  he  enjoys  the  universal  respect  of  the  community.  The  best  tribute  that 
I  can  pay  to  the  man  and  his  achievements  is  the  assertion  that  he  is  the  idol  of  every 
•  one  in  his  employ;  add.  81  Milk  St.,  Boston,  Mass.;  res.  Brookline,  Mass. 

9585.  i.  Ruth  Bowman,  b.  Dec.  1,  1879. 

9586.  ii.        Elinor  Green,  b.  Jan.  18,  1881. 

9587.  iii.       Laura  Collins,  b.  June  20,  1882. 

9588.  iv.       James  Scolly,  b.  June  20,  1886. 

9589.  v.        Margaret,  b.  Apr.  1891. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  633 

8001.  Hon.  William  Collins  Whitney  (James  S.,  Stephen,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Richard,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Conway,  Mass.,  July  5,  1841;  m.  Flora  Pavne, 
b.  in  1848;  d.  Feb.  5,  1898. 

William  Collins  Whitney  was  born  in  Conway,  Mass.,  in  1841.  He  comes  from 
stanch  Democratic  stock.  His  father  was  Gen.  James  S.  Whitney,  for  half  a  century 
a  Democratic  leader  in  Massachusetts  and  collector  of  the  port  of  Boston  under 
President  Buchanan.  Like  his  son,  Gen.  Whitney  was  an  Independent  Democrat. 
In  1851  he  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  house;  Charles  Sumner  was  a  candi- 
date for  United  States  senator,  and  a  single  Democratic  vote  would  elect  him.  Gen. 
Whitney  was  asked  to  give  that  vote.  A  Democrat  could  not  be  elected,  and  if  Sum- 
ner should  fail,  then  some  pro-slavery  Whig  would  probably  win  the  prize.  Gen. 
Whitney  was  a  stanch  friend  of  human  freedom.  He  asked  time  for  consideration, 
returned  to  Conway,  and  addressed  his  constituents  upon  the  question.  They  de- 
cided that  he  should  vote  for  Mr.  Sumner.  He  did  so,  and  his  vote  gave  Charles 
Sumner  to  the  country  for  twenty-three  years.  Gen.  Whitney  survived  until  1878, 
and  was  able  as  late  as  1876  to  preside  over  the  Democratic  state  convention  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  take  an  active  part  in  the  Tilden  campaign. 

William  C.  Whitney  entered  Yale  college  in  1859,  after  having  been  graduated 
from  Williston  semmary,  Easthampton,  Mass.  At  Yale  he  had  for  a  classmate 
William  G.  Sumner,  since  well  known  as  a  writer  and  teacher  upon  economic  sub- 
jects. The  two  divided  the  prize  for  English  essays,  and  Mr.  Whitney  delivered  the 
class  oration  on  being  graduated.  Leaving  the  Harvard  Law  school  in  1865  he  went 
to  New  York  City  and  continued  the  study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Abraham  R. 
Lawrence,  now  a  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  that  state. 

It  was  but  a  short  time  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  that  he  attracted  consider- 
able attention  by  his  stanchness  to  his  clients.  Nothing  could  swerve  him  from  what 
he  believed  to  be  his  duty  to  them.  This  characteristic  was  indicated  in  several 
instances.  One  of  them  was  that  in  which  Charles  H.  Sweetser,  a  classmate  of  Mr. 
Whitney,  was  concerned.  Sweetser  founded  and  edited  the  Evening  Gazette.  He 
sold  out  a  half  interest  in  his  property,  and  then,  losing  control  of  it,  he  started  the 
Eveni7ig  Mail.  His  former  partner  in  the  Evening  Gazette  preferred  a  criminal 
charge  agamst  him.  The  partner  had  the  support  of  many  influential  men,  and 
Sweetser  found  it  impossible  on  that  account  to  secure  the  services  of  any  of  the 
lawyers  of  prominence.  He  went  to  Mr.  Whitney,  who,  upon  hearing  his  tale,  offered 
to  take  charge  of  his  case,  notwithstanding  that  such  action  involved  the  possible 
unfriendliness  of  certain  men  with  whom,  as  was  quite  natural,  it  was  desirable  that 
he  should  stand  well.  Perhaps  if  he  had  lost  his  case  the  unfriendliness  would  have 
been  his.  It  is  easy  to  pass  by  on  the  other  side  of  a  man  who  is  unsuccessful.  But 
he  conducted  the  matter  so  skillfully  that  the  charge  against  .Sweetser  was  dismissed. 
And  when  Charles  Reade  sued  Sweetser  for  libel  because  of  unfavorable  criticisms 
of  the  novel  "  Griffith  Gaunt,"  Mr.  Whitney  again  defended  him  successfully.  So 
much  publicity  attached  to  these  two  cases  —  and  so  far  as  Mr.  Whitney  was  con- 
cerned the  sort  of  publicity  that  is  beneficial  —  that  his  professional  position  became 
equal  to  those  in  the  foremost  ranks. 

Mr.  Whitney  soon  showed  that  he  had  inherited  his  father's  taste  for  politics. 
Young,  handsome  and  ardent,  he  naturally  took  the  lead  among  his  companions.  As 
early  as  1871,  in  company  with  Peter  B.  Olney,  Henry  Havemeyer,  Herbert  O. 
Thompson,  William  A.  Pelton,  Edward  L.  Parris,  Thomas  Cooper  Campbell,  Wil- 
liam C.  Wickham,  and  others  of  the  same  sort — courageous,  independent,  and 
resourceful — Mr.  Whitney  established  the  Young  Men's  Democratic  club  of  New 
York.  This  club  from  its  very  foundation  took  its  stand  in  behalf  of  honest  govern- 
ment and  reform,  and  aided  materially  in  rescuing  the  city  from  the  clutches  of  the 
Tweed  ring.  Its  members  soon  attracted  the  attention  of  Kir.  Tilden,  and  Mr.  Whit- 
ney and  others  became  famous  as  his  "boys."  Mr.  Whitney  took  an  active  part  in 
the  campaign  which  resulted  in  the  election  of  Mr.  Tilden  as  governor  and  William 
C.  Wickham  as  mayor.  The  Young  Men's  Democratic  club  gave  a  reception  to 
Gov.  Tilden  in  1874  and  Mr.  Whitney  was  one  of  the  principal  speakers.  He  pro- 
tested against  the  continuance  of  an  inflated  money  policy,  and  made  a  plea  for 
"hard  money."  In  the  light  of  current  events  it  is  not  inappropriate  to  give  a  brief 
extract,  from  this  speech  made  almost  a  generation  ago.     He  said: 

It  is  always  easier  to  pay  with  a  promise  than  to  pay  down  ready  cash.  History  shows  what 
the  fruit  of  such  a  policy  is  and  must  be.  This  was  one  road;  before  us  there  lay  an  easy  path 
of  apparent  prosperity,  plenty  of  money  and  good  times  generally.  This  was  tlie  path  the  Kepub- 
lican  party  chose  deliberately  and  with  fall  knowledge  of  what  tlie  result  would  be. 

The  other  path  was  one  of  struggle  and  difficulty,  tlie  narrow  and  thorny  path,  if  you  please, 
of  economy  and  taxes,  of  the  payment  of  the  national  debt  and  the  setting  of  the  country  a=  soon  as 
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634  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

might  be  on  a  firm,  sound  basis.  W'lien  wc  departed  from  tbe  path  of  virtue  we  were  bound  to  lead 
the  life  of  a  spendthrift.  Tiiis  we  did.  and  the  day  of  reckoning  has  now  come.  Our  building,  firm 
and  substantial  though  it  appeared,  was  built  upon  a  bed  of  sand.  With  the  pinch  of  taxation 
came  slack  work.  Other  people  saw  through  their  burdens  many  things  done  by  officials  which 
were  not  in  tiie  line  of  tiieir  public  duties. 

Both  parties  were  chargeable  with  this  almost  universal  rottenness.  But  in  New  York  the 
Democratic  party  took  these  rogues  by  the  throat — men  in  ttieir  own  party— and  hurled  them  out, 
while  the  Republicans  added  tlio  crime  of  concealment  to  that  of  commission.  A  paper  currency 
has  fostered  this  depreciation  of  public  virtue.  The  brunt  of  the  battle  of  resumption  has  yet  to 
be  borne.  It  behooves  all  to  bear  a  part.  This  question  of  money  is  not  one  of  policy.  It  is 
one  of  pure  honesty. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  appointed  counsel  to  the  corporation  in  1875,  and  as  such  he 
became  the  barrier  between  the  city  treasury  and  claims  growing  out  of  ring  frauds, 
which  amounted  in  the  aggregate  to  millions  of  dollars.  When  he  assumed  office 
there  were  pending  3,800  suits  against  the  city,  in  which  were  involved  between 
$15,000,000  and  820,000,000,  and  new  suits  were  being  brought  daily.  Within  two 
years  he  doubled  the  volume  of  business  disposed  of,  at  the  same  time  lessening  the 
expenses.  One  of  his  most  gratifying  successes  was  in  the  contest  over  the  claim  of 
the  widow  of  the  architect  of  the  new  county  court  house.  The  claim  was  for  a  per- 
centage on  the  actual  cost  of  the  building,  or  its  honest  cost.  These  commissions 
ranged  from  SIOO.OOO  to  $400,000.  All  of  the  witnesses  were  either  dead  or  had  been 
forced  to  flee  from  the  country,  and  it  was  thought  impossible  that  the  city  could 
make  any  adequate  defence.  But  Mr.  Whitney  evolved  one — an  ingenious  one.  The 
quality  of  every  class  of  work  was  ascertained  by  employing  competent  experts. 
The  history  of  the  construction  was  traced,  and  the  unnecessary  substitution  or  iron 
for  brick  conclusively  shown.  As  a  result  a  verdict  was  secured  for  the  city  after  a 
jury  trial  that  took  up  the  month  of  May,  1876.  Mr.  Whitney  held  the  office  until 
December,  1882,  having  been  twice  reappointed.  He  resigned  when  he  had  yet  two 
years  to  serve.  He  greatly  increased  the  effectiveness  of  the  department  by  divid- 
ing it  into  four  departments  and  employing  capable  subordinates.  Through  his 
personal  efforts  the  Union  Ferry  Company  was  compelled  to  pay  an  adequate  and 
substantial  rental  to  the  city  instead  of  the  nominal  sum  received  by  the  Tweed  ring. 
The  expense  of  opening  streets  was  reduced  by  an  economical  system.  In  two  cases, 
involving  Broadway  and  Riverside  Park,  the  sum  of  8538,000,  allowed  by  the  courts, 
was  by  him  lessened  to  $213,000.  Nearly  $2,000,000  was  demanded  from  the  city  for 
printing  and  stationery  furnished  during  the  ring  days.  Mr.  Whitney,  with  great 
secrecy,  instituted  suits  for  fraud  against  some  of  the  claimants.  He  waited  until 
those  implicated  could  be  arrested  at  the  same  time.  Then  his  order  of  arrest  was 
served  on  each  of  them,  and  within  three  weeks  the  claims  for  millions  had  been  dis- 
missed and  settled  by  the  payment  of  $50,000.  Probably  no  corporation  counsel  ever 
administered  the  office  more  vigorously  than  Mr.  Whitney.  But  work,  as  he  has  often 
laughingly  remarked,  does  not  oppress  him;  he  throws  it  off  easily.  When  he  was 
at  the  head  of  the  navy  department,  and  lifting  it  from  the  slough  of  decay  and  was 
astonishing  the  naval  officers  and  bureaucrats  by  doing  the  work  of  half  a  dozen  men 
in  a  day,  he  used  to  still  more  astonish  them  by  often  appearing  at  a  dinner,  a  recep- 
tion and  a  ball  in  the  evening,  lively  and  brilliant,  dancing  and  jesting  with  the  young 
folks  as  if  no  cares  were  on  his  mind,  and  the  navy  department  was  an  unsubstantial 
dream.  The  next  morning  they  would  find  him  devoted  to  his  tasks  with  undimin- 
ished ardor.  So  when  he  was  corporation  counsel,  he  found  plenty  of  time,  some 
how  or  other,  to  attend  to  political  affairs.  In  1876  he  attended  the  St.  Louis  conven- 
tion and  helped  nominate  Mr.  Tilden  for  the  presidency,  and  took  an  important  part 
in  the  campaign.  John  Kelly,  at  the  head  of  Tammany  Hall,  fought  Mr.  Tilden 
fiercely  in  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Tilden  was  a  man  who  provided  against  every  adverse 
chance.  He  was  not  sure  that  Tammany  Hall  would  support  him  properly  election 
day,  so,  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Whitney  and  the  rest  of  his  "boys,"  he  organized  a 
plan  of  campaign  calculated  to  get  the  full  Democratic  vote  of  New  York  City  in  any 
event. 

In  1880  Mr.  Whitney  went  to  Cincinnati,  and  in  1884  to  Chicago,  where  he  was 
Mr.  Cleveland's  most  influential  and  conspicuous  adviser.  All  of  the  Democrats  in  the 
state  were  gratified  when  Mr.  Cleveland  chose  Mr.  Whitney  for  his  secretary  of  navy, 
and  the  review  of  the  great  work  which  he  accomplished  in  making  possible  the 
splendid  squadron  of  evolution,  which  was  given,  shows  that  he  merited  their  ap- 
plause. At  the  time  the  Democratic  party  came  into  power  it  was  well  understood 
that  the  great  mass  of  the  people  of  the  country  demanded  the  construction  of  a  new 
navy.  The  party  which  had  just  gone  out  of  office  had  attempted  in  a  measure  to 
appease  this  demand.  To  do  this  they  had  given  out  in  contracts  to  the  shipbuilding 
firm  of  John  Roach  &  Co.,  the  construction  of  four  vessels.    These  vessels  were  in 


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636  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

process  <  f  building  when  Secretary  Whitne\'  assumed  office.  It  was  determined  at 
once  to  ask  for  appropriations  for  a  large  number  of  vessels  and  set  on  foot  in  ear- 
nest the  task  of  building  up  the  navy.  The  appropriations  from  the  previous  Repub- 
lican administration,  together  with  the  large  amounts  received  by  the  new  admin- 
isfation  were  already  available.  The  designs  for  new  ships  were  under  considera- 
tio.n,  and  with  their  selection  all  that  remained  was  the  awarding  of  the  contracts  to 
the  individual  firms.  Investigation  set  on  foot  by  Secretary  Whitney,  however,  dis- 
closed the  doleful  fact  that  the  steel  manufacturers  of  this  country  were  wholly  un- 
able to  cope  with  the  proposed  work.  Not  a  single  plant  existed  in  the  country 
which  could  be  put  in  service  in  turning  out  material  of  the  kind  called  for  in  the 
specifications.  Not  only  was  the  United  States  m  March,  lb85,  "without  a  vessel  of 
war  which  could  have  kept  the  seas  for  one  week  as  against  any  first-rate  naval 
power,"  but  it  was  dependent  upon  English  manufacturers  for  the  forging  of  guns,  for 
armor,  and  even  for  secondary  batteries,  resorting  in  the  case  of  rapid-fire  guns  to 
purchases  from  French  manufacturers  in  the  main.  At  the  very  outset  it  became 
evident  that  the  policy  of  the  government  must  be  outlined,  and  a  decision  at  once 
rendered  as  to  whether  the  navy  department  should  call  in  foreign  shipbuilders  to 
build  our  new  war  vessels  or  place  our  own  manufacturers  in  a  position  which  would 
render  them  capable  of  doing  the  work. 

Secretary  Whitney  early  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  United  States  ought  to 
be  independent  of  all  other  countries.  He  referred  to  the  matter  in  his  report  for 
1886  as  follows: 

At  tlie  present  time,  and  for  many  years  to  come,  in  the  event  of  a  conttict  with  either  a  first  or 
a  second-class  naval  power,  it  would  be  quite  impossible  for  the  United  States  as  at  present  situ- 
ated to  produce  witliin  its  territory  eitlier  the  armor  required  for  armored  ships  or  the  guns  neces- 
sary for  their  armament.  Nor  would  it  be  possible  for  the  navy  of  the  United  States  to  protect  sucli  ar- 
ticles in  transit  across  tlie  ocean  in  time  of  war.  As  at  present  situated,  the  country  would  be  entirely 
defenceless  in  tlie  absence  of  any  ability  to  produce  armor  or  the  larger  higii-powered  guns.  It  is 
a  most  lamentable  circumstance  that  a  country  like  ours,  with  its  immense  products  of  iron  and 
steel,  should  be  content  to  be  dependent  upon  tiie  manufacturers  of  any  other  nation  for  the  fabri- 
cation of  armor  and  higli-i>ower  guns,  both  of  wliicli  are  now  essential  and  indispensable  parts  of  a 
modern  fighting  >hip.  VViiatever  its  commercial  policy  may  be.  in  the  production  of  its  necessary 
implements  of  war  it  should  certainly  be  independent.  This  i)olicy  involves  delay  in  the  construc- 
tion of  tlie  first  vessels  autliorized,  but  at  the  end  of  five  years  the  country  would,  by  pursuing  it. 
be  indejiendent,  and  in  a  much  stronger  position  in  every  respect  than  would  result  from  any  other 
course. 

The  policy  indicated  by  the  secretary  would,  if  put  in  operation,  involve  a  delay 
in  the  construction  of  all  classes  of  armored  ships  of  at  least  three  years,  but  in  the 
face  of  this  the  policy,  says  the  secretary,  "was  determined  upon  without  hesitation 
as  the  only  course  consistent  with  a  proper  regard  for  our  national  pride  and 
dignity."  Secretary  Whitney  immediately  devolved  the  efforts  of  the  department 
to  the  problem  of  domesticating  in  this  country  the  industries  for  the  making  of 
armor  and  of  forging  for  high-power  guns.  It  became  necessary  to  prepare  factories 
for  the  construction  of  steel  forgings  for  the  heavier  guns,  armor  for  iron-clad  ves- 
sels, and  secondary  batteries  of  machine  and  rapid-fire  guns.  Just  how  to  go  about 
it  was  the  perplexing  problem.  The  first  step  taken  was  the  issuance  of  an  order 
stopping  the  purchise  of  all  armor  and  steel  abroad.  Contracts  were  pending  in 
March,  1885,  for  armor  and  gun  steel  purchased  in  England  amounting  to 
$227,365.20.  The  final  payments  upon  these  contracts  made  subsequent  to  that  date 
amounted  to  about  8100,000  and  it  is  needless  to  say  that  no  further  purchases  were 
made  of  armor  or  gun  steel  abroad  after  March,  1885.  Mr.  Whitney  called  in  con- 
ference the  representative  firms  of  the  country  and  made  known  his  intention  of 
giving  every  possible  help  to  the  home  industry.  Contracts  were  drawn  up  for 
different  portions  of  the  work  desired  and  a  condition  imposed  on  the  bidding 
calling  for  the  erection  of  a  plant  in  this  country  adequate  to  the  manufacture  of 
both  armor  and  gun  steel  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  European  requirements. 
The  experiment  consolidated  in  one  advertisement  all  its  requirements  for  armor 
and  gun  steel  for  the  then  authorized  war  ships,  stipulating  that  it  should  be  of  do- 
mestic manufacture  and  giving  an  average  of  two  and  a  half  years  in  which  to  pro- 
duce and  deliver  it,  which  covered  the  time  necessary  for  the  procurement  of  a  plant. 
A  period  of  about  seven  months  was  allowed  for  the  submission  of  bids,  in  order  to 
afford  an  opportunity  for  full  investigation  by  expected  bidders.  Throughout  the 
whole  of  the  seven  riionths  every  influence  which  could  with  consistency  be  brought 
to  bear  was  used  by  Mr.  Whitne^  to  stir  the  manufacturers  of  the  country  up  to  a 
realizing  sense  of  the  importance  of  the  endeavors.  And  when  the  bids  were  opened 
no  difficulty  was  found  in  making  a  contract  with  the  Bethlehem  Iron  Company, 
under  which  the  erection  of  a  plant  was  stipulated  for  the  production  of  armor  and 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  637 

gun  steel.  At  the  very  outset  Mr.  Whitney  received  the  warm  support  of  the 
naval  appropriation  committees  of  both  houses,  the  sum  of  84,000,000  having  been 
inserted  in  the  appropriation  act  for  this  very  purpose.  The  bids  were  opened 
March,  1888,  and  "coming,"  says  Mr.  Whitney,  "at  a  time  when  the  failure  of 
congress  to  make  provision  for  the  country's  defence  was  being  generally  regretted, 
caused  a  feeling  of  quite  universal  congratulation  throughout  the  country.  It 
marked  a  most  important  step  in  the  progress  toward  national  independence,  most 
sincerely,  it  is  believed,  by  the  larger  portion  of  our  people." 

The  policy  which  had  thus  been  successfully  pursued  in  the  matter  of  armor  and 
gun  steel  was  also  followed  in  the  matter  of  secondary  batteries  and  with  a  like 
result.  This  question  of  rapid-fire  guns  came  up  next.  One  of  the  largest  manu- 
facturing establishments  of  these  weapons  in  the  world  was  that  of  Hotchkiss  Sc  Co. 
Hotchkiss  was  an  American  inventor  who  offered  his  new  type  of  guns  for  the  exclu- 
sive use  of  this  government.  But  the  ill-timed  parsimony  and  prejudice  against  all 
innovations  which  characterized  previous  administrations  was  experienced  by  Hotch- 
kiss. He  took  his  machine-gun  to  France,  offered  it  to  the  French  government  and 
his  offer  was  taken  up.  He  established  works  in  France,  aside  from  the  original  ones 
in  this  country,  and  began  the  manufacture  of  the  guns  on  a  large  scale.  It  was  not 
until  the  guns  had  passed  out  of  the  hands  of  this  government  that  their  importance 
was  recognized  at  the  department,  and  orders  were  issued  to  make  some  purchases. 
It  was  found,  however,  that  three  times  the  price  originally  asked  by  Hotchkiss  must 
be  paid  for  the  weapons,  and  it  is  needless  to  say  that  this  fact  caused  considerable 
regret  in  the  department.  Mr.  Whitney  would  not  pay  the  extra  price  for  the  guns, 
and  made  it  understood  at  the  cutset  that  if  Hotchkiss  guns  were  to  be  bought  for 
the  new  war  vessels  they  must  be  made  on  American  soil  and  not  first  sent  to  France. 
By  the  accumulation  oi  orders,  sufficient  inducement  was  given  to  Hotchkiss  to  bring 
about  the  desired  results.  It  was  found  by  the  representatives  of  the  Hotchkiss 
company,  to  the  decided  gratification  of  Mr.  Whitney,  that  with  the  superior  tools  in 
use  in  this  country  the  secondarv  batteries  of  our  ships  could  be  produced  at  prices 
much  cheaper  than  those  manufactured  by  any  foreign  government.  In  this  manner 
the  contracts  for  armor  and  gun  steel  were  made  at  prices  within  2-5  per  cent,  of  the 
European  prices  for  the  similar  articles,  not  greater  than  the  difference  in  labor 
between  the  two  countries,  notwithstanding  the  heavy  outlay  for  plant  (estimated  at 
§2,500,000)  necessary  to  be  made  to  undertake  the  contract. 

With  the  gratifying  results  brought  about  by  Mr.  Whitney's  efforts  and  stimu- 
lated by  the  shipbuilders  of  the  country,  it  is  now  believed  that  the  private  ship 
yards  of  this  country  can  produce  war  ships  equal  and  probably  superior  to  any  pro- 
duceil  abroad.  At  the  same  time  that  Mr.  Whitney  stimulated  into  full  growth  a  new 
industry  in  the  United  .States,  he  did  not  fail  to  stipulate  that  the  material  furnished 
should  be  of  the  very  highest  standard.  To  effect  this  the  inspection  tests  were  neces- 
sarily severe — more  severe  than  ever  experienced  by  a  shipbuilding  firm  working  for 
private  parties.  It  is  safe  to  say,  however,  that  the  class  of  material  obtained  is 
superior  to  any  ever  produced  for  any  similar  purpose.  Not  only  in  one  section  of 
the  country,  but  throughout  its  whole  extent  has  the  influence  of  the  new  steel  indus- 
try been  felt.  On  the  Pacific  coast  the  quality  of  steel  produced  has  been  so  notable 
for  its  excellence  that  the  construction  of  cruisers  there  may  mark  an  important 
event  in  its  industrial  history.  There  is  still  another  point  worthy  of  notice.  Early 
in  the  eighties  the  rank  of  the  United  States  in  the  naval  powers  _of  the 
world  was  hardly  in  keeping  with  the  standing  of  some  of  the  South  American 
republics.  But  as  a  result  of  Mr.  Whitney's  efforts  he  was  able  to  make  the  follow- 
ing statement  regarding  the  new  cruisers:  The  department  is  able  to  report  that 
when  the  ships  in  course  of  construction  and  those  authorized  shall  have  been  com- 
pleted, the  United  States  will  r:fnk  second  among  the  nations  in  the  possession  of 
unarmored  cruisers,  or  "commerce  destroyers,"  having  the  highest  characteristics, 
viz.,  of  a  size  of  3,000  tons  and  upward  and  possessing  speed  of  nineteen  knots  and 
upward.  The  achievements  of  the  ships  then  "in  course  of  construction  and  those 
authorized  "  are  familiar  to  all  who  read  the  newspapers. 

The  Whitneys  in  Social  Life. — Royal  entertainers,  they  were  popular  with 
all  classes  of  people.  Socially,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitney  were  delightful.  They  enter- 
tained elaborately  in  New  York,  and,  during  their  residence  in  Washington,  their 
country  house  at  Grasslands  was  a  suburban  retreat  for  all  the  Washington  beaux 
and  belles.  The  house  was  kept  open  all  the  year  around,  and  all  visitors  were  wel- 
come, whether  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitney  were  there  or  not.  Priscilla,  the  oldest  servant 
in  the  Whitney  household,  was  always  in  charge  at  Grasslands  during  her  mistress' 
absence.    Although  a  full-blooded  negro,  Priscilla  could  speak  French  like  a  native, 


638  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

and  she  was  invariably  pressed  into  service  as  interpreter  when  the  diplomats  were 
present.  But  whether  a  foreign  ambassador,  in  the  bravery  of  court  medals  and  gold 
lace,  called,  or  a  congressman  from  the  backwoods,  Priscilla  always  smiled  and  bade 
them  enter,  telling  them  they  could  have  a  bowl  of  fresh  milk  or  a  glass  of  punch, 
just  which  they  liked.  The  hallway  at  Grasslands  was  twelve  feet  square.  Its  floor 
was  of  polished  Georgia  pine,  and  the  furniture  was  old-fashioned  mahogany  seats. 
A  tall  Dutch  clock,  with  a  solemn  brass  face  and  a  massive  pair  of  antlers  formed  a 
hat  and  cloak  rack.  Grasslands  was  furnished  entirely  with  antique  furniture.  Mrs. 
Whitney  said  it  was  chosen  because  it  was  in  keeping  with  the  old  farm  house.  The 
fireplace  in  the  dining-room  was  wide  enough  to  burn  great  logs  of  wood.  The  old 
mahogany  table  looked  as  if  it  might  have  come  over  with  the  Pilgrims,  and  the 
dining-room  chairs  were  wide  enough  to  make  the  fattest  man  in  congress  perfectly 
comfortable.  Mr.  Whitney's  city  home  in  Washington  was  more  admired  than  any 
other  house  at  the  capital.  The  receptions  given  by  Mrs.  Whitney  were  more  elab- 
orate than  those  of  anybody  else,  and  the  house  was  always  filled  with  guests.  The 
ball-room  in  the  Washington  house  is  almost  historic.  Many  notable  courtships 
began  there.  It  was  in  this  room  that  Mrs.  James  Brown-Potter  made  herself  famous 
by  reciting  "Ostler  Joe." 

A  society  writer  who  was  in  Washington  during  Mr.  Whitney's  residence  there, 
described  the  size  of  this  room  by  saying  that  a  two-horse  wagon  load  of  hay  could 
be  turned  around  in  it  without  touching  the  walls.  These  walls  were  covered  with 
brocaded  satin,  and  its  furnishings  were  beautiful  and  unique.  It  had  little  couches 
of  brocaded  Venetian  velvet,  several  dainty  sedan  chairs,  and  the  fireplace  was 
large  enough  to  roast  a  whole  ox. 

Mrs.  Whitney  always  distinguished  herself  as  a  hostess.  She  inherited  much  of 
the  political  ability  of  her  father.  Senator  Henry  B.  Payne.  She  was  bright  and 
witty,  handsome  and  sensible.  She  was  one  of  the  very  few  women  who  knew  how 
to  be  a  society  woman  without  being  snobbish,  and  who  could  condescend  to  entertain 
people  on  a  lower  social  level  without  making  them  feel  that  she  was  patronizing 
them. 

The  New  York  home  of  the  Whitneys  at  Fifty-seventh  street  and  Fifth  avenue 
was  presented  to  Mrs.  Whitney  by  her  brother,  Oliver  Payne,  of  the  Standard  Oil 
Company.     It  cost  $700,000.     It  is  one  of  the  most  splendid  houses  in  New  York. 

In  1892,  when  presidential  candidates  were  being  discussed  in  the  newspapers,  a 
prominent  paper  had  this  to  say:  "  There  seems  to  be  no  lack  of  candidates  for  the 
presidency  from  which  to  make  a  choice,  but  what  that  choice  will  be  never  was  a 
more  problematic  question  than  at  this  time.  Mr.  Whitney  has  many  stanch  admir- 
ers, and  were  his  name  to  be  brought  prominently  forward  in  the  convention  he 
would  be  strongly  supported.  And  there  is  no  question  but  that  he,  as  is  the  case  with 
every  other  ambitious  and  patriotic  citizen,  would  like  to  be  chief  magistrate.  But  it 
is  doubtful  if  he  would  care  to  make  any  personal  attempt  to  secure  the  nomination. 
He  is  stanch  and  strong  in  his  loyalty  to  Mr.  Cleveland.  In  fact  he  is  quoted  as 
having  said  that  if  he  were  perfectly  certain  of  securing  the  nomination,  he  would  not 
allow  his  name  to  be  used  if  thereby  the  nomination  of  Mr.  Cleveland  was  jeopard- 
ized." 

Mr.  Whitney  is  a  most  genial,  likeable  and  approachable  man.  It  would  almost 
be  safe  to  say  that  every  one  who  knows  him,  no  matter  of  what  political  belief, 
admires  him.  He  is  a  handsome  man.  His  fifty  years  rest  lightly  upon  him.  He 
looks  at  least  ten  years  younger  than  he  really  is.  He  is  tall,  straight  and  agile, 
ruddy-cheeked  and  keen-eyed.  He  enters  as  keenly  into  the  enjoyment  of  horse- 
back riding  and  outdoor  games  as  any  boy.  One  of  his  enthusiastic  friends  once 
remarked  that  he  would  alw-ays  be  a  boy,  even  if  he  should  become  chief  justice  of 
the  United  States.  But  with  this  light-heartedness  and  faculty  for  enjoying  himself 
he  combines  the  attributes  of  dignity,  sterling  judgment  and  executive  efficiency  of 
a  high  order. 

He  is  a  witty  conversationalist  and  a  clever  and  ready  platform  speaker. 

In  1894  Mr.  Whitney,  on  his  return  from  Europe,  was  met  by  a  delegation  from 
the  Democratic  state  convention,  then  in  session  at  Saratoga,  and  unanimously  ten- 
dered the  nomination  for  governor  of  New  York.  He  most  respectfully  declined  the 
honor,  though  strongly  urged  by  the  representative  men  and  journals  of  the  party 
throughout  the  state.  In  company  with  his  daughter  he  soon  left  for  the  continent, 
and  at  this  time,  June,  1895,  has  just  returned  from  Europe. 

Mrs.  Flora  Payne  Whitney  was  the  daughter  of  Henry  B.  Payne,  of  Cleveland, 
recently  United  States  senator  from  Ohio.  She  was  the  youngest  of  the  family.  While 
a  very  young  girl  she  showed  a  great  fondness  for  t)ooks.     She  had  tutors  at  home 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  639 

and  attended  the  best  schools  of  New  York,  afterward  devoting  a  year  to  study  in 
Europe.  She  was  an  enthusiastic  student,  and  devoted  herself  to  sciences  and  lan- 
guages with  great  fidelity.  On  her  return  home  her  father  offered  her  a  brilliant 
social  introduction  in  either  Cleveland  or  New  York,  but  she  chose  instead  a  course 
of  several  years  of  scientific  study  at  Cambridge  under  the  personal  instruction  of 
Prof.  Louis  Agassiz.  During  her  residence  in  Europe  the  young  girl  was  in  constant 
correspondence  with  her  father.  Her  letters  to  him  cover  a  large  range  of  topics. 
He  regarded  them  as  worthy  of  publication,  but  it  was  without  her  knowledge  that 
the  volume  was  issued.  Soon  after  the  completion  of  her  scientific  course  at  Cam- 
bridge, while  yet  scarcely  out  of  her  teens,  she  married  William  C.  Whitney,  then  a 
young  lawyer.  That  was  about  twenty  years  ago.  Her  life  since,  until  her  death, 
was  devoted  to  her  husband  and  her  children,  but  she  found  time  to  make  and  to  hold 
a  leadmg  place  in  society  in  New  York  and  Washington,  and  to  establish  a  local 
reputation  as  a  linguist,  as  an  authority  in  archaeology  and  as  a  judge  and  critic  of 
literature.  Her  career  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  society  in  New  York  began  in  1879. 
At  that  time  Mrs.  Frederick  Stearns  announced  that  her  large  residence  at  the 
corner  of  Fifth  avenue  and  Fifty-seventh  street  was  for  sale,  and  Col.  Oliver  H. 
Payne,  Mrs.  Whitney's  brother,  bought  it  for  his  sister.  The  Whitneys  then  began 
to  entertain,  and  were  soon  after  recognized  as  social  leaders.  When  Mr.  Whitney 
became  secretary  of  the  navy  in  Mr.  Cleveland's  cabinet,  Mrs.  Whitney  made  their 
home  in  Washington  second  only  to  the  White  House  in  social  importance.  They 
occupied  the  old  Frelinghuysen  house  on  I  street,  transforming  it  into  one  of  the  most 
luxurious  homes  in  Washington.  Ex-Senator  Payne,  Mrs.  Whitney's  father,  is  still 
living.  When  Mrs.  Whitney's  first  child  was  born  he  gave  the  young  mother  $1,000,- 
000.  Col.  Oliver  H.  Payne,  her  brother,  is  also  a  millionaire.  Res.  57th  St.  and  5th 
Ave.,  New  York,  N.  Y. ' 

Pauline,  b.  in  1875. 

DoKOTHV  Payne,  b. . 

d.  Feb.  3,  1883. 


9590. 

i. 

9591. 

ii. 

9592. 

in. 

9593. 

IV. 

Henhv  Payne.  "  Like  father,  like  son,"  has  been  exemplified  in 
the  course  of  Harry  Payne  Whitney,  son  dT  Hon.  William  C. 
Whitney.  During  his  three  years  at  Yale  Harry  Whitney  has 
made  a  brilliant  record,  socially  and  politically.  Although  he  is 
the  son  of  a  millionaire,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  states- 
men in  America,  young  Whitney  is  as  popular  and  unassuming 
a  man  as  there  is  on  the  campus.  He  has  a  liberal  allowance, 
but  makes  no  show  of  spending  it,  and  in  tliis  has  always  shown 
the  true  "Yale  spirit."  His  rooms  in  Lyceum,  one  of  the  "old 
brick  row  "  buildings,  are  comfortable  and  well  located,  that  is 
all.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Groton,  Mass.,  and  will  gradu- 
ate from  Yale  next  year.  He  was  on  the  sophomore  german 
and  junior  promenade  committees,  and  led  the  junior  german 
last  winter  with  his  sister.  Miss  Pauline  Whitney,  who  had  re- 
cently made  her  debut  in  New  York  society.  Whitney  was  also 
floor  manager  of  the  junior  "  prom."  This  shows  his  ability  as 
a  society  leader,  but  that  doesn't  make  a  popular  Yale  man 
alone,  or  the  New  Haven  college  would  not  be  the  manly  place 
it  is  said  to  be.  Whitney  is  not  a  hard  student,  but  he  has  the 
reputation  of  being  the  brightest  man  in  his  class,  and  wears 
the  coveted  Phi  Beta  Kappa  key,  which  is  bestowed  on  the 
highest  stand  men,  after  the  scholarship  is  computed  on  the  first 
three  years'  work.  He  is  also  an  editor  of  the  Yale  Daily  News, 
a  position  which  requires  six  months  of  hustling  competition  to 
obtain.  Whitney  is  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  Fraternity. 
These  social  honors  which  have  been  named  in  connection  with 
Yale  men  are  not  of  importance  in  themselves,  except  that  they 
are  all  awarded  by  popular  vote,  and  show  how  a  man  is  esti- 
mated by  250  of  his  fellows.  Harry  Whitney  is  one  of  the  best 
polo  players  in  the  country,  and  has  played  on  the  Newport 
team  for  several  summers.  He  has  just  returned  to  college 
after  a  two-months'  absence  owing  to  his  mother's  death  last 
winter.  [1893.] 
9594.    V.        William  C. 


640 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


8015.  Leonard  Farrington  Whitney  (George,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Rich- 
ard, Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  21,  1848;  m.  Jan.  29,  1882,  Ellen  Theresa  Gag- 
uin,  b.  Hyde,  England,  Mar.  29,  1861;  res.  Haverhill  Mass. 

9695.    i.         Abbie  Farrington,  b.  Sept.  22,  1882. 
9596.    ii.         Annie  Theresa,  b.  Nov.  16,  1883. 
9697.    iii.       Eileen  Elizabeth,  b.  Mar.  9,  1886. 
9598.    iv.       Leonard  Joseph,  b.  May  31,  1888. 

8016.  Charles  R.  Whitney  (Charles  H.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Richard, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Nov.  9,  1846;  m.  June  2,  1874,  Mattie  A. "Page,  of  Haver- 
hill, b.  July  1,  1853;  d.  Jan.  1, 1875;  m.  2d,  June  14,  1882,  Elizabeth  L.  Hanna,  b.  Dec. 
25, 1854.  He  was  born  in  Nelson,  N,  H.,  and  resided  in  Keene;  at  present  he  resides 
in  Palmyra  and  is  a  commercial  traveler. 

9699.    i.  Charles  Arthur,  b.  Mar.  3,  1885. 

8057.  Martin  Dunster  Whitney  (Benjamin  N.,  Oliver,  Joshua,  Caleb, 
Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  May  26,  1841,  in  Rochester  Vt.;  m.  Oct.  15, 1865, 
Ora  A.  Shultz;  served  through  war  in  Co.  E.  4th  Regt.  Vt.  Vols.;  res.  Rochester,  Vt. 


9600. 


Mont  Eliner;  res.  Baltimore,  Md. 


8059.  Julius  Lowell  Whitney  (Benjamin  N.,  Oliver,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Rochester,  Vt.,  Oct.  26,  1847;  m.  Dec.  24,  1874,  Lucy  Aus- 
tin.    He  d.  Jan.  21,.  1876;  res.  Rochester,  \'t. 

9601.    i.  Julius,  b. ;  res.  Rochester. 

8060.  Rev.  Herbert  Whitney  (Benjamin  N.,  Oliver,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  in  Hancock,  Vt.,  Nov  6,  1860;  m.  Dec.  24,  1873,  Mary 
Traffarn,  b.  Boonville,  N.  Y. 

Herbert  E.  Whitney,  or,  as  he  prefers  to  be  called,  simply  Herbert — having  as 
he  says  "got  tired  of  carrying  about  so  long  a  name"^ — was  born  in  Hancock,  \'t. 
He  was  graduated  from  Canton  Theological  school  in  1872,  and  was  settled  and  or- 
dained to  the  ministry  in  Waterloo,  Canada,  in  1873;  was  the  same  year  married  to 
Mary  Traffarn  at  Utica,  N.  Y.;  was  afterward  engaged  in  his  profession  in  Webster, 
N.  Y.,  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Storm  Lake  and  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  Sherborn  and  Columbus,  N. 
Y.,  Athol  and  Boston,  Mass. 

"  The  members  of  the  Second  Unitarian  Society  of  West  Somerville  are  to  be 
ministered  to  by  a  woman  pastor.  Rev.  Mary  T.  Whitney  of  North  Cambridge,  who 

has  received  and  accepted  a  unanimous 
call.  The  new  pastor  will  enter  upon  the 
duties  of  her  office  at  once.  Mrs.  W^hitney 
is  the  wife  of  Herbert  Whitney,  pastor  of 
the  First  Unitarian  church  at  Athol,  to  whom 
she  was  married  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  1873. 
She  was  born  in  Boonville,  N.  Y.,  which  is 
near  Utica.  Her  maiden  name  was  Traf- 
farn, and  on  her  father's  side  she  is  a  de- 
scendant of  an  old  Huguenot  family.  Al- 
though her  father  was  orthodox,  he  was  very 
liberal  in  his  faith  and  convictions,  a  ten- 
dency which  she  has  inherited  to  a  notable 
degree.  Her  early  education  was  acquired 
at  Utica  academy,  Whitetown  seminary  and 
Clinton  Liberal  Institution,  all  prominent 
schools  of  learning.  She  graduated  at  St. 
Lawrence  university  of  Canton,  N.  Y.,  and 
for  a  time  turned  her  attention  to  teach- 
ing, filling  most  acceptably  an  important 
position  in  the  Webster  (N.  Y.)  academy  for 
several  years.  She  afterward  attended  the 
kindergarten  training  school  at  Chicago, 
from  which  she  graduated  and  taught  that 
system  for  a  year.  During  all  this  time  her  attention  had  been  largely  given  to  the 
religious  movements  of  progressive  Christianity,  and  her  naturally  speculative  mind 
had  been  directed  into  congenial  channels  by  mathematical  and  logical  studies,  with 
a  leaven  of  theology  coming  from  the  most  liberal  of  teachers.     In  1885  she  believed 


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WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  641 

it  to  be  her  duty  to  preach  the  gospel,  and  her  first  sermon  was  delivered  from  the 
pulpit  of  the  Universalist  church  at  Mt.  Pleasant.  She  became  pastor  of  parishes  at 
Upper  Lisle  and  Middleville,  N.  Y.,  preaching  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  her  hearers, 
and  manifesting  a  remarkable  capacity  for  parish  work.  It  was  in  the  latter  place 
that  she  was  ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  1887.  Three  years  ago  she  was 
invited  to  assume  the  pastorate  of  the  Unitarian  church  at  Millbury,  Mass.,  which 
was  then  in  a  rather  languishmg  condition  and  deeply  !n  debt.  She  continued  there 
until  within  a  short  time,  and  succeeded  during  her  three  years'  ministry  in  lifting  a 
good  part  of  the  debt  and  increasing  the  membership.  Mrs.  Whitney  is  president 
of  the  Worcester  League  of  Unitarian  Women.  She  is  a  very  popular  public  speaker. 
Only  a  few  days  ago  she  made  an  address  at  Portland,  Me.,  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Sunday-school  Society,  and  she  spoke  with  much  force  before  the  con- 
vention of  the  Woman's  Christian  Tempemnce  Union  recently.  Her  lessons  and 
teachings  are  from  the  practical  side  of  life,  and  she  nnkes  the  greatest  questions  of 
morals  applicable  to  the  interests  of  daily  life.  She  has  a  commanding  presence  and 
a  voice  clear,  resonant  and  penetrating  that  can  be  plainly  heard  in  the  most  dis- 
tant parts  of  the  halls  of  the  largest  size;"  res.  Ludlow,  \'i.,  Storm  Lake,  la.,  Athol, 
IMass.,  11  Prentiss  St.,  N.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

9602.  i.  Waluo  T.,  b.  Sep:.  6,  1877. 

9603.  ii.         Frederic  T.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1879. 

9604.  iii.       Karl  T.,  b.  July  21,  1882. 

9605.  iv.        Leslie  T.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1884. 

8080.  Prof.  Edson  L.  Whitney  (Frederic  P.,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jonathan, 
Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  at  Gardner,  Mass.,  Nov.  3,  1861;  m.  Nov.  15,  1890,  at 
Ouincy,  Mass.,  Florence  Louise  Carter,  b.  Jan.  1,  1868. 

He  lived  in  Gardner  till  March,  1865,  when  he  moved  to  Boston.  Was  educated 
in  the  Boston  schools;  prepared  for  college  in  the  Boston  Latin  school;  graduated 
from  Harvard  college  A.  D.  1885,  a////  laiide,  and  with  honorable  mention  in  history. 
Was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  (Boston)  bar  June,  1886,  although  two  years' study  of 
law  is  required;  1H87,  LL.B.,  Boston  university  law  school,  after  completing  the 
three  years'  course  in  two  years;  1887  to  1890,  in  the  graduate  school  of  Harvard 
college,  studying  history,  political  economy  and  law,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.M. 
1888,  and  Ph.  D.  1890.  He  received  a  Bowdoin  prize  of  SlOO  one  year  for  an  essay. 
Was  assistant  in  history  1887-89,  and  held  a  Townsend  scholarship  of  S250,  18^9-90. 
He  has  tutored  privately  and  has  taught  school,  as  he  prefers  teaching  to  law  prac- 
tice. He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  D.  Long  and  Stillman  B.  .\llen,  also 
in  the  office  of  Heman  W.  Chaplm.  Instructor  in  the  Harvard  law  school  1892-3. 
He  was  professor  of  history  and  modern  languages  in  Norwich  university,  Northfield, 
A't.,  which  position  he  has  recently  resigned  lor  a  similar  position  in  Redfield  college, 
Redfield,  S.  D.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Nebraska  Historical  Society,  American  His- 
torical Association,  American  Economic  Association,  and  a  charter  member  of  the 
Nebraska  Congregational  History  Society.  His  wife  is  eighth  in  descent  from  Rev. 
Samuel  and  Eunice  Carter,  settled  in  Woburn  in  1638,  and  on  her  mother's  side  is 
eighth  in  descent  from  William  Hartwell,  who  settled  in  Concord,  Mass.,  1636. 
Last  year  he  taught  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technologv,  Boston,  but  resided 
in  Auburndale,  one  of  the  suburbs  of  Boston,  and  this  year  (1895)  teaching  in  Ben- 
zonia  college;  res.  5  St.  Charles  St.,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Benzonia,  Mich. 

9606.  i.  Frederic  Carter,  b.  Aug.  22,  1891.     Prof.  Whitney,  in  writing 

in  relation  to  his  son  in  1893,  says  :  He  was  born  in  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  His  young  age  at  present  has  precluded  his  marrying  or 
having  children,  or  having  in  fact  much  history  beyond  the  dis- 
covery of  new  methods  of  keeping  his  parents  awake  nights. 
His  tender  age  makes  it  necessary  for  him  to  have  his  postoftice 
address  with  his  parents.  His  religion  and  politics  will  prob- 
ably be  those  of  his  fond  father,  although  at  present  he  has  not 
expressed  himself  very  strongly  upon  the  subject. 

8082.  Clarence  Bennett  Whitney  (Harvey  B.,  Joseph,  Joshua,  Caleb,  Jona- 
than, Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  June  11,  1861;  m.  Sept.  3.  1887,  Eliza  H.  Scull,  of 
English  Creek,  N.  Y.;  res.  Atlantic  Citv,  N.  J. 

9607.  i.         Alice,  b.  Mav  24.  1890. 

9608.  ii.        Clarence  Bennett,  b.  Mar.  25,  1894. 

8091.  Charles  Alfred  Whitney  (Eleazer  S.,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Caleb, 
Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  East  Templeton,  Mass.,  Sejn.  10,  1853;  m.  in 


9611. 

9612. 

11. 

9613. 

iii 

9614. 

IV, 

9615. 

V. 

9616. 

9617. 

9618. 

111. 

9619. 

IV. 

9620. 

V. 

642  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

Chelsea,  Apr.  8,  1874,  Rebecca  B.  Hinckley,  b.  Sept.  9,  1648;  res.  East  Templeton, 
Mass. 

9609.  i.         Etta  Florence,  b.  July  14,  1875;   m.  Nov.  29,  1893,  George  E. 

Hays;  res.  11>^  Bellevue  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

9610.  ii.        Lucy  Alberta,  b.  May  23,  1878;  res.  E.  T. 

8096.  Charles  Mason  Whitney  (Hezekiah,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Caleb, 
Jonathan,  Richard,  Richard,  John),  b.  Freeport,  111.,  Jan.  20,  1863;  m.  Sept.  23,  1886, 
at  Vernon,  Mich.,  Elizabeth  McCall,  b.  Aug.  24,  1863;  res.  183  N.  Ashland  Ave.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

9610a.  i.         Charles,  b.  June  20,  1887;  d.  June  20,  1887. 

9611a.  ii.        Chester  Wm.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1889. 

9612a.  iii.       John  Henry,  b.  June  24,  1891;  d.  Dec.  10, 1891. 

8100.  Frank  William  Whitney  (William  M.,  Isaac,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah, 
Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Lafayette,  Wis.,  Apr.  17,  1855;  m.  in  Fairfax,  la.,  Dec. 
31,  1877,  Florence  L.  Cleveland,  b.  June  29,  1856;  farmer;  res.  Fairfax,  la. 

Isaac  Raymond,  b.  May  11,  1879;  d.  Aug.  27,  1881. 

Oscar  P.  F.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1881. 

Montague  E.,  b.  Apr.  14,  1884. 

Carroll  L.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1890. 

Ruth  La  Belle,  b.  Aug.  2,  1892. 

8125.  Edward  E.  Whitney  (Otis  R.,  Ebenezer,  Ebenezer,  Zachariah, 
Zachariah,  Ebenezer,  Richard,  John),  b.  Montague,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1865;  m.  July  4, 
1888,  Clara  Fairman;  res.  Montague,  Mass. 

Alice  May,  b.  Dec.  4, 1888. 

Bertha  Lillian,  b.  Julv  8,  1890. 

Cora  B.  M.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1891. 

Delbert  Edward,  b.  Feb.,  1892. 

Ethel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1893;  d.  Oct.  3,  1893. 

8134.  William  H.  H.  Whitney  (Henry  S.,  William,  Enoch,  David,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Apr.  11,  1841;  m.  Sept.  14,  1869, 
Alberta  S.  McGowan. 

W.  H.  H.  Whitney,  the  fourth  child  of  Henry  S.  and  Susan  (Whiting)  Whitney, 
was  born  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  April  11,  1841.  While  never  very  robust  as  a  child, 
he  was  persevering  and  industrious  and  obtained  a  good  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  city,  becoming  a  bookkeeper  for  the  Manchester  Iron  Works  after 
graduating.  He  held  this  position  until  April,  1864,  when  he  decided  to  see  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  the  city  toward  which  all  eyes,  both  north  and  south,  were  turned. 
He  secured  a  position  in  the  U.  S.  Treasury,  later  became  chief  of  a  division,  and 
held  that  position  seventeen  years.  In  June,  1885,  he  lost  the  position,  as  the  party 
in  power  had  changed.  The  failing  health  of  his  father  recalled  him  to  Manchester 
the  following  month,  and  there  he  has  since  resided,  being  a  bookkeeper  for  the 
Amoskeag  corporation;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

9621.    i.         Henry  Selden.  b.  Aug.  21,  1876. 

8143.  Sanford  Satterly  Whitney  (James  H.,  Moses,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Kendal!  Co.,  III.,  June  10,  1844;  m.  Jan.  30,  1872, 
Margaret  Neff,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  and  Margaret  Neff,  b.  Mission  Point,  111.,  Oct.  14, 
1840.     She  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church. 

Sanford  Satterly  Whitney,  oldest  son  of  James  H.  Whitney,  was  born  on  a  farm 
in  Big  Grove  township,  Kendall  Co.,  111.,  June  10,  1844.  When  he  was  about  twelve 
years  of  age  his  father  sold  his  farm  in  Kendall  Co.  and  bought  another  in  La  Salle 
Co.,  near  Sheridan.  In  1867  he  sold  that  farm  and  went  to  Bates  Co.,  Mo.,  and 
bought  land,  and  gave  Sanford  and  brother,  Frank,  each  120  acres.  James  Whitney, 
the  father,  left  the  rest  of  his  family  in  Sandwich,  111.,  till  the  spring  of  1869,  when 
they  all  moved  to  Missouri  except  the  two  oldest  girls,  who  were  married.  The 
father  and  the  boys  started  a  nursery  on  his  farm.  Sanford's  health  failed,  and  the 
spring  of  1871  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  spent  the  summer  and  the  next  winter. 
Jan.  30,  of  that  winter,  1872,  he  was  married.  His  health  had  improved  so  much  that 
he  thought  he  would  try  the  west  again.  Accordingly  they  moved  to  Missouri  in 
May  of  that  year.  He  built  a  house  and  improved  his  farm  and  bought  stock,  and 
was  doing  well,  until  in  the  summer  of  1874  the  grasshoppers  raided  that  country  and 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  643 

injured  the  crops.  They  returned  to  Illinois  and  spent  the  winter,  going  to  Missouri 
again  in  the  spring.  The  grasshoppers  had  deposited  their  eggs  there,  and  in  the 
spring  they  hatched  out  by  millions,  and  destroyed  everything  except  a  little 
corn  that  was  planted  late.  He  sold  his  stock  and  everything  except  three  horses 
and  a  few  household  goods  and  moved  back  to  Illinois,  and  settled  on  his  father's 
old  farm,  in  Kendall  Co.,  which  he  bought  the  next  year,  giving  his  farm  in  Mis- 
souri in  part  payment.  He  resided  there  until  the  spring  of  1881  when  his  health 
again  failed.  He  then  sold  the  farm  and  moved  to  a  farm  adjoining,  where  he  died 
Sept.  27,  1881,  of  consumption.  The  widow  remained  on  the  farm  till  the  following 
spring  (1882),  when  she  went  to  Millington,  where  she  has  since  resided.  In  De- 
cember, 1891,  she  received  the  appointment  of  postmistress,  and  she  conducted  the 
business  with  great  ability.     He  d.  Sept.  27,  1881;  res.  Millington,  111. 

9622.  i.         Wm.  Maynard,  b.  May  22,  1874. 

9623.  ii.        Ada  MAROE,b.  May?,  1876. 

9624.  iii.       Jay  Harvey,  b.  June  6,  1880. 

8147.  William  Plumb  Whitney  (James  H.,  Moses,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Newark,  Kendall  Co.,  111.,  Apr.  25, 1850;  m.  June  28,  1873, 
Emma  J.  Moss,  b.  Dec.  12,  1855;  d.  Sept.  6,  1881.  He  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but  for 
many  years  followed  farming;  res.  Elwood,  Neb.,  and  Downer's  Grove,  111. 

9625.  i.  Flossie  A.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1874;  m.  June  22,  1892,  Jonathan  Stark; 

res.  Elwood,  Neb. 

9626.  ii.        Grace,  b.  July  28,  1874;  res.  E. 

9627.  iii.        Lyall  A.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1877;  res.  E, 

8149.  Mills  Henry  Whitney  (James  H.,  Moses,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Newark,  111.,  Sept.  15,  1855;  m.  Jan.  18,  1882,  Maude 
Askew,  b.  Oct.  7,  1862;  he  is  a  farmer;  Republican;  res.  Adrian,  Mo. 

9628.  i.         Clarence,  b.  Nov.  30,  1882;  d.  Aug.  31.  1883. 

9629.  ii.        Lyman  C,  b.  June  18,  1884. 

9630.  iii.       Alice  M.,  b.  July  11,  1887. 

9631.  iv.       Kelber  Mills,  b.  Jan,  7,  1893. 

8154.  Chester  French  Whitney  (Noah,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Feb.  11,  1820;  m.  Sept.  10,  1848,  Persis  B.  Herrick,  b. 
Jan.  26,  1823.     He  d.  Mav  31,  1882;  res.  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

9632.  i.         Frederick  C,  b.  May    6,   1864;  m.    July  27,   1883,  Minnie  R. 

Scoville;  res.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

8165.  Henry  Asa  Whitney  (Noah,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  lohn),  b.  Clarendon,  Vt.,  Nov.  19,  1822;  m.  Sept.  29,  1853.  Sarah  C.  Ward,  b. 
Tune  10,  1824;  d.  July  28,  1857;  m.  2d.  July  6,  1860,  Lizzie  E.  Stewart,  b.  Nov.  1,  183;:!; 
d.  Mar.  27,  1877;  res.  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 

Walter  H.,  b.  June  3,  1854;  m.  and  res.  Onronta,  N.  Y. 

Alfred  C,  b.  Jan.  31, 1856;  m.  Alice  L.  Sawyer. 

Emma  A.,  b.  June  1,  1857;  d.  Mar.  14,  1863. 

Geo.  S.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1862;  m.  July  7,  1891,  Mary  S.  Wright,  b.  Sept. 

9,  1860;  res.  s.  p.,  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1863;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 
Austin  F.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1865;  res.  GuUup's  Mills,  Yt. 
James  C,  b.  July  6,  1868;  res.  Bald. 

Gertrude  S.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1872;  m.  June  1,  1892,  E.  L.  Bishop;  res. 
Bald. 

8159.  Rev.  William  Wallace  Whitney  (Noah,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benja- 
min, Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Westminster,  Vt.,  Mar.  28,  1833;  m.  Feb.  13,  1856,  at 
Franklin,  Vt.,  Harriett  Rebecca  Whitney,  dau.  of  Nathan  and  Abigail  (Whitney) 
Whitney,  b.  May  6,1834. 

He  was  born  in  the  west  parish  of  Westminster,  Vt.  At  the  age  of  four  years  bis 
parents  moved  to  Hinsdale,  N.  H.  He  attended  district  school  in  the  winters  and 
worked  on  the  farm  summers  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  his  father 
then  gave  him  permission  to  leave  home  and  care  for  himself.  He  then  went  to  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  and  worked  a  year  for  $20  a  month  and  board,  after  which  he  went  to  the 
high  school  in  Saxton  River  two  terms,  then  worked  in  a  chair  shop  in  the  town  of 
Phillipston,  Mass.,  for  a  while;  made  good  wages  for  those  times;  went  to  Amherst 


9633. 

i. 

9634. 

ii. 

9635. 

iii. 

9636. 

iv. 

9637. 

V. 

9638. 

vi. 

9639. 

vii. 

9640. 

viii 

644  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

college,  Massachusetts;  returning  to  Gardner  and  worked  in  the  chair  shop  again. 
He  married  and  continued  to  work  at  his  trade  until  1863,  when  he  was  licensed  to 
preach  the  gospel  in  the  M.  E.  church,  New  England  conference.  His  first  appoint- 
ment was  Locks  \'illage,  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.  He  preached  there  two  years,  then 
removed  to  the  Troy  conference  and  was  stationed  at  East  Dorset,  \'t.;  later  at 
Bloomingdale,  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Shushan,  N.Y.,  Granville,  N,  Y.,  Troy  City,  Peters- 
burgh,  West  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  Sand  Lake,  Stoney  Creek,  Glenville,  Corinth,  N.  Y.; 
there,  on  account  of  hjs  health,  he  resigned  and  withdrew  from  the  conference  work; 
went  south,  spending  a  year  in  traveling;  went  back  to  Troy  City,  N.  Y.,  and  soon 
received  a  call  from  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church  of  America  to  become  pastor  of 
a  church  in  Ephratah,  which  he  did,  and  was  received  into  the  Classis  of  Montgom- 
ery, Particular  Synod  of  Albany,  serving  that  church  for  a  little  over  four  years.  .  He 
then  received  and  accepted  a  call  from  the  Livingston  Reformed  church  at  Lin- 
lithgo,  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  now  resides.  He  has  been  there  four  years. 
Received  his  degree  in  1869  from  the  Syracuse  university  of  doctor  of  divinity.  Has 
been  preaching  for  thirtv  years;  res.  Linlithgo,  N.  Y. 

9641.  1.  Ida  R.,  b.  So.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Nov.  10,  1856;  d.  June  5,  1878,  at  E. 

Dorset,  Vt. 

9642.  ii.         Hattie  L.,  b.  East  Clarendon,  \'t.,  July  10,  1859;  unm. 

9643.  iii.       Abbie  M.,  b.  Hinsdale,  X.  H.,  Oct.  13,  1861;  d.  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y., 

Aug.  23,  1880. 

8160.     Chauncey    Hall   Whitney    (Noah,    David,    Silas,    David,    Benjamin, 

Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  July  14,  1836;  m.  Mar.  25,  1858, 

b. ;  m.  2d,  at  Petersburg,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1873,  Mary  F.  Hager,  b.  Feb. 


25,  1855;  res.  Templeton,  Mass. 

9644.  i.  WiLBERT  Clifton,  b.  Sept.  13,  1859;   m.  July  24,  1892,  Laura 

Townsend;  res.  W^est  Gardner,  Mass.;  P.  O.  box  273. 

9645.  ii.         Grace  Jeannette,  b.  Aug.  31,  1875;  res.  T. 

8161.  Edward  C.  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  St.  Armand,  Canada,  Oct.  22, 1817;  m.  Dec.  12,  1839, at  E.  Franklin, 
Vt.,  Elvira  T.  Yaw,  b.  Dec.  5,  1820;  d.  Julv  10,  1854;  m.  2d,  at  Huntington,  Vt.,  Oct., 
1857,  Eunice  Brewster,  b.  1829;  d.  May  8,' 1873;  m.  3d,  May  15,  1878,  Martha  York, 
b.  Feb.  8,  1846;  res.  Jericho  Centre,  \'t. 

9646.  i.  Marsella  J.,  b.  Jan.  23.  1841;  m.  Oct.  19,  1859,  Ezra  J.  Chaffee; 

res.  Albanv,  Vt.     Ch.:  Emma  J.,  b.  Aug,   26,   1860;  Carl   B.,  b. 
Dec.  3,  187i. 

9647.  ii.        Cordelia  C,  b.  Sept.  24,  1843;  m.  Feb.  6,  1862,  Capt.  Orloff  H. 
Whitney  (see);  res.  Enosburgh  Falls,  \'t. 

Hannibal  H.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1844;  m. . 

Edward  Charles,  b.  Franklin,  Feb.  29, 1852;  m.  at  Oregon,  Mo., 
Jan.  1,  1880,  Susanna  Sutherland,  b.  Nov.  20,  1850.  He  is  a  me- 
chanical engineer;  res.  s.  p.  Knoxville,  111. 

John  E.,  b.  Sept.  27, 18-56;  m.  Apr.  14, 1880,  Julia  Bostwick;  b.  Aug. 
15,  1858;  res.  s.  p.  Bristol,  \"t. 

Addelade  O.,  b.  Mar.  6,  1860;  m.  Nov.  24,  1880;  Frank  Stiles. 
Ch.:  Winfield,  b   Jan.  19,  1885. 

Mortimer,  b.  May  8,  1862;  unm. 

8164.  Oliver  Cro.mwell  Whitney  (Nathan,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Swanton.  \'t.,  Apr.  26,  1826;  m.  at  Sheldon,  \'t.,  Oct.  11, 
1849,  Harriett  R.  Williams,  b.  May  3,  1829;  d.  Galena,  111.,  Mar.  31,  1854;  m.  2d,  at 
Galena,  111..  Dec.  25,  1854,  Josephine  A.  Parnell,  b.  England,  Aug.  6,  1836;  d.  Jan.  31. 
1888;  res.  Sheldon,  \'t..  Galena,  111.,  and  White  Cloud,  Kan. 

Weston,  b.  Sheldon  July  26,  1850;  d.  White  Cloud,  Dec.  16,  1862. 

Olive,  b.  Galena  Oct.  23,  1856;  d.  Jan.  7,  1858;  at  Galena. 

Frank  A.,  b.  Nov.  2,  1858;  m.  Annie  Papenhausen. 

Hattie  A.,  b.  June  26,  1861;  m.  at  VJ.  C,  Jan.  29,  1882,  George  W. 
Thrailkill;  res.  Saratoga,  Kan. 

Olive  J.,  b.  Mar.  7,  1864;  d.  Sept.  11,  1880. 

Jean  D.,  b.  May  17,  1866. 

Edna  S.,  b.  Feb.  17,  1868. 

Anna,  b.  July  19, 1870;  m.  at  W.  C,  Nov.  29, 1891,  C.  C.  Hollebaugh ; 
res,  \'erdon.  Neb. 


964^. 
9649. 

iii. 
iv. 

9650. 

V. 

9651. 

vi. 

96.52. 

vii 

96.53. 

i. 

96.54. 

ii. 

9655. 

in. 

9656. 

IV. 

9657. 

V. 

9658. 

vi. 

9659. 

vii. 

9660. 

Vlll. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  645 

9661.  ix.       Charles  E.,  b.  Jan.  29.  1873. 

9662.  X.        Josephine  M.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1875. 

9662a.  xi.        Mabel,  b.  Dec.  3,  1877;  d.  Oct.  24,  1878. 

9663.  xii.      Ray  E.,  b.  Feb.  3,  1880;  d.  Apr.  11,  1880. 

8171.  Andrew  C.  Whitney  (Solomon,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin  Co.,  Vt.,  Aug.  11,  1833;  m.  at  Alden,  la.,  Jan.  31,1858, 
Mary  G.  Todd;  b.  Nov.  26,  1839.     He  is  a  farmer;  res  Alden,  l^. 

9664.  i.  Ida  M„  b.  Mar.  31,  1860;  m.  June  30,  1886,  Lyman  B.  Rogers;  res. 

Alden,  s.  p. 

9665.  ii.  Edith  F.,b.  May  18,  1861. 

9666.  iii.  Louis  H.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1863;  m.  Grace  McPherson. 

9667.  iv.  Leona  A.,b.  Oct.  25,  186.5. 

9668.  V.  Minnie  S.,  b.  May  18,  1868. 

9669.  vi.  Andrew  M.,  b.  Jan.  14.  1871. 

9670.  vii.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  4,  1874. 

9671.  viii.  Mabel,  b.  Oct.  18,  1877. 

9672.  ix.  Effie,  b.  Oct.  12,  1880;  d.  Nov.  22,  1889. 


172.  Giles  E.  Whitney  (Solomon,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas, 
nas,  John),  b.  Highgate,  \'t..  Mar.  4,1836;  m.  at  Alden,  la.,  Apr.  15, 1865,  Adaline 
ivis,  b.  Ionia,  Mich.,  May  17,  1844.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Alden,  la. 


8172. 
Thorn; 
P.  Da^ 

9673.  i.  Millie  A.,  b.  Oct.  5,  1866;  m.  Mar.  17,  1891,  Louis  Stebe.     Ch.: 

Bessie  M.,  b.  Apr.  17,  1891;  Addie  M.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1892. 

9674.  ii.         MoNTiE  A.,  b.  June  15,  1868;  m.  Jan.  31,  1893,  Clara  M.  Cox;  res. 

s.  p.,  Alden,  la. 

9675.  iii.        Mavnard  F.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1870. 

9676.  iv.        Myrtie   M.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1872;  m.  Apr.  27.  18^2,  William  R.  Cox; 

res.  Alden,  la.    Ch.:  Rosse  W.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1893. 

9677.  V.         Martin  D.,b.  Jan.  29,  1874. 

9678.  vi.       Maurice  R.,  b.  Dec.  21.  1S77. 

9679.  vii.      Irving  G.,  b.  June  22,  1880. 

9680.  viii.     Adelbert  C.',  b.  Nov.  27,  1883, 

9681.  ix.       Abbie  H.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1886. 

8178.  Albert  Emmet  Whitney  (Henry  M.,  David,  Silas,  David.  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Hampden,  O.,  July  19,  1853;  m.  June  12, 1881,  Mary  Cath- 
erine Cochran,  b.  Jan.,  1856;  d.  June  14,  1885. 

He  was  graduated  at  the  Grand  River  institute,  Austmburg,  O.,  June,  1879; 
received  degrees  A.  M.  and  B.  S.  at  Wooster  university,  Ohio,  June,  1882;  read  law 
under  Judge  D.  W.  Canfield,  Chardon,  O.,  and  Judge  Geo.  A.  Rathbun.  of  Ridgway. 
I'a.,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  May  25, 1885.  He  taught  in  the  public  schools  from 
1871  to  1880,  and  from  1882  to  1885  was  principal  of  Richardsville  academy.  Rich- 
ardsville.  Pa.  At  present  he  is  practicing  law  in  Chicago  with  offices  in  the  Reaper 
block;  res.  313  Fulton  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

9682.  i.  RoY  Lamar,  b. ;  d.  young. 

9683.  ii.         Arah  M.,  b.  May  14,  1886. 

8184.  Hf)N.  John  K.  Whitney  (Oliver,  Oliver.  Silas.  David.  Benjamin,  Thomas. 
Thomas.  John),  b.  St.  Armand,  Canada.  Jan.  4,  1813;  m.  there  Philura  Hubbard,  b. 
June  19,  1804;  d.  Oct.  3.  1880. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  a  native  of  St.  Armand,  P.  Q.,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  some  time  after  he  was  married,  when  he  removed  to  East  Franklin.  He  was 
by  occupation  a  farmer.  He  twice  represented  the  town  in  the  General  Assembly  in 
1859  and  I860,  and  also  at  the  extra  session  in  the  spring  of  1861.  He  was  twice 
elected  commissioner  for  the  county  and  twice  county  judge  in  1869  and  1870.  He 
was  justice  of  the  peace  for  nearly  a  score  of  years.  He  was  active  in  the  tem- 
perance reform  and  manifested  a  good  degree  of  interest  in  the  social,  intellectual 
and  religious  advantages  of  the  community,  and  was  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  was  a  kind  husband  and  loving  father.  He  d.  Sept.  16,  1873;  res.  East  Frank- 
lin. Vt. 

9684.  i.  Sarah  R.,  b.  Julv  24,  1833;  d.  Mar.  9,  1836. 

9685.  ii.         Helen   L..  b.  May  29.  1835;  m.  Feb.  24,  1858,  Artemas  Holden; 

res.  St.  Armand,  Que..  Canada.  Ch.:  A.  Homer,  b.  Mar.  8. 
1859;  m.  Feb.  25, 1885,  Gertrude  Barnev;  res.  Frelighsburg,  P.  Q.; 
Edgar  DeF..  b.  Dec.  31.  1861;  m.  June  27.  1886,  Mjllie  J.  Ingles;. 


646  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

res.  Frel;  Orloff  W.,  b.  Nov,  17.  1863;  m.  Jan.  2,  1885,  Flora 
Brown;  res.  Franklin. 

9686.  iii.        Orloff  H.,  b.  Mav  7,  18;^;  d.  June  28,  1838. 

9687.  iv.       Orloff  H.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1839;  m.  Cordelia  Whitney. 

9688.  V.         Sarah  R.,  b.  Apr.  13.  1841 ;  m.  Jan.  3. 1861.  Harrison  L.  Ford;  res. 

E.  F.  Ch.:  Harriett  C,  b.  Dec.  2,  1861;  m.  Aug.  26.  1886.  Clar- 
ence P.  Ewins;  res.  \o.  Troy,  Vt.;  Orloff  W.,  b.  Aug.  31.  1864; 
m.  Nov.  24.  1887,  Dell  G.  Burleson;  res.  W.  Berkshire;  Alice  M., 
b.  June  26,  1868;  m.  June  6,  1888,  Chas.  W.  Scott;  res.  Scotts- 
more,  P.  Q.;  Clarence  W..  b.  May  12,  1871;  m.  Sept.  16,  1891, 
Mina  A.  Ladd;  res.  W.  Brome,  P.  Q. 

9689.  vi.        Philura  A.,  b.  Feb.  24.  1846;  d.  Apr.  8.  1848. 

9690.  vii.       Philura  A.,  b.  Feb.  8.  1848;  m.  Aug.  21,  1867.  W.  P.  Olmstead; 

res.  Anthony.  Kas.  Ch.:  Winnifred.b.  Sept.,  1881;  d.  Nov.,  1881; 
Fred  W.,  b.  Sept.,  1882. 

9691.  viii.     John  L.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1850;  m.  Annie  E.  Colcord. 

8185.  Alloway  Whitney  (Bartholomew,  Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas.  Thomas,  John),  b.  Sw^anton,  \'t..  Mar.  23,1814;  m.  at  Berkshire.  Nov.  5,  1843, 
Lorinda  Pratt,  b.  July  18.  1824;  d.  Mar.  4,  1852;  m.  2d  at  Franklin,  July  21,  1852, 
Elizabeth  Dewing,  b.  Feb.  16,  1826. 

■~~^  Alloway  Whitney  was  born  in  Swanton.  Vt..  and  was  a  child  at  the  time  the 
British  under  Gen.  Prove  were  defeated  at  Plattsburgh.  N.  Y.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
always  resided  in  Franklin.  He  owned  a  large  amount  of  real  estate,  was  educated 
in  French  and  spoke  it  almost  perfectly.  He  d.Highgate  Springs,  Sept.  4,  1889;  res. 
St.  Armand,  Can. 

Mary  E.,  b.  Feb.  14.  1846;  m.  Nov.  10.  1868.  Daniel  Chamberlain. 
He  d.  Sept.  25,  1870;  res.  Baldwin,  Wis.     She  d.  Sept.  10,  1877. 
Eunice  Ellen,  b.  Dec.  28, 1847;  m.  Sept.  21,  1870.  Hartson  F. 
Woodard,   attorney;    res.    Minneapolis.     Ch.:    May  Agnes,  b. 
July,  1873. 
Adolphus  D.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1855;  m.  Maria  M.  Colcord. 
Louisa  S.,  b.  June  14,  1857;  m.  Nov.  27,  1877;  Sanford  W.  Arm- 
strong; res.  E.  Franklin,  Vt.    Ch.:  Edith,  b.  June  28,  1885. 

9696.  V.         Elnora  B.;  b.  Feb.  27,  1865;  m.  Apr.  2,  1889,  Carl  K.  Emery;  res. 

So.  Franklin,  Vt. 

8186.  Hon.  Bartholomew  Whitney  (Bartholomew.  Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Ben- 
jamin. Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin,  Vt.,  Mar.  8,  1826;  m.  there  Nov.  3,  1847, 
Sarah  Towle  Pearson,  b.  Nov.  10,  1826. 

He  was  born  in  Franklin,  Vt.,  where  he  always  resided.  Having  obtained  a 
common  school  education  he  entered  Bakersfield  academy  where  he  was  graduated. 
He  early  joined  the  M.  E.  church  in  which  he  was  a  steward  for  over  thirty  years.  He 
was  entrusted  with  all  the  town  offices  and  in  1880  was  unanimously  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Vermont  legislature  at  Montpelier.  He  d.  Oct.  16,  1893;  res.  W.  Berk- 
shire, Vt. 

9697.  1.  Wm.  Arnold,  b.  Mar.  4.  1849;  m.  Elma  Hurlbert. 

9698.  ii.         Florence  Elizabeth,  b.  Apr.  11,  1852;  m.  Jan.  5,  1871,  H.  G. 

Spaulding;  res.  Sheldon,  Vt.  Ch.:  Hannah  S.,  b.  June  22,  1871; 
Mary  B..  b.  Dec.  14.  1873;  Glenna  M..  b.  May  5.  1875;  Bertha  A., 
b.  Dec.  14,  1883;  Marian  E..  b.  Feb.  13,  1891. 

9699.  iii        Dorothy  May,  b.  May  25,  1857;  m.  May,  31.  1876.  Herman  A. 

Ebrick;  res.  East  Franklin,  Vt.  Ch.:  Verral  L..b.May  24.1877; 
Gertrude  M.,  b.  Mar.  14, 1879;  d.  Apr.  20, 1882;  Henry  A.,  b.  Jan. 
9.  1882;  Edith  M.,  b.  Aug.  24.  1884;  Charles  A.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1888; 
Harold  A.,  b.  Mar.  16.  1891. 

9700.  iv.        Herbert  E.,  b.  July  8,  1854;  m.  Ida  M.  Stowe. 

9701.  V.         Stephen  Bart,  b.  Nov.  25, 1860;  m.  Addie  Parmelia  Chaffee. 

9702.  vi.        Marion  Gertrude,  b.  June  2,  1866;  m.  Mar.  28,  1889,  Edward 

H.  Chamberlin;  res.  East  Franklin.  Ch.:  Ina  V.,  b.  Nov.  2, 
1892. 

8194.  Nathaniel  Stevens  Whitney  (John,  Oliver.  Silas.  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas.  John),  b.  Frelighsburg,  P.  Q.,  Dec.  2,  1820;  m.  at  Montreal,  July 
27,  1847,  Helen  I.  Mills,  b.  Nov.  18,  1830. 

The  Canadian  Illustrated  News  oi  Montreal,  July  7,  1883,  says:    "Another  of 


9692. 

i. 

9693. 

ii. 

9694. 
9695. 

iii. 
iv. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  647 

Montreal's  worthies,  the  esteemed  and  widely-beloved  gentleman,  Nathaniel  S. 
Whitney,  has  at  last  gone  over  to  the  majority  at  the  comparatively  early  age 
of  62  years. 

Mr.  Whitney  was  born  at  Frelighsburg,  on  the  2d  December,  1820,  and  came 
to  Montreal  at  an  early  age.  Later  on  he  entered  into  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
business,  and  subsequently  into  the  leather  business,  in  which  he  continued  until  his 
death.  Mr.  Whitney  was  always  identified  with  measures  of  progress.  In  his  office 
was  held  the  first  meeting  of  the  Montreal  Telegraph  company  at  its  organization. 
He  was  always  foremost  in  promoting  or  taking  part  in  the  promotion  of  works  of 
utility,  benevolence,  and  religion.  He  was  largely  instrumental  in  forming  the  horti- 
cultural society  of  which  he  was  latterly  president;  was  a  life  governor  of  the  hospital, 
not  in  name  only,  but  in  deeds  and  activity,  as  the  annual  reports  have  testified;  was 
a  trustee  of  the  Mount  Royal  cemetery;  a  devoted  adherent  of  the  church  of  England. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  lay  delegate  to  the  synod,  a  member  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee, and  a  governor  of  the  Diocesan  college.  Mr.  Whitney  came  of  the  good  old 
United  Empire  loyalist  stock,  and  showed  fiimself  a  worthy  descendant  by  serving 
in  both  winters  of  the  rebellion,  although  not  of  the  age  required  by  law.  In  politics 
he  was  always  a  stanch  Liberal.  He  was  several  times  invited  to  come  forward  as 
a  candidate  for  his  nati\e  county,  but  always  dechned.  It  was  while  visiting  his 
country  residence,  '  The  Hills,' where  he  had  a  large  stock  farm  at  Frelighsburg, 
that  he  caught  the  cold  resulting  in  his  death.  Respected  by  all  alike,  for  his  loving 
and  excellent  qualities,  he  will  long  be  missed,  and  his  death  leaves  a  blank  m  a  large 
circle  which  will  not  soon  be  filled  up."  He  died  May  3L  1883;  res.  Montreal,  P.  Q., 
317  Prince  Arthur  St. 

9703.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,   b.  June  29,  1851;   m.  Feb.  25,  1880,  

;  res.  Montreal.     Ch.:    Mary  Marguerite  Gladys,  b.  Feb. 

8,  1881;  Arthur  Reginald,  b.  Jan.  9,  1887. 

9704.  ii.         Emma  M.,  b.  Montreal,  Sept.  2,  1861;  d.  England,  Sept.  29,  1877, 

9705.  iii.        Lucv  Leonard,  b.  Mar.  17, 1865;  m.  May  IL  1887,  Charles  Xorris 

Whitney;  res.  Newton ville,  Mass. 

9706.  iv.        John  E.M.,b.  July  14, 1848;  m.  at  Montreal,  Jan.  25, 1882,  Adelaide 

Lucy  Bouchette,  b.  July  4,  1853.  He  was  born  in  Montreal, 
where  he  attended  school,  later  graduated  at  college,  and  soon 
after  entered  the  employ  of  Whitney,  Wardlow  &  Co.,  leather 
merchants.  For  a  number  of  years  past  he  has  been  in  the 
leather  business  on  his  own  account  in  Montreal;  res.,  s.  p., 
Montreal,  Canada,  42  Shuter  St. 

9707.  V.         Florence  Anna,  b.  Jan.  10.  1868;  m.  June  28,  1882,  Albert  Clar- 

ence Lvman;  3  sons;  res.  Montreal. 

9708.  vi.        Alice  Ruth,  b.  Nov.  15,  1863;  m.  Apr,  28,  1886,  Percv  Atherson 

Bath;  res.  Toronto.  Ch.:  Chas.  Whitnev,  b.  Apr.  5, 1^87;  Henry 
James,  b.  Feb.  12,  1889;  Edward  Osier,  b.  Mar.  23,  1892. 

9709.  vii.      Alice  Ethel,  b.  June  22,  1869;  m.  Aug.  24,  1886,  Charles  Mc- 

Clothier,  s.  p.;  res.  .Montreal. 

9710.  viii.     Arthur  Stevens,  b.  Sept.  5,  1866;  m.  Oct.  5,  1892,  Susie  Emma 

O'Brien,  b.  Sept.  14,  1866.  He  was  born  in  Frelighsburg,  P.  Q. 
attended  the  public  schools  in  Montreal,  and  later  was  graciu 
ated  at  St.  Paul's  school.  Concord,  N.  H.  Entering  the  employ 
of  Whitney,  Wardlow  &  Co.,  leather  merchants  of  Montreal 
he  remained  a  short  time.  Soon  after  he  was  employed  in  the 
same  business  by  J.  M.  Whitney  &  Co.,  and  in  May,  1892 
engaged  in  the  leather  trade  on  his  own  account;  s.  p.;  res 
317  Prince  Arthur  St.,  Montreal. 

8199.     Oscar  O.  Whitney  (Aaron,  Samuel,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas 
Thomas  John),  b.  Jamaica,  Vt.,  Aug.  15,  1832;  m.  at  Edinburgh,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  2,  1854. 
Sarah  R.  Steel,  b.  May  31,  1837.     Is  a  carpenter  and  builder;  res.  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.', 
48  First  St. 

9708a.  i.  Osie  S.,  b.  July  27,  1855;  m.  O.  R.  Denning;  res.  Cortland,  Neb. 

9709a.  ii.         Leah  R.,  b.  Aug.  18, 1857;  m.  J.  D.  Kathan.     She  d.  Apr.  21,  1887. 

He  res.  Gloversville,  N.  Y. 
9710a.  iii.        William  O.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1863;  unm.;  res.  G.  F. 

8202.  Arthur  Pierce  Whitney  (Reuben  P.,  Samuel,  Silas.  David,  Benjamin. 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Southbridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  20,  1842;  m.  at  Alexandria,  \'a., 
Nov.  27,  1872,  Margaret  Jane  Milburn,  b.  July  16,  1852. 


648  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

He  was  born  in  Southbridge  where  he  lived  until  13  years  of  age,  about  as  other 
boys;  attended  the  public  school  and  twu  terms  at  the  "high  school,"  as  it  was  then 
termed.  At  13  he  left  home  and  went  to  Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  stayed 
(that  is,  in  Saratoga  and  Fulton  counties),  until  Jan.,  1862;  when  at  the  age  of  20  he 
enlisted  in  the  4th  Rect.  \.  V.  H.  Art'y,  served  three  years,  and  has  since  resided  in 
Washington,  except  aijuat  fuur  years  that  he  lived  in  Alexandria,  Va.;  res.  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  1517  Coiunibia  St. 

9711.  i.  Geo.  Milburn,  b.  Sept.  16,  1873;  res.  at  home.  ' 

9712.  ii.         Fred'k  Pierce,  b.  Ian.  3,  1881. 

9713.  iii.       Paul  Clinton,  b.  Aug.  28,  1882. 

8218.  William  Beath  Whitney  (William,  Samuel,  David,  Samuel,  Ben- 
jamin, Thomas,  Thomas,  lohU),  b.  Chicago,  111.,  Nov.,  1855;  m.  Nov.  29,  1883,  Kittie 
McGeary,  b.  Chicago,  Julv  28,  1858;  res.  Chicago,  111.,  188  W.  Congress  St. 

9714.  i.  Edward  B.,b.  Oct.  6, 1884. 

9715.  ii.         Margaret,  b.  Jan.  20,  1885. 

9716.  iii.        Henrietta,  b.  Jan.  5,  1887. 

9717.  iv.       Janet,  b.  June  4, 1890. 

8224.  Henry  Herbert  Whitney  (David,  Nathan,  David,  Samuel,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas.  Johni.b.  Auburn,  Mass.,  Sept.  5, 1862;  m.  in  Oxford,  Mass.,  Oct.  14, 
1891,  Carrie  Adell  Morse,  b.  Apr.  29,  1870.  Is  a  pattern  maker;  res.  Auburn, 
Mass.,  s.  p. 

8230.  Joseph  Cvtler  Whitney  (Henry  A.,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  Johni,  b.  Boston,  Dec.  7,  1856;  m.  Nov.  9,  1882,  in  Boston,  Georgi- 
anna  Haywood,  b.  Jan.  22,  1857. 

Joseph  C.  Whitney  was  born  in  Boston,  where  he  was  educated  at  the  public 
schools.  He  later  entered  Harvard  College  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1878. 
He  is  engaged  in  business  in  Boston  in  the  care  and  management  of  personal  prop- 
erty and  real  estate.  With  his  family  he  passes  the  winters  in  Boston  and  summers 
at  Milton,  where  he  is  a  legal  resident.  He  has  served  for  several  years  as  a  trustee 
of  the  Milton  Public  Library;  res.  Milton,  Mass.,  P.  O.  box  3573. 

9718.  i.         Henry  Lawrence,  b.  Jan.  13,  1886. 

9719.  ii.        George  Haywood,  b.  Jan.  31, 1892. 

8239.  Harwood  Otis  Whitney  (Leonard,  Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Bennington,  \'t.,  Apr.  17,  1844;  m.  at  Warsaw,  111.,  July 
14,  1870,  Helen  J.  Hay.  b.  Sept.  13,  1844;  d.  June  13,  1873. 

Harwood  Otis  Whitney  was  born  at  Bennington,  \'t.;  parents  removed  to  the 
west  while  he  was  an  infant,  and  settled  permanently  in  Keokuk,  la.     He  attended 

public  and  private  schools  in  Keokuk  until  the  age  of  four- 
teen, and  was  then  sent  to  Williston  academy,  Williston,  Vt., 
and  remained  there  two  years.  Returned  to  Keokuk,  la., 
and  entered  the  army  at  age  of  seventeen  as  a  private  in 
Co.  C,  3d  Regiment,  Iowa  \'olunteer  Cavalry.  Served  in  the 
field  through  the  campaign  of  the  Army  of  the  Southwest,  in 
command  of  Gen.  S.  R.  Curtis,  of  Iowa.  Marched  from  St. 
Louis  through  Missouri  and  Arkansas  to  Helena,  Ark.,  and 
was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Pea  Ridge,  in  the  Ozark  moun- 
tains, in  1862.  Upon  arrival  at  Helena,  Ark.,  Gen.  S.  R. 
Curtis  was  placed  in  command  of  the  department  of  the 
Missouri,  with  headquarters  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  By  his  order 
he  was  detached  from  his  regiment  and  ordered  to  St.  Louis 
to  serve  as  a  clerk  in  the  adjutant-general's  ofifice.  Depart- 
ment of  the  Missouri.  Served  the  remainder  of  his  three 
years'  term  of  service  as  a  clerk  in  adjutant-general's  office, 
and  was  recommended  by  Gen.  S.  R.  Curtis,  Gen.  Halleck, 
HAEwooD  o.  WHITXEV.  and  others,  for  a  lieutenancy  in  the  regular  army,  but  pre- 
ferred his  discharge,  and  returned  to  Keokuk,  la.,  and 
engaged  in  railroad  business.  Served  at  several  points  as  general  agent  for  rail- 
roads, and  his  last  position  in  railroad  service  was  as  general  agent  for  the  C,  B.  & 
Q.  Ry.,  at  Keokuk,  la.  He  has  since  engaged  in  speculative  business  of  his  own, 
using  some  capital  acquired  in  a  long  term  of  remunerative  work  and  economy;  res. 
Keokuk,  la.,  s.  p. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  649 

8245.  William  Flagg  Whitney  (Edmund,  Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  Oct.  27,  1842;  m.  there,  Dec.  18,  1866, 
Zeruah  Forbes  Brownell,  b.  Dec.  17,  1846.    He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Williston,  Vt. 

9720.  i.  Henry  Otis,  b.  Oct.  7,  1870. 

9721.  ii.         Chas.  Flagg,  b.  Mar.  27,  1874. 

9722.  iii.       Laura  Brownell,  b.  Nov.  29,  1876. 

8247.  Edmund  Barton  Whitney  (Edmund,  Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  June  19,  1848;  m.  Oct.  6, 1874,  Juliet  Hood, 
of  Winooski,  A't.     He  is  a  retired  glove  manufacturer;  res.  Gloversville,  N.  Y.;  s.  p. 

8248.  Zenas  Blinn  Whitney  (Edmund,  Otis,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Williston,  Vt.,  Dec.  25,  1853;  m.  Apr.  5,  1882,  Alida  Porter,  of 
Gloversville.  He  is  a  wholesale  dealer  in  skins  and  glove  leather;  res.  Gloversville, 
N.  Y. 

9723.  i.  Marion  Ellen,  b.  Aug.,  1885. 

8259.  Arthur  Barton  Whitney  (Baxter,  Chester,  Aaron,  Nathan,  Nathan, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Waterbur>%  Vt.,  Aug.  30,  1846;  m.  Sept.  16,  1868,  Emma 
J.  Patch,  b.  Mar.  10,  1846;  d.  Mar.  14,  1879;  m.  2d,  Sept.  11,  1881,  Carrie  M.  Tyler,  b. 
May  16,  1858. 

Until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  in  the  state 
of  \'ermont.  In  1866  his  parents  moved  to  Milford,  Kan.,  where  he  learned  the 
miller's  trade.  In  1881  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  and 
spent  the  succeeding  four  years  there  and  in  that  vicinity.  He  then  returned  to  Kan- 
sas and  the  miller's  occupation.  In  1890  he  moved  west  again,  and  for  want  of  any 
place  further  west  to  go  to,  stopped  in  western  Washington,  where  he  now  is  and 
henceforth  will  be;  res.  Cosmopolis,  Wash. 

9724.  i.  Frank  Arthur,  b.  Oct.  18,  1869;  with  Gilfillan  Scale  &  Hard- 

ware Co.,  725  Old  Colony  bldg..  Dearborn  and  Van  Buren  Sts. 
Chicago,  111.  ' 

8268.  Elmer  Curtis  Whitney  (Samuel  C,  David,  Elijah,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Westboro,  Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1859;  m.  Warwick,  Mass.,  Dec. 
26,  1884,  Anna  E.  Delra,  b.  Nov.  7,  1863;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

9725.  i.  Maude  Beatrice,  b.  Jan.  6,  1887. 

9726.  ii.         Frank  Ralph,  b.  Oct.  7,  1891. 

8283.  William  Harmon  Whitney  (Adin,  Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas, 
Thomas,  Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Ludlow,  Mass.,  Feb.  27,  1848;  m.  at  Chicopee, 
May  13,  1876,  Emma  F.  Haynes,  b.  June  25,  1855.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  Oct.  6, 
1888;  res.  No.  Wilbraham,  Mass. 

Mabel  E.,  b.  Julv  15,  1876. 

Artemas  A.,  b.  Aug.  21,  1878;  d.  June  12,  1879. 

Artemas  Adin,  b.  June  22,  1880. 

Wm.  H.,  b.  May  7,  1882. 

Frank  E.,  b.  Aug.  11,  1884. 

Ira  E.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1886. 

8288.  Charles  M.  Whitney  (Zuri,  Artemas  H.,  John  S.,  Thomas,  Thomas, 
Eleazer,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Ludlow,  Mass.,  Dec.  20, 1852;  m.  at  Palmer,  Sept.  29, 1877, 
Lillian  C.  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  6,  1859.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Ludlow  Centre,  Mass. 

9733.  i.  L.  May,  b.  Aug.  25,  1879. 

8343.  Charles  W.  Whitney  (Charles  W.,  Charles  W.,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Troy,  N.  H.,  Mar.  14,  1861;  m.  Mar.  24,  1886.  Lizzie  L.  Hey- 
wood. 

He  was  born  in  Troy,  N.  H.,  where  he  was  educated  at  the  public  schools.  For 
several  years  he  was  employed  by  his  father  as  clerk  in  his  store.  Of  late  he  has 
been  pay  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Thomson-Houston  Electric  Light  Company,  in 
Arlington,  Mass.;  res.  Arlington,  Mass. 

9734.  i.  Dorrace  Bell,  b.  Sept.  20,  1888. 

8346.    Wm.  A,  Whitney  (Samuel  G.,  Charles  W.,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Thomas,  John),  b.  Oct.  16,  1847;  m.  June  3,  1884,  Eliza  Chandler,  b.  Oct.  13,  1863;  res. 
Sylvania,  O. 
42 


9727. 

9728. 

ii. 

9729. 

ni. 

9730. 

iv. 

9731. 

v. 

9732. 

vi. 

eso 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


9735.  i.  Clarence  T.,  b.  June  16,  1885. 

9736.  ii.  Ethel  May,  b.  May  6,  1887. 

9737.  iii.  Clifford  W.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1889. 

9738.  IV.  Earl  Griffin,  b.  Mar.  22,  1892. 

8347.  William  H.  Whitney  (Samuel  G.,  Charles  W.,  Isaiah,  Isaiah,  Isaiah, 
Isaiah,  Thomas,  John),  b.  July  9,  1850;  m.  Sept.  17,  1876,  Lucy  L.  McAllaster,  b.  Sept. 
12,  1850.     He  d.  July  9,  1877;  res.  Edgewater,  111. 

9739.  i.  Will  Page,  b.  July  30,  1877;  d.  June  30,  1882. 

8401.  Asa  Williams  Whitney  (James  S.,  Asa,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  31,  1861;  m.  Sept.  24,  1890,  Helen  Frances 
Stebbins,  b.  May  28,  1864;  chemist;  res.  Wallingford,  Pa. 

9740.  i.         Wallace  Brown,  b.  Sept.  13, 1891, 

8405x.  Rev.  George  Wallace  Whitney  (Samuel,  Asa,  Samuel,  Levi,  DanieU 
Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Mar.  27,  1843;  m.  May  13,  1868,  Lucy  Ann  Harrington, 
of  Westmmster,  b.  Sept.  14,  1848. 

After  leaving  the  Nashua  high  school  he  studied  theology  with  Rev.  H.  Closson, 
of  Cavendish,  Vt.,  and  preached  his  first  sermon  (text  Ps.  )xi -.2)  on  his  twenty-first 
birthday.  Removing  to  Massachusetts  he  was  settled  at  W.  Boylston,  Westminster, 
Beverly  (five  years)  and  Quincy  (six  years).  April,  1878,  he  became  pastor  of  the 
Augusta  M.  E.  church,  preaching  his  last  sermon  Jan.  2,  1881.  He  was  then  pros- 
trated by  a  severe  hemorrhage,  which  led  to  his  death  in  W^altham,  Mass.,  at  his 
father's  home.  May  26, 1881.  He  was  a  ready  and  eloquent  extempore  preacher,  a  man 
of  large  sympathy  and  spirituality,  and  a  very  devoted  pastor.  He  was  a  zealous 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  a  Knight  Templar.  Augusta  Lodge,  of 
which  he  was  chaplain,  printed  a  series  of  very  appreciative  resolutions  after  his 
decease,  and  the  religious  and  secular  papers  alluded  to  his  work  and  character  in 
terms  of  high  praise.     He  d.  May  26,  1881;  res.  Waltham,  Mass. 

8409.  Melbourne  Wallace  Whitney  (Jonathan  W.,  Samuel,  Asa,  Levi,. 
Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Winchester,  Mass.,  Sept.  18,1846;  m.  at  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  Oct.  25,  1876,  Abby  F.  Lee;  res.  Providence,  R.  I.,  P.  O.  box  1560. 

9740a.  i.         May  Brooks,  b.  May  25, 1879. 

8410.  Ellis  Brooks  Whitney  (Jonathan  W.,  Samuel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jona- 
than, Jonathan,  John),  b.  Winchester,  Mass.,  June  2,  1848;  m.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  11,  1872,  Addie  A.  Rhodes,  b.  Feb.  25,  1853;  d.  May  18,  1879;  m.  2d,  in  Boston, 
Oct.  13,  1881,  Mrs.  Elvira  A.  Ayer,  b.  Raynham,  Mass.,  Feb.  23,  1847;  res.  Providence, 
R.  I.  

9741a.  i.         James  Lyman,  b.  Sept.  21,  1873. 
9742a.  ii.        Bertha  V.,  b.  June  12,  1875;  d.  July  22, 
1879. 

8407x.  Rev.  Elbert  Watson  Whitney,  B.  A.,  B.  D. 
(Samuel,  Samuel,  Asa,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Dec.  8, 1849;  m.  Sept.  8, 1875,  Mary  Frances  French, 
b.  June  13,  1854,  dau.  of  Dr.  C.  S.  French. 

Elbert  Watson  Whitney,  of  Milford,  Mass.,  was  born 
at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec.  8,  1849.  He  removed  to  Waltham, 
Mass.,  in  1864  and  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1869. 
Entering  Tuft's  college  (Medford,  Mass.)  he  received  the 
degree  of  B.  A.  in  1873,  and  of  B.  D.  in  1875.  In  college  he 
was  class  prophet,  and  gave  two  poems  at  the  anniversaries 
of  the  Mathetican  society.  July  1,  1875,  he  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  First  Parish  church  of  Saugus,  Mass.,  founded 
m  1732.  April,  1876,  he  accepted  a  call  to  Peabody,  Mass. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  school  committee  until  his  removal 
to  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  in  Jan.,  1880.  Here  he  was  one  of  the  men  who  established 
the  Brattleboro  free  library  (of  which  he  was  trustee  till  his  removal  from  town) 
and  the  Professional  club.  April,  1887,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Universalist 
church  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  was  a  trustee  of  the  Ohio  Universalist  convention 
while  he  remained  in  the  state.  Nov.,  1890,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Milford,  Mass., 
Universalist  church,  organized  in  1785.  A  considerable  number  of  his  sermons  and 
addresses  have  been  published  in  secular  and  religious  papers;   res.  Milford,  Mass. 


EEV.  E.  W.  WHITNEY. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  651 

9741.  i.  Mabel,  b.  May  27,  1876.     She  received  an   excellent  common 

school  education  and  is  now  (1894)  in  Smith  college. 

9742.  ii.        Arthur   Bryant,  b.  July  8,  1878;  was  educated  at  the  public 

schools  and  fitted  for  college,  and  in  1895  entered  Tuft's  college, 
his  father's  alma  mater. 

8420x.  Frank  John  Whitney  (John  W.  P.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel,  Jon- 
athan, Jonathan,  John),  b.  Dec.  22,  1856;  m.  Anna  Pauline  Robinson,  of  Pembroke, 
N.  H.;  res.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  6  Cedar  Park. 
974y.    i.  Nadine,  b. 

8422x.  Capt.  George  Eli  Whitney  (John  W.  P.,  Aaron,  Aaron,  Levi,  Daniel, 

ionathan,  Jonathan,  John),   b.  June  10,  1862;    m.    Ida  Tufts,  d.   Apr.  1890;   m.  2d, 
"eb.  10, 1894,  Annie  M.  Savory,  of  Salem,  Mass.     He  is  captain  of  the  steamer  City 
of  Portsmouth;   res.  East  Boston,  Mass.,  Mayo's  wharf. 

9144.    i.         (Beatrice  Ellen,  b.  Mar.  24,  1890;  d.  1891. 

8423x.  Charles  William  Whitney  (James  H.,  John,  John,  James,  James,  John, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  New  York  City,  Jan.  17,  1831;  m.  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  June  4, 
1857,  Victoria  Lockwood,  b.  July  10,  1837;  res.  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

9745.  i.  GouvERNEUR  Rutgers,  b.  May  19,  1858;  res.  W.  P. 

9746.  ii,        Geo.  Lockwood,  b.  Sept.  25,  1860;  res.  W.  P. 

9747.  iii.        Charles  William,  b.  July  23,  1862;   res.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Wain- 

wright  building. 

9748.  iv.        Fredk  King,  b.  Apr.  28,  1864;  d.  Mar.  28,  1869. 

9749.  V.         Victoria,  b.  Apr.  19,  1866;  m.  Apr.  19,  1892,  Alexander  Fleming 

Popham;  res.  Englewood,  N.  J. 

8426x.  Alfred  Rutgers  Whitney  (James  H.,  John,  John,  James,  James,  John, 
Jonathan,  John),b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  26,  1835;  m.  there  Dec.  5,  1861,  Adaline  P. 
Nesbitt,  d.  Aug.  1878;  m,  2d,  Nov.  1,  1879,  Mary  L.  Freeman. 

He  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  started  in  the  grocery  business  in  1853,  but 
was  not  successful,  as  the  war  broke  out  and  he  lost  heavily.  He  was  employed  by 
Capt.  Ericsson  and  associates  to  take  charge  of  all  material  for  the  Monitors,  and 
when  the  war  was  over  he  began  buying  all  the  iron  left  over  and  selling  it,  and  from 
this  became  an  iron  merchant  and  then  built  a  rolling  mill  and  wire  nail  factory. 
He  has  never  held  office,  but  has  always  been  a  Republican  and  took  a  deep  interest 
in  politics,  and  was  a  delegate  from  New  York  that  nominated  Harrison,  but  was 
for  Depew;  res.  Morristown,  N.J. 

Alfred  R.,  b.  June  16,  1868;  res.  Everett,  Wash. 

Sallie  Nesbitt,  b.  Apr.  10,  1871. 

Elsie  Montgomery,  b.  Oct.  23,  1876. 

Livingston,  b.  Nov.  12,  1880. 

Lelia,  b.  Aug.  23,  1882. 

H.  Le  Roy,  b.  Feb.  4,  1884. 

Frank,  b.  Dec.  20,  1885. 

Eleanor  N.,  b.  Sept.  12, 1887. 

Roger  Van  Rensselaer,  b.  May  24,  1889;  d.  Jan.  24,  1895. 

Maurice,  b.  Aug.  28,  1892. 

8432x.  George  L.  Whitney  (Lyman,  James,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Sherborn,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1848;  m.  there,  Nov.  24,  1872,  Martha  A.  Fleming, 
b.  Feb.  25,  1849.  He  is  a  farmer  and  also  conducts  a  large  livery  stable;  res.  So. 
Framingham,  Mass. 

9757.  i.  Dudley  B.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1874;  res.  at  home. 

9758.  ii.        Bertha  E.,  b.  Sept.  28, 1881. 

8437x.  Henry  Edward  Whitney  (Ezra  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John, 
Jonathan,  John),  b.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1838;  m.  June  12,  1867,  Helen  C.  Lester, 
b.  Oct.  12, 1844.     He  is  in  the  real  estate  business;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

9759.  i.  Richard  Elliott,  b.  Apr.  21,  1868. 

9760.  ii.         Louise  Hunt,  b.  June  28.  1870. 

9761.  iii.       Helen,  b.  Jan.  21,  1876;  d.  May  14, 1890. 

9762.  iv.       Harold  Edward,  b.  Aug.  4,  1880. 


9750. 

i. 

9751. 

n. 

9752. 

ni. 

9753. 

iv. 

9754. 

v. 

9755. 

VI. 

9756. 

vn. 

9757a. 

vni 

9758a. 

IX. 

9759a. 

X. 

652  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8438x,  Frederick  Augustus  Whitney  (Ezra  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James, 
John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1841;  m.  at  Brooklyn.  Sept.  25,  1862, 
E.  Louise  Hunt,  b.  Sept.  25.  1838;  d.  Jan.  12,  1887;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

9763.  i.  Fred'k,  b.  Paris,  France,  June  29, 1867 ;  d.  Brooklyn,  Mar.  27, 1873. 

8445x.  Charles  A.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Oct.  15,  1853;  m.  Sept.  31,  1886,  Cora  B.  Harrington.  He  d.  May  12, 
1891;  res.  Orange  Lake,  Fla. 

9764.  i.  Mary  V.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1887. 

9765.  ii.         Chas.  Osborn,  b.  July  11,  1889. 

8446x.  John  A.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jonathan, 
John),  b.  Sept.  15,  1855;  m.  May  7,  1879,  Beulah  S.  Clement;  d.  Aug.,  1885.  He  d. 
Mar.  16,  1883;  res.  Orange  Lake,  Fla.;  s.  p. 

8447x.  William  P.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  July  17,  1857;  m.  Apr.  16,  1884,  Martha  C.  Young;  res.  Orange  Lake, 
Fla. 

9766.  i.  William  T.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1885. 

8449x.  Augustus  G.  Whitney  (John  S.,  Ezra,  John,  James,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  June  15,  1865;  m.  Mar.,  1889,  Nora  Hickson;  res.  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

9767.  i.  John  A.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1890. 

9768.  ii.         Robert  H.,  b.  May,  1893. 

8455x.  Frank  Whitney  (James  R.,  Isaac,  James,  Benjamin,  James,  John,  Jona- 
than, John),  b.  Sherborn,  Mass.,  Feb.  12,  1846;  m.  there  Dec.  25,  1871,  Elizabeth  Cool- 
idge,  b.  Mar.  19,  1847.     He  is  a  farmer;  res.  Sherborn,  Mass. 

9768a.  i.  Gertrude  Coolidge,  b.  June  26,  1872;  m.  Jan.  16,  1894,  C.Lewis 

Bickford;  res.  37  Arlington  St.,  S.  Framingham,  Mass. 
9769a.  ii.         Helen  Almira,  b.  July  J,  1880;  res.  S. 

8458x.  George  Barbour  Whitney  (Felix  G.,  Martin,  James,  Benjamin,  James, 
John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  N.  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Nov.  6,  1852;  m.  Jan.  30,  1878,  Annie  L. 
Norton,  b.  1855;  d.  Jan.  6,  1884;  m.  2d,  Nov.  7,  1886,  Mary  L.  Bickford,  b.  Aug.  8, 
1861;  d.  s.  p.  Mar.  25,  1892. 

He  was  born  in  North  Attleboro,  Mass.;  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  there, 
at  Dean  academy,  Franklin,  Mass.,  Goddard  seminary,  Barre,  Vt.,  and  Tufts  college, 
Somerville,  Mass.  He  then  returned  to  North  Attleboro,  engaged  in  business  with 
his  father  until  1888,  when  he  went  to  Rico,  Cal.,  and  engaged  in  mining.  At  present 
he  is  manufacturers'  agent  for  an  eastern  jewelry  house  in  Chicago;  res.  Chicago, 
111.,  115  Dearborn  St.,  room  118. 

9769.  i.  Gertrude,  b.  June  3,  1880;  res.  Cottage  City,  Mass. 

8460x.  Edwin  Felix  Whitney  (Felix  G.,  Martin,  James,  Benjamin,  James, 
John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  N.  Attleboro,  Mass.,  Sept.  8,  1856;  m.  Oct.  28,  1880,  Annie 
Amanda  Davenport,  b.  Dec  11,  1850.  He  is  a  jewelry  manufacturer;  res.  Dorches- 
ter, Mass.,  320  Boston  St. 

9770.  i.  Charles  Smith,  b.  Au^.  25,  1881. 

9771.  ii.        Florence  Louise,  b.  bept.  7, 1885. 

8419.  Theodore  Wellington  Whitney  (John  A.,  Benjamin,  Moses,  Ezra. 
James,  John,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Newton,  Mass.,  Apr.  8,  1843;  m.  at  Somersworth,  N, 
H.,  Aug.  24,  1866,  Emma  Frances  Folsom.b.  Dec.  12,  1848,  d.  Dec.  24,  1868;  m.2d,  at 
Boston,  June  15,  1890,  Amanda  Condon,  b.  Sept.  14,  1844;  he  is  a  machinist;  res.  73 
Walnut  St.,  Somerville,  Mass. 

9769a.  i.  Edith  Frances,  b.   Sept.    18,   1867;    m.    Feb.,  1889,  Clarence 

Tucker;  res.  13  Highland  Av.,  Somerville,  Mass. 
9770a.  ii.        John  Alfred,  b.  Dec.  16, 1868;  res.  13  H.  Av. 

8446x.  Walter  Scott  Whitney  (Ansel  D.,  Zabad,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah, 
Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  So.  Royalton,  \'t.,  Mar.  14,  1858;  m.  at  Boston,  May  28, 
1881,  Annie  F.  Keenan,  b.  Dec.  25,  1858;  he  is  a  stenographer;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  192 
Blue  Hill  Av.,  Roxbury;  s.  p. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  653 

8448.  Willis  Ward  Whitney  (Charles  C,  Zebina,  Jonathan,  Peter,  Josiah, 
Josiah,  Jonathan,  John),b.  Jan.  16,  1863;  m.  Emma  Sanborn;  res.  Tunbridge,\'t.,  East 
Bethel,  Vt.  ^ 

9772.  i.         Alex  Harry,  b.  Dec.  13,  1886. 

9773.  ii.         Charles  Carroll,  b.  Nov.  3,  1888. 

8454.  Edward  E.  Whitney  (Ohel  E.,  Albert  R.,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah,  Josiah, 
Jonathan.  John),  b.  Seymour,  Ind.,  Mar.  18. 1868;  m.  Nov.  18,  1888,  Lilly  S.  Moore,  b. 
Oct.  3,  1867,  d.  May  17,  1892;  m.  2d,  June  19,  1893,  Nora  M.  Gillette,  b.  Aug.  1,  1878; 
res.  Birmingham,  Iowa;  s.  p. 

8601.  RuLUFF  Whitney  (William  G.,  Ruluff,  Christopher,  William,  William, 
William,  Joshua.  John),  b.  Aug.  26,  1837,  in  Portsmouth,  O.;  m.  Apr.  26,  1871,  Ellen 
^L  Cassiday,  b.  Feb.  15,  1846,  d.  Chicago,  111.,  1881;  m.  2d,  Oct.  13,  1881,  Mary  Louise 
Adams,  b.  Feb.  5,  1853.  He  is  foreman  in  one  of  the  largest  tinning  establishments 
in  Ohio;  res.  Cincinnati,  O.,  285  Findlay  St. 

9774.  i.  Ruluff.  b.  Mar.  5,  1883;  d.  July  14,  1883. 

9775.  ii.         Grace  Melvenia,  b.  June  14,  1884. 

9776.  iii.        Wm.  Glenny,  b.  May  19, 1887. 

9776a.  iv.  Clara  Belle,  b.  Mar.  9,  1862;  m.  Oct.  25,  1877,  Edward]  W. 
Harvev,  b.  May  18,  1849;  res.  Chicago,  111.  Ch.:  Jesse  Edwin, 
b.  June  10,  1879;  res.  1203  Wrightwood  Ave. 

8603.  William  Fleming  Whitney  (William  G.,  Ruluff,  Christopher, 
William,  William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Nov.  2,  1843;  m.  May  15,  1871,  Lizzie  M. 
Jones,  b.  May  15, 1845. 

William  Fleming  Whitney,  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Scioto  county,  Ohio,  was  born 
in  Portsmouth,  where  he  has  always  resided.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  his 
native  city  and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  business  college  in  Cincinnati.  After  his 
graduation  he  was  a  clerk  and  later  a  bookkeeper.  He  entered  the  county  clerk's 
office  as  deputy  m  1867  and  has  continued  to  serve  the  county  in  some  capacity  since 
that  tmie.  In  1883  he  was  appointed  clerk,  and  in  1889  was  elected  to  that  position 
and  re-elected  in  1893.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  six  years.  In 
May,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  E.,  140th  Ohio  V.  I.,  and  served  for  a  short  time. 
He  is  a  Knight  Templar,  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  Elks;  res.  Portsmouth,  O. 

9777.  i.  Edward  Glenny,  b.  May  17,  1872. 

9778.  ii.         David  Alkert,  b.  Mav  17,  1872;  d.  June  27,  1872. 

9779.  iii.       Tom  Jones,  b.  Jan.  23,  1878;  d.  Dec.  10,  1884. 

8609.  James  Glenny  Whitney  (John,  Ruluff,  Christopher,  William,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Apr.  22,  1847;  m.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Sept.  4,  1873,  Linda 
Delia  Carr;  b.  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Oct.  3,  1855;  res.  Cincinnati  and  Portsmouth,  O. 

9780.  i.         John,  b.  Dec.  28,  1874;  d.  Feb.  3. 1878. 

9781.  ii.        Maude  Irene,  b.  Sept.  12,  1877. 

9782.  iii.       Bessie  Anderson,  b.  Mar.  9,  1879. 

8616.  Albertus  L.  Whitney  (Lyman,  Christopher,  Christopher,  William, 
William,  William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Hinsdale.  N.  Y..  Aug.  1.  1829;  m.  at  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  Feb.  22,  1863,  Cornelia  L.  Tozer.  b.  Oct.  20.  1835,  at  Farmersville,  N.  Y. 

Albertus  L.  Whitney  was  with  his  father  from  1829  to  1850;  then  he  went  to 
Kentucky  and  taught  one  year.  From  there  went  to  Wisconsin  and  taught;  in  1856 
went  to  St.  Anthony  Falls  and  taught.  From  1858  to  1863  was  in  employ  of  U.  S. 
in  postal  service;  Feb. 22,  1863,  was  married  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  to  C.  L.  Tozer,  then 
went  to  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  and  for  three  years  was  railway  ticket  agent.  From 
there  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  was  again  an  employe  in  the  Minneapolis 
postofifice  as  assistant  postmaster  and  superintendent  of  carriers.  In  1875  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  For  five  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  postoffice  department,  and  later  was  deputy  county  assessor  and 
cashier  for  the  county  tax  collector;  res.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

9782a.  i.  Frank  A.,  b.  July  31,  1865;  d.  June  21,  1867. 

9783a.  ii.        Alice  D.,  b.  May  14,  1868,  res.  at  home. 

9784a.  iii.       Paris  Gibson,  b.  Aug.  27,  1870;  d.  Mar.  17, 1874. 

8628.  William  Henry  Whitney  (George,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Chenango,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1827;  m.  Jan.  7,  1856,  Julia  Clar- 
issa Freeman,  b.  Aug.  27,  1834;  he  is  a  jeweler;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  add.  179  Broad- 
way. 


654  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

8631.  James  Evans  Whitney  (George,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  Will- 
iam, Joshua,  John),  b.  Jan.  18,  1836;  m.  Apr.  11,  1860,  Alice  M.  Angell,  b.  Aug.  8, 

He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  lived  until  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  went  in  his  brother's  jewelry  store  for  two  years,  then  went  on 
the  road  as  a  commercial  traveler.  He  went  to  Michigan  in  1865  and  engaged  in 
the  shoe  business.  He  did  not  make  a  success  of  it,  closed  his  store,  went  back  to 
New  York  City  and  tried  the  jewelry  business  again,  leaving  his  family  there.  They 
were  burned  out  and  lost  nearly  everything.  He  brought  them  to  Binghamton  and 
left  New  York.  He  stayed  there  two  years  then  went  back  to  Bay  City.  He  is  now 
agent  for  the  Singer  sewing  machine;  res.  Bay  City,  Mich. 
9788.    i.         John  P.,  b.  1864. 

9784.  ii.        Geo.  E.,  b.  1870. 

9785.  iii.       Herbert  A.,  b.  1874. 

9786.  iv.       Vincent  J.,  b.  1882. 

8632.  George  Whitney  (George,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Thomas,  William,  William, 

Joshua,  John),  b.  Feb.  12,  1839;  m.  Sept.  16,  1869,  Flora  Adelaide  Paddock,  b. ; 

d.  Feb.,  1871;  m.  2d,  Oct.,  1873,  M,  Louise  Stoddard.     He  is  an  attorney;  res.  Bing- 
hamton, N.  Y. 

8645.  Daniel  Leander  Whitney  (Charles  S.,  Walcott,  Joseph,  Elijah,  John, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Peninsula,  O.,  Nov.  27,  1860;  m.  Oct.  30,  1883,  Lillie  Viola 
Cariher,  b.  Nov.  10,  1867.     He  is  a  sign  writer;  res.  100  E.  Mill  St.,  Akron,  O. 

9787.  i.         Chester  Lerov,  b.  May  29,  1887. 

8647.  Norman  Knox  Whitney  (Orla  H.,  Norman  K.,  Joseph,  Elijah,  John, 
William,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Dec.  31,  1861;  m.  Nov.  21,  1882,  Eunice  Kelley. 

Norman  K.  Whitney,  assistant  yardmaster  in  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  rail- 
road company's  yard  at  California  avenue  and  Kinzie  street,  was  instantly  killed. 
He  was  standing  on  one  of  the  many  tracks  in  the  yard  superintending  the  making 
up  of  a  freight  train.  While  he  was  busy  giving  orders,  engine  No.  742  of  the  same 
road  came  rushing  down  the  tracks  at  about  twelve  miles  an  hour.  Mr.  Whitney 
did  not  realize  his  danger  until  the  engine  was  close  upon  him,  and  then  attempted 
to  jump  aside.  Before  he  could  do  so  the  engine  struck  him  in  the  side,  knocking 
him  a  distance  of  nearly  twenty  feet.  When  picked  up  the  injured  man  was  still 
breathing,  but  expired  within  a  few  minutes.  Mr.  Whitney  was  only  32  years  of  age 
and  lived  at  No.  42  Washtenaw  avenue.  He  was  a  married  man  and  well  liked 
among  the  railroad  employes  with  whom  he  worked.  The  engineer  of  the  engine 
which  ran  down  Mr.  Whitney  was  not  arrested,  as  no  blame  was  attached  to  him. 
At  the  time  of  the  accident  he  was  ringing  his  bell  and  thought  nothing  of  seeing 
the  yardmaster  on  the  track,  as  he  thought  he  was  aware  of  the  close  proximity  of 
the  engine.  When  too  late  to  realize  his  mistake,  he  attempted  to  reverse  his  engine, 
but  without  avail.     Killed  by  the  cars  Dec,  1892;  res.  42  Washtenaw  Ave.,  Chicago, 

8667.  Leonard  Ames  Whitney  (Riley,  Orrin,  Matthias,  Cornelius,  Matthias, 
Cornelius,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Nov.  27,  1842;  m.  July  6,  1867,  Jennie  E.  Rich;  res. 
Mexico,  N.  Y. 

9788.  i.         Ernest  Lyle,  b. ;  res.  Mexico,  N.  Y. 

8749.  George  Walter  Whitney  (Walter  J.,  George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua, 
Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  July  22,  1855;  m.  Apr.  8,  1885,  Emma  Davis;  res.  432 
Pine  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

9789.  i.  Arnold  W.,  b.  Feb.,  1886;  d.  June,  1891. 

9790.  ii.        Clarence  H.,b.  July  10, 1889. 

9791.  iii.       George  W.,  b.  Aug.,  1892. 

8750.  Charles  William  Whitney  (Walter  J.,  George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua, 
Joshua,  David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Dec.  29,  1857;  m.  Dec.  15, 1887,  Ella  M.Warner. 

Charles  W.  Whitney,  patrolman,  born  in  Naperville,  111.,  1857;  came  to  Chicago 
1877;  entered  the  force  1885;  was  wounded  at  the  Haymarket  riot  and  unfit  for  duty 
for  one  year;  res.  489  Winchester  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

9792.  i.  Margarette  L.,  b.  Dec.  6, 1887;  d.  Sept.  11, 1888. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  655 

8752.  Fred  Whitney  (William  C,  George  W.,  Joshua,  Joshua,  Joshua,  David, 
Joshua,  John),  b.  Naperville,  111.,  Feb.  24,  1857;  m.  lune  24,  1890,  Mary  Marshall,  b. 
Dec.  2. 1854;  res.  Centralia.  Wash. 

9793a.  i.  Helen  N.,  b.  Dec.  12, 1891. 

8768.  David  Arthur  Whitney  (George  E.,  Albert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa, 
Joshua,  David,  Joshua.  John),  b.  June  8,  1859;  m.  Nov.  20,  1862,  Laura  B.  Hicks,  b. 
;  d.  Mar.  19,1888;  m.  2d,  Nov.  20,1888,  Ruth  Ann  Morris;  res.  Burnside  Cross- 
ing, 111. 

8775.  Robert  RoDell  Whitney  (Robert  S.,  Albert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa, 
Joshua,  David.  Joshua,  John),  b.  Aug.  11,  1858;  m.  Sept.  21,  1878,  Rozella  White.  He 
is  in  the  express  business;  res.  Lagrange,  O.,  and  Burnside  Crossing,  Cook  Co.,  111. 

9793.  i.  Geo.  Leon,  b.  Sept.  1,1879;  d.  July  27, 1885. 

9794.  ii.  Cora  L.,  b.  May  4, 1882. 

9795.  iii.  May,  b.  July  27, 1884. 

9796.  iv.  Elvie,  b.  May,  1891. 

8776.  Neville  E.  Whitney  (Robert  S.,  Albert  A.,  Appleton  D.,  Asa,  Joshua, 
David,  Joshua,  John),  b.  Brighton,  O.,  Oct.  23,  1860;  m.  in  Chicago,  111.,  Sept.  11,  1883, 
Sarah  E.  Cornish,  b.  Mar.  17,  1862.  He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Burnside  Crossing,  Cook 
Co.,  111.,  s.  p. 

8835.  Edward  Whitney  (Edward  K.,  Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Harrison,  Me.,  Aug.  19,  1851;  m.  Mar.  7, 1888,  at  West 
Northfield,  Mass.,  Mary  Eliza  Stone,  b.  Sept.  27,  1851;  res.  Orange,  Mass. 

9797.  i.  Robert  Buckingham,  b.  Nov.  27,  1889. 

9798.  ii.        Clifford  Caswell,  b.  May  31,  1891. 

8839.  George   F.  Whitney  (George  F.,  Freeman,  Enoch,   Moses,  Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Sept.  24,  1850;  m.  Nov.  10,  1875, ;  res.  175 

Lincoln  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

9799.  i.  Freddie  May,  b.  Nov.  10,  1876. 

8840.  Frank  H.  Whitney  (George  F.,   Freeman,  Enoch,  Moses,   Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.    May  3U,  1852;  m.  Aug.,  1873, .     He  d. 

Mar.  11,  1887;  res.  Harrison,  Me. 

9800.  i.  A.  Louisa, b.  Oct.  17,  1874. 

9801.  ii.        Mary  W.,  b.  May  9,  1880. 

8858.  Josiah  F.  Whitney  (Josiah  F.,  Silas,  Josiah,  Moses,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel, 
Benjamin,  John),  b.  Solon,  Me.,  Dec.  25,  186U;  m.  at  Bingham^  June  1,  1885,  Susie  E. 
Bray,  b.  May  1,  1868;  d.  Apr.  11,  1889;  m.  2d,  May  26,  1891.  Florence  E.  Cameron,  b. 
Apr.  3,  1874.     He  is  a  pharmacist;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  9  Eaton  St. 

9802.  i.  Charles  B.,  b.  July  2,  1888;  d.  Jan.  24,  1889. 

8861.  Dr.  Henry  Strong  Whitney  (Henry  C,  Alfred  M.,  Samuel,  Asa, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Urbana,  111.,  Sept.  1,  1858;  m.  Feb.  13, 1879, 
Harriett  J.  Hambrook,  b.  Aug.  9,  1858. 

He  was  educated  at  the  common  schools  at  Urbana,  111.,  and  Kansas.  Entering 
the  Chicago  Homoeopathic  Medical  college  as  a  medical  student,  he  was  graduated 
in  1894,  with  high  honors,  being  valedictorian  of  the  class.  He  was  at  once  offered 
a  position  on  the  faculty  of  the  same  institution,  which  he  accepted,  and  is  now,  there- 
fore, lecturing  on  materia  medica  and  the  "organon,"'  and  is  also  chemical  assistant  to 
the  chair  of  clinical  therapeutics.  He  promises  to  be  an  eminent  phvsician;  res. 
1164  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

9803.  i.  Minnie  George,  b.  Dec.  28.  1879. 

9804.  ii.        Jessie  Anna.  b.  June  7,  1882. 

8874.  Brazill  H.  Whitney  (Reuben,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Abel.  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Sebago,  Me.,  May  21,  1837;  m.  there,  Nov.  25,  1866, 
Jane  S.  Lord,  b.  Apr.  1,  1844;  res.  Sebago,  Me. 

9805.  i.         Charles  R.,  b.  July  14,  1868. 

9806.  ii.        Ellen  E.,  b.  July  8,  1871. 

9807.  iii.       Walter  W.,  b.  June  12,  1874. 


656  WHITNEY  'GENEALOGY. 

9808.  iv.       Jennie  C,  b.  Nov.  4.  1876. 

9809.  V.         Ida  M.,  b.  May  16,  1882. 

9810.  vi.        Gracie  M.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1885. 

8875.  Marshall  Spring  Whitney  (Simeon,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Abel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Standish,  Me.,  Aug.  21,  1825;  m.  in  Brown- 
field,  July  21,  18—,  Sarah  Merrill  Wentworth,  b.  Sept.  22,  1838;  res.  Neponset,  Mass. 
He  d.  Feb.  26,  1887;  res.  Brownfield  and  Harrison,  Me. 

9811.  i.  Anville  Leroy,  b.  Mar.  28, 1865;  unm.;  res.  9  Taylor  St.,  Nepon- 

set.    He  is  a  dentist.     His  office  is  at  2  Park  square,  Boston, 
Mass. 

8890.  GoRHAM  Horatio  Babson  Whitney  (Levi,  Reuben,  Nathaniel,  Abel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Richmond,  Me.,  June  1,  1845;  m.  at  Bow- 
doinham,  Me.,  Jan.  5,  1869,  Henrietta  Rogers,  b.  Nov.  18,  1847.  He  was  a  carpenter 
and  builder.     He  d.  Oct.  22,  1888;  res.  6  Marcella  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

9812.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1869. 

9813.  ii.        Ada  Florence,  b.  Dec.  25,  1871. 

9814.  iii.       Etta  Gorham,  b.  Apr.  3,  1876. 

9815.  iv.       Gorham  H.  B.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1881. 

9816.  v,        Howard  Rogers,  b.  Feb.  10,  1883. 
9817a.  vi.       Frederic  Percy,  b.  Aug.  25, 1886. 

8907.  Alonzo  Nelson  Whitney  (Nelson,  Ethan,  Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Millbury,  Mass.,  June  2,  1837;  m.  in  Bellingham,  Oct. 
20,  1859,  Ellen  Amanda  Hancock,  b.  Aug.  9,  1841.  He  is  a  shoemaker;  res.  Belling- 
ham, Mass. 

9817.  i.  Arthur  N.,  b.  Sept.  18, 1860;  m.  Ada  L.  Jennison. 

9818.  ii.        Allie  Louise,  b.  Oct.  18,  1862. 

9819.  iii.        Oscar  LiNwoOD,  b.  Jan.  27,  1872;  address  Brattle  square,  Boston, 

Mass. 

8910.  Elbridge  Green  Whitney  (Nelson,  Ethan,  Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jona- 
than, Benjamin,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Milford,  Mass.,  Nov.  13,  1842;  m.  Nov.  13,  1867, 
Emma  A.  Barney,  b.  Oct.  15,  1847;  res.  Milford,  Mass.;  shoemaker,  310  Main  St. 

9820.  i.  Ernest  A.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1868. 

9821.  ii.         Walter  E.,  b.  July  18,  1871. 

9822.  iii.       Florence  A.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1874. 

9823.  iv.       Leon  Francis,  b.  Nov.  24, 1881. 

9824.  V.        Irving  Ray,  b.  June  20,  1884. 

9825.  vi.       Irwin  Ray,  b.  June  20, 1884. 

8915.  Hon.  Henry  A.  Whitney  (Dexter,  Ethan,  Hachaliah,  Jesse,  Jonathan, 
Benjamin,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  in  Bellingham,  Mass.,  July  2,  1841;  m.  there  Dec.  2, 
1865,  Helen  A.  Holbrook,  b.  Apr.  26,  1840. 

Henry  A.  Whitney  was  born  in  Bellingham,  July  2,  1841.  He  married  Helen 
Holbrook.  The  union  has  resulted  in  three  children.  He  was  by  occupation,  for 
many  years,  a  boot  maker,  but  for  the  past  few  years  he  has  followed  the  occupation 
of  a  hatter.  He  is  very  prominent  in  town  affairs;  he  is  at  present  constable  and 
town  clerk;  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  Nov.,  1893;  res.  Bellingham,  Mass. 

9826.  i.  Jennie  Louise,  b.  Oct.  22,  1866;  unm.;  res.  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Spel- 

man  seminary.  Jennie  L.  Whitney  was  educated  in  the  town 
schools  of  Bellingham,  Mass.;  was  graduated  from  the  state 
normal  school  at  Framingham,  Mass.;  has  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  teacher,  having  taught  in  public  schools  in  Quincy,  Mass., 
and  Bellmgham,  Mass.;  is  at  present  a  critic  teacher  in  the  nor- 
mal department  of  Spelman  seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga.  A  perusal 
of  Spelman's  Messenger  acquaints  us  with  the  dedication  of 
Giles  hall,  Dec.  1,  1893,  erected  for  the  normal  and  missionary 
departments  of  Spelman  seminary.  Miss  Jennie  L.  Whitney 
now  instructs  her  model  normal  training  school  in  this  hall, 
$50,000  of  which  was  given  by  John  D.  Rockefeller.  This  sem- 
inary is  an  index  of  the  Baptists  of  the  North  for  education  of 
the  colored  people,  where  nearly  1,000  pupils  are  enrolled. 
•  9827.  ii.  Lewis  Edward,  b.  Feb.  29,  1868. 
9828.    iii.       Eva  Lillian,  b.  June  3,  1870. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  657 

8927.  Edward  Otis  Whitney  (Otis,  Otis,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Benjamin,  John),  b.  Quasqueton,  la.,  May  29,  1860;  m.  at  Columbus,  Kas.,  July 
3,  1889,  Laura  M.  Norris,  b.  Aug.  17,  1869;  d.  Oct.  1,  1894;  res.  Oswego,  Kas. 

9829.  i.         Carl,  b.  Mar.  24,  1890. 

8931.  Herbert  Jonas  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Albion,  N.  Y.,  July  6,  1853;  m.  in  Des  Moines,  la., 
Mary  Evea  Kelly,  b.  Apr.  15,  1854;  res.  Highlands,  Col. 

9830.  i.         Evea  Zellonah,  b.  Nov.  20,  1876;  res.  Highlands,  Col. 

8933.  Charles  Murray  Whitney  (Jonas,  Jonathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jona- 
than, Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Canadaigua,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1845;  m.  Julia  Ann 
Nelson,  b.  Apr.  3,  1845;  res.  289  Fremont  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

9831.  i.         Charles  Merton,  b.  Oct.  1,  1867;  res.  Galveston,  Tex. 

9832.  ii.        Katherine  Nina,  b.  Sept.  30,  1868;  m.  June  24,  1886,  at  Harvard, 

Neb.,  Will  H.  Payne;  res.  289  Fremont  St. 

8935.  Jesse  R.  Whitney  (Alexas  R.,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Mar.  14,  1854;  m.  May  17,  1875,  Ida  M.  Dysart;  res. 
Franklin  Grove,  111.,  and  Carroll,  la. 

9833.  i.         Bessie  M.,  b.  Mar.  21, 1876. 

9834.  ii.        Alice  L.,  b.  Mar.  2,  1878. 

8938.  Nathan  A.  Whitney  (Alexas  R.,  Nathan,  Nathan,  Jonathan,  Jonathan, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Dec.  6,  1859;  m.  Oct.  18,  1878,  Hattie  M.  Timothy,  b. 
Sept.  29,  1859;  res.  Franklin  Grove,  111. 

9835.  i.         Nathan  R.,  b.  Sept.  23.  1885. 

9836.  ii.        Leroy  B.,  b.  Oct.  21,  1887. 

9008.  Benjamin  Rush  Whitney  (Benjamin  R.,  David,  Jonathan,  David,  Jona- 
than, Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Feb.  24,  1861;  m.  Dec.  27, 
1888,  Lillian  White,  b.  Nov.  14,  1865. 

Benj.  R.  Whitney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Feb.  24,  1861,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  that  place.  At  the  age  of  17  he  took  a  subordinate 
position  in  a  party  of  locating  engineers  on  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad  in  Mis- 
souri, and  when  20  years  of  age  was  resident  engmeer  on  the  Denver  &  New  Orleans 
railroad  in  Colorado.  He  devoted  his  time  to  railroad  construction  in  Missouri  and 
the  states  and  territories  west  as  far  as  Arizona  till  1885,  when  he  turned  his  attention 
to  municipal  engineering,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  engineering  department  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  res.  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

9837.  i.  Benj.  Rush,  b.  May  8.  1891;  d.  Dec.  11.  1891. 

9838.  ii.         Mary  Frances,  b.  Oct.  3,  1892. 

9009.  David  Victory  Whitney  (Benjamin  R.,  David,  Jonathan,  David,  Jona- 
athan,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dec.  26,  1864;  m.  Feb.  8,  1887, 
Minnie  May  Shively,  b.  Mar.  10,  1868. 

David  V.  Whitney  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dec.  26, 1864,  and  was  educated 
m  the  public  schools  of  that  place.  He  attended  lectures  on  chemistry  and  phar- 
macy in  the  Kansas  City  medical  college,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  in  his  native  city;  res.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  3722  E.  12th  St. 

9839.  i.         Victor  David,  b.  Oct.  25,  1887. 

9840.  ii.         Harry  Arthur,  b.  Sept.  27,  1889. 

9841.  iii.       Andrew  Jacob,  b.  June  18,  1892. 

9035.  Oliver  H.  Whitney  (Willard  W.,  Erastus,  Isaac,  Jonathan,  Benjamin, 
Benjamin,  Benjamin,  John),  b.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  27,  1855;  m.  Mar.  1,  1883, 
Emma  Hunter,  b.  Dec.  9,  1853;  res.  Maquoketa.  la. 

9842.  i.  Ethel  O..  b.  Jan.  27,  1884. 

9071.  Herbert  Henry  Whitney  (John,  William,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Timothy,  John,  John,  John),  b.  Sophiasburg,  Ont.,  Oct.  31,  1861;  m.  at  Pictou,  Nov. 
27,  1888,  Harriett  Lucima  Baker,  b.  Aug.  19,  1859.  He  is  the  agent  for  agricultural 
works;  res.  Demorestville,  Ont. 

9843.  i.  LuLA  K.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1890. 

9844.  ii.         Herbert  Franklin,  b.  Oct.  17,  1891. 


9848. 

ii. 

9849. 

iii. 

9850. 

IV. 

9851, 

V. 

9852. 

vi. 

9853. 

vii. 

9854. 

viii 

658  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

9092.  Jesse  Whitney  (Isaac,  Samuel,  William  B.,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Timothy, 
John,  John,  John),  b,  in  Cramey,  Ontario,  Jan.  9,  1863;  m.  July  5,  1883,  Alice  Post,  b. 
Jan.  10,  1866.     He  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Hanlock,  Ont. 

9844a.  i.  Ethel,  b.  1886. 

9845a.  ii.         Leslie,  b.  1889. 

9846a.  iii.       Infant,  b.  1894. 

9115.  James  Henry  Whitney  (Henry,  Norman,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Tim- 
othy, John,  John,  John),  b.  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1854;  m.  at  Fort  Edward,  Oct.  14, 
1875,  Anna  Robbins,  b.  Sept.  22,  1856;  res.  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  14  William  St. 

9845.  i.  Eva  Julia,  b.  Oct.  4,  1878. 

9846.  ii.         Henry  James,  b.  June  4,  1877. 

9157.  Eli  H.  Whitney  (William  F.,  Moses,  Ephraim,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Oct,  28,  1847;  m.  Jan.  13,  1873, 
Elvira  J.  Stowe;  b.  Feb.  19,  1850;  res.  Westboro,  Mass. 

9847.  i.  Willie  Edwin,  b.  Feb.  4,  1874. 
Edmund  Stowe,  b.  Apr.  26,  1875. 
Alice  Edna,  b.  Jan.  18,  1877. 
Henry  Eli,  b.  July  13,  1879;  d.  July  13, 1879. 
Nina  Estelle,  b.  June  8,  1881. 
Harry  Erwin,  b.  Nov.  17,  1883. 
Eli  William  Curtis,  b.  Mar.  7, 1886. 
Elvira  Elizabeth  Warren,  b.  Mar.  7,  1886. 

9160.  John  F.  Whitney  (William  F.,  Moses,  Ephraim,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1854;  m.  June  3,  1884, 
Mrs.  Matilda  F.  Pendleton;  b.  Brewer,  Me.,  Nov.  2,  1843;  res.  Upton,  Mass.,  s.  p. 

9161.  Everett  Whitney  (Daniel,  Amos,  Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  1836;  m.  1858,  Jane  Balcome; 
res. . 

9855.  i.  William,  b.  Feb.  5,  1859;  m. 

9162.  Daniel  Winslow  Whitney  (Daniel,  Amos,  Amos,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Upton,  Mass.,  Aug.  1838;  m.  Mary  Pond;  res. 

9856.  i.  .       Fred,  b. . 

9176.  George  Warren  Walter  Whitney  (William  H.,  Joseph  H.,  Joseph, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  S.  Boston,  Mass.,  June  27, 
1861;  m.  atBrookline,  Sept.  3,  1890,  Alice  Frances  Fineran,  b.  Oct.  14,  1869;  res.  5 
Howes  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

9857.  i.         Gladys  Francis,  b.  Nov.  21, 1891. 

9858.  ii.         Geo.  Harold,  b.  June  6,  1894. 

9181.  Henry  Nathaniel  Whitney  (Luther  W.,  Nathaniel  G.,  Joseph,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Newton  Center,  Nov.  22, 
1856;  m.  Apr.  12,  1881,  Ellen  Louise  Thompson,  b.  Dec.  15,  1861;  res.  42  Quincy  St., 
Somerville,  Mass. 

9859.  i.  Edith  Louise,  b.  Jan.  7,  1887. 

9860.  ii.         Harry  Raymond,  b.  Sept.  2,  1888;  d.  June  7,1889. 

9861.  iii.       Florence  Marion,  b.  July  18,  1890. 

9862.  iv.       Walter  Warren,  b.  Oct.  6,  1891;  d.  Dec.  3,  1891. 

9197.  Coydon  Emery  Whitney  (Hamilton  F.,  Russell,  Moses,  Samuel,  Sam- 
uel, Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jackson,  Pa.,  Feb.  15,  1850;  m.  June  11, 
1871,  Marian  C.  Frith. 

For  several  years  he  was  editor  of  weekly  and  daily  papers  in  Susquehanna,  Pa.; 
now  correspondent  for  several  city  papers;  res.  Susquehanna,  Pa. 

9863.  i.  Eva  E.,  b.  July  11,  1872. 

9864.  ii.         Grace  H.,  b.  Dec.  15, 1873. 

9865.  iii.       Charles  E.,  b.  Mar.  18,  1878. 

9208.  Horace  Torrey  Whitney'  (Allis,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May  30,  1844;  m.  Nov.  5,  1867,  Isabella  Eliza- 
beth Palmer;  res.  Honesdale,  Pa. 

9866.  i.  Fred  Blakeslee,  b.  July  31,  1868. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  659 

9215.  Orvillf.  C.  Whitney  (Merrick  T.,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  13,  1849;  m.  June  30.  1875,  Mary  S.  Severy,  b. 
Nov.,  1857.  He  is  an  insurance  agent  and  gr.  at  Hillsdale  college,  Mich.,  in  1875; 
res.  New  Milford,  Pa. 

9867.  1.  LuciELLE,  b.  May  24,  1876. 

9868.  ii.         Nellie,  b.  Jan.  31,  1878. 

9869.  iii.       Fred  N.,  b.  Apr.  3,  1886. 

9217.  Charles  Freemont  Whitney  ^Merrick  T.,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  13,  1858;  m.  Jan.  31,  1880,  Rena  A. 
Fletcher,  b.  Jan. 31,  1860;  res.  on  the  old  homestead;  P.  O.  add.  North  Jackson,  Pa. 

9870.  i.  Mabelle  M.,b.  Jan.  31,  1882. 

9871.  ii.         Lena  G.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1885. 

9872.  iii.       Merrick  C,  b.  May  6,  1889. 

9873.  iv.        Infant,  b.  May  25,  1891. 

9219.  Leander  B.  Whitney  (Joel  B.,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  21,  1846;  m.  Nov.  31,  1873,  Jennie  M.  Rogers, 
b.  Apr.  2,  1852. 

He  resides  in  Thompson  on  a  part  of  the  old  homestead.  Served  with  his  father 
in  Co.  F,  50th  N.  Y.  Engmeers,  enlisting  Feb.  16,  1864,  and  being  discharged  June 
13,  1865;  res.  Thompson,  Pa. 

9874.  i.  Allen  C,  b.  Mar.  29,  1876. 

9875.  ii.         Raymond  L.,  b.  June  28,  1879. 

9876.  iii.        Frank  D.,  b.  Mar.  8,  1881. 

9877.  IV.        Archie  C,  b.  Aug.  13,  1883;  d.  Apr.  7,  1884. 

9878.  V.         Harry  W.,  b.  Feb.  8.  1887. 

9220.  Alonzo  E.  Whitney  (Joel  B.,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  May,  27,  1850;  m.  Mar.  1,  1879,  Delia  F.  Simpson, 
b.  July  4,  1859.     Lives  on  half  of  the  old  homestead;  res.  Thompson,  Pa. 

Floyd  L.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1880. 
Bertie  L.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1881. 
Nettie  May,  b.  Sept.  2,  1884. 
Flossie  Belle,  b.  Jan.  14,  1887. 
Mabel,  b.  May  9,  1889;  d.  Sept.  2,  1890. 

9224.  William  M.  Whitney  (Russell  V.,  Torrev,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Oct.  21,  1855;  m.  at  Elk  Lake,  Pa.,  May  12,  1881, 
Ida  E.  Hamlin,  b.  June  30,  1857;  res.  Susquehanna,  Pa. 

9884.  i.  Ethel  M.,  b.  June  27,  1882. 

9885.  ii.  Fred  H.,  b.  Mar.  29.  1885;  d.  Sept.  19,  1885. 

9886.  iii.  Infant,  b.  Feb.  13,  1887;  d.  Mar.  1,  1887. 

9887.  iv.  Arthur  Ray,  b.  May  9,  1890;  d.  Aug.  6,  1890. 

9225.  Edwin  S.  Whitney  (Russell  V.,  Torrey,  Moses,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Na- 
thaniel, Nathaniel,  John,  John)  b.  Feb.  15,  1862;  m.  June  20, 1883,  Emma  E.  Larrabee, 
b.  Aug.  7,  1863;  res.  Thompson,  Pa. 

9888.  i.         Monroe  W.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1886. 

9266.  Bishop  Orson  Ferguson  Whitney  (Horace  K.,  Newel  K.,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  July  1, 
1855:  m.  Dec.  18,  1879,  Zina  Beal  Smoot,  b.  Feb.  20,  1859. 

Orson  Ferguson  Whitney,  preacher,  poet  and  historian,  is  the  fifth  child  and 
third  son  of  Horace  Kimball  and  Helen  Mar  Kimball  Whitney,  and  was  born  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  July  1,  1855.  His  childhood  and  early  youth  were  passed  in  an 
uneventful  manner,  and  up  to  his  15th  year  he  had  acquired  merely  the  customary 
common  school  education  given  most  boys  in  the  larger  cities  of  the  far  west  at  that 
time.  College  graduations  were  almost  unknown,  and  though  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  passed  with  credit  through  the  Deseret  university,  the  main  institution  of 
learning  in  the  territory,  it  was  with  no  greater  marks  of^  distinction  than  attended 
most  of  the  others  of  his  schoolmates.  He  spent  some  time,  as  a  lad  of  13,  working 
on  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific  railway,  and  for  some  years  earned  a  liveli- 
hood and  aided  his  parents  by  laboring  as  a  teamster,  a  clerk  and  a  traveler  for  a 
mercantile  house.  It  was  not  till  1874,  at  the  age  of  19,  that  the  mind  of  young  Whit- 
ney turned  toward  those  more  elevated  channels  which  were  to  lead  him  to  a  definite 


9879. 

i. 

9880. 

ii. 

9881. 

in. 

9882. 

IV. 

9883. 

v. 

660 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 


OESOX   F.   WHITNEY. 


profession,  that  of  literature,  and  cause  his  name  to  be  enrolled  among  the  foremost 
writers  and  thinkers  of  the  west.  With  others  of  a  literary  and  dramatic  turn  of 
mind,  he  established  the  Wasatch  Literary  Association,  which  gathered  to  itself  the 
choice  spirits  of  the  city  for  several  years,  and  remained,  even  after  Whitney  had 
retired  from  it,  a  nursery  and  traming  school  of  literature,  music  and  the  drama. 
Young  Whitney's  predilections  first  lay  in  the  direction  or  music  and  the  drama, 
tastes  no  doubt  imbibed  from  his  father.  In  the  university,  as  a  boy,  he  had  been 
known  as  the  first  declaimer  in  the  school.  He  decided  on  adopting  a  dramatic 
career,  and  at  the  age  of  21   was  about  to  set  out  for  the  east  in  pursuance  of  this 

design  when  he  received  a  call  from  the  church  to  which 
he  belonged  (Latter  Day  Saints)  to  fill  a  mission  in  the 
codl  regions  of  Pennsylvania.  He  obeyed  the  call  and 
spent  about  a  year  and  a  half  laboring  as  a  missionary  in 
that  state  and  in  Ohio,  during  which  he  wrote  a  series  of 
letters  to  the  Salt  Lake  Herald  under  the  nom  de  plume  of 
lago,  which  attracted  considerable  attention.  Returning 
home  his  eloquent  sermons  brought  him  into  notice  and  he 
was  appointed  a  bishop  in  the  church.  He  also  accepted  a 
position  on  the  staff  of  the  Deseret  News,  where  he 
remained  for  several  years.  In  February,  1880,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  city  council  by  the  People's  party 
and  served  till  the  fall  of  1881,  when  he  left  for  Europe 
to  fill  a  second  mission.  He  remained  abroad  21  months, 
during  which  time  he  edited  the  organ  of  his  church  in 
Europe,  the  Mi/Zenttial  Star,  published  at  Liverpool.  He 
visited  the  main  cities  of  Great  Britain  and  the  continent 
and  accumulated  a  large  store  of  information  to  be  used  in 
his  writings  at  a  later  period.  Returning  home  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1888,  he  resumed  his  position  on  the  staff  of  the 
A^ews,  which  he  left  a  year  later  to  accept  the  office  of  treasurer  of  Salt  Lake  City. 
He  acted  in  this  capacity  until  February,  1890,  when  the  defeat  of  his  party  handed 
the  city  over  to  Liberal  control.  He  was  twice  chosen  chancellor  of^  the  Deseret 
university  by  the  territorial  legislature.  He  published  a  volume  of  his  poetical 
writings,  which  attracted  widespread  attention,  in  December,  1890,  and  is  now 
engaged  on  a  history  of  Utah,  which  will  be  published  in  three  volumes,  and  the 
appearance  of  which  is  looked  for  with  the  keenest  interest  by  all  classes  of  citizens. 
He  was  married  December  18,  1879,  to  Miss  Zina  B.  Smoot,  of  Provo,  and  resides  at 
present  in  Salt  Lake  City. 

""""  Horace  Newell,  b.  Oct.  27, 1880. 

Heber  Kimball,  b.  June  3,  1882;  d.  April  20, 1883. 
Emily,  b.  Jan.  20.  1885. 
Helen  Mar.  b.  Aug.  1,  1887. 
Margaret,  b.  Aug.  24,  1889. 

9267.  Horace  Gibson  Whitney  (Horace  K.,  Newel  K.,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Salt  Lake  City,  Jan.  6,  1858;  m.  Jan.  10, 
1884,  Marion  M.  Beatie,  b.  Apr.  21,  1861. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  eldest  issue  of  the  marriage  of  Horace  Kimball 
and  Mary  Cravath  Whitney,  and  was  born  at  Salt  Lake  City,  L'tah,  on  the  6th  of 
Januarv,  1858.  His  early  life  was  much  the  same  as  that  of  any  other  western  boy, 
born  of  intelligent  and  moral  parents,  in  a  region  at  that  time — though  it  had  been 
settled  for  over  ten  years  by  his  people — still  remote  from  outside  civilization.  His 
education,  however,  was  not  neglected,  and  a  very  tender  age  saw  him  under  the 
tutelage  of  the  best  school  "marms"  and  masters  that  his  native  town  could  boast. 
This  early  training  prepared  him  in  due  time  for  the  local  university,  through  which 
he  passed  with  credit,  excelling  in  rhetoric  and  English  literature.  At  the  age  of  fif- 
teen he  wielded  a  facile  and  even  brilliant  pen,  and  gave  promise  of  being  a  satirist 
and  an  essayist  of  no  mean  ability.  Like  his  father  before  him,  he  early  imbibed  a 
passion  for  reading,  and  devoured  with  avidity  the  standard  authors— poets  and  nov- 
elists; Dickens  of  the  latter  and  Goldsmith  of  the  former  class  being  his  especial 
favorites.  These  authors  probably  did  more  to  shape  his  literary  style  than  any 
others,  and  the  clever  imitations  he  sometimes  gave  of  them,  to  the  delight  of  ad- 
miring friends,  told  how  deeply  their  genius  had  impressed  him.  In  1873  he  left  the 
university  to  engage  in  business,  not  on  his  own  account,  but  as  bookkeeper  for  a 
wholesale  liquor  firm,  which  place  he  vacated  about  a  year  later  for  a  more  advan- 


9889. 

i. 

9890. 

ii. 

9891. 

iii 

9892. 

iv 

9893. 

V. 

WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  661 

tageous  position  in  the  prominent  banking  house  of  White  &  McCormick.  This 
situation  he  retained  for  ten  years,  during  a  portion  of  which  time  he  maintained  his 
connection  with  the  Zeta  Gamma  Debating  society,  an  adjunct  of  his  alma  mater, 
the  Deseret  university,  and  its  contemporary  the  Wasatch  Literary  association,  in 
both  ot  which  he  shone  among  the  leading  lights.  In  1884  he  was  solicited  to  take  a 
place  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Salt  Lake  Daily  Herald,  to  whose  columns  he 
had  previously  contributed  to  some  extent,  principally  dramatic  notes  and  criticisms, 
paving  the  way  for  his  subsequent  creation  of  the  dramatic  and  lyric  department  of 
that  now  flourishing  journal.  As  city  editor  of  the  Herald  Mr.  Whitney  was  a 
marked  success,  but  his  business  tact  and  energy  made  him  a  desirable  acquisi- 
tion in  its  financial  department,  and  on  September  1,  1887,  at  the  reorganization 
of  the  Herald  Publishing  Company,  he  became  its  treasurer  and  assistant  man- 
ager, retaining,  however,  the  dramatic  and  lyric  department,  after  which  excel- 
lent feature  several  of  the  local  journals  patterned.  In  1889  IVIr.  Whitney  became 
sole  manager  of  the  Herald,  which  responsible  position  he  now  occupies.  He  is 
also  manager  of  the  Home  Dramatic  club,  which  he  helped  to  found  in  April,  1880, 
and  of  which  his  brother  Orson  F.  was  also  a  founder  and  for  some  time  a  leading 
member.  This  club  still  delights  local  audiences  occasionally,  and  has  acquired  an 
extensive  reputation  by  its  highly  creditable  productions  of  standard  plays.  Mr. 
Whitney,  like  most  of  his  father's  family,  is  musically  inclined,  and  the  cultivation 
of  the  divine  art  is  with  him  almost  a  passion.  He  has  a  good  tenor  voice,  and  as  a 
choir  leader  may  be  said  to  excel.  He  married,  Jan.  10,  1884,  Miss  Marion  Mumford 
Beatie,  and  is  the  father  of  two  fine  boys.  Barring  two  or  three  visits  to  New  York, 
Chicago  and  other  eastern  cities,  combining  business  with  pleasure,  Mr.  Whitney 
has  dwelt  all  his  life  in  his  native  city;  res.  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

9894.  i.  Horace  Beatie,  b.  Mar.  10,  1885. 

9895.  ii.         Frank -Mumford,  b.  June  11,  1888. 

9270.  Joshua  Rodolphus  Whitney  (Horace  K.,  Newel  K.,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Salt  Lake  Citv,  Mar.  8,  1864;  m.  Dec. 
25,  1884,  Emeline  L.  World;  b.  Jan.  14,  1866. 

Joshua  Rodolphus  Whitney,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Horace  Kimball  and 
Mary  Cravath  Whitney,  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  March  8, 1864.  He  re- 
ceived a  common-school  education  and  passed  a  creditable  examination  at  the 
Deser%t  university  in  the  usual  branches,  at  the  age  of  19.  Since  that  time  his 
career  has  been  limited  to  a  quiet  mercantile  life.  He  has  been  connected  with  the 
drug  department  of  Z.  C.  M.  l.for  many  years,  occupying  a  responsible  position;  res. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

9896.  i.         Newell  K..  b.  Feb.  23,  1886. 

9897.  ii.        Joshua  R.,  b.  Apr.  19,  1889. 

9342.  Marcus  Whitney  (hers,  Joseph,  William,  William,  William,  William, 
Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Sept,  13,  1846;  m.  May  8,  1878,  Luella  Brooks;  b. 
Dec.  13, 1849. 

He  was  born  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  Sept.  13,  1846,  where  he  lived  until  December, 
1867,  and  then  lived  in  East  Templeton,  Mass.,  about  thirteen  years,  or  until  1880, 
since  that  time  he  has  resided  in  Gardner.  Has  been  engaged  in  the  chair  business 
as  employe  most  of  the  time;  res.  Gardner,  Mass. 

9998.    i.         Hellen  Luella,  b.  Mar.,  1883. 

9346.  Charles  E.  Whitney  (Charles,  Amasa,  William,  William,  William, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Gardner,  Mass.,  Mar.  8,  1867;  m.  Nov.  17,  1891, 
Fanny  A.  Lesure,  b.  Ashfield,  Mass.,  July  7, 1870.  He  is  one  of  the  firm  of  A.  &  H.  C. 
Knowlton,  chair  manufacturers;  res.  West  Gardner,  Mass. 

9899a.  i.         Walter  Augustus,  b.  Oct.  24,  1892. 

9347.  Elisha  Murdock  Whitney  (William  W.,  Webster,  Amasa,  William, 
William,  William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Jan.  22,  1861;  m.  Jan.  31,  1889,  Mary 
Matilda  Whitney;  res.  Winchendon,  Mass. 

9899.    i.         William  Webster,  b.  Sept.  27, 1892. 

9348a.  Charles  Oreson  Whitney  (John  O.,  Oreson,  Luke,  William,  William, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Baldwinsville,  Mass.,  May  .30,  1855;  m.  at  Hyde 
Park,  Nov.  29,  1874,  Rhoda  Ann  Perry,  b.  July  4,  1845.  He  is  a  carpenter;  res. 
Marblehead,  Mass. 


y 


662  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

9900.  i.  James  Evander,  b.  Nov.  7,  1875. 

9901.  ii.  Marie,  b.  June  17,  1877;  d.  June  23.  1877. 

9902.  iii.  Chas.  Robert,  b.  Apr.  4,  1879. 

9903.  iv.  Flora  Martha  Geneva,  b.  Aug.  18,  1881. 

9366.  Charles  Herbert  Whitney  (Jonathan  L.,  Silas,  Silas,  Silas,  Samuel, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Leicester,  Mass.,  May  22,  1853;  m.  in  Worcester, 
July  15,  1873,  Susie  E.  Blackmer,  b.  Sept.  21,  1853.  He  was  in  the  livery  business. 
He  d,  Jan.  24,  1894;  res.  Worcester,  Mass.,  19  Harrington  Ave. 

9900a.  i.  Lucy  Addie,  b.  Feb.  13,  1874. 

9901a.  ii.  Chas.  Herbert,  b.  Jan.  4,  1876. 

9902a.  iii.  Arthur  Lowell,  b.  Nov.  22,  1877, 

9903a.  iv.  Fannie  Knapp,  b.  Jan.  29,  1880. 

9904a.  V.  Ralph  Henry,  b.  Mar.  8,  1883. 

9905a.  vi.  Olive,  b.  July  28,  1885;  d.  July  7,  1886. 

9906a.  vii.  Vera,  b.  July  28,  1885. 

9367.  William  Henry  Whitney  (Jonathan  L.,  Silas,  Silas,  Silas,  Samuel, 
William,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Leicester,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1854;  m.  in  Chicago, 
Nov.  27,  1877,  Mary  Brennan,  b.  Aug.  15,  1851.  He  d.  Nov.  8,  1880;  res.  Gainesville 
and  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

9907a.  i.  J.  Lowell,  b.  Feb.  14,  1879;  res.  Park  Hotel,  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

9385.     Frank   Whitney    (Nelson,   Alonzo  A.,    Abraham   J.,   James,    Samuel, 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John,  John),  b.  Whitneyville,  Pa.,  Aug.  31,  1850;  m.  May  18,  1872, 
Adeline  Schieffelin,  b.  Dec.  31, 1850;  res.  Whitneyville,  Pa. 
9899.    i.         Claude  Lorraine,  b.  Feb.  9, 1873. 

9422.  Charles  F.  Whitney  (Charles  G.,  Isaac  S.,  Zimri,  John,  Zachariah, 
John,  Joseph,  John,  John),  b.  Nov.  12,  1856;  m.  Sept.  18.  1878,  Mattie  T.  Brigham;  res. 
7  Hastings  St.,  Marlboro,  Mass. 

990ub.  i.         Helen  Bradford,  b.  Jan.  6,  1883. 

9901b.  li.        William  B.,  b.  Jan.  21, 1888. 

9489.  George  Andrew  Whitney  (John  A.,  John  M.,  William,  Peter,  Aaron, 
Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mar.  20,  1869;  m.  there  July  2, 
1891,  Mary  Elizabeth  Thompson,  b.  Jan.  7,  1869;  res.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  care  N.  H. 
Clock  Co.;  s.  p. 

9500.  William  Stearns  Whitney  (Nathaniel  B.,  Aaron  S.,  William  H., 
Aaron,  Aaron,  Moses,  Moses,  Richard,  John),  b.  Aug.  10,  1867;  m.  Feb.  15,  1888,  .A.lice 
M.  Wiggins;  res.  Santa  Ana,  Cal. 

9902b.  i.         Elfreida  A.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1889. 

9903b.  ii.        Jessie  E.,b.  Sept.  16,  1890;  d.  . 

9904b.  iii.       Ray  Briant,  b. . 

9634.  Alfred  C.  Whitney  (Henry  A..  Noah,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Jan.  31,  1856;  m.  1883,  Alice  C.  Sawyer,  b.  July  17,  1857; 
res.  E.  Templeton,  Mass. 

9905.  i.         Chessie  D.,  b.  Mar.  30,  1884. 

9906.  ii.        Henry  D.,  b.  May  15.  1887. 

9907.  iii.       Emma  A.,  b.  June  10,  1889. 

9908.  iv.       Ralph  C,  b.  July  23,  1891. 

9648.  Hannibal  H.  Whitney  (Edward  C,  Nathan,  David,  Silas,  David,  Ben- 
jamin, Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Dec.  10,  1844;  m.  in  1869, ;  she  d.  m  1882; 

res.  39  Salem  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

9909.  i.         Charles,  b.  1867. 

9910.  ii.        Fred  L.,  b.  1886. 

9655.  Frank  A.  Whitney  (Oliver  C,  Nathan,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin,. 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  White  Cloud,  Kas.,  Nov.  2,  1858;  m.  there,  Dec.  28,  1890, 
Annie  D.  Papenhausen,  b.  May  31,  1871.  He  is  a  painter  and  decorator;  res.  Hins- 
dale, 111. 

9911.  i.         Lawrence  Ridgeway,  b.  Jan.  31,  1892. 

9912.  ii.       Oliver  Bruno,  b.  Dec.  6, 1893. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY.  663 

9666.  Louis  H.  Whitney  (Andrew  C,  Solomon,  David,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Aug.  6,  1863.  at  Alden,  la.;  m.  Oct.  5,  1887,  Grace  Mc- 
Pherson,  b.  July  25,  1870;  res.  Alden,  la. 

9913.  i.         Lee,  b.  May  4,  1888. 

9914.  ii.        Blanche,  b.  May  5, 1890. 

9915.  iii.       Maude,  b.  May  25,  1892. 

9686.  Capt.  Orloff  H.  Whitney  (John  K.,  Oliver,  Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benja- 
min, Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin,  Vt.,  Apr.  19, 1839;  m.  Feb.  6, 1862,  Cordelia 
Whitney,  b.  Sept.  24,  1843,  in  Franklin,  Vt.  (see.). 

At  the  commencement  of  the  last  war  he  enlisted  with  Ransom  Guards,  of  St. 
Albans,  at  the  first  call  for  three  months'  men.  Succeeding  this  he  enlisted  with  the 
nine  months'  men  in  the  fall  of  1862,  as  adjutant.  In  Mar.,  1863,  was  made  captain  of 
Co.  H,  13th  Vt.  Regiment.  Was  afterward  taken  sick,  and  died  June  2, 1863,  in  a  hos- 
pita  lat  Alexandria,  Va.,  at  the  early  age  of  twenty-four  years;  res.  Enosburg  Falls,  Vt. 

9916.  i.  Helen  C,  b.  Jan.  23,  1863;  m.  Jan.  22,  1890,  Olin  Merrill;  res.  Enos- 
burg Falls.    Ch.:  Annie  Francis,  b.  Nov.  15,  1892, 

9691.  John  L.  Whitney  (John  K.,  Oliver,  Oliver,  Silas,  David,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  East  Franklin,  Vt.,  Oct.  12,  1850;  m.  there,  Feb.  6,  1875, 
Annie  E.  Colcord,  b.  Jan.  14,  1857. 

John  L.  Whitney  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  followed  that  occupation  until  about 
thirty  years  of  age,  since  then  has  worked  at  carpenter  work  during  the  summer 
months  and  taught  music  during  the  winter;  had  the  advantages  of  a  good  education; 
res.  East  Franklin,  Vt. 

Lulu  G.,  b.  Jan.  29,  1877. 

Maud  H.,  b.  Mar.  9,  1878. 

Nellie  C,  b.  July  31,  1880. 

Glenna  p.,  b.  May  9,  1882;  d.  Mar.  9,  1883. 

Henry  K.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1884. 

Edith  M.,  b.  Sept.  11,  1885. 

Bernice,  b.  Mar.  29,  1887;  d.  Oct.  27,  1887. 

Orloff  H.,  b.  Feb.  21, 1891;  d.  Feb.  26,  1891. 

9694.  Adolphus  Dewing  Whitney  (Alloway,  Bartholomew,  Oliver,  Silas,  Da- 
vid, Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  St.  Armand,  P.  Q.,  Oct.  15,  1855;  m.  at 
East  Franklin,  Vt,  Oct.  20,  1875,  Maria  M.  Colcord,  b.  Aug.  8,  1856. 

Adolphus  Dewing  Whitney,  his  son  by  the  second  marriage,  resides  on  the  home 
farm  in  Franklin;  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  \'ermont  Methodist 
seminary;  married  Miss  Maria  Colcord,  of  Berkshire,  Vt.,  and  has  five  children,  the 
last  two  were  twins,  born  July  25,  1892.  Father,  mother  and  children  all  are  singers, 
being  a  Whitney  gift,  runs  in  the  blood.  Has  bred  some  fine  horses  and  sold  for  good 
money;  res.  East  Franklin,  Vt. 

Harlow  A.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1877. 

Charles,  b.  Aug.  1,  1879. 

Joseph  H.,  b.  Jan.  30,  1890. 

Foster  Clement,  b.  July  25,  1892. 

Helen,  b.  July  25,  1892. 

9697.  William  Arnold  Whitney  (Bartholomew,  Bartholomew,  Oliver,  Silas, 
David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin,  Mar.  4,  1849;  m.  May  15, 
1872,  Elma  Hurlbert,  of  Sheldon. 

He  is  a  farmer,  owns  an  extensive  farm  and  is  highly  respected  in  the  commu- 
nity where  he  resides.  Has  been  entrusted  with  nearly  all  the  offices  in  the  gift  of  his 
fellow  citizens.  He  is  prominent  in  church  and  all  benevolent  work;  res.  Sheldon 
and  Bakersfield,  Vt. 

Edward  O.,  b.  July  6, 1873;  d.  Nov.  18, 1885. 

Ellen  G.,  b.  Sept.  29, 1874. 

Morton  H.,  b.  July  21, 1876. 

Wayland  a.,  b.  Feb.  11.  1879;  d.  Nov.  18, 1885. 

Hurlbert  E.,  b.  June  5,  1881. 

Wilmer  C,  b.  Dec.  9,  1888. 

F.  Belle,  b.  Dec.  9,  1888. 


9917. 

i. 

9918. 

ii. 

9919. 

ni. 

9920. 

iv. 

9921. 

V. 

9922. 

VI. 

9923. 

Vll. 

9924. 

VIU 

9925. 

9926. 

ii. 

9927. 

ni. 

9928. 

IV, 

9929. 

V. 

9930. 

i. 

9931. 

ii. 

9932. 

ni. 

9933. 

IV. 

9934. 

V. 

9935. 

VI. 

9936. 

vii 

664  •  WHITNEY  GENEALOGY. 

9700.  HuRLBERT  Edson  Whitney  (Bartholomew,  Bartholomew,  Oliver,  Silas, 
David,  Benjamm,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin,  Vt.,  July  8,  1854;  m.  May  16, 
1877,  Ida   M.  Stowe,  of  West  Berkshire. 

At  one  time  he  conducted  an  extensive  farm,  but  at  present  is  connected  with  the 
Franklin  County  Creamery  Co.  He  has  held  several  town  offices;  res.  East  Frank- 
lin, Vt. 

Orilla  H.,b.  Sept.  22,  1877. 

Sarah  C,  b.  Nov.  14,  1881. 

Florece  M.,  b.  Aug.  8,  1883. 

Herman  B.,  b.  July  17, 1885. 

ELLAC.b.  Mar.  27,  1893. 

9701.  Stephen  Bartholomew  Whitney  (Bartholomew,  Bartholomew,  Oliver, 
Silas,  David,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Thomas,  John),  b.  Franklin,  Vt.,  Nov.  25,  1860;  m. 
at  W.  Berkshire,  Apr.  11,  1883,  Addie  Parmelia  Chaffee,  b.  Jan.  18, 1866. 

Stephen  B.  was  born  in  Franklin,  and  is  now  living  on  the  farm  on  which  his 
father  died  and  which  he  purchased  in  1894.  He  is  greatly  interested  in  religious 
work,  is  a  Sunday-school  teacher,  is  steward  in  the  M.  E.  church,  president  or  the 
Epworth  League  and  prominent  in  all  church  matters.  He  is  a  farmer  and  is  highly 
esteemed  and  respected;  res.  W.  Berkshire,  Vt. 


9937. 

i. 

9938. 

ii. 

9939. 

in. 

9940. 

IV. 

9941. 

V. 

9942. 
9943. 
9944. 


Cora  Leona,  b.  Jan.  10,  1885. 
i.         Bernice  Evelyn,  b.  Nov.  30,  1889. 
ii.       Wesley  Ray,  b.  Aug.  28,  1892. 


9817.  Arthur  Nelson  Whitney  (Arthur  N.,  Nelson,  Ethan,  Hachaliah,  Jesse, 
Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Jonathan,  Jonathan,  John),  b.  Bellingham,  Sept.  18,  1860;  m.  in 
Mendon,  May  29,  1883,  Ada  Lucinda  Jennison,  b.  Sept.  24,  1862;  res.  Mendon,  Mass., 
and  10  Chester  Ave.,  Brockton,  Mass. 


9945. 
9946. 
9947. 


Raymond  Lee,  b.  Apr.  18,  1886. 
i.        Hazel  Stuart,  b.  Mar.  26,  1888. 
ii.        Gladys  Taft,  b.  Dec.  25,  1891. 


Whitney  Index. 

Christian  names  of  persons  by  the  name  of 

Whitney.  .  \ 


Aaron,  45,  46,  47,  50.  53,  62,  74,  79,  80,  83.  90,  92,  93, 

105,  107,  108,  111,  153,  161,   162,  163,  164,  176,  192, 

193.  202.  20.'),  214.  273,  285.  301,  337,  355,  363,  369. 

375.  468,  494,  531,  545,  561,  616. 
Abiezer,  227. 
Abel,  37,  62.  80.  81,  83,  92,  103,  108,  120,  147,  149,  162, 

163,  164,   169,   176,  200,   207,  280,  294,  295,  301,  309. 

373,  411.  530.  5«1. 
Abigail,  24,  25,  29,  31,  35,  36,  45,  46,  51,  53,  57,  58.  60, 

61,  63,  65,  67,  68,  71.  72,  73.  89,  91,  106,  108, 121,  123, 

124,  129,  130,  134,  139,    148,  151,  160,  167,  170.  186. 

188.  192,  201,  212,  231,  233,  234,  245,  260,  278,  295, 

306,  325.  330.  337,  33s,  365,  529. 
Abraham,  30,  32,  44,  45,  46,  .^0,  .")4,  61,  71,  73,  74,  80, 

94.  103,  101,  118.  149.  165.  166.  195.  233,  279,  280,281, 

303,  304,  466,  469,  498,  526. 
Abiah,  226,  261. 
Abby  (ie),  149,  210,  276,279,282.292,296,81.5,320, 

3-^,  3.58,  36h.  375,  402,  4.58,  460.  484,  504,  514,  530, 

538,  ,561,  586.  .594,  013.  640.  644,  645. 
Abram,  47,  118,  227,  282,  406,  407,  465,  4B7,  615. 
Abijali.  73.  74,  108.  1.50,  151,  152,  20h.  282,  337,  374, 

375,  .'60.  561. 
Abner.  48,  53.  72.  84,  94,  147,  178,  196,   233,  273,  821, 

322,  412,  4.5s. 
Achsah,  72,  103,  217,  308. 
Ada.  364.  411,  499,  601,  617.  624.  643,  C56. 
Addie,  362,  399,  404,  436,  471,  4s0,  5.5,  556.  566,  623. 
Ad  in.  344. 

Adelbert,  315,  408,  .587.  645. 
Adelia.  'is."),  391,  402.  5s7. 
Adelaide,  225.  283.  357,  367,  388.  644. 
Adam  (si,  121.  282.  295.  470.  4.S4. 
Adeline,  17d,  215,  219,  221.  264,  265.  303.  .32s,  330,  3:}H. 

341,316,348,355,378,  3S3,  40.5,  445,  447,  471,   ,504, 

567. 
Adeliza.  204. 
Addison,  392,  572. 
Adin,.539. 
Adah,  540. 
Adolphus,  646.  663. 
Agnis,  370,  402,  473.  576,  G06,  628. 
Alvars,  151. 
Albion,  229.  231,  323. 
Allison,  510,  627. 
Alden,  251,  433,  624. 
Alexas,  415. 

Albion,  410,  509,  510.  580,  627. 
Alta,  405. 
Alozia,  280. 
AlbertQj^,  383. 

Alma,  322,  363,  373,  378,  402,  434,  557, 563. 
Almeda,  404. 
Almon,  585. 
Almont,  407. 
Alsera,  252. 
Alfred,  198,  215,  228,  231,589,  309,  326,  8.32,  386,  388, 

392,  407,  409,  4.58,  459,  479.  5U4,  511,  525,  551,  570, 

596.  612,  616,  626,  613,  651,  662. 


Alonzo,  193.  201.  215.  2.30,  251.  279,  283,  358,  373.  376* 
444.  465,466,  472.  ,562.  5sl,  58^,600,  656,  659. 

Alvin,  128,  217,  244,  290,  322,  339,  391,  479,  509,  526, 
.571,  .592. 

Allie,  65t). 

Alva,  .587. 

Alex.  653. 

Albert,  129,  200,  206,  207,  212,  218,  223.  224,  226,  228. 
304,  319,  320,  322,  328,  338.  343,  353,  357,  367,  :^)9, 
372,  373.  377,  379,  392,  4<il,  402,  404,  428.  430,435, 
436,  443,  461,  470,  492,  499,  ,506.  512.  .522.  530.  .537. 
546,  556,  55M,  562,  566,  571,  572,  574.  575,  576,  577, 
579.  .592.  593.  .595,  .596,  613.  614,  622.  645. 

Almira,  121,  157,  160,  176.  200,  201.  218.  220,  334,  339, 
392,  445. 

Alanson,  112,  139,  265. 
Althima.  26»). 
.\lfaretha,  315. 
Almera,  265. 

Alvah.  109,  210.  281,  376,  469. 

Allen,  53,  221,  240,  305,  333,  399,  403,  474,  521,  562, 
606.  659. 

Allston,  292,  480. 

Alexander.  53.  »i,  193, 196,  216,  261.  292,  302,  344.  44,5, 

49.5,  ,539. 
Alloway,  530.  646. 
Albert  us.  566,  653. 
Alexas,  .584. 
Alton,  f.76,  594. 
Alice,25.  49,  59.  80,81. 83.  £«,  89, 104,  112, 155.  173,  193, 

200.  218.  293,  ?0(.l,  311,  321.  357,  3h0,  39«;,  399,  405, 

407,  420,  421.  426,  428,  4«)5,  479,  497,  49k.  503,  513, 

522,  52it,  .528,  574.  5h7.  ,590,  591,  .597,  599,  601,  621, 

641,  64.',  64 1.  647.  6.53.  657.  658. 
.\lplieu-.  72,  149,  229.  409. 
Ann,  52,  55,  67,  160,  173,  177,  1&8,  201,  207,  212,  215, 

216,222,223,224,251,259.271,  281.  306,   324,   339, 

343,  866,  369,  373,  402,  411,  41ti,  442,  506,  507,  578, 

596,  599,  601. 
Andrew,  112,  121,  210,  220,  227,229,2.32,287,371, 

376,  389,  406,  436,  469,  470,  504,  529,  56;J,  596,  645, 

657. 

Andrus,  605. 

Anna.  24.  40.  45,  47,  67.  76,  77,  78,  83,  91,  92.  107,  108, 
114.  122,  131.  132.  178,  197,  203,  204,  219,  221,  2,35. 
238,  252,  266,  270.  2^2,  358,  374,  3s8.  415,  416,  417, 
42(5,  436.  466,  471,  481,  505,  514,  542,  547,  551,  554, 
5sO,  58S,  596,  644. 

Annes.  s8.  H9. 

Anne.  33,  44.  113. 129,  158,  292,  606. 

Annah,  115. 

Annette.  431,  4:35,  586,  599,  600. 

Annie,  120,  149,  2.54,  285,  321,  329,  340,  358,  379,  390, 
397,  406,  409,  421,  434,  4.57,  504,  .524,  .526,  538,  539, 
541,  545.  551,  ,570,  592,  594,  597,  615,  627,  640. 

Annie.  88,  257,  439. 

.\iison,  322. 

AnsU,  303,  371,  557. 


48 


665 


666 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


Angelina,  305,  S99. 

Angeline,  133,  222.  237,  317,  514. 

Anginette,  596. 

Anville,  656. 

Allie,  439,  440. 

Ammi,  123. 

Amasa,  358. 

Amelia,  313,  341,  364,  392,  416,  536,  566. 

Amarilla,  219. 

Amaretta,  440,  500. 

Amos,  32,  33.  37,  41,  44.  55,  62,  64,  68,  84,  95, 102,  105, 
106,  118,  125,  134,  150,  151,  168,  176,  196,  197,  201, 
202,  205,  226,  253,  275,  282,  306,  350,  364,  436,  461, 
550. 

Amory,  169. 

Amity,  43. 

Ami,  117,  225,  235,  404,  416,  417,  587. 

Amine,  373. 

Amon.  590. 

Amy,  89, 116,  357,  590,  618. 

Amey,  60. 

Ambrose,  122. 

Amasa,  74, 144,  261,  266, 270,  305,  453,  454. 

Amariah,  130, 177,  246. 

AmrUlen,  63. 

Amaziah,84,  321.509. 

Amanda,  206,  210,  230,  265,  321,  327,  331,  366,  876, 

377,  399,  446,  468. 
Appleton,  115,  223. 
Aphia,  118. 

AppoUus,  188,  333,  526. 
Arabella,  283. 

Arad,  168. 

Arathusa,  102,  157,  177, 196,  261. 

Araveeta,  210. 

Arminda.  90,  467. 

Aroline,  3^0. 

Arseneth,  132,  133. 

Artemas,  87,  103,  149,  178, 187,  193,  200,  323,  336,  344, 

378,  511,  533,  619. 
Artemetia,  207. 
Archibald,  112,  215. 
Arathena.  95. 

Arthur,  285,  362,  371,  375.  376,  379,  392.  398,  402.  421, 
444,  4<5,  458,  470,  480,  505,  509,  510,  511,  522.  524, 
531,  534,  538,  542,  549,  550,  575,  ,576,  589.  591,  595, 
596,  605,  610,  620,  627,  647,  649,  651,  656,  059,  662. 
664. 

Arminta,  383. 

Arietta,  421. 

Arvetta.  428. 

Arvilla,  210. 

Archie,  561,  659. 

Ardelle,  601. 

Arab.  645. 

Arnold,  6,54. 

Ashley,  400. 

Asa.  59.  60,  62,  85,  90,  105,  112, 114, 115,  120,  122,  130, 
131,  152.  165,  178.  18)h,  193,  202,  211,  221.  223,  224, 
230,  245,  246,  270,  282.  303.  323,  33(i,  334,  .345,  358, 
859,  399,  400,  401,  402.  409,  426,  574.  650. 

Asaph.  92,  126.  211,  238,  239,  330,  376,  420,  591,  603. 

Asahel,  139.  386. 

Aseneth,  103,  192, 198,  211,  225,  236. 

Atwood,  192,  227. 

Aura,  561. 

Angnstme,  285,  405,  473. 

Augusta,  169,  211,  356.  377,  397,  513,  526. 

Augustus,  221,  295,  328,  331,  412,  468,  509,  522,  526, 
546.  562.  581,  582,  652. 

Austin,  274,  340,  346,  374,  452.  459,  540,  560,  561,  607, 
613.621,<'43. 

Anrelia,  280. 

Audra,  559. 

AuriDa,  828. 

Auren,  524. 

Aurie,  5.58. 

Avis.  217. 

Ava,  406. 

Azro,  372,  558. 

Azubah,  52, 149, 192,  276,  279,  530. 

Ayl»»tte,  610. 

Baxter,  270,  341,  454,  587, 

Barilla,  257. 

Barney.  305. 

Barnard,  256,  439. 


Barrett,  51. 

Bathsheba,  119. 

Bartholomew,  190,  337,  314,  530,  5?9,  646. 

Barnabas,  46,  62,  83,  122, 173, 174,  319. 

Bayard,  390.     ._ 

Barzillai,  85, 178,  344. 

Belden,  404,  577. 

Benjamin,  22,  23,  24.  26,  27,  29,  80,  31,  35,  87,  38,  89, 
40,  41,  44,  45,  50,  51,  56,  57,  58,  61,  62,  64,  73,  76,  78, 
91,  106,  108,  110,  111,  113,  118,  120,  121,  132,  134,  1.50, 
151,  152,  1.57,  1.58,  186,  190,  195,  1H8,  203,  204,  205, 
212,  214,  219,  226,  227,  229.  232,  245,  2il,  256,  260. 
261,  271.  283.  284,  291,  295,  323,  330,  337,  338,  349, 
350,  353,  3.57.  368,  370,  372,  389,  407,  411,  412,  418, 
426,  434,  447,  .509,  512,  523,  542.  558,  588,  589,  592, 
628,  657. 

Berina,  149. 

Bela,  140, 194,  472. 

Benajah,  383,  564,  565,  566. 

Benzette,  388. 

Bertha.  293,  404,  421,  444,  467,  477,  555,  558,  559,  563^ 
572,  579,  592,  594,  595,  627,  628,  642,  650,  651. 

Bethiah,  88,  406. 

Bethyah,  39. 

Bert(ie),376,  563,  591,  659. 

Bertrum,  399. 

Betsey,  49,  58,  88,  93,  94,  95,  102,  110,  113,  119, 122. 
136,  139,  148,  150,  152,  153,  154,  156,  157,  160,  167, 
168,  169,  176,  177,  178,  180,  184,  185,  187,  188,  189, 
190.  195,  203,  207.  208,  210,  229,  232,  238,  254,  256, 
257,  261.  270,  317,  334,  375,  452,  582. 

Bezaleel,  23,  46,  203. 

Beatrice,  560,  .561.  589. 

BeUe,  229,  376,  663. 

Benton,  556. 

Betty,  54,  83,  84,  129,  434. 

Bernard.  227,  406. 

Beryl,  560. 

Beulah,  84, 133.  134.  177,  547. 

Bernice.  256,  622,  663,  664. 

Beriah.  2:i2.  411. 

Belinda,  273,  458. 

Bessie.  375,  4;«,  540,  547,  563,  570,  571,  590,  606,  617^ 
653,  6.57, 

Billa,  213,  382. 

Bianca.  227.  593 

Bird,  379. 

Blanche,  413,  599,  604,  663. 

Boylsfon.  211,  376. 

BracUl,  655. 

Bradley,  601. 

Braddock,  408. 

Brainard.  495. 

Brizill,  58().  ^ 

Brutus.  444,  604. 

Bruce,  397,  404,  577,  628. 

Bradshaw,  22,  158,  293, 

Brittania,  256, 

Bnel,  306,  500. 

Burdick.  257. 

Barrett.  585. 

Burton,  :346. 

Bulah,  47,  48,  70. 

Bnrk.  346, 

Byron,  305,  322,  375,  415,  499,  561,  585,  594. 

Byam,  614. 

Cains,  173,315. 

Caleb,  22,  36,  41,  49,  59,  66,  88,  130,  178, 187,  821. 

Calista,  175,  197,  320. 

Calvin.  110,  112.  113.  119.  153,  156,  211,  213,  218,  219^ 
286.  365,  366,  376,  377.  379,  436,  510,  511,  627. 

Camilla,  577. 

Camille,  570. 

Carl,  499,  509,  606,  652. 

Carley,  439,  &  0. 

Carlos,  208,  318,  375,  576. 

Carlton,  536. 

CarmiJly,  420. 

Carolyn.  397. 

Carrie,  346,  375.  3.6,  391,  892,  893,  426,  456,  463,  480, 
507,  52C,  547,  5.52,  5.59,  575,  580,  584,  595.  616. 

Caroline,  104,  158,  164,  173,  198,  210,  211,  215,  216, 
218,  219,  220,  222,  224,  227,  245,  256,  2.57,  260,  263, 
272,  294,  304,  324,  332,  340,  348,  356,  365,  866,  367,  • 
884,  394.  400,  425,  450,  453,  455,  466,  472,  475,  482» 
485,  574,  582,  586,  606,  615. 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


667 


Carrol],  642. 

Carylan,  396. 

Carson,  404,  577. 

Case,  571. 

Casper,  218.  396. 

Catherine,  74,  106,  129,  135,  160,  166,  205,  216,  246, 
265,  274,  289,  304,  811,  319,  332,  343,  405,  408,  427, 
428,  434,  506,  563,  592. 

Caty,  257. 

Celestia,  220,  523. 

Celena,  611. 

Cecil,  286,  412,  475,  557. 

Celinda,  237. 

Celia,  218. 

Celon,  577. 

Channing,  355. 

Charteey,  238. 

Chaancy,  14,  217.  221.  224,  280,  892,  529,  572,  644. 

Cheeney,  234,  391,  895,  415,  573,  585. 

Chrieteaze,  294. 

Christaing.  220. 

Christiaua,  228,  389. 

Choley.  437. 

Chora,  510. 

Charles,  77.  80.  110,  129,  139,  146,  152,  157,  158,  160, 
161,  163,  171,  191,  193, 197, 193,  203, 207,  :i08.  212. 213, 
215. 216,  224,  227,  228,  230,  232, 233, 234,  2.35,  238,  241, 
242,  251, 252,  259,  265, 271, 272,  274, 278,  279,  280,  281, 
282, 288,  290,  291,  294. 296,  303,  308. 309,  310,  311,  313. 
314, 318,  321,  322,  325,  327,  328,  329,  331,  341,  346,  349, 
350,  351,  3.52,  354,  355,  356,357,  358.  362,  366, 367,  368, 
371, 373,  374,  376.  377,  378,  379,  380, 384,  386,  387,  388, 
389,  390,  393,  394,  397,  398,  400,  402,  403,  404, 406,  407, 
409,  411,  416,  417,418,  419,  421.  424,  425,  426,  429,  4.30. 
434.  435, 436,  444,  451,  4,53,  454, 45K,  457,  4.58,  4.59, 460, 
464,466,  467,  468,  470,  471,  472,  475,  476,  477,  479,  481, 
497,  499,  500,  501,  503,  .505,  .506,  .509,  511,  512,  513, 
521,  522,  525,  .526,  528,  .533,  536,  538,  539.  541,  .542, 
543,  545,  546,  547,  .548,  550,  551,  5.52,  555,  5.57,  5.58, 
559,  561,  562,  .563,  567,  .569,  572,  573,  574.  576,  578, 
579,  580,  5M,  586,  .5hS,  589.  590,  591,  594,  597,  603, 
C05,  607,  612,  613,  614,  615,  616,  617,  618,  620,  624. 
625,  626,  627,  628,  640.  641,  642.  643,  645.  649,  651, 
652.  653,  654.  655.  657.  658.  659,  661.  662.  663. 

Charlotte,  11.5,  121,  13.5,  163.  170,  177,  198,  199,  204, 
208,  219,  221.  229.  242. 251.  299.  308.  311,  314.  321,  322, 
3.56,  364,  369,  405,  412,  417,  429,  437, 441,  4.56,  546,  569, 
588,  596,  597.  607. 

Chandler,  307,  437,  5.55. 

Christopher,  110, 119, 166,  213,  227,  804,  383,  514,  566, 
628. 

Chester,  118, 192.  279,  841,  466,  474,  479,  529, 536,  620, 
642,  643,  654. 

Chloe,  136,  253,  2.59,  279,  452. 

Channing.  .545,  C21. 

Chessie,  662. 

Cinda,  137. 

Cleveland,  556. 

Clyde,  404, 

Cliflford,  618,  650,  655. 

Clara,  223,  252.  2«6,  287,  303,  314.  .320,  331,  .348.  3.50, 
3.56.  357,372,  375.  89m.  399.  4(jO,  406.  412.  421,  434, 
453,461,467,  475,499.510.  511,  525,  539,  542,  545, 
558.  562,  .585.  596,  615.  653. 

Clark.  77.  136,  221,  2ii2.  246,  257,  399,428.  603. 

Claude,  397,  582.  591,  602. 

Clandius,  215. 

Clayton,  467. 

Clementina,  459,  551. 

Clifton,  440,  579. 

Clinton,  433,  461. 

Clarinda,  194,  197.210.  450. 

Clarissa,  146.  164.  165.  172.  184.  19C,  200,  203.  224, 
235,  238,  301,  364,  382,  415,  492,  494. 

Cloise.  59.     . 

Clarence,  240,  247,292,  347,410,  421,430,  434.456, 
467.  497,  524,  550.  .559,  610,  624,  641,  643,  650,  654. 

Comfort,  112. 

Corn,  39^  504,  522,  541,  543,  558,  559,  562,  590,  604, 
623.  655,  G64. 

Content.  67,  211. 

Cordelia,  232,  C44. 

Covdon.  439,  597,  658. 

Colnmbus,  413,  583. 

Constant.  122,  233,  412.  534. 

Courtland,  241,  421. 


Cole,  259,  444. 

Cornelius,  389. 

Cornelia,  312.  343,  344,  351,  384,  389,  413,  415,  418, 

445,  .506.  551. 
Cornelius,  25,  35,  36,  59,  110,  112,  118,  170,  213,215, 

217. 
CoUins,  333,  526. 

Cooley,  2.59. 

Columbia,  2.34. 
Cromwell,  151. 

Crescent,  388. 

Curtis,  531,  556. 

Cutler,  840. 

Cynthia.  93,  112,  133,  156,  184, 197,  2.57,  270,  290,  345, 
362,  412,  ,505. 

Cyrus,  92,95, 138,191,196,  197,207,  217.  261.305,310, 
319.  349,  3.50,  852,  354,  873,  392,  893,  413,  446,  499, 
541,  542. 

Daniel,  28,  29,  34.  40,  45,  46.  48,  55,  56,  62,  66,  73,  77, 
78,  85.  88,  104,  106,  107,  109,  121,  129,  132,  158.  1.59, 
167,  168,  176,  178,  185,  193,  201.  203.  205.  207,  211, 
228,  245,  246,  247,  249,  2.50,  251.  253.  254,  260,  308, 
823,  324,  325,  343,  359,  367,  368,  369,  372,  .376,  407, 
414,  427,  428,  429,  431.  432,  433,  434,  436,  446,  4.58, 
511,  513,  551,  555,  559,  569,  573,  574,  585,  586,  593, 
594.  596,  609,  610.  61(!.  654,  658. 

David.  25,  29,  35,  36,  37.  43.  45,  50,  51.  59,  60.  63,  67, 
71,  73,  74.  75,  76,  90,  91.  104.  108.  109.  112,  114,  116, 
117,  123.  126.  127,  128,  150,  152,  153.  164,  189,  190, 
192,  207.  208.  218.  224.  226.  228.  229.  233.  237,  242. 
247,_251,  265.  274.  282,  301,  302,  304,  334,  337,  33K, 
339,  343,  372,  373,  374,  396,  405,  407,  413,  418,  420, 
424,  428.  429,  437,  451,  455.  468.  470,  494,  533.  5.58, 
559,  560,  .575,  589.  591.  593.  597,  608,  653,655,657. 

Davis,  304.  499. 

Dana,  307. 

Daisy,  485,  507,  611,  627. 

Daj-ton,  606. 

Dean,  591. 

Delara,  579. 

Delia  391   392. 

Deborah,  23,  51,  53,  159,  219,  344,  470, 

De  Witt,  414. 

Dennis,  374. 

Desire,  53. 

Delphina.  283. 

Delia,  259.  362. 

Deliverance,  76. 

Densmore,  211. 

Dewey.  iSS. 

Dennis,  .560. 

Dexter,  193,  343,  413,  582. 

Delbert,  642. 

Dianna,  209.  2.58. 

Dinah,  51. 104,  133.  376. 

Dickey,  434. 

Dimis,  247. 

Dora,  379,  540,  541. 

Don,  371,  442,558. 

Donald,  570,621. 

Doty,  229. 

Douglass,  220,  451. 

Dore,  .560. 

Dorr,  604. 

Dorothy,  31,  88,  45,  48,  77,  78,  85,  215,  605,  689.646. 

Dorrace,  649. 

Dorcas,  47,  95,  176,  178,  186, 197.  253,  323. 

Dolly.  136,  147,  179,  186,  197,  275,  325,  413,  49-,  ,558. 

Drucilla,  593. 

Drusilla,  326. 

Drake,  417,  588, 

Dudley,  270.  369,  453,  523,  592,  607, 651. 

Dulcina,  .366. 

Duane,  219,  396,  494,  617,  622. 

Dummeras,  47. 

Dwell,  1X4,  185,  328. 

Dwell  y,  87. 

Dwight.  392,  429,  484,  622. 

Dyer,  465. 

Earnest.  522,  655,  573. 

Earl,  3',«.  461,  570,  6.50. 

Eben,  128,  192,  205,  244,  304,  840,  369,  377,  408, 

Eber,  103. 

Ebenezer,  30,  43,  .50,  53,  63,  65,  68,  89, 90,  92,  118, 121, 
128,  129,  186,  18S,  192,  214,  217,  226,  229,  244,  332, 
333,  334,  387,  393,  405,  426,  437,  527,  579. 


668 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


Eda,  113.  606. 

Edear,  194,  249,  372,  431,  465,  499,  509,  561,  595,  614, 

627. 
Edmund,  109,  121,  201,  229,  233,  284,  294,  341,  402, 

472.  473.  482,  536,  649,  658. 
Edith,  317,  371,  464,  470,  525,  558,  573,  611,  615.  618, 

621,  626.  628,  645,  652,  6S&,  663. 
Eddie,  52*2,  546. 
Edmercica,  601. 
Edson,  259,  524,  641. 
Edwin,  155,  159, 171,  194,  197.  224,  228,  252,  302,  314, 

315,  328,  331,  334.  352.  353.  354.  3.'>5,  86H.  374,  391, 

392,  403,  407,  417,  429.  436,  437,  439,  461,  465,  466, 

474,  475,  494,  495,  5(H5.  507,  511,  521,  546,  554,  558 
571,  579,  580,  587,  588,  594.  600,  60.i.  615.  652,  659. 

Edward.  67.  75, 152,  161,  16*^,  185.  192.  194.  221.  234, 
251,  283.  287,  292,  300,  301,  303,  304,  306,  307.  313, 
329.  XU,  343,  3.52,  355,  362,  367,  369,  371,  399,  4tt2, 
407,  4U9,  412,  414,  421,  424,  433,  449,  456,  458,  469, 

475,  480.  482.  490.  492.  497.  501.  511.  512,  514,  522, 
526.  527,  529,  543,  544,  545,  557,  .561,  562,  576,  578, 
584.  596,  621.  624,  627,  642,  644,  648,  653,  655,  657, 
663. 

Edna,  403,  412,  430,  433,  576,  594,  595,  606,  644. 

Eddy,  417. 

Ettie,  319,  374,  387,  392.  467.  562, 571,  615.  627.  645. 

Eileen.  640. 

Eletlia,  405. 

Elena.  405. 

Elmctta.  405. 

Elbert.  398.  479.  548,  599,  650. 

Elmore,  377,  562. 

Elon.226,  405. 

Ehviu,  374.  628. 

Eldora,  3.")8. 

Elhawan.  201,  358. 

Ellery.  620. 

Elmer,  525,  538.  .576,  625.  649. 

Eloit,  514. 

Elmar,  499. 

Elora,  469. 

Elverton.  460. 

Ellis,  4.55,  548,  650. 

Ellie,  379. 

EL-ie,  420,  498,  522,  561.  564,  .572,  605.  618,  651. 

Ellertou.  533. 

Elealer.  621. 

Eliza,  lis,  151,  160,  169,  170.  175.  198,  203,  208,  209, 
210,  213,  217,  22ii.  2;?2,  238,  242,  265,  270,  2«9,  311 
313,  315,  325,  33S,  341,  344,  350.  351,  359,  :364,  306, 
373,  377,  379,  380,  383,  400,  415,  4.53,  454,  4.58.  529, 
546.  570.  .581.  586,  616. 

Eli,  2\  41,  68.  121.  134.  149,  180,  205.  228,  254,  255, 
256,  280,  389,  396,  437,  438,  .570,  593,  596,  597.  598, 
658. 

Elkanal),  112.  396,  574. 

EUswortli.  524. 

Elipbalet.  69.  89.  217. 

Eleazer,  23,  31,  52,  53,  93,  193,  226,  228.  323.  331,  407, 
525,  578. 

Electa.  Ill,  139,  214,  241,  258.  321,  350.  416,  440. 
441. 

Elias,  119. 122,  228,  238,  307,  418,  419,  .504,  590. 

Elisha.  23,  40,  46,  6(;.  70.  72.  73.  77.  lb,  79,  111,  129, 
130,  131,  13h,  139,  148.  1.5s.  101,  210,  244.  245,  293, 
S06,  376,  471,  5C)0,  536.  589.  607.  661. 

Elizabeth,  23,  25,  28,  30,  31,  32.  34,  35,  86,  37,  40,  41, 
44.  48,  50.  53.  .54,  57,  5H.  59,  61,  65,  66.  69.  72.  73.  74, 
78.  85.  87,  88,  91,  92, 103,  104,  105.  107,  111,  126,  130, 
134,  135.  145,  147,  150,  156,  161,  164.  203.  205,  216, 
216,  223.229,  235,  25ti,  261,265.  271,  27^,  2(0,285, 
289.  292,  293.  29<.i,  301,  302,  304,  307.  311,  313,  322, 
324,  325.  333.  339. 3ti7.  387.  389, 405,  4U'),  40S.  416,  418. 
426,  436,  445,  447,  449,  453,  466,  481,  492,  497,  504, 
511,  533.  546.  573.  .597.  602.  603,  622. 

Elbridge.  175,  344,  582,  6.56. 

Elmira,  317. 

Elliott,  474,  485. 

Elmina,  84,  177,  233.  238,  291,  323,  327,  365,  445. 

Eldora.  547. 

Eleazer.  .579. 

El  vie,  655. 

Elfredia,  662. 

Eliab.  120,  229,  232. 

Ellas,  38,  47,  54,  63.  84, 123. 124,  180,  326,  412. 


Elijah.  32.  40.  54,  55,  58,  66,  84,  92,  104,  111,  129,  138, 

192.  253,  262,  323. -341,  342,  343.  436. 
Elinor.  24,  26,  tO,  35,  229,  294,  507.  541,  556,  574.  632. 

646,651. 
Elozia,  279. 
Elvira,  184,  185.  195.  257.  280.  331,  409,  460,  526,  531, 

548,  .576,  658. 
Elwyn,  555. 
Ella,  160,  234,  293,  331,  346,  350,  355,  391,  393,  899, 

419,  444.  459.  494.  504,  ,^25,  540,  .541.  .543.  5.5<i,  561, 

562,  5m6.  .5H7,  595,  .596.  6t)0,  603.  604,  iMft.  623,  664. 
Ellen,  129,  204,  209,  217,  287,  290,  3(KI,  305,  819,  320, 

321.  339,  344,  3.57,367,371.389,  398,  414,  416.  417. 

418.  428,  456,  461,  470,  472,  475.  £03,  514,  521,  536. 

542. 
Ellenor,  57,  .58,  218,  409,  4.59,  607,  61«.  655,  6G3. 
Elathan.  23.  31,  53,  93,  94,  194,  195,  347. 
Emma.  109.  210,  2.52,  283,  284.  293,  331,  346,  350.  358, 

368.  373,  376,  386,  387.  389,  390,  394.  404,  409,  433, 

456,  460,  469,  472,  509,  524,  525,  .530.  .533.  539,  .540, 

542.  54H,  559,  .561.  566,  572,  584,  586.  587,600,604, 

607,  643,  647.  662. 
Emmaretta,  603. 
Emery.  165,  229,  i  33,  485,  526,  622. 
Emelia,  59. 
Emily.  1.51,  196,  205,  216,  229,  231,  244.  245,  258,  280, 

2H5,  307.  326,  350.  364,  36  i.  369,  426,  427.  429,  454, 

4.58.  466.  491,  582,  660. 
Emeline,  321,  324,  333.  346,  374,  40G,  417,  432,  465, 

499. 
Emerson,  324. 
Emergency.  259. 
Emilie,  214.  291. 
Emogeue.  305.  415. 

Emor\-,  180,  188.  2.59,  325.  326.  332.  .357.  444. 
Emeline,  128,  193. 194,  229,  261, 279.  280.  ;!2b.  339.  537, 

542. 
Emmie,  390. 
Engeline,  499. 
Enos,  315,  507. 
Enoch.  9ii.  119.  22^.  345. 
Ephraim.  30.  3.5,  4'),  47.  ,50,  66,  67,  71.  80.  81,  85.  104. 

105,  121.  133,  134.  166,  168,  178,  179.  231,  2.53,  2h7, 

308,  309,  322,  325.  324.  325,  864.  504,  510.  511,  513.. 
Erie.  120.  656. 
Ernest.  375.  405,  458,  464,  528.  527.  579,  588,  .597,  600, 

62i».  654. 
Evan.  4U5. 
Erastus.  113.  173.  206,  238,  301,' 314,  343,  416,  420,  492, 

493,  .52:1  .587. 
Ermina.  217. 
Erwin,  572,  577. 
Erma.  594. 
Ervini.'.  020. 
Esther. 30.  :«,  40,  56,  57,  59.  66.  76,  84.  108,  123,  126. 

149.203,  204,  211,  231,  255.239,  242,  253.2.59,416. 

417.  445,  5^6. 
Eseck.  21H,  394. 
Estelle.  320,  Ml 
EstellH.  35s.  .i39. 
Etta,  328,  371.  894.  404, 451.  520.  527,  573.  581.  583. 642, 

651). 
Ethiel.  280. 
Ethan.  413,  606. 
Ethel.  149.  396.  412,  425,  .500,  507,  547,  .560,  572,  575. 

,593.  611,  617,  624,  625,  642,  650,  6.57,  65s.  659. 
Eunice.  47.  .52.  53,  60.  66.  105,  120.  121,  126,  ir.2.  161, 

165,  22S,  229,  231,  233,  234,  i39,  272,  279,  2S1,  303, 

324,  337,  371,  412,  449, 469,  646. 
Eugene,  303.  847,  378,  390,  405.  iSl,  493.  497,  498, 

505,  625.  620. 
Eudora,  322. 
Enstace.  358,  547. 
Eula,  391,  .524. 
Eva,  252,  379,  390,  394,  424,  433,  465.  467.  470.  499. 

562,  583,  600,  622,  627.  656,  658. 
Evangeline,  467. 
Evalene.  399. 
Eveline.  326,  307. 
Everett,  213,  433,  464,  474,  513,  541,  560,  5%,  618,  619, 

6.58. 
Evelj-n,  8'20,  362.  425,  624. 
Evan.  405. 
Evea,  657. 

Experience,  123, 129. 
Ezekiel.  30,  39,  45,  50,  64,  74,  90,  151,  176,  188,  333. 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


669 


Ezra,  48,  56.  84.  107.  134,  149.  202.  203,  234.  235,  253, 

279  280.  2XA.  3(36,  367,  416,  466,  551,  583,  587. 
Fairfield,  578. 
Fannie,  314,  326,  329.  455,  459,  463,  475,  480,  513,  526, 

533,  617.626.662. 
Fanny.  94.  lf^9.  160,  172,  195,  327.  331.  338,  340,  349, 

364,  420,  455,  465,  480,  614,  615,  625. 
Fayette.  305,  495. 
Fay.  433,  5.ih,  563,  627. 
Felicia,  197,  326. 
Felix,  366. 
Ferdinand.  212. 
Fiddia,  203.  542. 
Fidelia,  217,  238,  330,  414. 
Filinda.  217. 
Fisher,  65,  126.  241. _ 
Floyd;  5.-)9.  .i63,  659.^ 
Flossie.  643.  659. 
Floy.  499. 
FJoid,  425. 

Flora,  374.  428,  433,  .524,  539,  560,  .574.  662. 
Floreita.  36x. 
Flint.  273. 

Florence,    240,241,  366,370.  411,420,  421 ,  45h,  4,59, 
474.  476,  479,  49h,   500,  523,  525.  526,  5,56,  562.  570, 
595,  603,  6(4,  623.  626,  646,  647.  6.52,  6.56.  6.5b,  664. 
Flavel,  207,  2.")6,  441. 
Foster,  663. 
Franrina.  315. 
Freddie,  252.  475.  570.  65.5. 

Fredrick.  174,  21s,  -J-il,  236,  285.  294.  319.  331,  .33'^, 
.339,  345.  3.50,  399.  402,  412.  431,  4-10,  441.  455,  4">t3, 
4.59,  460.  463,  4(;7,  472.  473.  4s2,  405,  .503,  5'i6,  .507, 
524.  534.  540,  .542,  5.50.  .5.52.  576.  5><6,  rm,  604,  (ill. 
620,622,  625.  tUl.  643.  64^.  651.  652.  6.56. 
Fred,  161.  2.^4,  2su,  2h5.  ;M5.  35w,  m2.  374,  403,  40i;, 
411.420.421.  430,  436.  444.  4^;,  4^5.  494,  .505.  50';, 
509.  511,  .521,  533,  .550,  559,  561,  ,562,  ,566,  573,  574. 
57s.  ^)s>^,  .-,9),  593,  597,  606,  615,616,  624,  626,  6.55, 
C5K.  6.59,  662. 
Freedom,  160. 

Freeman,  12s.  228.  242.  407,  425. 
Franklin.  10s,  ]Hh.  201,  209,  212.  2iw.  234,  2.52,  279, 
2ss,  292.  313.  324,  3s6.  395.  39ti.  405.  442.  457,  4*'>0, 
4C.4.  467.  .500,  .526,  ,52s,  .567,  .577,  591.  611,  (;20. 
Francis  lei.  110.  152.  15s.  ku,  212,  2.55,  273.  276.  2^2, 
2s4,  2s5,  2s7.  291.  .303.   317.   367.  3s0.  3si).  390   391, 
399,  405,  412,   4.56,  461.  469.  480,562,  563.  576.  ;>l. 
5k7. 
Francina,  459. 

Frances.  74.  110. 164.  174.  192,  219,  220,  222,  -228,  231, 
311.  319.  321,  354,  35h.  .369.  37U,  37s,  M),  :^K7.  S92. 
393,  39s.  411,  44:^,  4.-,=i.  4sO.  4s3,  .-,21.  .-)47.  .5.5i;.  571. 
57i').  .57s.  5sl.  fis5.  5s6.  fiss,  .ijj?.  t;(i»,  62»'). 
Frank.   151    161.  231.  itJ2,  2.59.  2*3.  300,  321,  .32s,  329, 
346,  36s.   376.  378.  388,390,395.  896.403.  405.  411. 
412,  417.  419.  420.  4:«i.  434.  436.  440.  456.  461,  464. 
466.  470.  475.  476.  477.  479,  4si.  49s,  f,05,  507,  .509, 
511,. 522.  523.   .525.  .520.  hxi,  .53s.  .^47,  .54s,  5.54.  55s. 
.559.  .562.  563.  .57(i.  .57f;.  577.  .579,  .5s0.  .5sl.  .5s4.  5h5. 
.5K7,  5s'<.  .59(1.  .595.  .597.  599,  6(H),  611.  613,  614.  615. 
617.  (i20.  (;21.  622.  626,  627,642,  644,649.  651.652, 
653.655.659.  661.  662. 
Gardner.  282. 
Ijary,  167.  305.  .501. 
GeiieTJeve,  444.  572,  603. 
Genio.  449.  666. 
Gertrude.  399.  421.  424.  434.4.55.459,  475,  479.  540. 

546.  .560.  572.  .590.  60  i.  622.  627.  643.  6.52. 
Geori,'iana.  230,  3b7.  420,  511.  572. 
Geoffrey.  294. 
Gerirliam,  6i). 
Genevra.  434. 

George.  38.  51,  60.  63.  65,  75,  91.  10«.  115.  120.  122, 
127,  12«,  129,  151,  15^.  159.  160.  161,  163,  16h.  169. 
170,173,176,  ia5,  193.  194.2)3,  206.  207.  209,210, 
212,214.  21S.  219,222.  223.  229,230,  231,  232.234. 
235,  238,  239,  242.  244.  252.  256.  2.59,  264,  265,  266, 
271,  272.  273,  274.  276.  2k1,  2k2,  2x3,  2k4,  286,  2s7, 
2h9.  291,  293,294,  300,  301,302,  304,  305,306,307. 
809.310,  312.  314.  318.  319,320,322,  323,325.  327 
828,  330.  334.  33K.  339,  340,  343,  345,  346.  347,  349^ 
350,  352,  356.  3.59.  362,  364.  .366,  367,  36>^,  371.  .373. 
376,  377,  386,  389,  391,  393.  395,  396.  398.  400  4()I. 
402,  403,  407,  408,  410,  412,  413,  419,  420,  421,  422, 
424,  42.5,  426,  429,  431,  434,  4;55,  4;i7,  445,  450,  451. 


454.  4.55,  456.  457,  458,  461.  463,  466,  468.  469.  470. 
472.  474.  475,  476.  477.  47s,  479,  4sO,  4si,  4s2,  4S3, 
484,  492,  494,  495,  4%,  497,  49h,  499,  501,  .5u2.  503. 
.504,  .505,  ,506.  50s,  .509.  511.  512.  513.  514,  52!.  ,523, 
526,  .527.  528,  532,  ,533.  534,  537.  .53s.  .i41.  ,542.  .543, 
544,  546,  .547,  .548.  550.  551.  ,5.54,  .5.55.  .556.  55s,  .i  .2, 
567.  571.  572,  573,  ,574,  ,576,  .577,  579,  ,5^2.  5s6,  5s7, 
588,  590.  .591.  592,  593.  594.  595.  596.  .597.  59SJ,  603. 
604,  605,  613.  615,  616.  617.  620.  621,  622,  623.  ()24, 

626,  627, 628, 643.  64s,  6.-,o.  651, 652. 654,  655,  658,  662. 
Genette.  .593. 

Genev.'i,  577. 
Gififord,  62). 
Girad,  538. 

Giles,  309,  315,  501,  530,  575,  64.5. 
Gilman,  193,  345. 
Gideon,  40.  66. 
Gilbert,  266,  547. 

Gladys,  479,  .557,  590,  618,  f58,  664. 
Glen,  561,  572,  577,  606. 
Glenna,  663. 
(Tordon,  370. 
Gorham,  410,  6.56. 
Gouverneur,  651. 

Grace,  2><,  46,  77.  78,  364.  371.  421,  431,  472.  474,  479, 
499,  507.  560,  561.  572.  574.  575.  5s8.  .591,  594,  599, 

627,  643,  644,  653,  656,  65b. 
Graham,  581.  622. 
Grant.  39s,  421,  .591. 
Granyill.  265.  542. 
Granville,  .5tiO. 

(irata,  167. 

Grover.  270.  4.53.  .570. 

Grove.  392,  571. 

Greenleaf.  178. 

Guilford.  135,  2.56,  440,  601. 

Gordon,  557. 

Gnilberte.  397. 

Gny,  433.  507,  561,  594,  626. 

Gurnev,  563. 

Halspy.  329.  523. 

Hallam.  3«7, 

Hamilton.  4.39.  .597. 

Hamlin,  424. 

Hammond.  427.  592. 

Haniiibiil.  531,  644,  6(32, 

Happy.  121. 

Harley,  374. 

Harlie,  375. 

Harlan  d.  .597. 

Hattie.  91.  293.  321.  371.  390.  391.  424.  451.  4.57,  472. 
477,  523,  526,  53.s.  570.  5K5,  595,  .599,  616.  644. 

Hall.. 570. 

Harrington.  444. 

Harwood,  53t).  64s. 

Hazel.  .562.  592.  59.5,  601.664. 

Harold.  548,  .5K2,  613,  621,  651. 

Hansel.  557. 

Harlan.  242.  424.  425.  604. 

Havilah.  22s. 

Harlow.  211.  (J63, 

HachaliHh,  122.  234,  415,  5h5. 

Hayccp.  lid.  213. 

Hannwh.  23,  26,  2s,  30.  34,  37,  3s,  3<l.  4s,  52.  .53.  62 
63.  64.  65.  66.  6s.  71.  72.  7s.  h:,.  Kii,  \n.  (t3.  94.  95  IO2' 
103.  10s.  112,  liy.  120.  121,  122.  127.  12s.  131,  134, 
139.149.  150.  15s.  ir,o.  lti4.  165,  16s,  171.  ISO.  185 
194.  195.  199.  202.  204,  213,  214.  227  22s  '•'30  231 
233.  23s,  241.  253,  2")4.  270,  274,  2^0,  304.  :iOs.  33oi  337! 
344.  362.365.  366,  374,410,  413,  420.  429,  436,458. 
5S1. 

Harriotde^.  81.  157.  159,  170.  173,  174.  175.  177,  193, 
196,  19.S.  200.  203.  207.  20S.  211.  221.  22S.  229  231 
2.35.  23b,  242,  247,  251,2.54.  2.59,  264,  270,  272.  275* 
27K.  279,  2s2.  2M.  2s7.  2sh,  292.  305,  30h,  314,  317, 
324,  3.30,  .332,  .334.  33s,  .34.3,344,349.350,351,  354, 
357,  362,  304.  366.  36s.  371,  379,  3s4.  390,  391,  400, 
401,  412,  413,  415,  429,  4*;.  437,  444,  4t)7,  46s,  469, 
509.  511.  .525,  529,  531,  576,  580,  5M,  591,  592,  603, 
606. 

Harrison,  156.  290.  295.  350.  a52.  424.  479.  4M,  542, 

578. 

Harvey.  113, 173,  244,  331,  407,  427.  431.  436.  445.  524, 

605. 
Hananiah.  148.149. 


670 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


Harry,  168.  252,  320,  355.  393.  434.  47.i.  497.  499,  503, 
504,  508,  524,  533.  538.  542.  .545.  546.  547.  556.  561, 
572,  593,  594,  603,  605,  620.  625,  627,  657,  658,  659. 

Henry,  30.  43,  44,  46,  62,  76.  78,  92,  122,  1.9,  149, 
160, 163, 184, 1K5, 192, 197, 198,  203,  207,  213,  215,  217. 
229, 2;«.  234, 235,  251.  252,  2.57, 259,  264,  265,  271,  272, 
276, 277, 278, 279,  280, 282,  291,  292,  294,  295.  296,  297, 
299,  300,  301,  .304,  811,  315,  ,327,  332,  3:^4,  337,  340,  343. 
344,  349,  3.50, 351. 352, 355. 356,  366,  3t)7,  372,  376,  377, 
386,  387, 391,  393, 394,  400,  406,  407,  408.  410,  411,  412, 
420,  4'.^,  429,  43!5.  440.  441. 444, 445,  446,  451,  4.56.  461. 
461. 467. 468, 471.  484. 485.  491,  494,  513,  .520.  .521,  522, 
525,  527,  529,  .530, 532, 533,  534,  536,  ,541,  5.52.  554,  562, 
569,  571,  573,  574, 576,  580,  581,  5S2,  590.  592,  593,  594, 
596, 597,  601,  615, 616,  622, 623,  625,  626,  628,  629,  630, 
631, 632, 639, 642, 643, 648, 649, 651,  655,  656,  658,  662, 
663. 

Henrietta,  203.  208,  331,  356,  375,  437,  455,  597,  648. 

Hepzibah,  30.  233. 

Hepsibeth,  2.53. 

Hezekiah,  47,  49,  83,  84,  88,  90, 169,  170.  171, 176. 180. 
227.  331,  406,  525. 

Helen,  217,  226,  302,  303.  305.  309,  310,  352,  365.  389, 
391. 392.  400.  415, 42-(.  429.  431.  432.  465.  4«H.  497.  49k. 
511.  513.  525.  a3s.  5,57.  575.  577. 579.  592.  6()0,  603,  606, 
624.  627,  62s,  645,  651,  655,  660.  661,  662,  663. 

Hester.  50,  332,  506. 

Hestry.  110. 

Herman,  593,  623,  664. 

Heber,  103,  660. 

Hermon.  2«0,  430,  467,  595. 

Helena,  236. 

Herbert.  244,  328,  371,  403,  421.  457,  466,  472,  474,  477. 
479,  4>-0.  511.  52-.',  523.  5?5,  534, 541,  550,  572,  574,  584, 
592,  601.  621,  640,  646,  052.  6.54,  657.  663. 

Hiram.  122.  129.  181.  211.  213,  214,  232,  326,  332.  344. 
346.  376,  377,  879,  384,  433,  434,  470,  526,  541,  ,593, 
617. 

Homer.  425,  431,  449,  593. 

Hobart,  .528,  .583. 

Hortentia,  .308. 

Hortensia,  1V5. 

Horace.  156,  197,  206,  210,  217,  241,  259,  289,  343,  362. 
375,  39:J,  400,  411,  421,  422,  436,  443,  465,  479,  537, 
538,  561,  574,  578,  581.  590.  m.KMifJiUi.  6.58,  660, 
661. 

Hosea.  281,  459,  469. 

HoUis.  195.  2.56.  266,  441. 

Horatio,  274,  356. 

Horner,  391. 

Horton.  433. 

Howard.  4o9.  425.  547.  574,  6.56. 

Huldah.  60,  66,  114,  116.  218.  232.  337. 

Hugh.  534. 

Hurlbert.  663.  664. 

Ichabod.  118. 

Idella.  420. 

Ida.  252.  285.  291,  293.  371.  389.  399,  404,  456,  465.  477, 
523.  542.  5,57,  562,  644,  645,  656, 

Imri,  345,539. 

Imogene.  319. 

Increase,  228. 

Inda.  533. 

India,  .545. 

Indiana,  108. 

lnez(e\  305,  591. 

Ina.  467,559. 

lone,  614. 

Ira,  211.  265,  315.  822,  451.  507,  541,  576,  581,  591,  649. 

Iris,  591 . 

Irene.  90, 137,  210,  215,  220,  371,  400,  407,  578. 

Irvenia,  215. 

Irwin,  6.56. 

Irving.  ,571.  591,645,656. 

Isaac.  24.  27.  29.  34.  37.  39,  40,  44,  46,  47.  53,  55.  59. 
61.  62.  63,  64.  65,  72,  80,  84.90,  94.  106.  109,  lis,  121. 
122,  125,  126,  149.  153,  1.56,  1.59.  165.  188,  189,  198, 
203,  209,  213.  214,  227,  2.3.3.  235,  238.  241,  280,  281, 
286,  303,  312,  331,  338,  350,  355.  366,  369,  405,  411, 
417,  420,  42s,  46s,  498,  .525,  533,  581.  590,  .593,  642. 

Isaiah,  23,  31,  82,  48,  53,  54,  94.  95.102.  103,  196,  198, 
350,  351,  3.52.  355.  ,         / 

Israel,  42,  i6.^^h,  77,.7«,  79,  81,  88,  95,  159,  160, 
161,  167. 19871^.  295.  2«,  429. 

Isabella,  564. 

Isadora,  494. 


345, 


,85, 
140, 
213, 
2.52, 
317. 
364. 
391, 
421, 
455, 
515, 
5.54, 
575. 
643, 


155. 
406. 


Isabelle.  50,  61,  62, 129.  375,  389,  466,  512. 

Isabel.  119,412,442,451. 

Ithamer,  92. 

Ivey,  533. 

Ivory.  358. 

Ivers,  276.  328,  452,  522,  607. 

Iva,  404,  424. 

Jackson,  195,  349. 

Jannett,  193.  64s. 

Jasper.  67.  235,  251,  416,  433. 

Jarvie.  132,  2-52,434. 

Jay,  392.  500.  643. 

Jason.  30.  39.  47.64.65,  66,  126,  128,  239,  275,  286. 
421.460.474,540,618. 

Jared,  139,  291,  480. 

James,  24,  31,  34,  35.  42.  ,53.  56,  57,  58,  ,59,  62,  72 
91.  106.  107,  109,  110,  112,  115,  119,  122,  126,133, 
149,  151,  158,  176,  179,  182,  198,  202,  203,  207, 
214,  215,  217,  219,  222,  227,  233,  239,  241,  244, 
262,  264,  265.  271.  279.  280.  296.  3t0.  802,  315. 
320.  321.  324.  326.  327.  331,  335.  354.  858.  360. 
365.  366.  367.  36><,  372,  373.  377.  379.  389.  390. 
392,  393,  396,  400,  401,  402.  405,  407,  410,  420, 
422,  424,  425,  430,  435,  449,  450,  451,  453,  4.54, 
464,  465,  466,  467,  492,  494,  495,  ,500,  507,  514, 
516,  517,  518,  .519,  528,  529,  533,  543,  .547,  551, 
555,  .5.58,  .5.59,  .568,  ,564,  567,  569,  570,  .572,  573. 
576,  591,  .594,  601,  606.  607,  615,620,  623,632, 
6.50.  653.  654.  65s,  662. 

Jasmine.  591. 

Jacob,  37.  53.  59,  61,  80,  85,  94,  112,  118,  119,  134, 
165,  ISO,  195,  227,  228,  253,  254,  345.  369,  403, 
540,  5.5(5. 

Jabez  94. 

Jane,  '27,'  37.  73.  111.  159.  176.  190,  202.  206,  218,  226, 
231,  259,  274,  280,  309,  315,  319,  349,  351,  362,  366, 
374,  877.  381,  394.  417,  440,  451,  466,  507,  510,  5>6, 

567.  580,  .581.  582. 

Jazamiah.  1(19,  211. 

Jedediah,  .59.  215,  338. 

Jemima,  46,  78,  90,  2.53,  436. 

Jetta,  .561. 

Jemsha,  149,  239,  2s0,  420. 

Jeanne,  .501. 

Jerry.  358,  419,  435,  547. 

Jennet,  64. 

JeDeatt(e).  583,  602,  636. 

Jephtha,  265. 

Jefferson.  181.  200.  211.  233. 

Jenny.  612. 

Jennie.  279.  290.  3.30,  346.  393,  430.  444.  455,  456,  467, 
476,  484,  .524.  533,  561,  .569,  572,  573,  574,  .596,  613, 
622,  628,  656. 

Jethro,  442,  601. 

Jeffie,  562. 

Jerome,  201,  270,  320,  3%,  574. 

Jeremiah,  52,  92, 151,  181. 

Jean,  644. 

Jesse,  121,  126,  185,  167,  232,  234,  241,  302,  305, 
584,  591,593.657.6.58. 

Jessie,  38,  63,  122,  390,  406,  421,  422,  444,  461, 
571.  573,  580,  591.  614.  655,  662. 

John,  22,  23.  24.  27.  2-,  29.  30,  31,  32,  34,  36,  37 
44,  47,  48,  50,  .53,  54,  ,56,  57,  58.  59.  61,  66,  70,  71 
73.  7C.  81.  84.  85.  88,  92,  93,  102,  103,  104,  106, 
109,  110,  111,  112,  113,  117,  119,  120,  122,  126, 
129,  131.  132,  138,  139,  140,  147,  148,  149,  1.50, 
1.54,  155,  158,  159,  162,  165.  166.  168.  169.  178. 
181.  185.  186.  191.  198.  194.  195.  200.  202.  204, 
208.  210.  213.  214,  216.  218,  219,  220,  224,  225, 
229,  231.  232,  233,  240,  244,  245,251,252,259, 
264,  265,  270,  273,  '-'81,  282,  284.  286,  287,  288, 
294,  295,  801,  304,  308,  309,  310,  322,  323,  324, 
328,  331,  332.  334.  337.  338.  339.  340.  344.  349. 
357.  360.  364.  366,  368.  8*^9,  370,  372,  373,  374, 
379,  381,  883,  384,  386,  3H8.  389,  390,  891,  396, 
400,  404.  405.  407,  410.  412.  414.  416.  420.  422. 
428.  429.  430.  433.  434.  437.  440.  441.  442,  444, 
450,  451,  457,  458,  463,  464,  467,  489,  470,  472, 
476,477,479,  481,  484.  500,  509,  511,  512,  .521, 
526,  .'■28,  529,  530,  531.  .534.  541.  547,  550,  551. 
557,  561.  .56.3,  F64.  566.  575.  576.  580.  581.  585. 
592.  593.  595.  596,  600.  601.  6(U.  605.  606,  616, 
622.  627,  628,  642,  644,  645,  646,  647,  652,  653, 
658, 663. 


413, 

507, 

.  40, 
.72. 
107, 
128, 
153, 
179, 
205, 
228, 
260, 
293, 
325, 
352, 
378. 
397, 
425, 
445, 
475, 
523, 
556, 
586, 
618, 
654, 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


671 


Jonathan,  22,  23.  24, 27, 30, 33, 35,  37,  38. 41, 44. 4.i,  47, 

4«,  49.  53,  54,  55.  57,  58,  59,fii,  62,  64,  73.  76,  83,  K>, 

89,  90,  104.  105,  107,  109,  110,  Ua,12i,  123,  124,  125, 

150,  155,  166,  171,  176.  179,  1^57187,  200,  2u6,  212, 

230.  235,  237,  238.  282.  292,  300,  310,  331,  360.  414, 

450,  458,  548,  606,  612. 
Johnston,  574. 
Josie,  461. 
Joseph,  23.  24,  29,  35,  39,  41,  44,  .50.  57.  59,  61.  62.  66. 

67.  73.  76,  88.  9U,  91.  1(3.  106,  108.  109.  110,  113.  11m. 

119.  121,   129.   132,   184.  138.  144.  147.  14H.  150.  152. 

156,  l.i7,  16.1.  176,  178,  179.   186.  187.  1K8.  1H9.  190. 

191.  193,  198,  203,  207,  208.  209,  210,  212.  214,  21.i. 

227.  231.  232.243.251,254.262,  266.  270.  274,  2K0. 

2«1.  282,  291,  296,  313,  324.  327.  330.  331.  333,  335. 

337.  339.  340,  344,  353,  367.  370.  373,  374,  375,  376. 

379.  388,  406,  40s,  411,  412,  425.  436.  439.  449,  450, 

452,  453,  458.  466,  468,  4M0,  485.  .506.  .5U7,  513,  521, 

524,  .532,  534,  557,  579,  581,  582,595,596,597,600, 

606.  612.  615,  648,  663. 
Joshna.  22,  '^4,  25.  27.  30.  35.  36.  37.  38.  39.  43.  46,  49. 

53,  54.   58,  .59,  60,  64,  65,  70.  77.  78.  b8.  89,  93.  Ill, 

112.113.  114.  115.116.132.139.159.  160.186.213.214. 

218.221.222.246,247,  249,  2.57.  33U.  3^4,  385,  386. 

3^7.  396.  40O,  432,  4.52,  523,  524,  567,  569,  593,  601, 

603.  661. 
JoBiah,  24,  34,  36.  37,  44,  45,  48,  56,  57.  60.  62.  68.  76. 

85,  86,  W7,  HS.  90.  95.  102,  103,  108.  116,  119.  120.  134. 

135.  150.  154,  155.  163.  164.  105,  181,  1S2,  1m5.  1H6. 

200.  2ol,  207.  229.  2H1.  287.  2H9.  299,  SH).  327,  329. 

33(1,  357,  408,  468,  476,  479,  4>i5,  492.  494,  513,  .521. 

523.  579.  623,  655. 
Josephine.  192,  309,  331,  840,  350.  389.  436,  4.56,  497, 

49n  .•)14,  534,612.645. 
Job,  51,  91.  203,  367. 
Johanah.  23. 
Jophanus.  407,  578. 
Jotham,  63,  176. 
Joshuay.  25. 

Jonah.  92,  95,  106,  123.  19:<,  196. 
Jonas,  30.  31,  82,  35,  42.  45,  47,  53,  54.  69,  76.  81.  h3, 

104,105.123,136,137,  13M.  147,  1.54,  156,   157,  166, 

173,  196,201,207,235,  272,  273.  287,  290.  292,  414, 

476.  584. 
Joel.  62,  71,  81,  92,  118.  120,  121, 123,  148.  155,  167, 

177,  186,  187.  192,  202,  226,  232,  234,  253,  260,  305, 

321.  331,  334,360,  361,  362,  3ti7,  411,  415,  416,  436, 

439,  445,  .509,  585,  5i,9,  605. 
JoDnn,  37,  45,  .")9,  62. 
Joanna,  121,  330,  405,  410. 
Joe,  411,621. 
Joshuey,  24. 
Jona.  104. 
Judediah,  112. 
Judali.89. 
Judith,  40,  43,  66. 
JuJia.  137,  160,  162,  171,  1m9,  225,  228,  2:52,  ZU,  2.59, 

262,  :509,  323,  328,  329,  333.  338,  34.5.   349,  350,  362. 

364,  373.  377,  387,  391,  394,  414,  4:53,  4.50,  4.56,  468, 

483,  512,  524,  559,  562,  567,  569,  571,  574,  oHo,  590, 

595,  615. 
Julian,  204. 

Justine.  16rt,  289,  304,  305,  478,  479. 
Juliette,  171. 

Julias,  220,  283,  391,  398,  465,  477,  523,  640. 
Jubel.  2.56,  441. 
Julianna,  'Mb. 
Katella.  .591. 

Katherine,  77,  85, 134, 175,  272,  506.  537,544,617,657. 
Karl.  641. 

Katie,  285,  390.  570,  578. 
Kat^,  397,  404,  431,  485.  545,  587. 
Keziah.  38,  57.  165. 
Kezia,  46.  .59. 
Kplber,  643. 
Kingsbury,  262. 
Lb  Fayette,  218,  394,  603. 
Laban,  2iH,  42  . 
Labin,  124. 
Liaforrest,  319. 
Lambert,  211,  377,  622. 
Larania,  221. 

Laurence,  216,  389,  473,  474,  662. 
Laurinda,  520. 
Laurette.  198.  331,  350,  470. 
Laurilia,  176. 


Laura,  113,  168,  169.  206,  217,  219,  220,  264.  324. 

337,  341,  :384,  391.  392,  397,  399.  410,  426,  464, 

501,  505,  512,  522,  524,  525,  571.  582,  599,  603, 

632,  649. 
Latita,  592. 
Laton,  240. 
Laila,  560. 

Lavina.  542.  i 

Labelle.  525.  ^v 

Lauretta.  512.  ♦        > 

Lawrence,  225,  404.  606. 
Leah.  647. 

Leander.  375,  600,  G59. 
Lelia,  651. 
Leigh,  618. 

Leslie,  509,  521,  522,  627,  641,  658. 
Leinder,  123. 
Lester,  573,  587.  604. 
Lestester,  373. 
Lena,  391,499,  505,  659. 
Leighton,  499. 

Le  Roy,  559.  562,  566,  606,  651,  657,  663. 
Leda,  623. 

Leon,  473,  501,  573,  618,  628,  656. 
Leona.  473,  501,  645. 
Letitia,  440. 

Levina.  160.  220.  273,  281,  834. 
Lettie,  896. 
Leafy.  158. 
Lettis,  61. 
Leonara.  209. 
Leveret,  314. 

Lebbeus,  59,  111,  112,  215,  216,  389,  390. 
Lemuel.  30.  47.  67.  70.  81.  84.  8K.  94.  132. 133. 138, 

168.  176.  185,  238,  2.52.  260.  261,  262,  307.  328. 

415.  420.  428.  445,  449,  450,  .522.  543.  585,  606. 
Lelia.  329.  523. 
Levi.  .55.  78.  80.  81.  88.  89.  93.  105.  106.  122.  147. 

165.  166.  167.  168,  180.  192.  215.  231,  306,  326. 

364.  388.  410.  411,  414.  436,  514,  581,  ,536.  571, 

613,  640.  654. 
Leonard.  109.  151,  152.  176,  195,  196.  210,  321, 

349,  459.  521    530.  535. 
Lewis.  169.  177.  192.  2(i;.  208.  215.  220.  241.  280, 

321,  328.  357,  369,  371,  373,  374.  387.  388,  389, 

467.  565.  5'22,  542,  547,  551,  .560.  656. 
Lilly.  314,  5.58. 
Lina,  ,577. 
Lionel.  403. 
Livingston.  651. 
Lidia.  189. 
Lilias.  232. 

Linda,  154,  2:36,  237.  345. 
Livonia.  193.  194. 
Lizzie.  244,  283,  ;«9.  880.  391.  896,  455,  478,  498, 

5:58,  542.  579.  586.  596.  628. 
Lincoln,  397,  459,  479.  563,  613. 
LiDnic,623. 

Lillian,  293,  399,  424,  473,  5.56,  5G0,  595,  627. 
Lilley,  .594. 
Liilie.  292.  475,  562. 
Libbie,  49.5,  541. 
Litta.  591. 
Lloyd.  573. 
Lola,  607. 
Lorna,  ,593. 
Lorain,  417. 
Lovina,  376,  581. 
Lowell,  662. 
Louise.  321,  597,  651. 

Louis,  244,  821,  455,  472,  477,  605.  618,  ft45,  663. 
Logan.  624. 
Lottie.  396,  425,  434,  447,  504,  522,  544,  558,  559, 

584,  624. 
Louisa.  122,  174,  177.  198,  220,  227,  228,  252,  262, 

273,  282.  286,  :i21,  365.  368.  414,  440,  450,  453, 

513,  547,  646,  655. 
Lora,  240.  345. 

Loren.  113,  126,  212,  242,  422,  577. 
Lorindy,  376. 
Lorenzo,  194.  219,  288.  844,  346,  896,  424,  469, 

5:59,591,616,617. 
Lore,  39,  68.  189. 
Loretta.  394.  431. 
Loron.  220. 
Lovell,  197,  351,  399. 


328, 
498, 
610. 


167. 
377. 


149. 
362. 
573. 

341, 

810. 
421, 


501, 


576, 

270, 
498, 


472, 


672 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


Lois,  47,  r,9i,  61,  65,  67.  68,  74,  79,  84.  89.  93,  95,  107, 

129,  132,  1.34. 180,  182.  196,  264,  36.i,  404,  450. 
Lacretia,  74.  178,  227,  262,  280,  32h. 
Lnther,  54,  93,  95,  102.106,  132,  136,  194,  200,217.218, 

234,  247.  249.  2.57,  259,  326,  332, 396, 413,  430  431, 433. 

437.446.  f  95,  597. 
Lnshea,  197. 
Luceba,  176. 
Lucena.  167. 
Luna,  449. 
Lura,  561. 

Lnella.  286.  399,  455,  459,  601,  611. 
Lucina.  305. 
Luceam.  341. 

Lula.  376.391.  555.  618.  6.57. 
Lulu.  421.  477.  .545.663. 
Lnlj ,  393. 
Luoetta.  411. 
Lucirelle.  659. 
Lurisea.  2.59. 
Lutine,  571. 

Lncia,  219.  286,  3P3.  354.  367.  SflQ.  396.  .563. 
Lucinda.  173.  189. 190,  217,  -jSt.  318,  332.  580. 
Lucie.  243.  539. 
Lucius.  207.  217,  261,  286,  335,  372,  394.  447,  474,  506, 

55H. 
Lucy,  46,  57,  58,  62.  68.  69.  74.  76.  77.  79.  80. 81. 83.  88. 

89.  90,  91,  104,  106.  110,  112,  113.  115.  118.  119,  122. 

124.  125.  132.  137.  l.")6,  15>.  160.  165.  169.  171.  175. 
1x5.  1K6,  188.  ]9<i.  191.  194.  195. 
216.  219.  220.  222.  224.  23h.  257. 
281.  2>2.  2^6.  2^7.  2'-9.  29s,  3U7. 
338.  341.  344,  345.  349.  3.55.  39<). 

405.   412.   439.   443.   452.  4-54.  4<i4.  465.  470.  i>^A.  4^5. 

506,   511,   .532.   534,   .572.  .589.  603.  604.  607.  612,  626, 

642,  647,  662. 
Luke,  54,  102,  110.  "144,  200,  212,  270,  862,  363.  4.54, 

550,  .575. 
Lydia.  24.  34.  35.  .36.  37.  38.  44,  46.  47.  .50.  53,  54,  .57.  61, 

62.  63.  69,  76.  78.  Hi.  K4.  91,  94.  95.  102.  103,  1U8,  113. 

118,    119.   121,   123,    124.  132.  1.34.  145.  14s.  1.50.  151. 

157.   160,   165,  168.   1k2.  188,  195,  2(il,  218.  229,  230. 
'      337,  339,  345,  349,  36H,  402, 
552,  576. 
259.  365.  379,  383.  393,  430, 


177. 

179. 

181. 

182 

196, 

2(K), 

209. 

214 

2,59. 

266, 

2()7. 

273 

309. 

310. 

331. 

333, 

23><.  246,   253.  271,   325, 
42(1,   42S  ""      "" 


461,   472,   .528 
Lyman,  112,  138,  217,  247 

443,  .551,566,  608,  tUS. 
Lydstone.  379, 
Lyall.  643. 
Marriette.  221. 
Mariamie),  79,  135. 

May,  394.  396,  4(r2.  407,  430, 466,  567,  .593,  649, 650,  6.55, 
Marcus,  173,  2hh.  315,  316,  317,  326.  36n,  374.  42li,  506. 

591.  607,  627.  661. 
Mabel,  329.  424,  522.  .523,  .526.  539,  5.59.  561,  573.  574, 

585,  593,  .594,  595,  600,  606.  60S,  617,  620,  627,  645. 

649,  651,  6.59. 
Marie.  360,  375,  389. 
Mandana,  .566. 
Mattison.  445. 
Malcom,  478. 
Majoria,  .523. 
Madelia,  .524. 
Madge,  .547. 

Marshall.  122,  233,  826,  522,  580.  656. 
MasoD,  106. 
Malvina,  133. 
Marceila,  317,  510,  644, 
Manning,  178,  324. 
Marcy,  47.  63.  81,  84,205, 
Marlin,  221. 
Marion.  175.  317.  319.  390,  422,  491,  544,  5tjl.  586,  601, 

606,  621,  626,  646.  649. 
Marvin,  55'*. 
Mabelle.  628,  659. 
Maide,  592, 
MarilJa,  311.  332. 

Marietta,  209,  284,  301,  330,  346,  404,  445,  467. 
Madison.  232,  411. 
Marcia.  178. 
Martin,  194.  203.  219,  257,  279,  317,  321.  334,  366,  374, 

443.  465,  469.  .5C9.  523,  559,  582,  640.  645. 
Maggie.  379,  390,  559,  581,  592. 
Maud,  397,  404,  421,  485,  525,  590,  615,  649,  658,  663. 
Maz,  434. 
Mary.  22.  23.  25,  29,  31,  82.  34,  35.  36,  37,  38,  89.  44, 

45,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50,  52,  53,  54,  56,  59,  60,  62,  68,  65. 


66,  67,  68.  71,  72.  73,  75,  77,  78,  80,  84,  85,  88,  89,  92, 
103,  104,  lOti,  107,  108,  110,  112,  113,  115,  118,  119, 
120,  121,  128,  129,  133,  134,  140,  142,  150,  152,  1.53, 
154,  159,  160.  161,  Ki.,  170,  171,  173,  174,  176,  177, 
180,  181,  186,  188,  191,  194,  195,  198,  200,  201,  203, 
205,  206,  207,  208,  209,  210,  211,  213,  215.  216.  217, 
219,  220,  221,  225,  228,  230,  231,  232,  233,  238.  239, 
241.  242,  244.  245,  246,  251,  252,  257,  265,  269.  270, 
273,  275,  276.  279,  281,  282,  286,  287,  288,  289,  290, 
291,  292,  294,  301.  302,  303.  304,  305,  306,  307,  308, 
309,  313,  .S14,  315.  .321,  322,  324,  325,  826,  327,  328, 
329,  :«0,  332,  333,  337.  338,  839,  343,  344,  345,  346, 
347,  348,  349,  350,  351,  353,  354,  355,  357,  359,  362, 
363,  865,  366,  367,  369.  371.  372,  873,  376,  877.  879, 
880.  381,  384,  386,  387.  :388,  389,  390,  391,  392.  393, 
895,  397,  398,  399,  400,  401,  403,  404,  407,  410,  411, 
412.  414,  416,  419,  426,  428,  429,  432,  433,  434,  435, 
436.  440,  442,  446,  449,  450,  4.52,  454,  455,  456,  4.57, 
460.  461,  468,  470,  471,  472,  4K4,  492,  498.  501.  .503, 
.504.  505.  ,506,  511,  512,  513,  514,  520,  523,  524.  525. 
529.  ,532,  533,  5.36,  .537,  .539,  ,540,  .541.  543,  546,  547, 
551,  .554,  5.56.  5,57,  .5.58,  559,  564,  566,  569.  570.  571, 
572,  574.  575.  .578,  579.  .580.  581,  583,  584,  585,  586, 
587,  589,  593,  .594,  599.  601.  603.  605.  610,  614,  615, 
616.  621,  623,  624,  625,  627,  646,  647,  652,  655,  656, 
657. 

Margaret.  112.  120,  215,  294,  300,  321,  595,  612.  G32. 
648.  654,  660. 

Margret,  47,  59,  64. 66, 162, 163, 193, 215,  363,  428,  433. 
491,  544,  5>-5,  58<i,  .592. 

Martha.  28,  25,  2<.t,  35,  43,  56,  67,  69.  72.  93,  1(16,  108, 
120,  129,  1,50,  152,  176,  180.  181,  198.  209,  223,  227. 
228,  229,  231,  232,  242,  246,  2.59,  27h.  282.  285,  304, 
311,319.321,334.  .S35,  339,  344,  355,  3.5H.  .364.  366, 
370,  384.  3x8,  394,  402,  405.  408,  414,  429.  430,  456, 
469,  522.  .528,  532,  533,  574,  575,  613.  614.  616. 

Maria(h).  57,  160,  210,  213,  215,  217,  220.  224.  246, 
251.  2x2.  2x4.  298.  300.  3(r2,  304,  325.  334.  337.  344, 
34X.  ,3.58,  373,  382,  3X4,  389,  412,  435.  460,  484,  530, 
,561,  .564.  ,589.  662. 

Matilda.  113,  220,  321,  838,  896,  413,  595, 

Mark.  27,  39,  40,  52.  66.  106,  132,  202,  251,  252,  324, 
363.  372.  373.  470,  ,558,  .560. 

Mattie.  121.  379.  390.  391.  899.  , 

Matthias.  .36.  59.  112.  113.  217.  220. 

Maurice.  645,  651. 

Malcom.  620. 

Manslield,  587. 

Malisea.  ,587,  593. 

Maynard.  645. 

Merret,  379. 

Mertell,  433. 

Mel  bourn.  548,  650. 

Med  a.  .573. 

Merrill,  233,  291,  433,  479,  .595. 

Mercy,  2x.  37,  53,  71,  107.  118,  119,  123,  181,  1«9,  200, 
203,  205,  225.  334,  529. 

MelTill.511. 

Merriam,  xi,  92. 

Mellen,  124,  579. 

Mehitable.  37.  38.  56,  .57,  66.  70,  71,  118,  140,  171. 

Melvin,  227.  251.  405.  434.  443,  499,  .522.  530,  613. 

Merritt,  43;i. 

Merrick.  274,  344,  4:»,  459,  539,  599,  659. 

Melissa.  305.  420.182. 

Melvina.  232,  602. 

Micah.  39.  47,  .56,  62,  106,  107,  121,  368. 

Mical,  203. 

Minnie.  :r;6.  397.  404,  422.  524.  r41,  544.  546.  555,  5.56, 
5.59.  571.  5SI9,  645.  655. 

Miriam,  57,  91,  20.5,  205,  606, 

Miner,  369. 

Minerra,  235,  882. 

Michael,  78.  161. 

Miranda,  213,  214,  257,  37  ,  379.  509,  589. 

Mina,  .593, 

Miles,  315,  3&4.  506. 

Millie,  891,457,645, 

Milley,  103,  200,  326. 

Milton,  116,  173,  212.  221,  224,  239,  274,  402,  417,  421, 
4.53.458,514,  .576.  627. 

Mindrus,  2x0.  467. 

Mills,  528,  643. 

Milo.  219,  240,  288,  373,  500. 

Mindwell.  192. 

Mintha,  5.59. 


WHITNEY  INDEX. 


6T3 


Mila,  476. 

Mildred.  523. 610.  622,  627. 

Milan.  5m7. 

Mirtle.  S58,  576. 

Monfort,  557. 

Mortimer,  644. 

Morton.  663. 

Moses.  22.  23,  29.  30,  41.  45,  46,  47,  50,  62.  66.  80,  83, 

88.  90.  91,  94,  107,  119,   131.  l.S.'i.  146,  148,  151,  165, 

175,  186,  1H9,  194,  195,  204.  253.  256.  271.  272,  276. 

283,  303,  334.  347,  34».  353,  435.  440,  445,  605. 
Montague.  642. 
Morris,  221,  398. 
Monroe,  659. 
Mont,  640. 

Molly,  80,  91,  93,  108,  119,  136,  151. 
Montie,  645. 
Mondana.  259. 
Murray.  508,  627. 
Myrtle.  434,  .507.  595,  645. 
Myra,  404.  429,  459.  524,  606. 
Myron,  225.  237,  288.  306,  328,  4D5,  477,  478,  499,  522, 

61''.  G2(i. 
Nartisha.  593. 
Nannie,  435. 
Napoleon.  239. 
Nattio,  390. 
Naomi.  102,  227. 
Nathaniel,  22,   27,   28,  32.37.   39,  41,  43.  62.64.67, 

69.  71.  77,  120.  129, 134.   135,   1*1,    15s.  i7h,  202,  231. 

245,  254.  2.59,  2s2.  2iC'.  301,   ;«2,  365,  373,  425,  437, 

444,  494,  532.  623,  646. 
Nathan,  31,45.  52,  61,  62,  75.  76,92.  110. 119,  123,  150, 

152,    166.    17h,  190,  192,  219,  234,  272,  2*2,  2K5,  2s6, 

305,  323,  337,  :m.  il.i,  414,  415.  456,   499.  529,  533, 

.5M,  nH3,  584,  6.57. 
Nadine.  651. 

Nalmm,  37,  62,  121,  151,  164,  192,  341. 
>('abby,  47.  165,  106. 
Narisse,  .572. 
Naphthali,  62, 
Nancv.  74,   76,   KU.   10.5,116.  128,129,   133,  i:i9.  148, 

155,  1.57,  1.59,  169.  170,  176.  180,  181.  1^5.  190.207.  211, 

218,  229,  232.  23S,  242,251.252.   276.   .105,   32.1   330, 

334,  34:5,   371.  408,  410.  426,  436,  505,  510,  .555,  578, 

.581.  593. 
Nettie,  379.  550.  562.  .566.  576.  587,  6.59. 
NewtOD.  226.  252,  305,  32«,  334,  405,  499,  522.  528. 
Nelson,  220,  231,  234,  269,  294,  328.  375,  39h,  413,  495, 

562,  5K2.  .593,  .594.614,624. 
Nellie.  285.  375,  379.  .395.  39-<.  420.  424.  430,   4:U,   465, 

472.  477.  522.  527.  528.  550.  55m,  559,   .563,  569,   571, 

587.  .597.  599,  608.  614,  615,  623,627,  659, 663. 
Nevina.  95. 
Newhall,  338. 
Ned  5.58 
New'eli.  190.  203,  233,  257,  367,  36h.  372,  441,  442,   599.  . 

601.6U:lJi61.- 
Neville.  575,  655. 
Nicholas.  145.  271. 
Nina.  374.  573.  658. 
Norrie.  593. 
Noel.  21s. 
Norman.  148,  215,  247,  261,  330,  387,  414,  429,  446, 

569.  654. 
Noals.  120. 

Noah,  114.  221,  .3:57,  383.  400,  .528,  529. 
Nora.  238,  .539,576,  623. 
Obediah,  411. 
Octavius,  215. 
Octavia.  227,  389. 
Ohel.  372.  ,558. 
Ohio.  148.  274,  275,  460. 
Ollie.  467. 
Olin.  499. 
Olena,  3.sO. 
Olympia,  236. 
Olive,  112,  1'22,  126,  139,  202,  208,  213.  214.  231.  233. 

234.  239.  263,  321,  337,  373,  87H,  882,  3«3.  405,  414, 

428,  ,529.  601,  627,  644.  662. 
Oliver,  49,  67,  71.  81,  83.  87.  88.  89,  90.  95.  102,  134. 

139.  140,  147.  149,  169,  186,  190,  199,  217,  2-^4.  322, 

830,  337.  ,345.  366,  391,  402,  420,  449.  465,  529,  530, 

556,  .591.  606,  614,  644,  657,  662. 
Onei,  433. 
Ophelia,  871,  513. 


Orvill(ei..286.  563.  571,  578,  599,  6.59. 

Orvilla.  474.  576,  664. 

Orril,  iii. 

Orley,  .573. 

Oren.  618. 

Orloff,  f46,  663. 

Orrin.  217.  315.  323,  391.  465,  530. 

Orange,  211,  377.  558.  612. 

Oreson,  270,  454. 

Ora.  404.  .532.  561,  563. 

Orestes,  192. 

Orissa,  3*4. 

Orson,  217,  375,  391,  394,  442,  561,  572,  603 

Orla.  217,  340,  3^7.  569.  oTTT 

Orlando,  109,  193,  210.  211,  219,  237,  345, 

;^97,  447,  5,59. 
Orra,  4;i9. 
Orpha,  148,  194. 
Osmo,  510. 
Oscar,  217,  218,  219,  279,  878,  398.  394,  395, 

467,  532,  563,  572,  .585,  611,  615,  623,  642,  64' 
Osie,  647. 
Otis,  119.  151.  1^4.  185,  iss.  192,  203,  234.:32n, 

368,  410,  413,  414,  526.  .53t),  581.  583. 
Overton,  435. 

Parkhurst,  123,  235,  286,  417. 
Parley.  466. 
Parthena.  210. 
Paris.  653. 
Palmer.  b7,  i:?2. 

Pamelia,  209,  259,  ;«5.  441.  467,  506. 
Paul,  62.  Hi.  K'..  113.  121.  16:5. 173.  174.  296, 

312.  428.  434,  563,  589.  593,  648. 
Pauline.  63!'. 

Patty.  61.  126.  151,  18)^,  193,  202.  203. 
Patience.  89.  119. 
Pascal.  249.  431. 
Paschal.  206,  371. 
Pearl.  547. 
Perna,  431. 
Perrin,  605. 
Perry.  601. 

Persis,  51.  64,  66.  92.  125,  152. 166. 
Peter,  57,  H),  81.  83.  107,  11>.  161.  162.  V\l . 

20t).  279.  295.  305.  465.  484. 
Pennelia.  160.  ;127. 
PeKpy.  59.  131. 
Pendleton.  :J90. 
Pedy.  130. 
Peleg.  227.  40ti. 
Perley.  367. 
Philena.  261.:W5.  447. 
Philip.  .5.5H,  60t>.  621.  622. 
Phineha.".  2.59.  266.  26ii. 
Phineas.  2n.  49.  57.  62.  70.  71.  72.  89, 138.140, 

146,  14».  187.261.  411. 
Philo.  149.279.  2H0.  467. 
Phi  la.  193.  235.  .505. 
Phebe.  ;i9.  52.  .59.  (U.  93.  1:^5.  173.  188.  190. 

214.  218.  2;«).  2.52.  257.  26ti.  267,  272,  333. 

365.  UU.  441.  465,  574.  603. 
Philura.  64t;. 
Phoebe,  570. 
Placidif*.  215.  SH9. 
Pliny,  146.  203,  272. 
Potts,  390. 
Porter.  115.  121,  440. 
Polly.  70.  74.  76,  94,  108,  109,  116,  U\  121, 

131,  132,  1.39.  1.56,  1.58,  165,  170,  178,  179, 

188.  189,  193,  202,  206,  214,  215,  234,  2.53, 

337.  3^4,  418,  414. 
Prndence.  94,  123.  1>9.  189,  238,  334,  528. 
PrieciUa,  47,  186,  226,  257,  288,  512. 
Prosper,  217,  .391. 
PrentiBS,  74,  152,  .527. 
Putnam,  :i90, 
Pyrenn,  239. 
Quincy.  274,  4.59. 
Kansel,  521. 

Raymond,  .507,  608,  C59.  664. 
Ralph,  412,  421.  484,  456,  47:3,  50«.  546.  563, 

582,  592.  603,  628,  662. 
Ransom.  373. 
Kachel.61.62.  64.  84,  89,  94,  128,  166.  176, 

251.  369.  433,  558. 
Ray,  645,  662. 


373.  3<7, 


415,  466, 
7,  6.56. 

,  332,  340, 


297.  298. 


169.  176. 


144. 145, 


191.  192. 
362.  363, 


122.  123. 
180.  184, 
254.  259, 


572,  575, 
179,181. 


•674 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


Renci,  420. 

Relief,  6«,  74,  81,  89, 156,  166. 

Rena,  591. 

Rebecca,  28,  44,  45.  47,  54.  57,  62.  68.  90,  95,  102, 103, 
105,  108,  109,  119,  122.  124.  145  202,  206.  20h,  209, 
257.  287,  337,  347,  372.  380.  411.  531. 

Hen  ben,  89.  94.  153,  181,  213,  231,  285,  326.  410.  514. 
532,  .iSO. 

Reba.  113. 

Reid.  272. 

Rhoda.  65.  76,  81.  122.  136,  165,  376.  386,  567,  ,581. 

Rispah,  345. 

Riskcum,  90. 

Eichard.  22.  23,  30.  48.  68.  77.  80.  81,  85. 119.  1.58,  168. 
170.  176.  178.  180.  181.  198,  229,  281,  293,  294.  303. 
311,  324.  326.  337,  355,  425.  427.  49«,  528,  545.  591. 
651. 

Rile.v.391.530.  571. 

RfKierick.  529. 

Roger,  421.  491. 

Rosabelle.  4(5. 

Rose,  409,  473. 

JRoes,  570. 

Rosette,  539. 

Roger,  651. 

Roland.  302.  303.  624,  625. 

Rosette.  373. 

Royal,  232. 

Roscoe.  396.  542. 

Jlobie.  233. 

Roswell.  206.  207,  376,  .562. 

Rosa.  59.  4;U.571..5&7. 

Roy.  .562.  572.  595,  611,  617,  645. 

Roxey.  137.425. 

Rossie.  600. 

Rollin,  433,  446,  605. 

Rosina.  574. 

Ro^anna,  413. 

Ro-wena.  436. 

R(ena,  367. 

RocheUe.  Mtl. 

Roland.  495. 

Roann,  373. 

Robert.  41.  60,  126.  164,  300.  339.  37h.  386.  388.  397, 
402,  421,  492.  509.  .523,  .526.  533,  541,  548,  551,  567, 
570.  575.  586,  .592,  652,  6.55. 

Roxa.  112. 

Rosamond,  265. 

Roxanna,  120,  128.  394.  .562. 

JRosseta.  344. 

Ruth,  22.  28.  29.  40.  45.  47.  .50,  63,  75,  76.  80.  118.  122, 
123.  130.  131.  149.  203.  21k.  261.  279.  280.  320,  322, 
367.  375.  50^,  541,  555.  572.  601.  606.  632.  642. 

Rulnff,  110.  213.  380,381,  3><4. 

Ruby.  .58. 12:^.  435. 

Ruhannab,    ,57. 

Rnhamah.SO,  49.  76,88. 

RupI.  119.  288. 

Rnfus,  59,  81.  114.  117.  121. 168,  224,  225, 227.  308, 343, 
383.  404.  538.  566,  577. 

Ruggles,  2X0.  467. 

Rupert.  135. 

Rabin.  85. 

Russell.  218,  2.56.  332.  877.  439,  4.59.  525,  599,  600,  621. 

Rnlnflf..564,  653. 

8abra.  338. 

Sabrina,  211. 

Samuel.  22,  28,  29,  37.  4S,  44,  50.  ^2,  53,  59.  61,  62.  67, 
69,  72,  73,  77,  81.  85,  90,  91,  92,  93.  103. 104,  107,  112, 
113,  117,  118,  119,  120,  121,  126,  128,  131.  132.  135. 
1.39,  146,  ]4'<,  149,  150,  151,  158,  167.  168.  173,  176, 
178,  179.  189,  190,  192,  201,  202,  203.  205,  214,  215, 
216,227.  229,  2;i0,  231,  239,  240,  242.  243,  244,  246, 
247,  2.57,  272.  274,  276,  279,  280,  282,  306,  307,  318, 
319,  32'^,  324,  8,S7.  3:l8,  3,39,  340,  34.3.  351,  358,  368, 
869,  387.  390.  410.  424,  425,  428,  4.56,  459,  467.  471, 
508.  511,  534.  .538,  543.  548,  552,  556.  587,  593,  603, 
626. 

Sadie.  559. 
Sara,  617. 

Sarah,  2:3.  25,  26,  28.  29,  30,  31.  S2,  33,  35,  36,  37,  40, 
42,  44.  46,  47.  48,  49,  .50,  51.  53,  54,  .56,  57,  .59.  61,  62, 
63.  65,  66.  68.  69.  71,  72.  75.  76.  77,  83.  84.  85,  87,  89, 
91,  92,  93.  103,  104,  105.  106,  108,  109,  112,  113.  115, 
117, 118.  119. 121, 126. 129. 130, 140,  144,  146, 147,  148, 
149.  150,  157,  158,  159,  161,  164,  168,  176,  179,  180, 


18.5,  188,  192,  194,  195.  196,  201,  205,  209,  213,  214, 
219,  220,  223,  224,  228,  229,  230,  2.32,  2:«,  289,  240, 
242.  244,  245.  2)6,  265,  266,  269,  271,  274,  275,  278, 
280.  281,  2-2.  284,  286.  287.  289.  291.  292,  296,  299 
305.  30*»,  317.  .320,  321,  322.  323.  324,  327,  32*.  XV), 
337.  339.  340,  343,  344,  845.  3.52.  354,  .355,  858,  364, 
366,  371,  381,  8h7,  889,  394,  398,  404,  410.  411,  414, 
429.  4:i3,  435.  436,  442,  443.  444,  445,  4,55,  458,  400, 
468,  469,  472,  476,  479,  506,  513,  514,  521,  .529,  530, 
531,  543,  571,  580,  584,  591,  593,  59(5.  597,  613,  645, 
64'5,  664. 

Sanford.  528,  642. 

SalvanuB.  85,  146. 

Sallie.  149.  178.  252,  651. 

Salome.  211.  215. 

Salmon.  46,  79.  80,  81,  84.  166,  304,  305,  576. 

Sally.  69,  76,  94,  103.  105.  110,  111,  112,  113.  118,  120, 
121.  122,  128,  129,  133,  137,  138,  139,  15<».  151,  153, 
154.  162.  164.  165,  166.  171.  175,  176,  177,  181,  203, 
207,  209.  211,  214,  221,  232,  237,  253,  260,  261,  313, 
323.  3'26.  366.  407.  411.  446,  452. 

Schuyler,  203,  368. 

Scollay,  184,  327,  521. 

Seneca,  129. 

tiebra.  2,54. 

Seth,  12(1,  195.  266,  347,  348,  452,  541. 

Seraph,  193. 

Serena ,  305,  326. 

Seba.  270. 

Selinda.  119. 

Sealand.  167.  306. 

Sewell,  105.  122,  202,  233. 

Seymour.  •<i51,  306,  433,  500,  614. 

Sherman.  588,  593. 

Shubael.  115,  222. 

Shadrack.  33,  55,  106. 

Sibyl.  235,  415. 

Sims,  .390. 

Simon,  45.  49.  73,  76,  77,  81,  88,  89,  158,  169,  187,  292, 


309,  405,  428, 593. 


y 


14^,  170, 


SUas.  41,  51,  72,  &3,  85,^9^91,  93.  113, jui,  149,  170, 
/IIS,  179f  ISO,'  1h6.'  DsyTiqi;  2-'0.  25^239,  i74*'27^. 
304.  3ll.  315;^  3'p.  394.  398,  402,  40;..TD8r513.  ' 

Silina,257.*:    '^     ••  ^ 

Sidney.  113,  201,  219.  3.58,  415,  437,  523,  585. 

Simeon,  103,  201,  226,  410. 

Sibil,  105,  208. 

Sibbel,  2.56,  452. 

Sibyla,  68. 

Simci.  135,  2.57. 

Sibal.  47. 

Sisey.  .379. 

Sibbillah.  71. 

Smith,  374. 

Smyrna.  146,  272. 

Solomon.  37,  43,  51,  59,  61,  68,  84,  91.  Ill,  117,  118, 
136.  169,  190,  225,  226.  2,57,  258,  259,  310.  337,  338, 
404.  443.  444,  .505,  529,  603. 

Solon,  2:37,  341,  :3.54,  417,  536,  543. 

Sophronia,  1.57,  166.  197,  239,  302,  415. 

Sophia.  61,  104,  110,  121.  129,  133,  159,  170,  188,  212, 
222,232.283,2.53,276,  281,  806,  325,  328,  341,  891, 
469,  4h4,  .501,  !.67. 

Stanhope,  390. 

Stanley,  475.  ,593.  621. 

Stillman.  244,  2«5,  323,  425,  474,  509. 

Statira,  177. 

Stephanie.  412. 

Stanton,  161,  294. 

Stacy. 149. 

Stebbins.  335. 

Stowell.  469. 

SteUa,  891.576.  .593,606. 

Stephen.  45,  62. 66.  74.  87.  93,  121,  131,  151.  178,  182, 
184,185.193.194.197,  227,  233,  241,  246,256,  274, 
284,327.347,349,352,  407,  414,  421,  426,439,  458, 
509,  529,  .540,  577,  578,  600.  646.  664. 

Susan.  78.  113.  151,  152,  165.  168.  176,  178,  179,  181, 
184.  185,  186,  190,  199,  203,  204.  233,  •.'52,  256,  274, 
281,  282,  286.  291,  295,  296,  307,  813.  325,  826,  327, 
828,  837,  38H,  343,  349,  357,  358,  364,  366,  372,  .396. 
412,  413.  480,  437,  446,  457.  469,  470,  475,  484,  497, 
512,  514,  520,  527.  576,  580,  597,  627. 

Susanna,  31,  .37,  38,  40,  42.  44,  53, 61. 68,  64,  65.  69,  70, 
71.  72.  79.  81,  85,  87,  89,  120,  122.  129,  139,  147,  149, 
150,  164, 167,  189, 192,  209,  251,  257,  261,  841,  844. 


WHITNEY   INDEX. 


675 


Susannah.  251.  373.  381,  436,  564. 
Sullivan.  200. 
8amni«»r.  233. 
Sakey,  74. 

Sumne--.  287.  326,  475,  618. 
Sura.  574. 

Su^ie.  357.  435,  507,  561. 
Syrena.  157. 
Sylvia.  1.52.  203.  554. 
Sylvaiius,  402. 

Sylvester.  113,  195,  220,  347,  365,  398.  436.  437.  551. 
596. 

8ybil,.55.  57.  206.  279. 

Tamer,  68,  137. 

Tamsin.  238. 

Tabitha.  33,  75,  121,  153,  171. 

Tacey.  413. 

Tarball,  37,  61.  117. 

Temperance,  131.225. 

Thomas.  22.  23,30,31.  50,  52,  56,  57.  58.  65.  66.  107. 
108,  110.  112, 118,  145,  148,  149,  162.  17h.  192.  205. 
208.  214.  218.  219,  226,  270.  271.  281.  282.  296.  324, 
340,  341,  ;«9,  370.  386.  387,  390.  395.  396.  405,  412, 
417.  430,  455,  469,  470,  471.  485,  ,534,  548.  556,  .567, 
559.  588,  595.  617,  618. 

Theresa.  280,  564. 

Thusey,  396. 

Thankful,  61.  62.  119,  133.  260.  312. 

Theoilore.  156,  169,  213,  215.  234.  235,  280.  2>*8.  290. 

310.  311.  348.  ;«3.  379,   389,  415,   426,  466,  513.    541. 

556,  570.  592.  652. 

Thaddeus.  66,  130,  131,  400,  574.  575. 

Thorsha.  270. 

Tbedotia,  262. 

Thirza,  337.  528. 

Timothy.  27.  28,  34.  40.  41.  47,  51.  55,  56.  62.  66.  81. 

83.  92,  105.  lOtJ,  131,  169.  170,  192.  204.  309,  45s. 
Tirzah.  134. 
Tillitha.  435. 
Tom.  6.53. 
Topsy.  896. 
Torn-.  256. 
Torrey.  439. 
Truman,  603. 
Troy.  388. 
Tryphsoa,  148. 
Tryphena.  148,  226,  383. 
Turner,  129. 
Tnrzah,  211. 
Tyla,  613. 
Urania.  201. 
Urial,  84.  177,  321. 
Uriah,  264. 
Ursula.  590. 
Varnum.  323. 
Ver^fie.  .562. 
Vemie.  434. 
Vernelea.  219. 
Vespasian.  365. 
Vera.  499.  662. 
Vira.  573. 
Vinnie,  526. 
Victor,  .507.  657. 
Vivian.  464. 
VirKil.  •m>.  r)67.  593. 
Victoria.  369.  428,651. 
Vina,  2.56.  444. 
Viola,  -.m.  622. 
Virginia,  32^). 
Vincent.  ,386,  567.  654. 
Vilate,  603. 
Volitia,  440. 
Wayne,  623. 
Wayland.  ,542.  663. 
Walton.  461.613. 
Wait.  205,  369,  .5,56. 
Warham.  139,  262,  263,264,  451,  607. 
WatfiOD   350 
Warren.'  113,'  186.  195,  219,  226,  305,  329,  330,  858,  R66, 

476,  499.  547,  561,  .596. 
Washingrton,  193,  228,  386,  417,  452.  567. 


Walter.  151.  235.  276.  283.  285,  289,  345.  346.  355.  369. 
373,  379,  395,  400,  412,  435,  461,  462,  464,  472.  485, 
.523.  .525,  540,  542,  5.57,  5.59.  ,573,  574.  582.  599.  606. 
614,  622,  643.  652,  6.56.  658.  661. 
Waldo,  199,  244,  460,  522.  541.  543,  613.  641. 
Wallace.  346,  377.  .5,59.  562,  650. 
Wetherbee.  89,  165,  187. 
Walton.  409. 
Wesley,  233.  664. 
Wealthy,  114,  115,  235.  372. 
Weston.  644. 
Welthy,  224. 
Webster,  270. 452,  454. 
Wells,  415,  586. 
Winthrop,  461. 
Wilson,  228,  2a. 
Willard.  113.  114,  167,  220,  221.  387,  398.  399.420, 

444.  590,  593.  603.  604. 
Winfield,509,  627. 
Wilmer,  663. 
Wildon,  5t)0. 
Wilbert.  644. 
Will.  6.50. 

William,  25,  28,  35.  36,  43.  58,  59,  71,  78.  85.  91. 
110,  111.  112.  113,  115,  117,  121.  130,  132,  139, 
145,  148.  151,  155,  1.58.  159,  160.  161,  162,  in3. 
170.  171,  173.  17m,  186.  188,  193.  198,  200.  201. 
205,  207,  208,  210.  213.  214,  215,  216.  217.  218. 
220.  221,  224.  228,  229.  2:52.  235.  239,  242,  244. 
Zia,  251,  2.52,  2.56.  261.  266.  269,  270,  271,  274, 
279.  282.  2^3.  2H4,  2«5.  28>^.  291.  292,  295.  29x. 
301,  303.  310.  311,  312.  313.  31.5.  316.  317.  31H. 
323,  325,  329,  3.30.  331.  334.  33x.  341.  344.  345. 
849.  351.  354,  3.V).  357.  3.59,  362,  364.  3<)7,  372. 
375,  379.  3«0.  3>>1.  3*4.  3^5,  38ti.  3^7,  389,  390, 
396,  397.  398.  39it.  400.  405.  407.  HH.  409,  410, 
416,  417,  420,  421,422,  424,  428.  430,  4.32.  434. 
437.  440,  445,  446,  449,  450,  451.  4.52,  4.53.  454. 
456,  4.57.  460.  464.465,  466.  467,  471,  472.  473. 
478.  479.  480,  483,  4h4,  486,  4H7,  488.  4«9,  490, 
41-4.  498.  499.  505,  506,  .507.  .509.  511.  514.  .520. 
525,  527.  ,528.  .529,  533.  5,36,  537,  539.  541.  ,543, 
547.  ,552,  5.54.  .5.56,  5.5^,  561,  563.  ."^67.  568.  569, 
572,573,  .574,  ,578,  579.  588,  .591,  592,  .593,  .594, 
596,601,  603.  605.  606,  607,  608,  610,  612,  613, 
615.621,  622,  623,  625,  626.  632,  6:«,  634.  635. 
637.  63H.  639.  642.  643.  646.  647.  648,  649.  652. 
658,  661.  662.  663. 
Wilmont.  461. 
Winona,  449. 
Wipraves.  114. 

Wilbar,  :i46.  4,58,  479.  5a),  611. 
Willis.  3.57,  374,  397.  413.  4.59,  497,  557.  561,  577, 

587,  614,  653. 
Willie.   387.  420,   434.   4d4,   495,   525,  557,  562, 

6.58. 

Willflton.  420.  491. 
Winnifred.  421,  .581. 
Wolcott,  215,  SH7. 
Wren.  591. 
Wyman,  405. 
Yale,  571. 
York,  208.  374. 
Zabad,  20t'),  371. 
Zacbariah.  30,  44,  49,  50,  55,  78,  89,  149,  1,50,  233,  281, 

412,  470. 
Zara.  567. 

Zaccheue.  33,  55,  105. 
Zacheus.  104. 
Zellia,  472. 
Zebina.  206.  239,  371. 
Zerviah.50.  212. 
Zebudah,  166. 
Zebulon.  62. 121.214. 
Zerah,  149.  279.  2k0,  465,  615. 
Zenas.  135,  256.  440,  536,  649. 
Zine,  2.52. 

Zimri,  150.  181,  189,  281,  468,  616. 
Zilpha,  136,  580. 
Zillah,  588. 
Zolvia.  112. 
Znri,  844,  589. 


434, 


106, 
140, 
164. 
203. 
219. 
245, 
276, 
.300, 
321. 
346. 
373; 
392. 
411, 
435. 
4,55, 
474, 
492, 
523. 
544, 
570, 
.595. 
614. 
636. 
658. 


585, 
581. 


Index  to  Other  Names. 


Abels.  332. 

Abbv,  122. 

Abbev.  34ti,  414. 

Abbott.  ».  1119.  310,  363.  4G8,  519,  .579,  616. 

Ackerman.  530. 

Ackley.  r>ii. 

Acorn.  229. 

Adair,  405.  577. 

Adams.  24,  27.  28.  47,  76.  77.  78.  79.  SI.  87.  91.  94.  110, 

129,  137.  145,  149,  l.-)2.  1.54.  1.56.  162.  163.  IM,  191. 

192,  195.  196.  215.  217.  218.  232.  234.  242.  2.53.  271). 

271,  274,  275,  279,  2K4,  2k9.  29.'.  302.  305.  327.  34], 

350,  893.  412.  452.  459,  465,  47h.  519.  564.  572,  599. 

607,  653. 
Adgatp,  430. 
.^hlern.  439. 

Ains worth.  107,  206.  428. 
Ainger,  327. 
Aldrich.  310.  437.  597. 
Allard,  203.  3C)7. 
Allds.  a50.  542. 
Alcer,  153,  536. 
Allington,  17t<. 
Allen.  33.  31,  41.  44.  51.  53.  55.  59,  69,  73.  'Xl.  93.  104, 

10«.  112.  117.  lis.  119,  129.  1,54.  160.  174,  1k9,  202, 

203.  204.  222.  223.  224.  22!?.  ^56.  257,  2^6.  2k7.  312. 

334.  351,  367,  374,  396.  411,  436.  441,  4.5u.  4.52.  463, 

475,  510,  .561.  606,  607. 
Alden,  65,  193.  203.  243.  251.  844,  433.  539. 
Albee.  203,  36n. 
Albert,  355,  546. 
Al-well.  615. 
Ammerman.  439. 
Ambrose,  436, 
Amsden.  123.  235. 
Ames.  164.  217,  25-J.  391. 
AngelJ.  567.  654. 
Anderson,  2.52,  556. 
Angevine.  118. 
Angier,  31.  109. 
Andrews.  41.  42. 105. 106. 128. 177.  2:}2,  242,  247,  264. 

285.  325.  3W,  450,  479.  512. 
Anson.  45,  74. 
Anni^.  109,  210. 
Appleby.  405. 
Applepate.  35.  572. 
Applet  on.  481. 

Arnold.  22,  ,56.  148,  386,  436,  539,  587.  596.  649. 
Arme.-.  136,  2.57. 
Arms.  189.  25h. 
Arbo.  229. 
.A.rthar.  187. 
Arrington.  158.293. 
Armstrong.  '226,  407,  530,  578,  646. 
Archer.  402.  « 

Arnot.451.60". 
Askew.  528.  643. 
Aspin.  420. 
Askren.  .5,58. 
As.kaen.372. 

Ashley.  60.  67.  92.  114.  256,  470. 
Ashburner,  170. 

Atherton.  54, 102, 103,  158,  292.  614. 
Atwood,  181. 
Attleboro.  203. 
Atkinson.  4.54. 
Auld.  191. 


Anstin,  51.61.  118,149.  173.  280,  815,  466,  .523.  615, 

640. 
Aunger,  439.  599. 
Avery,  169.  170.  262. 275.  310.  381. 
Ayer(6),  30,  48,  17G,  1*5,232.321,  329.362.411,548, 

650. 
Baldridge.  114. 

Ballon.  104.  1k7.  287,  324.  447.  475.  554. 
Batcheller.  Ihl.  343. 
Batchcllor.  89.  133.  134,  181,  326. 
Batchelder.  Isl. 
Bass.  76.  522. 
Barrow(sK  76.  91. 
Burber.  67.  94.  132.  225.  338.  404. 
Baldwin.  34.  46.  300.  315,  318.  3.59,  390.  472,  486.  488, 

54S. 
Barnes.  63.  89.  112.  115,  122.  123.  147.  166.  1x6,  200, 

207,  210,  217,  2.56,  311,  815,  414,  441.  583. 
Barge.  24. 
Barstow.  62,  134. 
Baxter.  164.  424. 
Barrett.  31.  50,  51,  65.  76.  140.  153.  154.  215.  260,  266, 

271.  275.  286.  397.  453.  455,  460.  501. 
Barnard.  45.  50,  51.  73.  74,  87,  91.  94,  103,  105,  112, 

1.5H.  164,  189,  201,  281,  323.  34»,  358,  4.58,  469.  511, 

547  625. 
Bailey."34.  51.  93.  104,  115.  157.  173, 184, 193.  235,278, 

827,  367.  371,  407,  445.  579,  60.5. 
Banks.  313. 
Baruett,  .52.  92. 
Baker.  26,  .31.  46.  50.  61.  79.  82. 134.  163. 170. 174. 179, 

195.  208,  220,  231,   266.  291.  302,  349,  374,  398.  410, 

430.  452,  480,  .562,  584,  592,  595,  657. 
Bannister.  .56. 

Bacon,  28,  40,  65,  93, 129,  345. 
Bard.  18ti. 

Bassett,  58.  111.  168,  203,  366,  408.  409. 
Balcome.  596,  65^. 
Barclay,  303. 
Ball.  28,  31,  38,  40,  70.  114.  135, 164,  266,275,  325,  439, 

4.53.  460,  513. 
Backus,  60,  532. 
Bariium.  80n.  3.58,  547. 
Ballard.  34.  56.  105. 107. 140,  253,  450. 
Bates,  39,  172.  180.  425,  592. 
Barton.  340,  382.  42k 
Battle,  39.  73.  150.  2^9. 
Bancroft.  46,  57,  .58,  77,80,  144, 
Barker,  94,  121,  1.5rt.  157,  202.  232. 
Bartlett,  108,  123, 176,  278,  320,  333.  .526. 
Battel! .  .555. 

Bang,  123,  127.  196,  226,  432. 
Baston,  120,  148. 
Barron,  1,52.285. 
Barclay,  165, 
Bath,  647. 
Bard  well.  195,  349. 
Baylies,  2i'3. 
Bamber,  224. 
Bard.  ]86.  391. 

Babcock,  160.  164.  224.237,  801,  337,  366,  439,  599. 
Batchelder,  181. 
Bartle,  225. 
Baeder,  2,51,  431. 
Babitt,  251,  43.3. 

Barney,  259,  431,  444,  475,  520.  521,  582,  645,  656. 
Baird,  262,  394.  449,  572. 


676 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


Barrell,  276.  460.  613. 

Bag-will.  52H. 

Batcheldor,  269. 

Babb,  315. 

Bass.  328. 

Barrowe,  334. 

Barringer,  337. 

Bagley,  276,  305. 

Bascom,  317,  328,  345.  382. 

Bavnes,  363. 

Babbidge.  379. 

Bardeu.  413,  582. 

Barwick.  418. 

Bateman,  465. 

Berry,  23;J.  339,  412,  586. 

Beath.  33s.  533. 

Bezoni,  225. 

Bf-ebe,  222,  335.  400. 

Bentley,  30s,  392,  468.  506.  571. 

Bfckwith.  222,  384. 

Bean.  323. 

Beatty,  221. 

Beatie,  603,  660. 

Best.  *i9,  557. 

Belknap.  207. 

Beam,  .509. 

Bell,  202,  242,  264,  386,  441,  .569. 

Bennet(t),  57,  5k,  76,  117.  267,  279.  305,  331,  395,  416. 

4m.  524. 
Benjamin,  44,  53,  73,  188.  199.  2?1.  404.  416.  469. 
Beers,  22. 

Belcher.  272,  .304,  456.  498. 
Beeklov,  .5k,  111. 
Bemis,  22,  23.  29.  33,  44,  105,  148,  168.  176.  205.  274. 

275.  307,  320.  4til. 
Bent.  117.212,  378,413,  511. 
Benton.  4,52. 
Beach,  23,  29.  222,  597. 
Benkie.  5k7. 

Beamau.  149.  272.  276,^5,  374.  454,  561. 
Bernards,  27,  33. 
Beilharz,  ;i87.  570. 
Beecher.  149.  280,  342. 
Berney.421. 

Bellows.  3K,  69.  79.  .301,  449,  606. 
Bergstrosser,  377,  562. 
Bedlow.  155. 
Berwick,  3t)9. 

Beal(si.  39.  64.  149.  179.  180, 182,  276,  463. 
Belding.  1.58.  234,292,  415. 
Bender,  172. 
Bendict.  391.  392. 
Belden,  222,  333. 
Berney.239. 
Betzner,  465. 
Billings,  334,  344,  428. 
Bicknell.  74.  152. 
Bickford.  5.54.  0.52. 
Billinger.  28,  150,  193,  528. 
Biren.  5U9. 
Birrell,  274. 
Birmingham,  381. 
Biscoe.  46. 
Bisbee.  :i05.  499. 
Biglow.  23.  29.  41,  42.  53.  74.  77.  81.  92.  106, 109.  129, 

16K.  1K8.  247.  269,  353.  430,  449.  543. 
Bickford.  2(J3.  3»)7. 
Bingham,  385.  400. 
Bigginton.  30. 
Bisliop.  114.  148.  222,  242,  292,  325,  366,  400,  440,  480, 

.574.  .575.  643. 
Bixby.  332,  526. 
Blakeslee.  391. 
Blankinship.  390. 

Bianchard.  142.  189,  225,  325,  834,  468.  615. 
BlaisdeU.  303,  412. 
Black.  494. 
Blackmer,  612.662. 
Bhsh.  132,  246. 
Blanding.  555. 
Blaney.  166. 

Blake.  120.  128.  134,  173,  208,  210,  256,  303.  364. 
Blakelv.  376    56"^. 

Bliee,  164.  196,  2''8,  301,  394,  506,  512,  572,  627. 
Blair,  83.  169.  318,  319,  450. 
Blorman,  443. 


Blood.  22.  25.  109.  132,  143, 182,  209,  210,  251. 

Bloomfield.  490. 

Blackman.  75. 

Blakesley.  222. 

Bloom.  4.5k. 

Blum.  434. 

Blunt.  315,  506. 

Blodgett,  36,  37,  58,  59, 143,  150,  202,  281,  289,  365. 
479. 

Booth.  112,153,  216,  335,  584. 

Bond,  22.  27.  29.  30.  41.  51,  73,  123,  173,  314,  585. 

Bolton.  107,  14>i,  187,  274,  455.  46  . 

Bowman.  32.  42.  75,  93,  119,  484,  523,  612. 

Boardman.  58,  111,  205,  369,  480,  621. 

Boyden.  38.  63.  87,  124,  357. 

Bowes.  .52.  71.  144. 

Bowers.  25,  54.  103. 

Bowker.  51.63,  151.  169. 

Bogart.  201,  220,  398. 

Bovce.  327. 

Boynton.  2(].  44.  73,  84,  177.  528. 

Bout  well.  2\0.  260.  833.  445. 

Boutell.  177. 

Bovn.  1.53. 

Bord.  3-.i9. 

Bowels.  299. 

Bowl.  3.50. 

Bonne.  294.  482.  603. 

Bo  wen.  171.  469. 

Bohoman.  210,  376. 

Borders.  225,  404. 

Bosbysh.-U,  216. 

Bo6Chert,221. 

Bowdish.  274,  4.58. 

Bostwick.  222.  644. 

Bow.  574.  -571). 

Bogue.  4>v4.  622. 

BowJ..542. 

Bogart.  358. 

Bonney.  366. 

Bodfish.  446. 

Bones.  381. 

Bon.  403. 

Bouchette.  647. 

Bortle.  40*. 

Bowdilch.  426. 

Borngeeser.  429.  594. 

Boruck.  510.  627. 

Brooks.  64.  80,  110.  140.  U*".  15K.  166.  167.  176.  178, 
179.202,  211.2-22.  230.  231,  274.  275.  ifl.i.  324.  345, 
360.  380.  419,  460,  476,  541,  .54k,  590,  607.  661. 

Brewster,  4;n. 

BrookmHD.  465. 

Brague,  39t). 

BroD8on.6i).  223,401. 

Browne,  419. 

Breasha.  477,  478. 

Brewster,  .529,  644. 

Braggins.  378. 

Brady.  591. 

Brierly.  420. 

Brenton.  443. 

Browning,  444. 

Briggs.  499. 

Brownell..536.  649. 

Bramble.  .539. 

Brink,  600 

Brennan.612.  662. 

Broakman,  615. 

Bradburv.  2k,  84.  93.  159. 

Brewer.  4.5,  92,  191,  341. 

Bridgeis),  23.v;7,  31,  39,  40,  46.  50.  279.  428,  530. 

Brigham,  67,  95, 162.  247,  261,  282,  309.  3-26.  839,  472, 
.5U4,  514.  .562.  616.  662. 

Brener,  151. 

Bragdon,  119. 

Bragg,  13K.261.447. 

Bradish,  133,  253,  301,  494,  623. 

Britain.  137. 

Bruce,  169.  266,  310. 

Bracey.  174,  319. 

Brock.  178. 

Bronghton,  189,  387. 

Brown.  25.  41.  45,  53.  63,  65,  75,  77,  91, 105,  111,  115, 
127,  129.  135.  141.  147.  148,  1.53,  15.5,  156,  178,  190, 
201,  206.  213,  215,  217,  223.  237.  253.  262.  269,   173 


678 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


274,  275,  2H6,  2m,  314,  315,  322,  339,   341,  38fi,   874, 

376,  380,  3«7,  389.  391.  392,   393,  401,  407.  412,   413, 

415.  41tj.  429.  43G.  470,  503,  512,   561,  562,   570,  578, 

583,  586.  594,  596.627,646. 
Broade.  64.  128,  242. 
Brech,  37,  60. 
Britton.  69,  84. 
Brentnal.  38. 
Bright.  77. 

Briggs.  80.  85,  240,  256,  366,  554. 
Bnant,  81,  168. 169,  192.  197,  233,  276,  279.  309.  342. 

404,  466,  476,  62<J. 
Bradley.  83.  98. 102.  170.  413,  420,470,  617. 
Brackett.  95,  162,  227.  228.  295,  483,  578,  604,  613. 
BroadweU,  215. 
Bray,  233,  413.  655. 
Browning.  206,  .524,  603.  612. 
Brainard.  302. 
Breasha.  288. 
Brace.  280.  398. 
Bromley.  184. 
Breed.  181. 
Bruce.  178. 
Brick.  203. 
Bragman.20S.  374. 
Bryon.  72.  149. 
Brandon.  357. 
Burden,  367. 
Bulkley.  193.  344. 
Burleigh.  307. 
Burley,  246. 
Butman,  220.  398. 
Button.  206,  335.  465.  615.    ■ 
Barkholder.  205.  369. 
Burnett.  256.  441.490. 
Buckingham.  180.448. 
Buckman.  203.367. 
Burrell.  215, 295.  389.  484. 
Burbank(si.231.375.  4.58. 
Buckley.  178.  233. 
Bumstead.  174.319.  Sk-^. 
BueLl ) .  256.  257,  396.  439,  443. 
Buchanan.  332. 
Butler.  93.  110.  118,  194.  260,  265,  314,  341.  360,  448. 

472.  519.  536,  547. 
Burke.  85. 194. 
Butterworth.  63.  120,  229. 
Butterick.  58.  104.  1(»5. 
Bullard.  84.  64,  107,  264. 
Burnap.  51.  87, 181. 
Bnrck.  29. 
Buzzard.  66. 
Burgee  IS).  26,  85,  87,  134.  148,  179,  182,  274,  290,  327. 

514.  608. 
Bnrge.  35. 
Burton.  71.  105.  428. 
Burnes.  74. 
Burnham.  76.  406. 
Burgoyne.  82.  86. 
Burt.  83.  88.  215,  346.  445.  449,  605. 
Buck.  133.  139. 
BuehneU.  184,  234,  439.  597. 
Buckmineter.  106.  163.  182,  302.  327. 
Butters.  152.  2»4. 
Buckbee.  203. 
Bugbee.  527. 
Burleigh,  :M. 
Burneide.  387. 
Bullock.  501. 
Burlison,  .531. 
Buckner.  608. 
Burleson,  646. 
Burdick.  465,  614. 
Bulkley.  193. 
Bnrr.  569. 
BumeH.  .526. 
Buninghr.  377. 
Butterfield,  444,  604. 
Burroughs,  412.  582. 
Bush,  566. 
Byam.  464.  614. 
Byrkit.  4U). 
Byington.  312.  506. 
Carlton.  121,  211,  232,  274,  377. 
Carsley,  120,  229,  407,  578. 
Camp.  109.  312. 


Caruth,  83. 

Caper,  45. 

Cane.  62. 

Carey.  61,  418,  433,445,  605. 

Case,  57,  107,  207,  372,  383,  511. 

CarroU,  53,  93. 

Carley,  51. 

Carter,  71, 165,  182,  193,  306,  319.  345,  366,  501,  524, 

554,641. 
Caldwell,  123, 148,  234,  349,  528,  541. 
Candler,  128. 
Carollus.  137. 
Carnes,  141,  143. 
Carpenter,  182.  1.56,  180.  217,  232,  238,  290.  321,  338, 

344,411,418,511.512. 
Cass,  149,  206,279. 
Callender,  162. 
Carr.  173,  2*<8,  564,  585,  653. 
Campbell,  182,  223,  295,  371,  390,  891,  400,  484,  494, 

510,  570. 
Cahoon,  511. 
Calahan,  511. 
Capen.  .568. 
Cariher,  569,  654. 
Canhan,  286. 
Catshall,  5.59. 
Cassiday,  564,  653. 
Carlyle,  488,  562. 
Caswell,  407,  578. 
Can),  178. 
Calhoun,  432. 
Castle,  395,  573. 
Cabot,  482. 
Carl,  389. 
Cady,  371. 

Cameron,  386,  532,  579,  655. 
Card,  400. 
Carrigan.  372,  558. 
Cassiels.  :363. 
Casey,  364. 
«  ary.  238. 
Cannon,  201,  358. 
Carson,  tlb. 
Canning,  312,  465. 
Cunfield,  280. 
Cate,  278. 
Carver,  302,  494. 
CariJl,  323,  509. 
Cherry,  159. 
Chenery.  158. 
Chandler,  37,  50,  60,  90,  91,  189,  203,227.362,368, 

379,  406,  543,  563,  649. 
Champney,  56. 
Chadbourn.  234. 

Chamberlin,  31.  93.  122,  194,  354,  429,  593,  649. 
Chatterdon.  279,  466,  584. 
Christmas,  .569. 
Chard,  149,  303. 
Chapel.  222.  400. 
Chipman,  4H4. 
Chadwick.  23.  28,  71. 
Chilton,  237. 
Chatfie)d.l71. 
Chatfee,  239,  644,  646.  664. 
Child.  24.  27,  29.  34.  41.  44.  45,  67.  73.  75,  76,  87,  114, 

155. 1K9.  193.  221,  3^362,  3677a55. 
Church.  49,  88,  184,  187,  228,  249,  374,407,431.531, 

559.  615. 
Cheney.  25,  38,  41,  63,  66,  77,  82,  122, 169,  282,  307, 

873,497.511. 
Chase.  71,  105.  109,  121,  139.154,  209,232,2.59,270. 

273.  274,  331.  868,  395,  451,  454,  456,  524,  531,  573. 

611. 
Chapin.  77,  85,  177,  287,  813,320,394,414,436,476, 

584. 
Choate,  78. 

Chapman.  108,  157,  205,  807,  338,  415,  428,  533,  585. 
Cbeeseman,  335. 
Christenson,  356.  395.  578. 
Charlesworth,  384. 
Chambers.  385. 
Churchill,  460. 
Champion,  526. 
Chittenden.  194,214. 
Chandler,  5.56. 
Chaplain,  255. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


679 


Chipman,  295,312. 
Closson,  258. 
rUfford,  177.  457. 
Clay,  403. 
Claflin,  397. 
Clendenin.  276.  463. 
Clinton,  181,  448. 
Clewel],251,  432. 
Cluby,241,421. 
Clemence,  128,  244. 
Clough,  118,  310,  349. 
Clupbone,  364. 
Clow,  337,529. 

Clapp,  m,  94,  115. 163,  215,  388,  458,  596. 
Clement,  22,  844.  530,  651. 
Cleveland,  116,  224,  525,  642. 
Clark,  25,  32,  33,  35,  44   46,  55.  70,  73.  75,  7 
97,  105.  107, 124.  137,  139.  167, 172,  178.  203 
220,  222,  233,  270,  287,  291,  296,  303.  308, 
366,  367,  369,  375,  378,  379,  386,  395,  397. 
416,  445,  446,  450,  475,  485,  498,  505,  551. 
562.  568,  586,  606,  626. 
Cole,  65,  184,  217,  246.  276,  411,  428.  464.  581 
Cobb,  62,  115,  121.  122,  146,  204,  234,  597. 
Coes,  77. 

Corey(6),  84,  94. 103,  104.  144, 148. 
Comee,  142.  143. 
Comey,  199. 
Compton.  121,  159.232. 
CowiuK,  118,  123,  235. 
Cone,  114,  221. 
Colt.  114.  222.  400. 
Cornell,  204.  355.  545. 
Condell,  382. 

Conklin,  112.  182,  218,  .387. 
Cowan.  98,  101,279. 
Conner,  93,  194.207. 

Collins.  91,  110.  m.  203,  221,  827,  426,  482. 
Cody.  39,  59.  113,  2,54. 
Cox,  33,  79.  214,  239,  3.37.  375.  561.  645. 
Colbam,  21,  64,  111,  116,  132,  210,  282,  301, 
Coombs,  61,  118.  124,  166,  233,  238,  302. 
Coldam,  22,  23,  564. 
Cochran,  58,  111,  362,  363,  530,  645. 
Coe,  214. 

Coolidge,  23,  45,  46.  201,  266,  358,  453,  652. 
Cook,  45,  66.  130,  151. 166,  186,  217,  231,  283. 

391.  396,  413,  571,  682. 
Conant.  35,  80, 118,  165,  301,  461. 
Corbett,  63. 
Connell.  531. 
Corbin.  36. 

Cozzens,  38.  63,  206,  207,  371,  372. 
Condor,  36t). 
Cobarn.  3f»6,  357,  500. 
Covin,  3.S4. 

Cotton.  166.  246.  304,  306.  399.  427. 
Colony,  275. 
Converse.  160.  282,  470. 
Comstock,  172,  194,  376. 
Cowdin,  161,  162. 
CoUard,  146. 
Coewe,  157. 
Conway.  379. 

CogsweU.  178,  272.  324,  405. 
Cow.irey,  16*. 
Couch,  194,  226,  346. 
Corwin,  208,  209,  375,  501,  625. 
Colton,  220. 
Cousins.  ?26,  849. 
ColweU,  2^4.  415,  585. 
Codding.  2.39. 
Coareon.  2.52 
Cowles.  2.")1,  367.  ,555. 
Conrow,  262.  449. 
Courtney.  274,  460. 
Colby.  303. 
Cope.  345. 

Colvin.  247.  400,  430,  .575. 
Collanger,  362. 
Condon.  .j.Vi,  652. 
Coope.  59(1. 
Colcord.  646.  663. 
Coleman,  210.  .390.  402. 
Cozard,  259.  443.  444. 
Cooledge,  384. 


Cowl,  ,590. 

Conlon.  468,  616. 

Cowele,  433. 

Cofiee,  .533. 

Cornish,  373,  575.  655. 

Collester.  330,  331,  458, 612. 

Conrad,  418.  588. 

Cooper,  385. 

Crouch.  184,  259,  328. 

Crane,  37   118,  265,  448,  451. 

Cromwell,  67. 

Crerj-,  35. 

Crawford,  239.  396,  412,  584. 

Crockett,  62, 121. 

Crosby.  87,  62,  76, 196,  259,  291,  331,  350,  415. 443,  444, 

■7,  83,  93,       Cranston,  84. 
207, 213,       Craige.  105,  217.  364. 
315,  365,        Crittenden,  123.  218.  392.  416.  506.  586. 
398,  415,        Crocker,  143,  276,  291,  435,  480,  539. 
555,  556,       Creesy,  154. 

Crowell,  186. 

Crampton.  190.  337. 

Craft  (s).  205,  307,  333,  504. 

Crooker.  214.  384. 

Crossman.  217. 

Cross,  217,  521. 

Cron,218. 

Crowl.  420. 

Cronk,  259. 

Creamer.  279. 

Cramer,  497. 

Crandall,  280.  371,  447,  468,  557. 

Crehose.  282. 

Cran,  396. 

Cranford,  412. 

Crozier,  413,  417,  588. 
514,  621.        Cravath.  443.  601. 

Culver.  211,  308. 

Gurtieis).  28.  40.  46.  71.  72, 170,  184.207,  8.55.  372.  373. 
470.  555.  382.  430.  521.  .545.  55S.  595. 

CnehinK(s).  147.  148.  155.  163.  173,  190,  204,  260,  273. 
274.287.288.328,431.4.57. 

Cutting.  29.  44,  152,  2J1,  287,  457,  475. 

Cutter.  29.  197. 

Cufman.  420. 
329,  886,        Cnmiu8(  inpg),  SO.  65,  68, 159,  166,  230,  231,  269.  270, 
331,  3:«.  461.  624. 

Cnt'hall.  873. 

Cutler,  33.  31,  38.  44,  52,  91,  92,  95,  148, 168,  196.  276. 
580  »        1        . 

Curit.  62.  119. 

Cunningham.  74.  284.  409,  412.  444. 

Curry.  355.  383.  422,  544,  .545.  591. 

Cushman.  1.59.  232. 

Currier.  184,  315. 

Currie,  260. 

Cudback.  212. 

Curtis,  ^26. 

Cyrenins,  215. 

Darrow(8).  119.  167.  229.  416. 

Damon.  106.  1.57,  262.  287.  291,  420,  449.  477. 

Dai  ling,  93,  238,  383,  420,  526. 

Danehy,  65. 

Darbey.  4«,  91. 

Danforth.  27,  52,  83.  128. 

Dana.  46.  6«),  79. 129,  130. 

Dane.  228. 

Davis.  34,  43,  47,  49.  68,  69,  71,  81.  83,  88,  90,  93.  95 
107,  i:iO,  131,  ir.:^,  155,  1,59,  167,  169.  177. 
196.  206,  2:^1,  247,  274,  2h6,  290,  ,'^)9,  327, 
39:3,  421,  4.55,  4.5m,  468,  473.  491,  497,  ,504, 


542,  56^,  .572,  574,  612,  617,  624^  645^  6.54 


178,  180. 

;iii.  8.58, 

.509,  530. 


Danton,  47. 

Dam.  :i64. 

Dalliba.  437,  5«1. 

Dart,  132,  i;'3,  247. 

Day,  37,  ,59.  62,  74,  112,  169,  1S5.  196.  198,  247.  290. 

809,  349,  MU,  429.  4.52.  486,  525.  577,  60^1. 
Damschroder.  416,  ,587. 
Davenport,  ,56, 105  146,  271,  305,  499,  554.  652, 
Darwin,  8;^  114,  173. 
Dargee,  1.53. 
Dardin,  216,  217. 
Darby,  1.56.  190. 
Daniell,  204. 


«80 


INDEX   TO  OTHER   NAMES. 


Daniels,  12K.  260.  344,  349,  365.  44.i.  .539. 

Davidson.  173,  314. 

Dailej .  21.s. 

Dauchv.  392. 

Darden.  390. 

Dallibie.  256. 

Dal  I   5K6. 

Dadtnan,  2i^6. 

Dawson.  :i06,  511. 

Dawes,  327.514,  516. 

Dangerfield,  332. 

Daley,  42(1. 

Davoll,  334. 

Del  avie.  205,369. 

Dewey,  206,  210,  223,  .371,  375.  376. 

Delano.  ls4. 

Demary,  180. 

Dennison,  168,  308,  406. 

De  Lorme.  215.  _ 

Deming,  207.  34*5. 

Demond,  149,  279. 

Dearing.  154. 

Dear.  169. 

De  Witt,  201. 

Dean,  44,  146.  272.  427.  oil,  608. 

Derby.  26,  184.  2si,  328.  46s. 

Derbyshire,  25. 

De  Lome,  59. 

Dexter,  72.  74. 110, 1.51,242,327. 

Densxnore.  109. 

Dewell.  113. 

Dennett.  119.228. 

De  Wolf.  123. 

Deucklan.  3.59. 

Denning.  647. 

DeCon.  .505. 

De  Long.  4-2s.  593. 

Decamp.  344. 

Demarry.  326. 

Denton.  2^9. 

De  Berard,  525. 

De  Puy.  279.  466. 

De  Lancy.  264. 

Dewing.  2^7.  530.  (U6. 

Decker,  22s.  411,  416,  587,  603. 

De  Rowe.  466. 

Devoe.  2M3. 

Deyo,  279. 

Dearborn.  375,  410,  5S0. 

De  Forest.  396. 

De  Graff.  415.  485. 

Demmic.  479.  620. 

Depity.  509. 

Demoe.  531. 

Delra.  .5as.  649. 

Dickerman.  109,  209. 

Dix,  29,2^8,477. 

Dickinson.  85.  114, 186,247,  284.  320,  330,  384,  429. 

Dike,  181. 

Dies.  428. 

Dickerson,  395.  396. 

Dickey.  183. 

Dimock,  .520. 

DiUou,226,  405,  420. 

Dix<  n,  229. 

Diinocdy,  603. 

Diamond.  372.  558. 

Divine,  3iK). 

Divoll.  52S. 

Dibble.  394. 

Doherty.  326.  514.  / 

Domino?,  286.  / 

Downey.  251.  ■' 

Dock  ham,  242. 

Dorwin,  221.  . 

Dorr,  202.  364. 

Dowuinc.  191.282,327. 

Dodge,  128. 

Douglierty,  182. 

Doyle,  151.  283. 

Doe.  148.  302. 

Dooison.  102. 

Douglass,  95.  26.5,  451.  .555. 

Dooiitt!e,93.  217.  308.  392,449. 

Downe.  74.  285,  288,  806,  457,  477,  611. 

Doves,  27, 216. 


Dods.  533. 

Doane,  45.  87,  113. 

Dow.  41X).  .574. 

Doty.  106,  386,  513,  567. 

Dodd,236. 

Drew,  63,  194,  207,  317,  507. 

Drury,  34,  56,  69,  1(19,  134,  209,  454,  607. 

Draper,  45.  74,  89,  131,  187,  203. 

Drennes,  112,  215. 

Drake,  150,  237.  333,  417. 

Drinkwater,  177. 

Drill,  216. 

Drisco.  387. 

Dulmage.  332. 

Duryer,  221. 

Dnryea,  399. 

Durfee,  554. 

Durkee.  207.  208,  375. 

Dunklee.  202. 

Dnncan,  199. 

Dunckler.  196. 

Dun,  217. 

Durgan.  193,  194,  345.  346. 

Dunn.  147,  27s,  276,  455,  457,  461,  601,  608. 

Dnel,  113.  219. 

Durant.  85,  178.  20H. 

Dutcher,  n8,  110,  366,  551. 

Dunlop.  405. 

Dudley,  24,  .54,  103.  130,  210. 

Dunton,  64.  65,  437. 

DuBois,  345. 

Dutton,  73.  228,  258. 

Dunbar,  94.  195,  513,  628. 

Dwight,  R),  163,  164,  299,  300,  486. 

Dwelly,  48.  85,  231,  410. 

Dwinell,  188. 

Dwyer,  578. 

Dyer,  121.147.232.  233.  . 

Dyson,  31l). 
Dysart,  -584,  657. 

Eastbrook,  611. 

Eager,  162.  295. 

Easton,  513. 

Eames,  38,  59,  79,  113,  182,  202,  365.  435,  514,  581. 

Earle,  93,  147. 

Eaton.  41,  150.  169,  173.  197,  206,  280,  281,  291,  293, 
307,  317,  347,  35h,  501,  541,  ,547. 

Eastman,  93.  166,  251,  323,  334,  509. 

Eatinger,  207. 

Ebrick.  646. 

Eckley,  85. 

Eckerson.  321,  .509. 

Eddy,  23.  31.  132,  274,  437,  524,  597. 

Edgeworth,  265,  451. 

Edmnnde,  34.  340. 

Edson,  114.  221. 

Edwards.  37.  Wl,  134,  164,  192,  254,  255,  301,  372,  550, 
5,59. 

Edgerton.  222. 

Edick,  393, 

Edgerly,  3^7,  569. 

Edgecomb,  408. 

Egleston,  364,  439. 

EUerson,  377.  562. 

Elbrige,  468,  616. 

Elizabeth,  241. 

Elsmere.  332. 

Eldred.27y,  529. 

Eller,  235. 

Eldridge,  214. 

Ellis,  147,  14S,  166,  168,  210.  42h,  505,  626. 

Ellswortti,  108,  112,  207,  217.  231,  3^4,  ^31,  532.  616. 

Elliot.  39,  41.  455,  608. 

Elmore.  114,  337. 

Elv.  126,  3.59,  547. 

Elder,  34,  77,  78. 

Emmons,  204. 

Emerson.  182.  274,  289,  377,  460. 

Etiery.  325.  513,  539,  640. 

Emes.  327. 

Emory.  70. 

Emott,  409. 

Emanuel,  216,  390. 

Ennes.  2m0,  467. 

Enop,  217. 

Ensinger,  369. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


681 


Essex,  SK4. 

Esterbrook,  84,  4o6.  501. 

Estj\  266. 

Eustace,  38.  211. 

Everton.  110.  213. 

Evans.  ;5h.  21',  3Cil,  386.  567. 

Evarts,  217.  246.  247. 

Everts.  132.  178. 

Everett.  32,  153.  156,  450.  470,  516,  606.  617. 

Ewell.  379, 

Ewings,  201. 

Evriiie,  646. 

Farlin.  247,  24>^. 

Eaure,  216.  389. 

Tales.  213. 

Fancher,  133, 

Farwell.  25,  57.  95,  102,  166,  208,  305. 

Farley,  46,  78,  .504. 

Farnsworth,  25.  46,  48,  57,  85,  89, 108,  111,  179,  186, 

187.  188,  272,  456. 
Fay,  68,  81. 134,  162,  168, 173,  239,  315,  341,  343,  394, 
Farmer,  26,  118,  265,  355. 
Faulkner,  1U5,  150,  281. 
Farr.  3U,  48.  ai.  167,  315. 
Farman,  1.^7,  291. 
Farrar,  30.  110,  174,  468,  iMS. 
Fairfield.  210. 
Farrah,  30,  50. 
Fairbanks,  78,  85,  92,  95,  102,  180,  181,  221,  272,  323, 

399,  482,  621. 
Fairchild,  261,  279,  280,  317,  448. 
Fall,  456, 
Farbankj^,509. 
Fairman.  526,  642.    ' 
Falkinburg.  258. 
Fall,  271,  334. 
Farnum,  437,  597. 
Faxon,  246,  42>*. 
FarroD,  279.  464. 
Farnliam,  375,  533,  561. 
Fales.  379. 
Felch.472. 
Felt.  2H4. 

Fenn,  170.  312,4.56.610. 
FeUows.  25.  35.  122.  189,  238,  258,  420.611. 
Fessendon,  45,  40,  190. 
Ferguson.  116,  22.5.  404. 
Ferris.  321,  379. 
Fenton.  369. 
Felter,  239. 
Felton.  245.  304. 
Fee,  410. 
Fisher.  24,  64,  IM,  200,  243.  283,  357.  436,  497,  514, 

596,  624, 
Filmore,  80.  409. 
Fiek.  24.  29,  34,  44,  64,  67,  70,  71.  75,107,  110,  184, 

145.  160.  167,  19S.  205,  211.  234,  253,260,271,305, 

307.  338.  3.55,  413,  436.  445,  4,50,  596,618. 
Fine],  118. 
Fillebrown,  29.  45. 

Fitch,  57,  lOH,  380,  404.  414,  552,  564,  577. 
Fielding.  1.56. 

Field.  170,  265,  317.  321,  341,  348. 
Fitts.  219,  220,  398,  .504. 
Finney,  250. 
Files,  27m. 
Findley.  404,  577. 
Fiero.  410,  586. 
Fineran,  ,596.  658. 
Finegar,  524. 
Fix,  511. 
Flower.  214. 
Flewelling,  583. 
Flinn,  173,  445. 
Flvnn,  445,605. 

Flint.  105,  109,  1(^4,  245,  270,  866,  453. 
Fleming.  104,  322,  381,551,  563,  564,  651. 
Flanders,  93,  94,  209.  338,  407,  .578. 
Fletcher,  43.  68.  71,  72,  83.  90.  139,  147,  168,  176,  188, 

198,  208,  256,  258,  808,  323,  324,  362,  440,  525,   548, 

579,  599,  604.  659, 
Flagg,  24,  29,  31,  38,  53,  78,  83,  131,  150,  159, 160, 176, 

179,  278,  339,  341,  353,  355,  480,  536. 
Forbes,  67,68,  13;i. 
Forbnsh,  41,  68,  81,  133,  244,  253. 


Foster.  93,  142,  148,  167,  178,  193,  210,  242,  279,  324, 

422,  424,  484,  485,  511,  512. 
Fos«,  93. 

Folsom,  119,  193,  228,  324,  345,  5.56,  559,  652. 
Fohn,  200. 
Fory,  228. 
Fogg,  231. 

Forsyth,  247,  381,  429. 
Folts.  259. 
Foltz.  444. 
ForristoU.  306. 
Fox,  344,  513. 
Forrest.  405.  422. 
Force.  416. 
Forman.  43L 
Folder,  289, 
Foxwell.  469,  617. 
Fosdick.  194,  346. 
Fowler.  170,  2.54,  410. 
Follett,  153. 

Ford,  27,  37,  112,  216.  567,  646. 
Foot,  44.  51. 
Foote.  Ui). 
Foxcraft.  31.  115. 
Fowle,  45,  94. 
Frink,24.  311. 
Fradley.  473,  618. 
Frame.  557. 
Frarj-.  391. 
Eraser,  3<.  570. 
Frege.  497. 
Fremont.  370. 
French.  92,  106,  123.  182.  184.  187,  202.  209.  213.  251, 

259,  2(;l,  2H4.  323,  331,  337,  341,  382,  396.  447,  452, 

521.  528,  54'*,  599,  650. 
Friedman.  410. 
Frisbv.  369,  556. 
Frith,  599,6.58. 
Fries.  239.  421. 
Frazer.  238. 
Frounfelter.  218. 
Franklin.  217. 

Freeman.  171,  812,  551,  567,  653. 
Frve,  156.  220,  344. 
Freeland,'i52,  434. 

Frost,  12 J,  146.  152.  155,  284,  285,  805,  414,  477. 
Frotliingham.  77,  158. 
Furbush.  47,  67. 
Fulham.  33. 
Fulton,  2.37,  255. 
Fnllar,  295. 
Fuller.  25.  :U.  56.  65.  66.  67,  76,  78,  183,  157,  158,  160, 

1K5.  213,  22.5,  239,  250,  870,  384,  391,  404,  421,  .513, 

628. 
Funk.  431. 
Gallup.  32.5,  512. 
(jault,  ISO. 
Galpin,  171. 
Gamagp,  33. 
Gary.  30,  46. 
Gardner!  b).  64,  66,  112.  140,  176,  217,  234,274,320, 

.32«.  330,  436.  447,  488,  .522,  597. 
Garfield,  23,  71,  187,  144,  339,  343,  538,  5C4. 
Gav,  66,  129,  176,  191,  245,  2?2,  528. 
Galusha,  23. 

Gale,  44.  72.  103,  199.  209,  246,  317,  338. 
Gates,  42,  48,  84,  90,  92,  95,  119, 123. 12«,  143,  149, 165, 

176,  182,  188,  193,  201,  207,  286,  303,  354,  373,  475, 

529. 
Gaalbcrt,  889. 
Ganwer.  235. 
Galcomb,  321. 
Ganson.  222. 
Garrett.  313,  416.  .586. 
Gatley,  195. 
Gage.  202,  300,  493,  497. 
Gannett,  :i47. 
Gaylord,  364,  550. 
Gaines,  480.  56?,  569. 
Gamble,  379. 
Gaguin.  521.640. 
Game,  417,  .587. 
Gaene,  531. 
Garland,  412,  5h1. 
Garvin,  4,50,  im. 
Gammon.  363.  ' 


682 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


Garnsey,  575. 

Gerry.  81.  loS,  167.  222. 

George,  319.  419,  .500. 

Gettman,  259,  iU. 

Gerrish,  152. 

Geneila,  245,  426. 

Genther,  497.  624. 

GetcheU,  201,  320,  358,  579. 

Gerbnge,  213. 

Gerberich,  395. 

Geer,  239. 

Gellusswra,  ?6*i. 

Geyer.  291,  469. 

Gerber.  421. 

Gildersleeve.  490. 

Gillespie,  4.58,  612. 

(iillett,  217,  303,  393.  558,  653. 

Gillet,  2,56. 

Gilbert,  214,  256,  333,  371,  386.  441,  45i*.  .526. 

Gilman.  177,  181,  227,  408,  498. 

Gill.  1,53.  228. 

Gilliheon,  283.  472. 

Giddinp.  315, 

Gibbs.  3;iO.  524,  .529. 

Gilmore,  127,  242.  400.  413.  574. 

Gilson.  .55.  184.  32h. 

Giles,  78.  209.  266. 

Gibson,  72,  133,  139.  197,  281.  442.  459.  467.  601.  613. 

Gibeant.  4;31.  .595. 

Gibbons.  .525. 

Gilchrist.  .540. 

Ginter.  404. 

Glaze.  447. 

Gladdinc  346. 

Gload,  225. 

Glassford.  .59.  112. 

Glazier.  72,  139.  144.  147,  188,  273,  332.  333. 

Gleason.  42,  127,  190,  419.  460.  590. 

Glen.  229. 

Glegg.  457. 

Glenny,  213.  380. 

Glines,  270. 

Golden,  197. 

Gnlder.  293.  481. 

Gorton.  314. 

Golding.  341. 

Goodwin,  184.  490.  495.  564. 

Goldsmith,  165,  302,  349,  541. 

Goodridge.  144,  14>i.  155. 

Goodnow,  65.  80.  85,  91.  128,  136,  179.  189.  257.  259. 
341,443. 

Goodrich.  115.  270.  287.  387. 

Gordon.  93.  194,  291,  379,  479. 

Goit.  217. 

Goss.  M5,  182.  206.  327. 

Gore.  79.  :«7.  .503. 

Goutier,  228.  407. 

Goodall.  291. 

Godding.  269.  378. 

Goddard.  73.  1.50. 159.  253,  299.  320.  .364,  4h5.  508. 

<TOodell.  67.  93.  228,  407. 

Goldin.  .3.51,  3.52. 

Gould.  .52,  92.  112. 119. 124. 133. 192. 211.  217, 219, 226, 
305,  377,  499,  596. 

Goodale.  40,  51.  373,  559. 

Goodham.  447. 

Goodyear.  ,564. 

Goos,  48.  217.  371. 

Googen,  ,50. 

Goodnough,91,468. 

Godfrey.  61.  11h.  119.  209,  227,  228.  384. 

Gore,  198.  282.  355.  469. 

Goodman.  512.  628. 

GoodsT^eed.  450.  , 

Greenlaw.  119.  • 

Grennell,  ,597. 

Grant,  34,  56,  210,  363.  ;^64.  387.  402. 

Green.  24,  35,  40,  46,  6;J,  65.  110,  111,  124.  128, 139, 
148.  154,  192,  193,  203,  213,  214,  221.  226.  234,  238, 
242,  254.  255.  276,  302,  341.  344,  ;i87,  391,  899.  405, 
407.  413.   425.   463,  476,  519,  520,  571,  579,  62h. 

Gregory.  42,  43,  414. 

Greaves,  28,  45,  59. 

Grehore,  471. 

Griffen,  197.  351,  507. 

Griffith,  70,  138,  141,  261,262.  371,  373. 


Grow.  31.  53. 

Grout,  71,  281. 

Grassie.  103. 

Grames.  109. 

Graves,  112,  208,  333,  485. 

Grimes,  ,524. 

Griswold.  126,  127,  .599. 

Gregg.  137,  183,  499.625. 

Greenleaf.  1.59.  160.  294. 

Graham.  184.  218,  378,  392,  395,  396.  4(X).  409,494. 

.">63.  572.  586.  622. 
Grover.  1n4.  .311. 
Gross.  32H.  394. 
Gray,  210,  228.  234.  294,  3.38.  407,  412,  414.  469,  481, 

483,  552. 
Greer,  226.  405. 
Granger,  237,  418. 
(irandy,  2.53. 

Greenwood.  266,  333.  367.  451.  401. 
Greeuhalg,  278. 
Griggs.  283. 
Groves.  185.  392. 
Graphflm.  233.412. 
Greenlee.  339. 
Greeley.  354.  363. 
Groat.  383. 
Grossman.  391. 
Groo,  412. 
Groll.  445,  605. 
Grurnman.  465.  615. 
Greening,  587. 
Gnerney.  67. 
Guun.  37,  .59. 
Gun.  192. 
Guillnn.  210,  3.59. 
Gnthrie,  214. 
Guderian.  406. 
Guild.  413.  .582. 
Guuwer.  416. 
Guertin.  .507. 

Harvey.  1.57,  201,  282,  3.57,436,  471,  .509,  627,  6.53. 
Hawks,  151,  28:1 :3;}8. 
Hancock.  144. 
Hawkins,  139, 148. 

Hatch.  i:«.  181,  211,  259,  340,  375,  474,  513,  ,561. 
Hawes.  i:«.  151. 

Harper.  126,  241,  386,  490,  5;«,  .567,  568. 
Haines.  122,  ZU. 
Hayes.  120,  2:30,  238,  272,  457,  463,  506,  5.58.  .565,  626, 

642. 
Harrison,  112,  218,  311,  409,  440,  490,  601. 
Hardin.  112. 
Hawkes,  105,  201,  226, 

Haskell,  105,  120,  165,  215,  296,  303,  305.  324,  387.  511. 
Handley,  104,  201 . 
Hanson.  93,  2.52,  375,  .561. 
Hayden,  67,  122.  155,  233,  274.  344.  412.  .524,  .538,  5:», 

612, 
Harding.  77,  120,  229.  275. 
Haskins.  88,  117.225. 
Hanks,  70. 
Hartnett.  225. 
Hazelden,68,1.34. 

Hamlin,  39,  1()9, 178.  :381.  392.  600,  659. 
Hammond,  22.- 81.  l»i.  169.  245. 
Hammett.65. 
Harris,  22,  26.  27.  37,  45, 110,  168, 197,  211.  306.  376, 

377.  465.  :m.  614. 
Hardy,  68,  92, 192,  285,321. 
Hager,  22.  23,  28,  29.  33,  41 ,  529, 644. 
Harlow,  .56. 
Barring  on.  23.  28.43.  46.  .53,  67,  69.  70.  71.  76.  77, 

92.  i:«,  135,  138,  1.57,264,  265,  291,  331,  396.  548, 

6.50.  652. 
HartweU.  46.  68.  72,  83, 166,  176,  200,  202,  3.56. 
Hastings.  Zi,  29.  41.  43,  56,  65.  66.  69,  127.  1.50,  296, 

:fi3,  38;i  485. 
Haseltine.  49,  89,  505. 
•Haselion,  309. 

Hapgood,  24,  30, :«.  M,  85, 180, 192.  2.5;^.  341,  3.58. 
Hann,  66. 
Hannan.  1,53. 
Haven.  24,  34,  83,  170. 
Hawyard.  67. 
Hartshorn.  160. 
Harman.  25,  35,  37. 125,  387. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


683 


,  156. 
31H. 
465. 


173 

318 


184. 


196,  2()7. 

U4.  372. 

i)3t5.  .5:».  .")h9.  tiOl. 


"?!?•  i?.:,'^."-^"'^-  1^'  ^•-'a,  223,  2.59,  272.  a52. 
Wi.  Dlo.  nil. 

Hall,  35.  64.  65.  88.  KH,  126 
2()8,  231.  23-J.  2.53,  279,  315 
373  411,  433.  4.35.  44<),  442, 

Hawding,  40. 

Hand.  .537, 

Harper.  422. 

Hallock.  312.  313. 

Haddock.  161. 

Hayward.  271,  3(15,  455,  499.  :m. 

Hardv.  36'). 

HalJiday.  257,  4:?9. 

Hart,  2()1 ,  235. 

Hay  3()5.  4.-.(l,  499,  536,  6()6,  648. 

Haliaday,  371,  .571,  60(), 

Harmon,  215,  228,  2;i8.  311.  407.  42()  m  .594 

Hackett,  372.  373.  558.  559 

Hancock,  271 .  276.  .582,  6.56. 

Hatfield,  17ft. 

Hawley.  214,  234.  236,  314.  ai5.  413 

Hamer.  242.  421, 

Hames.  320.  .508. 

Haaman.  251. 

Haniia,  2.52,  335.  430.  434,  521.  595  640 

Hadley.  195.  260.  2>^2.  376.  4.56,  487.  56-> 

Hazen.  167.347,  499. 

Hampson.  211. 

Harrimaii.  203. 

Halspy.  3.56. 

Hard."  149.  223. 

Hard^nburg.  171. 

Haieht.  .575. 

H.Mnett^?7i^^"  ^"^'  ^^^'  *^^'  ■*-^*''  *•'•'• 

Harwood.  17(i.  341.  .535 

Hanghtoii.  222. 

Hazen.  305. 

Hartway.  240. 

Haywood,  648. 

Harden,  3hl. 

Ham  brook.  .5ftO.  6.55 

Hambler.  2.52. 

Hadeell,  478. 

Hare.  485. 

Hassey.  .546. 

Hagobooni.  393. 

Haynes.  539,  649. 

Harder.  .505. 

Hamblen.  435. 

Harnill.  414. 

Haney,  40s.  ,-,79. 

Haight,4(r.', 

Hasnor,  3.5(j. 

Hartshorn.  403. 

Halpiii.  420,  .591. 

Hathaway,  ;«3.  .564.  566, 

Haniburfjer,  416,  .587. 

Hazeltou.  36t). 

Heileman.  83.  174. 

Herring.  .56. 

Heywood,  41.6.3,  65,  140.  141    14->  li^  m   iro 
331.  3.57,  337,  543,  649.  '  *^'  "*'  ^*^- 

Hemenway.  ,5b,  92,  107.  110,  19?  4415 
Heeton.  92,  192 

Heath,  93   130,  244,  392,  506,  537. 
Hereey.  128.  271,324, 
Hensliaw.  132,  246,  249.  328,  426  5-'2 
Herbert.  112,  218.  ' 

Herron,  137, 
Heyer.  .529. 
Herrick.  148,  211,  .S77,  ,529,  643 

&nK:5^i*^''^-«^=^-^'-=*^o-»-5i3. 

Heger,  216. 
Helnig,  ,586. 
Herford.  475, 
Hentrich,  421.  591. 
Henderson,  433,  492. 
Heiswerdinger,  402,  576. 
Heyward.  41m. 
Herman,  313. 
Helms,  213,  379. 
Hendee.  225. 
Herrimun.  424. 
Hey  man.  239.  421. 


380,444. 


265, 


Hervey.  2.56,  441. 

Hewett,  436.  ,596. 

Heathcock.  314. 

Hendrixeon.  322. 

Hilliard,  3i)<t.  443,  504. 

Hinkel.  ;<04. 

Hillman,  2ft9. 

Higgins.  231.  238.  411. 

Hitchcock,  164,  269,  306.  473,  500. 

Higgins.  1,5(;. 

Higlcy.  130. 

Hinsdale.  115. 

Hickman.  95. 

Hixon.  107. 

Hickson.  6.52. 

Higli,  247, 

Hiltz.  *i2. 

Hildreth.  18h.  333.  .524. 

Hine.  2ko. 

High  by,  412. 

Hicks.  41.  302.  402.  437,  495.  .575,(;,55. 

Hibbard.  h3.  liw,  475  618 

Hinckley,  37.  61,  118.  119.  227,  325.  .52.5.  64" 

Hilton.  4s.  h3.  ft4.  229.  40<t 

Hilljsi.  M.-iK.  7.'.  7K.  K.V.  90.  95,  KW    107     rii    i-,i 

Hinds.  (i6.  IKl.  2k5.  .5.")0. 
Hisicock.  40.  70.139. 
Hosmer.  ><9.  113. 
Hoi  ton.  93.  ifio.  25k. 
Hovey,  s2. 

Hojbfook.  .34.  .56.  101;.  11(1.  arj.  273,  279,  2x2  6.5f; 
HoJcomb.  .)9.  .--«,.  w.ii), 

Holden   29  45.  76,1.55.  1.56.  Ift6.  196.  293.  ,3.50 
512:  540.     ■  "'*•  ^"'-  ^■'■'-  ^*^-  2<«-  »25,  346.  3.50,  420. 

Holman.  31,  .52.  8k,  92.  271 

Hooker,  74.  77.  172.  202.  '19  "M9   -,-,] 

Hoi)kinR.  39.  6l.t)2,  117.  12o.'l2»i   leli  •>13  2'0   Vis 
239.  303.  3H0.  490.  •  -'   ■  ^•'"-  ■'^^> 

Hor.^ely.  s5. 

How(e^22.24.3J.  40,  ,-,i..-,6.ft2,  92   137   150  l«3   l.ifi 
169.  1_91.  197,  -M>.  221.  273.  295   ;  09.    ;  9   :  "9'^4^-J''^' 
Hoar.  ,.,.  ^9.  95,  19s.  201.  2<-,7,  3.55.  35s  ' 

H^?;'V,'"-  ■'■'■,1'^:  ^1!' •-"•'•  •^'•''  3'-^-  ■»••'■  •■''•7.  61s 
"S!lffc^:-;;i^.;|3^'^'«-  ^^-  !*>•  l«^■l'i200. 
Houck.  113. 
Hollenbeck.  117.  225. 
Hoating.  150. 
Howlet.  2111, 
Homes.  131.  337,  .5:«). 
Hook.  191.2SH.  ;V2.-,.  .-,12,  .-,13. 
Hogan.207.  372. 
Horn.  103.  227.  2ft2. 
Hocoboom.  li;s. 

HoteLl;;!*'''=^"^-*«-^^'^^^'*^«-*-^-86. 
Hoit,  177.321. 

"m  376,\v;i.'''^"''  ''''■  ^''-  '*'^-  •'^l^- 211.  227.  290.  328, 

HomoD.  221. 

Hooper.  235.  *i.-i. 

Horton.  17_l.  244.  314.  384.  425.  477. 

Hobert.1.,7. 

Hope.  215.  ;38h. 

Howes.  235. 

Honslon.  257.  42o.  441 

Holland.  298.  5*1. 

Hodgkin(.<i.2iil.';iOt;. 

Hodge.  309.  .•,05. 
Howland.  339.  »)5,  533. 
Hood,  53(;.  ti}9. 
Howell.  :i43. 
Hoskiiis.  370.  .5.57. 
Homan.399. 
Hoadloy.  40I. 
HoUinsworfh.  4<r2.  .570. 
Hogle,  4f>9.  .5x0. 
House.  420. 
Hougham.  444. 
Hoffs.  452. 
Homer.  t)45. 
Horner.  470. 
Hoxely,  494,623. 


684 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


Howlett,  510. 

HoUebaugh.ti-H. 

Huntington,  1(W.  2()7,  218,  50r).  (J2R. 

Hunt,  :«.  8K.  ii).  58,  107,   140,  187,  188, 

323,  3.i3,  4.V;.  .-jIO,  J52,  CIO,  B.V.'. 
Hubbard,  4fi.  79.  107,  170.  197,  242.  287, 

431!,  4r)H.  iSt;.  .J30.  .19t).  012.  «13.  tU."). 
HutchinH.  ■>:>.  47.  49.  83,  8S.  239.  420. 
Hudson.  03.  94.  190.  195,  211.287,  33.8. 
Hutchings.  35.  *i.  165.  410.  581. 
Hunting,  74.  140. 
Hutchinson.  75.  392. 
Hurlbnt.  Us.  220.  247.  422,  430. 
Hurlburt.  .597.  646.  663. 
Humphrey  (^i,  121.  224.  381. 
Hunter.  IW).  40(J.  574.  .591,  657. 
Huutley.  239.  420,  528. 
Hughes.  246.  .576. 
Hubbell.  280. 
Hunnewell,  294. 
Hull,  310. 
Hard,  343.  .537. 
Hussey.  355,  3.56.  364. 
Huggine.  3^9.  570. 
Hubbs.  42X,  593. 
HumeB,  45h. 
Huxley,  526. 
Hyde.  41,  (■>('>.  114,  130,  131,  151.  168.  179. 

459. 
Hyatt,  1.52. 
Hyland.  449.606. 
Ide.  252. 
lekes.  578. 
Ilgenfrieg,  557. 
Ilgenfreiz.  370. 
Immers,  241.  421. 

Ingrahain.  254.  25r.,  303,  436.  498.  .556. 
Ingersoll.  217.  394.  .536. 
Ingram.  1.58,  194,  292,  440. 
Inglesbf^c.  417. 
Ingall^.  469. 
IngleB.  645. 

Irwin.  249.  251,  312.  430.  432.  506. 
Ireland.  214. 
Irvin, 132. 

Irish,  62.  121,499,625. 
Iron,  21H.  396. 
Isaac.^,  146. 
Isham.  3^1. 
Ivey,  524. 
Ives,  83. 
JambOD.  379. 
Jackman.  291. 
Janes.  139.  1x7. 
Jackson.  45.  94.  i:».  131.  144.  173.  187. 

273,  21*1.  314.  410.  427.  457,  4s5.  .509.  62 
Jay,  3Mn. 
Jaynes,225. 

Jacobs.  136. 168,  2.57.  258.  3.'^1.  393. 
Jame!^.  138.  164.  216,  262,  319.431. 
Jennison,  32. 77.  102. 124.  19^.  6.5t>.  664. 
Jeuning.s.  107.  205.  279.  417.  464.  656. 
Jewell.  25.  2i;,  47.  60,  80.  165.  214,  218, 

458.  56 1.  611. 
Jewett.  74,  115,  150,  1.54.  166,  199,  223. 

571. 
Jenkins.  139.338,  345,  442. 
Jessop.  1.57. 
Jessup.  172. 
Jerauld.  236.  237. 
Jefifer..-.  302.  420. 
JinkLns.  375,  .561. 
Johnston.  191,818. 
Jordan.  213.  3h0. 
Johnson.  72,  82,  91.  113.  145,  149,  191. 

301,  304.  340,  345,  364,  380,  384,  387, 

537.  .5,Vl,  .580. 
Jones.  -22.  23.  34.  3h.  .58.  63.  93.  94.  109. 

196.  197.  210.  264,  265.  295.  311.  320. 

397.  403.  451,  465.  475.  483.  511,  ,52:1 

618.  653. 
-Joslin.  51.  6H.  36t). 
Joyner.  75. 
Joyslin,  189. 
Johnonnett,  197. 
-Joy.  364. 


Jobert.  497.  625. 

Judkins.  .579. 

Jadson.  44.  72. 
205.  208.  265,        Jndd.  62. 

Kathan.  647. 
293,  301,  424,        Karns,  403,  576. 

Karr.  117, 221. 

Kay,  :j68. 

Keating,  355,  546. 

Kendrick.  353. 

Keith,  ;U4.  539. 

Kedall,  22.  23,  110. 

Ketcbum,  225. 

Kettle.  ?2,  23. 

Kennan,  65. 

Keller.  567. 

Kendall.  29.  32.  34,  .55.  80. 119.  154,  179,  It*,  196,  228, 
274,  2S8.  348,  350.  452. 

Kent.  .54. 

Keep.  4-50. 

Kejs.  72.  14H.  180.  187,  222.  258.  315.  396.  400.  .506. 

Kelley.  76.  282,  3.52,  381,  395,  436.  471,  543,  564,  569, 
584.  6.54.  6.57. 

Kemp.  108.  208,  209,  373. 

Kellogipi.  114,  116, 169,  173,  239,  309,  314.  3.57.  421. 

Keeler,  217. 

Kenyon.  232.  437.  597. 
306.  330,  4.54,        Kelton.  273. 

Keyt.  381. 

Keilty.  477. 

Keenan.  .5.57.  652. 

Kimball.  67.  75.  93.  119.  135.  139.  257,  261.  371,  442. 
443.  4.54.  472.  473.  543.  6C»1,  602. 

Kingsland.  430. 

Kidwell.  404.  .577. 

Kinsman.  330.  .523. 

Kinney.  309.  445. 

Kinder.  28:^.  472. 

Kincade.  282. 

Kirk.  215. 

Kidder.  189.  272.  291.  480. 

Kinsley.  167. 

Kisamus.  84. 

Kilbourn.  120. 

Kirby.  64.  317.  318.  338.  533. 

King.  29.  112.  las,  202.  208.  216.  247,  252.  254.  265. 
267.  362.  367.  416.  466.  537.  587. 

Kittridge.  69,  94.  195. 

Kingsbury.  36.  60.  78,   151,  184.  188.  204.  231.  28:3, 
333. 

Kline,  424. 

Klotz,  417. 

Knegot,  261 . 

Knowles,  246,  289,  479. 
214.  230.  245,        Kneeland.  230.  Ul .  409.  .537,  .580. 
■.  Knickbocker.  220.  312. 

Knop.  65.  94.  2;«l.  497. 

Knapp.  29.  79.  360.  422.  470.  .547.  .549.  567.  617. 

Kniglit.  23.  29.  83.  88.  90.  104,  155.  186.  200.  274,  32«, 
:iK).  356.  458.  .564. 

Knowlton.  92.  193.  414,  4.53,  607. 

Kohler.  222. 
.  310.  384.  395,        Kountz.  .525. 

Kowalewski,  236.237. 
304.  375,  391.        Krasyewski,  237, 

Kyle.  171.310.  314.  .505. 

Laey.  874.  .560. 

Ladd.  646. 

l.afayette.  159. 

La  Far.  216. 

Laflin.  171.  172. 

Lamb.  53.  161,  2.56,  364,  892,  439. 

Lamond,  412,  .582. 

Lamoree.  393. 
200,219.281,  Lampson.242. 
409,  436,  494,        Laiuscott.  122. 

Lace  122. 
I.-.6.  170.  193.        Laurence.  22.  23.  33.  55,  76,  81,  83, 150. 
375.  876,  3«2.        Langdon.  79,  194.315. 
561.  .564,  .577.        Landon.  167,  306.  448. 

Langley.  227.  405. 

Langmaid.  206. 

Langton.  245,  425. 

Lanmc^n.  4s9. 

Lapham.  3.55.  .545. 

Larrabee.  600,  6.59. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


685 


Larryshore.  352. 

Lathrop.  291,503,  626. 

Latimer,  337. 

Lakin,  22,  55,  108,  145. 166.  821. 

Lake,  65,  214.  322,  412,  484,  622. 

Laboree,  28,  43. 

Law.  65,  112.  129.  217. 

Lawrence.  30.  35,  42.  45,  47,  55,  59,  61.  75,  117,  132. 

1.50,  168,  182,  185,  189,  198,  246,  276,  282,  328.  340. 

345,  353,  476,  494.  52i.  534.  623. 
Lawton,  66,  85.  181.  427. 
Lane,  32,  229.  276,  408,  461. 
Law6,  147,  330. 
Landers.  .50.  90. 
Lamson,  79.  346.  400,  .541. 
Liarned,  35,  399. 
Lambert,  80.  128,  161. 
Leonard.  68,  114,  149,203,  207.  22t,  280,  315,  337,  367, 

530,  531. 
Lee.  54.  126,  178,  190,  203,  241,  367,  384,  404,  485,  548, 

566,  577.  6.50. 
Lewis,  109,  137,  173,  199,  209.  210,  214.  216.  235,  280, 

308,  315.  316.  344,  349,  3G2.  376.  385.  3K9,  4.55,  4.56, 

466.  467,  494,  505,  511,  541,  565,  623,  626. 
Leath.  40. 
Leighton,  128. 

Lealand.'  56,  64,  68,  lf)6. 107,  365,  418.  4.52. 

Leland,  238,  470,  551,  617. 

Lessare.  40,  125,  607,  661. ' 

Lemmon.  219,  397. 

Lemon.  302.  495. 

Leech, .78.  93.  161. 

LeiglitoD.  244. 

Leavitt.  104.  173.  174. 

Learned.  1.58.  299,  330. 

Lester.  552,  651. 

Leach.  111.  121, 173,  182,  214,  233,  315.  4-56. 

heiig.  122.  2.54. 

Letrgett.  112.  216. 

Lenter,  365,  551. 

Leydon,  409. 

Leeson.  415.  585. 

Lincoln.  41.  80.  82.  86.  100,  132.  1.55.  162.  180,  203, 

238.  266,  288,  294.  305,  419,  452.  .50i». 
Libby,  120,  1.57.  27s. 
Livermore,  23,  51,  108.  130,  293,  426. 
Little,  127.  189. 
Liggett,  319. 
Litchfield.  199.  203,  368. 
Lippitt.  339. 
Linch.  374.  560. 
Lindelay,  384. 
Lissak,  392. 
Lindsay.  411,  581. 
Linsz.  552. 
Lombard.  272. 
Lockley.  265. 
Lovell.  262,  286. 
Loveland,  2.58.  814. 
Lomax,  225,  404. 
Levering,  209. 
Loucks.  623. 
Load.  175.  282. 
Lover,  8.32. 

Long.  174.  213.  829,  844,  522,  523,  538. 
Longhead.  286. 
Loring,  169. 
Lowel],  330,  522. 
Lovejoy,  108.  339,  383,  533. 
Lockwood,  406,  551,  651. 
Lovett,  78,  79,  365. 
Logstroth,  442,  601. 
Lorache,  325. 
Love.  64.  146.  147. 
Loomis.  .57,83,  108,  169,  56C. 
Lowe.  28.  102,  171,  313,  314,  461,  613. 
Logan,  82. 

Liongley.  26.  49,  84.  179.  579. 
Locke.  87,  132, 135,  137,  180,  184,  187,  198,  256,  825, 

505. 
Lord.  26.  580,  655. 
Lovewell,  33,  34.  55,  .57,  523. 
Land.  .57.  58,  105,  109,  122,  202,  802,  4.55. 
Luce,  80,  233. 
Lucias,  83. 

45 


Lutz,  127. 

Ludwig,  191,  374,  560. 

Luther,  215,  389. 

Lnnt,  234. 

Lyon(8),  50.  69,  87,  90,  129.  160,  203,  281,  808,  368, 

371,  465,  470,  5.55. 
Lyman,  86, 136, 149, 164. 189,  257,  266,  270,  301.  448, 

647. 
Lynde,  273. 

Lynch.312.  388.  389,  506. 
Lyle.  4.50. 
Malette.  571. 
Macauley,  505,  626. 
Mack.  520. 
Mattison.  138,  259. 
Mahan,  78, 159. 
Mauefield.  71, 140,  287,  580. 
Marstop,  67,  134. 
Mason.  22,  31.  39,  46.  .56,  105. 106,  186,  187.  298,  332, 

422.  439,  444,  511,  .525,  591.  604. 
Marsli,  83,  107,  1.53,  157,  164.  173.  184,  206.  295,  303, 

322.  331,  345,  392,  403,  412,  484,  503,  514,  525,  531, 

540. 
Macomb.  85. 
Marten,  231.  410. 
Martin.  94,  208.  220,  231.  2.51,  805.  310.  351,  374,  450, 

499.  .505. 
Manaure.  105. 
Maeton,  303,  498. 
Marvin,  110,212. 
Masters.  471. 

Mayberrj-.  121,  233.  891,  570. 
Marrow.  510. 
Malary.  118. 
Mance.  513. 

Marchant.  113. 114. 179.  219.  220. 
Markham.  112,  218. 
Magee.  290. 
Mace.  89. 
Mayson,  279. 
Maxwell,  84,  322. 
Mabee,  284. 
May  hew.  525. 
May,  .59.  112,  3.57,  367. 
Manley,  371. 

Mannin  -,  34,  265.  325,  451.  513. 
Maynard.  47,  ,50,  HH.  275,  324,  337,  ,532. 
Mann.  34.  ,57,  80,  82,  107,  140.  197.  204,  205.  343,  348, 
,  4(«.  .541. 

Mark(8).  67,  132,  318,  375,  507.  508. 
Majon.  32. 
Marshall,  61.  64.  65,  117,  125, 126,  1.50.  1.53,  226,  281, 

324,  404.  .573,  .574,  6,55. 
JVIftv(?rick   27   HH 

Mather,  13«,  262,' 439,  440,  444,  600.  604. 
Madden,  122,  234. 
Manvin,  179. 

Marble,  148, 178.  323.  326.  328,  ,522. 
Mayo,  1-29,  138.  178, 261,  446. 
Mackentire,  211. 
Matthews,  178,  575,  600. 
Marlette.  224. 
Maeterson.  227,  406. 
Mabbousa.  244. 
Macready,  381. 
Mathewson.  376. 
Mackey.  426. 
Matterson.  270. 
Matchell.  294,  iH2. 
McLachlan,  227,  406. 
McKinney.  222,  280,  415,  465,  593,  615. 
McCaleb.  217,  391. 
McHeen.210. 
McGovern.211. 
McGiver,  Ikm. 
McDonald.  195 
McKenna.  198. 
McNair.  164. 
McMahan,  205. 
McOnne,  44,  874,  560. 
McManus,  64. 
Mclntyre,  65.  157,  613. 
McCullough,  78. 
McClellan,  82,  422. 
McKinstry,  111. 
McClare,  1.53,  231,  246,  383,  .566. 


,  322.  509,  567. 


686 


INDEX   TO  OTHER    NAMES. 


McDowell,  155,  214,  384. 

McPheron,  557. 

McPhereon,  531,  645,  663. 

McGowan,  457,  642. 

McGifEert,  506,  626. 

McClintock.  466. 

McBride,  465. 615. 

McMurray,  509. 

McGowan,  527. 

McAHester,  543,  650. 

McGamon,  474.  618. 

McCall,  506.  525,  626,  642. 

McGeary,  533,  617. 

McCook,  .585. 

McGinnie,  587. 

McKeehen,  627. 

McClothier.647. 

Mclntire,  459. 

McGoodwin,  624. 

McFadden,  383. 

McAleer.  379.  563. 

McMiUen.  332.  526. 

McMurry,  323. 

McMann.  306,  .500. 

McCnrday,  291.  479. 

McLaughlin,  282,  394. 

McDougal.  334. 

McLeodf.  252.  485,  622. 

McDnff,  229. 

McEaveD.231,  410. 

McVicker.  264. 

McLean:  285,  317,473. 

McCann,  305. 

McCoy,  337,  .528. 

McMillan.  381. 

McArtllur,  382.  564. 

McGregor>',  415. 

McCartney.  421. 

McNelley.  428. 

McNeal.  448,  474. 

Meacham.  26.  45. 

Meeerve.  121,  233. 

Mead,  32,  45,  54.  71,  73,  80,  95,  165,  234.  420.  465.    " 

Messenger,  94.  186. 

Mellen,  27,  38,  39,  63, 109,  SZJ,  587. 

Melendy,  69. 

MerrUKs),  86,  136,  189,  194,  211.  231.  250,  299,  437, 

485,  525,  663. 
Mprriam,  45.  74.  75. 76. 145.  146, 154, 155, 1.56. 177, 229, 

289,  331,  3%.  408,  447,  524. 
Metcalf .  169,  459. 
Merry,  229,  409. 
Mead.  2.36,  591,  615. 
Merrick.  265. 
Melville,  182, 183,  469. 
Meed,  187. 
Meader,  105. 
Merrell.  376. 
Mercereau.  314. 
Merritt,  276. 
Milliken.  .521. 
Mind  well.  192. 
Miner,  4Ut,  478. 
Millen.  251,  434. 
Michael,  252. 
Mizener,  279. 
Millet(t).293.  481. 
Milner,  396,  573,  .574. 
Millhara,  4:«l,  595. 
Milburu,  532.  647. 
Minch.  .576. 
Mitchell,  115,  118,  177,  179,  222.  239,  321,  447,  471, 

.581. 
Minot(t).  32, 1.57, 188,  473.  534. 
Mixer,  69,  196,  384. 
Mirick.  25,  35. 
Miles,  75.  285,  323.  607. 
Miller,  25,  70.  76,  78,  153. 160.  168.  210,  211.  220,  255, 

267,288,291,  308,  337,  366,  376,  391,  398,  457,  477, 

.508.  .5.54.  583,  627. 
Mills,  61,  119,  338,  365,  416,  532,  587,  646. 
Micah,  106. 
Mowry.  95. 
Mossmam,  43,  272. 
Mongovin,  .54. 
Mores,  26. 


Moran,  112,  218. 

Morey.lSO,  325. 

Mornson,  196,  229,  350,  363,  453. 

Morgan,  220,  250,  204,  306,  388,  397,  440,  .5*),  523,  531. 

Morehouse,  235. 

Mowen,  267. 

Moffatt,  280,  467. 

Monlton,  2a5,  331,  473. 

Mottey.  293. 

Moody,  247. 

Moak,  242. 

Mooe,  211,  401. 

Montague,  188.  331. 

Mordoff.  139.  262.  263. 

Morton.  62, 120, 133,  252, 

Morse,  27.  30,  50,  50.  64, 65,  67,  100.  107,  109,  127,  140, 

167,  185,  214,  253,  279,  338,  387,  411,  435,  466,  480. 

511,  533,  596,  647. 
Montgomery,  112. 216,  358. 
Moore,  32,  34,  37,  70, 103,  111,  129, 166, 187. 197,  202, 

203,  2CH,  219,  225.  235,  265,  280,  285,  320,  328,  330, 

332,  344,  366,  396,  408,  417,  448,  458,  558,  579,  581,. 

612,  653. 
Morris.  51, 142, 156.  363,  382,  384,  433,  575,  623,  655. 
Morrell.  352.  597. 
Moxley,  372. 
Mosely,  370. 
Moses,  383.  506. 
Monroe,  400. 
Molter,  474, 
Moss,  528. 643. 
More.  313. 
Moroes,  539. 
Monday,  103,  2(K). 
Munroe,  102. 148. 
Mun8on.242.  422.  424. 
Murdock.  269,  270,  454,  537. 
Munger,  335,  336,  393,  572. 
Mussey,  015. 
Murphy,  433.  595. 
Mussy.  319,  .508. 
Muzzy.  323. 
Murnan,  ,381. 
MvricK.  426. 
Nay.  468. 

Nason,  192,  214,  576. 
Nathan,  152. 
Nash.  137.  289,  478. 
Nearing,  224, 
Neemith,  182, 183. 
Newman,  32. 198. 
Newcomb.  119.  228,  327.  .521. 
Newton.  38.  68.  69,  70, 176.  '^4. 
Newell,  139.  165,  802,  563. 
Nelson.  38,  76,  122,  126,  131,  234,  240,  2.52.  541,  .584. 

657. 
Newberry.  141. 
Needham,  157. 
Neff,  222,  4O0.  528.  642. 
Neal,  227,596. 
Neill,  373. 

Ne6bit(t).  403.  .5.51,  577,6.51. 
Nicholi^,  76,  106, 161,  186,  197,  211,  216,  330,  390,  419, 

514,  .59<». 
Nicholson,  430.  512. 
Nims,  181,  182,  327,  456,  521. 
Nickerson,  196.  350. 
Nightingale,  309. 
Norton.  2t)7,  891,  499,  5.54,  652. 
Norcross,  40,  66,  73,  105, 150,  275. 
Nordhofif.  82. 

Noble,  83,  111,  173,  387,  447,  448,  536. 
Northrup,  105,  372, 
Noyes,  121,  210,  231,  272,  331.  562. 
Noyce,  1«5,  207. 
Nourse.  2a),  389,  512,  582. 
Nooney,  311. 
Nott,  817,  341. 
Now,  377. 

Norris,  420,  469,  584,  6.57. 
Nurse,  30, 105. 
Nudd,  296,  485. 

Nutting,  35,  .57,  207,  828.  878,  521. 
Nutt,  483.  621. 
Oaks.  13s.  262. 
Oat  man,  417,  588. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


687 


Oakley.  415.  JiU. 

O'Brian,  32.1,647. 

O'Clute,  535. 

Ockington.  468. 

Ode).  286,  474. 

Ogdeu,  314,  466. 

OlseD,  156,286. 

Olmsted,  2.55,  357,  531,  646. 

Olds.  137,  138. 

Oliver,  110, 123,  212,  570. 

Oliphant,  242. 

Onion,  418,  589. 

Orton.  420,  590. 

Orrington.  281. 

Ordway.  207. 

Orne,  203,  366. 

Orcott.  134. 

Orris.  894. 

Ostrander.  188,  833,  3.57. 

Osborn,  44,  139.  306,  436,  447. 

Osgood.  109, 117,  126,  186,  225,  292,  303,  331.  498. 

Otis.  42,  113,  220,  441. 

Ottley,  414. 

Outhout.  94. 

Owens,  335,  4<)t. 

Owen,  205,  340,  374,  394,  534. 

Painter.  .505. 

Paine.  224,  403.  422. 

Paddleford.  i:». 

Paddock.  125.  567.  6.54. 

ParneU.  529,  644. 

Paris.  230.231. 

Parlin.  121.  178.  323. 

Parker,  22.  25.  32,  34.  36,  43,  55.  .59. 64.  66.  71.  77. 108. 

109.  113,  12:i  133,  145.  151.  156.  1.5n.  167.  176.  184. 

207.  20H.  209.  235,  241,  242,  270,  271,  2hO.  283,  :J21. 

326,  32K.  337.  372,  376.  395,  417,  461.  467,  481.  511. 

562.  588.  589. 
Patten.  95. 
Paschel.  229. 
Parcel,  465.  614. 
Park(si.  a5.  106,  150, 159, 198,  203,  276,  282.  293.  386. 

567,  .569. 
Parkhnrst.  33.  63. 122. 
Parsons.  224.  4(«. 

Patch.  77,  78.  85.  159.  180.  281,  413,  4.56.  46h,  .537.  649. 
Partridge,  38,  39,  144,  164.  220,  2.53,  27(i,  301,   349, 

398. 
Packard,  66,  1.59,  293. 
Parmenter,  190.  337,  468. 
Parmerter.  157,  324. 
Parrott,  32. 
Palmer.  60.  66.  112,  125:  13h.  195.  219.  222.  259,  329. 

339.  347.  400.  506.  512.  .599,  6.5H. 
Patterson,  29,  87,  187,  214,  385,  373.  401.  4;«t.  .504. 

.575.  .595. 
Patt.  55. 
Parr.  213. 
Patou.  603. 
Parseliall.  413. 
Payne.  37.  62,"  102.  108,  195,  468.  520.  .543.  606.  616. 

633.  657. 
Page.    62.  7h,  112.  119,  146,  165,  196,  197,  21H.  272. 

371,  .521. 
Payson.66,  129,  167. 
Padon,  319. 

Parmlee.  264.  280,  317.  467. 
Paige.  271,  640. 
Pain,  345. 
Parish,  369.  557. 
Patrick,  523. 
Papemhaasen,  644,  662. 
Pease,  22.  231.  323.  410,  511. 
Peck.  .50.  90.  168. 170.  332,  383,  453. 
Perry.  24,  31,  46,  48.  53,  56,  62.  64.  80,  85.  93,  12<. 

160.  173,  221.  224.  242,  247.  275,  317.  368,  403,  426. 

445,  .5.55,  592.  607,  661. 
Pe«t,  72,  149.  447,  448. 
Perham,  25,  35, 148,  871,  557. 
Pelton,  83,  .580. 
Pealee  369. 

Pearson,  111,  189,  198,  321,  329,  346,  465.  530, 646. 
Pearsall,  114,  221. 
Perlee.  Ill,  214. 
Percv.  492. 
Perley.  120, 144,  452. 


Peabody.  93.  139, 193,  232. 

Peasley.  151.  270. 

Perkins.   1.53.  1.56.  161.  190.  191,  202.  286,  293,  294, 

340,  363,  394,  488. 
Perez.  164. 
Persons,  214,  219. 
Penny,  215. 
Perriu,217. 

Peaks,  2.52,  308,  435.  513. 
Penfield,  281. 
Pellette.  2m3. 
Pen  ley,  287. 
Peckham,  331,  525. 
Pearson,  91. 

Perkins,  91,  92,  95,  97,  238. 
Pember,  402. 
Peters,  344,  539. 
Pennington,  388. 
Petty,  406. 
Pepiuger,  417. 
Pelts,  .522. 
Pendleton,  596,  658. 
Phay,  509.627. 

Phillips,  22,  110,  123,  200.  363,  428,  429,  .531,  .593. 
Philbrick,  221,228. 

Phelps,  92,  135,  136.  152,  212,  284,  379,  429,  5.54.  594. 
Phoenix.  43,  121. 
PhQbrook,  118. 
Phinney,  120,  376. 
Pier,  211, 
Pike,  529. 
Pincey,  206. 

Pillsbnry,  194.  275,  288,  477. 
Pinn,  173. 
Pinto.  388.  570. 
Pickering.  155.  327.  344. 
Pinkham.  363. 
Pickard,  376. 
Pingree,  2.52. 
Pinnell.  2.52. 
Pierson,  273. 
Pitt(s),143,  160,  279,  465. 
Filler,  120,  1.54,  193.  23t).  287. 
Pitman,  63. 
Pierce,  24,  25.  26,  28,  29.  35.  40,  41.  43.  44.  46.  57,  61. 

67.  68.  69.  71,  75,  86.  a5,  1.51.  153.  177,  18.").  l>w,  207. 

2.58.  270.  285.  301,  .337,  344.  .367,  368,  371.  373.  435. 

4.54.  471.  492,  506.  526,  532.  5411. 
PicketU).  117,  224.  2.53,  5.55. 
Platt(s),273,  366,  617. 
Plaisted,  43. 
Plympton.  160. 
Plough.  251,  433. 
Powers,  190,  440,  465.  587. 
Porter.  123,  235,  279,  372,  375,  4.54,  465,  471.  480,  536, 

.567,618,621.649. 
Pollard.  32,  47,  49.  57,  .58,  83,  88,  95.  125,  181,  185. 

194,  290,  826,  328.  346.  377. 
Pope,  66,  131.  160.  311.  489.  505.  599. 
Pond.  166,  264.  31U.  4.50,  451.  546.  .596.  6.58. 
Poor.  22.  26.  94, 195,  468. 
Powoll.  174. 
Pomroy,  164.  311. 
Potter.  89.  132.  153,  188,  201,  233.  251,  2-52.  412.  415, 

417.  4.33.  586,  588. 

Pott,  216,  389. 

Portis.  .505. 

Post.  593,  658. 

Poland.  270. 

PolJey.  289.  414.  484. 

Potts.  390. 

Pomar,  512,  628. 

Poage,  .573. 

Popham,  651. 

Prescott,  49,  65,  84,  106, 177,  180,  187.  209.  227. 

Pratt.  89,  64.  67.  133.  135,  137.  1.56,  160,  191,  192.  195, 
202,  205,  229,  2.52,  261,  284.  289.  310.  321.  340.  Ml, 
342,  343,  349.  365,  367,  446.  :m,  510.  530,  550.  (U6. 

PriestCs).  48.  52,  89,  104,  187. 

Preble,  27.  37. 

Preston.  107,  241,  421, 

Prate,  169. 

Pretsch,  194. 

Prior.  212. 

Pride.  220.  398. 

Probert,  251. 


688 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


Prentiss,  189,  843,  538. 

Proctor,  150,  302,  383,  566. 

Price,  55,  105.  369,  4^4. 

Prentice,  30,  40,  44,  70,  71,  254. 

Prouty.  70,  87. 139,  54fi. 

Pordy,  534. 

Pollen,  405,577. 

Purviance,  369. 

Putney,  270. 

Purin.  141. 

Putnam,  71.  85.  105,136,  194,  266,  275,  290.  299,  355. 

363.436.437,4.52.484,597. 
Puffer.  76,  95,  103,  152,  162,  199,  200.  213,  272,  273, 

290,  323,  879,  428,  456.  593. 
Pyper.  603. 
Quimby,  232,  345. 
Quinn.  213,  379. 
Kadenbaugh,  3b9,  556. 
Rauscher,  242. 
Kathburn.  236. 
Race.  220. 

Ray,  93,  147.  270,  810,  505. 
Racklift,  37. 
Radker,  567, 
Rathfon,  404.  577. 
Ralston,  418,  589. 
Ranks.  77,  78, 

Rand,  31.  33,  72. 147, 148,  149,  272,  321.  509. 
Randall.  54.  55,  82,  94,  105.  148.  238.  285.  351,  352, 

473,475. 

Raweon.  63.  89,  122, 188. 

RaMDond,  76,  81,  153,  154,  1.56,  157,  166,  220.  285, 
291,39f<,499. 

Ramedell.  150,210.  376. 

Read (8),  36,  107,  173,  203,  318,  420,  448,  482. 

Revere,  73, 185. 

Reed.  25,58,  85.  92,  109.  169,  179,  181.  192.  226,  242, 

2.53,  27B.  346.  369,405,  427.  436,  475,  588.  592. 
Rea,  161,  294. 
R«ynold8.  22, 138.  181,  239,  238,  247,  2.57.  262. 334,  876, 

395.  398,  429,  562. 
Reid,  195. 
Reitzel.  424,  591. 
Reitz.  2()1. 

Redmond,  213,  229,  408. 
Rexford,  315,  .507. 
Remington,  833.  526. 
Redding,  334,  357,  528. 
Redfield.  359. 
Renfrew,  205.  370. 
Reese.  327,  338. 
Rehord,  299. 
Retchel.  358. 
Ream,  485. 
Rhodes,  212,  548,  6.50. 
Ricker.  2«3,  578. 
Riiand,  574. 
Rix.  412.  581. 
Rippey,  235.  417. 
Riley.  378,  563. 
Rinehart.  275. 
Rinker.  485. 
Rising.  224.  402. 
Ritchie.  161. 
Rimmer.  132.  2.52. 
Ring,  120,  2.30,  231,  409. 
Rich,  120.  158,  209,  230.  231,  290.  367.  380,  479,  555, 

571,  654. 

Ridlon,  119.  578. 

Rice,  28.  34.  41,  55,  56,  82,  127.  128,  154.  160.  178.  193. 

200,  254.  257.  267,  268,  269,  271,  279,  2»H.  2H1.  322, 

332,  339,  345,  357,  417,  486,  440,  455,  457.  469,  475, 

476.  533,  558.  600.  601. 
Richmond,  450,  469,  501, 1 16. 
Ripley.  79. 
Rider,  24.  92.  193. 
Richardson.  66.  76.  107,  124.  157,  162.  lO,  198.  238, 

851.  365,  404,  426,  592. 
Richards,  66,  159,  178,  184,  228,  243,  246.  MH.  337.  344, 

394,  412,  425.  582. 

Robeson,  79.  2()5,  370. 

Robert*.  61.  171,  195,  312,  358,  408.  429.  178.  513.  529. 

579.  .594,  620. 
Roaf.  485. 


Robinson,  28,  41.  71,  107,  110,  146,  203,  2(15.  213.  223, 

281,  308,  334.  346,  369,  370,  459.  482,  527,  .541.  550, 

556.6.51. 
Robbins,  46,  78.  205.  269,  275.  822,  328,  333.  894.  484, 

522,  594,  596,  610,  616,  658. 
Rockwood.  27,  38,  126,  183,  253,  436,  458.  596.  622. 
Rochester.  450. 
Rolph.  212. 
Roe,  383. 
Rowley,  260. 
Rockwell,  249,  431. 
Roach.  167,  580. 
Rodick,  678. 
Rowell,  149,  281. 
Rogers.  25,  65,  114.  198.  220.  292,  306,  350,  425,  480, 

581,  581,  600.  645,  656,  659. 
Rose,  114,  221. 

Ross.  23.  31,  56,  76, 107,  232,  330,  411.  448,  524. 
Rounds,  119. 
Rowee,  30. 
Robbits.  137. 
Roxbnry.  245. 
Rowe,  229.  358,  547. 
Root,  239. 
Roby.  270,  4.50. 
Robertson,  283,  882.  472,  479. 
Robie.  382,  566. 
Rudolph,  133. 

Russell.  65,  94,  166.  180,  227,  22h,  239,  376.  416.  459. 
Rnggles,  45.  77,  158.  293.  392. 
Rutter.  34. 
Rugg.  90.  350. 
Ross.  195. 
Ruckel.  216.  389. 
Rupple.  251. 
Rublee,  2W<. 
Rutgers,  364.551. 
Runyan,  416. 
Rugland.  434. 
Rynders.  603. 
Ryel,  494.  623. 
Savage.  425,  591. 
Saxon,  421,  599. 
Bands.  381. 
Sayre,  865. 
Sabin,  344. 

Sanborn.  50,  90,  209,  .5.57,  6.53. 
Sage.  296. 
Sarvin.  289. 

Sanders.  194.  244.  424,  601. 
Salter,  210.  372. 
Sampson,  275,  460. 
Sanger.  190,  365,  551. 
Sapp.  205. 
Sartwell.  234. 
Samson,  275.       , 
Savory.  5.50,  6.50. 
Satchell.  429.  ,594. 
Sarsfield,  461. 
Sayer.  261. 
Saxton.  178, 184. 

Safford.  138, 187,  258,  260,  307.  .337.  445.  5(13.  .530. 
Sadler.  1.34.  258. 
Salisbury,  117.  487. 

Sanderson.  38,  52,  64,  150,  184. 195,  281.  347.  524. 
Saunders,  115.  139.  190,  226,  339,  581. 
Sawin.  29,  158, 156, 186,  330. 
Sawgar.  109, 
Sawtell.  23,  29,  30,  36,  48,  49,  55,  70,  84. 1-36.  i:».  1.57, 

2.56. 
Sargent.  95. 148, 161,  165,  181,  188, 198.  245.  246.  293. 
Saywood.  27. 
Sard  am,  110. 
Sawyer.  30,  48,  50,  .53.  68.  69,  90,  95.  96.  t7,  98.  99, 

100.   101,  102,  103,  104,  121,  148.  166,  IW),  iwi.  186, 

187,  190,  199,  232,  281.  807,  831.  838,  397.  469,  643, 

662. 
Schieffelin.  644,  664. 
Schneider.  587. 
Schirea.  .584. 
ScuU,  .524,  641. 
Scant,  447. 
Schniber,  8.56. 
Schultz.  430.  528. 
Scholly.  266. 
Scattergood.  320. 


INDEX   TO  OTHER    NAMES. 


689 


Scofield,  380,  387,  528 
Scptford,  413,  583. 
Sschansenbach,  222 
gcollay,  87,  181,  453. 

m.ik^^-  *'■  '*•  "2-  149.  166,  204,  207,  218,  256, 

Scammeli,  38. 

Schnyler,  42. 

Schaack. 83 

Schenck,  114,  191. 

Scoville,  243. 

Seaton,  341,  536. 

Seymour,  386. 

Seward,  38^,  410. 

Sexton,  497. 

Seelye.  513. 

Seely,  604. 

Secribner.  200. 

Seavens.  2:3. 

Seargent.  166. 

SelJeck,  188,  332. 

Seckner.  259. 

Sears,  276.  442 

Sebolt,  251. 

Senter.  211,  377, 

Seaverance,  91 ,  357. 

Searles,  83. 184.  529. 

Beaver,  45,  72,  77, 129, 130, 148,  257,  468  533  fiifi 

Severance,  546.  •  "^"* 

Severy.  .599.  659. 

Shninan.  82. 

Ik!??''^-.?^-  ^^'  155,  360,  415,  586. 
oheddon,  65. 

Shedd.  25.  8H.  179,  185  .325 

Shnmway,  6s.  91.  144, 176." 

feff.'ffl^^!'  ""'  ^^'  ''^-  126. 163,  241.  249,  275, 

Shay (8),  7k.  hi.  io5,  140.  153.  163 

^^Tm.  ^V.  ^i^^'' '''''  •^-  ^"-  326.  376.  393. 

Shields,  hh,  ]h6 

Shoff.  2«0.  467. 

Shelton.  'Ml 

Shepetone,  274,  458. 

Bhaltz.  523.  ,594.  640. 

Shute.  271.  ,525. 

Shinnemann,  604. 

Shipman,  251.  434. 

Short,  235,  593. 

Sherbarne,  232,  461,  613. 

Shotwel],  286. 

Shoroy.  273. 

Shank,  218. 

HhniH°°'  -i^u  2^'  229.  346,  Mi.  .540. 
Bhnttleworth.  144. 
Sherwin.  181,  572. 
Shennck.  149 

Sheel)an,,->07,626. 
Sharp.  .511. 

Shaw,  223,  410,  ,580.  -- 

8&2'^,''''-^21,3a5.429..574,.594. 

Shippeu,  302. 

Shirer,  .537. 

ShivJey,  .589,  6.57. 

Shearer,  308. 

Shea.  3.50,  542. 

SharplesB,  358. 

Shiblee.  379,  563, 

Showalter,  566. 
Shepley.  499. 
Sibley,  449,  473. 
Sickles,  419. 
Siddal],  601. 
Bigourney,  368. 
Sims,  112. 
Simond.i,  74. 

Simp8on,37,  306,  407,501,  579  600  654 

Simons,  158, 334, 540.  *        '  ^•''^* 

Simmons,  179. 

Sickler,  238. 

Bilsby,  322. 

Simer,  325. 

Sinart,  376. 

Siss^n,  530. 

bkillin,  o73,  5.59. 


Ske]fcon,  1.58. 

lliZ'n   Tsl  ''''  "^'^  ^'  «22,  344,  393,  425.  530. 
Black,  202.  364. 
SlagJt,  532, 
Smalley,  234,  413,  434. 
Smoot,  603,  659. 

iiiiiiiiiii 

iSe^KVl6l^-^^'^««'581, 

^m:J^:^^el^'  ^"'  215,  230,  281.  349.383. 

SneJ],  160,  218,  332.  590. 

Snyder,  149,  224,  879,  394  410   5R0 

Snowdell.  513. 628.  '       '  ^^• 

Bonthworth,  172,  335,  528. 

Sonthgate,  134. 

Somes.  215, 

Scale,  177,  226,  233,  412 

Boiett,  230. 

Somers,  26.  3.50,  542. 
Solomon,  38. 
Solander,  156,  290. 
Southwick,  204 
Spicer,  402,  576, 
Sperry.  .331 
Spear,  :i25.  610. 
Sparks.  309. 
Spafford.  93,  428,  592 
Spratley.  r,:iH. 
Sprung,  428,  .592. 
Bpielman.  216. 

ipron.m"^'-^-*^^'^^-^'- 

Speed,  165. 

Spnrling,  331 .  525. 

Springer,  118,226,  364,  550. 

Sprague.  ,1,  95,  102,  143, 178.  208,  373.  375.  392.  .559. 

Sparhawk,  U.  164,  165. 
SpaJdiDg.  -.m). 

'^"'fef  3^7^^^^-  ^^^•'^•^^^•211,243. 

Spencer,  109,  143,  195,  233,  3.34,  346.  397,  488.  .579. 

Spring,  23.  25,  43,  71,  315. 
Squire.  170. 
Stacey.  48. 
StagpoJe.  .37. 

Stiles.  109.  210,  211,213  289  <«i« 
8|«5ton  37.  .5,1,  i^i.-g^^'g  :«;;*«• 

Stoddard.  o2.  148  270  2«9  oq-,  o-.q  -a-  <•-, 

Stark.  U.  94   21 9:'3f8%Sw3  "  ''''  ■'^''  ^- 

otiJlwater.  71. 

Stanley,  33,  366. 

Stilson,  72,  149, 

Btearn.'i,  32.  34,41   45  4/;  -,';   71   -.,-,-...,  ,„ 
«4.  104,  122  140  ivi  nVi--   i«.^-,'i-  '•'•  ^♦*'  ^9,  80, 
282,  301.  '        '  l"'^'  1*^-  ^^-  !**•  181.  2.53,  266, 

Stickney.  94.  IW.  302,  303.  495 

Stowell,  45,  242,  360,  425   .548 
8tok"8°'85^'^'  ""'  ^''  ^"''  '»^'  205.  366.  443. 
Stocker,  103. 

Stonr,  107.  182.  206,  286,  393.  .572 
Stafford,  113,  138,  213,  220,  26-'  600 
Btroup,  126,  2.39.  241 
Starkweather.  220. 
Stillman,  206,  371,  393 


690 


INDEX   TO   OTHER   NAMES. 


Stern,  216. 
Btimpson,  157.  291. 
Bteber,  445,  604. 
Starbird,  158. 
Stebbine,  2C1,  335,  548,  650. 

Stewart,  156.  259,  276,  .S44,  400,  403,  479,  529,  574,  576, 
620,  643. 

Stockwell.  1?4, 136,  2.54. 
Stickles.  19H,  356. 
Stnart,  129.  156,  529. 

Strong,  132, 137, 178,  211,  256,  281,  370,  394,  410,  417. 
573,  580.  587,  597. 

Stronble,  225,  404. 

Stoner,  252,  434. 

Stower,  261. 

Struce,  2CG,  451. 

8treet«T,  261,  446. 

Steel,  300,  382,  404,  492,  525,  532,  (U7. 

Starkey,  279. 

Staples,  324. 

Stott,  329. 

Stevenson,  340,  464,  534. 

Sthore,  350,  542. 

Stebe.  645. 

Stackpole,  59G. 

Stockdale,  567. 

Stanhope,  531. 

Stephens,  349,  401,  445. 

Stout,  402,  .576. 

Stanward,  874. 

Stimson,  392,  .572. 

St.  John,  510,  627. 

Stedman,  506. 

Stanward,  374,  560. 

Stamps,  604. 

Stiles,  644. 

Sutherland,  644. 

Suter,  348. 

Sutfin.  219. 

Sumner,  166,  267.  3(W.  422.  516.  517. 

Summer.  SS. 

Snllivin.  93. 'Ml. 

Sutton.  161,260,294. 

Suder.  215. 

Swan.  3(4.  392,  498. 

Sweet.  83,  'lU,  352.  4-55.  513,  543,  6(J7. 

Sweeten,  384. 

Sweeny,  .54. 

Sweetman.  32,  592. 

Sweetser.  121. 182,  232,  266. 

Swain.  148.  302. 

Swett.  226. 

Sweesey.  279. 

Swearingen.  2.S4,  412. 

Swift.  313,  405.  506. 

Sylvester,  121. 

Sykes,  65. 

Synnott,  192. 

Symonds,  145.  271. 

Talbot.  603. 

Tarleton.  410.  .580. 

Taber.  345,  365. 

Tarbox.  234.  2K5..578. 

Talf .  215. 

Tarball.  22.  24,  25,  74.  108.  117.  291.  61^. 

Tanner,  214. 

Tainter.  29.  45,  477.  495. 624. 

Tatman,41. 

Taylor,  25.  30.  35,  36,  4<;.  47.  48.  49,  .50.  65.  K3.  84.  m. 
88.  89.  92,  103,  132,  176.  187,  241.  251,  289.  291.  306. 
326,  343.  3.51.  379.  421.  442.  444.  446,  4<;i.  470.  47n, 
480,  495,  .501,  511,  537,  542,  .563.  605.  613.  617. 

Task.  65.      ^__ 

Taft.  38,  64.(^134, 181.  2.53,  490. 

Ten  Broeck.  111. 

Tenney,  63. 89,  156,  196.  200,  212. 

Teflft.  437,  .597. 

Tebbitts.  407. 

Teed.  312. 

Terry.  221,  258. 

Teel,  195. 

Temple,  197. 

Tew.  219,  397. 

Teal.  3.57. 

Thurston.  106.  213,  242.  380,  424,  425.  512,  .592. 


Thomas.  41,  42,  07,  71,  133,  153.  186.  285,  312,  32h, 
354,  379,  428,  444,  460,  479,  505,  522,  5W,  581,  620, 
626. 

Thompson,  85,  148,  166,  172,178,211,213,216,239, 
2.54,  286.  304.  340,  420,  437,  535,  59(!,  622,  6.58,  662. 

Thornton.  118,  226. 

Thayer,  109, 131,  ICO,  196,  203,  232,  366,  411,  444,  604. 

Thonet,  142. 

Thorndike.  160.  2,30. 

Thorne,  229,  408, 

Thorning,  334. 

Thomson,  128,  244. 

Tham,  417. 

Throop,  429. 

nirailhill,416,  C44. 

Timpkins,  214. 

Ticknor,  ilO,  213. 

Tilton.  56,  217,  291,  393,  480. 

Tibbetts.  168,  579. 

Tillotson.  203,  367. 

Tiernan,  234.  412. 

Titus,  265,  285,  349,  473. 

Tice.  382. 

Tiffany,  439.  570,  597. 

Tinkham.  464. 

Timothy.  .584.  6.57. 

Tipple,  614. 

Todd,  194.  514,  529,  628,  645. 

Tolman,  184,  272,  4.56.  457. 

Tower,  170,  178,  311,  319,  324. 

Towne,  143,  182,  203. 

Torrey,  69. 

ToDand,  26. 

Tombs.  46.  78. 

Townsend,  1(4.  152,  169,  194,  309.  644. 

Torrience.  337. 

Tonrtellott,  344,  539. 

Torbet,  401,  .57.5. 

Tozer,  566,  6.53. 

Tozier,  406. 

Toombly.  408. 

Toomey,  420. 

Towsley,  468. 

Tripp,  1.56. 

Trowbridge,  77, 

Travis,  24. 

Troll,  65, 130,  246. 

Trust,  182. 

Train,  195.  347. 

Treadwell.  202,  270,  360,  455. 

Treat,  224,  227,  406. 

Truman.  389. 

Trj-al,  50,  90. 

Trott,  236,  237, 

Trexell,  326. 

Truax,  6(K1. 

Traver,  591. 

True.  419,  590. 

Traflarn,  523,  64<1. 

Tucker,  23,  135.  2.57.  262,  375,  561,  583,  652. 

Tukey,  321,  509. 

Turner,  .57,  95,  108.  1.50,  171, 181,  1%,  200,  219,  244, 
266,  313,  323,  326,  3.56,  451. 

Tufts.  26.  306.  5.50,  651. 

Turnback,  65,  126. 

Turber,  110. 

Tuttle,  122,  209.  233.  2.56,  260,  355,  392,  417.  441. 

Tullar,  163,  208,  391. 

Tuxbury,  179, 

Tubbs,  326,  514. 

Turpin,  396. 

Turney,  481,  482. 

TvritcheU,  34,  56, 1.52,  2691;  529. 

Twiss.  133. 

Twombley,  148. 

Tyler,  91,  107,  1.55,  169,  204.  211,  309,  .5.37. 

Tyle,  395. 

Tyron,  404. 

Underwood,  22,  27.  68,  69,  211. 

Upham,  70,  71, 155,  307,  308,  446. 

Upton,  1.55,  180,  182,  253,  326,  330. 

Usher,  227. 

Utley,  160. 

Van  Viliet,  .503,  625. 

Vandenburg,  473. 

Vail,  242,  424. 


INDEX   TO   OTHER    NAMES. 


691 


Yarney,  227.  406. 

Vaughn.  59. 

Van  Slyke,  132,  252. 

Van  Tuyl.  139,  264. 

Vandyke,  215,  389, 

Van  Harlingren,  547. 

VanDnsen,429,  594. 

Van  Voorhees,  563. 

Van  Deventer,  221. 

Van  Aakin,  234. 

Vanderburg,  285. 

Van  Doren,  342. 

Van  Bibber.  882. 

Van  Reunsalers,  409. 

Van  Gelder,  414,  415,  583,  585. 

Vaneloaf ,  428. 

Van  Pelt,  532. 

Varian,251,342. 

Veale,  351. 

Viles.  324. 

Vilas,  179. 

Vinal,  162,  293. 

Vogt,  586. 

Voorhees,  381. 

Voorhies,  139,  265. 

Vosburgh,  445. 

Vrooman,  399,  415,  574,  585. 

Wake.  83. 

WaJcott.  80.  323,  492.  493.  494,  511. 

Waste,  69. 

Walter,  27. 

Wales.  46. 

Walker,  24.  34,  40,  46.  62.  83. 122.  128,  129.  137.  153, 
15x,  176,  199,  203.  244,  361,  289.  292.  315.  3.54,  868, 
447,  531,  544,  562,  .580. 

Watrous.  60.  115,  391.  .571. 

Warren.  23,  25,  33,  36.  42.  45.  59,  67,  92.  113,  134,  136, 
146,  147,  153,  185,  192,  251,  253,  282.  322.  339,  355, 
367.  383,  433.  436,  .509,  534. 

Warner.  48,  52.  54,  71,  89,  95.  187,  235,  331.  416,  495, 
574,  .586.  587,654. 

Watkine,  40.  65. 126,  150.  241,  270,  27fi.  461.  551. 

Wadsworth.  64.  112,  224. 

Ware,  33.  71,  80.  165.  176.  217,  402.  576. 

Ward,  42,  51.  53,65,67,  72,  132,  147. 14H.  180.  220,251, 
328.  356,  433,  506,  522,  529,  643. 

Wade,  78,  455. 

Wallis.  105.  107.  108.  202.  208.  2.56.  441. 

Wallace,  105.  198.  202.  210,  330,  337,  36o.  rtZ\  532. 

Washington.  113,  222. 

Washburn,  123,  141,  142.  149,  237.  266.  267.  429,  472, 

513. 
Ward  well,  131.182. 

Watson.  145,  203.  247.  260,  366.  36s.  430.  467. 
Waite,  174,  175,  226,  405. 
Wakeman.  184. 
Warrick.  192  340 
Waters,  203,  333,  367,  420,  525,  590. 
Warfield.  253. 
Walton.  169.  ;«9.  365,  623. 
Watron.  176. 

Waldo,  163,  164.  219,  311,  396. 
Wat<^rman,  214,  385. 
Watts,  184. 
Waller.  303. 
Wayland.  .325. 
Wakefield,  327. 
Waldon.  8.50,  542. 
Waklrem,4a5. 
Wals worth.  418. 
Warwick,  395. 
Warriner,  447. 
Waring,  450,  606. 
Webb.  231,  346,  433,  540,  567. 
Wear.  310. 
Wen  ham,  373. 
Weast,  216. 

Webster,  211.  231.  339,  345,  374,  441,  539.  540,  561. 
Wetherell,  195,  463. 
Weixler,  1,59. 
Weese,  246,  428. 
Weiton,  556. 
Weiss.  399. 

Wentworth,  135.  333  580,  656. 
Welford.  530. 
Weller,  452. 


Wescott.  465. 

West.  135, 151.  390.  402,  531. 

Wells,  121,  169.  204.  209,  232,  285.  389,  441,  516. 

Wellington,  32,  33,  75. 148,  288,  368,  437,  524.  5.56. 

Weston.  62,  85,  120.  274,  458. 

Weatherbee.  25,  48,  49,  73,  85.  8S.  102,  149, 151,  155, 

166.  179,  199,  200,  273.  477,  .566. 
Weeks,  51. 1.56,  431. 
Wesson,  283,  349. 
Weatherby,  30,  383. 
Wedge.  274. 
Weetropp.  83. 
Webber.  469,  556. 
Wescott.  .590,  614. 

Welch.  89,  141, 187,  238,  379,  418,  4;j9^^48.  551,  599. 
Weeman,  128. 
Welcome,  505. 
Weissbuga.  513. 
Whittaker,  104,  338. 

White.  40.  46,  73,  94.  107.  110,  119.  1,50.  151,  155.  159. 
160.  162.  196,  212.  227,  2.59.  271,  278,  279,  294,  305, 
362.  367,  396,  444.  4.55,  465,  484.  497,  499.  53:3,  550, 
555.  ,567,  574.  575.  589.  625,  655,  657. 
Whiting,  53.  94. 192,  195,  205,  409,  469,  537.  579,  616. 
Wheelock,  34,  82,  92.  93,  211,  376. 
Whidden,  287,475. 
Whitten,  227. 

Wheeler.  26.  33,  47,  49,  51.  55.  85,  86,  88,  104,  105, 
110.  114,  127,  128,  149.  1.54,  156,  171,  ISB,  187.  192. 
20l,  242,  264.  279.  281,  282.  287.  288.  290,  306.  312, 
315,  327.  328.  330,  343,  377.  471.  514.  521.  562,  578, 
62^. 
Whitman,  80.  95,   151,   165,   196,  270.  282,  304,  327. 

458.  529. 
Whitmarsh.  324.  511. 
Whipple.  109,  134,  194,  211,  253.  267. 
Whitljead.  190,  2(J9.  338.  532. 
Whittemore.  29.  31,  36.  45.  58.  76.  84,  131.  177,  246, 

273.  274,  354.  4.58,  4.59,  460,  543. 
Whitmore,  32,  123,  234,  410,  523,  580. 
Whitehouse.  358,  547. 

Whitcomb.  »).  46,  47.  48.  54.  80,  83.  85.  86.  88.  89,  90, 
92.  I(r2.  109.  145.  14^.  165,  ISO,  199,  21^270,306,328. 
395.  472,  49N. 
Whicher.  ;<60. 

Wheaton.  439,  510,  599.  600.        — 
Wiese,  .566. 
Winslow,  47.  81,237. 

Williams.  25,35,  .51,  70.  112,  114.120,123,127.5128, 

1.35,  137,  143,  161,  165,  171.196.2(12.229.234.245. 

263,  264,  2.M,  327,  3.5».  365.  402,  408,  413,  420,:45O, 

512,  513.  .529.  628,  644. 

Wilson,  43,  5.3,  60,  70,  116,  129.  144.  1.56.  168. 181, 189, 

2(Kt.  212.  2a5.  2S3.  337.   366,  414.  ,532.  579. 
Willard.  30.  33.  34.  4».  71,  80.  81.  85.  89,  144.  145. 148. 
164,  lf.7,  180,  187,  205,  256,  274.  287.  30;i.  32.^,  36*. 
4.59,  476.  521. 
Winchester,  46, 137,  2.56,  273,  439. 
Wilcox,  400. 
Witt,  197,  ,351. 
Winn,  57,  3:i4.  527. 
Wiswall,  63,  66,  71.  94,  130. 

Wilder,  50,  72,  81.  82.  k3.  84.'Hh.  90.  105.  146.  147,  148. 
176.213.265,274,323,  354,' 3ft3,  414.  450.  459.  532, 
543. 
Withington.  11.  147. 
Witherell.  1.39.  17«. 
Wight.  122.  144.  I6;i  36.5. 
Williston.  164.  246.  2<t9.  486. 
Winter,  173.  177.  317,  394. 
Wilde,  (s).  204. 
Wisner,  537. 
Winship,  32.  54.  275. 
Witherepoon,  216. 
Wing,  45b.  514,  628. 
Wightman.  224,  402,  615. 
Wickware.  217.  393. 
Wilber.  227,  406.  470. 
Willet,  234,  413. 
Willey,  2,51,  337,  433. 
Willis.  2,53. 

Wilkinson,  2.57.  279,  368,  556. 
Winkworth,  391.  ,571. 
Winthrop,  426,  517. 
Willcox.  574. 
Wiggins.  623.  662. 


692 


INDEX   TO  OTHER   NAMES. 


Woodcock,  408,  579. 

Wooster,  448. 

Woodhull,  220. 

Woodin,  252,  434. 

Wolkee.  261,  445. 

Woodman.  289. 

World,  603,  661. 

Woolsey,  534. 

Woodsun.  578. 

Womble,  564. 

Woodward,  23,  24,  31,  34,  66. 105,  118,  131,  1.53,  193, 

226,  227,  257,  285,  291,  441.  473,  477,  620. 
Woodbridge,  45. 
Wood(8),  25,  26,  30,  36.  46,  47,  .53,  55.  57,  61.  71,  77, 

80.  93,  108,  121,  125,  134,  140, 141,  143,  165.  176,  193, 

194,  253,  266,  270,  337,  845,  408,  428,  4.52,  454,  478, 

530,  540,  579,  587,  607,  620. 
Wolf,  74. 
Woodard,  646. 

Woodbury.  138,  197.  266,  328,  339. 
Woolley,  132. 
Woodworth.  132,  183,  207. 
Worcester,  84.  85,  104.  130,  131. 
Wolcott,  30, 164,  165,  220,  222,  301,  445,  493. 
Woodruff,  137,  211,  239,  495,  624. 
World,  603,  661. 


Worthington,  163. 

Worthen,  195. 

Worthely,  200. 

Wright,  39,  63,  67,  72,  75,  79,  140,  1H4,  222,  223,  247, 

301,  308,  3.5.5,  370,  429,  448,  483,  494.  510.  .546,  557, 

558,  627,  643. 
Wrightman,  466. 
Wrisley.  160. 
WurtB  300  491 

Wyman,  32,  55,'70,  77,  89,  104,  115,  228,  226,  405,  426. 
WycoflE,  2(J4. 
Wyatt,  828.  368,  522. 
Yaw,  529,  644. 
Yarnell,  434,  595. 
Yale,  113, 172,  220. 
Yates,  422. 
Yeoward,  466. 
Yeaton.  119,  153,  227. 
Years,  151. 
Yeakley,  413.  583. 
Young,  37,  62,  104, 195,  230,  330.  338.  ;W5,  34P,  3.50, 

360,  442,  485,  543,  545,  547,  551,  652. 
York,  108,  529,  644. 
Zane,  214. 
Zeak,  280,  467. 
Zerrahn,  534. 


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